The

Arizona Rattlers The Arizona Rattlers are a professional indoor American football team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are currently members of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Rattlers were founded in 1992 as an expansion team in the Arena Football League ...

season was the 20th season for the franchise in the

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. The team was coached by

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and played their home games at

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. In the regular season, the Rattlers won a league-record 16 games, having lost only two, to secure home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. They defeated the

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in the conference semifinals before beating the

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in the conference championship. In

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however, they fell to the

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, giving up a game-winning touchdown with no time left on the clock.

Final roster

Standings

Schedule

Regular season

The Rattlers began the season at home against the

on March 12. They visited the

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in their final regular season game.

Playoffs

Regular season

Week 1: vs. Jacksonville Sharks

Week 2: vs. Milwaukee Mustangs

Week 3: at Tulsa Talons

Week 4: vs. Orlando Predators

Week 5: BYE

Week 6: at Kansas City Command

Week 7: vs. Utah Blaze

Week 8: at Spokane Shock

Week 9: at San Jose SaberCats

Week 10: vs. Chicago Rush

Week 11: at New Orleans VooDoo

Week 12: vs. Cleveland Gladiators

Week 13: at Utah Blaze

Week 14: vs. Iowa Barnstormers

Week 15: vs. San Jose SaberCats

Week 16: at Philadelphia Soul

Week 17: vs. Spokane Shock

Week 18: at Pittsburgh Power

Week 19: BYE

Week 20: at Dallas Vigilantes

Playoffs

National Conference Semifinals: vs. (4) Spokane Shock

National Conference Championship: vs. (2) Chicago Rush

ArenaBowl XXIV: vs. (A1) Jacksonville Sharks

References

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