Time:--------------------------
Sunday, June 22, 2003 - 4:00 PM CST
Location:----------------------
Ice Palace-Tampa,FL;Arena Bowls Hosted-1;Aver. Att.-17,222;TV-NBC
Last Arena Bowl:---------------
Arizona-Arena Bowl 16-Lost 52-14 vs San Jose @ San Jose, Att.-16,942
Tampa Bay-Arena Bowl 12-Lost 62-31 vs ORL @ Tampa Bay, Att.-17,222
Last Faced Each Other:---------
3-28-03 - TB 68, ARI 39 @ Tampa Bay, Att.-12,204
Team Info:---------------------
Arizona-Rattlers are coming in as the #6 seed with a 10-6 Regular
Season record and after blowing out Las Vegas 69-26 at home won 2
tough road games against Division rivals Los Angeles 70-63 and San
Jose, who defeated Arizona in the last Arena Bowl by the largest
margin in league history(52-14),66-49. QB Shederick Bonner had the
best QB Rating of the year at 126.51. Randy Gatewood won the Ironman
of the Year Award, and was named to the All-Ironman 1st Team and the
All-AFL 1st Team with Bonner, and Lineman Bryan Henderson was named
to the All-Rookie Team.
Tampa Bay-The Storm are the #2 seed and are hosting this year's
Arena Bowl. This will be the 2nd Arena Bowl held at the Ice Palace
though a couple have also been played at the Thunderdome. After a 1st
Round bye the Storm defeated the Detroit Fury 52-48 and then won the
lastest installment of the "War on I-4" 60-50 against the rival
Predators.Lineman BJ Cohen and WR/DB Lawrence Samuels were named to
the All Ironman Team, Lineman Al Lucas was named to the All Rookie
Team.