This is a list of seasons completed by the San Jose SaberCats. The SaberCats are a professional arena football franchise of the Arena Football League (AFL), based in San Jose, California. The team was established in 1995. The SaberCats have won eight division championships, and are the winners of ArenaBowl XVI, ArenaBowl XVIII, and ArenaBowl XXI. Prior to the 2009 season, the AFL announced that it had suspended operations indefinitely and canceled the 2009 season, however the SaberCats stated they "fully intended" to play in 2010.[1]
| ArenaBowl Champions | ArenaBowl Appearance | Division Champions | Playoff Berth |
| Season | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses | ||||||
| San Jose SaberCats | ||||||||
| 1995 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 8 | 4 | Lost Quarterfinals (Orlando) 55–37 | |
| 1996 | AFL | American | Western | 3rd | 6 | 8 | ||
| 1997 | AFL | American | Western | 2nd | 8 | 6 | Lost Quarterfinals (Iowa) 68–59 | |
| 1998 | AFL | American | Western | 2nd | 7 | 7 | Lost Quarterfinals (Tampa Bay) 65–46 | |
| 1999 | AFL | American | Western | 3rd | 6 | 8 | ||
| 2000 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 12 | 2 | Won Quarterfinals (Oklahoma) 63–40 Lost Semifinals (Nashville) 51–42 | |
| 2001 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 10 | 4 | Won Quarterfinals (Arizona) 68–49 Lost Semifinals (Nashville) 71–47 | |
| 2002 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 13 | 1 | Won Quarterfinals (Tampa Bay) 66–41 Won Semifinals (Orlando) 52–40 Won ArenaBowl XVI (Arizona) 52–14 | |
| 2003 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 12 | 4 | Won Quarterfinals (Georgia) 69–48 Lost Semifinals (Arizona) 66–49 | |
| 2004 | AFL | American | Western | 2nd | 11 | 5 | Won Quarterfinals (Tampa Bay) 56–52 Won Semifinals (Chicago) 49–35 Won ArenaBowl XVIII (Arizona) 69–62 | |
| 2005 | AFL | American | Western | 2nd | 9 | 7 | Lost Conference Semifinals (Colorado) 56–48 | |
| 2006 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 10 | 6 | Won Divisional Round (Arizona) 62–48 Lost Conference Championship (Chicago) 59–56 | |
| 2007 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 13 | 3 | Won Divisional Round (Colorado) 76–67 Won Conference Championship (Chicago) 61–49 Won ArenaBowl XXI (Columbus) 55–33 | |
| 2008 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 11 | 5 | Won Divisional Round (Colorado) 64–51 Won Conference Championship (Grand Rapids) 81–55 Lost ArenaBowl XXII (Philadelphia) | |
| 2009 | The AFL suspended operations for the 2009 season.[2] | |||||||
| 2010 | Did not play in 2010. | |||||||
| 2011 | AFL | American | Western | |||||
| Total | 136 | 70 | (includes only regular season) | |||||
| 15 | 9 | (includes only the postseason) | ||||||
| 151 | 79 | (includes both regular season and postseason) | ||||||
References[]
- General
- "San Jose SaberCats — Team History". Arena Fan. http://www.arenafan.com/teams/?page=history&team=25. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
- Specific