Arena Football League team season
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]
Week Date Opponent Results Game site (attendance) Final score Team record 1 April 26 at St. Louis Stampede 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 San Jose SaberCats 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 Anaheim Piranhas W 34–28 7–0 Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (14,102) 9 June 22 at Memphis Pharaohs 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 Arizona Rattlers W 69–48 11–2 ThunderDome (12,345) 15 August 2 at Texas Terror W 42–30 12–2 Compaq Center (9,750)
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The Storm were awarded the No. 2 seed in the AFL playoffs.
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Green indicates clinched playoff berth Blue indicates division champion Grey indicates best regular season record [ 1]
American Conference National Conference
Central Division Western Division
Eastern Division Southern Division
Formerly the Pittsburgh Gladiators Founded in 1986 Folded in 2017 Based in Tampa , Florida Franchise Arenas Culture Head coaches Playoff appearances (24) Division championships (5) ArenaBowl appearances (10) Hall of Fame members Retired numbers League affiliations
Seasons (30)
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