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| Date | August 26, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Iowa Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Des Moines, Iowa | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Stevie Thomas, WR/LB, Tampa Bay
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| Attendance | 11,411 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Tim Marcum | ||||||||||||||||||
| Losing coach | John Gregory | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Todd Christensen, Kirk Herbstreit, Mike Golic | ||||||||||||||||||
ArenaBowl X was the Arena Football League's tenth ArenaBowl. The game featured the #2 Tampa Bay Storm of the National Conference against the #1 Iowa Barnstormers of the American Conference. Both teams ended their regular seasons at 12–2, yet Iowa had a better conference record (7–2 to 6–2). For the Storm, they were hoping to get their fourth championship title in six overall appearances, while the Barnstormers (in only their second season) were trying to win their first league championship game.