2007 Arena Football League season Information & 2007 Arena Football League season Links at HealthHaven.com

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.

The league champions were the San Jose SaberCats, who defeated the Columbus Destroyers in ArenaBowl XXI.

[edit] Final Standings

Team	Overall			Division
Team	Wins	Losses	Percentage	Wins	Losses	Percentage
National Conference
Eastern Division
Dallas Desperados	15	1	0.938	6	0	1.000
Philadelphia Soul	8	8	0.500	2	4	0.333
Columbus Destroyers	7	9	0.438	3	3	0.500
New York Dragons	5	11	0.313	1	5	0.167
Southern Division
Georgia Force	14	2	0.875	8	0	1.000
Tampa Bay Storm	9	7	0.567	4	4	0.500
Orlando Predators	8	8	0.500	5	3	0.625
New Orleans VooDoo	5	11	0.312	2	6	0.250
Austin Wranglers	4	12	0.250	1	7	0.125
American Conference
Central Division
Chicago Rush	12	4	0.750	6	2	0.750
Kansas City Brigade	10	6	0.625	4	4	0.500
Colorado Crush	8	8	0.500	4	4	0.500
Nashville Kats	7	9	0.438	3	5	0.375
Grand Rapids Rampage	4	12	0.250	3	5	0.375
Western Division
San Jose SaberCats	13	3	0.813	8	0	1.000
Los Angeles Avengers	9	7	0.563	4	4	0.500
Utah Blaze	8	8	0.500	4	4	0.500
Arizona Rattlers	4	12	0.250	3	5	0.375
Las Vegas Gladiators	2	14	0.125	1	7	0.125

Green indicates clinched playoff berth
Purple indicates division champion
Gray indicates best conference record

[edit] Playoffs


June 30 - ESPN - St. Pete Times Forum			July 7 - ESPN - American Airlines Center



6	Columbus 7-9	56
			6	Columbus 8-9	66
3	Tampa Bay 9-7	55				July 14 - ESPN - Philips Arena
			1	Dallas 15-1	59

			National Conference
June 29 ESPN - Wachovia Center						6	Columbus 9-9	66
			July 8 - ESPN2 - Philips Arena
						2	Georgia 15-2	56

5	Orlando 8-8	26				National Conference Championship
			4	Philadelphia 9-8	39
4	Philadelphia 8-8	41							July 29 - ABC - New Orleans Arena
			2	Georgia 14-2	65
Wild Card Playoffs
			Divisional Playoffs
July 2 - ESPN2 - Staples Center									N6	Columbus 10-9	33
			July 9 - ESPN2 - Allstate Arena
									A1	San Jose 15-3	55

5	Utah 8-8	42							ArenaBowl XXI
			4	Los Angeles 10-7	20
4	Los Angeles 9-7	64				July 14 ESPN - HP Pavilion
			2	Chicago 12-4	52

			American Conference
June 30 - ESPN - Kemper Arena						2	Chicago 13-4	49
			July 7 - ESPN - HP Pavilion
						1	San Jose 14-3	61

6	Colorado 8-8	49				American Conference Championship
			6	Colorado 9-8	67
3	Kansas City 10-6	42
			1	San Jose 13-3	76

[edit] Statistics

[edit] 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

[edit] Running Backs

Player	Car.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long
Dan Alexander (NSH)	165	426	22.6	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 Mrs.Dykstra

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Special Teams

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

^ ArenaFan Online : AFL Press Releases

[0] ArenaFan Online : AFL Press Releases

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