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The ArenaBowl was the championship game of the Arena Football League. It started in the 1987 season and was originally held at Pittsburgh's Civic Arena. Usually, the team with the better regular season record would host the game, but sometimes it was held in other cities like Las Vegas and New Orleans.
At first, the games were called things like "ArenaBowl '87", but later they started using Roman numerals, like ArenaBowl VIII. The original league stopped in 2009, but a new league kept the tradition alive, holding games up until 2019. The last game was ArenaBowl XXXII between the Albany Empire and Philadelphia Soul.
In 2020, the rights to the Arena Football League and ArenaBowl names were sold. The ArenaBowl name came back in 2024 for ArenaBowl XXXIII. The ArenaBowl was an important event for fans of arena football, showing the best teams competing for the title.
Results
The first seven ArenaBowls were named after the year they were played, like ArenaBowl '87. Starting with ArenaBowl VIII, they used Roman numerals, and the earlier games were changed to match. Some teams changed their names over the years. For example, the Pittsburgh Gladiators moved and became the Tampa Bay Storm in 1991. Similarly, the Nashville Kats moved to become the Georgia Force in 2002. The Kats came back later, but the Force was seen as a new team.
| Team | Championships | Winning years |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona Rattlers | 5 | 1994, 1997, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Tampa Bay Storm | 5 | 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2003 |
| Detroit Drive | 4 | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992 |
| San Jose SaberCats | 4 | 2002, 2004, 2007, 2015 |
| Philadelphia Soul | 3 | 2008, 2016, 2017 |
| Orlando Predators | 2 | 1998, 2000 |
| Albany Firebirds | 1 | 1999 |
| 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 |
| Albany Empire | 1 | 2019 |
| Team | W | L | PCT. | PF | PA | Last appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Rattlers | 5 | 5 | .500 | 500 | 482 | 2016 |
| Tampa Bay Storm* | 5 | 5 | .500 | 402 | 434 | 2017 |
| San Jose SaberCats | 4 | 1 | .800 | 300 | 215 | 2015 |
| Detroit Drive | 4 | 2 | .667 | 243 | 203 | 1993 |
| Philadelphia Soul | 3 | 3 | .500 | 279 | 303 | 2019 |
| Orlando Predators | 2 | 5 | .286 | 316 | 337 | 2006 |
| Albany Empire | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 45 | 27 | 2019 |
| Albany Firebirds | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 59 | 48 | 1999 |
| Chicago Rush | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 69 | 61 | 2006 |
| Colorado Crush | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 51 | 48 | 2005 |
| Denver Dynamite | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 45 | 16 | 1987 |
| Grand Rapids Rampage | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 64 | 42 | 2001 |
| Spokane Shock | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 69 | 57 | 2010 |
| Washington Valor | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 69 | 55 | 2018 |
| Jacksonville Sharks | 1 | 1 | .500 | 120 | 138 | 2015 |
| Baltimore Brigade | 0 | 1 | .000 | 55 | 69 | 2018 |
| Chicago Bruisers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13 | 24 | 1988 |
| Cleveland Gladiators | 0 | 1 | .000 | 32 | 72 | 2014 |
| Columbus Destroyers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 33 | 55 | 2007 |
| Dallas Texans | 0 | 1 | .000 | 27 | 51 | 1990 |
| Georgia Force | 0 | 1 | .000 | 48 | 51 | 2005 |
| Iowa Barnstormers | 0 | 2 | .000 | 71 | 97 | 1997 |
| Nashville Kats | 0 | 2 | .000 | 80 | 105 | 2001 |
| Coach | G | W | L | PCT. | Team(s) | Appearance(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Arbet | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | San Jose SaberCats | 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2015 |
| Fran Curci | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | Tampa Bay Storm | 1991 |
| Mike Dailey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | Albany Firebirds, Colorado Crush | 1999, 2005 |
| Clint Dolezel | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | Philadelphia Soul | 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019 |
| John Gregory | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | Iowa Barnstormers | 1996, 1997 |
| Jay Gruden | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | Orlando Predators | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006 |
| Kevin Guy | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | Arizona Rattlers | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 |
| Joe Haering | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | Pittsburgh Gladiators | 1987* |
| Mike Hohensee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | Chicago Rush | 2006 |
| Darrel Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | Pittsburgh Gladiators | 1989* |
| Ron James | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | Tampa Bay Storm | 2017 |
| Doug Kay | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | Columbus Destroyers | 2007 |
| Rob Keefe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | Spokane Shock, Albany Empire | 2010, 2019 |
| Lary Kuharich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | Tampa Bay Storm | 1993 |
| Tim Marcum | 11 | 7 | 4 | .636 | Denver Dynamite, Detroit Drive, Tampa Bay Storm | 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2010 |
| Benji McDowell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | Washington Valor | 2018 |
| Les Moss | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | Jacksonville Sharks | 2011, 2015 |
| Perry Moss | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | Chicago Bruisers, Detroit Drive, Orlando Predators | 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995 |
| Bret Munsey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | Philadelphia Soul | 2008 |
| Doug Plank | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | Georgia Force, Philadelphia Soul | 2005, 2012 |
| Omarr Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | Baltimore Brigade | 2018 |
| Pat Sperduto | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | Nashville Kats | 2000, 2001 |
| Ernie Stautner | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | Dallas Texans | 1990 |
| Steve Thonn | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | Cleveland Gladiators | 2014 |
| Michael Trigg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | Grand Rapids Rampage | 2001 |
| Danny White | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | Arizona Rattlers | 1994, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004 |
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