2007 San Jose SaberCats season

2007 San Jose SaberCats season
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
Timeline
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2006 2008

The 2007 San Jose SaberCats season is 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.

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Schedule

Week Date Opponent Home/Away Game Result
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.

Stats

Offense

Quarterback

Player Comp. Att. Comp% Yards TD's INT's Long Rating
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
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 Dwyain Glover 12 10 .8 5 3
Rodney Bernard Wright, Jr. 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
James Roe 127 1560 12.3 40 34
Ben Nelson 101 1258 12.2 25 40
Rodney Bernard Wright, Jr. 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 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
James Roe 40 0 40 0 240
Ben Nelson 25 0 25 0 150
Rodney Bernard Wright, Jr. 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 5 0 5 0 30
Trestin George 2 0 0 2 12
Mark Greib 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
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 Dwyain 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 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 Bernard Wright, Jr. 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 Yaw 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
Trestin George 37 872 2 56 23.6 1 10 0 10 10
Rodney Bernard Wright, Jr. 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
A.J. Haglund 128 138 10 18 39 0.556 158 1 15.5

Playoff Stats

Offense

Quarterback

Player Comp. Att. Comp% Yards TD's INT's

Running Backs

Player Car. Yards Avg. TD's Long

Wide Receivers

Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD's Long

Special Teams

Kick Return

Player Ret Yards Avg Long

Kicking

Player Extra pt. Extra pt. Att. FG FGA Long Pts

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