2005 Arena Football League season

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2005 Arena Football League season

The 2005 Arena Football League season was the 19th season of the Arena Football League

Arena Football League

The Arena Football League was founded in 1987 in sports as an American football arena football. The AFL's attendance increased dramatically over its last few years, rising to an average of 12,415 people per game in 2007, and 12,957 per game in 2008, but the increases were accompanied by greatly increased expenses and debt, leading to the can...
. The league champions were the Colorado Crush

Colorado Crush

Colorado Crush is an Arena Football League team that began play as a 2003 expansion team. The Crush play in the Central Division of the American Conference....
, who defeated the Georgia Force

Georgia Force

The Georgia Force is an Arena Football League team based in an unincorporated area of Gwinnett County, Georgia, Georgia , United States that plays in the Southern Division of the National Conference....
in ArenaBowl XIX

ArenaBowl XIX

ArenaBowl XIX was the 2005 Arena Football League season championship game of the Arena Football League, and was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada....
. The AFL changed its playoff format to allow the top four teams per conference to make the playoffs. Previously, the top eight teams in the league make the playoffs, regardless of their conference. Also, there was no inter-conference play in the playoffs until the Arena Bowl starting in 2005.

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The 2005 Arena Football League season was the 19th season of the Arena Football League

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Colorado Crush

Colorado Crush is an Arena Football League team that began play as a 2003 expansion team. The Crush play in the Central Division of the American Conference....
, who defeated the Georgia Force

Georgia Force

ArenaBowl XIX

Standings

Team	Overall				Division
Team	Wins	Losses	Ties	Percentage	Wins	Losses	Percentage
National Conference
Eastern Division
New York Dragons New York Dragons The New York Dragons are an Arena Football League team who were formed in 1995 as the Iowa Barnstormers. In 2001, the team relocated to New York....	10	6	0	0.625	6	0	1.000
Dallas Desperados Dallas Desperados The Dallas Desperados are a professional Arena Football team in the Southern Division of the Arena Football League.The franchise began play in 2002 as an expansion team, and have posted a winning record in all but one of their seasons in existence....	8	7	1	0.531	4	2	0.667
Philadelphia Soul Philadelphia Soul The Philadelphia Soul are a professional arena football team in the Arena Football League. They began play in 2004 as a expansion team. The team plays in the Eastern Division of the National Conference....	6	10	0	0.375	1	5	0.167
Columbus Destroyers Columbus Destroyers The Columbus Destroyers are an Arena Football League team. The franchise was founded in Buffalo, New York in 1999 in sports, and have played in Columbus, Ohio since 2004 in sports....	2	14	0	0.125	1	5	0.167
Southern Division
Georgia Force Georgia Force The Georgia Force is an Arena Football League team based in an unincorporated area of Gwinnett County, Georgia, Georgia , United States that plays in the Southern Division of the National Conference....	11	5	0	0.687	6	2	0.750
Orlando Predators Orlando Predators The Orlando Predators are an Arena Football League team based in Orlando, Florida that was founded in 1991. Their playoff streak is currently 17 seasons in a row, becoming the ArenaBowl champions in 1998 and 2000....	10	6	0	0.625	5	3	0.625
Tampa Bay Storm Tampa Bay Storm The Tampa Bay Storm are a member franchise of the Arena Football League. They are also one of the founding members of the league, then known as the Pittsburgh Gladiators....	10	6	0	0.625	5	3	0.625
New Orleans VooDoo New Orleans VooDoo The New Orleans VooDoo was a team in the Arena Football League which was owned in part by Tom Benson, who also simultaneously owned the National Football League New Orleans Saints....	9	7	0	0.562	2	6	0.250
Austin Wranglers Austin Wranglers The Austin Wranglers were an American football team from Austin, Texas in the arenafootball2. They began play as a 2004 expansion team in the Arena Football League....	6	10	0	0.375	2	6	0.250
American Conference
Central Division
Colorado Crush Colorado Crush Colorado Crush is an Arena Football League team that began play as a 2003 expansion team. The Crush play in the Central Division of the American Conference....	10	6	0	0.625	3	3	0.500
Chicago Rush Chicago Rush The Chicago Rush is a team in the Arena Football League. They began play as a 2001 expansion team....	9	7	0	0.562	5	1	0.833
Nashville Kats Nashville Kats The Nashville Kats were an Arena Football League team, located in Nashville, Tennessee. They were last coached by Pat Sperduto, who coached the team's original incarnation to two ArenaBowl appearances prior to the franchise's move to Atlanta in 2002....	6	9	1	0.406	2	4	0.333
Grand Rapids Rampage Grand Rapids Rampage The Grand Rapids Rampage is an Arena Football League team that began playing as a 1998 expansion team....	4	12	0	0.250	2	4	0.333
Western Division
Los Angeles Avengers Los Angeles Avengers The Los Angeles Avengers is an Arena Football League team based in Los Angeles, California and they began play as a 2000 expansion team....	10	6	0	0.625	5	1	0.833
San Jose SaberCats San Jose SaberCats The San Jose SaberCats are an Arena Football League team that began play as a 1995 expansion team. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Conference....	9	7	0	0.562	3	3	0.500
Las Vegas Gladiators Las Vegas Gladiators The Cleveland Gladiators are an Arena Football League franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio. The franchise was previously based in East Rutherford, New Jersey and later in Las Vegas, Nevada....	8	8	0	0.500	2	4	0.333
Arizona Rattlers Arizona Rattlers The Arizona Rattlers are an Arena Football League team, based in Phoenix, Arizona, that began play as a 1992 expansion team....	7	9	0	0.438	2	4	0.333

Green indicates clinched playoff berth
Purple indicates division champion
Grey indicates best conference record

Playoffs

All games televised by NBC.