ArenaBowl

Arena Football League (AFL)

sport	Arena football
abbreviation	AFL
League foundation	1987
Country countries	United States
Title holder	Albany Empire
Record champions	Arizona Rattlers , Tampa Bay Storm (5 each)

The  ArenaBowl  is the final of the  Arena Football League  (AFL) in  Arena Football .

history

Scene from Arena Bowl XIX

The first ArenaBowl was held in 1987. At that time, the Denver Dynamite won against the Pittsburgh Gladiators 45:16 and were the first winner in league history in front of 13,232 spectators.

The record titleholders are the Arizona Rattlers and the Tampa Bay Storm, who each won five championships.

Overview of the finals

game	date	winner		loser		Venue	spectator
ArenaBowl I	0Aug 1, 1987	Denver Dynamite	45	Pittsburgh Gladiators	16	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	13,232
ArenaBowl II	July 30, 1988	Detroit Drive	24	Chicago Bruisers	13	Rosemont Horizon	15,018
ArenaBowl III	Aug 18, 1989	Detroit Drive	39	Pittsburgh Gladiators	26th	Joe Louis Arena	12,046
ArenaBowl IV	Aug 11, 1990	Detroit Drive	51	Dallas Texans	27	Joe Louis Arena	19,875
ArenaBowl V	Aug 17, 1991	Tampa Bay Storm	48	Detroit Drive	42	Joe Louis Arena	20,357
ArenaBowl VI	22 Aug 1992	Detroit Drive	56	Orlando Predators	38	Orlando Arena	13,680
ArenaBowl VII	Aug 21, 1993	Tampa Bay Storm	51	Detroit Drive	31	Joe Louis Arena	12,989
ArenaBowl VIII	0Sep 2 1994	Arizona Rattlers	36	Orlando Predators	31	Orlando Arena	14,368
ArenaBowl IX	0Sep 1 1995	Tampa Bay Storm	48	Orlando Predators	35	ThunderDome	25,087
ArenaBowl X	Aug 26, 1996	Tampa Bay Storm	42	Iowa Barnstormers	38	Iowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium	11,411
ArenaBowl XI	Aug 25, 1997	Arizona Rattlers	55	Iowa Barnstormers	33	America West Arena	17,436
ArenaBowl XII	23 Aug 1998	Orlando Predators	62	Tampa Bay Storm	31	Ice Palace	17,222
ArenaBowl XIII	Aug 21, 1999	Albany Firebirds	59	Orlando Predators	48	Pepsi Arena	13,652
ArenaBowl XIV	Aug 20, 2000	Orlando Predators	41	Nashville Kats	38	TD Waterhouse Center	15,989
ArenaBowl XV	Aug 19, 2001	Grand Rapids Rampage	64	Nashville Kats	42	Van Andel Arena	11,217
ArenaBowl XVI	Aug 18, 2002	San Jose SaberCats	52	Arizona Rattlers	14th	HP Pavilion at San Jose	16,942
ArenaBowl XVII	June 22, 2003	Tampa Bay Storm	43	Arizona Rattlers	29	St. Pete Times Forum	20,469
ArenaBowl XVIII	June 27, 2004	San Jose SaberCats	69	Arizona Rattlers	62	America West Arena	17,391
ArenaBowl XIX	June 12, 2005	Colorado Crush	51	Georgia Force	48	Thomas & Mack Center	10,822
ArenaBowl XX	June 11, 2006	Chicago Rush	69	Orlando Predators	61	Thomas & Mack Center	13,476
ArenaBowl XXI	Aug 29, 2007	San Jose SaberCats	55	Columbus Destroyers	33	New Orleans Arena	17.056
ArenaBowl XXII	July 27, 2008	Philadelphia Soul	59	San Jose SaberCats	56	New Orleans Arena	17,244
AFL season suspended	2009
ArenaBowl XXIII	Aug 20, 2010	Spokane Shock	69	Tampa Bay Storm	57	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	11,017
ArenaBowl XXIV	Aug 12, 2011	Jacksonville Sharks	73	Arizona Rattlers	70	US Airways Center	14,320
ArenaBowl XXV	Aug 10, 2012	Arizona Rattlers	72	Philadelphia Soul	54	New Orleans Arena	13,648
ArenaBowl XXVI	17th Aug 2013	Arizona Rattlers	48	Philadelphia Soul	39	Amway Center	12,039
ArenaBowl XXVII	23 Aug 2014	Arizona Rattlers	72	Cleveland Gladiators	32	Quicken Loans Arena	18,410
ArenaBowl XXVIII	29 Aug 2015	San Jose SaberCats	68	Jacksonville Sharks	47	Stockton Arena	09.115
ArenaBowl XXIX	26 Aug 2016	Philadelphia Soul	56	Arizona Rattlers	42	Gila River Arena	13,390
ArenaBowl XXX	26 Aug 2017	Philadelphia Soul	44	Tampa Bay Storm	40	Wells Fargo Center	13,648
ArenaBowl XXXI	28th July 2019	Washington Valor	69	Baltimore Brigade	55	Royal Farms Arena	8,183
ArenaBowl XXXII

Overview of the titleholders

team	Number of titles	Years
Arizona Rattlers	5	1994, 1997, 2012, 2013, 2014
Tampa Bay Storm	5	1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2003
Detroit Drive	4th	1988, 1989, 1990, 1992
San Jose SaberCats	4th	2002, 2004, 2007, 2015
Philadelphia Soul	3	2008, 2016, 2017
Orlando Predators	2	1998, 2000
Albany Firebirds	1	1999
Albany Empire	1	2019
Chicago Rush	1	2006
Colorado Crush	1	2005
Denver Dynamite	1	1987
Grand Rapids Rampage	1	2001
Jacksonville Sharks	1	2011
Spokane Shock	1	2010
Washington Valor	1	2018

Individual evidence

1. ^ John Burch: Arena Football League History. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 7, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.