ArenaBowl XX, held on Sunday, June 11, 2006, was played to determine the championship of the 2006 season of the Arena Football League (AFL).

For the second consecutive year, the game was played at the neutral site of the Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada.

The Chicago Rush was entering its sixth season in the Arena Football League and coming off back-to-back appearances in the AFL's American Conference Championships, falling in 2004 to the San Jose SaberCats and in 2005 to the Colorado Crush in the "Confetti Bowl."

The Rush opened the season on the road against the Crush at the Pepsi Center, and Colorado unveiled its ArenaBowl XIX championship banner before the game.

For the Rush, Matt D'Orazio was named the team's starting quarterback, replacing Raymond Philyaw in the off-season, and beating out Heisman Trophy finalist Michael Bishop in training camp.

The Rush faced adversity before the game even started, when kicker Keith Gispert was injured in pre-game warm-ups.

The Rush answered the call to finish the year 7–9, blowing out the Utah Blaze 84–48 and defeating the Grand Rapids Rampage 70–47.

The teams exchanged scores until the Rush got up by two possessions 52–42 and held on to a 59–56 win to advance to its first ArenaBowl in franchise history.

The Rush received the opening kickoff and quarterback Matt D'Orazio scored on a one-yard run to cap off the first drive.

Orlando quarterback Joe Hamilton connected with Javarus Dudley over the air to cut Chicago's lead to 10–7.

Late in the quarter, Rush wide receiver Bobby Sippio caught an eight-yard pass from D'Orazio, and Chicago retook a 31–28 lead.

It was the fourth straight time Frantz had connected on a long field goal on the last play of the first half, doing so in all three of Chicago's previous playoff games.

Orlando was set to return the second half kickoff, but the ball took a funny bounce off the net, and the Rush recovered.

The Predators got on the board to end the quarter, a Hamilton pass to Dudley to make it 48–34 after Orlando missed the extra point.

The play was designed for the ball to be intentionally thrown off the net, and Molden caught the deflection, sliding in the endzone.