KATS TO HOST MICHIGAN ARSENAL ON AUG. 2ND IN AF1 SEMIFINAL PLAYOFFS MATCHUP

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – The Nashville Kats will play host to the Michigan Arsenal in the semifinal round of the Arena Football One (AF1) playoffs on Sunday, Aug. 2 at 3 p.m.

The game will be played at “The Den” – F&M Bank Arena in historic downtown Clarksville, where the Kats are undefeated this season – and will be nationally televised on VICE TV network and multiple streaming platforms.

The Nashville Kats closed the regular season by winning nine games in a row to claim the No. 1 seed in the AF1 playoffs with an 11-1 record. Should the Kats win Sunday, they will host the Arena Crown league championship game the weekend of Aug. 8-9.

The AF1 playoffs began Saturday with No. 5 seed Michigan Arsenal (7-6) claiming a 70-36 win over No. 4 seed Kentucky Barrels (7-6). Sunday night, No. 3 seed Minnesota Monsters (9-4) grabbed a 48-32 win over the No. 6 seed Washington Wolfpack (5-8).

With the No. 1 seed, the Kats will face Michigan as the lowest seeded remaining team in the playoffs. On Saturday, the No. 2 seed Albany Firebirds (9-3) will host Minnesota in the other AF1 semifinal matchup.

The Kats swept the season series versus the Michigan Arsenal. They opened the season with a 78-40 home victory over the Arsenal on Friday, April 17. The Kats followed that up with a 68-51 win at Michigan on Saturday, June 6.

Multi-Grammy award winning musician and saxophonist Jeff Coffin, a member of The Dave Matthews Band, will perform the National Anthem at the Nashville Kats’ semifinal game on Sunday.

For the regular season, the Kats finished 7-0 at home during the regular season with wins April 14 versus the Michigan Arsenal (78-40), April 27 over the Washington Wolfpack (45-3), May 9 against the Oregon Lightning (64-21), May 16 versus the Oceanside Bombers (63-49), June 13 versus the Minnesota Monsters (48-32), June 20 against the Albany Firebirds (78- 69) and June 27 versus the Beaumont Renegades (72-20).