2008 Tampa Bay Storm season explained

Team:	Tampa Bay Storm
Year:	2008
Record:	8–8
Division Place:	3rd
Coach:	Tim Marcum
Stadium:	St. Pete Times Forum
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Next:	2010
Shortnavlink:	Other seasons

The Tampa Bay Storm season is the 22nd season for the American Arena Football League franchise, their 18th season in Tampa, Florida. The Storm were able to finish the season with an 8–8 record, but missed the playoffs due to losing a tiebreaker with the New Orleans VooDoo and New York Dragons, both teams finishing with the same record as the Storm. This was only the second time ever that the franchise had failed to make the playoffs, the first time being in 2006.

Regular season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Location	Attendance	Recap
1	March 1	at Kansas City Brigade	W 51–49	1–0	Sprint Center	13,356	Recap
2	March 7	Georgia Force	W 69–48	2–0	St. Pete Times Forum	18,194	Recap
3	March 16	at New Orleans VooDoo	L 55–76	2–1	New Orleans Arena	13,011	Recap
4	Bye Week
5	March 29	at Philadelphia Soul	L 51–59	2–2	Wachovia Center	16,179	Recap
6	April 5	at Columbus Destroyers	L 49–51	2–3	Nationwide Arena	14,256	Recap
7	April 13	Arizona Rattlers	L 62–63	2–4	St. Pete Times Forum	16,413	Recap
8	April 18	New York Dragons	L 47–66	2–5	St. Pete Times Forum	17,104	Recap
9	April 26	at Orlando Predators	W 48–41	3–5	Amway Arena	13,365	Recap
10	May 5	Chicago Rush	L 46–51	3–6	St. Pete Times Forum	14,491	Recap
11	May 9	New Orleans VooDoo	W 41–37	4–6	St. Pete Times Forum	16,934	Recap
12	May 16	at Grand Rapids Rampage	W 58–50	5–6	Van Andel Arena	7,205	Recap
13	May 23	Cleveland Gladiators	W 58–48	6–6	St. Pete Times Forum	15,976	Recap
14	May 31	at Georgia Force	L 55–56	6–7	The Arena at Gwinnett Center	10,400	Recap
15	June 7	Orlando Predators	W 71–61	7–7	St. Pete Times Forum	17,344	Recap
16	June 14	at San Jose SaberCats	L 70–73	7–8	HP Pavilion	14,042	Recap
17	June 21	Los Angeles Avengers	W 72–47	8–8	St. Pete Times Forum	17,891	Recap

Regular season

Week 4

Bye Week