Arena Football League - 2001

Teams/Arenas

American Conference

Central Division

Milwaukee Mustangs - Bradley Center (Milwaukee, WI)

Grand Rapids Rampage - Van Andel Arena (Grand Rapids, MI)

Indiana Firebirds - Conseco Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, IN)

Chicago Rush - Allstate Arena (Rosemont, IL)

Detroit Fury - The Palace of Auburn Hills (Auburn Hills, MI)

Western Division

Arizona Rattlers - America West Arena (Phoenix, AZ)

San Jose SaberCats - Compaq Center (San Jose, CA)

Los Angeles Avengers - Staples Center (Los Angeles, CA)

Oklahoma Wranglers - Myriad Convention Center (Oklahoma City, OK)

Houston Thunderbears - Road Team

National Conference

Eastern Division

New Jersey Gladiators - Continental Airline Arena (East Rutherford, NJ)

Buffalo Destroyers - HSBC Arena (Buffalo, NY)

Carolina Cobras - Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena (Raleigh, NC)

Toronto Phantoms - Air Canada Centre (Toronto, Canada)

New York Dragons - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Uniondale, NY)

Southern Division

Orlando Predators - TD Waterhouse Centre (Orlando, FL)

Tampa Bay Storm - Ice Palace (Tampa, FL)

Florida Bobcats - National Car Rental Center (Sunrise, FL)

Nashville Kats - Gaylord Entertainment Center (Nashville, TN)

Schedule

Week 1

4/13: Predators, 25 @ Kats, 50

4/14: Rampage, 60 @ Firebirds, 59 (OT)

4/14: Bobcats, 41 @ Storm, 63

4/14: Cobras, 52 @ Gladiators, 21

4/14: ThunderBears, 28 @ Wranglers, 38

4/14: Avengers, 30 @ SaberCats, 52

4/14: Destroyers, 61 @ Phantoms, 54

Week 2

4/19: Firebirds, 38 @ Mustangs, 6

4/19: ThunderBears, 58 @ Avengers, 48

4/20: Fury, 52 @ Cobras, 79

4/20: Bobcats, 38 @ Predators, 25

4/20: Gladiators, 28 @ Destroyers, 39

4/21: Phantoms, 68 @ Dragons, 58

4/21: Kats, 40 @ Storm, 45

4/21: Rush, 44 @ Wranglers, 45

4/21: Rattlers, 37 @ SaberCats, 48

Week 3

4/27: Destroyers, 58 @ Dragons, 70

4/27: Predators, 50 @ Firebirds, 66

4/27: Phantoms, 28 @ Gladiators, 25

4/27: Rattlers, 49 @ Avengers, 21

4/28: Wranglers, 42 @ Fury, 50

4/28: Kats, 46 @ Bobcats, 26

4/28: Cobras, 38 @ Rush, 41

4/28: SaberCats, 62 vs. ThunderBears, 57 (@ Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, WV)

4/29: Mustangs, 42 @ Rampage, 50

Week 4

5/3: Avengers, 53 @ Bobcats, 61

5/3: Gladiators, 28 @ Kats, 38

5/4: Destroyers, 57 @ Cobras, 59 (Link)

5/4: Storm, 66 @ Mustangs, 47

5/5: Dragons, 73 @ Firebirds, 85

5/5: ThunderBears, 38 @ Rattlers, 53

5/5: Wranglers, 17 @ SaberCats, 73

5/5: Rampage, 62 @ Phantoms, 45

5/6: Rush, 39 @ Fury, 49 (Link)

Week 5

5/11: Cobras, 38 @ Rampage, 41

5/11: Fury, 20 @ Gladiators, 57

5/11: Bobcats, 48 @ Destroyers, 56

5/12: SaberCats, 58 @ Dragons, 62 

5/12: Phantoms, 33 @ Storm, 70

5/12: Firebirds, 64 @ Rush, 72

5/12: Mustangs, 43 vs. ThunderBears, 62 (@ Alliant Energy Center in Madison, WI)

5/12: Rattlers, 50 @ Wranglers, 42

5/13: Kats, 30 @ Predators, 34

Week 6

5/18: Dragons, 49 @ Cobras, 56

5/18: Gladiators, 47 @ Predators, 58

5/18: Storm, 41 @ Fury, 14

5/18: ThunderBears, 55 @ Destroyers, 57

5/18: SaberCats, 69 @ Mustangs, 55

5/18: Avengers, 27 @ Kats, 64

5/19: Rampage, 54 @ Rush, 52

5/19: Wranglers, 38 @ Phantoms, 72 

5/20: Firebirds, 43 @ Rattlers, 37 (Link)

Week 7

5/25: Fury, 35 @ Firebirds, 38

5/25: Gladiators, 49 @ Dragons, 71 

5/25: Rush, 69 @ Mustangs, 46

5/26: Phantoms, 44 @ Bobcats, 51

5/26: Kats, 49 vs. ThunderBears, 46 (@ Bismarck Civic Center in Bismarck, ND)

5/26: Destroyers, 14 @ Rattlers, 50

5/26: Wranglers, 33 @ Avengers, 36 

5/26: Predators, 59 @ SaberCats, 35

5/27: Storm, 66 @ Rampage, 41

Week 8

6/1: Destroyers, 51 @ Gladiators, 31

6/1: Cobras, 51 @ Storm, 58 (OT)

6/1: Bobcats, 41 @ Kats, 51

6/2: Phantoms, 22 @ Predators, 70

6/2: Fury, 41 @ Rampage, 45

6/2: ThunderBears, 43 @ Rush, 48

6/2: Mustangs, 38 @ Wranglers, 52

6/2: SaberCats, 44 @ Avengers, 47

6/3: Rattlers, 41 @ Dragons, 59

Week 9

6/7: Firebirds, 45 @ Phantoms, 34 

6/8: Gladiators, 22 @ Cobras, 68

6/8: Mustangs, 22 @ Fury, 58

6/8: Dragons, 51 @ Destroyers, 58

6/8: Rampage, 60 @ Kats, 54

6/9: Rush, 58 @ Bobcats, 51

6/9: Avengers, 48 vs. ThunderBears, 45 (@ Selland Arena in Fresno, CA)

6/9: Wranglers, 27 @ Rattlers, 69

6/10: Storm, 45 @ Predators, 57

Week 10

6/15: Rush, 30 @ Firebirds, 58 (Link)

6/15: Bobcats, 54 @ Gladiators, 51

6/15: Rattlers, 55 @ Storm, 49 (OT) (Link)

6/16: Predators, 74 @ Dragons, 63

6/16: Wranglers, 78 vs. ThunderBears, 52 (@ City Bank Coliseum in Lubbock, TX)

6/16: Rampage, 50 @ Mustangs, 62

6/16: Fury, 49 @ Avengers, 48 (OT)

6/16: Kats, 57 @ SaberCats, 58 (OT)

6/17: Cobras, 53 @ Destroyers, 44

Week 11

6/22: ThunderBears, 58 @ Cobras, 52 (OT)

6/22: Mustangs, 45 @ Predators, 42

6/22: Destroyers, 48 @ Kats, 87

6/23: Firebirds, 74 @ Rampage, 80

6/23: Fury, 47 @ Rush, 37

6/23: Avengers, 54 @ Rattlers, 48 (OT)

6/23: Dragons, 49 @ Phantoms, 66

6/24: SaberCats, 60 @ Wranglers, 41 (Link)

6/25: Storm, 67 @ Bobcats, 55

Week 12

6/30: Mustangs, 49 @ Firebirds, 59

6/30: Dragons, 59 @ Gladiators, 36

6/30: Rampage, 63 @ Fury, 75

6/30: Kats, 73 @ Wranglers, 47

6/30: Rattlers, 77 vs. ThunderBears, 67 (@ E Center in West Valley City, UT)

6/30: Rush, 47 @ Avengers, 55

6/30: Bobcats, 55 @ SaberCats, 56 (OT)

6/30: Cobras, 56 @ Phantoms, 62

7/1: Predators, 46 @ Storm, 38 

Week 13

7/6: Phantoms, 61 @ Destroyers, 26

7/6: Fury, 55 @ Mustangs, 67

7/6: SaberCats, 73 @ Rattlers, 63

7/7: Rush, 58 @ Rampage, 79

7/7: ThunderBears, 47 @ Storm, 70

7/7: Kats, 40 @ Avengers, 27

7/7: Cobras, 68 @ Dragons, 99 

7/8: Predators, 46 @ Bobcats, 53

7/8: Firebirds, 61 @ Gladiators, 62 (OT)

Week 14

7/13: Destroyers, 40 @ Predators, 48

7/13: Avengers, 28 @ Cobras, 66

7/13: Storm, 38 @ Kats, 45 (Link)

7/14: Bobcats, 30 @ Fury, 28

7/14: Wranglers, 70 @ Rampage, 72

7/14: Mustangs, 29 @ Rush, 34

7/14: Dragons, 62 @ Rattlers, 55

7/14: Gladiators, 45 @ Phantoms, 52

7/15: SaberCats, 63 @ Firebirds, 66

Week 15

7/20: Phantoms, 53 @ Cobras, 50

7/20: Rampage, 44 @ Destroyers, 40

7/20: Rattlers, 64 @ Mustangs, 47

7/21: Dragons, 73 @ Bobcats, 56

7/21: Gladiators, 41 @ Storm, 44

7/21: Predators, 41 @ Rush, 55

7/21: ThunderBears, 27 @ SaberCats, 80

7/22: Avengers, 42 @ Wranglers, 60

7/22: Firebirds, 58 @ Fury, 66

Standings

# = Playoff Seed, e = Eliminated

American Conference

Central Division

#1. Rampage: 11-3

#5. Firebirds: 9-5

#10. Fury: 7-7

#11. Rush: 7-7

e - Mustangs: 3-11

Western Division

#3. SaberCats: 10-4

#7. Rattlers: 8-6

e - Avengers: 5-9

e - Wranglers: 5-9

e - ThunderBears: 3-11

National Conference

Eastern Division

#8. Phantoms: 8-6

#9. Dragons: 8-6

#12. Cobras: 7-7

e - Destroyers: 6-8

e - Gladiators: 2-12

Southern Division

#2. Kats: 10-4

#4. Storm: 10-4

#6. Predators: 8-6

e - Bobcats: 6-8

Playoffs

Wild Card Round

7/27: Rush, 41 @ Predators, 26

7/27: Dragons, 57 @ Phantoms, 64 (Link)

7/28: Fury, 44 @ Rattlers, 52

7/29: Cobras, 41 @ Firebirds, 58

Quarterfinals

8/3: Phantoms, 38 @ Kats, 45 

8/4: Rattlers, 49 @ SaberCats, 68

8/5: Firebirds, 68 @ Storm, 31

8/5: Rush, 21 @ Rampage, 53 

Semifinals

8/11: SaberCats, 47 @ Kats, 71

8/12: Firebirds, 70 @ Rampage, 83 

ArenaBowl XV

8/19: Kats, 42 @ Rampage, 64 (Link)

Previous Season: 2000

Next Season: 2002