Week 16 games crucial to AFL playoff picture
May 13, 2005 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release
NEW YORK - With two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Southern Division Champion Georgia Force (10-4) are the only team to have clinched a playoff spot. The New York Dragons (9-5), Colorado Crush (9-5) and Los Angeles Avengers (9-5) are in position to win their Division this weekend and earn an automatic bid.
Following are the records of AFL playoff contenders, their remaining games and their wins and losses against other playoff contenders:
TEAM OVERALL WK 16 WK 17 OPP. WIN PERCENTAGE
Central Division
COLORADO CRUSH 9-5 Nashville At New York .554
Wins: Los Angeles, Dallas, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Nashville
Losses: Orlando, Chicago (2), San Jose
CHICAGO RUSH 8-6 Grand Rapids At Nashville .304
Wins: Colorado (2), New York, San Jose, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Nashville
Losses: Dallas, Orlando, New Orleans, Los Angeles
NASHVILLE KATS 6-7-1 at Colorado Chicago .607
Wins: Los Angeles, Tampa Bay, San Jose
Losses: New Orleans, Philadelphia, New York, Las Vegas, Chicago, Colorado
Western Division
LOS ANGELES AVENGERS 9-5 Las Vegas At Grand Rapids .357
Wins: San Jose (2), Georgia, Tampa Bay, New York, Chicago
Losses: Las Vegas, Colorado, Dallas, Orlando, Nashville
SAN JOSE SABERCATS 8-6 At Arizona Georgia .536
Wins: Las Vegas (2), Orlando, Dallas, Colorado, Philadelphia
Losses: Los Angeles (2), Tampa Bay, New Orleans, Chicago, Nashville
LAS VEGAS GLADIATORS 8-6 At Los Angeles Arizona .500
Wins: Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Philadelphia, Nashville
Losses: San Jose (2), Georgia, Colorado, Chicago
Eastern Division
NEW YORK DRAGONS 9-5 At Tampa Bay Colorado .607
Wins: Dallas (2), Philadelphia (2), Georgia, Nashville
Losses: Las Vegas, Chicago, Los Angeles, Orlando
DALLAS DESPERADOS 7-6-1 At Georgia Philadelphia .571
Wins: Chicago, Orlando, Los Angeles, Philadelphia
Losses: New York (2), New Orleans, Colorado, San Jose, Las Vegas
PHILADELPHIA SOUL 6-8 Columbus at Dallas .304
Wins: Nashville, Tampa Bay, Orlando
Losses: New York (2), Chicago, New Orleans, Dallas, San Jose, Colorado, Las
Vegas
Southern Division
GEORGIA FORCE 10-4 Dallas At San Jose .554
Wins: New Orleans (2), Las Vegas, Orlando, Tampa Bay
Losses: New York, Los Angeles, Tampa Bay, Orlando
ORLANDO PREDATORS 9-6 BYE New Orleans .571
Wins: Colorado, Tampa Bay, Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, New York,
Georgia
Losses: Dallas, Georgia, Tampa Bay, San Jose, Philadelphia
TAMPA BAY STORM 8-6 New York At Columbus .357
Wins: Orlando, Georgia, San Jose, New Orleans
Losses: Orlando, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Georgia, Philadelphia, Nashville
NEW ORLEANS VOODOO 8-6 Austin At Orlando .500
Wins: San Jose, Tampa Bay, Dallas, Chicago, Philadelphia, Nashville
Losses: Georgia (2), Orlando, Tampa Bay, Colorado
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