This is a list of seasons completed by the San Jose SaberCats. The SaberCats were a professional arena football franchise of the Arena Football League (AFL), based in San Jose, California. The team was established in 1995 and plays its home games at SAP Center at San Jose. The SaberCats won eight division championships, and were the winners of ArenaBowl XVI, ArenaBowl XVIII, and ArenaBowl XXI. Prior to the 2009 season, the AFL announced that it had suspended operations indefinitely and canceled the 2009 season. The SaberCats stated they "fully intended" to play in 2010, but ultimately did not. However, the team would return to play in 2011 along with several other resurrected franchises. After the SaberCats winning the 2015 ArenaBowl with an overall record of 19-1, in November 2015 the AFL announced the team was ceasing operations for non-football related reasons.
| ArenaBowl Champions | ArenaBowl Appearance | Division Champions | Playoff Berth |
| Season | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | |||
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| 1995 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 8 | 4 | Lost Quarterfinals (Orlando) 55–37 | |
| 1996 | AFL | American | Western | 3rd | 6 | 8 | ||
| 1997 | AFL | American | Western | 2nd | 8 | 6 | Lost Quarterfinals (Iowa) 68–59 | |
| 1998 | AFL | American | Western | 2nd | 7 | 7 | Lost Quarterfinals (Tampa Bay) 65–46 | |
| 1999 | AFL | American | Western | 3rd | 6 | 8 | ||
| 2000 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 12 | 2 | Won Quarterfinals (Oklahoma) 63–40 Lost Semifinals (Nashville) 51–42 | |
| 2001 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 10 | 4 | Won Quarterfinals (Arizona) 68–49 Lost Semifinals (Nashville) 71–47 | |
| 2002 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 13 | 1 | Won Quarterfinals (Tampa Bay) 66–41 Won Semifinals (Orlando) 52–40 Won ArenaBowl XVI (Arizona) 52–14 | |
| 2003 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 12 | 4 | Won Quarterfinals (Georgia) 69–48 Lost Semifinals (Arizona) 66–49 | |
| 2004 | AFL | American | Western | 2nd | 11 | 5 | Won Quarterfinals (Tampa Bay) 56–52 Won Semifinals (Chicago) 49–35 Won ArenaBowl XVIII (Arizona) 69–62 | |
| 2005 | AFL | American | Western | 2nd | 9 | 7 | Lost Conference Semifinals (Colorado) 56–48 | |
| 2006 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 10 | 6 | Won Divisional Round (Arizona) 62–48 Lost Conference Championship (Chicago) 59–56 | |
| 2007 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 13 | 3 | Won Divisional Round (Colorado) 76–67 Won Conference Championship (Chicago) 61–49 Won ArenaBowl XXI (Columbus) 55–33 | |
| 2008 | AFL | American | Western | 1st | 11 | 5 | Won Divisional Round (Colorado) 64–51 Won Conference Championship (Grand Rapids) 81–55 Lost ArenaBowl XXII (Philadelphia) 59–56 | |
| 2009 | The AFL suspended operations for the 2009 season. | |||||||
| 2010 | Did not play in 2010. | |||||||
| 2011 | AFL | National | West | 4th | 7 | 11 | ||
| 2012 | AFL | National | West | 2nd | 12 | 6 | Lost Conference Semifinals (Arizona) 51–48 | |
| 2013 | AFL | National | West | 3rd | 13 | 5 | Lost Conference Semifinals (Arizona) 59–49 | |
| 2014 | AFL | National | Pacific | 1st | 13 | 5 | Won Conference Semifinals (Spokane) 55–28 Lost Conference Championship (Arizona) 72–56 | |
| 2015 | AFL | National | Pacific | 1st | 17 | 1 | Won Conference Semifinals (Portland) 55–28 Won Conference Championship (Arizona) 70–67 Won ArenaBowl XXVIII (Jacksonville) 68–47 | |
| Total | 198 | 98 | (includes only regular season) | |||||
| 19 | 12 | (includes only the postseason) | ||||||
| 217 | 110 | (includes both regular season and postseason) | ||||||
References
- General
- "San Jose SaberCats — Team History". Arena Fan. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
- Specific
- Suspends Football Operations Indefinitely
- Cohn, Samuel (April 8, 2011). "Resurrecting the SaberCats". San Jose SaberCats. Archived from the original on April 30, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
- AFL Issues Statement on San Jose SaberCats, ArenaFootball.com November 12, 2015
- "Reports: AFL to call off '09 season, reorganize for 2010 return". ESPN. Retrieved June 19, 2010.
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