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===Philadelphia Soul=== |
===Philadelphia Soul=== |
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! Result |
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|March 1 |
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|[[Orlando Predators]] |
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|Home |
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|'''W''' 77-56 |
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|March 9 |
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|[[Chicago Rush]] |
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|Away |
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|'''W''' 60-49 |
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|March 16 |
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|[[New York Dragons]] |
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|Home |
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|'''W''' 63-42 |
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|March 20 |
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|[[Los Angeles Avengers]] |
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|Away |
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|'''W''' 71-34 |
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|5 |
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|March 29 |
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|[[Tampa Bay Storm]] |
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|Home |
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|'''W''' 59-51 |
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|6 |
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|April 5 |
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|[[Utah Blaze]] |
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|Home |
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|'''W''' 64-56 |
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|7 |
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|April 12 |
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|[[San Jose SaberCats]] |
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|Away |
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|'''W''' 58-57 |
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|April 21 |
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|[[Columbus Destroyers]] |
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|Away |
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|'''W''' 76-55 |
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|April 28 |
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|[[Dallas Desperados]] |
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|Home |
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|'''W''' 57-28 |
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|May 2 |
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|[[Cleveland Gladiators]] |
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|Away |
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|'''L''' 55-67 |
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|May 12 |
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|[[Georgia Force]] |
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|Away |
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|'''L''' 62-63 |
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|May 17 |
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|[[Columbus Destroyers]] |
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|Home |
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|'''W''' 51-43 |
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|May 22 |
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|[[Kansas City Brigade]] |
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|Home |
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|'''L''' 47-54 |
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|Bye |
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|June 7 |
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|[[Dallas Desperados]] |
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|Away |
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|'''W''' 71-64 |
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|June 14 |
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|[[Cleveland Gladiators]] |
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|Home |
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|'''W''' 62-61 |
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|June 22 |
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|[[New York Dragons]] |
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|'''W''' 59-30 |
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The Soul, along with division rival [[Dallas]], were undefeated at week 9. They preceeded to beat them in that week, however when travelling to Cleveland for the following game, they lost their first game of the season. They continued to sputter, dropping two of their last three, however these ultimately were their only three losses on the season. |
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===San Jose SaberCats=== |
===San Jose SaberCats=== |
Revision as of 23:25, 2 October 2008
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Date | July 27, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Arena | New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 17,244 | ||||||||||||||||||
Winning coach | Bret Munsey | ||||||||||||||||||
Losing coach | Darren Arbet | ||||||||||||||||||
TV in the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Bob Wischusen, Ray Bentley, Stan Verrett and Marcellus Wiley |
ArenaBowl XXII was played on July 27, 2008 at New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana (the host of ArenaBowl XXI). It was the 22nd championship game in the history of the Arena Football League. This was the fourth neutral site ArenaBowl in AFL history and the second ArenaBowl in the state of Louisiana.
Background
The game was played between the American Conference Champions San Jose SaberCats, who were making their fourth, and second consecutive, appearance in the title game (they have won in all of their previous trips), against the National Conference Champions Philadelphia Soul, who were making their first appearance in the franchise's history in the ArenaBowl.
Philadelphia Soul
Week | Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
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1 | March 1 | Orlando Predators | Home | W 77-56 |
2 | March 9 | Chicago Rush | Away | W 60-49 |
3 | March 16 | New York Dragons | Home | W 63-42 |
4 | March 20 | Los Angeles Avengers | Away | W 71-34 |
5 | March 29 | Tampa Bay Storm | Home | W 59-51 |
6 | April 5 | Utah Blaze | Home | W 64-56 |
7 | April 12 | San Jose SaberCats | Away | W 58-57 |
8 | April 21 | Columbus Destroyers | Away | W 76-55 |
9 | April 28 | Dallas Desperados | Home | W 57-28 |
10 | May 2 | Cleveland Gladiators | Away | L 55-67 |
11 | May 12 | Georgia Force | Away | L 62-63 |
12 | May 17 | Columbus Destroyers | Home | W 51-43 |
13 | May 22 | Kansas City Brigade | Home | L 47-54 |
14 | Bye | Week | ||
15 | June 7 | Dallas Desperados | Away | W 71-64 |
16 | June 14 | Cleveland Gladiators | Home | W 62-61 |
17 | June 22 | New York Dragons | Away | W 59-30 |
The Soul, along with division rival Dallas, were undefeated at week 9. They preceeded to beat them in that week, however when travelling to Cleveland for the following game, they lost their first game of the season. They continued to sputter, dropping two of their last three, however these ultimately were their only three losses on the season.
San Jose SaberCats
Playoffs
One odd fact noted throughout the playoffs was that both lowest seeded teams making the playoffs won in the first round.
In the playoffs, the Soul first beat the sixth-seeded New York Dragons 48-49 in the Divisional round of the tournament after a Wild-Card round bye, along with the Georgia Force. In the Eastern Conference Championship they proceeded to beat the fourth-seeded Cleveland Gladiators by a score of 35-70.
The SaberCats had a similar playoff schedule. They also had a first-round bye but unlike the Soul, failed to gain home field advantage throughout the playoffs. They beat the fifth-seeded Colorado Crush (51-64) in the Divisional round and the sixth-seeded Grand Rapids Rampage (55-81), who previously beat top-seeded Chicago Rush, in the Western Conference Championship.
Game summary
Philadelphia defeated San Jose 59-56, and Soul quarterback Matt D'Orazio was named the Mitsubishi Motors ArenaBowl XXII MVP.