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{{Infobox indoor American football team
| name = Raleigh Rebels
| logo =
| helmet = Raleigh Rebels Helmet Logo.png
| founded = 2005
| folded = 2006
| city = [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]<br>at [[Dorton Arena]]
| colors = Red, White, Blue, Black<br>{{Color box|red}} {{Color box|white}} {{Color box|blue}} {{Color box|black}}
| coach = [[Dan Pifer]]
| owner = 
| president = [[Harry Pierce]]
| league =
[[American Indoor Football|American Indoor Football League]] (20066)
| team_history =
*'''Raleigh Rebels (2006)'''
| no_conf_champs = 0
| conf_champs = 
| no_div_champs = 0
| div_champs = 0
| no_league_champs = 0
| league_champs =
| playoff_appearances =
| no_playoff_appearances = 0
| arena_years =
*[[Dorton Arena]] (2006)
}}

The '''Raleigh Rebels''' were a professional [[indoor American football|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|American Indoor Football League]] (AIFL).

During the team's inaugural season, they played an all-road schedule as a favor to the league (the [[Carolina Ghostriders|Ghostriders]] were also playing an all-road schedule, since they were a quick formation of the [[Carolina Ghostriders|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 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, 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 [[World Indoor Football League (2007)|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 the new league, because on October 16, they ceased all operations, along with the [[Rome Renegades]].[https://web.archive.org/web/20070926213143/http://news.mywebpal.com/partners/680/public/news755248.html]

== Season-By-Season ==
{{Start NFL SBS}}
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | '''Raleigh Rebels (AIFL)'''
|-
|2005 || 3 || 7 || 0 || 5th League || Lost First Round ([[Canton Legends|Canton]])
|-
|2006 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 3rd Southern || Lost SC Championship ([[Rome Renegades|Rome]])
|-
!Totals || 12 || 15 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130820062445/http://carolinabombers.com/ Official Site of the Carolina Bombers (under construction)]
* [http://www.thestatguys.com/AIFL/2005/RAL/TEAMGBG.HTM Rebels' 2005 AIFL Stats]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/schedule/?t_id=1606 Rebels' 2006 AIFL Season & Results]

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[[Category:American Indoor Football Association teams]]
[[Category:American Indoor Football League teams]]
[[Category:World Indoor Football League (2007) teams]]
[[Category:Sports in Raleigh, North Carolina]]
[[Category:American football teams in North Carolina]]
[[Category:2005 establishments in North Carolina]]
[[Category:2006 disestablishments in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Sports clubs established in 2005]]
[[Category:Sports clubs disestablished in 2006]]


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