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2008 Arena Football League Season
The 2008 Arena Football League season was the 22nd season of the Arena Football League and final season before the 2009 season cancellation and subsequent bankruptcy of the original AFL corporate entity. The regular season began play on February 29, 2008 and concluded on June 22. The playoffs began the following week, and ArenaBowl XXII was held in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 27 between the National Conference champion Philadelphia Soul and the American Conference champion San Jose SaberCats. This game was won by the Soul, 59–56. Prior to the season, it was announced that the Austin Wranglers would move to the af2, and the Nashville Kats folded, thus leaving the league with 17 teams. The Las Vegas Gladiators relocated to Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arena Football League
The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 Arena Football League season, 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in North America after the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the National Football League (NFL) until the AFL closed in 2019. The AFL played a formerly proprietary code known as arena football, a form of American football played indoors on a 66-by-28 yard field (about a quarter of the surface area of an NFL field), with rules encouraging offensive performance, resulting in a typically faster-paced and higher-scoring game compared to NFL games. The sport was invented in the early 1980s and patented by Jim_Foster_(American_football), Jim Foster, a former executive of the United States Football League (USFL) and the NFL. Each of the league's 32 seasons culminated in the ArenaBowl, with the winner being crowned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Philadelphia Soul Season
The 2008 Philadelphia Soul season was the fifth season for the franchise. The Soul started the season by winning their first nine games. Finishing the regular season with a 13–3 record, this was the Soul's best regular season to that point in their then-short history. They won their first Eastern Division title, and went into the playoffs as the top seed in the National Conference. Against the New York Dragons, the Soul won their Divisional round game by a score of 49–48 to advance to the National Conference Championship. They won that game on July 12, 2008, against the Cleveland Gladiators, 70–35. They won ArenaBowl XXII in New Orleans on July 27, 2008, against the defending champion San Jose SaberCats. Standings Regular season schedule Playoff schedule Coaching Roster Stats Regular season Week 1: vs. Orlando Predators Week 2: at Chicago Rush Week 3: vs. New York Dragons Week 4: at Los Angeles Avengers Week 5: vs. Tampa Bay Storm Week 6: vs. Utah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Grand Rapids Rampage Season
The 2008 Grand Rapids Rampage season was the 11th season for the franchise. The Rampage finished the regular season 6–10, earning them a spot in the playoffs as the 6th seed in the American Conference. In their Wild Card playoff game, the Rampage upset the Arizona Rattlers, 48–41. In the Divisional round, the Rampage won in a bigger upset against the top seeded Chicago Rush, 58–41. The Rampage's playoff run was cut short however, after losing the American Conference Championship to defending champion San Jose SaberCats, 55–81. With the ballclub's folding in 2010, this was the franchise's final season. Standings Regular season schedule Playoff schedule Coaching Final roster Stats Regular season Week 1 Bye Week Week 2: vs. San Jose SaberCats Week 3: vs. Chicago Rush Week 4: at Kansas City Brigade Week 5: vs. Los Angeles Avengers Week 6: at New York Dragons Week 7: vs. Orlando Predators Week 8: at Chicago Rush Week 9: vs. Kansas City Brigade Week 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Colorado Crush Season
The 2008 Colorado Crush season is the sixth season for the franchise. The Crush finished the regular season with a 6–10 record, good enough for the playoffs as the 5th seed in the American Conference. In the Wild Card round, they defeated division rival Utah Blaze, 49–44. In the Divisional round, they were defeated by the defending champions, the San Jose SaberCats, 51–64. Standings Regular season schedule Playoff schedule Coaching Final roster Stats Regular season Week 1: vs. Columbus Destroyers Week 2 Bye Week Week 3: at Dallas Desperados Week 4: at Chicago Rush Week 5: vs. New Orleans VooDoo Week 6: vs. Los Angeles Avengers Week 7: at Cleveland Gladiators Week 8: at Kansas City Brigade Week 9: vs. Chicago Rush Week 10: vs. Grand Rapids Rampage Week 11: at Utah Blaze Week 12: vs. Cleveland Gladiators Week 13: at San Jose SaberCats Week 14: vs. New York Dragons Week 15: at Grand Rapids Rampage Week 16: at Arizona Rattlers Week 17: vs. Kansas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Chicago Rush Season
The Chicago Rush season was the eighth season for the franchise. The Rush finished the regular season 11–5, making the playoffs again as they have in every year of their existence. They won their second consecutive Central Division title, and entered the playoffs as the top seed in the American Conference. They were eliminated from the playoffs in the Divisional round by the Grand Rapids Rampage, 41–58. Standings Regular Season schedule Playoff schedule Coaching Final roster Stats Passing Receiving Regular season Week 1: vs. San Jose SaberCats Week 2: vs. Philadelphia Soul Week 3: at Grand Rapids Rampage Week 4: vs. Colorado Crush Week 5: vs. Arizona Rattlers Week 6: at Orlando Predators Week 7: at Kansas City Brigade Week 8: vs. Grand Rapids Rampage Week 9: at Colorado Crush Week 10: at Tampa Bay Storm Week 11 Bye Week Week 12: vs. Los Angeles Avengers Week 13: at Utah Blaze Week 14: vs. Kansas City Brigade Week 15: at Cleveland Gladiators Wee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Division (AFL)
The Pacific Division, formerly the Central Division, was a division in the Arena Football League. The division was part of both the American and National Conferences at different points in its history. The division was first formed in when expansion teams were formed and put into the current divisions. Division lineups 1995–1996 *Iowa Barnstormers * St. Louis Stampede * Memphis Pharaohs * Milwaukee Mustangs Creation of the Central Division as part of the American Conference. Iowa, St. Louis, and Memphis are enfranchised for this division. 1997 *Iowa Barnstormers *Milwaukee Mustangs *Portland Forest Dragons * Texas Terror Memphis moved to Portland as the Forest Dragons. St. Louis Stampede folded. Texas Terror moved in from National Conference's Southern Division. 1998–2000 *Grand Rapids Rampage *Houston Thunderbears *Iowa Barnstormers *Milwaukee Mustangs Grand Rapids Rampage enfranchised. Portland moved to American Conference's Western Division. Texas Terror renamed Houston T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Tampa Bay Storm Season
The Tampa Bay Storm season is the 22nd season for the American Arena Football League franchise, their 18th season in Tampa, Florida. The Storm were able to finish the season with an 8–8 record, but missed the playoffs due to losing a tiebreaker with the New Orleans VooDoo and New York Dragons, both teams finishing with the same record as the Storm. This was only the second time ever that the franchise had failed to make the playoffs, the first time being in 2006. Standings Regular season schedule Coaching Roster Stats Regular season Week 1: at Kansas City Brigade Week 2: vs. Georgia Force Week 3: at New Orleans VooDoo Week 4 Bye Week Week 5: at Philadelphia Soul Week 6: at Columbus Destroyers Week 7: vs. Arizona Rattlers Week 8: vs. New York Dragons Week 9: at Orlando Predators Week 10: vs. Chicago Rush Week 11: vs. New Orleans VooDoo Week 12: at Grand Rapids Rampage Week 13: vs. Cleveland Gladiators Week 14: at Georgia Force Week 15: vs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 New Orleans VooDoo Season
The New Orleans VooDoo season is the fourth and final season for the franchise. The Voodoo started the season with a 7–2 record, but lost 6 of their last 7 games, finishing with an 8–8 record. This caused them to miss the playoffs, losing a tiebreaker scenario with the New York Dragons who had finished with the same record, and had defeated the VooDoo in the regular season. The team folded 4 months later, but will return in 2011. Standings Regular season schedule Coaching Roster Stats Regular season Week 1: at Los Angeles Avengers Week 2: vs. Orlando Predators Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Storm Week 4: vs. Cleveland Gladiators Week 5: at Colorado Crush Week 6: vs. San Jose SaberCats Week 7: at Dallas Desperados Week 8: at Arizona Rattlers Week 9: vs. Utah Blaze Week 10: at Georgia Force Week 11: at Tampa Bay Storm Week 12 Bye Week Week 13: vs. Georgia Force Week 14: vs. Columbus Destroyers Week 15: at New York Dragons Week 16: at Orlando Pred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Orlando Predators Season
The 2008 Orlando Predators season was the 18th season for the franchise. Finishing the regular season with a 9–7 record, the Predators made the playoffs for the 17th consecutive year. In this season, they made the playoffs as the 5th seed in the National Conference. The Predators were eliminated in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, losing to the Cleveland Gladiators, 66–69. Standings Regular season schedule Playoff schedule Coaching Roster Stats Regular season Week 1: at Philadelphia Soul Week 2: at New Orleans VooDoo Week 3: vs. Utah Blaze Week 4: vs. Georgia Force Week 5: at Columbus Destroyers Week 6: vs. Chicago Rush Week 7: at Grand Rapids Rampage Week 8: at Georgia Force Week 9: vs. Tampa Bay Storm Week 10: vs. San Jose SaberCats Week 11: at Cleveland Gladiators Week 12: at Kansas City Brigade Week 13: vs. Dallas Desperados Week 14: vs. Arizona Rattlers Week 15: at Tampa Bay Storm Week 16: vs. New Orleans VooDoo Playoffs National Conferen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Georgia Force Season
The Georgia Force season was the seventh season for the franchise. Starting the season 3–5, the Force finished the regular season with 7 wins in their last 8 games, ending with a 10–6 record, and winning their second consecutive Southern Division title, allowing them to enter the playoffs as the 2nd seed in the National Conference. They were eliminated from the playoffs in their first playoff game of the season by the Cleveland Gladiators, by a score of 73–70. Standings Regular season schedule Playoffs Coaching Roster Stats Regular season Week 1: vs Dallas Desperados Week 2: at Tampa Bay Storm Week 3: vs. Los Angeles Avengers Week 4: at Orlando Predators Week 5: at Utah Blaze Week 6: vs. Kansas City Brigade Week 7 Bye Week Week 8: vs. Orlando Predators Week 9: at Arizona Rattlers Week 10: vs. New Orleans VooDoo Week 11: vs. Philadelphia Soul Week 12: at New York Dragons Week 13: at New Orleans VooDoo Week 14: vs. Tampa Bay Storm Week 15: at Columbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Division (AFL)
The American Conference - South Division was a division of the Arena Football League's American Conference. The Southern Division was formed in 1992 when the AFL first split into three divisions. The League used only conferences in 1993 and 1994, but returned to division play in 1995. The Southern Division has produced 10 ArenaBowl teams and 5 champions, with the most recent during the 2011 Arena Football League season by the Sharks. Rivalries such as the Tampa Bay Storm and Orlando Predators, known as the " War on I-4," used to define this division, but the Georgia Force had risen to the top and dominated in recent years before their folding. Division lineups 1992 *Charlotte Rage * New Orleans Night *Orlando Predators *Tampa Bay Storm Creation of the Southern Division. Charlotte Rage enfranchised. In 1993, New Orleans Night folded upon suspension of the Southern Division while the league has been realigned into the American/National conference structure. 1995 *Miami Hooters *O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Columbus Destroyers Season
The 2008 Columbus Destroyers season was the 10th season for the franchise, their fifth season in Columbus. The Destroyers finished the season tied for the worst record in the league. Standings Regular season schedule Coaching Roster Stats Regular season Week 1: at Colorado Crush Week 2: at Dallas Desperados Week 3: vs. Cleveland Gladiators Week 4: at Utah Blaze Week 5: vs. Orlando Predators Week 6: vs. Tampa Bay Storm Week 7: at New York Dragons Week 8: vs. Philadelphia Soul Week 9 Bye Week Week 10: vs. Dallas Desperados Week 11: at Kansas City Brigade Week 12: at Philadelphia Soul Week 13: vs. New York Dragons Week 14: at New Orleans VooDoo Week 15: vs. Georgia Force Week 16: vs. Grand Rapids Rampage Week 17: at Cleveland Gladiators {{DEFAULTSORT:2008 Columbus Destroyers Season Columbus Destroyers The Columbus Destroyers were an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Columbus, Ohio, with home games in Nationwide Arena. The team was founded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
