List of Arizona Rattlers seasons
This is a list of seasons completed by the Arizona Rattlers. The Rattlers are a professional arena football franchise of the Indoor Football League, based in Phoenix, Arizona. Since its inception in 1992, the team has played its home games at Footprint Center. From 1993 to 2004 the Rattlers made the playoffs every season, including five division championships from 1996 to 1999, and 2004. The team has made nine ArenaBowl appearances, winning five championships in franchise history, ArenaBowl VIII, ArenaBowl XI, ArenaBowl XXV, ArenaBowl XXVI, and ArenaBowl XXVII. Prior to the 2009 season, the AFL announced that it had suspended operations indefinitely and canceled the 2009 season. In September 2009, it was announced that the Rattlers would return for the 2010 season, as a part of the league's relaunching.[1]
Legend
[edit](#) | The order of league championship won by the franchise |
Finish | Final position in league, division, or conference |
T-# | Finished tied in that position with one or more teams |
ArenaBowl champions (1992–2016) | |
IFL National Champions (2017–present) | |
Conference champions | |
Division champions | |
Wild Card berth |
Season records
[edit]Season | Team | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | Head Coaches | ||||||||
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Finish | W | L | Pct | ||||||||||||
Arizona Rattlers | |||||||||||||||
1992 | 1992 | AFL | Western | 3rd | 4 | 6 | .400 | Danny White | |||||||
1993 | 1993 | AFL | American | 2nd | 7 | 5 | .583 | Won Quarterfinals (at Rage) 56–49 Lost Semifinals (at Drive) 34–38 | |||||||
1994 | 1994 | AFL | American | T-2nd | 8 | 4 | .667 | Won Quarterfinals (Rage) 52–24 Won Semifinals (at Firebirds) 40–33 Won ArenaBowl VIII (1) (at Predators) 36–31 | |||||||
1995 | 1995 | AFL | American | Western | 2nd | 7 | 5 | .583 | Lost Quarterfinals (Barnstormers) 52–56 | ||||||
1996 | 1996 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 11 | 3 | .786 | Won Quarterfinals (Predators) 65–48 Lost Semifinals (at Storm) 54–55 | ||||||
1997 | 1997 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 12 | 2 | .857 | Won Quarterfinals (Mustangs) 46–29 Won Semifinals (Storm) 49–46(OT) Won ArenaBowl XI (2) (vs. Barnstormers) 55–33 | ||||||
1998 | 1998 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 10 | 4 | .714 | Won Quarterfinals (Thunderbears) 50–36 Lost Semifinals (Predators) 33–38 | ||||||
1999 | 1999 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 10 | 4 | .714 | Won Quarterfinals (Kats) 34–30 Lost Semifinal (at Firebirds) 47–73 | ||||||
2000 | 2000 | AFL | American | Western | 2nd | 12 | 2 | .857 | Won Wild Card Round (Destroyers) 41–34 Won Quarterfinals (at Firebirds) 53–50 Lost Semifinals (at Predators) 44–56 | ||||||
2001 | 2001 | AFL | American | Western | 2nd | 8 | 6 | .571 | Won Wild Card Round (Fury) 52–44 Lost Quarterfinals (at SaberCats) 49–68 | ||||||
2002 | 2002 | AFL | American | Western | 2nd | 11 | 3 | .786 | Won Quarterfinals (Cobras) 61–59 Won Semifinals (Rush) 46–35 Lost ArenaBowl XVI (at SaberCats) 14–52 | ||||||
2003 | 2003 | AFL | American | Western | 3rd | 10 | 6 | .625 | Won Wild Card Round (Gladiators) 69–26 Won Quarterfinals (at Avengers) 70–63 Won Semifinals (at SaberCats) 66–49 Lost ArenaBowl XVII (at Storm) 29–43 | ||||||
2004 | 2004 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 11 | 5 | .688 | Won Quarterfinals (Avengers) 59–42 Won Semifinals (Crush) 45–41 Lost ArenaBowl XVIII (vs. SaberCats) 62–69 | ||||||
2005 | 2005 | AFL | American | Western | 4th | 7 | 9 | .438 | Todd Shell | ||||||
2006 | 2006 | AFL | American | Western | 2nd | 8 | 8 | .500 | Won Wild Card playoffs (Blaze) 57–34 Lost Divisional playoffs (at SaberCats) 48–62 |
Gene Nudo | |||||
2007 | 2007 | AFL | American | Western | 4th | 4 | 12 | .250 | |||||||
2008 | 2008 | AFL | American | Western | 2nd | 8 | 8 | .500 | Lost Wild Card playoffs (Rampage) 41–48 | Kevin Guy | |||||
2009 | 2009 | AFL | Did not play; league suspended operations | ||||||||||||
2010 | 2010 | AFL | National | West | 2nd | 10 | 6 | .625 | Lost National Conference Semifinals (at Shock) 49–57 | ||||||
2011 | 2011 | AFL | National | West | 1st | 16 | 2 | .889 | Won National Conference Semifinals (Shock) 62–33 Won National Conference Championship (Rush) 54–48 Lost ArenaBowl XXIV (vs. Sharks) 70–73 | ||||||
2012 | 2012 | AFL | National | West | 1st | 13 | 5 | .722 | Won National Conference Semifinals (SaberCats) 51–48 Won National Conference Championship (Blaze) 75–69 Won ArenaBowl XXV (3) (at Soul) 72–54 | ||||||
2013 | 2013 | AFL | National | West | 1st | 15 | 3 | .833 | Won National Conference Semifinals (SaberCats) 59–49 Won National Conference Championship (Shock) 65–57 Won ArenaBowl XXVI (4) (vs. Soul) 48–39 | ||||||
2014 | 2014 | AFL | National | West | 1st | 15 | 3 | .833 | Won National Conference Semifinals (Thunder) 52–48 Won National Conference Championship (SaberCats) 72–56 Won ArenaBowl XXVII (5) (at Gladiators) 72–32 | ||||||
2015 | 2015 | AFL | National | West | 1st | 14 | 4 | .778 | Won National Conference Semifinals (Shock) 72–41 Lost National Conference Championship (at SaberCats) 67–70 | ||||||
2016 | 2016 | AFL | National | 1st | 13 | 3 | .813 | Won National Conference Semifinals (Steel) 84–40 Won National Conference Championship (Gladiators) 82–41 Lost ArenaBowl XXIX (vs. Soul) 42–56 | |||||||
2017 | 2017 | IFL | Intense | 1st | 12 | 4 | .750 | Won Intense Conference Championship (Danger) 62–36 Won 2017 United Bowl (6) (vs. Storm) 50–41 | |||||||
2018 | 2018 | IFL | 2nd | 11 | 3 | .786 | Lost Semifinals (Storm) 68–69(OT) | ||||||||
2019 | 2019 | IFL | 1st | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | Won Intense Conference Championship (Danger) 62–45 Lost 2019 United Bowl (vs. Storm) 53–56 | ||||||||
2020 | 2020 | IFL | Did not play; season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||||
2021 | 2021 | IFL | 1st | 12 | 2 | .857 | Won Round One (Storm) 69–42 Won Western Conference Championship (Gladiators) 58–55 Lost 2021 United Bowl (vs. Pirates) 34–37 | ||||||||
2022 | 2022 | IFL | Western | 1st | 13 | 3 | .813 | Won Round One (Gladiators) 53–14 Lost Western Conference Championship (Wranglers) 51–52 | |||||||
2023 | 2023 | IFL | Western | 1st | 11 | 4 | .733 | Lost Round One (Wranglers) 53–62 | |||||||
2024 | 2024 | IFL | Western | 3rd | 11 | 5 | .688 | Won Quarterfinals (at Knight Hawks) 39–38 Won Western Conference Championship (Strike Force) 58–23 Won 2024 IFL National Championship (7) (vs. Pirates) 53–16 | |||||||
2025 | 2025 | IFL | Western | 1st | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
References
[edit]- General
- "Arizona Rattlers — Team history". Arena Fan. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
- Specific
- ^ Arizona Rattlers Back for 2010 Season Archived 2009-12-07 at the Wayback Machine