1993 Arizona Rattlers season

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1993 Arizona Rattlers season
Owner Jerry Colangelo
Head coach Danny White
Home field America West Arena
Results
Record7–5
Division place2nd
Playoff finishLost Semi-finals 34–38 vs. Detroit Drive
Team MVP Hunkie Cooper

The 1993 Arizona Rattlers season marked the 2nd season for the franchise. The Rattlers sold out every home game during the season.

Contents

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultsGame site
Final scoreTeam record
1May 15 Detroit Drive L 29–490–1 America West Arena
2May 21 Charlotte Rage L 46–490–2 America West Arena
3May 28at Cleveland Thunderbolts W 30–201–2 Richfield Coliseum
4June 5at Albany Firebirds W 54–502–2 Knickerbocker Arena
5June 12 Tampa Bay Storm L 33–632–3 America West Arena
6June 18at Dallas Texans W 43–403–3 Reunion Arena
7June 26at Cincinnati Rockers W 27–264–3 Riverfront Coliseum
8July 2 Dallas Texans W 73–455–3 America West Arena
9July 10 Cleveland Thunderbolts W 34–156–3 America West Arena
10July 16at Orlando Predators L 34–486–4 Orlando Arena
11July 23 Cincinnati Rockers W 51–437–4 America West Arena
12July 31at Detroit Drive L 32–347–5 Joe Louis Arena

Standings

TeamOverallConferenceScoring
WLPCTWLPCTPFPAPF (Avg.)PA (Avg.)STK
American Conference
xyz-Detroit Drive 111.917801.00050637242.131W 4
x-Arizona Rattlers 75.58362.75048648940.540.75L 1
x-Dallas Texans 39.25026.25045455137.8345.92L 5
Cleveland Thunderbolts 210.16726.25035748429.7540.33L 7
Cincinnati Rockers 210.16726.25039452532.8343.75W 1
National Conference
xy-Orlando Predators 102.83362.75052635543.8329.58L 1
x-Tampa Bay Storm 93.75053.62557138947.5832.42W 3
x-Charlotte Rage 66.50035.37544050936.6642.42L 2
x-Miami Hooters 57.41735.37525849121.540.92W 2
x-Albany Firebirds 57.41735.37548249040.1640.83W 1

z – clinched homefield advantage

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

RoundDateOpponentResultsGame site
Final scoreTeam record
1stAugust 8 Charlotte Rage W 56–491–0 America West Arena
Semi-finalsAugust 14at Detroit Drive L 34–381–1 Joe Louis Arena

Roster

1993 Arizona Rattlers roster
Quarterbacks

Wide receivers/Defensive backs

Fullbacks/Linebackers

Offensive linemen/Defensive linemen

Wide receiver/Linebackers

Kickers

Rookies in italics
Roster updated July 18, 2013

31 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

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Awards

PositionPlayerAwardAll-Arena team
Offensive specialist Hunkie Cooper MVP1st
Head coach Danny White Coach of the Year
General manager Bryan Colangelo Executive of the Year

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