2005 Tampa Bay Storm season

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2005 Tampa Bay Storm season
Head coach Tim Marcum
Home field St. Pete Times Forum
Results
Record10–6
Division place3rd NC Southern
Playoff finishLost Conference Semifinals (Force) 46–62

The 2005 Tampa Bay Storm season was the 19th season for the franchise in the Arena Football League, and the 15th in the Tampa Bay area. The team was coached by Tim Marcum and played their home games at the St. Pete Times Forum.

Contents

Standings

South Division
TeamWLPCTPFPADIVHomeAway
Georgia Force 115.6878187156–28–03–5
Orlando Predators 106.6258007555–37–13–5
Tampa Bay Storm 106.6258367795–38–02–6
New Orleans VooDoo 97.5628357872–65–34–4
Austin Wranglers 610.3757748932–63–53–5

Regular season schedule

WeekDayDateOpponentResultsLocationReport
ScoreRecord
1SundayJanuary 30 San Jose SaberCats W 63–331–0 St. Pete Times Forum [1]
2SundayFebruary 6 Austin Wranglers W 62–452–0St. Pete Times Forum [2]
3FridayFebruary 11at Orlando Predators L 46–612–1 TD Waterhouse Centre [3]
4Bye
5FridayFebruary 25at New Orleans VooDoo L 42–48 (OT)2–2 New Orleans Arena [4]
6SundayMarch 6 Grand Rapids Rampage W 70–503–2St. Pete Times Forum [5]
7SundayMarch 15 Arizona Rattlers W 59–564–2St. Pete Times Forum [6]
8SundayMarch 20at Philadelphia Soul L 69–634–3 Wachovia Center [7]
9SaturdayMarch 26at Los Angeles Avengers L 59–284–4 Staples Center [8]
10SaturdayApril 2 Georgia Force W 48–385–4St. Pete Times Forum [9]
11SaturdayApril 9Orlando PredatorsW 54–326–4St. Pete Times Forum [10]
12SundayApril 17at Austin WranglersW 54–427–4 Frank Erwin Center [11]
13SundayApril 24at Nashville Kats L 21–377–5 Gaylord Entertainment Center [12]
14SaturdayApril 30New Orleans VooDooW 47–368–5St. Pete Times Forum [13]
15SundayMay 8at Georgia ForceL 40–528–6 Philips Arena [14]
16SundayMay 15 New York Dragons W 61–589–6St. Pete Times Forum [15]
17SundayMay 22at Columbus Destroyers W 78–5310–6 Nationwide Arena [16]

Playoff schedule

RoundDayDateOpponentResultsLocationReport
NC SemifinalsSundayMay 29at Georgia Force L 46–62 Philips Arena [17]

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