Arena Bowl '88 (or Arena Bowl II) was the

Arena Football League The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...

's second championship game. The game featured the number 2

Detroit Drive The Massachusetts Marauders were a professional arena football team that was based in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were a member of the Arena Football League (AFL) from 1988 to 1994. The team was established in Detroit in 1988, as the Detroit D ...

(9–3) against the number 1 Chicago Bruisers (10–1–1). With 37 combined points it is the lowest-scoring ArenaBowl in history. Chicago's 13 points are the fewest points by a single team in Arenabowl history.

Game summary

The Drive scored first when Quarterback

Rich Ingold Richard Ingold (May 15, 1963 – February 15, 2017) was an Arena Football League (AFL) quarterback who played with the Washington Commandos and the Detroit Drive. He holds the all-time record for most career head coaching wins in af2 history, c ...

on a one-yard touchdown run, while the Bruisers scored with Quarterback

Ben Bennett Allen Beverly Bennett II (born May 5, 1962) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, Cincinnati Bengals and Chicago Bears. He also was a member of the Jacksonville Bulls, Chicago Bruisers ...

completing a three-yard touchdown pass to WR/DB Mike McDade. In the second quarter, Detroit took control with FB/LB Walter Holman getting an eight-yard touchdown run, while fellow FB/LB Jim Browne got a two-yard touchdown run. After a scoreless third quarter, Chicago managed to respond with FB/LB Billy Stone getting a 10-yard touchdown run (with a failed two-point conversion). Afterwards, the Drive wrapped up its first ArenaBowl title with kicker

Novo Bojovic Novo Bojovic (born November 2, 1959) is a Yugoslav-born American former placekicker. Bojovic played college football at Central Michigan before embarking on a career in professional football which lasted nine years. Bojovic graduated from Cen ...

getting a 17-yard field goal.

Scoring summary

1st Quarter * DET - Ingold 1 run (Bojovic kick) * CHI - McDade 3 pass from Bennett (Morales kick) 2nd Quarter * DET - Holman 8 run (Bojovic kick) * DET - Browne 2 run (Bojovic kick) 4th Quarter * CHI - Stone 10 run (Morales kick failed) * DET - FG Bojovic 5

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