2006 Arena Football League season

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2006 Arena Football League season

The 2006 Arena Football League season was the 20th 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 Chicago Rush

Chicago Rush

The Chicago Rush is a team in the Arena Football League. They began play as a 2001 expansion team....
, who defeated the 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....
in ArenaBowl XX

ArenaBowl XX

ArenaBowl XX, held on Sunday, June 11, 2006, was played to determine the championship of the 2006 Arena Football League season of the Arena Football League....
.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest Atlantic hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States....
, the 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....
franchise suspended operations before the start of the season. However, the league added two teams, the Kansas City Brigade

Kansas City Brigade

The Kansas City Brigade is a team from the Arena Football League. The team was established before the 2006 Kansas City Brigade season season. Former Kansas City Chiefs strong safety Kevin Porter is the current head coach....
and the Utah Blaze

Utah Blaze

The Utah Blaze is an Arena Football League team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They began play as a 2006 expansion team. They are currently coached by Ron James....
, expanding to 18 teams. The AFL also expanded its playoff format to 12 teams with six teams per conference.

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The 2006 Arena Football League season was the 20th season of the Arena Football League

Arena Football League

Chicago Rush

The Chicago Rush is a team in the Arena Football League. They began play as a 2001 expansion team....
, who defeated the Orlando Predators

Orlando Predators

ArenaBowl XX

Hurricane Katrina

New Orleans VooDoo

Kansas City Brigade

Utah Blaze

Standings

Team	Overall			Division
Team	Wins	Losses	Percentage	Wins	Losses	Percentage
National Conference
Eastern Division
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....	13	3	0.812	4	2	0.667
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	0.625	2	4	0.333
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....	9	7	0.582	3	3	0.500
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....	8	8	0.500	3	3	0.500
Southern Division
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	0.625	6	2	0.750
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....	10	6	0.625	5	3	0.625
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....	8	8	0.500	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....	7	9	0.437	4	4	0.500
Kansas City Brigade Kansas City Brigade The Kansas City Brigade is a team from the Arena Football League. The team was established before the 2006 Kansas City Brigade season season. Former Kansas City Chiefs strong safety Kevin Porter is the current head coach....	3	13	0.188	0	8	0.000
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....	11	5	0.688	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....	8	8	0.500	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....	7	9	0.438	3	3	0.500
Grand Rapids Rampage Grand Rapids Rampage The Grand Rapids Rampage is an Arena Football League team that began playing as a 1998 expansion team....	5	11	0.312	1	5	0.167
Western Division
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....	10	6	0.625	5	3	0.625
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....	8	8	0.500	5	3	0.625
Utah Blaze Utah Blaze The Utah Blaze is an Arena Football League team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They began play as a 2006 expansion team. They are currently coached by Ron James....	7	9	0.438	4	4	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....	5	11	0.333	3	5	0.375
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....	5	11	0.267	3	5	0.375

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

Playoffs

All games televised by NBC, except when noted.

2006 Arena Football League season

Standings

Playoffs

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