ArenaBowl XIV
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| Date | August 20, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | TD Waterhouse Centre, Orlando, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP |
Connell Maynor, QB, Orlando
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| Attendance | 15,989 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Jay Gruden | ||||||||||||||||||
| Losing coach | Pat Sperduto | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mike Gleason, Ed Cunningham, and Merril Hoge | ||||||||||||||||||
Connell Maynor, QB, Orlando
ArenaBowl XIV is widely hailed as one of the most exciting games in ArenaBowl history, ranking alongside classics such as ArenaBowl XVIII and ArenaBowl XIX. Featuring two teams from the Arena Football League's Southern Division, the game went as a Southern Division game might be expected to: a low-scoring, largely defensive struggle. In the end, however, Orlando Predator kicker David Cool converted a 19-yard field goal as time expired to give the Predators a 41-38 victory over the Nashville Kats and their second ArenaBowl title in three years.
The Orlando Predators got out to a fast start in ArenaBowl XIV, opening the game with a safety and following with a pair of touchdowns to take a 15-0 lead. Though Nashville quarterback Andy Kelly would soon connect with Jeff Russell to pull within 15-7, Predators quarterback Connell Maynor answered with two more touchdown passes of his own, putting Orlando ahead 29-7 with 10 minutes to play in the first half. The score remained that way for nearly eight minutes until Nashville's William Gaines recorded a safety, seemingly awakening the Kats and beginning a furious comeback.
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