Orlando Predators

Established 1991
Folded 2016
Played in Amway Center
in Orlando, Florida
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Helmet	Logo

League/conference affiliations

Arena Football League (1991–2016)

National Conference (1993–2008)
American Conference (2010–2016)
- South Division (1992–2015)

Team colors

Black, Red, Gold, White

Personnel

Owner(s)

David A. Siegel

President

Jared Saft

General manager

Michael DiJulio

Head coach

Rob Keefe

Team history

Orlando Predators (1991–2016)

Team nicknames

Preds

Championships

League championships (2)

1998, 2000

Conference championships (1)

2006

Prior to 2005, the AFL did not have conference championship games

Division championships (9)

1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2015

Playoff appearances (23)

1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Home arena(s)

Amway Arena (1991–2010)
Amway Center (2011–2013, 2015–2016)
CFE Arena (2014)

Arena Football League (1991–2016)

League championships (2)

Conference championships (1)

Division championships (9)

The Orlando Predators were a professional arena football team based in Orlando, Florida and member of the Arena Football League (AFL). The team was most recently owned by Orlando Predators LLC, a company owned by David A. Siegel, and played its home games at Amway Center.

The team was founded in 1991 as an expansion team of the AFL. The team advanced to the playoffs 19 consecutive seasons between 1992 and 2011, becoming the ArenaBowl champions in 1998 and 2000 during that span. The team suspended operations after the 2016 season.

The Orlando Predators franchise was awarded by the AFL to Davey Johnson, Tracy Allen and Mike McBath on February 14, 1991, and began play that same year, the only year until 2012 that the franchise missed the playoffs. In just their second season however, they advanced to ArenaBowl VI, only to fall to the Detroit Drive, who won their fourth title in five years. Annually among the league-leaders in attendance, they qualified for the playoffs in 18 consecutive seasons, the longest streak in the original AFL. One noted administrator for the Predators was Pro Football Hall of Fame lineman, Jack Youngblood, who came to the Predators in 1995 as vice-president and then later, president of the organization. He was with the team through the 1999 season.

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