1994 Arizona Rattlers season

1994 Arizona Rattlers season
Head coachDanny White
Home fieldAmerica West Arena
Results
Record8–4
Division place2nd American Conference
Playoff finishWon 1st Round (Rage) 52–24
Won Semi-final (Firebirds) 40–33
Won ArenaBowl VIII (Predators) 36–31

The 1994 Arizona Rattlers season marked the third season for the franchise, and was highlighted by a victory in ArenaBowl VIII.[1]

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Results Game site
Final score Team record
1 May 20 at Orlando Predators L 20–30 0–1 America West Arena
2 May 28 Cleveland Thunderbolts W 64–40 1–1 America West Arena
3 June 1 at Cleveland Thunderbolts W 41–33 2–1 Richfield Coliseum
4 June 11 Massachusetts Marauders W 37–35 3–1 America West Arena
5 June 18 Charlotte Rage W 59–52 4–1 America West Arena
6 Bye
7 July 2 at Las Vegas Sting W 50–7 5–1 MGM Grand Garden Arena
8 July 9 Miami Hooters W 41–26 6–1 America West Arena
9 July 15 at Miami Hooters L 52–66 6–2 Miami Arena
10 July 23 at Albany Firebirds L 33–39 6–3 Knickerbocker Arena
11 July 30 Tampa Bay Storm W 48–21 7–3 America West Arena
12 August 6 at Orlando Predators L 21–46 7–4 Orlando Arena
13 August 12 Las Vegas Sting W 51–46 8–4 America West Arena

Standings

1994 Arena Football League standings
Team Overall Conference Scoring
W L PCT W L PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK
American Conference
xy-Albany Firebirds 10 2 .833 5 1 .833 642 507 53.5 42.25 W 2
x-Arizona Rattlers 8 4 .667 5 1 .833 525 441 43.75 36.75 W 1
x-Massachusetts Marauders 8 4 .667 6 1 .857 586 504 48.83 42 W 1
x-Las Vegas Sting 5 7 .417 2 5 .286 372 484 31 40.3 L 1
Cleveland Thunderbolts 2 10 .167 1 5 .167 445 548 37.08 45.67 L 2
Milwaukee Mustangs 0 12 .000 0 6 .000 386 609 32.16 50.75 L 12
National Conference
xyz-Orlando Predators 11 1 .917 4 1 .800 579 341 48.25 28.42 L 1
x-Tampa Bay Storm 7 5 .583 4 2 .667 561 564 46.75 47 W 1
x-Charlotte Rage 5 7 .417 2 4 .333 442 503 36.83 42.42 L 1
x-Fort Worth Cavalry 5 7 .417 3 2 .600 556 490 36.66 41.92 W 1
Miami Hooters 5 7 .417 1 5 .167 388 491 32.3 40.92 W 1

z – clinched homefield advantage

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

Round Date Opponent Results Game site
Final score Team record
1st August 20 Charlotte Rage W 52–24 1–0 America West Arena
Semi-finals August 27 at Albany Firebirds W 40–33 2–0 Knickerbocker Arena
ArenaBowl VIII September 2 at Orlando Predators W 36–31 3–0 Orlando Arena

Awards

Position Player Award All-Arena team
Wide receiver/Defensive back Cedric Tillman - 2nd
Offensive/Defensive lineman Doc Wise - 2nd

References

  1. ^ Tim Hipps (September 3, 1994). "Rattlers bite Predators at ArenaBowl". The News-Journal. Retrieved March 6, 2014.