Chicago Rush

Established 2001
Folded 2013
Played in Allstate Arena
in Rosemont, Illinois


Helmet	Logo

League/conference affiliations

Arena Football League (2001–2013)

National Conference (2001–2013)
- Central (2001-2013)

Team colors

Navy Blue, Red, Silver and White

Mascot

Grabowski

Personnel

Owner(s)

Arena Football League

Head coach

vacant

Team history

Chicago Rush (2001–2013)

Championships

League championships (1)
1 (2006)

Conference championships (0)
1

Prior to 2005, the AFL did not have conference championship games

Division championships (1)
5

Central: 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011

Playoff appearances (5)

2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013

Home arena(s)

Allstate Arena (2001–2013)
BMO Harris Bank Center (2013)

Arena Football League (2001–2013)

Navy Blue, Red, Silver and White

Conference championships (0)
1

Division championships (1)
5

The Chicago Rush were a former professional arena football team based in Rosemont, Illinois. The team played at the Allstate Arena from 2001 to 2013. They were a member of the Central Division of the National Conference of the Arena Football League (AFL). Founded in 2001, the team qualified for the playoffs 11 out of 12 seasons and won one AFL championship, ArenaBowl XX in 2006. During their history, the Rush won five divisional titles and competed in the AFL Conference Championship six times, including four consecutive appearances from 2004 to 2007. They also had the largest market in the AFL.

After the 2013 season, the Rush announced that their operations were suspended and are currently not part of the Arena Football League. The team's roster was liquidated in a dispersal draft.

The Rush made its AFL debut in 2001. The team plays its home games at the Allstate Arena (formerly known as the Rosemont Horizon), the same venue previously used by the Chicago Bruisers, one of the four original Arena Football League teams.

The Rush have made the playoffs every year in the franchise's short history, and so far, they have made one ArenaBowl appearance. Mike Hohensee was the franchise's first coach, and he remained the Rush's only coach until becoming the head coach of the Philadelphia Soul in 2011. One year after, Hohensee left the Soul to coach the Iowa Barnstormers.

In their inaugural year (2001), the Rush finished the regular season 7–7 and won their very first playoff game, beating the Orlando Predators 41–26, but lost to the eventual ArenaBowl XV champion Grand Rapids Rampage 53–21. The team featured young players that would become Rush fixtures and fan favorites in the years to come, such as quarterback Billy Dicken, Joe Douglass, Damien Porter and Jamie McGourty, and Riley Kleinhesselink, Cedric Walker, and Anthony Ladd.

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