2007 Philadelphia Soul season
# 2007 Philadelphia Soul season

The 2007 Philadelphia Soul season was the fourth season for the franchise. They look to make the playoffs again after finishing 2006 with a 9–7 record. After posting an 8–8 record in the regular season, they hosted their first-ever home playoff game on June 29 against the Orlando Predators, whom they defeated to help clinch the home game the previous week. They subsequently defeated the Predators 41–26.

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | | Bye | Week | |
| 2 | March 9 | Nashville Kats | Away | W 63–30 |
| 3 | March 15 | Grand Rapids Rampage | Away | W 69–40 |
| 4 | March 22 | Colorado Crush | Home | W 71–47 |
| 5 | April 1 | New York Dragons | Away | W 65–60 |
| 6 | April 9 | Georgia Force | Home | L 57–49 |
| 7 | April 16 | Dallas Desperados | Away | L 51–41 |
| 8 | April 23 | Columbus Destroyers | Away | L 44–21 |
| 9 | April 30 | Chicago Rush | Away | L 54–43 |
| 10 | May 5 | Kansas City Brigade | Home | L 53–41 |
| 11 | May 14 | New York Dragons | Home | L 69–49 |
| 12 | May 21 | New Orleans VooDoo | Home | W 78–34 |
| 13 | May 27 | Austin Wranglers | Away | W 76–66 |
| 14 | June 1 | Dallas Desperados | Home | L 59–56 |
| 15 | June 9 | Tampa Bay Storm | Away | L 69–59 |
| 16 | June 16 | Columbus Destroyers | Home | W 56–53 |
| 17 | June 21 | Orlando Predators | Home | W 63–49 |

## Playoffs

| Round | Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | June 29 | (5) Orlando Predators | Home | W 41–26 |
| 2 | July 8 | (2) Georgia Force | Away | L 65–39 |

## Coaching

Bret Munsey started his second season as head coach of the Soul.

## Stats

### Offense

**Quarterback**

| Player | Comp. | Att. | Comp% | Yards | TD's | INT's | Long | Rating |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tony Graziani | 225 | 362 | 62.2 | 2841 | 64 | 8 | 45 | 117 |
| Clint Stoerner | 59 | 101 | 58.4 | 698 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 91.1 |
| Juston Wood | 84 | 143 | 58.7 | 980 | 20 | 9 | 40 | 88.3 |
| Leon Murray | 17 | 39 | 43.6 | 164 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 42 |

**Running backs**

| Player | Car. | Yards | Avg. | TD's | Long |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wes Ours | 39 | 129 | 3.3 | 8 | 14 |
| Juston Wood | 11 | 66 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| Idirs Price | 27 | 57 | 2.1 | 8 | 14 |
| Charles Pauley | 4 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| George Layne | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | 14 |
| Leon Murray | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 10 |
| Jerrian James | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Tony Graziani | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 2 |
| Mike Brown | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Clint Stoerner | 3 | 2 | .7 | 0 | 1 |
| Sean Scott | 7 | 1 | .1 | 0 | 4 |

**Wide receivers**

| Player | Rec. | Yards | Avg. | TD's | Long |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Charles Pauley | 104 | 1473 | 14.2 | 27 | 45 |
| Larry Brackins | 56 | 786 | 14 | 20 | 40 |
| Jerrian James | 63 | 647 | 10.3 | 13 | 45 |
| J.J. McKelvey | 50 | 544 | 10.9 | 19 | 34 |
| Sean Scott | 47 | 526 | 11.2 | 8 | 38 |
| Steve Gonzalez | 15 | 128 | 8.5 | 3 | 22 |
| Wes Ours | 12 | 112 | 9.3 | 1 | 19 |
| Mike Brown | 8 | 94 | 11.8 | 1 | 21 |
| Scott Vines | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Martin Bibla | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| George Layne | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

**Touchdowns**

| Player | TD's | Rush | Rec | Ret | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Charles Pauley | 29 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 174 |
| Larry Brackins | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 122 |
| J.J. McKelvey | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 116 |
| Jerrian James | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 78 |
| Wes Ours | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 56 |
| Idris Price | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Sean Scott | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 48 |
| Mike Brown | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| Tony Graziani | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Steve Gonzalez | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Juston Wood | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 |

### Defense

| Player | Tackles | Solo | Assisted | Sack | Solo | Assisted | INT | Yards | TD's | Long |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eddie Moten | 89 | 75 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 204 | 3 | 50 |
| Mike Brown | 67.5 | 57 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 30 |
| Brian Mance | 49.5 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Gaines | 45 | 36 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Idris Price | 39.5 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerrian James | 32.5 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Save | 21 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.J. McKelvey | 19.5 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Dwayne Missouri | 18 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Scott | 17.5 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aric Williams | 16 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raheem Orr | 15.5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabe Nyenhuis | 14 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Brackins | 12.5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delbert Cowsette | 10 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Felipe Claybrooks | 7.5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Gonzalez | 7.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd France | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Pauley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Bibla | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Bogle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mabry | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leon Murray | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wes Ours | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juston Wood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Davis | 0.5 | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mike Brown | 44 | 919 | 1 | 56 | 20.9 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 6.5 |
| Charles Pauley | 37 | 733 | 1 | 57 | 19.8 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Steve Gonzalez | 9 | 113 | 0 | 20 | 12.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Moten | 4 | 49 | 0 | 19 | 12.3 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 22 | 12 |
| Kevin Gaines | 2 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 9.5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Sean Scott | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Mance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwayne Missouri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| Idris Price | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

**Kicking**

| Player | Extra pt. | Extra pt. Att. | FG | FGA | Long | Pct. | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Todd France | 105 | 120 | 9 | 16 | 52 | 0.563 | 132 |

## Playoff Stats

### Offense

**Quarterback**

| Player | Comp. | Att. | Comp% | Yards | TD's | INT's |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tony Graziani | 20 | 35 | 57.1 | 198 | 3 | 0 |

**Running backs**

| Player | Car. | Yards | Avg. | TD's | Long |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Charles Pauley | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 1 | 11 |
| Idris Price | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Tony Graziani | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sean Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

**Wide receivers**

| Player | Rec. | Yards | Avg. | TD's | Long |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Charles Pauley | 6 | 60 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| Sean Scott | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | 11 |
| J.J. McKelvey | 4 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 32 |
| Jerrian James | 4 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| Wes Ours | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |

### Special teams

**Kick return**

| Player | Ret | Yards | Avg | Long |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Mike Brown | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 15 |
| Charles Pauley | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

**Kicking**

| Player | Extra pt. | Extra pt. Att. | FG | FGA | Long | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Todd France | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 11 |

## Regular season

### Week 2: at Nashville Kats

at the Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee

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### Week 3: at Grand Rapids Rampage

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### Week 4: vs Colorado Crush

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### Week 5: at New York Dragons

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### Week 6: vs Georgia Force

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### Week 7: at Dallas Desperados

at the American Airlines Center, Dallas

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### Week 8: at Columbus Destroyers

at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio

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### Week 9: at Chicago Rush

at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois

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### Week 10: vs Kansas City Brigade

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### Week 11: vs New York Dragons

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### Week 12: vs New Orleans VooDoo

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### Week 13: at Austin Wranglers

at Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas

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### Week 14: vs Dallas Desperados

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### Week 15: at Tampa Bay Storm

at the St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

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### Week 16: vs Columbus Destroyers

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### Week 17: vs Orlando Predators

at the Wachovia Center, Philadelphia

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| Team | 1st Down. | Rush. Yds | Pass. Yds | Fumbles/lost | Fumble yds | Penal./yds | TOP | 3rd Down. | 4th Down. |
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| ORL | 21 | 3 | 301 | 2/2 | 0 | 8/53 | 29:08 | 5/8 | 1/2 |
| PHI | 22 | 11 | 262 | 0/0 | 0 | 5/30 | 30:52 | 4/7 | 2/3 |

## Playoffs

### Week 1: vs (5) Orlando Predators

at the Wachovia Center, Philadelphia

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| Team | 1st Down. | Rush. Yds | Pass. Yds | Fumbles/lost | Fumble yds | Penal./yds | TOP | 3rd Down. | 4th Down. |
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| ORL | 11 | −2 | 227 | 2/1 | 0 | 12/78 | 31:18 | 1/9 | 1/4 |
| PHI | 18 | 24 | 198 | 1/1 | 0 | 3/21 | 28:42 | 3/7 | 0/2 |
