1996 Arena Football League season

January 2025 February 2023 1996 Arena Football League season Arena Football League Arena football April 25, 1996 – August 26, 1996 ArenaBowl X Tampa Bay Storm Iowa Barnstormers Stevie Thomas, TB Most valuable player List of Arena Football League seasons AFL 1995 Arena Football League season 1995 1997 Arena Football League season 1997 USA 360 National: 10px Eastern, 10px SouthernAmerican: 10px Western, 10px Central no USA Barnstormers bottom ButtonYellow.svg 41.591 -93.621 USA Mustangs top ButtonYellow.svg 43.050 -87.950 USA Pharaohs bottom ButtonYellow.svg 35.118 -89.971 USA Stampede right ButtonYellow.svg 38.627 -90.198 USA Rattlers bottom ButtonRed.svg 33.448 -112.074 USA SaberCats top ButtonRed.svg 37.336 -121.891 USA Piranhas top ButtonRed.svg 33.836 -117.890 USA Fighting Pike top ButtonRed.svg 44.982 -93.269 USA Bobcats bottom ButtonBlue.svg 26.710 -80.064 USA Predators top ButtonBlue.svg 28.540 -81.380 USA Storm left ButtonBlue.svg 27.773 -82.640 USA Terror bottom ButtonBlue.svg 29.763 -95.383 USA Coyotes bottom ButtonLightBlue.svg 41.763 -72.674 USA Firebirds top ButtonLightBlue.svg 42.649 -73.755 USA Rage bottom ButtonLightBlue.svg 35.227 -80.843 The 1996 Arena Football League season was the tenth season of the Arena Football League. It was succeeded by 1997. The league champions were the Tampa Bay Storm, who defeated the Iowa Barnstormers in ArenaBowl X. The AFL finally stabilized its scheduled number of games. It expanded to a 14-game season, which would remain until 2003. Previously, the scheduled number of games had not stayed the same for more than three years. Team movement The Texas Terror joined the league as an expansion team. Meanwhile, the Fort Worth Cavalry were relocated to Minneapolis and became the Minnesota Fighting Pike; the Las Vegas Sting moved to Anaheim, California, becoming the Anaheim Piranhas, and the Miami Hooters were renamed to the Florida Bobcats. The franchise rights to the Denver Dynamite were sold and the team announced they would return in 1997 as the Nashville Kats Standings Source:http://www.arenafan.com/history/?page=yearly&fpage=standings&year=1996&histleague=1 1996 Arena Football League Standings ArenaFan.com February 9, 2023 Playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals ArenaBowl X 1 Iowa 52 8 St. Louis 49 4 Albany 70 5 Milwaukee 58 2 Tampa Bay 30 7 Anaheim 16 3 Arizona 65 6 Orlando 48 1 Iowa 62 4 Albany 55 2 Tampa Bay 55 3 Arizona 54 1 Iowa 38 2 Tampa Bay 42 All-Arena team PositionFirst teamSecond teamQuarterbackKurt Warner, IowaMike Perez, AlbanyFullback/LinebackerBernard Hall, St. LouisKevin Carroll, AnaheimWide receiver/Defensive backDarryl Hammond, St. LouisBarry Wagner, OrlandoRandy Gatewood, ArizonaDavid McLeod, AlbanyWide receiver/LinebackerHunkie Cooper, ArizonaStevie Thomas, Tampa BayOffensive specialistEddie Brown, AlbanyWillis Jacox, IowaOffensive lineman/Defensive linemanSam Hernandez, AnaheimFran Papasedero, St. LouisKent Wells, Tampa BayJerome Brown, AlbanyRalph Jarvis, MilwaukeeSylvester Bembery, Tampa BayDefensive specialistRodney Mazion, AnaheimPatrick McGuirk, San JoseCarlton Johnson, AnaheimTracey Perkins, Tampa BayKickerKenny Stucker, MilwaukeePete Elezovic, Albany References 1996 Arena Football League (Arena League) Football Standings https://www.statscrew.com/football/standings/l-Arena/y-1996 15 August 2023 StatsCrew.com