The ArenaBowl is the championship game of the Arena Football One. Originally hosted at Pittsburgh's Civic Arena based on home attendance during the inaugural 1987 season, save four years (2005–2008) the game was hosted by the team with the higher seed based on regular season performance. In 2005–2006 the league staged the game in Las Vegas, and in 2007–2008 New Orleans hosted the event. For the series final two games, regular season home attendance between the competing teams determined which would host.
Originally using year-based nomenclature ("ArenaBowl '87"), the league would begin consistently referring to the game using roman numerals beginning in 1994 ("ArenaBowl VIII"). The original Arena Football League's 2009 bankruptcy liquidation brought the league's existence to a close, but ArenaBowl XXIII would be staged in 2010 as the championship game of a new league which assumed the AFL's intellectual properties. The final ten games of the series would be staged under the "new" Arena Football League, concluding with ArenaBowl XXXII between the Albany Empire and Philadelphia Soul. The second AFL ultimately had the same fate as the first, ceasing operations after its 2019 season and undergoing Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation.
The ArenaBowl was revived in 2024 and was played at a neutral site, the American Dream Mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Foster Trophy was not revived for this game.
| Game | Date | Winning team | Losing team | MVP | Site | Attendance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1, | 45 | 16 | 13,232 | ||||||
| July 30, | 24 | 13 | 15,018 | ||||||
| August 18, | 39 | Pittsburgh Gladiators | 26 | 12,046 | |||||
| August 11, | 51 | 27 | 19,875 | ||||||
| August 17, | 48 | 42 | 20,357 | ||||||
| August 22, | 56 | 38 | George LaFrance (2) | 13,680 | |||||
| August 21, | 51 | 31 | 12,989 | ||||||
| September 2, | 36 | 31 | 14,368 | ||||||
| September 1, | 48 | Orlando Predators | 35 | George LaFrance (3) | 25,087 | ||||
| August 26, | 42 | 38 | Stevie Thomas (2) | 11,411 | |||||
| August 25, | 55 | 33 | 17,436 | ||||||
| August 23, | 62 | 31 | 17,222 | ||||||
| August 21, | 59 | 48 | 13,652 | ||||||
| August 20, | 41 | 38 | 15,989 | ||||||
| August 19, | 64 | 42 | 11,217 | ||||||
| August 18, | 52 | 14 | 16,942 | ||||||
| June 22, | 43 | 29 | 20,469 | ||||||
| June 27, | 69 | 62 | 17,391 | ||||||
| June 12, | 51 | 48 | Thomas & Mack Center | 10,822 | |||||
| June 11, | 69 | 61 | Thomas & Mack Center | 13,476 | |||||
| July 29, | 55 | 33 | Mark Grieb (2) | New Orleans Arena | 17,056 | ||||
| July 27, | 59 | 56 | Matt D'Orazio (2) | New Orleans Arena | 17,244 | ||||
| August 20, | 69 | 57 | 11,017 | ||||||
| August 12, | 73 | 70 | 14,320 | ||||||
| August 10, | 72 | 54 | New Orleans Arena | 13,648 | |||||
| August 17, | 48 | 39 | Amway Center | 12,039 | |||||
| August 23, | 72 | 32 | Nick Davila (2) | 18,410 | |||||
| August 29, | 68 | 47 | 9,115 | ||||||
| August 26, | 56 | 42 | 13,390 | ||||||
| August 26, | 44 | 40 | 13,648 | ||||||
| July 28, | 69 | 55 | 8,183 | ||||||
| August 11, | 45 | 27 | 12,042 | ||||||
| July 19, | Billings Outlaws | 46 | Albany Firebirds | 41 | Isaac Harker | N/A | |||
| Team | Championships | Winning years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1994, 1997, 2012, 2013, 2014 | ||
| 5 | 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2003 | ||
| 4 | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992 | ||
| 4 | 2002, 2004, 2007, 2015 | ||
| 3 | 2008, 2016, 2017 | ||
| 2 | 1998, 2000 | ||
| 1 | 1999 | ||
| 1 | 2006 | ||
| 1 | 2005 | ||
| 1 | 1987 | ||
| 1 | 2001 | ||
| 1 | 2011 | ||
| 1 | 2010 | ||
| 1 | 2018 | ||
| 1 | 2019 | ||
| Billings Outlaws | 1 | 2024 |
| Team | W | L | PCT. | PF | PA | Last appearance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | .500 | 500 | 482 | 2016 | ||
| Tampa Bay Storm | 5 | 5 | .500 | 402 | 434 | 2017 | |
| 4 | 1 | .800 | 300 | 215 | 2015 | ||
| 4 | 2 | .667 | 243 | 203 | 1993 | ||
| Philadelphia Soul | 3 | 3 | .500 | 279 | 303 | 2019 | |
| 2 | 5 | .286 | 316 | 337 | 2006 | ||
| Albany Empire | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 45 | 27 | 2019 | |
| Albany Firebirds | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 59 | 48 | 1999 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 69 | 61 | 2006 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 51 | 48 | 2005 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 45 | 16 | 1987 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 64 | 42 | 2001 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 69 | 57 | 2010 | ||
| Washington Valor | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 69 | 55 | 2018 | |
| 1 | 1 | .500 | 120 | 138 | 2015 | ||
| Baltimore Brigade | 0 | 1 | .000 | 55 | 69 | 2018 | |
| 0 | 1 | .000 | 13 | 24 | 1988 | ||
| 0 | 1 | .000 | 32 | 72 | 2014 | ||
| 0 | 1 | .000 | 33 | 55 | 2007 | ||
| 0 | 1 | .000 | 27 | 51 | 1990 | ||
| 0 | 1 | .000 | 48 | 51 | 2005 | ||
| 0 | 2 | .000 | 71 | 97 | 1997 | ||
| 0 | 2 | .000 | 80 | 105 | 2001 |
*Includes two appearances as Pittsburgh Gladiators (0–2, 42 points, 84 points allowed).
| Coach | G | W | L | PCT. | Team(s) | Appearance(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 1 | San Jose SaberCats | 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2015 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Tampa Bay Storm | 1991 | |||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Albany Firebirds, Colorado Crush | 1999, 2005 | |||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Philadelphia Soul | 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019 | |||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | Iowa Barnstormers | 1996, 1997 | |||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Orlando Predators | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006 | |||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Arizona Rattlers | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | Pittsburgh Gladiators | 1987* | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Chicago Rush | 2006 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | Pittsburgh Gladiators | 1989* | |||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | Tampa Bay Storm | 2017 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | Columbus Destroyers | 2007 | |||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Spokane Shock, Albany Empire | 2010, 2019 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Tampa Bay Storm | 1993 | |||
| 11 | 7 | 4 | Denver Dynamite, Detroit Drive, Tampa Bay Storm | 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2010 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Washington Valor | 2018 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Jacksonville Sharks | 2011, 2015 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Chicago Bruisers, Detroit Drive, Orlando Predators | 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Philadelphia Soul | 2008 | |||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | Georgia Force, Philadelphia Soul | 2005, 2012 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | Baltimore Brigade | 2018 | |||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | Nashville Kats | 2000, 2001 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | Dallas Texans | 1990 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | Cleveland Gladiators | 2014 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Grand Rapids Rampage | 2001 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Arizona Rattlers | 1994, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004 |
*Both Haering and Jackson coached the 1989 Pittsburgh Gladiators, but Jackson is credited with the postseason games.