2007 Arena Football League season
LeagueArena Football League
SportArena football
DurationMarch 1, 2007 – July 29, 2007
Regular season
Season championsDallas Desperados
AFL Playoffs
National Conference championsColumbus Destroyers
  National Conference runners-upGeorgia Force
American Conference championsSan Jose SaberCats
  American Conference runners-upChicago Rush
ArenaBowl XXI
ChampionsSan Jose SaberCats
  Runners-upColumbus Destroyers
Finals MVPMark Grieb, SJ
AFL seasons
2007 Arena Football League season is located in the United States
Bridgade
Bridgade
Crush
Crush
Kats
Kats
Rampage
Rampage
Rush
Rush
Avengers
Avengers
Blaze
Blaze
Gladiators
Gladiators
Rattlers
Rattlers
SaberCats
SaberCats
Force
Force
Predators
Predators
Storm
Storm
VooDoo
VooDoo
Wranglers
Wranglers
Desperados
Desperados
Destroyers
Destroyers
Dragons
Dragons
Soul
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 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

National Conference
Eastern Division
Team W L PCT PF PA DIV CON Home Away
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

Source: ArenaFan.com[2]

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 playoffs
Divisional playoffs
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 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

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

  1. ^ ArenaFan Online : AFL Press Releases
  2. ^ 2006 Arena Football League Standings

External links

Arena Football League seasons
2007 AFL season
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