The 1996 Tampa Bay Storm season was the tenth season for the Tampa Bay Storm. They finished the 1996 Arena Football League season 12–2 and finished the season with the franchise's second consecutive, and fourth overall, ArenaBowl championship.
Schedule Regular season Week Date Opponent Results Game site (attendance)Final score Team record 1 April 26 at St. Louis Stampede W 57–38 1–0 Kiel Center (6,335) 2 Bye 3 May 11 Texas Terror W 62–27 2–0 ThunderDome (14,178) 4 May 18 Orlando Predators W 63–42 3–0 ThunderDome (16,444) 5 May 24 at Minnesota Fighting Pike W 41–16 4–0 Target Center (7,781) 6 June 1 San Jose SaberCats W 36–22 5–0 ThunderDome (14,663) 7 June 8 Florida Bobcats W 55–47 6–0 ThunderDome (14,117) 8 June 15 at Anaheim Piranhas W 34–28 7–0 Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (14,102) 9 June 22 at Memphis Pharaohs W 43–12 8–0 Pyramid Arena (3,363) 10 June 29 Charlotte Rage L 53–66 8–1 ThunderDome (15,492) 11 July 6 at Florida Bobcats W 39–36 9–1 West Palm Beach Auditorium (3,363) 12 July 12 Albany Firebirds W 65–52 (OT) 10–1 ThunderDome (13,202) 13 July 19 at Orlando Predators L 39–40 10–2 Orlando Arena (16,236) 14 July 27 Arizona Rattlers W 69–48 11–2 ThunderDome (12,345) 15 August 2 at Texas Terror W 42–30 12–2 Compaq Center (9,750)
Playoffs The Storm were awarded the No. 2 seed in the AFL playoffs. Round Date Opponent Results Game site (attendance)Final score Playoff record Quarterfinals August 9 (7) Anaheim Piranhas W 30–16 1–0 ThunderDome (13,021) Semifinals August 17 (3) Arizona Rattlers W 55–54 2–0 ThunderDome (13,572) ArenaBowl August 26 at (1) Iowa Barnstormers W 42–38 3–0 Veterans Memorial Auditorium (11,411)
Standings
Awards Position Player Award All-Arena team Offensive/defensive lineman Kent Wells Lineman of the Year 1st Wide receiver/linebacker Stevie Thomas - 2nd Offensive/defensive lineman Sylvester Bembery - 2nd Defensive specialist Tracey Perkins - 2nd
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