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Jay Gruden
Jay Michael Gruden (born March 4, 1967) is an American football coach and former quarterback. He previously served as the head coach of the Washington Redskins from 2014 to 2019 and as offensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals and Jacksonville Jaguars. During his time in the Arena Football League (AFL), he won four ArenaBowls as a player and two more as a head coach. Gruden is the younger brother of former NFL head coach Jon Gruden and was an assistant coach of the 2002 Buccaneers team that won Super Bowl XXXVII. Early life Of Slovene descent, Gruden was born in Tiffin, Ohio, and was raised a Roman Catholic. He attended George D. Chamberlain High School in Tampa, Florida, where he played quarterback for the Chamberlain Chiefs high school football team under head coach Billy Turner. Gruden earned All-Western Conference First Team recognition. College career Gruden attended the University of Louisville, where he was a four-year letterman at Louisville Cardinals football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Redskins
The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East division. Formerly known as the Washington Redskins, the franchise was founded by George Preston Marshall as the Boston Braves in 1932 Boston Braves (NFL) season, 1932. They became the Redskins in 1933 Boston Redskins season, 1933 and National Football League franchise moves and mergers, relocated to Washington, D.C. in 1937 Washington Redskins season, 1937. The Redskins name and logo was Washington Redskins name controversy, viewed as controversial for decades before it was retired in 2020 Washington Football Team season, 2020 as part of a List of name changes due to the George Floyd protests, wave of name changes during a United States racial unrest (2020–2023), period of racial unrest in the United States. The team played as the Washin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arena Football League 10th Anniversary Team
The Arena Football League 10th Anniversary Team was compiled in 1996 to show the league's best players in its brief 10-year history. References {{AFL Awards Arena Football League trophies and awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Bowl XXXVII
Super Bowl XXXVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Oakland Raiders and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2002 season. The Buccaneers defeated the Raiders by the score of 48–21, tied with Super Bowl XXXV for the seventh-largest Super Bowl margin of victory, winning their first-ever Super Bowl. The game was played on January 26, 2003, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. To date, this is the last Super Bowl to be played in the month of January, as all subsequent games have been played in February. It is also the last to have been played in the week following the conference championship games (the others being Super Bowls XVII, XXV, XXVIII, XXXIV, and XXXVI) and the last to be played at Qualcomm Stadium, which previously hosted Super Bowl XXII (then called Jack Murphy Stadium) and Super Bowl XXXII and was demolished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Bowl Champion
The Super Bowl is the annual American football game that determines the champion of the National Football League (NFL). The game culminates a National Football League regular season, season that begins in the previous calendar year, and is the conclusion of the National Football League playoffs, NFL playoffs. The winner receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The contest is held in an American city, chosen three to four years beforehand, usually at warm-weather sites or Stadium#Types, domed stadiums. Since January 1971, the winner of the AFC Championship Game, American Football Conference (AFC) Championship Game has faced the winner of the NFC Championship Game, National Football Conference (NFC) Championship Game in the culmination of the NFL playoffs. Before the AFL–NFL merger, 1970 merger between the American Football League (AFL) and the History of the National Football League, National Football League (NFL), the two leagues met in four such contests. The first two were market ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ArenaBowl X
ArenaBowl X was the Arena Football League (1987–2008), Arena Football League's tenth ArenaBowl. The game featured the #2 Tampa Bay Storm of the National Conference against the #1 New York Dragons, Iowa Barnstormers of the American Conference. Both teams ended their regular seasons at 12–2, yet Iowa had a better conference record (7–2 to 6–2). For the Storm, they were hoping to get their fourth championship title in six overall appearances, while the Barnstormers (in only their second season) were trying to win their first league championship game. Game summary In the first quarter, Tampa Bay struck first with Quarterback Jay Gruden completing a 12-yard touchdown pass to OL/DL Lynn Rowland, yet the Barnstormers took the lead with Quarterback Kurt Warner completing a 16-yard touchdown pass to WR/LB Chris Spencer (Arena Football League), Chris Spencer and a 30-yard touchdown pass to OS Lamont Cooper. The Storm would wrap up the period with Gruden completing a 30-yard touchdown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ArenaBowl IX
ArenaBowl IX was the Arena Football League's ninth ArenaBowl. The game featured the #6 Orlando Predators (7-5) of the National Conference against the #1 Tampa Bay Storm (10-2), also of the National Conference. This would be the first ArenaBowl to have the "War on I-4" rivalry featured in it. For the Predators, this was their third ArenaBowl appearance in their first five years of existence (having lost ArenaBowls VI and VIII). For the Storm, this was their fourth overall appearance (their second for Tampa Bay) with a chance to get three titles in five years. The attendance was 25,087, highest in ArenaBowl history and the second-highest ever in the AFL (next to the 28,745 for a regular-season tilt between the Predators and the Storm in 1993.) Game summary In the first quarter, Orlando made the opening move with WR/DB Barry Wagner getting a two-yard touchdown run, as well as a two-point conversion run. Tampa Bay responded with quarterback Jay Gruden completing a 10-yard touchdown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ArenaBowl VII
ArenaBowl '93 (or ArenaBowl VII) was the Arena Football League's seventh ArenaBowl. The game featured the number 3 Tampa Bay Storm (9–3) of the National Conference against the number 1 Detroit Drive (11–1) of the American Conference. The Storm defeated the Drive by the score of 51–31, winning their second ArenaBowl in team history, and their second one in three years. Game summary In the first quarter, the Storm struck first with kicker Arden Czyzewski getting a 24-yard field goal, while quarterback Jay Gruden completed a 15-yard touchdown pass to WR-LB Stevie Thomas. In the second quarter, Detroit got on the board with kicker John Langeloh getting a 21-yard field goal, yet the Storm answered with Czyzewski nailing a 47-yard field goal and OL-DL Keith Browner recovering a Drive fumble in their end zone for a touchdown. Detroit answered with QB Gilbert Renfoe completing a 27-yard touchdown pass to OS George LaFrance, yet Tampa Bay replied with Gruden completing an 18-yard t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ArenaBowl V
ArenaBowl '91 (or ArenaBowl V) was the Arena Football League's fifth ArenaBowl. The game featured the #2 Tampa Bay Storm (8-2) against the #1 Detroit Drive (9-1). The Storm were in their first season in Tampa, Florida since moving from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of Un ... and having spent their first four seasons as the Pittsburgh Gladiators, while the Drive were trying to win an unprecedented fourth-straight ArenaBowl title. Game summary In the first quarter, the Storm struck first with Quarterback Jay Gruden getting a one-yard touchdown run, yet the Drive responded with Quarterback Art Schlichter completing a 10-yard touchdown pass to WR/DB Gary Mullen and a 32-yard touchdown pass to OS George LaFrance. In the second quarter, Tampa Bay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ArenaBowl
The ArenaBowl was the championship game of the Arena Football League (AFL). Originally hosted at Pittsburgh's Civic Arena based on home attendance during the inaugural 1987 season, save four years (2005–2008) the game was hosted by the team with the higher seed based on regular season performance. In 2005–2006 the league staged the game in Las Vegas, and in 2007–2008 New Orleans hosted the event. For the series final two games, regular season home attendance between the competing teams determined which would host. Originally using year-based nomenclature ("ArenaBowl '87"), the league would begin consistently referring to the game using roman numerals beginning in 1994 (" ArenaBowl VIII"). The original Arena Football League's 2009 bankruptcy liquidation brought the league's existence to a close, but ArenaBowl XXIII would be staged in 2010 as the championship game of a new league which assumed the AFL's intellectual properties. The final ten games of the series would be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 All-Arena Team
The 1995 Arena Football League season was the ninth season of the Arena Football League (AFL). It was succeeded by 1996. The league champions were the Tampa Bay Storm, who defeated the Orlando Predators in ArenaBowl IX. The AFL realigned its divisions for the third straight year to two divisions per conference, a format that was then used until 2016. Team movement Five expansion teams formed in the league: the Connecticut Coyotes, Iowa Barnstormers, Memphis Pharaohs, St. Louis Stampede, and the San Jose SaberCats. Meanwhile, both the Fort Worth Cavalry and the Massachusetts Marauders The Massachusetts Marauders were a professional arena football team that was based in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were a member of the Arena Football League (AFL) from 1988 to 1994. The team was established in Detroit in 1988, as the Detroit ... were suspended and the Cleveland Thunderbolts folded. The Denver Dynamite remained inactive. Standings Source: Playoffs All-Arena team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 All-Arena Team
The 1992 Arena Football League season was the sixth season of the Arena Football League (AFL). The league champions were the Detroit Drive, who defeated the Orlando Predators in ArenaBowl VI. It is during the 1992 season that the first shutout in AFL history occurred. On June 13, the Orlando Predators defeated the San Antonio Force by a score of 50–0. To date, this remains the only shutout in AFL history, though there were other shutouts in the former AF2 after this. It also marked the first appearance of separate divisions in Arena football history. Team movement Five expansion teams joined the league: the Arizona Rattlers, Charlotte Rage, Cincinnati Rockers, Sacramento Attack, and the San Antonio Force. Meanwhile, the Columbus Thunderbolts moved to Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Arena
An All-Arena Team, an all-star team consisting of the best players of their position was selected every season in the Arena Football League (AFL). Teams * 1987 All-Arena Team, 1987 * 1988 All-Arena Team, 1988 * 1989 All-Arena Team, 1989 * 1990 All-Arena Team, 1990 * 1991 All-Arena Team, 1991 * 1992 All-Arena Team, 1992 * 1993 All-Arena Team, 1993 * 1994 All-Arena Team, 1994 * 1995 All-Arena Team, 1995 * 1996 All-Arena Team, 1996 * 1997 All-Arena Team, 1997 * 1998 All-Arena Team, 1998 * 1999 All-Arena Team, 1999 * 2000 All-Arena Team, 2000 * 2001 All-Arena Team, 2001 * 2002 All-Arena Team, 2002 * 2003 All-Arena Team, 2003 * 2004 All-Arena Team, 2004 * 2005 All-Arena Team, 2005 * 2006 All-Arena Team, 2006 * 2007 All-Arena Team, 2007 * 2008 All-Arena Team, 2008 * 2010 All-Arena Team, 2010 * 2011 All-Arena Team, 2011 * 2012 All-Arena Team, 2012 * 2013 All-Arena Team, 2013 * 2014 All-Arena Team, 2014 * 2015 All-Arena Team, 2015 * 2016 All-Arena Team, 2016 * 2017 All-Arena Team, 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
