They were a charter member of the AF2 and played their home games at iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois.
The team was founded on September 1, 1999, when the Quad Cities was awarded an arena football franchise.
Managing owner (and inventor of arena football) Jim Foster coined the team's nickname.
However, the team failed to win any additional league championships and lost 14 games over that three-year span.
Ingold left the Steamwheelers after the 2004 season and was replaced by Rick Frazier, former coach for the Milwaukee Mustangs of the Arena Football League.