{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Refimprove|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox sports season | title = 1994 Arena Football League season | league = Arena Football League | sport = Arena football | duration = May 20, 1994 – August 13, 1994<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arenafan.com/history/?page=yearly&histleague=1&fpage=schedule&year=1994 |title=1994 Arena Football League Schedule |publisher=ArenaFan.com |work=www.arenafan.com |access-date=March 4, 2014}}</ref> | season = Regular season | MVP = Eddie Brown, ALB | playoffs = League postseason | playoffs_link = | conf1 = Semifinals | conf1_link = | conf1_champ = Orlando Predators | conf1_runner-up = Massachusetts Marauders | conf2 = Semifinals | conf2_link = | conf2_champ = Arizona Rattlers | conf2_runner-up = Albany Firebirds | finals = ArenaBowl VIII | finals_link = ArenaBowl VIII | finals_champ = Arizona Rattlers | finals_runner-up = Orlando Predators | finals_MVP = | finals_MVP_link = MVP | seasonslist = List of Arena Football League seasons | seasonslistnames = AFL | prevseason_link = 1993 Arena Football League season | prevseason_year = 1993 | nextseason_link = 1995 Arena Football League season | nextseason_year = 1995 }} {{Location map+|USA|width=360|caption='''10px American, 10px National'''|relief=no|places= {{Location map~|USA|label='''Firebirds'''|position=top|mark=ButtonRed.svg|lat=42.649 |long=-73.755}} {{Location map~|USA|label='''Marauders'''|position=bottom|mark=ButtonRed.svg|lat=42.271 |long=-71.799}} {{Location map~|USA|label='''Mustangs'''|position=left|mark=ButtonRed.svg|lat=43.050 |long=-87.950}} {{Location map~|USA|label='''Rattlers'''|position=bottom|mark=ButtonRed.svg|lat=33.448 |long=-112.074}} {{Location map~|USA|label='''Sting'''|position=top|mark=ButtonRed.svg|lat=36.175 |long=-115.136}} {{Location map~|USA|label='''Thunderbolts'''|position=bottom|mark=ButtonRed.svg|lat=41.482 |long=-81.670}} {{Location map~|USA|label='''Cavalry'''|position=bottom|mark=ButtonBlue.svg|lat=32.750 |long=-97.333}} {{Location map~|USA|label='''Hooters'''|position=bottom|mark=ButtonBlue.svg|lat=25.775 |long=-80.209}} {{Location map~|USA|label='''Predators'''|position=top|mark=ButtonBlue.svg|lat=28.540 |long=-81.380}} {{Location map~|USA|label='''Rage'''|position=bottom|mark=ButtonBlue.svg|lat=35.227 |long=-80.843}} {{Location map~|USA|label='''Storm'''|position=left|mark=ButtonBlue.svg|lat=27.773 |long=-82.640}} }}
The '''1994 Arena Football League season''' was the eighth season of the Arena Football League (AFL). The league champions were the Arizona Rattlers, who defeated the Orlando Predators in ArenaBowl VIII.
==Team movement== Three expansion teams joined the league: the Fort Worth Cavalry, Las Vegas Sting, and the Milwaukee Mustangs.
Meanwhile, the Cincinnati Rockers and the Dallas Texans folded and the Detroit Drive relocated to Massachusetts to become the Massachusetts Marauders. The Denver Dynamite remained inactive.
==Standings== {{1994 Arena Football League standings}}
==Playoffs== {{8TeamBracket | RD1=Quarterfinals | RD2 = Semifinals | RD3 = ArenaBowl VIII | RD1-seed1 = '''1''' | RD1-team1 = '''Orlando''' | RD1-score1 = '''34''' | RD1-seed2 = 8 | RD1-team2 = Fort Worth | RD1-score2 = 14 | RD1-seed3 = '''4''' | RD1-team3 = '''Massachusetts''' | RD1-score3 = '''58''' | RD1-seed4 = 5 | RD1-team4 = Tampa Bay | RD1-score4 = 51 | RD1-seed5 = '''2''' | RD1-team5 = '''Albany''' | RD1-score5 = '''49''' | RD1-seed6 = 7 | RD1-team6 = Las Vegas | RD1-score6 = 30 | RD1-seed7 = '''3''' | RD1-team7 = '''Arizona''' | RD1-score7 = '''52''' | RD1-seed8 = 6 | RD1-team8 = Charlotte | RD1-score8 = 24 | RD2-seed1 = '''1''' | RD2-team1 = '''Orlando''' | RD2-score1 = '''51''' | RD2-seed2 = 4 | RD2-team2 = Massachusetts | RD2-score2 = 42 | RD2-seed3 = 2 | RD2-team3 = Albany | RD2-score3 = 33 | RD2-seed4 = '''3''' | RD2-team4 = '''Arizona''' | RD2-score4 = '''40''' | RD3-seed1 = 1 | RD3-team1 = Orlando | RD3-score1 = 31 | RD3-seed2 = '''3''' | RD3-team2 = '''Arizona''' | RD3-score2 = '''36''' }}
==All-Arena team== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="background:#e3e3e3; |Position ! style="background:#e3e3e3; |First team ! style="background:#e3e3e3; |Second team |- |align=center|Quarterback |Ben Bennett, Orlando |Mike Perez, Albany |- |align=center|Fullback/Linebacker |Paul McGowan, Orlando |Tony Burse, Massachusetts |- |align=center|Wide receiver/Defensive back |Barry Wagner, Orlando |Cedric Tillman, Arizona |- |align=center|Wide receiver/Linebacker |Bruce LaSane, Miami |Niu Sale, Massachusetts |- |align=center|Offensive specialist |Eddie Brown, Albany |Khevin Pratt, Charlotte |- |align=center|Offensive lineman/Defensive lineman |Webbie Burnett, Orlando<br>Robert Stewart, Charlotte<br>Dannie Lockett, Massachusetts |D'artagain Wise, Arizona<br>Ralph Jarvis, Massachusetts<br>Rusty Russell, Orlando |- |align=center|Defensive specialist |Carlton Johnson, Las Vegas<br>Durwood Roquemore, Orlando |Riley Ware, Massachusetts<br>Donald Brown, Miami |- |align=center|Kicker |Jorge Cimadevilla, Orlando |Franco Grilla, Albany |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{1994 Arena Football League}} {{AFL seasons}}
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