2007 Arena Football League season
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The 2007 Arena Football League season was the 21st season of the Arena Football League. The regular season began play on March 1, 2007 and concluded on June 25. The league broke its regular-season total attendance record of 1,887,054.
Following a year-long hiatus last year in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
, the New Orleans VooDoo
franchise resumed play this season to return the league to a 19-team format. New Orleans also hosted ArenaBowl XXI
.
The league champions were the San Jose SaberCats
, who defeated the Columbus Destroyers
in ArenaBowl XXI
.
* McPherson is a Quarterback, he was on the rushing yards list at arenafootball.com
Mrs.Dykstra
* Set AFL record for tackles by a Kicker with 15.5.
Following a year-long hiatus last year in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
, the New Orleans VooDoo
New Orleans VooDoo
The New Orleans VooDoo are an Arena Football League team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They play their home games in New Orleans Arena....
franchise resumed play this season to return the league to a 19-team format. New Orleans also hosted ArenaBowl XXI
ArenaBowl XXI
ArenaBowl XXI was the 2007 championship game of the Arena Football League and was played at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana on Sunday, July 29, 2007. It was the third-ever neutral site title game in league's history and the first held in the state of Louisiana...
.
The league champions were the San Jose SaberCats
San Jose SaberCats
The San Jose SaberCats are a professional arena football team in the Arena Football League. They began play as a 1995 expansion team. They played in the Western Division of the American Conference. Their final coach in the original Arena Football League was Darren Arbet, who will be a part of the...
, who defeated the Columbus Destroyers
Columbus Destroyers
The Columbus Destroyers were an Arena Football League team based in Columbus, Ohio. The team was founded in as the Buffalo Destroyers, based in Buffalo, New York, and relocated to Columbus in . They folded along with the original incarnation of the AFL following the 2008 season, after a total of...
in ArenaBowl XXI
ArenaBowl XXI
ArenaBowl XXI was the 2007 championship game of the Arena Football League and was played at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana on Sunday, July 29, 2007. It was the third-ever neutral site title game in league's history and the first held in the state of Louisiana...
.
Final standings
| Team | Overall | Division | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Percentage | Wins | Losses | Percentage | |
| National Conference | ||||||
| Eastern Division | ||||||
| Dallas Desperados Dallas Desperados The Dallas Desperados were a professional Arena Football team. The Desperados played in the Southern Division of the now-defunct Arena Football League from 2002 to 2008.... |
15 | 1 | 0.938 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Philadelphia Soul Philadelphia Soul The Philadelphia Soul are an Arena Football League team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They began play in as an expansion team. The team plays in the Eastern Division of the American Conference. They won their first ArenaBowl in 2008, defeating the San Jose SaberCats 59–56 in ArenaBowl XXII... |
8 | 8 | 0.500 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 |
| Columbus Destroyers Columbus Destroyers The Columbus Destroyers were an Arena Football League team based in Columbus, Ohio. The team was founded in as the Buffalo Destroyers, based in Buffalo, New York, and relocated to Columbus in . They folded along with the original incarnation of the AFL following the 2008 season, after a total of... |
7 | 9 | 0.438 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 |
| New York Dragons New York Dragons The New York Dragons were an Arena Football League team based in the New York metropolitan area. The team was founded in as the original incarnation of the Iowa Barnstormers, and relocated to New York in . They played in New York until 2008, when the league folded... |
5 | 11 | 0.313 | 1 | 5 | 0.167 |
| Southern Division | ||||||
| Georgia Force Georgia Force The Georgia Force are an Arena Football League team based in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States that plays in the South Division of the American Conference. The team is owned by Doug MacGregor and Donn Jennings... |
14 | 2 | 0.875 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Tampa Bay Storm Tampa Bay Storm The Tampa Bay Storm are an Arena Football League team based in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida. They play their home games in the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa.... |
9 | 7 | 0.567 | 4 | 4 | 0.500 |
| Orlando Predators Orlando Predators The Orlando Predators are an Arena Football League team based in Orlando, Florida that was founded in 1991. Their playoff streak is currently 19 seasons in a row, as of the season, becoming the ArenaBowl champions in 1998 and 2000... |
8 | 8 | 0.500 | 5 | 3 | 0.625 |
| New Orleans VooDoo New Orleans VooDoo The New Orleans VooDoo are an Arena Football League team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They play their home games in New Orleans Arena.... |
5 | 11 | 0.312 | 2 | 6 | 0.250 |
| Austin Wranglers Austin Wranglers The Austin Wranglers were an arena football team based in Austin, Texas. They played four seasons in the Arena Football League from 2004 to 2007 and spent one season in AF2, the AFL's developmental league, in 2008. They made playoff appearances in the AFL in 2006 and in AF2 in 2008... |
4 | 12 | 0.250 | 1 | 7 | 0.125 |
| American Conference | ||||||
| Central Division | ||||||
| Chicago Rush Chicago Rush The Chicago Rush is an arena football team based in Rosemont, Illinois. It is a member of the Central Division of the National Conference of the Arena Football League. The team was founded in 2001 and is co-owned by Mike Ditka, the Hall of Fame player and coach.The Rush have qualified for the... |
12 | 4 | 0.750 | 6 | 2 | 0.750 |
| Kansas City Brigade Kansas City Brigade The Kansas City Command is a professional arena football team in the Arena Football League. The team was founded before the 2006 season. Former Kansas City Chiefs Strong safety Kevin Porter served as head coach... |
10 | 6 | 0.625 | 4 | 4 | 0.500 |
| Colorado Crush Colorado Crush Colorado Crush were an Arena Football League team that began play as a 2003 expansion team. The Crush played in the Central Division of the American Conference until the Arena Football League suspended operations in 2009... |
8 | 8 | 0.500 | 4 | 4 | 0.500 |
| Nashville Kats Nashville Kats The Nashville Kats were an Arena Football League team, located in Nashville, Tennessee. They were last coached by Pat Sperduto, who coached the team's original incarnation to two ArenaBowl appearances prior to the original franchise's move to Atlanta in 2002... |
7 | 9 | 0.438 | 3 | 5 | 0.375 |
| Grand Rapids Rampage Grand Rapids Rampage The Grand Rapids Rampage was an Arena Football League team that began playing as a 1998 expansion team. They were coached by Steve Thonn.-History:... |
4 | 12 | 0.250 | 3 | 5 | 0.375 |
| Western Division | ||||||
| San Jose SaberCats San Jose SaberCats The San Jose SaberCats are a professional arena football team in the Arena Football League. They began play as a 1995 expansion team. They played in the Western Division of the American Conference. Their final coach in the original Arena Football League was Darren Arbet, who will be a part of the... |
13 | 3 | 0.813 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Los Angeles Avengers Los Angeles Avengers The Los Angeles Avengers was an Arena Football League team based in Los Angeles, California from 2000 through 2008. They folded on April 19, 2009.-History:... |
9 | 7 | 0.563 | 4 | 4 | 0.500 |
| Utah Blaze Utah Blaze The Utah Blaze is a professional arena football team based in Salt Lake City, Utah and competes in the West division of the Arena Football League. Home games are played at the EnergySolutions Arena.-The original Utah Blaze :... |
8 | 8 | 0.500 | 4 | 4 | 0.500 |
| Arizona Rattlers Arizona Rattlers The Arizona Rattlers are a professional arena football team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Conference in the Arena Football League . The Rattlers were founded in 1992 as an expansion team. They play their home games at US Airways Center... |
4 | 12 | 0.250 | 3 | 5 | 0.375 |
| Las Vegas Gladiators Las Vegas Gladiators The Cleveland Gladiators are an arena football franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio which plays in the Arena Football League. The team is part of the East division of the AFL's American Conference. The Gladiators play all of their home games at Quicken Loans Arena, which they share with the NBA's... |
2 | 14 | 0.125 | 1 | 7 | 0.125 |
- Green indicates clinched playoff berth
- Purple indicates division champion
- Gray indicates best conference record
Playoffs
Quarterback
| Player | Comp. | Att. | Comp% | Yards | TD's | INT's | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Greisen Chris Greisen Christopher J. Greisen is an American football quarterback for the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Northwest Missouri State... (GEO) |
392 | 530 | 74 | 4851 | 117 | 12 | 49 | 132 |
| Clint Dolezel Clint Dolezel Clint Dolezel is Offensive Coordinator of the Philadelphia Soul, an Indoor Football team belonging to the Arena Football League . As an AFL player, he was originally signed by the Milwaukee Mustangs... (DAL) |
375 | 533 | 70.4 | 4475 | 107 | 9 | 49 | 128.2 |
| Mark Grieb Mark Grieb Mark Grieb is an Arena football quarterback for the San Jose SaberCats . He was originally signed by the Anaheim Piranhas... (SJS) |
398 | 561 | 70.9 | 4605 | 100 | 13 | 47 | 125.3 |
| Joe Germaine Joe Germaine -St. Louis Rams:Germaine was selected in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams. He won a Super Bowl ring as a backup to Kurt Warner as a rookie. Germaine appeared in only three games, completing nine passes, and was cut at the end of the 2000 season.-Kansas City... (UTA) |
422 | 617 | 68.4 | 5005 | 107 | 12 | 41 | 124.4 |
| Raymond Philyaw Raymond Philyaw Raymond Philyaw is an arena football quarterback who currently plays for the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings in the Arena Football League league... (KC) |
371 | 538 | 69 | 4338 | 85 | 11 | 42 | 124.1 |
Running Backs
| Player | Car. | Yards | Avg. | TD's | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Alexander (NSH) | 165 | 426 | 22.6 | 41 | 25 |
| Adrian McPherson Adrian McPherson Adrian Jamal McPherson is a quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the 2005 NFL Draft... * (AUS) |
55 | 360 | 6.5 | 9 | 39 |
| Josh White (DAL) | 93 | 278 | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| Bo Kelly Bo Kelly Bo Kelly is a former American football fullback in the Arena Football League. Kelly played for the Arizona Rattlers and Carolina Cobras.... (ARI) |
81 | 222 | 2.7 | 13 | 16 |
| Harold Wells (CLB) | 73 | 197 | 2.7 | 13 | 13 |
Mrs.Dykstra
Wide Receivers
| Player | Rec. | Yards | Avg. | TD's | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siaha Burley Siaha Burley Siaha Burley is an arena football wide receiver who is currently a free agent in the Arena Football League. He played college football at Central Florida.-High school years:... (UTA) |
166 | 2129 | 12.8 | 49 | 41 |
| Chris Jackson (GEO) | 145 | 1915 | 13.2 | 47 | 46 |
| Derrick Lewis Derrick Lewis Derrick Lewis is an American football wide receiver that plays for the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League... (AUS) |
139 | 1903 | 13.7 | 41 | 49 |
| Bobby Sippio Bobby Sippio Robert Lee "Bobby" Sippio, Jr. is an American football wide receiver for the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League. He was signed by the Peoria Pirates in 2002... (CHI) |
125 | 1739 | 13.9 | 53 | 48 |
| Troy Bergeron Troy Bergeron Troy Joseph Bergeron is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Columbus Wardogs as a street free agent in 2004... (GEO) |
132 | 1736 | 13.2 | 41 | 49 |
Touchdowns
| Player | TD's | Rush | Rec | Ret | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Sippio Bobby Sippio Robert Lee "Bobby" Sippio, Jr. is an American football wide receiver for the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League. He was signed by the Peoria Pirates in 2002... (CHI) |
53 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 318 |
| Chris Jackson (GEO) | 51 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 306 |
| Siaha Burley Siaha Burley Siaha Burley is an arena football wide receiver who is currently a free agent in the Arena Football League. He played college football at Central Florida.-High school years:... (UTA) |
49 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 294 |
| Damian Harrell Damian Harrell Damian Deron Harrell is an arena football wide receiver who is currently a free agent in the Arena Football League. He played college football at Florida State University.... (COL) |
47 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 282 |
| Will Pettis Will Pettis Will Pettis is an arena football Wide Receiver / Defensive Back for the who is currently a free agent of the Arena Football League.... (DAL) |
46 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 278 |
Defense
| Player | Tackles | Solo | Assisted | Sack | Solo | Assisted | INT | Yards | TD's | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashad Floyd Rashad Floyd Rashad Floyd is an American football defensive back for the Colorado Crush of the Arena Football League. He played college football at Portland State.Floyd has also played for the Orlando Predators.... (COL) |
156 | 141 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 111 | 2 | 25 |
| Keyuo Craver (ARI) | 113 | 97 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 21 |
| Lin-J Shell Lin-J Shell Wagner Lindsell Shell, Jr., more commonly known as Lin-J Shell, is a Canadian football defensive back for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. He was originally signed by the Orlando Predators as a street free agent in 2008... (ORL) |
110.5 | 105 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hefflin (CLB) | 105 | 88 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kick Return
| Player | Ret | Yards | TD's | Long | Avg | Ret | Yards | TD's | Long | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timon Marshall Timon Marshall Timon Marshall is an American football wide receiver who currently plays for the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz of the Arena Football League... (GR) |
83 | 1901 | 6 | 58 | 22.9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Sedrick Robinson (AUS) | 64 | 1300 | 4 | 58 | 20.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DaShane Dennis (NYD) | 58 | 1282 | 3 | 57 | 22.1 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 20 | 14.5 |
| Will Pettis Will Pettis Will Pettis is an arena football Wide Receiver / Defensive Back for the who is currently a free agent of the Arena Football League.... (DAL) |
58 | 1229 | 4 | 58 | 21.2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 9 |
| Darrell Jones (ARI) | 56 | 1080 | 1 | 56 | 19.3 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 55 | 55 |
Kicking
| Player | Extra pt. | Extra pt. Att. | FG | FGA | Long | Pct. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.J. Haglund* (SJ) | 128 | 138 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 0.556 | 158 |
| Mark Lewis Mark Lewis (football) Mark Lewis is an Arena Football League placekicker for the Orlando Predators.He has also played for the Columbus Destroyers.-External links:*-References:... (AUS) |
110 | 118 | 15 | 25 | 33 | 0.600 | 155 |
| Remy Hamilton Remy Hamilton Remy Martin Hamilton is an American football kicker who played in the National Football League and Arena Football League . In college, he was an All-American for the Michigan Wolverines football team. As a professional, he played for the Detroit Lions of the NFL in addition to exhibition and... (LA) |
101 | 114 | 16 | 30 | 36 | 0.533 | 149 |
| Steve Videtich Steve Videtich Steve Videtich is the general manager of the Arena Football League's Utah Blaze. He previously was a place kicker for the Blaze... (UTA) |
113 | 127 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 0.526 | 143 |
| Jason Ball (COL) | 90 | 105 | 17 | 28 | 38 | 0.607 | 141 |
Awards
| Award | Player/Coach | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Coach of the Year | Doug Plank Doug Plank Douglas Walter Plank is a former American-football safety and coach in the National Football League. Currently, he is the head coach of the Philadelphia Soul in the Arena Football League.- Early life :... |
Georgia Force Georgia Force The Georgia Force are an Arena Football League team based in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States that plays in the South Division of the American Conference. The team is owned by Doug MacGregor and Donn Jennings... |
| Rookie of the Year (tie) | Brett Dietz Brett Dietz Brett Dietz is an American football quarterback currently a free agent. He was signed by the Turku Trojans as a street free agent in 2004. He played college football at Hanover. Dietz has also played for the Cincinnati Marshals, Louisville Fire, Tampa Bay Storm and California Redwoods... Charles Frederick Charles Frederick Sir Charles Frederick KB was a British Member of Parliament.He was a younger son of Sir Thomas Frederick, sometime Governor of Fort St David, and a younger brother of Sir John Frederick, 4th Baronet.... |
Tampa Bay Storm Tampa Bay Storm The Tampa Bay Storm are an Arena Football League team based in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida. They play their home games in the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa.... Kansas City Brigade Kansas City Brigade The Kansas City Command is a professional arena football team in the Arena Football League. The team was founded before the 2006 season. Former Kansas City Chiefs Strong safety Kevin Porter served as head coach... |
| Lineman of the Year | Greg White Greg White Stylez G. White is an American football defensive end for the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League. He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the seventh round of the 2002 NFL Draft... |
Orlando Predators Orlando Predators The Orlando Predators are an Arena Football League team based in Orlando, Florida that was founded in 1991. Their playoff streak is currently 19 seasons in a row, as of the season, becoming the ArenaBowl champions in 1998 and 2000... |
| Kicker of the Year | Mark Lewis Mark Lewis (football) Mark Lewis is an Arena Football League placekicker for the Orlando Predators.He has also played for the Columbus Destroyers.-External links:*-References:... |
Austin Wranglers Austin Wranglers The Austin Wranglers were an arena football team based in Austin, Texas. They played four seasons in the Arena Football League from 2004 to 2007 and spent one season in AF2, the AFL's developmental league, in 2008. They made playoff appearances in the AFL in 2006 and in AF2 in 2008... |
| Ironman of the Year | Will Pettis Will Pettis Will Pettis is an arena football Wide Receiver / Defensive Back for the who is currently a free agent of the Arena Football League.... |
Dallas Desperados Dallas Desperados The Dallas Desperados were a professional Arena Football team. The Desperados played in the Southern Division of the now-defunct Arena Football League from 2002 to 2008.... |