2007 Arena Football League season

2007 Arena Football League season
2007 Arena Football League season
League	Arena Football League
Sport	Arena football
Duration	March 1, 2007 – July 29, 2007
Regular season
Season champions	Dallas Desperados
AFL playoffs
National Conference champions	Columbus Destroyers
National Conference runners-up	Georgia Force
American Conference champions	San Jose SaberCats
American Conference runners-up	Chicago Rush
ArenaBowl XXI
Champions	San Jose SaberCats
Runners-up	Columbus Destroyers
Finals MVP	Mark Grieb, SJ
AFL seasons
	← 2006 2008 →

Bridgade

Crush

Kats

Rampage

Rush

Avengers

Blaze

Gladiators

Rattlers

SaberCats

Force

Predators

Storm

VooDoo

Wranglers

Desperados

Destroyers

Dragons

Soul

National: Eastern, Southern
American: Western, Central

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, with 1,887,054 people in attendance this season.

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

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	CON	Home	Away
National Conference
Eastern Division
Dallas Desperados	15	1	.938	1016	816	8–0	11–1	8–0	7–1
Philadelphia Soul	8	8	.500	900	835	5–3	7–5	4–4	4–4
Columbus Destroyers	7	9	.438	802	793	3–3	5–6	5–3	2–6
New York Dragons	5	11	.313	787	967	1–4	3–8	2–6	3–5
Southern Division
Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	CON	Home	Away
Georgia Force	14	2	.875	1007	836	8–0	11–1	8–0	6–2
Tampa Bay Storm	9	7	.563	809	825	4–4	6–6	5–3	4–4
Orlando Predators	8	8	.500	814	766	5–3	7–5	4–4	4–4
New Orleans VooDoo	5	11	.313	833	928	2–6	3–9	4–4	1–7
Austin Wranglers	4	12	.250	879	950	1–7	2–10	3–5	1–7
American Conference
Central Division
Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	CON	Home	Away
Chicago Rush	12	4	.750	869	719	6–2	9–3	7–1	5–3
Kansas City Brigade	10	6	.625	840	776	4–4	8–4	6–2	4–4
Colorado Crush	8	8	.500	793	858	4–4	6–6	5–3	3–5
Nashville Kats	7	9	.438	851	876	3–5	6–6	3–5	4–4
Grand Rapids Rampage	4	12	.250	835	1014	3–5	3–9	3–5	1–7
Western Division
Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	CON	Home	Away
San Jose SaberCats	13	3	.813	1012	761	8–0	11–1	8–0	5–3
Los Angeles Avengers	9	7	.563	843	848	4–4	6–6	5–3	4–4
Utah Blaze	8	8	.500	955	933	4–4	6–6	4–4	4–4
Arizona Rattlers	4	12	.250	846	915	3–5	2–9	2–6	2–6
Las Vegas Gladiators	2	14	.125	769	895	1–7	2–10	0–8	2–6

Green indicates clinched playoff berth
Purple indicates division champion
Grey indicates division champion and conference's best record

Source: ArenaFan.com

Playoffs



6	Columbus	56
			6	Columbus	66
3	Tampa Bay	55
			1	Dallas	59

			National Conference
						6	Columbus	66

						2	Georgia	56

5	Orlando	26				National Conference Championship
			4	Philadelphia	39
4	Philadelphia	41
			2	Georgia	65
Wild-card round
			Divisional round
									N6	Columbus	33

									A1	San Jose	55

5	Utah	42							ArenaBowl XXI
			4	Los Angeles	20
4	Los Angeles	64
			2	Chicago	52

			American Conference
						2	Chicago	49

						1	San Jose	61

6	Colorado	49				American Conference Championship
			6	Colorado	67
3	Kansas City	42
			1	San Jose	76

Statistics

Quarterback

Player	Comp.	Att.	Comp%	Yards	TD's	INT's	Long	Rating
Chris Greisen (GEO)	392	530	74	4851	117	12	49	132
Clint Dolezel (DAL)	375	533	70.4	4475	107	9	49	128.2
Mark Grieb (SJS)	398	561	70.9	4605	100	13	47	125.3
Joe Germaine (UTA)	422	617	68.4	5005	107	12	41	124.4
Raymond Philyaw (KC)	371	538	69	4338	85	11	42	124.1

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

Player	TD's	Rush	Rec	Ret	Pts
Bobby Sippio (CHI)	53	0	53	0	318
Chris Jackson (GEO)	51	4	47	0	306
Siaha Burley (UTA)	49	0	49	0	294
Damian Harrell (COL)	47	0	47	0	282
Will Pettis (DAL)	46	2	40	4	278

Defense

Player	Tackles	Solo	Assisted	INT	Yards	TD's	Long
Rashad Floyd (COL)	156	141	30	9	111	2	25
Keyuo Craver (ARI)	113	97	32	3	37	0	21
Lin-J Shell (ORL)	110.5	105	11	4	0	0	0
Brandon Hefflin (CLB)	105	88	34	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

Award	Player/Coach	Team
Coach of the Year	Doug Plank	Georgia Force
Rookie of the Year (tie)	Brett Dietz Charles Frederick	Tampa Bay Storm Kansas City Brigade
Lineman of the Year	Greg White	Orlando Predators
Kicker of the Year	Mark Lewis	Austin Wranglers
Ironman of the Year	Will Pettis	Dallas Desperados

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

Special teams
Position	First team	Second team
Kicker	Mark Lewis, Austin	A. J. Haglund, San Jose

Notes

External links

[1] ArenaFan Online : AFL Press Releases

[2] 2006 Arena Football League Standings