Quarterback Shane Boyd completed 23-of-39 passes for 263 yards and seven touchdowns in his Arizona Rattlers debut, leading the short-handed three-time defending ArenaBowl champions to a 59-47 win over the Spokane Shock at Veterans Memorial Arena Saturday night. Boyd, who is playing for his fourth different AFL team in the last four seasons, was pressed […]
The Arizona Rattlers will be without the services of Anttaj Hawthorne for the next month. The defensive tackle was suspended for four games by the Arena Football League Wednesday for a late hit on San Jose SaberCats quarterback Erik Meyer in a 56-34 loss last Saturday night at US Airways Center. The play happened with […]
Nick Davila completed 19-of-22 passes for 192 yards and threw six touchdowns to four different receivers in the first half, and the Arizona Rattlers cruised to an easy 68-30 win over the L.A. KISS at Honda Center in Anaheim Saturday night. The Rattlers (4-1) scored on their first possession of the night when Davila hit […]
PHOENIX — Normally, an Arizona Rattlers’ victory is fueled by the offense. But that wasn’t the case Saturday night. The Arizona defense stopped the Portland Thunder on four of their first five possessions as the Rattlers pushed their record to 3-1 with a 65-47 win at US Airways Center. On Portland’s first possession, quarterback Kyle […]
One of the things that makes Arena Football different from its outdoor relatives is the fact that a ball that strikes off of a rebound net is live and can either be caught by the offense or returned by the defense. The Arizona Rattlers got a rude reminder of that rule Saturday night. Gerald Young […]
PHOENIX — It wasn’t exactly the smooth, unstoppable offense we’re used to seeing, but the Arizona Rattlers did just enough right to score a 60-43 win over the Spokane Shock at US Airways Center Saturday night. Quarterback Nick Davila, working with an all new corps of receivers, completed 21-of-36 passes for 246 yards and four […]
What the Arizona Rattlers are trying to accomplish in 2015 has never been done before in the Arena Football League: win a fourth straight championship.
The three-time defending Arena Bowl champion Arizona Rattlers have appointed Chris Presson as their new president, the team announced Tuesday. Presson served for three seasons as the general manager of the Arizona Sundogs of the Central Hockey League. Last month, the Sundogs suspended operations for the 2014-15 season with a desire to resume play in […]
The Arizona Rattlers joined a very exclusive club Saturday. In thumping the Cleveland Gladiators 72-32 at ArenaBowl 27, the Rattlers won their third straight Arena Football League championship. Dynasty is a word that gets thrown around a lot in pro sports, and it’s a term that certainly fits what head coach Kevin Guy and the […]
Arizona Rattlers quarterback Nick Davila was named the Arena Football League MVP and Offensive Player of the Year, the league announced Friday. From ArenaFan.com: Davila (6-3, 220, Cincinnati) set a new single-season franchise record with 127 passing touchdowns in 2014, the second-highest total in AFL history. He also became the 10th player in pro football […]
Arizona Rattlers fans will have their pick of several viewing parties for the team’s ArenaBowl XXVII match-up against the host Cleveland Gladiators on Saturday at 5 p.m. Arizona time on ESPN. Watch parties will take place at Coach’s Corner Grill in Phoenix, Coach & Willie’s in Chandler and Buffalo Wild Wings in north Scottsdale. A […]
Late Wednesday afternoon, on the same day news broke of the Arizona Coyotes striking a new, nine-year naming rights deal with the Gila River Indian Community to call their home Gila River Arena, a report surfaced that the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League would be moving their home games to the facility in […]
Since 1992, the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League have called US Airways Center (formerly America West Arena) home. But according to a report from Craig Morgan of Foxsports.com, the building that houses the franchise’s four ArenaBowl banners has seen its last Rattlers home game. The two-time defending ArenaBowl champion Arizona Rattlers will move […]
The saying goes that revenge is a dish best served cold. But Kevin Guy and the Arizona Rattlers had a better idea for retribution Sunday night at US Airways Center in front of 8,581 rowdy fans. Just a little over a month after enduring their worst loss of the season against the San Jose SaberCats […]
For the fourth straight season, the Arizona Rattlers find themselves hosting the National Conference Championship Game at US Airways Center. For the first time in that span, they’re facing their most bitter rival for the right to advance to ArenaBowl 27. The Rattlers (16-3) entertain the San Jose SaberCats (14-5) Sunday afternoon at “the Snake […]
Beating one opponent three times in the same football season is very difficult. Try doing it four times. The Arizona Rattlers did just that Sunday, defeating the Portland Thunder 52-48 in a National Conference Semifinal in front of 6,753 fans at US Airways Center — and it wasn’t easy. Fullback Alex Singleton scored on a […]
The game might not have meant much as far as the 2014 Arena Football League playoff picture was concerned, but that didn’t mean the Arizona Rattlers were going to play it safe in their season finale contest with the Orlando Predators Saturday. Nick Davila threw for 314 yards and six touchdowns, Tysson Poots caught 11 […]
With two-time ArenaBowl champion Sherdrick Bonner on hand at US Airways Center to have his No. 13 jersey retired, Arizona Rattlers quarterback Nick Davila put together quite the tribute performance Sunday. Davila threw for 246 yards and seven touchdowns — including four in the second half — as the Rattlers (15-2) put an end to […]
One of the best players in Arizona Rattlers history will return to the team for one more day. The Rattlers announced Monday that Sherdrick Bonner, who quarterbacked the team the team for 14 seasons and led it to championships in 1994 and 1997, will sign a one-day contract so he can retire with the franchise. […]
It had been awhile since the Arizona Rattlers tasted defeat. The two-time defending Arena Football League champions saw their 18-game winning streak snapped at the hands of the San Jose SaberCats two weeks ago. Now, they’ve got a streak of another kind — a losing streak. The Spokane Shock scored 23 consecutive points over a […]
As Kevin Guy and the Arizona Rattlers found out the hard way Friday night, all good things must come to an end at some point. Looking to improve their AFL-best record to a perfect 15-0, the two-time defending champions were routed by the San Jose Sabercats by a final of 62-33 at the SAP Center. […]
Kevin Guy’s Arizona Rattlers have won the last two Arena Bowl championships and appear poised to win a third this season. But first, they wouldn’t mind making some history along the way. The Rattlers have won their first 14 games, and with four more victories would become the first team in Arena Football League history […]