ArenaBowl XI

ArenaBowl XI

Iowa Barnstormers (2nd) Arizona Rattlers (1st) 33 55
1 2 3 4 Total IOWA 7 6 7 13 33 ARI 3 21 21 10 55
Date	August 25, 1997
Arena	US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
MVP	Donnie Davis, QB, Arizona Hunkie Cooper, WR/LB, Arizona (Ironman of the Game)
Attendance	17,436
Winning coach	Danny White
Losing coach	John Gregory
TV in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Mike Adamle, Mike Golic, Adrian Karsten
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ArenaBowl XI was the Arena Football League's eleventh ArenaBowl. The game featured two American Conference teams, the #2 Iowa Barnstormers (11–3) against the #1 Arizona Rattlers (12–2). Iowa was coming from losing ArenaBowl X to the Tampa Bay Storm and were still looking for their first championship title, while Arizona was making its second appearance after winning ArenaBowl VIII against the Orlando Predators three seasons ago. Now, they were trying to acquire their second league title.