AFL Announces 2013 Schedule
November 13, 2012 - Arena Football League (AFL) News Release
CHICAGO - The 2013 NET10 Arena Football League season will begin with an ArenaBowl XXV rematch as the Arizona Rattlers will host the Philadelphia Soul on CBS Sports Network to kick off the 2013 season, the League office announced today. Each team will play 18 games and receive one bye during the 19-week regular season. The full prime time schedule will be released soon.
The regular season will officially begin with the New Orleans VooDoo hosting the Orlando Predators on Thursday, March 21, 2013, and will run through the weekend of July 26, 2013. The CBS Television Network will air the ArenaBowl on Saturday, August 17, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. ET.
CBS Sports Network will kick off its AFL coverage on Saturday, March 23, as the Arizona Rattlers take on the Philadelphia Soul. Eight other teams will also be in action that night, as J.J. Raterink and the Iowa Barnstormers travel to the Allstate Arena to take on his former team, the Chicago Rush; the reigning AFL MVP, Tommy Grady, and the Utah Blaze head to Pittsburgh for a meeting with the Power; the Tampa Bay Storm host the three-time South Division-champion Jacksonville Sharks; and future Hall of Famer Aaron Garcia heads back to the Alamodome, this time in a San Jose SaberCats uniform, to face off against the team he led to a Central Division title in 2012, the San Antonio Talons. The Spokane Shock and Cleveland Gladiators will finish off Week 1 by matching up on Sunday, March 24, 2013 from Cleveland.
Other games of note:
- The Utah Blaze will host the Arizona Rattlers in a Week 2 rematch of the 2012 National Conference Championship game.
- Orlando Predators Head Coach Doug Plank will face off against the Philadelphia Soul, who he guided to ArenaBowl XXV, from Orlando in Week 3.
- The San Jose SaberCats and Arizona Rattlers renew their rivalry in Week 3, pitting ArenaBowl XXV MVP, Nick Davila, against the man who bested him for MVP honors in ArenaBowl XXIV, Aaron Garcia.
- A rematch of the 2012 American Conference Championship game will take place in Week 5 when the Jacksonville Sharks matchup with the Philadelphia Soul in Philly.
- The Orlando Predators and Tampa Bay Storm will rekindle the "War on I-4" in Weeks 5 and 12.
2013 AFL SCHEDULE
**ALL GAMES EST**
WEEK 1 WEEK 2
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013 FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2013
ORLANDO PREDATORS @ NEW ORLEANS VOODOO 8:30pm ARIZONA RATTLERS @ UTAH BLAZE 9:30pm
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2013 JACKSONVILLE SHARKS @ PITTSBURGH POWER 7:00pm
PHILADELPHIA SOUL @ ARIZONA RATTLERS 9:00pm ORLANDO PREDATORS @ SAN JOSE SABERCATS 10:30pm
IOWA BARNSTORMERS @ CHICAGO RUSH 8:00pm SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2013
UTAH BLAZE @ PITTSBURGH POWER 7:00pm IOWA BARNSTORMERS @ NEW ORLEANS VOODOO 8:00pm
SAN JOSE SABERCATS @ SAN ANTONIO TALONS 8:30pm CLEVELAND GLADIATORS @ TAMPA BAY STORM 7:30pm
JACKSONVILLE SHARKS @ TAMPA BAY STORM 7:30pm SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 2013
SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2013 SPOKANE SHOCK @ CHICAGO RUSH 4:00pm
SPOKANE SHOCK @ CLEVELAND GLADIATORS 1:00pm
OPEN: NONE OPEN: PHILADELPHIA SOUL, SAN ANTONIO TALONS
WEEK 3 WEEK 4
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2013 FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013
SPOKANE SHOCK @ IOWA BARNSTORMERS 8:05pm NEW ORLEANS VOODOO @ JACKSONVILLE SHARKS 8:00pm
SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2013 ARIZONA RATTLERS @ SPOKANE SHOCK 10:00pm
SAN JOSE SABERCATS @ ARIZONA RATTLERS 9:00pm SAN ANTONIO TALONS @ TAMPA BAY STORM 8:00pm
JACKSONVILLE SHARKS @ CLEVELAND GLADIATORS 7:00pm SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2013
PHILADELPHIA SOUL @ ORLANDO PREDATORS 7:30pm PHILADELPHIA SOUL @ IOWA BARNSTORMERS 8:05pm
CHICAGO RUSH @ SAN ANTONIO TALONS 8:30pm SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2013
TAMPA BAY STORM @ UTAH BLAZE 10:00pm PITTSBURGH POWER @ CHICAGO RUSH 4:00pm
OPEN: CLEVELAND GLADIATORS, ORLANDO PREDATORS
OPEN: NEW ORLEANS VOODOO, PITTSBURGH POWER SAN JOSE SABERCATS, UTAH BLAZE
WEEK 5 WEEK 6
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013 FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013
IOWA BARNSTORMERS @ JACKSONVILLE SHARKS 8:00pm CHICAGO RUSH @ IOWA BARNSTORMERS 8:05pm
PITTSBURGH POWER @ NEW ORLEANS VOODOO 8:30pm SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2013
TAMPA BAY STORM @ ORLANDO PREDATORS 7:30pm UTAH BLAZE @ CLEVELAND GLADIATORS 7:00pm
SPOKANE SHOCK @ SAN JOSE SABERCATS 10:30pm SAN JOSE SABERCATS @ NEW ORLEANS VOODOO 8:00pm
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013 JACKSONVILLE SHARKS @ PHILADELPHIA SOUL 7:05pm
SAN ANTONIO TALONS @ ARIZONA RATTLERS 9:00pm TAMPA BAY STORM @ SPOKANE SHOCK 10:00pm
CLEVELAND GLADIATORS @ PHILADELPHIA SOUL 7:05pm SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
CHICAGO RUSH @ UTAH BLAZE 9:00pm ORLANDO PREDATORS @ ARIZONA RATTLERS 6:00pm
SAN ANTONIO TALONS @ PITTSBURGH POWER 2:00pm
OPEN: NONE
OPEN: NONE
WEEK 7 WEEK 8
FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013 SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2013
IOWA BARNSTORMERS @ SAN ANTONIO TALONS 8:30pm UTAH BLAZE @ ARIZONA RATTLERS 9:00pm
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013 NEW ORLEANS VOODOO @ IOWA BARNSTORMERS 8:05pm
PHILADELPHIA SOUL @ CHICAGO RUSH 8:00pm PITTSBURGH POWER @ PHILADELPHIA SOUL 7:05pm
ARIZONA RATTLERS @ JACKSONVILLE SHARKS 7:00pm JACKSONVILLE SHARKS @ SAN ANTONIO TALONS 8:30pm
ORLANDO PREDATORS @ PITTSBURGH POWER 7:00pm TAMPA BAY STORM @ SAN JOSE SABERCATS 10:30pm
CLEVELAND GLADIATORS @ SAN JOSE SABERCATS 10:30pm ORLANDO PREDATORS @ SPOKANE SHOCK 10:00pm
NEW ORLEANS VOODOO @ TAMPA BAY STORM 7:30pm CHICAGO RUSH @ CLEVELAND GLADIATORS 7:00pm
SPOKANE SHOCK @ UTAH BLAZE 9:00pm
OPEN: NONE OPEN: NONE
WEEK 9 WEEK 10
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013 FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2013
SAN ANTONIO TALONS @ CLEVELAND GLADIATORS 7:00pm SPOKANE SHOCK @ SAN ANTONIO TALONS 8:30pm
SAN JOSE SABERCATS @ JACKSONVILLE SHARKS 7:00pm SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2013
ORLANDO PREDATORS @ PHILADELPHIA SOUL 7:05pm IOWA BARNSTORMERS @ ARIZONA RATTLERS 9:00pm
TAMPA BAY STORM @ PITTSBURGH POWER 7:00pm CHICAGO RUSH @ NEW ORLEANS VOODOO 8:00pm
NEW ORLEANS VOODOO @ SPOKANE SHOCK 10:00pm JACKSONVILLE SHARKS @ ORLANDO PREDATORS 7:30pm
IOWA BARNSTORMERS @ UTAH BLAZE 9:00pm CLEVELAND GLADIATORS @ PITTSBURGH POWER 7:00pm
SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 UTAH BLAZE @ SAN JOSE SABERCATS 10:30pm
ARIZONA RATTLERS @ CHICAGO RUSH 4:00pm PHILADELPHIA SOUL @ TAMPA BAY STORM 7:30pm
OPEN: NONE
OPEN: NONE
WEEK 11 WEEK 12
SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2013 FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2013
TAMPA BAY STORM @ IOWA BARNSTORMERS 8:05pm UTAH BLAZE @ CHICAGO RUSH 8:30pm
PITTSBURGH POWER @ JACKSONVILLE SHARKS 7:00pm IOWA BARNSTORMERS @ CLEVELAND GLADIATORS 7:30pm
CLEVELAND GLADIATORS @ NEW ORLEANS VOODOO 8:00pm SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2013
CHICAGO RUSH @ ORLANDO PREDATORS 7:30pm NEW ORLEANS VOODOO @ PHILADELPHIA SOUL 7:05pm
ARIZONA RATTLERS @ PHILADELPHIA SOUL 7:05pm ARIZONA RATTLERS @ SAN ANTONIO TALONS 8:30pm
SAN JOSE SABERCATS @ SPOKANE SHOCK 10:00pm PITTSBURGH POWER @ SAN JOSE SABERCATS 10:30pm
MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2013 JACKSONVILLE SHARKS @ SPOKANE SHOCK 10:00pm
UTAH BLAZE @ SAN ANTONIO TALONS 8:30pm ORLANDO PREDATORS @ TAMPA BAY STORM 7:30pm
OPEN: NONE OPEN: NONE
WEEK 13 WEEK 14
FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013 FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2013
SAN ANTONIO TALONS @ CHICAGO RUSH 8:30pm UTAH BLAZE @ SPOKANE SHOCK 10:00pm
SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2013
SPOKANE SHOCK @ ARIZONA RATTLERS 9:00pm CLEVELAND GLADIATORS @ JACKSONVILLE SHARKS 7:00pm
SAN JOSE SABERCATS @ IOWA BARNSTORMERS 8:05pm SAN ANTONIO TALONS @ NEW ORLEANS VOODOO 8:00pm
TAMPA BAY STORM @ NEW ORLEANS VOODOO 8:00pm PITTSBURGH POWER @ ORLANDO PREDATORS 7:30pm
CLEVELAND GLADIATORS @ ORLANDO PREDATORS 7:30pm IOWA BARNSTORMERS @ PHILADELPHIA SOUL 7:05pm
PHILADELPHIA SOUL @ PITTSBURGH POWER 7:00pm ARIZONA RATTLERS @ SAN JOSE SABERCATS 10:30pm
JACKSONVILLE SHARKS @ UTAH BLAZE 9:00pm CHICAGO RUSH @ TAMPA BAY STORM 7:30pm
OPEN: NONE OPEN: NONE
WEEK 15 WEEK 16
SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2013 SATURDAY, JULY 6, 2013
PHILADELPHIA SOUL @ CLEVELAND GLADIATORS 7:00pm PITTSBURGH POWER @ CLEVELAND GLADIATORS 7:00pm
SAN ANTONIO TALONS @ IOWA BARNSTORMERS 8:05pm ARIZONA RATTLERS @ ORLANDO PREDATORS 7:30pm
ORLANDO PREDATORS @ JACKSONVILLE SHARKS 7:00pm CHICAGO RUSH @ PHILADELPHIA SOUL 7:05pm
NEW ORLEANS VOODOO @ PITTSBURGH POWER 7:00pm SAN ANTONIO TALONS @ SAN JOSE SABERCATS 10:30pm
SAN JOSE SABERCATSE @ UTAH BLAZE 9:00pm SPOKANE SHOCK @ TAMPA BAY STORM 7:30pm
NEW ORLEANS VOODOO @ UTAH BLAZE 9:00pm
OPEN: ARIZONA RATTLERS, CHICAGO RUSH OPEN: IOWA BARNSTORMERS, JACKSONVILLE SHARKS
SPOKANE SHOCK, TAMPA BAY STORM
WEEK 17 WEEK 18
FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2013 FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2013
UTAH BLAZE @ PHILADELPHIA SOUL 7:35pm SAN ANTONIO TALONS @ SPOKANE SHOCK 10:00pm
SATURDAY, JULY 13, 2013 SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2013
NEW ORLEANS VOODOO @ ARIZONA RATTLERS 9:00pm CHICAGO RUSH @ ARIZONA RATTLERS 9:00pm
CLEVELAND GLADIATORS @ CHICAGO RUSH 8:00pm ORLANDO PREDATORS @ CLEVELAND GLADIATORS 7:00pm
SPOKANE SHOCK @ JACKSONVILLE SHARKS 7:00pm UTAH BLAZE @ IOWA BARNSTORMERS 8:05pm
IOWA BARNSTORMERS @ ORLANDO PREDATORS 7:30pm JACKSONVILLE SHARKS @ NEW ORLEANS VOODOO 8:00pm
SAN JOSE SABERCATS @ PITTSBURGH POWER 7:00pm PHILADELPHIA SOUL @ SAN JOSE SABERCATS 10:30pm
TAMPA BAY STORM @ SAN ANTONIO TALONS 8:30pm PITTBURGH POWER @ TAMPA BAY STORM 7:30pm
OPEN: NONE OPEN: NONE
WEEK 19
FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2013
PITTSBURGH POWER @ SPOKANE SHOCK 10:00pm
SATURDAY, JULY 27, 2013
SAN JOSE SABERCATS @ CHICAGO RUSH 8:00pm
ARIZONA RATTLERS @ IOWA BARNSTORMERS 8:05pm
TAMPA BAY STORM @ JACKSONVILLE SHARKS 7:00pm
NEW ORLEANS VOODOO @ ORLANDO PREDATORS 7:30pm
PHILADELPHIA SOUL @ SAN ANTONIO TALONS 8:30pm
CLEVELAND GLADIATORS @ UTAH BLAZE 9:00pm
OPEN: NONE
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