Sports season
2007 Arena Football League season |
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League | Arena Football League |
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Sport | Arena football |
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Duration | March 1, 2007 – July 29, 2007 |
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Regular season |
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Season champions | Dallas Desperados |
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AFL Playoffs |
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National Conference champions | Columbus Destroyers |
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National Conference runners-up | Georgia Force |
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American Conference champions | San Jose SaberCats |
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American Conference runners-up | Chicago Rush |
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ArenaBowl XXI |
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Champions | San Jose SaberCats |
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Runners-up | Columbus Destroyers |
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Finals MVP | Mark Grieb, SJ |
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AFL seasons |
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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.[1]
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. This was the last of three non-consecutive AFL seasons in which the league fielded 19 teams, the most in AFL history.
The league champions were the San Jose SaberCats, who defeated the Columbus Destroyers in ArenaBowl XXI.
Final standings
- Green indicates clinched playoff berth
- Purple indicates division champion
- Grey indicates division champion and conference's best record
Source: ArenaFan.com[2]
Playoffs
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| 6 | Columbus | 56 |
| 6 | Columbus | 66 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay | 55 | | | |
| 1 | Dallas | 59 | |
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| National Conference |
| | 6 | Columbus | 66 |
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| | 2 | Georgia | 56 | |
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| 5 | Orlando | 26 | National Conference Championship |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 39 |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 41 | | | |
| 2 | Georgia | 65 | |
| Wild Card playoffs | |
| Divisional playoffs |
| | N6 | Columbus | 33 |
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| | A1 | San Jose | 55 |
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| 5 | Utah | 42 | ArenaBowl XXI |
| 4 | Los Angeles | 20 |
| 4 | Los Angeles | 64 | | | |
| 2 | Chicago | 52 | |
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| American Conference |
| | 2 | Chicago | 49 |
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| | 1 | San Jose | 61 | |
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| 6 | Colorado | 49 | American Conference Championship |
| 6 | Colorado | 67 |
| 3 | Kansas City | 42 | | | |
| 1 | San Jose | 76 | |
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Statistics
Quarterback
Running backs
Player | Car. | Yards | Avg. | TD's | Long |
Dan Alexander (NSH) | 165 | 426 | 2.6 | 41 | 25 |
Adrian McPherson* (AUS) | 55 | 360 | 6.5 | 9 | 39 |
Josh White (DAL) | 93 | 278 | 3 | 10 | 22 |
Bo Kelly (ARI) | 81 | 222 | 2.7 | 13 | 16 |
Harold Wells (CLB) | 73 | 197 | 2.7 | 13 | 13 |
*McPherson is a Quarterback, he was on the rushing yards list at arenafootball.com
Wide receivers
Player | Rec. | Yards | Avg. | TD's | Long |
Siaha Burley (UTA) | 166 | 2129 | 12.8 | 49 | 41 |
Chris Jackson (GEO) | 145 | 1915 | 13.2 | 47 | 46 |
Derrick Lewis (AUS) | 139 | 1903 | 13.7 | 41 | 49 |
Bobby Sippio (CHI) | 125 | 1739 | 13.9 | 53 | 48 |
Troy Bergeron (GEO) | 132 | 1736 | 13.2 | 41 | 49 |
Touchdowns
Defense
Player | Tackles | Solo | Assisted | Sack | Solo | Assisted | INT | Yards | TD's | Long |
Rashad Floyd (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 (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 |
Special teams
Kick return
Player | Ret | Yards | TD's | Long | Avg | Ret | Yards | TD's | Long | Avg |
Timon Marshall (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 (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 (AUS) | 110 | 118 | 15 | 25 | 33 | 0.600 | 155 |
Remy Hamilton (LA) | 101 | 114 | 16 | 30 | 36 | 0.533 | 149 |
Steve Videtich (UTA) | 113 | 127 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 0.526 | 143 |
Jason Ball (COL) | 90 | 105 | 17 | 28 | 38 | 0.607 | 141 |
*Set AFL record for tackles by a Kicker with 15.5.
Awards
Individual season awards
All-Arena team
Offense | Position | First team | Second team | Quarterback | Chris Greisen, Georgia | Clint Dolezel, Dallas | Fullback | Dan Alexander, Nashville | Josh White, Dallas | Center | Kyle Moore-Brown, Colorado | Mike Mabry, Philadelphia | Offensive lineman | Phil Bogle, Philadelphia Devin Wyman, Dallas | Marcus Keyes, Georgia Terrance Dotsy, Dallas | Wide receiver | Chris Jackson, Los Angeles Bobby Sippio, Chicago Siaha Burley, Utah | Damian Harrell, Colorado Troy Bergeron, Georgia James Roe, San Jose | | Defense | Position | First team | Second team | Defensive lineman | Greg White, Orlando Colston Weatherington, Dallas LaKendrick Jones, Columbus | Jermaine Smith, Georgia Ron Jones, San Jose Silas DeMary, Los Angeles | Middle linebacker | Duke Pettijohn, Dallas | Umar Muhammad, Georgia | Jack linebacker | DeJuan Alfonzo, Chicago | Lawrence Samuels, Tampa Bay | Defensive back | Eddie Moten, Philadelphia Ahmad Hawkins, Nashville Clevan Thomas, San Jose | Rashad Floyd, Colorado Jeremy Unertl, Chicago Jermaine Jones, Dallas | | |
Notes
- ^ ArenaFan Online : AFL Press Releases
- ^ 2006 Arena Football League Standings
External links
- Official website
- 2007 AFL All-Arena Team Roster
- 2007 AFL All-Ironman Team Roster
2007 AFL season |
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