Colorado Crush game notes
April 24, 2007 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Colorado Crush News Release
QUICK FACTS:
Colorado Crush (5-3) at Kansas City Brigade (4-3)
Date: April 27, 2007
Kickoff: 6:00 p.m. MT
Site: Kemper Arena (16,200)
Radio: AM 760 (Marc Stout: play-by-play, Andy Lindahl: analyst)
Internet: AFL Net
Coaches: Mike Dailey, Colorado (104-67, 11th Yr)
Kevin Porter, K.C. (7-16, 2nd Year)
Officials: Referee: Steve Pamon
Umpire: Rick Podraza
Head Linesman: Jullian Mapp
Line Judge: RG Detillier
Back Judge: Reggie Smith
Series Record: Colorado leads the all-time series 2-0
Colorado 55, @ Kansas City 49 (4/16/06)
@ Colorado 44, Kansas City 40 (3/10/07)
THE GAME:
The Colorado Crush travel to Kansas City for the first of three consecutive road games to face the Brigade on Friday, April 27th at 6:00 p.m. MT. Colorado leads the all-time series with Kansas City 2-0 and captured a 44-40 victory earlier this season at Pepsi Center on March 10th.
Friday night's match-up will be a key contest in the Central Division's final standings. The Chicago Rush currently lead the division by two games with a 6-1 record (one game ahead of Colorado and two games ahead of Kansas City). The Brigade are concluding a three-game divisional swing against the Crush having gone 1-1 in games versus Grand Rapids and Nashville. Colorado is beginning a three-game divisional tilt with K.C. followed by road games against Nashville and Chicago. The next month will be important if the Crush want to win a third straight Central Division crown.
Colorado is currently riding their second two-game winning streak of the season. The team's recent success can be attributed to their defensive play that has seen the club's secondary haul in six interceptions in the last two games and held their opponents scoreless on 12 of their last 27 drives.
The Crush offense has also heated up posting a season-high 63 points last week against Las Vegas and scoring on 10 of their 14 possession against the Gladiators. On Monday, Colorado added veteran wide receiver Alonzo Nix to their roster. Nix has spent the last two seasons with the Nashville Kats and in five games this season has recorded 16 receptions for 213 yards and a touchdown.
The Kansas City Brigade boasts one of the AFL's top defenses and rushing attacks. The Brigade currently rank first in total defense (259.9 yards per game) and fourth in scoring defense (47.6 points per game), while carrying the league's second rated rushing offense (31.3 yards per game).
PRACTICE SCHEDULE:
Tues, April 24- 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
South Suburban Family Sports Dome
Wed, April 25- 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Practice at Mile High Racing
If bad weather
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
South Suburban Family Sports Dome
Thurs, April 26- Travel to Kansas City
Fri, April 27- Crush vs. Kansas City
6:00 p.m. @ Kemper Arena
Sat, April 28- Return to Denver
Sun, April 29- Players Off Day
THE SCHEDULE:
COLORADO CRUSH (5-3)
Date OPPONENT RESULT SCORE
Mar. 4 GRAND RAPIDS L 42-44
Mar. 10 KANSAS CITY W 44-40
Mar. 16 ARIZONA W 56-54
Mar. 22 @ Philadelphia L 47-71
Apr. 1 NASHVILLE W 55-48
Apr. 6 @ San Jose L 44-72
Apr. 15 @ New York W 49-48
Apr. 20 LAS VEGAS W 63-53
Apr. 27 @ Kansas City
May 7 @ Chicago
May 11 @ Nashville
May 18 COLUMBUS
May 26 @ Grand Rapids
June 4 @ Utah
June 18 CHICAGO
June 25 DALLAS
CRUSH NEXT WEEK:
The Crush travel to Chicago for the second of a three game road swing to face the defending ArenaBowl champion Rush on Monday, May 7th at 5:30 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN2. Chicago currently leads the Central Division by two-games over Colorado.
The contest will pit the AFL's last two ArenaBowl champions and be just the next chapter in one the league's best rivalries. Last season, Colorado sweep the regular season series for the first time in club history, but Chicago would have the final say defeating the Crush in the Divisional Round of the playoffs.
STATISTICS:
A look at how Colorado and Kansas City match-up based on 2007 regular season statistics:
Statistical COLORADO KANSAS CITY
Category Rank Stat Rank Stat
Scoring Offense 15th 50.0 11th 52.4
Scoring Defense 8th 53.8 4th 47.6
Total Offense (yds/g) 14th 275.8 6th 305.4
Total Defense (yds/g) 13th 302.1 1st 259.9
Pass Offense 11th 269.2 8th 274.1
Pass Defense 13th 281.6 1st 229.6
Rushing Offense 19th 6.5 2nd 31.3
Rushing Defense 11th 20.5 19th 30.3
Passer Rating 16th 101.3 4th 123.8
Def. Passer Rating 9th 112.9 5th 104.2
Kickoff Returns (y/rtn) 19th 14.3 10th 17.2
MFG Returns 2nd 2-55 12th 1-9
Turnover Margin 12th -2 3rd +7
Interceptions By 7th 10-106 15th 5-88
Field Goals 3rd 9-15 17th 2-6
PATs 11th 47-54 19th 39-50
First Downs 10th 155 13th 146
3rd Down Conversion 19th 17-46 3rd 25-43
4th Down Conversion 14th 5-12 3rd 8-12
Penalties (yds/g) 5th 35.1 16th 55.0
Sacks By 11th 8-31 17th 5-23
Sacks Against 7th 4-10 4th 3-17
Time of Possession 15th 28:45 10th 30:19
Red Zone Offense 6th 32-37 T-14th 31-38
Red Zone Defense T-7th 36-44 13th 33-39
CONNECTIONS:
Crush CEO and co-owner John Elway and Brigade co-owner Neil Smith were teammates with the Denver Broncos winning consecutive Super Bowls in 1998 and 1999. Smith later faced Elway as a member of the Kansas City Chiefs and recorded 14 sacks against Elway, the most by any player ever ... Colorado FB/LB Robert Thomas attended training camp with the Brigade in 2007 ... Kansas City kicker Clay Rush played for Colorado during the 2005 and 2006 seasons, highlighted by a 20-yard field goal in ArenaBowl XIX to give the Crush their first championship ... Crush OL/DL Kyle Moore-Brown was part of a defensive line at the University of Kansas that included Gilbert Brown and Dana Stubblefield and still resides in the Kansas City area ... Brigade QB Jose Davis played for the Crush during the 2004 and 2005 season and attended training camp with Colorado in 2007.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Feb 26, 2007- Placed on Recallable DB Jason Harmon. Released WR/DB Willis Marshall and WR/LB Andy McCullough.
Feb, 27, 2007- Signed to the Practice Squad WR Chauncey Stovall.
Feb. 28, 2007- Recalled from Waivers DB Jason Harmon. Re-Signed OL/DL Kyle Moore-Brown and FB/LB Saul Patu. Placed on Recallable Waivers DL Quinn Dorsey.
March 2, 2007- Signed FB/LB Robert Thomas. Recalled from Waivers DL Quinn Dorsey. Placed on Injured Reserve DL Quinn Dorsey and DB Jason Harmon.
March 15- Signed DB Chris Angel. Placed DB Tony Scott on Injured Reserve.
March 27- Waived from Practice Squad WR Chauncey Stovall.
March 31, 2007- Activated from Injured Reserve DL Quinn Dorsey and DB Jason Harmon. Placed on Injured Reserve DB Delvin Hughley.
April 18, 2007- Signed DL Joe Massey. Placed on Injured Reserve FB/LB John Peaua and WR Willie Quinnie. Signed to the Practice Squad WR Chauncey Stovall.
April 19, 2007- Activated from Injured Reserve DB Tony Scott.
April 23, 2007- Signed from Practice Squad- Nashville WR Alonzo Nix. Released DB Tony Scott.
THE CRUSH THIS SEASON ARE:
O H R
Overall Record 5-3 4-1 1-2
Overtime Games 0-0 0-0 0-0
Score first 4-3 3-1 1-2
Opponent scores first 1-0 1-0 0-0
Score 40+ points 5-3 4-1 1-2
Score less than 40 points 0-0 0-0 0-0
Games decided by 10+ pts 1-2 1-0 0-2
Games decided by 7 pts or less 4-1 3-1 1-0
Games decided by 3 pts or less 2-1 1-1 1-0
Lead at halftime 3-1 2-1 1-0
Trail at halftime 2-1 2-0 0-1
Are tied at halftime 0-1 0-0 0-1
Lead after 3rd quarter 3-0 2-0 1-0
Trail after 3rd quarter 1-3 1-1 0-2
Are tied after 3rd quarter 1-0 1-0 0-0
Lead time of possession 1-1 0-0 1-1
Trail time of possession 4-2 4-1 0-1
Positive turnover margin 3-0 2-0 1-0
Negative turnover margin 1-3 1-1 0-2
Even turnover margin 1-0 1-0 0-0
More total yards offense 1-1 1-1 0-0
Less total yards offense 4-2 3-0 1-2
On Thursday 0-1 0-0 0-1
On Fridays 2-1 2-0 0-1
On Saturdays 1-0 1-0 0-0
On Sundays 2-1 1-1 1-0
On Monday 0-0 0-0 0-0
vs. American Conference 4-1 4-1 0-0
vs. Central Division 2-1 2-1 0-0
vs. Western Division 2-1 2-0 0-1
vs. National Conference 1-1 0-0 1-1
vs. Eastern Division 1-1 0-0 1-1
vs. Southern Division 0-0 0-0 0-0
Wearing blue jerseys 2-1 2-1 0-0
Wearing white jerseys 1-2 0-0 1-2
Wearing orange jerseys 2-0 2-0 0-0
HEAD COACHES:
MIKE DAILIEY, Colorado (104-67, 11th Year): Mike Dailey enters his fourth season in Colorado and 11th as head coach in the AFL, after becoming the Crush's second head coach on June 26, 2003. Dailey joined the Crush following 13 seasons in the Albany/Indiana Firebirds organization, including the final seven as head coach.
One of the most successful and well-respected coaches in AFL history, Dailey's teams have compiled an overall record of 104-67 record, a winning percentage of 60.8. His teams have also made eight postseason appearances and he has won five division titles and two championships. Following the Crush's 44-40 victory over Kansas City on March 10, 2007, Dailey became only the fourth head coach in AFL history to surpass the 100 win mark. He currently stands as the league fourth all-time winningest coach.
In his first season in Colorado, Dailey helped guide the Crush to the largest turnaround in AFL history, inheriting a 2-14 team and leading them to an 11-5 record in 2004. In 1999, Dailey led the Albany Firebirds to their only ArenaBowl championship and was named AFL Coach of the Year. Before being named head coach of the Firebirds in 1997, Dailey served as an assistant in Albany for five seasons.
Dailey began his AFL coaching career with the Washington Commandos where he served as offensive/defensive line coach in 1990. He joined the Firebirds organization in the same capacity in 1991.
Prior to the AFL, Dailey worked as an assistant coach at Towson State University and was the offensive coordinator at Montgomery College-Rockville (Md.). Dailey got his start in coaching in 1981 as a 22-year-old assistant at Georgetown Prep High School in Rockville, Md. The move to coaching followed a semi-pro football career in the Washington D.C. area.
All-Time Winningest AFL Coaches
Including Postseason
Rank Name-Team Wins
1. Tim Marcum- Tampa Bay 182
2. Danny White- Utah 152
3. Mike Hohensee- Chicago 112
4. Mike Dailey- Colorado 104
5. Darren Arbet- San Jose 97
6. Perry Moss- not active 86
7. Michael Trigg- not active 80
8. Jay Gruden- Orlando 80
KEVIN PORTER, Kansas City (7-16, 2nd Year): Kevin Porter became the inaugural head coach of the Kansas City Brigade in 2006 with the reputation as one of the Arena Football League's finest young defensive minds, based on his experience of a five-year NFL playing career and coaching tenure in the Arena Football League and af2. In his first season as an AFL defensive coordinator, the VooDoo finished the season with the second ranked scoring defense in the AFL, surrendering only 721 points, the sixth ranked defense and the fourth ranked pass defense.
Porter is the winningest coach in af2 history with a 45-27 record. The head coach of the Macon Knights from 2001-03 before joining the VooDoo, Porter took his team to the ArenaCup 2003 championship final game. Porter started his coaching career as head coach of the Pensacola Barracudas, in 2000. As an af2 head coach, Porter took his teams to the playoffs all four seasons. Porter started his coaching career as the defensive backs coach of the AFL Orlando Predators in 1999.
A third round pick by the Kansas City Chiefs in 1988, Porter was a four-year starter at strong safety for the Chiefs, recording 290 tackles, six forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries during his five year NFL career, which he closed out with the New York Jets in 1992. Prior to being drafted by the Chiefs, Porter was a four-year starter at cornerback at Auburn, where he was named honorable mention All-America as a senior.
He and his wife Annjela, have two sons, Jacob (6) and Kellen (2).
LAST TIME THESE TEAMS MET:
DENVER (2/10/07) - Colorado Crush head coach Mike Dailey secured his 100th career AFL coaching victory with a 44-40 win over the Kansas City Brigade in front of 15,126 fans at Pepsi Center Saturday night. With the win, Dailey becomes only the fourth head coach in AFL history to have 100 or more career wins.
Kansas City (1-1) would pull even twice in the contest, but would never take the lead as Colorado (1-1) held on for their first victory of the season.
Kicker Jason Ball connected on a 21-yard field goal on Colorado's first possession to give the Crush an early 3-0 lead. Ball would go a perfect 3-for-3 on his field goal attempts and 5-for-5 on PATs on the night.
Colorado built a 17-7 advantage, following a Brigade four-and-out, when Offensive Player of the Game Willie Quinnie hauled in a 7-yard touchdown strike from John Dutton. Kansas City would answer with 10 seconds remaining in the half as wide receiver Charles Frederick caught a 6-yard pass from Raymond Philyaw to cut the Colorado lead to 17-14. Unfortunately for the Brigade, the ten seconds remaining in the half proved to be too much time for the Crush offense, as Colorado drove 13 yards setting up a Ball 38-yard field goal as time expired.
Kansas City would score on their first drive of the second half as Jerel Myers caught a 4-yard pass from Philyaw, but the ensuing PAT was blocked by Colorado leaving the score at 20 apiece. The Brigade would also tie the score at 27-27 at the end of the third quarter when Philyaw found Cyron Brown for a 7-yard score.
The game's turning point however came when the Crush defense forced their second four-and-out of the game on K.C.'s first possession of the fourth quarter. Colorado was able to capitalize on the defensive stop when Ball connected on his third field goal of the night from 22 yards out, giving the Crush a 10-point lead, 37-27. Philyaw's fifth touchdown pass of the game, to Myers from 24-yards with 27 seconds left, cut the Colorado lead to four points, which proved to be the game's difference.
CRUSH LAST WEEK:
DENVER (4/20/07) - A huge third quarter flourish by the Colorado Crush sparked a 63-53 victory over the Las Vegas Gladiators on Friday night. The Crush scored 26 unanswered points in the third quarter led by DB Rashad Floyd's pair of interceptions that he returned for touchdowns to give Colorado their second straight win.
Offensively, the Crush were paced by WR Damian Harrell's four touchdowns and 91 receiving yards on nine catches. QB John Dutton had one of his best games of the season completing 24-of-32 passes for 185 yards and a season-high tying six touchdowns. For the Gladiators, QB Brian Jones threw six touchdowns on 30-of-41 passes for 331 yards and rushed for two more scores, but his three interceptions proved costly.
Las Vegas built a 16-point advantage at 33-17 when WR Thabiti Davis scored on a six-yard pass from Jones with 35 seconds remaining in the first half. Colorado ended the second quarter on FB/LB Saul Patu's one-yard touchdown rush with 16 seconds left on the clock to cut the Gladiators lead to 33-24. The Colorado defense would hold Las Vegas as the half ended setting the stage for the defensive unit's third period breakout.
The Crush would ultimately score 33 straight points to take a 50-33 lead to begin the fourth quarter. Las Vegas stopped the bleeding when Jones rushed in from two-yards out for his second touchdown on the ground. The Gladiators worked their way back into the game cutting the Colorado lead back down to three points at 56-53 as Sidney Haugbrook hauled in a two-yard strike from Jones with 48 seconds remaining in the game. The Crush would seal the victory on their next drive as Dutton found WR Brad Pyatt for a 14-yard score and a final 10-point advantage.
THINGS TO WATCH:
YOUNG BLOOD:
The Colorado Crush took the field in Week 1 with four rookies on their active roster. Not since head coach Mike Dailey's arrival to Colorado in 2004 has he had that many first-year players on his Crush active roster to begin a season.
The Crush currently have five rookies on their active roster with four of those players starting.
LOCAL TIES:
This season the Crush have found a lot of good-young talent right in their back yard. Here is a list of players that have Colorado ties:
- DL QUINN DORSEY attended Manual High School in Denver.
- FB/LB ANTHONY DUNN attended Centauri High School in Manassa, CO and later played at the University of Northern Colorado.
- OL BRETT HUYSER played his collegiate football at the Air Force Academy.
- WR BRAD PYATT has played football at all three levels of his career in Colorado (Arvada West High School, Northern Colorado and the Crush).
BUILDING A WINNING TRADITION:
The Crush are the winningest team in the AFL regular season since head coach Mike Dailey's arrival, having tied for the league's best record in 2004 (11-5) and finishing with the American Conference's top seed in 2005 (10-6) and 2006 (11-5).
Team '04 '05 '06 '07 Total
Colorado 11 10 11 5 37
Dallas 6 8 13 7 34
Orlando 10 10 10 4 34
San Jose 11 9 10 4 34
Chicago 11 9 7 6 33
Georgia 7 11 8 7 33
New York 9 10 10 1 30
HIGH FIVE:
For his career, WR Damian Harrell has racked up 11 games in which he has hauled in five touchdown receptions. Below is the AFL's all-time career 5-TD game list and the active players with 5-TD career games.
AFL's all-time career 5-TD games
21 Eddie Brown (not active)
20 Barry Wagner (not active)
14 Chris Jackson (GA)
11 Damian Harrell (Col)
AFL's active players career 5-TD games
14 Chris Jackson (GA)
11 Damian Harrell (Col)
9 Siaha Burley (Utah)
7 Marcus Nash (Dal) & Mike Horacek (NY)
6 Kevin Swayne (NY)
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH:
After finishing their inaugural season 0-8 at home, the Crush are now 25-6 under Mike Dailey (2-1 in the postseason) at Pepsi Center. Two of the six losses consist of a field goal in overtime (42-45) vs. Indiana in 2004 and a 51-48 Chicago win in 2005 on a field goal with three seconds remaining.
LET'S MAKE IT THREE:
Last season, Colorado was the only team to repeat as a division champion. This year, they'll look to become the first team since the New York Dragons (2003-2005) to repeat as divisional champions in three consecutive seasons.
2005 2006
Central Division Colorado Colorado
Western Division Los Angeles San Jose
Southern Division Georgia Orlando
Eastern Division New York Dallas
HE KEEPS GOING & GOING & GOING....:
A true AFL Ironman, Kyle Moore-Brown is in his 13th season in the league and has never missed a game. ArenaBowl XIX marked his AFL record 176th consecutive start. The first 139 all came with the Firebirds organization before he signed with the Crush prior to the 2004 season. Kyle's career milestone of 200 came against the New York Dragons on April 15, 2007.
AFL Record for Consecutive Games
Player (current team) Reg. Season Playoffs Total
Kyle Moore-Brown (Col) 182 19 201
WHAT A RUSH:
Through eight weeks of the 2007 season, FB/LB Robert Thomas has made a huge impact in the Crush's ground attack.
Thomas is currently tied with Willis Marshall for the Crush single-season rushing touchdown record with seven. Thomas is also tied with John Peaua for fifth all-time in Colorado career rushing scores.
CRUSH SINGLE-SEASON RUSHING TD RECORD
Willis Marshall (2006) 7
Robert Thomas (2007) 7
CRUSH CAREER RUSHING TD RECORD
Willis Marshall (2004-2006) 19
John Dutton (2003-present) 9
Rich Young (2004-2006) 9
Saul Patu (2003-present) 8
John Peaua (2004-present) 7
Robert Thomas (2007) 7
A BROKEN RECORD:
WR Damian Harrell has caught a touchdown pass in an AFL record 73 straight regular season games, including all 70 games as a member of the Crush. That streak is also the longest active streak of consecutive games scoring a TD. He broke the record for consecutive games with a receiving touchdown on 4/3/05 in the win over Las Vegas and set the mark consecutive games with a TD on 3/4/07 vs. Grand Rapids. Harrell's streak began with the Toronto Phantoms vs. Carolina on 7/4/02.
AFL Consecutive Games with a TD Reception
Year (Week)
Player (team) Stk began Stk ended # Games
Damian Harrell (Tor/Col) 2002 (Wk 12) --- 73
Eddie Brown (Albany) 1997 (Wk 3) 2000 (Wk 1) 41
Chris Jackson (Georgia) 2005 (Wk 2) --- 34
Eddie Brown (Albany) 1994 (Wk 1) 1996 (Wk 14) 33
AFL Consecutive Games Scoring a Touchdown
Year (Week)
Player (team) Stk began Stk ended # Games
Damian Harrell (Tor/Col) 2002 (Wk 12) --- 73
Eddie Brown (Alb/Ind) 1997 (Wk 3) 2002 (Wk 3) 65
Chris Jackson (LA) 2000 (Wk 1) 2003 (Wk 14) 47
Barry Wagner (Orlando) 1992 (Wk 10) 1996 (Wk 11) 43
Chris Jackson (Georgia) 2005 (Wk 2) --- 34
Eddie Brown (Albany) 1994 (Wk 1) 1996 (Wk 14) 33
AFL Consecutive Games Scoring a Touchdown (Active)
Year (Week)
Player (team) Stk began Stk ended # Games
Damian Harrell (Tor/Col) 2002 (Wk 12) --- 73
Chris Jackson (LA/GR/Geo) 2005 (Wk 2) --- 34
STEEL CURTAIN:
After allowing 14 sacks in 2003 (12 on Dutton), the Crush pass protection has been stellar under head coach Mike Dailey.
The team allowed just four sacks in 2004, and none after Week 6. In 2005, Colorado allowed just six sacks, while holding 10 opponents sackless on the year.
Since 2004, the Crush have allowed just 20 sacks in their last 46 regular season games (total of 2,232 plays).
IT'S NOT OVER TILL IT'S OVER:
Since head coach Mike Dailey has arrived in Colorado in 2004, the Crush have claimed victory in the final minute of the game in seven contests.
2004
- vs. Las Vegas (2/6)- QB John Dutton tosses two touchdown passes to WR Damian Harrell in the final 12 seconds to give Colorado a stunning 43-42 victory.
- at Detroit (5/23)- QB John Dutton found WR/DB Willis Marshall for a 10-yard touchdown pass with one second on the clock as the Crush won 45-42.
2005
- vs. Nashville (5/13)- K Clay Rush splits the uprights on a 31-yard field goal as time expires to give Colorado a 52-49 win.
- vs. Georgia (6/12)- K Clay Rush connects on a 20-yard field goal as time expires to give the Crush a 56-48 victory in ArenaBowl XIX.
2006
- vs. Chicago (1/29)- QB John Dutton hits WR Damian Harrell for a touchdown with one second remaining as the Crush go on to win 65-56.
- at Georgia (2/5)- QB John Dutton finds WR Damian Harrell for a 13-yard touchdown with 45 seconds left to lift Colorado to a 61-59 victory.
2007
- vs. Nashville (4/1)- Down by seven points (41-48) with 50 seconds left, Crush FB/LB Robert Thomas blocks a Kats 30-yard field goal attempt as Colorado scores four plays later to tie the game 48-48. Then Crush DB Chris Angel intercepts a Nashville pass with 32 seconds left and returns it to the Kats one-yard line. Thomas rushes in with six seconds remaining to lift Colorado to a 55-48 victory.
AMONG THE BEST:
Here is a break-down on where some of the Crush players rank in the AFL in various categories this season:
PLAYER CATEGORY AFL RANK
DB- Chris Angel
Interceptions T-4th
Tackles 14th
K- Jason Ball
PATs made 7th
PATs attempts 7th
Field Goals T-1st
Field Goal % T-2nd
Scoring (Kickers) 3rd
QB- John Dutton
Completions 4th
Attempts 2nd
Passing TDs 6th
Passing Yards 7th
Interceptions T-2nd
Total Offense 7th
DB- Rashad Floyd
Tackles 1st
MFG Return Avg. 4th
DB- Jason Harmon
Kickoff Return Avg. 7th
WR- Damian Harrell
Receiving TDs T-6th
Receptions 7th
Scoring 8th
FB/LB- Robert Thomas
Rushing TDs 10th
MOVING UP THE CHARTS:
Crush WR Damian Harrell entered this season third all-time in career 100-yard receiving games with 52. He currently is set to tie Barry Wagner for second place with 55 on the AFL's all-time list.
AFL ALL-TIME 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES
PLAYER TEAM GAMES
Eddie Brown Albany/Indiana 59
Barry Wagner San Jose 55
Damian Harrell Colorado 54
Chris Jackson Georgia 54
Mike Horacek New York 41
Calvin Schexnayder Arizona 40
TACKLING MACHINE:
DB Rashad Floyd is on pace to yet again break the AFL single-season record for tackles, a mark he has set in each of the last three seasons. Floyd currently leads the AFL with 79.5 tackles this season
AFL Record - Most Tackle in a Season
Player Team Year Total Gms Avg.
Rashad Floyd Colorado 2006 136.5 16 8.53
Damon Mason Orl/GRR 2005 133.5* 17 7.85
Rashad Floyd Colorado 2005 129.5 15 8.63
Rashad Floyd Colorado 2004 122.0 16 7.63
Cornelius Coe Indiana 2001 121.5 14 8.68
* After being released by Orlando at the midway of the point of the season, Mason joined Grand Rapids for the team's final nine games. Mason missed both teams' bye week, therefore, he played in 17 games. Typically, regular season statistics are based on a 16-game season.
AND THE AWARD GOES TO:
This season Crush players have etched their names up and down the AFL's weekly awards.
ADT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
WEEK 7 DB Chris Angel
WEEK 8 DB Rashad Floyd
IRONMAN OF THE WEEK
WEEK 3 FB/LB Robert Thomas
WEEK 5 FB/LB Robert Thomas
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