AFL Wild Card Injury Report
May 21, 2003 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release
NEW YORK â No ArenaBowl champion has ever lost its regular-season finale. ArenaBowl champions have always finished strong, winning at least two of their last three regular-season games. Here's a look at how each ArenaBowl champion has fared in its closing contests of each respective regular season:
SEASON ARENABOWL CHAMP REG. SEASON FINISH
2002 San Jose SaberCats Won 4 of last 5
2001 Grand Rapids Rampage Won 4 of last 5
2000 Orlando Predators Won 2 of last 3
1999 Albany Firebirds Won last 4 games
1998 Orlando Predators Won 4 of last 5
1997 Arizona Rattlers Won last 4 games
1996 Tampa Bay Storm Won 4 of last 5
1995 Tampa Bay Storm Won last 6 games
1994 Arizona Rattlers Won 2 of last 3
1993 Tampa Bay Storm Won last 3 games
1992 Detroit Drive Won last 6 games
1991 Tampa Bay Storm Won 5 of last 6
1990 Detroit Drive Won 4 of last 5
1989 Detroit Drive Won 3 of last 4
1988 Detroit Drive Won last 7 games
1987 Denver Dynamite Won 3 of last 4
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WILD CARD ROUND INURY REPORT
***AS REPORTED TO THE LEAGUE OFFICE BY NOON ET ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 21***
GEORGIA FORCE (8-8) AT DALLAS DESPERADOS (10-6) â Saturday, 3 p.m. ET TV: NBC
Georgia Force DOUBTFUL FB/LB Tommy Dorsey (left knee patella partial rupture); OL/DL Stacy Evans (left shoulder â rotator cuff â tear); DS Cliff Green (left Achilles tendon rupture); OL/DL Kerwin Hairston (right thumb fracture); PROBABLE OL/DL Marcus Keyes (turf toe); WR/DB Scott Thomas (left ankle sprain)
Dallas Desperados OUT OL/DL Doug Lytle (knee) QUESTIONABLE WR/LB Will Pettis (shoulder); WR/LB Jason Shelley (shoulder) PROBABLE Ja'Mar Toombs (quad)
LAS VEGAS GLADIATORS (8-8) AT ARIZONA RATTLERS (10-6) â Sunday, 3 p.m. ET TV: NBC
Las Vegas Gladiators OUT OL/DL Jerry Crafts (knee sprain) QUESTIONABLE OL/DL Hunter Adams (ankle sprain); OL/DL Mitchell Hardy (elbow sprain); DS T.J. Hill (knee sprain); OL/DL Steve Konopka (ankle sprain); WR/LB Jeremy Wilkinson (low leg contusion); PROBABLE OL/DL Wilky Bazile (ankle sprain); FB/LB Frank Carter (quad strain); DS Damon Mason (abdomen contusion); QB Jay McDonagh (thumb sprain)
Arizona Rattlers OUT FB/LB John Peaua (left ankle); WR/LB Larry Nixon (right pinky finger) QUESTIONABLE OL/DL Michael Lawson (right groin); WR/LB Tom Pace (left ankle) PROBABLE OS Orshawante Bryant (left ankle)
DETROIT FURY (8-8) AT GRAND RAPIDS RAMPAGE (8-8) â Sunday, 3 p.m. ET TV: NBC
Detroit Fury OUT K Todd Latourette (right knee MCL tear); WR/LB Junior Lord (right Achilles tendon rupture) QUESTIONABLE FB/LB Errick Herrin (right hamstring strain); OL/DL Jon McCall (right knee sprain)
Grand Rapids Rampage QUESTIONABLE DS Cecil Doggette (knee); OL/DL Corey Mayfield (knee) PROBABLE OL/DL Eric Gohlstin (knee); WR/LB Ricky Ross (thigh); DS Shea Showers (neck)
CHICAGO RUSH (8-8) AT NEW YORK DRAGONS (8-8) â Sunday, 3 p.m. ET TV: NBC
Chicago Rush PROBABLE WR/DB DeJuan Alfonzo (lower extremity); OL/DL Riley Kleinhesselink (arm)
New York Dragons OUT WR/LB Carl Sacco (right groin) PROBABLE FB/LB Chin Achebe (right ankle); DS Chris Clopton (right hamstring)
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