2007 San Jose SaberCats season | |
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Head coach | Darren Arbet |
Home field | HP Pavilion at San Jose |
Results | |
Record | 13–3 |
Division place | 1st |
Playoff finish | W ArenaBowl XXI 55–33 vs. Columbus |
The 2007 San Jose SaberCats season was the 13th season for the franchise. They defeated the Columbus Destroyers 55–33 in ArenaBowl XXI to capture their 3rd Arena Football League title.[1] San Jose ended the year on a 13-game winning streak including playoff games.[1]
Schedule
[edit]Week | Date | Opponent | Home/Away Game | Result |
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1 | March 4 | Los Angeles Avengers | Away | W 66–58 |
2 | March 9 | Chicago Rush | Away | L 48–45 |
4 | March 24 | Georgia Force | Away | L 64–62 |
5 | March 31 | Tampa Bay Storm | Home | W 69–49 |
6 | April 6 | Colorado Crush | Home | W 72–44 |
7 | April 13 | New Orleans VooDoo | Away | L 67–54 |
8 | April 21 | Los Angeles Avengers | Home | W 73–49 |
9 | April 28 | Utah Blaze | Home | W 69–48 |
10 | May 5 | Arizona Rattlers | Away | W 56–49 |
11 | May 12 | Las Vegas Gladiators | Home | W 61–34 |
12 | May 19 | Grand Rapids Rampage | Home | W 69–44 |
13 | May 25 | Nashville Kats | Away | W 48–34 |
14 | June 1 | Orlando Predators | Home | W 59–52 |
15 | June 9 | Utah Blaze | Away | W 70–49 |
16 | June 16 | Arizona Rattlers | Home | W 66–26 |
17 | June 23 | Las Vegas Gladiators | Away | W 73–46 |
Divisional | July 7 | Colorado Crush | Home | W 76–67 |
AC Championship | July 14 | Chicago Rush | Home | W 61–49 |
ArenaBowl XXI | June 23 | Columbus Destroyers | Neutral | W 55–33 |
Coaching
[edit]Darren Arbet entered his ninth season as SaberCats head coach.
Final roster
[edit]2007 San Jose SaberCats roster | ||||||
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Quarterbacks
Fullbacks
Wide receivers
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen |
Linebackers
Defensive backs
Kickers |
Injured reserve
League suspension
Recallable reassignment
Refuse to report
Other league exempt
Inactive Reserve
Rookies in italics |
Stats
[edit]Offense
[edit]Quarterback
[edit]Player | Comp. | Att. | Comp% | Yards | TD's | INT's | Long | Rating |
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Mark Grieb | 398 | 561 | 70.9 | 4605 | 100 | 13 | 47 | 125.3 |
Craig Whelihan | 13 | 21 | 61.9 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 87.4 |
Running backs
[edit]Player | Car. | Yards | Avg. | TD's | Long |
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Brian Johnson | 44 | 100 | 2.3 | 9 | 20 |
Matt Kinsinger | 25 | 47 | 1.9 | 6 | 16 |
Mark Grieb | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 2 | 10 |
Phil Glover | 12 | 10 | .8 | 5 | 3 |
Rodney Wright | 9 | 8 | .9 | 2 | 3 |
Jason Geathers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Craig Whelihan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wide receivers
[edit]Player | Rec. | Yards | Avg. | TD's | Long |
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James Roe | 127 | 1560 | 12.3 | 40 | 34 |
Ben Nelson | 101 | 1258 | 12.2 | 25 | 40 |
Rodney Wright | 97 | 1072 | 11.1 | 10 | 43 |
Jason Geathers | 54 | 509 | 9.4 | 11 | 34 |
Cleannord Saintil | 16 | 182 | 11.4 | 7 | 47 |
Brian Johnson | 8 | 104 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
George Williams III | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 5 | 5 |
Julius Grant | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
Garrett McIntyre | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
Matt Kinsinger | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Touchdowns
[edit]Player | TD's | Rush | Rec | Ret | Pts |
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James Roe | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 240 |
Ben Nelson | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 150 |
Rodney Wright | 15 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 90 |
Jason Geathers | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 66 |
Brian Johnson | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 60 |
Cleannord Saintil | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 48 |
Matt Kinsinger | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 42 |
Phil Glover | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
George Williams III | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 |
Trestin George | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
Mark Grieb | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Marquis Floyd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
Julius Gant | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Garrett McIntyre | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Defense
[edit]Player | Tackles | Solo | Assisted | Sack | Solo | Assisted | INT | Yards | TD's | Long |
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Omarr Smith | 87.5 | 79 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 86 | 2 | 50 |
Clevan Thomas | 86 | 76 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 119 | 2 | 45 |
Steve Watson | 59.5 | 43 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marquis Floyd | 56 | 46 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 55 | 1 | 46 |
Phil Glover | 37 | 28 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jason Geathers | 24.5 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alan Harper | 20.5 | 15 | 11 | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ronald Jones | 19.5 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. J. Haglund | 15.5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
George Williams III | 15.5 | 13 | 5 | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trestin George | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
Tim Martin | 8.5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cleannord Saintil | 8.5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rodney Wright | 8.5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Johnson | 5.5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Nelson | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Littlejohn | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
James Roe | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Grieb | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
William Obeng | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Julius Gant | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Kinsinger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Patrick Afif | .5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Special teams
[edit]Kick return
[edit]Player | Ret | Yards | TD's | Long | Avg | Ret | Yards | TD's | Long | Avg |
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Trestin George | 37 | 872 | 2 | 56 | 23.6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Rodney Wright | 31 | 720 | 3 | 57 | 23.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jason Geathers | 8 | 102 | 0 | 24 | 12.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Omarr Smith | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1.8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .5 |
Cleannord Saintil | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Johnson | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marquis Floyd | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Julius Gant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clevan Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
[edit]Player | Extra pt. | Extra pt. Att. | FG | FGA | Long | Pct. | Pts | TD's | Tackles | |
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A. J. Haglund | 128 | 138 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 0.556 | 158 | 1 | 15.5 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Sabedra, Darren (July 30, 2007). "SaberCats win third title in six years". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved February 1, 2024.