| Quad City Steamwheelers | |
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 Current season | |
| Established 2017 Play inVibrant Arena at The MARK inMoline, Illinois steamwheelersfootball.com | |
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Current uniform | |
| Team colors | Navy blue, gold and scarlet red |
| Personnel | |
| Owner(s) | Doug Bland |
| General manager | Destiny Brown[1] |
| Head coach | Cory Ross |
| Team history | |
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| Championships | |
| League championships (0) | |
| Conference championships (1) | |
| Division championships (0) | |
| Playoff appearances (4) | |
| Home arena(s) | |
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TheQuad City Steamwheelers are a professionalindoor football team based inMoline, Illinois, that competes in theIndoor Football League (IFL). They played their first season as part of theChampions Indoor Football, and then joined the IFL prior to their second season.[2] The team plays its home games at theVibrant Arena at The MARK. The team announced it would be dormant for the 2021 season due to the arena capacity restrictions caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic, but returned to play in 2022.
The Steamwheelers are named after the Quad Cities' previous teamof the same name, which played in all ten of theAF2's seasons (2000–2009) and won thefirsttwoArenaCups.
After the originalQuad City Steamwheelers folded along with theAF2, TaxSlayer Center director Scott Mullen had been in talks with various investors seeking to bring back the Steamwheelers, but none were financially secure enough to meet his standards. During 2017, a splash page emerged allegedly belonging to a revived Steamwheelers team in the CIF, however, neither Mullen nor the CIF would comment on the page.[3]
On August 15, 2017, the Center confirmed that a deal had been reached which would see the Wheelers return as members of the CIF for 2018, with a press conference taking place the following day.[4] At the press conference, the Wheelers introduced their owner/general managerDoug Bland (previously part-owner of fellow CIF team theDallas Marshals) and head coachCory Ross (most recently head coach for theOmaha Beef).[5]
After one season in the CIF, the Steamwheelers announced they were joining theIndoor Football League for the 2019 season.[2]
After playing only one game in 2020, the Steamwheelers' season was initially postponed and the league's season was eventually cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. On October 23, 2020, the team announced that due to the restrictions on arena capacity during the pandemic, they would be dormant for at least the 2021 season.[6] In September 2021, they announced they planned to return for the 2022 season.[1]
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| League champions | Conference champions | Division champions | Playoff berth | League leader |
| Season | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | |||
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| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | |||||
| 2018 | CIF | North | 3rd | 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost Conference Semifinal (Sioux City) 46–54 | |
| 2019 | IFL | 7th | 6 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | IFL | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | Season cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2021 | IFL | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2022 | IFL | Eastern | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Won First Round (Massachusetts Pirates) 39–38 Won Second Round (Frisco Fighters) 48–41 Lost Championship (Northern Arizona) 45-47 | |
| 2023 | IFL | Eastern | 4th | 9 | 6 | 0 | Lost First Round (Frisco Fighters) 29-57 | |
| 2024 | IFL | Eastern | 4th | 8 | 8 | 0 | Lost First Round (Green Bay Blizzard) 23-34 | |
| 2025 | IFL | Eastern | 1st | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 49 | 35 | 0 | All-time regular season record (2018–2025) | ||||
| 2 | 4 | — | All-time postseason record (2018–2025) | |||||
| 51 | 39 | 0 | All-time regular season and postseason record (2018–2025) | |||||
