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ArenaBowl IV
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Tot Texans 0 14 0 13 27 Drive 14 17 13 7 51
Date	August 11, 1990
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
City	Detroit, Michigan
Attendance	19,902
MVP	Art Schlichter, QB, Detroit
Ironman of the Game	Alvin Rettig, FB/LB, Detroit
Winning Coach	Perry Moss
Losing Coach	Ernie Stautner
U.S. TV
Network	Prime Network
Announcers	Dave Ene, Howard Balzer, & Jim Grabowski

Arena Bowl '90 (or Arena Bowl IV) was the Arena Football League's fourth Arena Bowl. In this match-up, it pitted the #2 Dallas Texans against the #1 Detroit Drive. Both teams finished their seasons at 6-2, yet the Drive led in points for (326-299) and points against (215-308).

In the first quarter, Detroit drew first blood with QB Art Schlichter getting a 2-yard and a 5-yard TD runs on QB sneaks. In the second quarter, the Drive continued its early dominance with FB/LB Alvin Rettig getting a 1-yard TD run and catching an 11-yard TD pass from Schlichter. Afterwards, the Texans managed to get on the board with FB/LB Mitchell Ward getting a 1-yard TD run, while QB Ben Bennett completed a 6-yard TD pass to WR/DB Aatron Kenney. However, the Drive responded with kicker Novo Bojovic nailing a 42-yard Field Goal to end the half. In the third quarter, Detroit continued its first half domination with Schlichter getting another 1-yard TD run, while completing a 37-yard TD pass to WR/DB Gary Mullen. In the fourth quarter, Dallas tried to respond with Ward getting a 1-yard TD run and FB/LB Alvin Blackmon getting a 3-yard TD run, yet the Drive wrapped the game up with Schlichter's 2-yard TD run.

With the win, the Detroit Drive became the first Arena Football team to accomplish an astonding three-peat, with three-straight Arena Bowl wins.

1st Quarter

• DET - Schlichter 2 run (Bojovic kick)
• DET - Schlichter 5 run (Bojovic kick)

2nd Quarter

• DET - Rettig 1 run (Bojovic kick)
• DET - Rettig 11 pass from Schlichter (Bojovic kick)
• DAL - Ward 1 run (Morales kick)
• DAL - Kenney 6 pass from Bennett (Morales kick)
• DET - FG Bojovic 42

3rd Quarter

• DET - Schlichter 1 run (Bojovic kick)
• DET - Mullen 37 pass from Schlichter (Bojovic kick)

4th Quarter

• DAL - Ward 1 run (Morales kick)
• DAL - Blackmon 3 run (Bennett pass failed)
• DET - Schlichter 2 run (Bojovic kick)

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