2007 San Jose SaberCats season

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]

2007 San Jose SaberCats season
Head coachDarren Arbet
Home fieldHP Pavilion at San Jose
Results
Record13–3
Division place1st
Playoff finishW ArenaBowl XXI 55–33 vs. Columbus

Schedule

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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

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Darren Arbet entered his ninth season as SaberCats head coach.

Final roster

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2007 San Jose SaberCats roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Kickers

Injured reserve

League suspension

  • Currently vacant

Recallable reassignment

  • Currently vacant

Refuse to report

  • Currently vacant

Other league exempt

  • Currently vacant

Inactive Reserve

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated February 7, 2014
22 Active, 4 Inactive

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
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

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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 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

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Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD's Long
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

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Player TD's Rush Rec Ret Pts
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

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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 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

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Kick return

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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 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

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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

References

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  1. ^ a b Sabedra, Darren (July 30, 2007). "SaberCats win third title in six years". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved February 1, 2024.