War on I-4 renews on NBC this Sunday
Published on February 6, 2004 under Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release
NEW YORK â The storied rivalry between the Tampa Bay Storm and Orlando Predators resumes on Sunday as the two rivals meet for the 34th time. The series, which began in 1991, is amazingly close. The teams have split 26 regular season contests, each winning 13 times. The Predators hold a slight 4-3 advantage in the postseason and lead the overall series 17-16. Tampa Bay leads the all-time points scored race, 1,390 â 1,358.
Last season the Storm and Predators split a pair of regular season games, with Orlando winning 54-51 in Week 2 and the Storm bouncing back with a 52-32 victory at the St. Pete Times Forum in Week 7. The two teams met for a third time in the semifinal round of the playoffs. In that contest Tampa Bay downed the Predators, 60-50, in route to ArenaBowl XVII.
Tampa Bay has won two straight contests in this series, marking the first Storm two-game winning streak against Orlando since the 1999 season. The Storm have no won three straight games against Orlando since a five-game winning streak that stretched through parts of the 1994, 1995 and 1996 seasons.
The War on I-4 rivalry will kickoff on Sunday, February 8 at 3 p.m. ET on NBC.
WEEK 1 INJURY REPORT
***AS REPORTED TO THE LEAGUE OFFICE BY NOON ET ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2004***
LAS VEGAS GLADIATORS (0-0) AT COLORADO CRUSH (0-0) â Friday, 9:00 p.m. ET, TV: Comcast
Las Vegas Gladiators
OUT FB/LB Phil Glover (knee sprain); OL/DL Richie Simpkins (low back strain); WR/LB Maurice Bryant (ankle and hip sprains)
PROBABLE OS Terrill Shaw (hamstring strain); OL/DL Steve Konopka (hamstring strain); WR/LB Marcus Nash (hamstring strain)
Colorado Crush
OUT WR/DB Nate Jacquet (right achilles rupture); FB/LB John Peaua (left knee MCL sprain); WR/DB Dwayne Stukes (left quad strain); WR/DB Wade Davis (left hamstring strain); WR/DB Kamau Peterson (left ribs); OL/DL Maurice Anderson (right knee); WR/DB Windrell Hayes (right knee); OL/DL Derrick Pickens (right shoulder)
COLUMBUS DESTROYERS (0-0) AT INDIANA FIREBIRDS (0-0) â Saturday, 7:00 p.m. ET
Columbus Destroyers
NONE REPORTED
Indiana Firebirds
OUT OL/DL Van Tuinei (knee); OL/DL Anthony Herron (thumb); OL/DL Greg Krause (knee); QB Adrian McPherson (back spasm)
LOS ANGELES AVENGERS (0-0) AT ARIZONA RATTLERS (0-0) â Sunday, 3 p.m. ET TV: NBC
Los Angeles Avengers
NONE REPORTED
Arizona Rattlers
DOUBTFUL DS Ricky Parker (knee)
GRAND RAPIDS RAMPAGE (0-0) AT CHICAGO RUSH (0-0) â Sunday, 3 p.m. ET
Grand Rapids Rampage
PROBABLE DS Antonio Watson (quad)
Chicago Rush
PROBABLE DS Kareem Larrimore (ankle); OL/DL Salem Simon (ankle); OL/DL John Thomas (ankle); FB/LB Bob McMillen (ankle); FB/LB Levelle Brown (lumbar); Greg Williams (hand)
NEW YORK DRAGONS (0-0) AT GEORGIA FORCE (0-0) â Sunday, 3 p.m. ET TV: NBC
New York Dragons
OUT WR/DB Lamont Webb (left knee); WR/DB Eddie Brown (left triceps); WR/DB Richmond Flowers (left hip); WR/DB Scott Lipford (right hamstring); WR/LB Cosmo DeMatteo (right quad); FB/LB Chin Achebe (right shoulder)
Georgia Force
OUT WR/DB Nick Ward (turf toe)
PROBABLE OL/DL Bruce Adrine (right knee LCL sprain); OL/DL Shane Grice; FB/LB Robert Thomas (right rib fracture)
NEW ORLEANS VOODOO (0-0) AT PHILADELPHIA SOUL (0-0) â Sunday, 3 p.m. ET TV: NBC
New Orleans VooDoo
OUT OL/DL Sean Powell (shoulder); OL/DL D.J. Cooper (ankle)
QUESTIONABLE WR/DB Luke Leverson (ankle)
PROBABLE OL/DL Adam Metts (groin)
Philadelphia Soul
PROBABLE WR/LB Gunnard Twyner (sterno clav sprain); DS Travis Seaton (back spasm); OL/DL Patrick Scott (sprained elbow); WR/DB Ricky Ross (sprained toe/bruised achilles); OL/DL Lance Clelland (finger dislocation); OL/DL Eric Gohlstin (knee and ankle sprains)
ORLANDO PREDATORS (0-0) AT TAMPA BAY STORM (0-0) â Sunday, 3 p.m. ET TV: NBC
Orlando Predators
OUT OL/DL Derrick Hamm (right knee MCL sprain); WR/DB Mike Brown (left groin sprain)
Tampa Bay Storm
NONE REPORTED
CAROLINA COBRAS (0-0) AT DALLAS DESPERADOS (0-0) â Sunday, 3 p.m. ET
Carolina Cobras
NONE REPORTED
Dallas Desperados
NONE REPORTED
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