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List of Arizona Rattlers seasons

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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]

ArenaBowl/United Bowl champions ArenaBowl/United Bowl appearance Division champions Playoff berth
Season League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results
Finish Wins Losses
Arizona Rattlers
1992 AFL Western 3rd 4 6
1993 AFL American 2nd 7 5 Won Quarterfinal (Charlotte) 56–49
Lost Semifinal (Detroit) 34–38
1994 AFL American 2nd 8 4 Won Quarterfinal (Charlotte) 52–24
Won Semifinal (Albany) 40–33
Won ArenaBowl VIII (Orlando) 36–31
1995 AFL American Western 2nd 7 5 Lost Quarterfinal (Iowa) 52–56
1996 AFL American Western 1st 11 3 Won Quarterfinal (Orlando) 65–48
Lost Semifinal (Tampa Bay) 54–55
1997 AFL American Western 1st 12 2 Won Quarterfinal (Milwaukee) 46–29
Won Semifinal (Tampa Bay) 49–46 (OT)
Won ArenaBowl XI (Iowa) 55–33
1998 AFL American Western 1st 10 4 Won Quarterfinal (Houston) 50–36
Lost Semifinal (Orlando) 33–38
1999 AFL American Western 1st 10 4 Won Quarterfinal (Nashville) 34–30
Lost Semifinal (Albany) 47–73
2000 AFL American Western 2nd 12 2 Won Wild Card (Buffalo) 41–34
Won Quarterfinal (Albany) 53–50
Lost Semifinal (Orlando) 44–56
2001 AFL American Western 2nd 8 6 Won Wild Card (Detroit) 52–44
Lost Quarterfinal (San Jose) 49–68
2002 AFL American Western 2nd 11 3 Won Quarterfinal (Carolina) 61–59
Won Semifinal (Chicago) 46–35
Lost ArenaBowl XVI (San Jose) 14–52
2003 AFL American Western 3rd 10 6 Won Wild Card (Las Vegas) 69–26
Won Quarterfinal (Los Angeles) 70–63
Won Semifinal (San Jose) 66–49
Lost ArenaBowl XVII (Tampa Bay) 29–43
2004 AFL American Western 1st 11 5 Won Quarterfinal (Los Angeles) 59–42
Won Semifinal (Colorado) 45–41
Lost ArenaBowl XVIII (San Jose) 62–69
2005 AFL American Western 4th 7 9
2006 AFL American Western 2nd 8 8 Won Wild Card (Utah) 57–34
Lost Quarterfinal (San Jose) 48–62
2007 AFL American Western 4th 4 12
2008 AFL American Western 2nd 8 8 Lost Wild Card (Grand Rapids) 41–48
2009 The AFL suspended operations for the 2009 season.[2]
2010 AFL National West 2nd 10 6 Lost Conference Semifinal (Spokane) 49–57
2011 AFL National West 1st 16 2 Won Conference Semifinal (Spokane) 62–33
Won Conference Championship (Chicago) 54–48
Lost ArenaBowl XXIV (Jacksonville) 70–73
2012 AFL National West 1st 13 5 Won Conference Semifinal (San Jose) 51–48
Won Conference Championship (Utah) 75–69
Won ArenaBowl XXV (Philadelphia) 72–54
2013 AFL National West 1st 15 3 Won Conference Semifinal (San Jose) 59–49
Won Conference Championship (Spokane) 65–57
Won ArenaBowl XXVI (Philadelphia) 48–39
2014 AFL National West 1st 15 3 Won Conference Semifinal (Portland) 52–48
Won Conference Championship (San Jose) 72–56
Won ArenaBowl XXVII (Cleveland) 72–32
2015 AFL National West 1st 14 4 Won Conference Semifinal (Spokane) 72–41
Lost Conference Championship (San Jose) 67–70
2016 AFL National 1st 13 3 Won Conference Semifinals (Portland) 84–40
Won Conference Championship (Cleveland) 82–41
Lost ArenaBowl XXIX (Philadelphia) 42–56
2017 IFL Intense 1st 12 4 Won Conference Championship (Nebraska) 62–36
Won 2017 United Bowl (Sioux Falls) 50–41
2018 IFL 2nd 11 3 Lost Semifinal (Sioux Falls) 68–69 OT
2019 IFL 1st 14 0 Won Semifinal (Nebraska) 62–45
Lost 2019 United Bowl (Sioux Falls) 53–56
2020 IFL Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 IFL 1st 12 2 Won First round (Sioux Falls) 69–42
Won Semifinal (Duke City) 58–55
Lost United Bowl (Massachusetts) 34–37
2022 IFL Western 1st 13 3 Won First round (Duke City) 53–14
Lost Second round (Northern Arizona) 51–52
2023 IFL Western 1st 11 4 Lost First round (Northern Arizona) 53–62
2024 IFL Western 3rd 11 5 Won First round (Vegas) 39–38
Won Second round (Vegas) 58–23
Won IFL National Championship (Massachusetts) 53–16
Total 328 139 Regular season
44 21 Postseason
372 160 Regular season and postseason

References

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General
  • "Arizona Rattlers — Team history". Arena Fan. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
Specific
  1. ^ Arizona Rattlers Back for 2010 Season Archived 2009-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "AFL suspends 2009 season". Arena Football League. Archived from the original on April 20, 2009. Retrieved November 18, 2009.