Featured Historical Articles

Arena Football Unleashed not the first AFL Video Game
Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed wasn't the first video game that was supposed to hit the streets. Read this article by Dave Carlson about the first attempt to make the sport into a video game.

Phantoms Not The First AFL Team To Challenge CFL
Padraic Meehan takes a look at the new team taking on a CFL city, and back at two other teams where the AFL took on the CFL - and both leagues left town.

A Starry Night in Des Moines
Jay Jacox takes a look back at the only All Star game the league has ever had - a 1993 fund raiser for Iowa flood victims. Read about who participated, and how the game turned out.

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Barbarians at the Gate -- The World Indoor Football League
1997: It was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times

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Aaron Boone
A 2004 World Bowl winner with the Berlin Thunder, Boone maintains his own web page which can be found at www.aaronrboone.com

This Day in History
1986-Pittsburgh, PA
The first instance of the original AFL Logo to appear in print was on the front page of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
1997-Kanata, ON
The Corel Center hosts the first regular season Arena Football League game in Canada as the Florida Bobcats defeat the New Jersey Red Dogs, 44-28, before a crowd of 7,098.
2005-Tampa, FL
The AFL completes week 16 of the 2005 regular season setting the single week record for best average attendance: 15,045. The Tampa Bay Storm lead the week with 18,244.
2008-New York, NY
The AFL's board of directors unanimously approved the use of instant replay as an officiating tool that was to start during the 2008 playoffs. This was the first time ever instant replay was used in the AFL. Each coach had a total of two challenges per game that could be used at anytime during regulation.

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