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Nashville Kats
Nashville Kats
Conference American
Division Central
Year founded 1997
Home arena Sommet Center
City, State Nashville, Tennessee
Head Coach Pat Sperduto
ArenaBowl championships none
Conference titles none
Division titles 2:
1997, 2001
Wild Card berths 4:
1998, 1999, 2000, 2006
This page is for the second Nashville Kats franchise, which began play in the Arena Football League in 2005. The Central Division is one of four divisions that make up the Arena Football League. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Sommet Center (formerly Nashville Arena and Gaylord Entertainment Center and pronounced soh-MAY' is an all-purpose venue in downtown Nashville Tennessee Pat Sperduto was the head coach for the Nashville Kats of the Arena Football League from 1999-2001 and again from 2005-2007 The ArenaBowl is the Arena Football League 's championship game The Arena Football League (AFL was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. The original Nashville Kats moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in 2002 and became the Georgia Force. The Georgia Force is in no way related to the San Antonio Force, which was an Arena Football League team that played only in the 1992 season before disbanding The second incarnation of the Kats assumed the original team's pre-move history.

The Nashville Kats were an Arena Football League team, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The Arena Football League (AFL was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. They were last coached by Pat Sperduto, who coached the team's original incarnation to two ArenaBowl appearances prior to the franchise's move to Atlanta in 2002. Pat Sperduto was the head coach for the Nashville Kats of the Arena Football League from 1999-2001 and again from 2005-2007 The ArenaBowl is the Arena Football League 's championship game

Contents

History

The Nashville Kats began play in 2005 at the Sommet Center (formerly Nashville Arena and Gaylord Entertainment Center), also home of the Nashville Predators hockey team. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sommet Center (formerly Nashville Arena and Gaylord Entertainment Center and pronounced soh-MAY' is an all-purpose venue in downtown Nashville Tennessee The Nashville Predators are a professional Ice hockey team based in Nashville Tennessee. The majority of the team is owned by Bud Adams, the owner of the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League; country music singer Tim McGraw is a minority investor, and when the Kats score a touchdown, the PA system blares out one of McGraw's hits, "I Like It, I Love It. Kenneth Stanley "Bud" Adams Jr (born 1923 in Bartlesville Oklahoma) is a businessman who owns the Tennessee Titans franchise in the National Football The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville Tennessee. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country Singer and actor " I Like It I Love It " is a song by American Country music artist Tim McGraw. "

The Kats have a rivalry with the Grand Rapids Rampage which dates back to the original Kats in their ArenaBowl XV appearance in which they lost to the Rampage. The Grand Rapids Rampage is an Arena Football League team that began playing as a 1998 expansion team ArenaBowl XV was the 2001 edition of the Arena Football League 's championship game pairing the Grand Rapids Rampage of the Central Division with the


Original Nashville Kats (1997-2001)

The team began as the Nashville Kats in 1997. Artistic gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Men's all-around champion Ivan Ivankov, Belarus The original Kats played in the then-named Nashville Arena (AKA "The Alley") in downtown Nashville, and were initially coached by Eddie Khayat in 1997 and 1998, who was succeeded by Pat Sperduto for the balance of the team's time in Nashville. The Kats were the league's Organization of the Year for their inaugural year of 1997, and were in the playoffs for every season of their relatively brief existence, even playing in the ArenaBowl(XIV and XV) each of their final two seasons, albeit losing both times they reached the AFL's championship game. The ArenaBowl is the Arena Football League 's championship game

After disagreements with arena management and the primary tenant, the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League, majority owner Mark Bloom sold the franchise in December 2001 to Virgil Williams, an Atlanta businessman, for nearly $10 million (US). The Nashville Predators are a professional Ice hockey team based in Nashville Tennessee. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been The team's departure from the Nashville market was not related to lack of success either on the field or at the box office, but rather their inability to negotiate a favorable lease with the Predators. This team would become the Georgia Force. The Georgia Force is in no way related to the San Antonio Force, which was an Arena Football League team that played only in the 1992 season before disbanding

The team was named for the 1967 hit "Nashville Cats" by The Lovin' Spoonful. The year 1967 was an important year for Psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles ( Sgt The Lovin' Spoonful is an American Pop rock band of the 1960s named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 Both incarnations of the Kats have used versions of the same logo: an anthropomorphic tabby wearing a 1950s-style leather jacket, holding the neck of a guitar in one paw and juggling a football with the other. Anthropomorphism is the attribution of uniquely Human characteristics to non-human creatures and beings natural and supernatural phenomena material states and objects ATTENTION *** This article should not become a gallery of people's cat photos The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The newly revived team's logo is identical except for the ball, which is now drawn as the lighter colored, brown-with-blue-stripe ball currently used in the AFL, along with the colors of the logo, which were slightly modified to reflect those of the Titans.

Kats revived (2005-2007)

Shortly after the team's exit, Adams purchased the rights to an expansion franchise in Nashville, but could not negotiate an arena lease with the Predators. Because Nashville Municipal Auditorium and Vanderbilt's Memorial Gym are unsuitable for arena football (and Vanderbilt is a dry campus), Adams explored the idea of building his own mid-size arena (roughly 10,000 seats) to host the Kats and compete with the GEC for concerts and smaller sporting events. The Nashville Municipal Auditorium (informally known locally as Municipal Auditorium or simply Municipal) was the primary indoor Sports and Concert Memorial Gymnasium is a multi-purpose facility located in Nashville, Tennessee. Ultimately, the Predators agreed to a deal with Adams, and in the summer of 2004, Adams announced the Kats would return to the GEC in 2005.

When the Kats were revived as an expansion team in 2005, the team assumed all team history from the Georgia Force prior to the franchise's move to Atlanta. This was an arrangement similar to the one made in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio.

The new Kats' first season started horrendously. After an opening victory on the road, it took until week 8 for the franchise to record another victory. But after that, the Kats won their next five games, and finished the season with a 6-9-1 record. The 41-41 tie at the Dallas Desperados on April 8 was only the second in AFL history, and prompted the League to change its overtime rules to eliminate ties before the start of the 2006 season. The Dallas Desperados are a professional Arena Football team in the Eastern Division of the Arena Football League.

The Kats finished the 2007 season with a 7-9 record and just missed the playoffs after a Utah Blaze win in the final week of the season. The Utah Blaze is an Arena Football League team based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

On October 10, 2007, after months of speculation, owner Bud Adams decided to shut down operations for the second time in franchise history. Kenneth Stanley "Bud" Adams Jr (born 1923 in Bartlesville Oklahoma) is a businessman who owns the Tennessee Titans franchise in the National Football The team had struggled at the box office since its return to Nashville.

The team's mascot was a jersey-and-shorts-clad cat named Kool Kat [1].

Season-by-season

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

Season W L T Finish Playoff results
1997 10 4 0 1st NC Eastern Lost Week 1 (Tampa Bay)
1998 9 5 0 3rd NC Southern Lost Week 1 (Orlando)
1999 8 6 0 2nd NC Southern Lost Week 1 (Arizona)
2000 9 5 0 2nd NC Southern Won Week 1 (Grand Rapids)
Won Week 2 (Iowa)
Won Semifinals (San Jose)
Lost ArenaBowl XIV (Orlando)
2001 10 4 0 1st NC Southern Won Week 2 (Toronto)
Won Semifinals (San Jose)
Lost ArenaBowl XV (Grand Rapids)
Returned to the AFL
2005 6 9 1 3rd AC Central --
2006 8 8 0 2nd AC Central Lost Wild Card (Chicago)
2007 7 9 0 4th AC Central --
Totals 71 55 1 (including playoffs)

Head Coaches

Notable players


AFL Hall of Famers

Joe March

External links

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