The Raleigh Rebels were a professional indoor football team based out of Raleigh, North Carolina . They played their home games at the Dorton Arena and were members of the American Indoor Football League (AIFL).
7-725: During the team's inaugural season, they played an all-road schedule as a favor to the league (the Ghostriders were also playing an all-road schedule, since they were a quick formation of the Carolina Sharks ), along with the fact that they couldn't get a lease for an arena in Raleigh until 2006. During their first year, the Rebels compiled a mediocre record of 3-7, almost beating the Canton Legends for fourth place. Since
14-584: A week's worth of rest couldn't prepare them for the top-seeded Rome Renegades , as they fell 63-14. Following their AIFL playoff loss, the Rebels announced their intentions to move to the WIFL with the Rome Renegades . They would have become charters member of this newly formed league. Despite changing their name to the Carolina Bombers on August 24, they would never have a chance to play in
21-803: The American Indoor Football League . Formed in 2005, they were originally named the Carolina Sharks and played their home games at the Cricket Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina . However, the Sharks folded and were replaced by a traveling team , the AIFL Ghostchasers . The Ghostchasers were often called the " Greensboro Ghostriders " because they were based in Greensboro, North Carolina , although this
28-716: The Asheville Civic Center . At the beginning of the 2006 season, the team was bought up by Robert W. Boyd from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . After losing 15 games in a row, the franchise officially broke up four games into the 2006 season. In 2006, Robert W. Boyd and the Carolina Ghostriders won a judgment against the American Indoor Football League, David Edward Dix, and Bizsellers.com for breach of contract, among other offenses. This American football team article
35-681: The league had only six teams, everyone of them (including the Rebels) made the playoffs. Their inaugural year ended with a thud as they lost in the first round to the Legends. The Rebels' second year turned out to be better than their inaugural year. They finished the regular season at 8-6 and automatically went to the Southern Conference championship game, due to the Richmond Bandits ' suspension, making them forfeit. However,
42-592: The new league, because on October 16, they ceased all operations, along with the Rome Renegades . This American football team article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a sports team in North Carolina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to Raleigh, North Carolina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Carolina Ghostriders The Carolina Ghostriders were an indoor football team and charter member of
49-577: Was never an official name. They were later renamed the Carolina Ghostriders. The team did very poorly, compiling an 0-10 record in the regular season. Because the league only had six teams, however, every team made the playoffs. In the 2005 playoffs they lost to the Johnstown Riverhawks in the opening round. On December 28, 2005 the AIFL announced that the team would play in Asheville at
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