Albany Firebirds

Home teams in bold.

Regular Season

06/29/91 - Tampa Bay 57, Albany 53
07/18/92 - Tampa Bay 62, Albany 42
06/26/93 - Tampa Bay 36, Albany 33
07/24/93 - Tampa Bay 48, Albany 24
05/28/94 - Albany 71, Tampa Bay 45
06/17/95 - Albany 42, Tampa Bay 36
07/12/96 - Tampa Bay 65, Albany 52 (OT)
06/07/97 - Albany 53, Tampa Bay 31
06/20/98 - Tampa Bay 63, Albany 42
04/24/99 - Albany 49, Tampa Bay 42

Postseason

08/06/93 - Tampa Bay 48, Albany 34
08/18/95 - Tampa Bay 56, Albany 49

Note: In the 1993 edition of ArenaBall, the magazine sold at AFL games, the editors selected the 06/29/91 game between the Firebirds and the Storm as the greatest game in league history to that point. Here's what they wrote:

In a game which featured 10 lead changes, Storm quarterback Chip Ferguson hit Tracy Perkins with a 27-yard touchdown pass with 34 seconds remaining to give Tampa Bay a 57-53 victory. In a losing effort, Fred Gayles of Albany had 264 yards of total offense---159 yards in kickoff returns and 105 yards in pass receptions---including three touchdowns.

Now, here's the opinion of the Storm Shelter staff: While the 1991 game was great---the best in Storm history up to that point---it has since been surpassed by the playoff game between the same two clubs on August 18, 1995, when Stevie Thomas returned a kickoff 57 yards for a touchdown in the dying seconds of the game, turning a 49-48 deficit into a 56-49 victory. No one who was there will ever forget it.