AFL Week Three Quickhitters
Published on March 15, 2007 under Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release
3-0 DIVISION: With a win for Georgia, who travels to take on the Tampa Bay Storm on Saturday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m. ET (Bright House- Live, CSS- Delay, Monday, 3/19 at 8 p.m., AFL NET, SIRIUS RADIO- Channel 143), each team in the Southern Division will have started a season 3-0, making it the only Division that will hold this mark.
Team No. of Times Most Recent
Austin 1 2006
Orlando 6 2005
New Orleans 1 2004
Tampa Bay 4 2001
CONSECUTIVE 3-0: Dallas has a chance to become the sixth team in AFL history to start back-to-back seasons at 3-0 when they travel to face the Kansas City Brigade on Friday, March 16, at 8 p.m. ET (FSN Midwest- Live, FSN Southwest- Delay, Saturday, 3/17 at 1:30 p.m. ET). With the exception of the 1988 Pittsburgh Gladiators, who lost in the Semifinal Game, each of these teams made it to the ArenaBowl in their second 3-0 season, with three of the four winning the ArenaBowl Championship.
Team Years ArenaBowl Result Second Season
San Jose 2001-02 XVI: Won 52-14
Grand Rapids 2000-01 XV: Won 64-42
Tampa Bay 1995-96 X: Won 42-38
Orlando 1993-94 VIII: Lost 31-36
EXPERIENCE, WE GOT IT: Georgia Force QB CHRIS GRIESEN and Las Vegas Gladiators WR KEVIN PRENTISS were the AFL Offensive Players of Weeks 1 and 2, respectively. They are also two of 115 players currently on AFL rosters having played in at least one game in both the AFL and the NFL.
No. Experience by the Numbers
661 Players all-time in both AFL and NFL
115 Players currently on rosters with at least one game experience in AFL and NFL
23 Players with NFL experience currently on AFL rosters that have not been activated for an AFL game
Eight of the projected starting quarterbacks for eight of the games this week have taken snaps in both Leagues:
Player AFL Team NFL Team
Sherdrick Bonner Arizona Rattlers Arizona Cardinals
Rohan Davey New York Dragons New England Patriots
Tony Graziani Philadelphia Soul Atlanta Falcons
Joe Germaine Utah Blaze St. Louis Rams
Chris Greisen Georgia Force Arizona Cardinals
Shaun King Las Vegas Gladiators Arizona Cardinals/ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Clint Stoerner Nashville Kats Dallas Cowboys
Michael Bishop Grand Rapids Rampage New England Patriots
COMPLETION, COMPLETION, COMPLETION: Last Saturday, Utah Blaze QB JOE GERMAINE completed 22 consecutive pass attempts beginning with his final attempt of the first half, which went for a touchdown, through the end of the game. Only twice since 2004 has a longer streak of pass completions occurred.
With four more consecutive completions, Germaine can pass former Wrangler QB JOHN FITZGERALD for the second longest streak since 2004. With seven straight completions, he can pass San Jose SaberCats QB MARK GRIEB for most consecutive completions since 2004.
Germaine attempts to set this mark on Sunday, March 18, at 4 p.m. ET, on (FSN Rocky Mountain- Live, FSN South- SDD 11 p.m. ET) when the Utah Blaze face the Nashville Kats at Gaylord Arena in Nashville.
# of Completions Streak Dates Games Quarterback
28 4/15- 4/29/2005 3 Mark Grieb*
25 4/15-4/22/2006 2 John Fitzgerald
22 3/10-??? ? Joe Germaine*
20 4/10-4/18/2004 2 Glen Gauntt
*- Active
PERFECT 10: In Week 2, Las Vegas Gladiators QB SHAUN KING and Utah Blaze QB JOE GERMAINE each threw for 10 touchdowns in their respective games. This is only the second time in AFL history that two quarterbacks have each thrown for 10 TDs in the span of one weekend.
Player Date TDs Result
Shaun King, Las Vegas 3/8/2007 10 Won at Grand Rapids, 79-69
Joe Germaine, Utah 3/10/2007 10 Won at Arizona, 75-71
Joe Germaine, Utah 2/11/2006 10 Loss vs. New York, 84-81
Aaron Garcia, New York 2/11/2006 10 Won at Utah, 84-81
Arena Football League (1987-2008) Stories from March 15, 2007
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- Soul Defeat Rampage, 69-40 - Grand Rapids Rampage
- Kansas City Brigade game notes - Kansas City Brigade
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- Sunday's game to be broadcast on FSN Utah, FSN South - Utah Blaze
- 2007 Soulmates dance team to be announced today - Philadelphia Soul
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