2007 Colorado Crush season

The 2007 Colorado Crush season was the fifth season for the franchise. They look to make the playoffs again, as they were 11–5 and division champs in 2006. They went 8–8 and qualified for the playoffs. After an upset over the Brigade, the Crush lost 76–67 to the San Jose SaberCats in the divisional round.

2007 Colorado Crush season
OwnerJohn Elway
Pat Bowlen
Stan Kroenke
General managerJohn Elway
Head coachMike Dailey
Home fieldPepsi Center
Results
Record8–8
Division place3rd
Playoff finishL 76–67 vs. San Jose

Schedule

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Week Date Opponent Home/Away Game Result
1 March 4 Grand Rapids Rampage Home L 44–42
2 March 10 Kansas City Brigade Home W 44–40
3 March 16 Arizona Rattlers Home W 56–54
4 March 22 Philadelphia Soul Away L 71–47
5 April 1 Nashville Kats Home W 55–48
6 April 6 San Jose SaberCats Away L 72–44
7 April 15 New York Dragons Away W 49–48
8 April 20 Las Vegas Gladiators Home W 63–53
9 April 27 Kansas City Brigade Away W 45–42
10 May 7 Chicago Rush Away L 59–48
11 May 11 Nashville Kats Away W 57–35
12 May 18 Columbus Destroyers Home W 58–40
13 May 26 Grand Rapids Rampage Away L 58–56
14 June 4 Utah Blaze Away L 51–14
15 Bye Week
16 June 18 Chicago Rush Home L 66–57
17 June 25 Dallas Desperados Home L 77–58

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Round Date Opponent Home/Away Result
1 June 30 (3) Kansas City Brigade Away W 49–42
2 July 7 (1) San Jose SaberCats Away L 76–67

Coaching

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Mike Dailey started his fourth season as head coach of the Crush.

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2007 roster

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Stats

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Offense

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Quarterback

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Player Comp. Att. Comp% Yards TD's INT's Long Rating
John Dutton 396 645 61.4 4320 84 17 45 102.7

Running backs

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Player Car. Yards Avg. TD's Long
John Dutton 8 44 5.5 1 22
Robert Thomas 29 29 1 9 4
Anthony Dunn 7 11 1.6 0 9
John Peaua 7 10 1.4 1 3
Brandon Kirsch 2 8 4 2 5
Saul Patu 4 5 1.3 1 3
Robert Redd 4 0 0 0 7
Jason Harmon 10 −2 -.2 3 2
Alonzo Nix 1 −3 −3 0 −3

Wide receivers

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Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD's Long
Damian Harrell 132 1537 11.7 47 45
Brad Pyatt 95 1169 12.3 19 46
Willie Quinnie 72 844 11.7 14 42
Robert Redd 62 547 8.8 5 34
Alonzo Nix 50 509 10.2 3 34
Robert Thomas 2 18 9 0 19
John Peaua 2 11 5.5 1 9
Anthony Dunn 1 7 7 0 7
Chris Watton 1 1 1 0 1
Brandon Kirsch 1 0 0 0 0

Touchdowns

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Player TD's Rush Rec Ret Pts
Damian Harrell 47 0 47 0 282
Brad Pyatt 19 0 19 0 114
Willie Quinnie 14 0 14 0 84
Robert Thomas 9 9 0 0 56
Robert Reed 5 0 5 0 32
Jason Harmon 4 3 0 1 24
Alonzo Nix 3 0 3 0 18
Brandon Kirsch 2 2 0 0 12
John Peaua 2 1 1 0 12
John Dutton 1 1 0 0 6
Saul Patu 1 1 0 0 6

Defense

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Player Tackles Solo Assisted Sack Solo Assisted INT Yards TD's Long
Rashad Floyd 156 141 30 0 0 0 9 111 2 25
Chris Angel 88 78 20 0 0 0 7 95 0 30
Jason Harmon 49 43 12 0 0 0 2 11 0 9
Robert Thomas 46.5 35 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anthony Dunn 36 21 30 4 3 2 1 0 0 0
Saul Patu 35.5 25 21 3.5 2 3 0 0 0 0
Delvin Hughley 21.5 16 11 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Dustin Barno 14 9 10 5 4 2 0 0 0 0
Chris Snyder 13.5 10 7 2.5 2 1 0 0 0 0
Brad Pyatt 11.5 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert Redd 7 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Watton 6.5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Ball 5.5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quinn Dorsey 4.5 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
John Peaua 4.5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Damian Harrell 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alonzo Nix 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brett Huyser 2.5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brandon Kirsch 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Dutton 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Special teams

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Kick return

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Player Ret Yards TD's Long Avg Ret Yards TD's Long Avg
Jason Harmon 47 1010 1 55 21.5 1 0 0 0 0
Robert Redd 12 118 0 22 9.8 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Pyatt 3 53 0 20 17.7 0 0 0 0 0
Rashad Floyd 4 51 0 16 12.8 3 78 0 30 26
Damien Harrell 7 21 0 14 3 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Quinnie 2 13 0 13 6.5 0 0 0 0 0

Kicking

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Player Extra pt. Extra pt. Att. FG FGA Long Pct. Pts
Jason Ball 90 105 17 28 38 0.607 141

Playoff Stats

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Quarterback

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Kicking

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

Regular season

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1 2 3 4 Total
GR 13 7 21 3 44
COL 21 7 0 14 42

at Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado

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KC 7 7 13 13 40
COL 3 17 7 17 44

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ARI 7 20 14 13 54
COL 14 21 7 14 56

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COL 13 14 13 7 47
PHI 13 14 21 23 71

at Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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NSH 7 21 13 7 48
COL 7 17 3 28 55

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COL 3 7 26 8 44
SJ 14 24 21 13 72

at HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose, California

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COL 6 19 14 10 49
NYD 7 6 14 21 48

at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

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LV 13 20 0 20 53
COL 3 21 26 13 63

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COL 14 10 7 14 45
KC 7 14 7 14 42

at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri

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Week 10: at Chicago Rush

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COL 13 20 7 8 48
CHI 0 28 21 10 59

at Allstate Arena, Chicago, Illinois

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COL 13 17 14 13 57
NSH 0 14 14 7 35

at Nashville Arena, Nashville, Tennessee

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CLB 6 14 0 20 40
COL 14 21 6 17 58

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COL 10 13 7 26 56
GR 14 14 14 16 58

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Week 14: at Utah Blaze

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COL 7 0 0 7 14
UTA 14 17 6 14 51

at EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah

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Week 16: vs Chicago Rush

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CHI 7 28 10 21 66
COL 10 14 7 26 57

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DAL 21 21 21 14 77
COL 10 13 14 21 58

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Playoffs

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(6) COL 16 7 7 19 49
(3) KC 7 21 0 14 42

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(6) COL 7 28 13 19 67
(1) SJ 7 27 21 21 76

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