ArenaBowl XXIX
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| Date | August 26, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Gila River Arena, Glendale, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Shaun Kauleinamoku, Philadelphia
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| Attendance | 13,390 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Clint Dolezel | ||||||||||||||||||
| Losing coach | Kevin Guy | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Ari Wolfe, Sherdrick Bonner and Tina Cervasio | ||||||||||||||||||
ArenaBowl XXIX was the championship game of the 2016 Arena Football League season. It was played between the American Conference Champion Philadelphia Soul and the National Conference Champion Arizona Rattlers. The game was played at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
This was the Arizona Rattlers' tenth ArenaBowl appearance and the Philadelphia Soul's fourth appearance. It was the Soul's second ArenaBowl victory.[1]
Venue
The game was played at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona due to the Rattlers' usual home arena of Talking Stick Resort Arena being the site of a WNBA game between the Phoenix Mercury and Dallas Wings on the same day.[2][3][4]
Television
This was the third consecutive ArenaBowl televised on ESPN.
Background
The Philadelphia Soul finished the regular season with a 13–3 record and the number one seed in the American Conference. The Soul then beat the Tampa Bay Storm in the American Conference Semifinals and the Jacksonville Sharks in the American Conference Championship. The Arizona Rattlers finished the regular season with a 13–3 record and the number one seed in the National Conference. The Rattlers then beat the Portland Steel in the National Conference Semifinals and the Cleveland Gladiators in the National Conference Championship.
Box score
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Soul (AC) | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 56 |
| Rattlers (NC) | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
at Gila River Arena, Glendale, Arizona
- Date: August 26, 2016
- Game time: 7:00 p.m. EDT
- Game attendance: 13,390
- Referee: Tom McCabe
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References
- ^ "Soul Defeat Rattlers, 56-42, to Claim AFL Crown". arenafootball.com. August 26, 2016. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Klapper, Clayton (August 14, 2016). "Arizona Rattlers to host ArenaBowl XXIX in Glendale on August 26". abc15.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Sunnucks, Mike (August 17, 2016). "Football fix: Glendale to host ArenaBowl, Cards' last practice on same day". bizjournals.com. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ^ Obert, Richard (August 17, 2016). "Rattlers expect large crowd for ArenaBowl in Glendale". azcentral.com. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ^ "Philadelphia Soul vs Arizona Rattlers (Aug 26, 2016)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved September 15, 2017.