SaberCats announce date for first playoff game
May 18, 2006 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
San Jose SaberCats News Release
SAN JOSE, Calif. (May 18, 2006) - The 2006 Western Division and two-time ArenaBowl Champion San Jose SaberCats will play their first playoff game of the 2006 Arena Football League postseason on Saturday, May 27 at 12:30 p.m. (PT) in HP Pavilion at San Jose, the club announced today.
The SaberCats will host an American Conference Semifinal playoff game against the highest-remaining seeded team from the Wild Card Round, which takes place this weekend.
By winning their respective divisions, the SaberCats (#2) and Colorado Crush (#1) received the top two seeds in the conference and a first round-bye.
American Conference Wild Card Round games have No. 3 Arizona (8-8) hosting No. 6 Utah (7-9) on Saturday and No. 5 Chicago (7-9) at No. 4 Nashville (8-8) on Sunday.
The club also announced that tickets for the May 27th game will be priced the same as a regular season game with no increase. Tickets start at $15 for lower level endzone seats and are available through any Northern California Ticketmaster outlet, online at Ticketmaster.com or at the HP Pavilion box office.
Season ticket holders who received a ticket booklet at the beginning of the season should use the ticket marked 'Game A' for admission to the arena on May 27. More information is also available at the team's official website www.sanjosesabercats.com.
• Discuss this story on the Arena Football League (1987-2008) message board...
Arena Football League (1987-2008) Stories from May 18, 2006
- Wranglers playoff game this Sunday - Austin Wranglers
- SaberCats announce date for first playoff game - San Jose SaberCats
- AFL wild card weekend quick hitters - AFL I
- AFL wild card must-see matchups - AFL I
- Colorado Crush playoff game set for May 28 - Colorado Crush
- Soul WR/DB Mike Brown named to All-Arena Ironman Team - Philadelphia Soul
- Third Eye Blind to headline ArenaBowl XX - AFL I
- Titans' 2006 Rookie Class Featured At Kats Game - Nashville Kats
- Force WR/LB Derek Lee named to AFL All-Ironman Team - Georgia Force
- Wranglers' Dane Krager named to All-Ironman team - Austin Wranglers
- Blaze re-sign Tom Pace, Steve Videtich - Utah Blaze
- Rampage's Timon Marshall named to AFL U.S. Army All-Ironman team - Grand Rapids Rampage
- Dallas Desperados and Will McClay Agree to Contract Extension - Dallas Desperados
- Gatewood Named to AFL "All-Ironman Team" - Arizona Rattlers
- Gladiators announce team awards - Las Vegas Gladiators
- Hans Olsen named to All-Ironman team - Utah Blaze
- Kats' Carter Named To All-Ironman Squad - Nashville Kats
- Rush WR/LB DeJuan Alfonzo named to AFL All-Ironman team - Chicago Rush
- 2006 AFL All-Ironman Team announced - AFL I
- 2001 Rampage selected as the 12th greatest team in AFL history - Grand Rapids Rampage
- Record-setting year for Orlando Predators - Orlando Predators
The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
