Sport Arena football American Conference champions Philadelphia Soul National Conference champions Arizona Rattlers Champion Arizona Rattlers Season MVP Erik Meyer Season champion Arizona Rattlers | Season champions Arizona Rattlers American Conference runners-up Jacksonville Sharks Dates 23 Mar 2013 – 17 Aug 2013 Location United States of America Finals champion Arizona Rattlers | |
Duration March 23, 2013 – August 17, 2013 People also search for 2014 Arena Football League season | ||
The 2013 Arena Football League season was the 26th season in the history of the league. The regular season began on March 23, 2013, with a five-game slate, the first of which to kick off being between the Utah Blaze and the Pittsburgh Power, and ended on July 27, 2013, with the Utah Blaze and Cleveland Gladiators as the last game to kick off. The Arizona Rattlers defeated the Philadelphia Soul by a 48–39 score in ArenaBowl XXVI to conclude the league's playoffs.
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Teams
The league dropped to 14 teams during the offseason. The Kansas City Command ceased operations on August 23, 2012, as well as the Georgia Force on October 14, 2012. The Milwaukee Mustangs suspended operations for 2013, eyeing a return to play in the 2014 season.
Television
It was announced on November 13, 2012, that the league had reached an agreement with CBS Sports Network to air 19 regular-season games, as well as two playoff games. The network was scheduled to air the league's "game of the week" each Saturday. The main CBS network was to televise ArenaBowl XXVI on August 17, 2013.
Regular season standings
Eight teams qualify for the playoffs: four teams from each conference, of which two are division champions and the other two have the best records of the teams remaining.