War on I-4

War on I-4

War On I-4 is the nickname for the rivalry between the Tampa Bay Storm and the Orlando Predators in the Arena Football League. The teams have met at least twice and up to four times a season since 1991, and both have consistently been at the top of the league standings.

Currently the games are played either at the Predators' home, Amway Arena (previously known as "TD Waterhouse Centre" and "Orlando Arena", and referred to as "The Jungle" during Predators games); or the Storm's home, St. Pete Times Forum (previously known as the "Ice Palace"). Games hosted by the Storm before the 1997 season were held at what is now Tropicana Field, but was known as "Florida Suncoast Dome" before 1994 and "Thunderdome" thereafter.

The overall record in both regular and postseason has Orlando on top with a 2219 record. The sides have met five times in the AFL playoffs, with Orlando holding a 32 lead, and twice in the ArenaBowl, with each team winning once.

In the 2005 season, the Predators won the first game in Orlando by a score of 6146 on February 11, but Tampa Bay took the second meeting 5442 in the St. Pete Times Forum on April 9.

In 2006, Orlando won the first meeting in overtime on February 19, with the score of 6764. The second game of the year was held on April 22, Orlando won with a score of 5213. It marked the first time since 2001 that one of the teams swept the other during regular season play. It also marked the first time that Orlando's home game outsold Tampa's home game in the series. The first matchup that year had 14,692 in the St. Pete Times Forum, while the second held 15,920 for game two at "The Jungle".

The games between the teams are notable for featuring some of the highest attendances in AFL history. The ArenaBowl IX title match of September 1, 1995 drew an Arena Bowl record crowd of 25,087 to Thunderdome to see the Storm defeat the Preds' by 4835. Both teams are known to organize bus trips for supporters down the I-4 (hence the War on I-4) to the other city to see their squad play.

The series also has the top overall attendance record in league history when Orlando defeated Tampa 4645 in front of 28,745 at the Florida Suncoast Dome in week 6 of the 1993 AFL season.

Game by game (1991-2001)

{| class="wikitable"
-! Season! Date! Home Team! Score! Away Team! Venue! Comp.! Atten.! Record (ORL-TB)
-
1991
June 1
Tampa Bay Storm
3851
Orlando Predators
Florida Suncoast Dome
Week 1
10354
10
-
1991
July 27
Orlando Predators
1626
Tampa Bay Storm
Orlando Arena
Week 9
13680
11
-
1992
May 29
Orlando Predators
3239
Tampa Bay Storm
Orlando Arena
Week 1
11312
12
-
1992
July 2
Tampa Bay Storm
3348
Orlando Predators
Florida Suncoast Dome
Week 6
20091
22
-
1992
August 15
Orlando Predators
2421 (OT)
Tampa Bay Storm
Orlando Arena
AFL Semifinal
13680
32
-
1993
May 21
Orlando Predators
4634
Tampa Bay Storm
Orlando Arena
Week 2
13680
42
-
1993
June 19
Tampa Bay Storm
4546
Orlando Predators
Florida Suncoast Dome
Week 6
28745
52
-
1993
August 14
Orlando Predators
5255
Tampa Bay Storm
Orlando Arena
AFL Semifinal
13680
53
-
1994
July 1
Orlando Predators
6140
Tampa Bay Storm
Orlando Arena
Week 7
14015
63
-
1994
August 13
Tampa Bay Storm
4039
Orlando Predators
ThunderDome
Week 13
20819
64
-
1995
July 14
Orlando Predators
3451
Tampa Bay Storm
Orlando Arena
Week 10
15638
65
-
1995
July 29
Tampa Bay Storm
4420
Orlando Predators
ThunderDome
Week 12
24055
66
-
1995
September 1
Tampa Bay Storm
4835
Orlando Predators
ThunderDome
ArenaBowl IX
25087
67
-
1996
May 18
Tampa Bay Storm
6342
Orlando Predators
ThunderDome
Week 4
16444
68
-
1996
July 19
Orlando Predators
4039
Tampa Bay Storm
Orlando Arena
Week 13
16236
78
-
1997
May 17
Tampa Bay Storm
1743
Orlando Predators
Ice Palace
Week 3
14179
88
-
1997
June 27
Orlando Predators
5430
Tampa Bay Storm
Orlando Arena
Week 9
16529
98
-
1998
June 12
Orlando Predators
3442
Tampa Bay Storm
Orlando Arena
Week 7
15948
99
-
1998
June 27
Tampa Bay Storm
5630
Orlando Predators
Ice Palace
Week 9
14125
910
-
1998
August 23
Tampa Bay Storm
3162
Orlando Predators
Ice Palace
ArenaBowl XII
17222
1010
-
1999
June 12
Orlando Predators
3763
Tampa Bay Storm
Orlando Arena
Week 8
15101
1011
-
1999
July 11
Tampa Bay Storm
4728
Orlando Predators
Ice Palace
Week 12
11777
1012
-
1999
August 7
Tampa Bay Storm
1941
Orlando Predators
Ice Palace
AFL Round 1
10706
1112
-
2000
May 12
Orlando Predators
4443
Tampa Bay Storm
TD Waterhouse Centre
Week 5
13342
1212
-
2000
July 1
Tampa Bay Storm
5036
Orlando Predators
Ice Palace
Week 12
14047
1213
-
2000
August 3
Orlando Predators
3424
Tampa Bay Storm
TD Waterhouse Centre
AFL Quarterfinal
13122
1313
-
2001
June 10
Orlando Predators
5745
Tampa Bay Storm
TD Waterhouse Centre
Week 9
13691
1413
-
2001
July 1
Tampa Bay Storm
3846
Orlando Predators
Ice Palace
Week 12
17634
1513
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