1996 Arena Football League season

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Sports season

1996 Arena Football League season

League| Arena Football League
Sport| Arena football
Duration| April 25, 1996 – August 26, 1996
ArenaBowl X
Champions| Tampa Bay Storm
Runners-up| Iowa Barnstormers
Finals MVP| Stevie Thomas, TB
AFL seasons

← 1995

1997 →

Barnstormers

Mustangs

Pharaohs

Stampede

Rattlers

SaberCats

Piranhas

Fighting Pike

Bobcats

Predators

Storm

Terror

Coyotes

Firebirds

Rage

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National:  Eastern,  Southern
American:  Western,  Central

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

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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

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Team  | Overall  | Division

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Wins  | Losses  | Percentage  | Wins  | Losses  | Percentage
National Conference
Eastern Division
Albany Firebirds | 10  | 4  | 0.714  | 4  | 0  | 1.000
Charlotte Rage | 5  | 9  | 0.357  | 2  | 2  | 0.500
Connecticut Coyotes | 2  | 12  | 0.143  | 0  | 4  | 0.000
Southern Division
Tampa Bay Storm | 12  | 2  | 0.857  | 5  | 1  | 0.833
Orlando Predators | 9  | 5  | 0.643  | 5  | 1  | 0.833
Florida Bobcats | 6  | 8  | 0.429  | 2  | 4  | 0.333
Texas Terror | 1  | 13  | 0.071  | 0  | 6  | 0.000
American Conference
Central Division
Iowa Barnstormers | 12  | 2  | 0.857  | 4  | 2  | 0.667
Milwaukee Mustangs | 10  | 4  | 0.714  | 5  | 1  | 0.833
St. Louis Stampede | 8  | 6  | 0.571  | 3  | 3  | 0.500
Memphis Pharaohs | 0  | 14  | 0.000  | 0  | 6  | 0.000
Western Division
Arizona Rattlers | 11  | 3  | 0.786  | 3  | 2  | 0.600
Anaheim Piranhas | 9  | 5  | 0.643  | 4  | 1  | 0.800
San Jose SaberCats | 6  | 8  | 0.429  | 1  | 4  | 0.200
Minnesota Fighting Pike | 4  | 10  | 0.286  | 1  | 2  | 0.333

* Green indicates clinched playoff berth
* Blue indicates division champion
* Grey indicates best regular season record

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## Playoffs

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| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | ArenaBowl X |

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| 1 | Iowa | 52 | | |
| 8 | St. Louis | 49 |
| | 1 | Iowa | 62 |
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| | | 4 | Albany | 55 |
| 4 | Albany | 70 |

| 5 | Milwaukee | 58 |
| | 1 | Iowa | 38 |
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| | | 2 | Tampa Bay | 42 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay | 30 | |

| 7 | Anaheim | 16 |
| | 2 | Tampa Bay | 55 |
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| | | 3 | Arizona | 54 |
| 3 | Arizona | 65 |

| 6 | Orlando | 48 |

## All-Arena team

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Position  | First team  | Second team

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Quarterback | Kurt Warner, Iowa | Mike Perez, Albany
Fullback/Linebacker | Bernard Hall, St. Louis | Kevin Carroll, Anaheim
Wide receiver/Defensive back | Darryl Hammond, St. Louis
Barry Wagner, Orlando | Randy Gatewood, Arizona
David McLeod, Albany
Wide receiver/Linebacker | Hunkie Cooper, Arizona | Stevie Thomas, Tampa Bay
Offensive specialist | Eddie Brown, Albany | Willis Jacox, Iowa
Offensive lineman/Defensive lineman | Sam Hernandez, Anaheim
Fran Papasedero, St. Louis
Kent Wells, Tampa Bay | Jerome Brown, Albany
Ralph Jarvis, Milwaukee
Sylvester Bembery, Tampa Bay
Defensive specialist | Rodney Mazion, Anaheim
Patrick McGuirk, San Jose | Carlton Johnson, Anaheim
Tracey Perkins, Tampa Bay
Kicker | Kenny Stucker, Milwaukee | Pete Elezovic, Albany

## References

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1. ^ "1996 Arena Football League Standings". ArenaFan.com. Retrieved February 9, 2023.

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1996 AFL season

| American Conference| National Conference

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| Central Division| Western Division

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* Iowa Barnstormers
* Memphis Pharaohs
* Milwaukee Mustangs
* St. Louis Stampede

* Anaheim Piranhas
* Arizona Rattlers
* Minnesota Fighting Pike
* San Jose SaberCats

| Eastern Division| Southern Division

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* Albany Firebirds
* Charlotte Rage
* Connecticut Coyotes

* Florida Bobcats
* Orlando Predators
* Tampa Bay Storm
* Texas Terror

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ArenaBowl X
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1. ^ "1996 Arena Football League (Arena League) Football Standings". StatsCrew.com. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

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