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Chicago Rush
Chicago Rush
	Established 2001
	File:ChicagoRush.gif
League/conference affiliations
	Current uniform
Personnel
Team history
Championships
	League championships (0);
	Conference championships (0);
	Division championships (0);
Home arena(s)
	Allstate Arena

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The Chicago Rush is a 2001 Arena Football League expansion team and they're currently the defending ArenaBowl champions.

History

The team began play in 2001 and is based in Rosemont, Illinois, northwest of Chicago and near O'Hare International Airport. The team plays its home games at 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 competes in the Central Division of the American Conference. Mike Ditka is an owner of the team.

The Rush have made the playoffs every year in the franchise's short history, and so far, they have made one Arena Bowl appearance. In 2005, they went to the AFL playoffs as the #3 seed. They won Round 1 over the Los Angeles Avengers 52-45, but ended up losing the American Conference Championship Game to the eventual Arena Bowl Champion Colorado Crush in overtime, with a final score of 49-43.

In 2006, despite a losing record of 7-9, the Rush got into the playoffs as an AC Wildcard, with the conference's #5 seed. In the playoffs, the Rush have managed to pull off key upsets. In the Wild Card Round, the Rush won over the fourth-seeded Nashville Kats 55-47. In the Divisional Round, Chicago managed to pull off a huge upset, by taking down the defending champs, the Colorado Crush, with a final score of 63-46. Then, they managed to upset the second-seeded San Jose SaberCats in the AC Championship game 59-56, giving the Rush their very first Arena Bowl appearance in franchise history, where they defeated the Orlando Predators 69-61 in ArenaBowl XX, giving the Chicago Rush their very first ArenaBowl title in franchise history.

The Rush's official mascot is a man named Grabowski[1].

Season-by-season

Season records
Season	W	L	Finish	Playoff results
2001	7	7	4th AC Central	Lost Week 2 (Grand Rapids Rampage)
2002	9	5	1st AC Central	Lost Week 3 (Arizona Rattlers)
2003	8	8	3rd AC Central	Lost Week 1 (New York Dragons)
2004	11	5	1st AC Central	Lost Week 2 (San Jose SaberCats)
2005	9	7	2nd AC Central	Lost Week 2 (Colorado Crush)
2006	7	9	3rd AC Central	Won ArenaBowl XX (Orlando Predators)
Totals	59	46	(including playoffs)

Head Coaches

2001-present Mike Hohensee

Team Roster

Uniform #	Player	Position	Height	Weight (lb)
8	Asad Abdul-Khaliq	QB	6'2"	220
23	DeJuan Alfonzo	DS	6'0"	205
7	Michael Bishop	QB	6'2"	220
88	DJ Bleisath	OL/DL	6'2"	280
20	Levelle Brown	FB/LB	6'0"	245
92	Charlie Cook	OL/DL	6'0"	275
11	Woody Dantzler	WR/DB	6'0"	205
10	Matt D'Orazio	QB	6'4"	215
55	Curtis Eason	OL/DL	6'2"	290
4	Dan Frantz	K	6'1"	200
12	Todd Howard	DS	5'10"	188
14	Buchie Ibeh	WR/DB	6'2"	210
65	Tango McCauley	OL/DL	6'4"	310
44	Bob McMillen	FB/LB	6'3"	260
17	Etu Molden	WR/LB	6'2"	195
13	Malcom Moore	DS	5'10"	180
66	Frank Moore	OL/DL	6'2"	315
99	John Moyer	OL/DL	6'3"	265
5	Nick Myers	OL/DL	6'3"	285
93	Joe Peters	OL/DL	6'5"	275
21	Dennison Robinson	WR/DB	6'0"	195
3	Russell Shaw	WR/DB	5'10"	190
98	John Sikora	OL/DL	6'4"	280
9	Bobby Sippio	OS	6'3"	220
58	Khreem Smith	OL/DL	6'4"	270
81	Brian Sump	WR/DB	5'11"	185
95	Darian Tate	OL/DL	6'3"	280
6	Marvin Taylor	DS	6'1"	180
37	Jeremy Unertl	WR/DB	6'2"	220
1	Carlos Wright	WR/DB	6'2"	205

External links

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 *[http://www.arenafan.com ArenaFan Online]
 *[http://www.arenafan.com/teams/?page=clubhouse&team=64 Chicago Rush at ArenaFan Online]
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