2007 San Jose SaberCats season
Appearance
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. San Jose ended the year on a 13-game winning streak including playoff games.
Schedule
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
Darren Arbet entered his ninth season as SaberCats head coach.
Final roster
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
Offense
Quarterback
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
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
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
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
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
Kick Return
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
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 |