This is a list of seasons completed by the Orlando Predators. The Predators were a professional arena football franchise of the Arena Football League (AFL), based in Orlando, Florida. The team was established in 1991 and last played its home games at Amway Center. The Predators made the playoffs for 19 consecutive seasons from 1993 to 2011. The franchise has played in seven ArenaBowls, only winning ArenaBowl XII and ArenaBowl XIV. Prior to the 2009 season, the AFL announced that it had suspended operations indefinitely and canceled the 2009 season. In September 2009, it was announced that the Predators would return for the 2010 season when the league relaunched.[1] The Predators folded after the 2016 season.
| ArenaBowl Champions | ArenaBowl Appearance | Division Champions | Playoff Berth |
| Season | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses | ||||||
| Orlando Predators | ||||||||
| 1991 | AFL | — | — | 7th | 3 | 7 | ||
| 1992 | AFL | — | Southern | 1st | 9 | 1 | Won Quarterfinals (Cleveland) 50–12 Won Semifinals (Tampa Bay) 24–21 (OT) Lost ArenaBowl VI (Detroit) 38–56 | |
| 1993 | AFL | National | — | 1st | 10 | 2 | Won Quarterfinals (Miami) 41–13 Lost Semifinals (Tampa Bay) 52–55 | |
| 1994 | AFL | National | — | 1st | 11 | 1 | Won Quarterfinals (Fort Worth) 34–14 Won Semifinals (Massachusetts) 51–42 Lost ArenaBowl VIII (Arizona) 38–56 | |
| 1995 | AFL | National | Southern | 2nd | 7 | 5 | Won Quarterfinals (San Jose) 55–37 Won Semifinals (Iowa) 56–49 Lost ArenaBowl IX (Tampa Bay) 35–48 | |
| 1996 | AFL | National | Southern | 2nd | 9 | 5 | Lost Quarterfinals (Arizona) 48–65 | |
| 1997 | AFL | National | Southern | 1st | 10 | 4 | Won Quarterfinals (New Jersey) 45–37 Lost Semifinals (Iowa) 34–52 | |
| 1998 | AFL | National | Southern | 2nd | 9 | 5 | Won Quarterfinals (Nashville) 58–43 Won Semifinals (Arizona) 38–33 Won ArenaBowl XII (Tampa Bay) 62–31 | |
| 1999 | AFL | National | Southern | 3rd | 7 | 7 | Won Quarterfinals (Tampa Bay) 41–19 Won Semifinals (Iowa) 48–41 Lost ArenaBowl XIII (Albany) 48–59 | |
| 2000 | AFL | National | Southern | 1st | 11 | 3 | Won Quarterfinals (Tampa Bay) 34–24 Won Semifinals (Arizona) 56–44 Won ArenaBowl XIV (Nashville) 41–38 | |
| 2001 | AFL | National | Southern | 3rd | 8 | 6 | Lost Wild Card Round (Chicago) 41–26 | |
| 2002 | AFL | National | Southern | 1st | 7 | 7 | Won Wild Card Round (Buffalo) 32–27 Won Quarterfinals (New Jersey) 49–46 Lost Semifinals (San Jose) 40–52 | |
| 2003 | AFL | National | Southern | 2nd | 12 | 4 | Won Quarterfinals (New York) 69–62 Lost Semifinals (Tampa Bay) 50–60 | |
| 2004 | AFL | National | Southern | 2nd | 10 | 6 | Lost Conference Semifinals (Chicago) 49–59 | |
| 2005 | AFL | National | Southern | 2nd | 10 | 6 | Won Conference Semifinals (New York) 47–42 Lost Conference Championship (Georgia) 58–60 | |
| 2006 | AFL | National | Southern | 1st | 10 | 6 | Won Conference Semifinals (Philadelphia) 31–27 Won Conference Championship (Dallas) 45–28 Lost ArenaBowl XX (Chicago) 61–69 | |
| 2007 | AFL | National | Southern | 3rd | 8 | 8 | Lost Wild Card Round (Philadelphia) 26–42 | |
| 2008 | AFL | National | Southern | 2nd | 9 | 7 | Lost Wild Card Round (Cleveland) 66–69 | |
| 2009 | The AFL suspended operations for the 2009 season.[2] | |||||||
| 2010 | AFL | American | South | 3rd | 8 | 8 | Won Conference Semifinals (Jacksonville) 73–69 Lost Conference Championship (Tampa Bay) 62–63 | |
| 2011 | AFL | American | South | 3rd | 11 | 7 | Lost Conference Semifinals (Jacksonville) 48–63 | |
| 2012 | AFL | American | South | 5th | 4 | 14 | ||
| 2013 | AFL | American | South | 2nd | 7 | 11 | Lost Conference Semifinals (Philadelphia) 55–59 | |
| 2014 | AFL | American | South | 1st | 11 | 7 | Won Conference Semifinals (Pittsburgh) 56–48 Lost Conference Championship (Cleveland) 46–56 | |
| 2015 | AFL | American | South | 1st | 12 | 6 | Lost Conference Semifinals (Jacksonville) 33–55 | |
| 2016 | AFL | American | — | 2nd | 12 | 4 | Lost Conference Semifinals (Jacksonville) 68–69 (OT) | |
| Total | 225 | 147 | (includes only regular season) | |||||
| 24 | 21 | (includes only the postseason) | ||||||
| 249 | 168 | (includes both regular season and postseason) | ||||||
- ^ "Orlando Predators Back for 2010 Season". Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ "AFL suspends 2009 season". Arena Football League. Archived from the original on April 20, 2009. Retrieved November 16, 2009.