1996 Tampa Bay Storm season
1996 Tampa Bay Storm season | |
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Head coach | Tim Marcum |
Home field | ThunderDome |
Results | |
Record | 12–2 |
Division place | 1st, Southern |
Playoff finish | W Quarterfinals vs. W Semifinals vs. W ArenaBowl X vs. |
The 1996 Tampa Bay Storm season was the tenth season for the Tampa Bay Storm. They finished the 1996 Arena Football League season 12–2 and finished the season with the franchise's second consecutive, and fourth overall, ArenaBowl championship.[1]
Schedule[]
Regular season[]
Week | Date | Opponent | Results | Game site (attendance) | ||||
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Final score | Team record | |||||||
1 | April 26 | at | W 57–38 | 1–0 | Kiel Center (6,335) | |||
2 | Bye | |||||||
3 | May 11 | Texas Terror | W 62–27 | 2–0 | ThunderDome (14,178) | |||
4 | May 18 | Orlando Predators | W 63–42 | 3–0 | ThunderDome (16,444) | |||
5 | May 24 | at Minnesota Fighting Pike | W 41–16 | 4–0 | Target Center (7,781) | |||
6 | June 1 | W 36–22 | 5–0 | ThunderDome (14,663) | ||||
7 | June 8 | Florida Bobcats | W 55–47 | 6–0 | ThunderDome (14,117) | |||
8 | June 15 | at | W 34–28 | 7–0 | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (14,102) | |||
9 | June 22 | at | W 43–12 | 8–0 | Pyramid Arena (3,363) | |||
10 | June 29 | Charlotte Rage | L 53–66 | 8–1 | ThunderDome (15,492) | |||
11 | July 6 | at Florida Bobcats | W 39–36 | 9–1 | West Palm Beach Auditorium (3,363) | |||
12 | July 12 | Albany Firebirds | W 65–52 (OT) | 10–1 | ThunderDome (13,202) | |||
13 | July 19 | at Orlando Predators | L 39–40 | 10–2 | Orlando Arena (16,236) | |||
14 | July 27 | W 69–48 | 11–2 | ThunderDome (12,345) | ||||
15 | August 2 | at Texas Terror | W 42–30 | 12–2 | Compaq Center (9,750) |
Playoffs[]
The Storm were awarded the No. 2 seed in the AFL playoffs.
Round | Date | Opponent | Results | Game site (attendance) | |
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Final score | Playoff record | ||||
Quarterfinals | August 9 | (7) | W 30–16 | 1–0 | ThunderDome (13,021) |
Semifinals | August 17 | (3) | W 55–54 | 2–0 | ThunderDome (13,572) |
ArenaBowl | August 26 | at (1) | W 42–38 | 3–0 | Veterans Memorial Auditorium (11,411) |
Standings[]
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 | ||||||
12 | 2 | 0.857 | 4 | 2 | 0.667 | |
10 | 4 | 0.714 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 | |
8 | 6 | 0.571 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | |
0 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | |
Western Division | ||||||
11 | 3 | 0.786 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | |
9 | 5 | 0.643 | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | |
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
Awards[]
Position | Player | Award | All-Arena team |
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Offensive/defensive lineman | Kent Wells | Lineman of the Year | 1st |
Wide receiver/linebacker | Stevie Thomas | - | 2nd |
Offensive/defensive lineman | Sylvester Bembery | - | 2nd |
Defensive specialist | Tracey Perkins | - | 2nd |
References[]
- ^ a b "Tampa Bay Storm Team History - 1996 | ArenaFan.com". www.arenafan.com. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ a b "1996 Tampa Bay Storm Game-by-Game Results on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
Categories:
- Tampa Bay Storm seasons
- 1996 Arena Football League season
- 1996 in sports in Florida
- ArenaBowl champion seasons