2007 New Orleans VooDoo season

The 2007 New Orleans VooDoo season was the third season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. They returned from hiatus in 2006 due to Hurricane Katrina.[1] They went 5-11 and missed the playoffs.

2007 New Orleans VooDoo season
Head coachMike Neu
Home fieldNew Orleans Arena
Results
Record5–11
Division place4th
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Schedule

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Week Date Opponent Home/Away Game Result
1 March 3 Utah Blaze Away L 63–61
2 March 9 Columbus Destroyers Home W 52–45
3 March 18 Las Vegas Gladiators Away W 59–31
4 March 24 Los Angeles Avengers Home L 48–36
5 March 31 Orlando Predators Home W 48–45
6 April 7 Tampa Bay Storm Away L 66–43
7 April 13 San Jose SaberCats Home W 67–54
8 April 21 Austin Wranglers Away L 45–38
9 April 27 Georgia Force Home L 72–57
10 Bye Week
11 May 11 Orlando Predators Away L 42–33
12 May 21 Philadelphia Soul Away L 78–34
13 May 28 New York Dragons Home L 69–63
14 June 2 Tampa Bay Storm Home L 61–55
15 June 9 Dallas Desperados Away L 80–79
16 June 17 Austin Wranglers Home W 66–61
17 June 24 Georgia Force Home L 68–42

Coaching

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Mike Neu started his third season as head coach of the VooDoo.

Personnel moves

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Acquired

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Departures

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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
Steve Bellisari 193 307 62.9 2287 47 12 45 107.5
Andy Kelly 264 396 66.7 2580 42 9 38 101.8

Running backs

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Player Car. Yards Avg. TD's Long
Dan Curran 27 60 2.2 3 13
Steve Bellisari 30 54 1.8 7 20
James Lynch 26 47 1.8 5 15
Henry Bryant 14 8 0.6 1 2
Kenny Henderson 5 7 1.4 2 6
Andy Kelly 5 0 0 0 0
Wendall Williams 1 −2 −2 0 −2

Wide receivers

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Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD's Long
Tyronne Jones 96 1124 11.7 34 32
Kenny Henderson 75 895 11.9 18 43
Wendall Williams 65 648 19 11 45
James Jordan 69 637 9.2 9 43
Tony Locke 36 361 10 2 33
Darnell McDonald 29 302 10.4 3 25
Tremaine Neal 33 266 8.1 3 21
Jacques Rumph 23 266 11.6 4 39
Scott Mitchell 17 184 10.8 1 31
Troy Mason 9 138 15.3 1 33
James Lynch 9 109 12.1 1 31
Dan Curran 4 39 9.8 0 15
Steve Bellisari 2 23 11.5 1 17

Touchdowns

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Player TD's Rush Rec Ret Pts
Tyronne Jones 35 0 34 1 210
Kenny Henderson 20 2 18 0 120
Wendall Williams 11 0 11 0 66
James Jordan 9 0 9 0 54
Steve Bellisari 8 7 1 0 48
James Lynch 6 5 1 0 36
Jacques Rumph 5 0 4 1 30
Tremaine Neal 3 0 3 0 24
Dan Curran 3 3 0 0 18
Tony Locke 3 0 2 1 18
Darnell McDonald 3 0 3 0 18
Henry Bryant 1 1 0 0 14
Chris Brown 1 0 0 1 6
Troy Mason 1 0 1 0 6
Scott Mitchell 1 0 1 0 6

Defense

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Player Tackles Solo Assisted Sack Solo Assisted INT Yards TD's Long
William Haith 66.5 63 7 0 0 0 4 48 0 20
Chris Brown 65.5 62 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Demetrius Derico 42.5 37 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anthony Floyd 42 37 10 0 0 0 1 11 0 11
Tremaine Neal 39.5 31 17 1 1 0 2 10 0 10
Kelvin Hunter 39 34 10 0 0 0 1 48 1 48
Henry Bryant 21.5 15 13 2.5 2 1 0 0 0 0
Taylor Bryant 20.5 19 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Landry 18.5 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thal Woods 18.5 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michale Spicer 17.5 12 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Talib Wise 9.5 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeremy Foreman 8.5 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Berg 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Lynch 7.5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenny Henderson 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Melvin Williams 6 5 2 .5 0 1 0 0 0 0
Eric Houle 4.5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wilky Bazile 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Mitchell 3.5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Bellisari 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Curran 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Jordan 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Ruffin 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Locke 2.5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Antonio Narcisse 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wendall Williams 1.5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Troy Mason 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richard McCleskey 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Miller 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jacques Rumph 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marlon Tickles 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darnell McDonald .5 0 1 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
Tyronne Jones 37 605 1 56 16.4 6 121 0 33 20.2
Kenny Henderson 28 536 0 43 19.1 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Locke 9 230 1 56 25.6 0 0 0 0 0
Jacques Rumph 5 111 1 56 22.2 0 0 0 0 0
Wendall Williams 5 101 0 23 20.2 0 0 0 0 0
Troy Mason 2 30 0 21 15 1 7 0 7 7
Chris Brown 5 15 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 0
Tremaine Neal 1 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Bellisari 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Marlon Tickles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Kicking

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Player Extra pt. Extra pt. Att. FG FGA Long Pct. Pts
Eric Houle 58 71 10 20 42 0.500 88
Jonathan Ruffin 39 41 2 3 29 0.667 45

References

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  1. ^ via Associated Press. "New Orleans ripe for VooDoo’s return", The Atlanta Constitution, March 2, 2007. Accessed February 1, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Quarterback Andy Kelly practices with the New Orleans VooDoo, which is back after a year’s hiatus because of Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans ripe for VooDoo’s return."
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