2007 San Jose SaberCats season
# 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. San Jose ended the year on a 13-game winning streak including playoff games.

## 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 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**

| 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**

| 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

| 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

**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 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**

| 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 |

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