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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Arena Football League
L.A. Wings. The L.A. Wings ran into financial problems, and were moved to play in Sacramento.
Tampa Bay Storm. Tampa Bay once had nearly 30,000 people attend a game.
Manila Envelope. Jim Foster invented Arena Football at an indoor soccer game in 1981 by sketching the rules on the back of a manila envelope.
Rattlers. The Arizona Rattlers have won the ArenaBowl twice in 1994 and 1997 and lost in 2002.
Dallas. The 2002 season was the first ever for the Dallas Desperados.
Avengers. The Los Angeles Avengers lost to the Tampa Bay Storm in the 2002 playoffs.
Sabercats. The San Jose Sabercats were 14-1 in the 2002 season and won the championship.
Destroyers. The Buffalo Destroyers lost to the Orlando Predators in 2002.
New Jersey. The New Jersey Gladiators lost to Orlando in the 2002 Playoffs.
Dragons. The New York Dragons struggled in 2002 at 3-11.
Rush. The Chicago Rush lost their first ArenaBowl they played in 1988 by a score of 24-13. The first Chicago team was the Bruisers.
Fury. The Detroit Fury have played in many ArenaBowls, winning in 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1992. They lost in 1991 and 1993. The first team was called the Detroit Drive.
Toronto. The Toronto Phantoms missed the 2002 playoffs at 5-9.
Rampage. The Grand Rapids Rampage won the ArenaBowl in 2001.
Firebirds. The Indiana Firebirds lost to the Dallas Desperados in 2002.
Orlando. The Orlando Predators have played in many ArenaBowls, winning in 1998 and 2000. They lost in 1992, 1994, 1995 and 1999.
Storm. The Tampa Bay have played in a lot of ArenaBowls, winning in 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1996. They lost in 1998 to Orlando.
Georgia. Neither the Carolina Cobras and Georgia Force didn't make the playoffs in 2002.
firebirds. The Albany Firebirds won the ArenaBowl in 1999.
Iowa. The Iowa Barnstormers played in the Veterans Memorial Auditorium.
Bobcats. The Florida Bobcats played in National Car Rental Centre.
Nashville. The Nashville Kats played in the Nashville Arena.
Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Wranglers played in the Myriad Convention Center.
Albany. The Albany Firebirds beat Orlando 59-48.
| Which team was the first to fail to score in an AFL game? | Arena Football
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San Antonio Force. In 1992, San Antonio achieved the dubious distinction of becoming the first team not to score in an AFL game. The lost 50-0 at Orlando on July 13th.
| The Pittsburgh Gladiators were a founding member of the AFL in 1987, and in 1991 became the Tampa Bay Storm. When they qualified for the 2002 play-offs it was the _____ occasion out of 16 seasons that they'd made the play-offs? | Arena Football
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16th. The Gladiators made the playoffs in each of it's 4 years in Pittsburgh (1987-90). After moving to Tampa Bay, they have played in the postseason every year since, winning 4 Arenabowl championships. In 1990 and 2002, the franchise had losing records, but still managed to squeak in, which made it 16 consecutive play-offs!
| Which player set an AFL record for most rushing TDs in a season, with 30 in 1996? | Arena Football
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Bernard Hall. In the 1996 season, Bernard Hall rushed for 30 TDs for the St. Louis Stampede in his only year of Arena football.
Hernandez. Hernandez "Hunkie" Cooper burst on the scene during the 1993 season with the Arizona Rattlers, netting 91 catches, 19 receiving TDs, 2 passing TDs and 1 rushing TD. Although he started his career as an offensive specialist, he switched to WR/LB to accomodate teammate Calvin Schexnayder. He handled the switch with ease and he was Ironman of the year in 1999 and 2000.
50 yards. An Arena Football field is half the size of a NFL field which makes Arena Football more high scoring.
8. There is a 24 man roster, with a 8 non-active player roster also.
t. Everyone plays offense and defense except 2 defensive players, 1 offensive-only player, the quarterback and the kicker.
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