Arena Football League 1993

Arena Football League 1993
Season: 1993
League: Arena Football League
ArenaBowl Champion: Tampa Bay Storm
ArenaBowl MVP: Jay Gruden
Previous season: 1992
Next season: 1994

The 1993 Arena Football League season was the seventh season of the Arena Football League (AFL). League champions were the Tampa Bay Storm , which defeated Detroit Drive in ArenaBowl VII .

Participating teams

Number of teams	10
New in the league	Miami Hooters
Eliminated	New Orleans Night , Sacramento Attack , San Antonio Force

Regular season

Closing table
team	total			Conference
	S.	N	SQ	S.	N	SQ	P +	P-
American Conference
xy - Detroit Drive	11	1	.917	8th	0	1,000	506	372
y - Arizona Rattlers	7th	5	.583	6th	2	.750	486	489
y - Dallas Texans	3	9	.250	2	6th	.250	454	551
Cleveland Thunderbolts	2	10	.167	2	6th	.250	357	484
Cincinnati Rockers	2	10	.167	2	6th	.250	394	525
National Conference
xy - Orlando Predators	10	2	.833	6th	2	.750	526	355
y - Tampa Bay Storm	9	3	.750	5	3	.625	571	389
y - Charlotte Rage	6th	6th	.500	3	5	.375	440	509
y - Miami Hooters	5	7th	.417	3	5	.375	258	491
y - Albany Firebirds	5	7th	.417	3	5	.375	482	490

Legend:

S iege	N iederlagen	U nentschieden	SQ games won (relative)
P + points made	P- opposing points	x = Conference title	y = playoffs reached

Playoffs

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					ArenaBowl VII
	1	Detroit	51
	8th	Dallas	6th
						1	Detroit	38
						4th	Arizona	34
	4th	Arizona	56
	5	Charlotte	49
											1	Detroit	31
											3	Tampa Bay	51
	2	Orlando	41
	7th	Miami	13
						2	Orlando	52
						3	Tampa Bay	55
	6th	Tampa Bay	48
	3	Albany	34

ArenaBowl VII

Jay Gruden (left), current Washington Redskins head coach , was inducted into the Arena Football Hall of Fame in 1999 .

ArenaBowl VII was played on August 21, 1993 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan . The game was watched by 12,989 spectators.

ArenaBowl MVP became Jay Gruden ( Tampa Bay Storm ).

ArenaBowl VII
1	Detroit Drive	31
3	Tampa Bay Storm	51

Regular Season Awards

Award	winner	position	team
Most Valuable Player	Hunkie Cooper	Wide receiver / linebacker	Arizona Rattlers
Ironman of the Year	Barry Wagner	Wide receiver / defensive back	Orlando Predators
Coach of the Year	Danny White	Head coach	Arizona Rattlers

Spectator table

Average audience in 1993

team	Average audience
Albany Firebirds	11,888
Arizona Rattlers	15,505
Charlotte Rage	7,383
Cincinnati Rockers	7,232
Cleveland Thunderbolts	6,941
Dallas Texans	8,429
Detroit Drive	14,760
Miami Hooters	9,017
Orlando Predators	13,680
Tampa Bay Storm	20,469
League average	11,530

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AFL ArenaBowl History | ArenaFan.com. Retrieved January 28, 2018 . 
2. ↑ AFL Arena Football League Awards | ArenaFan.com. Retrieved January 28, 2018 . 
3. ↑ AFL Arena Football History - Year By Year - 1993 | ArenaFan.com. Retrieved May 20, 2018 .