2010 Tampa Bay Storm season The Tampa Bay Storm season was the 23rd season for the franchise in the Arena Football League . The team was coached by Tim Marcum and played their home games at the St . Pete Times Forum . Regular season schedule . The Storm will open the season on the road against the Talons on April 3 . Their first home game of the season will be in Week 3 against the Vigilantes . The conclusion of the regular season was at the St . Pete Times Forum in Week 18 against the Predators in another edition of The War on I - 4 , on July 31 . Regular season . Week 1 : at Tulsa Talons . In a game that saw neither team have consecutive scores until the 4th quarter , the Storm were defeated 69 – 58 after giving up two late touchdowns and being unable to mount a final comeback . The Storm committed just two turnovers in the game , but were unable to force any turnovers of their own . Quarterback Brett Dietz threw for 346 yards and 8 touchdowns , while wide receiver Tyrone Timmons had 181 yards on 11 catches and 5 touchdowns . Week 3 : vs . Dallas Vigilantes . A goal - line stand near the end of the 1st half helped the Storm earn their first win of the season . With under a minute left in the half , the Storm defense stopped Dallas on a 4th and goal from the 1 - yard line . Following the change of possession , quarterback Brett Dietz found Tyrone Timmons in the end zone on the sixth play of the ensuing drive to give Tampa Bay the lead at halftime , which was also their first lead of the game . After trailing by a single point for a brief time in the 3rd quarter , the Storm quickly retook the lead and never gave it back to their opponent , defeating the Vigilantes 54 – 41 . Dietz finished with 320 passing yards and 6 touchdowns . Timmons led all receivers with 108 yards and 4 touchdowns . Week 4 : at Milwaukee Iron . Second half turnovers cost the Storm the game in which they led at halftime . Perhaps the most costly turnover was early in the 4th quarter when Tampa Bay had just been given a 1st and goal following a Milwaukee penalty . Cleannord Saintil fumbled the ball inside the Milwaukee 3 yard line , which was recovered by the Iron ' s Eric Turner . The Iron took full advantage of the miscue with a touchdown drive capped off by a Chris Greisen touchdown run . This put the Storm behind by 11 points , and they were unable to make up the deficit . Brett Dietz threw for 316 yards and 7 touchdowns in the loss , while Saintil led all receivers with 128 yards on 9 receptions and 4 receiving touchdowns . Week 5 : vs . Arizona Rattlers . The Storm led for almost the entire game , but continued to allow Arizona to creep back into it . Following a fumble recovered by the Rattlers in the 4th quarter , they tied the game at 48 – 48 on a 12 - yard passing touchdown just a few plays later . The Storm would score a touchdown on their next drive with a 10 - yard reception by Tyrone Timmons , however kicker Garrett Rivas missed the extra point . The Rattlers would find the end zone on their next play from scrimmage , and with a successful extra point , took their first lead of the night at 55 – 54 . Tampa Bay would retake the lead on a 37 - yard pass by Brett Dietz to DeAndrew Rubin . Instead of trying an extra point this time , the Storm went for a two - point conversion . The pass from Dietz to Terrence Royal was successful , putting the Storm ahead 62 – 55 with 1 : 25 left for the Rattlers . Arizona put together a 5 - play , 46 - yard drive in which they never faced a 3rd down , ending in a 3 - yard passing touchdown with 7 seconds remaining . They went for two instead of the tie , which would have likely forced overtime , but their attempt was unsuccessful . The Storm recovered the onside kick that ensued and ran out the clock to end the game , winning 72 – 71 . Dietz finished with 288 yards and a season - high 9 touchdowns . His most frequent receiver was DeAndrew Rubin , who caught 9 passes for 184 yards and 5 touchdowns . For Tim Marcum , the win was his 200th in his career as a head coach in the AFL . Week 6 : vs . Jacksonville Sharks . The game , while low scoring , was tight throughout the night , as neither team led by more than 6 points at any time . The Storm were up by 5 points in the final minute after a Tyrone Timmons 11 - yard touchdown catch , but Tampa Bay ' s defense gave up a touchdown on the Sharks ' ensuing drive . Down 46 – 43 and having 36 seconds to work with on the clock , DeAndrew Rubin fumbled 15 yards from the end zone after catching a pass . The loose ball was recovered by the Sharks , who ran out the clock to end the game . It was Tampa Bay ' s fifth giveaway in the game . Brett Dietz threw 2 interceptions along with his 293 passing yards and 5 touchdowns . Despite the late turnover , Rubin was the team ' s leading receiver with 147 yards and a pair of touchdown receptions . Week 15 : at Dallas Vigilantes . With their eighth consecutive win , the Storm clinched a playoff berth . Week 18 : vs . Orlando Predators . The Storm looked to take their second win in The War on I - 4 in 2010 . They entered the game having already known the Jacksonville Sharks wrapped up the division championship with a win the night before . This meant that win or lose to the Preds , the Storm would be heading to Tulsa for the conference semifinals against the Talons . Still , the Storm fell behind early against the Predators as quarterback Brett Dietz threw two interceptions in the 1st quarter , and Orlando capitalized on both turnovers with a pair of touchdown drives . In the second quarter , both teams scored two touchdowns each , but the Predators took a 45 – 20 lead into halftime with a 23 - yard field goal as time expired . The closest Tampa Bay would get in the 2nd half was a 15 - point deficit , after a 7 - yard Hank Edwards touchdown reception with 14 seconds left in the 4th quarter , losing the game 75 – 60 . Head coach Tim Marcum commented after the game , " It was a butt whipping , and we supplied the butt . " Dietz ' s 310 passing yards gave him 5 , 054 for the season , a new single - season record for Tampa Bay . His six touchdown passes raised his season total to 106 , another single - season record that had already been surpassed by the quarterback in the weeks before . DeAndrew Rubin was the leading receiver in the game , and also set a couple of single - game records for the Storm with 17 receptions and 245 yards . The game itself took an ugly turn shortly before halftime because of an altercation between fans and two Orlando players . Center Julius Wilson reportedly attempted to toss a football to his father in the stands behind the Predator bench , however a fan knocked the ball away from the hands of Wilson ' s father , and as other fans scrambled to get the ball , Wilson ' s father was knocked down . Receiver Bobby Sippio went into the seats as his own father was near the area of the incident . Wilson eventually went into the stands as well , and threw a punch at a fan , which reslted in a fight breaking out . Both players were ejected from the game and were given suspensions after the game . Ten fans were also escorted away . No arrests were made .