![]() | |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
Date | June 12, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arena | Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Willis Marshall, WR/DB, Colorado
| ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 10,822 | ||||||||||||||||||
Winning coach | Mike Dailey | ||||||||||||||||||
Losing coach | Doug Plank | ||||||||||||||||||
TV in the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Tom Hammond, Pat Haden, Lewis Johnson and Marty Snider | ||||||||||||||||||
ArenaBowl XIX was the 2005 championship game of the Arena Football League (AFL), and was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada. The first neutral-site title game in AFL history drew 10,822 fans to see the Colorado Crush defeat the Georgia Force 51–48 to claim the Foster ArenaBowl Trophy. ArenaBowl XIX is widely considered one of the greatest games played.[citation needed]