Arena Football League - 1996

Teams/Arenas

American Conference

Central Division

Milwaukee Mustangs - Bradley Center (Milwaukee, WI)

Iowa Barnstormers - Veterans Memorial Auditorium (Des Moines, IA)

Memphis Pharaohs - Pyramid Arena (Memphis, TN)

St. Louis Stampede - Kiel Center (St. Louis, MO)

Western Division

Arizona Rattlers - America West Arena (Phoenix, AZ)

Anaheim Piranhas - Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (Anaheim, CA)

San Jose SaberCats - San Jose Arena (San Jose, CA)

Minnesota Fighting Pike - Target Center (Minneapolis, MN)

National Conference

Eastern Division

Albany Firebirds - Knickerbocker Arena (Albany, NY)

Charlotte Rage - Charlotte Coliseum (Charlotte, NC)

Connecticut Coyotes - Hartford Civic Center (Hartford, CT)

Southern Division

Orlando Predators - Orlando Arena (Orlando, FL)

Tampa Bay Storm - ThunderDome (St. Petersburg, FL)

Florida Bobcats - West Palm Beach Auditorium (West Palm Beach, FL)

Texas Terror - The Summit (Houston, TX)

Schedule

Week 1

4/25: Barnstormers, 37 @ Mustangs, 51

4/26: Piranhas, 40 @ SaberCats, 18

4/26: Storm, 57 @ Stampede, 38

4/26: Coyotes, 27 @ Bobcats, 55

4/27: Predators, 52 @ Rattlers, 55

4/27: Rage, 54 @ Pharaohs, 30

4/27: Fighting Pike, 36 @ Terror, 24 

Week 2

5/3: Pharaohs, 34 @ Coyotes, 68

5/3: Terror, 36 @ Predators, 52

5/3: Mustangs, 42 @ Stampede, 41

5/4: SaberCats, 59 @ Rattlers, 61

5/4: Barnstormers, 59 @ Fighting Pike, 43

5/4: Rage, 32 @ Firebirds, 63

5/5: Bobcats, 38 @ Piranhas, 50

Week 3

5/10: Stampede, 59 @ Fighting Pike, 22

5/10: Firebirds, 40 @ SaberCats, 69

5/10: Bobcats, 20 @ Predators, 38

5/11: Rattlers, 44 @ Piranhas, 48

5/11: Mustangs, 49 @ Pharaohs, 17

5/11: Coyotes, 31 @ Rage, 49

5/11: Terror, 27 @ Storm, 62 

Week 4

5/17: Piranhas, 49 @ Terror, 20

5/17: Pharaohs, 41 @ Stampede, 60

5/18: Rattlers, 54 @ Rage, 48 (OT)

5/18: Coyotes, 37 @ Barnstormers, 39

5/18: Fighting Pike, 30 @ Firebirds, 85

5/18: Predators, 42 @ Storm, 63 

5/18: SaberCats, 43 @ Bobcats, 26

Week 5

5/24: Storm, 41 @ Fighting Pike, 16

5/24: Terror, 22 @ Mustangs, 62

5/24: Predators, 25 @ SaberCats, 42

5/24: Firebirds, 58 @ Coyotes, 26

5/25: Pharaohs, 21 @ Piranhas, 31 

5/25: Bobcats, 37 @ Rattlers, 53

5/25: Rage, 13 @ Barnstormers, 33

Week 6

5/31: Piranhas, 49 @ Fighting Pike, 23

6/1: Predators, 45 @ Coyotes, 38

6/1: Stampede, 66 @ Firebirds, 56

6/1: Bobcats, 51 @ Rage, 40

6/1: Barnstormers, 27 @ Pharaohs, 25

6/1: SaberCats, 22 @ Storm, 36

6/1: Mustangs, 44 @ Rattlers, 51 (Link)

Week 7

6/7: Barnstormers, 48 @ Stampede, 51

6/7: Rattlers, 59 @ Fighting Pike, 27

6/7: Rage, 47 @ Predators, 56 

6/8: Pharaohs, 21 @ Firebirds, 67

6/8: Bobcats, 47 @ Storm, 55

6/8: SaberCats, 42 @ Terror, 24 (Link)

6/9: Mustangs, 27 @ Piranhas, 41

Week 8

6/14: Coyotes, 30 @ Mustangs, 59

6/14: Stampede, 58 @ SaberCats, 34

6/15: Storm, 34 @ Piranhas, 28

6/15: Rattlers, 45 @ Pharaohs, 37

6/15: Terror, 15 @ Rage, 31

6/15: Fighting Pike, 28 @ Bobcats, 63 

6/15: Firebirds, 46 @ Barnstormers, 55

Week 9

6/21: Barnstormers, 59 @ Predators, 50

6/21: Stampede, 35 @ Mustangs, 42

6/21: Firebirds, 88 @ Rage, 36

6/22: Piranhas, 45 @ Rattlers, 48

6/22: Terror, 26 @ Bobcats, 50

6/22: Storm, 43 @ Pharaohs, 12

6/22: SaberCats, 29 @ Coyotes, 39

Week 10

6/28: Pharaohs, 35 @ SaberCats, 38

6/28: Mustangs, 61 @ Fighting Pike, 49

6/28: Stampede, 57 @ Rattlers, 64

6/29: Coyotes, 45 @ Firebirds, 59

6/29: Predators, 45 @ Terror, 37

6/29: Rage, 66 @ Storm, 53

6/29: Piranhas, 50 @ Barnstormers, 56

Week 11

7/3: Rattlers, 74 @ Terror, 48

7/4: SaberCats, 36 @ Piranhas, 39

7/5: Rage, 41 @ Stampede, 44

7/5: Fighting Pike, 44 @ Coyotes, 40

7/6: Mustangs, 64 @ Barnstormers, 66

7/6: Storm, 39 @ Bobcats, 36

7/6: Predators, 41 @ Firebirds, 53 

Week 12

7/12: Pharaohs, 37 @ Mustangs, 56

7/12: Fighting Pike, 12 @ Predators, 56 (Link)

7/12: Firebirds, 52 @ Storm, 65 (OT)

7/13: Piranhas, 44 @ Rage, 40

7/13: Coyotes, 45 @ Rattlers, 51 (Link)

7/13: Bobcats, 49 @ Terror, 34

7/13: Stampede, 58 @ Barnstormers, 65

Week 13

7/19: Terror, 54 @ Fighting Pike, 51 (Link)

7/19: SaberCats, 43 @ Mustangs, 48

7/19: Storm, 39 @ Predators, 40

7/19: Rage, 51 @ Coyotes, 31 

7/20: Firebirds, 66 @ Bobcats, 63

7/20: Barnstormers, 50 @ Piranhas, 44

7/20: Stampede, 43 @ Pharaohs, 37

Week 14

7/26: Coyotes, 42 @ Stampede, 61 

7/26: Fighting Pike, 40 @ SaberCats, 31

7/27: Terror, 24 @ Firebirds, 86

7/27: Rattlers, 48 @ Storm, 69

7/27: Mustangs, 50 @ Rage, 43

7/27: Pharaohs, 28 @ Barnstormers, 57

7/27: Predators, 59 @ Bobcats, 27

Week 15

8/2: Firebirds, 54 @ Mustangs, 49

8/2: Piranhas, 44 @ Predators, 50 (OT)

8/2: Rattlers, 29 @ SaberCats, 30

8/2: Barnstormers, 61 @ Coyotes, 41 

8/2: Storm, 42 @ Terror, 30

8/3: Bobcats, 36 @ Stampede, 35 (Link)

8/3: Fighting Pike, 50 @ Pharaohs, 25 (@ Tupelo Coliseum in Tupelo, MS)

Standings

# = Playoff Seed, e = Eliminated

American Conference

Central Division

#1. Barnstormers: 12-2

#5. Mustangs: 10-4

#8. Stampede: 8-6

e - Pharaohs: 0-14

Western Division

#3. Rattlers: 11-3

#7. Piranhas: 9-5

e - SaberCats: 6-8

e - Fighting Pike: 4-10

National Conference

Eastern Division

#4. Firebirds: 10-4

e - Rage: 5-9

e - Coyotes: 2-12

Southern Division

#2. Storm: 12-2

#6. Predators: 9-5

e - Bobcats: 6-8

e - Terror: 1-13

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

8/9: Piranhas, 16 @ Storm, 30

8/10: Mustangs, 58 @ Firebirds, 70

8/10: Stampede, 49 @ Barnstormers, 52

8/10: Predators, 48 @ Rattlers, 65

Semifinals

8/17: Rattlers, 54 @ Storm, 55 (Link)

8/17: Firebirds, 55 @ Barnstormers, 62

ArenaBowl X

8/26: Storm, 42 @ Barnstormers, 38 (Link)

Previous Season: 1995

Next Season: 1997