Colorado Crush game notes
June 27, 2007 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Colorado Crush News Release
QUICK FACTS:
Colorado Crush (8-8) at Kansas City Brigade (10-6)
Date: June 30, 2007
Kickoff: 1:00 p.m. MT
Site: Kemper Arena (16,200)
Television: ESPN (Bob Wischusen: play-by-play, Mark Schlereth: analyst).
Radio: AM 760 (Marc Stout: play-by-play, Andy Lindahl: analyst)
Coaches: Mike Dailey, Colorado (107-71, 11th Yr)
Kevin Porter, K.C. (13-19, 2nd Year)
Officials: Referee: Dave Cutaia
Umpire: Rick Lowe
Head Linesman: Wayne Mackie
Line Judge: Dave Chesney
Back Judge: Jim Buchanan
Series Record: Colorado leads the all-time series 3-0
Colorado 55, @ Kansas City 49 (4/16/06)
@ Colorado 44, Kansas City 40 (3/10/07)
Colorado 45, @ Kansas City 42 (4/27/07)
THE GAME:
The Colorado Crush begin their march to ArenaBowl XXI New Orleans when they travel to Kansas City to play divisional foe the Brigade on Saturday, June 30 at 1:00 p.m. MT. This will be the Crush's fourth straight postseason appearance and their first-ever in the Wild Card Round.
Colorado enters the game in the midst of a four-game losing skid. This is the longest losing streak in head coach Mike Dailey's four-year tenure with the Crush and is the club's longest since their inaugural season of 2003 when they had two four-game slides and a six-game losing streak. The Crush's current losing streak is also the longest of any of the 12 teams heading into the 2007 postseason. Not helping matters is the fact that Colorado is 0-5 this season in games broadcast on ESPN.
The Crush finished the regular season with an 8-8 record and secured the sixth seed in the American Conference. The .500 record marks the first time that a Dailey coached Crush team did not finished the regular season with at least 10+ wins.
Despite their recent troubles, Colorado can take a positive outlook into the postseason and against their first round opponent. The Crush swept the season series against the Brigade this year and are a perfect 3-0 all-time against K.C. The two victories against the Brigade this season were both highly competitive contests though with Colorado pulling out wins by only a combined seven points.
The Kansas City Brigade venture into their first-ever postseason appearance as one of the League's hottest teams. The Brigade have won six of their last eight games and claimed
the American Conference's third seed. Kansas City has also won their last three games at Kemper Arena with their last home loss coming on April 27th against the Crush.
Leading the Brigade is AFL All-Rookie Team selection WR Charles Frederick. In two games versus Colorado this year, he registered 20 receptions for 218 yards and three touchdowns, while adding six kickoff returns for 150 return yards.
PRACTICE SCHEDULE:
Wed, June 27- 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Practice at Mile High Racing
Thurs, June 28- 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Practice at Mile High Racing
Fri, June 29- Travel to Kansas City
Sat, June 30- Crush vs. Kansas City Brigade
1:00 p.m. MT on ESPN
Sun, July 1- Return to Denver
THE SCHEDULE:
COLORADO CRUSH (8-8)
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 W 45-42
May 7 @ Chicago L 48-59
May 11 @ Nashville W 57-35
May 18 COLUMBUS W 58-40
May 26 @ Grand Rapids L 56-58
June 4 @ Utah L 14-51
June 18 CHICAGO L 57-66
June 25 DALLAS L 58-77
STATISTICS:
A look at how Colorado and Kansas City match-up based on final 2007 regular season statistics:
Statistical COLORADO KANSAS CITY
Category Rank Stat Rank Stat
Scoring Offense 17th 49.6 11th 52.5
Scoring Defense 11th 53.6 4th 48.5
Total Offense (yds/g) 13th 282.8 8th 296.8
Total Defense (yds/g) 6th 283.6 1st 253.7
Pass Offense 10th 276.2 11th 272.2
Pass Defense 4th 264.4 1st 228.1
Rushing Offense 19th 6.6 3rd 24.6
Rushing Defense 12th 19.1 18th 25.6
Passer Rating 14th 103.8 5th 123.1
Def. Passer Rating 7th 108.1 3rd 98.8
Kickoff Returns (y/rtn) 14th 16.9 11th 17.8
MFG Returns 1st 3-78 12th 6-62
Turnover Margin 14th -9 5th +9
Interceptions By T-5th 20-218 T-8th 18-249
Field Goals 3rd 17-28 19th 3-11
PATs 15th 90-105 19th 91-106
First Downs 14th 320 9th 328
3rd Down Conversion 19th 42-104 5th 53-103
4th Down Conversion 2nd 15-24 8th 20-34
Penalties (yds/g) 2nd 33.1 19th 60.1
Sacks By 8th 17-80 5th 19-94
Sacks Against 4th 6-21 5th 7-41
Time of Possession 15th 28:56 13th 29:20
Red Zone Offense 12th 61-74 16th 66-85
Red Zone Defense 8th 69-86 12th 75-90
CRUSH NEXT WEEK:
If the Crush defeat the Kansas City Brigade, Colorado would advance to the Divisional round of the playoffs and face the San Jose SaberCats on Saturday, July 7 at 1:00 p.m. MT on ESPN.
San Jose is the American Conference's top seed and earn a bye in the Wild Card Round after winning the Western Division. Earlier this season, the Crush fell 44-72 at San Jose on April 6th.
In the seven game series history, Colorado has only claimed one victory over San Jose, that coming in the Divisional Round of the 2005 playoffs 56-48 (5/29/05) at Pepsi Center.
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 ... 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:
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.
April 24, 2007- Signed to the Practice Squad DB Tony Scott.
April 30, 2007- Waived DL Joe Massey.
May 10, 2007- Activated from Injured Reserve OL Brett Huyser.
May 17, 2007- Activated from Injured reserve WR Willie Quinnie. Placed on Injured Reserve OL Joey Hollenbeck.
May 21, 2007- Waived from Practice Squad WR Chauncey Stovall.
May 22, 2007- Released from Practice Squad DB Tony Scott.
May 25, 2007- Activated from Injured Reserve DB Delvin Hughley and FB/LB John Peaua. Placed on Injured Reserve DL Quinn Dorsey.
June 14, 2007- Waived WR/DB Robert Redd.
June 23, 2007- Signed to Practice Squad OL/DL Jason Holman.
June 24, 2007- Activated from Injured Reserve DL Quinn Dorsey.
THE CRUSH THIS SEASON ARE:
O H R
Overall Record 8-8 5-3 3-5
Overtime Games 0-0 0-0 0-0
Score first 7-6 4-2 3-4
Opponent scores first 1-2 1-1 0-1
Score 40+ points 8-7 5-3 3-4
Score less than 40 points 0-1 0-0 0-1
Games decided by 10+ pts 3-6 2-2 1-4
Games decided by 7 pts or less 5-1 3-1 2-0
Games decided by 3 pts or less 3-2 1-1 2-1
Lead at halftime 6-1 3-1 3-0
Trail at halftime 2-6 2-2 0-4
Are tied at halftime 0-1 0-0 0-1
Lead after 3rd quarter 6-0 3-0 3-0
Trail after 3rd quarter 1-8 1-3 0-5
Are tied after 3rd quarter 1-0 1-0 0-0
Lead time of possession 4-3 0-1 4-2
Trail time of possession 5-5 5-2 0-3
Positive turnover margin 6-0 3-0 3-0
Negative turnover margin 1-8 1-3 0-5
Even turnover margin 1-0 1-0 0-0
More total yards offense 3-4 1-1 2-3
Less total yards offense 5-4 4-2 1-2
On Thursday 0-1 0-0 0-1
On Fridays 5-1 3-0 2-1
On Saturdays 1-1 1-0 0-1
On Sundays 2-1 1-1 1-0
On Monday 0-4 0-2 0-2
vs. American Conference 6-4 4-2 2-2
vs. Central Division 4-4 2-2 2-2
vs. Western Division 2-2 2-0 0-2
vs. National Conference 2-2 1-1 1-1
vs. Eastern Division 2-2 1-1 1-1
vs. Southern Division 0-0 0-0 0-0
Wearing blue jerseys 3-1 3-1 0-0
Wearing white jerseys 3-5 0-0 3-5
Wearing orange jerseys 2-2 2-2 0-0
HEAD COACHES:
MIKE DAILIEY, Colorado (107-72, 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 107-72 record, a winning percentage of 59.8. 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 190
2. Danny White- Utah 156
3. Mike Hohensee- Chicago 118
4. Mike Dailey- Colorado 107
5. Darren Arbet- San Jose 106
6. Perry Moss- not active 86
7. Jay Gruden- Orlando 84
KEVIN PORTER, Kansas City (13-19, 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:
KANSAS CITY (4/27/07) - The Colorado Crush won their third straight game with a 45-42 road victory over the Kansas City Brigade Friday night. With the win, Colorado moves their overall record to 6-3 for the third time in the last four seasons and takes the season series from the Brigade.
Crush QB John Dutton threw five touchdowns on 25-of-46 passes for 270 yards to pace Colorado, while WR Brad Pyatt hauled in a career-high nine receptions for a game-high 120 yards and a score. Crush WR Damian Harrell also added three first half touchdowns, but played sparingly in the second half due to a toe sprain. For Kansas City, FB Dawan Moss rushed for three touchdowns on nine carries for 20 yards.
The first half was characterized with both teams trading scores and stops. Colorado was able to take a three-point 24-21 lead into the break following a 32-yard Jason Ball field goal.
Kansas City took their first lead of the game early in the third quarter when Moss broke in for a five-yard rushing score to put the Brigade up 28-24. The Crush responded scoring the contest's next 14 points on touchdowns by WR Alonzo Nix and DB Jason Harmon to build their biggest advantage of the game 38-28. Colorado's scores were set-up by the defense holding Kansas City on a four-and-out inside the five-yard line and an interception by LB Anthony Dunn.
Brigade WR Boo Williams would contribute with two four quarter touchdowns, the final one coming with 17 seconds left in the game, but it would prove to not be enough as the Crush hung on for the three-point win and control of second place in the Central Division.
CRUSH LAST WEEK:
DENVER (6/25/07) - The Colorado Crush closed out the regular season with a 58-77 loss to the Dallas Desperados Monday night in front of a sell-out crowd of 18,093 at Pepsi Center on ESPN2. The sell-out crowd was the first at Pepsi Center since the Crush's season opener on February 6, 2004.
With the victory, Dallas finishes the regular season with an AFL record 15-1 overall record and clinches the top seed in the National Conference. In defeat, Colorado falls for the fourth straight contest, their longest losing streak since their inaugural season of 2003. The Crush enter the playoffs as the American Conference's sixth seed and travel to Kansas City for a Wild Card Round game on Saturday, June 30th.
Dallas QB Clint Dolezel completed a game-high eight touchdown passes on 21-of-31 throws for 244 yards. Desperados WRs Dialleo Burks and Will Pettis each added three touchdown receptions on the night. For Colorado, WR Damian Harrell hauled in three scores on six catches with 107 yards. Crush back-up QB Brandon Kirsch contributed with two touchdown passes and two rushing TDs.
The Desperados jumped out to an early lead when already leading 7-3, Pettis returned a kickoff 40 yards for a touchdown and a 14-3 Desperados advantage. The ensuing kickoff would be recovered by Dallas as well and one-play later Dolezel hit Pettis for a 5-yard score to put their team up 21-3.
Colorado mounted a small comeback on back-to-back scoring drives on 25-yard and 20-yard touchdown passes to Willie Quinnie and Harrell respectively to cut the score to 21-17 early in the second period. Dallas responded by scoring three of the game's next four touchdowns with the final one coming as time expired in the half on a 7-yard strike to Pettis to give the Desperados a 42-23 lead at the break.
The Crush's first drive of the third quarter ended on a QB John Dutton fumble. Colorado would finish the game losing four fumbles on the night. Dolezel would amass three scoring passes in the third; two to Burks and one to Terrance Dotsy as Dallas took a 26-point lead, 63-37, into the fourth quarter.
Both teams traded scores throughout the final session. With 34 seconds remaining in the game, Kirsch would rush in from five-yards out for the game's final points as the Desperados finished in strong fashion with their record setting win.
THINGS TO WATCH:
JUST LIKE KYLE:
While teammate OL Kyle Moore-Brown continues his AFL record for consecutive games played, QB John Dutton has strung together an impressive streak of his own.
Since the 2004 season, Dutton along with San Jose QB Mark Grieb have started the most consecutive games under center in the AFL.
Consecutive Starts for a QB since 2004
John Dutton Colorado 64
Mark Grieb San Jose 64
UP FOR GRABS:
This season the Crush secondary made a huge impact in the team's overall success. The Colorado defense has set a new club single-season record for interceptions with 20, which ranked tied-fifth in the AFL in that category. DB Rashad Floyd has hauled in nine picks, while DB Chris Angel has seven interceptions, which ranks tied third and tied-seventh in the AFL respectively (the team's individual single-season record is 10- Floyd in 2006).
INTERCEPTIONS PER SEASON
2003 10
2004 13
2005 17
2006 18
2007 20 *new team single-season record
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.
BUILDING A WINNING TRADITION:
The Crush are among the winningest teams 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
San Jose 11 9 10 13 43
Dallas 6 8 13 15 42
Colorado 11 10 11 8 40
Georgia 7 11 8 14 40
Chicago 11 9 7 12 39
Orlando 10 10 10 8 38
New York 9 10 10 5 34
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH:
After finishing their inaugural season 0-8 at home, the Crush are now 26-8 under Mike Dailey (2-1 in the postseason) at Pepsi Center. Two of the eight 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.
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).
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) 190 19 209
WHAT A RUSH:
This season FB/LB Robert Thomas made a huge impact in the Crush's ground attack.
Against the Chicago Rush (6/18), Thomas set a new single-season rushing touchdown mark with nine on the season. Thomas also moved into a tied with John Dutton and Rich Young for second all-time in Colorado career rushing scores.
CRUSH SINGLE-SEASON RUSHING TD RECORD
Robert Thomas (2007) 9
Willis Marshall (2006) 7
CRUSH CAREER RUSHING TD RECORD
Willis Marshall (2004-2006) 19
John Dutton (2003-present) 9
Robert Thomas (2007) 9
Rich Young (2004-2006) 9
Saul Patu (2003-present) 8
John Peaua (2004-present) 7
ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END:
WR Damian Harrell had caught a touchdown pass in an AFL record 78 straight regular season games, including all 75 games as a member of the Crush, until his miraculous streak was broken on June 4 at Utah.
That streak was 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) 2007 (Wk 14) 78
Chris Jackson (Georgia) 2005 (Wk 2) --- 42
Eddie Brown (Albany) 1997 (Wk 3) 2000 (Wk 1) 41
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) 2007 (Wk 14) 78
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) --- 42
Eddie Brown (Albany) 1994 (Wk 1) 1996 (Wk 14) 33
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 22 sacks in their last 54 regular season games (total of 2,609 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-7th
Tackles T-12th
K- Jason Ball
Scoring (Kickers) 5th
Field Goals Made 1st
Field Goals Attempt 3rd
Field Goal % 2nd
QB- John Dutton
Completions 3rd
Attempts 1st
Passing TDs 6th
Passing Yards 7th
Interceptions T-1st
Total Offense 7th
DB- Rashad Floyd
Tackles 1st
MFG Returns T-4th
MFG Return Yards T-2nd
MFG Return Avg. 5th
Interceptions T-3rd
DB- Jason Harmon
Kickoff Returns 7th
Kickoff Return Yards 6th
WR- Damian Harrell
Receiving TDs T-3rd
Receptions T-4th
Receiving Yards 7th
Scoring 4th
MOVING UP THE CHARTS:
Crush WR Damian Harrell entered this season third all-time in career 100-yard receiving games with 52.
AFL ALL-TIME 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES
PLAYER TEAM GAMES
Eddie Brown not active 59
Damian Harrell Colorado 58
Chris Jackson Georgia 57
Barry Wagner Orlando 55
Mike Horacek New York 43
Calvin Schexnayder Arizona 40
HIGH FIVE:
For his career, WR Damian Harrell has racked up 13 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 (ORL)
14 Chris Jackson (GA)
13 Damian Harrell (Col)
AFL's active players career 5-TD games
14 Chris Jackson (GA)
13 Damian Harrell (Col)
9 Siaha Burley (Utah) & Kevin Swayne (NY)
8 Marcus Nash (Dal)
7 Mike Horacek (NY)
WHEN ONE EQUALS SIX:
Since the start of the 2003 season and joining the Colorado Crush WR Damian Harrell has scored more touchdowns than any other player in the AFL. In 2006, Harrell shattered the League's single-season touchdown mark scoring 60 receiving TDs on the year en route to claiming his second straight AFL Offensive Player of the Year honor.
Players with the most receiving touchdowns since 2003:
Damian Harrell (COL) 229
Chris Jackson (GA) 202
Siaha Burley (Utah) 173
Marcus Nash (DAL) 159
James Roe (SJ) 158
TACKLING MACHINE:
For the third time in the last four seasons, DB Rashad Floyd yet again broke the AFL single-season record for tackles. Floyd currently leads the AFL with 156.0 tackles this season (43.0 tackles ahead of the second place player Arizona's Keyuo Craver)
AFL Record - Most Tackle in a Season
Player Team Year Total Gms Avg.
Rashad Floyd Colorado 2007 156.0 16 9.75
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.
AFL ADT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE MONTH
APRIL DB Rashad Floyd
AFL KICKER OF THE MONTH
APRIL K Jason Ball
AFL IRONMAN OF THE WEEK
WEEK 3 FB/LB Robert Thomas
WEEK 5 FB/LB Robert Thomas
AFL ADT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
WEEK 7 DB Chris Angel
WEEK 8 DB Rashad Floyd
11,000-YARD CLUB:
Among active players, Crush WR Damian Harrell leads all AFL receivers in all-time receiving yards. Harrell is only one of eight players in League history to surpass the 10,000+ receiving yard mark and only one of four to move over the 11,000+ receiving yard plateau.
AFL ALL-TIME RECEIVING YARDS
Barry Wagner, Orlando 13,363
Eddie Brown, not active 12,730
Damian Harrell, Colorado 11,907
Chris Jackson, Georgia 11,510
Mike Horacek, New York 10,757
Gary Compton, not active 10,327
Greg Hopkins, not active 10,300
Cory Fleming, not active 10,217
900-CATCH CLUB:
Against Dallas (6/25/07), Colorado WR Damian Harrell became the third player in AFL history to record 900 career reception plateau.
AFL ALL-TIME RECEPTIONS
Player Receptions
Barry Wagner, Orlando 991
Eddie Brown, not active 950
Damian Harrell, Colorado 902
Lawrence Samuels, Tampa Bay 899
Cory Fleming, not active 846
116 & COUNTING:
Colorado WR Damian Harrell currently stands third all-time for the AFL record of consecutive games with a catch at 116. Harrell is 13 games shy of the all-time record of 128 games set by Cory Fleming.
AFL CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH ONE RECEPTION
Player Games Streak
Cory Fleming, not active 128 1997-06
Lawrence Samuels, Tampa Bay 119 2000-07
Damian Harrell, Colorado 116 1999-07
Eddie Brown, not active 115 1994-03
Darryl Hammond, not active 114 1997-06
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- Will Rabatin Earns All-Rookie Honors - Columbus Destroyers
- Lynch Named To AFL All-Rookie Team - New Orleans VooDoo
- Bobby Keyes named to AFL All-Rookie Team - Dallas Desperados
- Rattlers Rookies Honored - Arizona Rattlers
- Predators Place Two On AFL All-Rookie Team - Orlando Predators
- Kats Breakout Receiver Named to AFL ALL-Rookie Team - Nashville Kats
- Colorado Crush game notes - Colorado Crush
- Standout Season Earns Frederick Spot On All-rookie Team - Kansas City Brigade
- Wranglers Rob Schroeder Named To All-rookie Team - Las Vegas Gladiators
- AFL announces 2007 All-Rookie Team - AFL I
- Aaron's AFL Dream Team to participate in ArenaBowl XXI weekend - AFL I
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