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
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...

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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...

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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

*McPherson is a Quarterback, he was on the rushing yards list at arenafootball.com
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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

*Set AFL record for tackles by a Kicker with 15.5.

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....


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