Quick Hitters: Divisional Round
July 5, 2007 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release
WIN AT ALL COSTS: Chicago Rush Head Coach MIKE HOHENSEE can become the third coach in AFL history to record his 12th career postseason victory when the Rush host the Los Angeles Avengers on Russell Athletic ESPN Arena Football Monday, July 9, at 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2, ESPN360.com, SIRIUS Radio - Channel 123).
CAREER POSTSEASON VICTORIES
Coach Wins
Tim Marcum 25
Danny White 20
Mike Hohensee 11
Jay Gruden 11
Perry Moss 11
HOME SWEET HOME: The San Jose SaberCats can become the fifth team in AFL history to win their 10th career postseason home game when they host the Colorado Crush on Russell Athletic ESPN Arena Football Saturday, July 7 at 3 p.m. ET (ESPN, ESPN360.com, SIRIUS Radio - Channel 123).
MOST POSTSEASON HOME VICTORIES
Team Record
Arizona Rattlers 16-3
Pittsburgh Gladiators/Tampa Bay Storm 14-4
Orlando Predators 13-4
Detroit Drive/Mass. Marauders 11-2
San Jose SaberCats 9-4
BREAK ON THE BALL: Colorado Crush DB RASHAD FLOYD needs four passes defensed to move into third place all-time on the career postseason list.
CAREER POSTSEASON PASSES DEFENSED
Player PDs
Cecil Doggette 30
Tracey Perkins 26
Barry Wagner 23
Rashad Floyd 20
Kenny McEntyre 16
BARRE ALL THE WAY: Columbus Destroyers WR/DB BJ BARRE can become the second player in AFL postseason history to return an interception for a touchdown in consecutive games when the Destroyers face the Dallas Desperados on Russell Athletic ESPN Arena Football Saturday, July 7 at 8 p.m. ET (ESPN, ESPN360.com, SIRIUS Radio - Channel 123).
Barre returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown in Columbus' 56-55 victory over Tampa Bay on Saturday. The only consecutive-game occurrence came in 1996 when STEVIE THOMAS of Tampa Bay recorded interceptions in the Semifinals against Arizona and in ArenaBowl X versus Iowa.
I GOT IT: San Jose SaberCats DB OMARR SMITH needs one interception to move into a tie for third place all-time on the career postseason interceptions list.
CAREER POSTSEASON INTERCEPTIONS
Player INTs
Kenny McEntyre 12
Barry Wagner 12
Rod McSwain 6
Durwood Roquemore 6
Omarr Smith 5
JUST SLING IT: San Jose SaberCats QB MARK GRIEB needs 124 yards to become the fourth quarterback in AFL history to throw for 3,500 postseason yards on Saturday. Colorado Crush QB JOHN DUTTON sits 249 yards away from becoming the fifth quarterback to reach 3,000 yards while Dallas QB CLINT DOLEZEL stands 211 yards away from the 2,500-yard plateau.
CAREER POSTSEASON PASSING YARDS
Player YDs
Sherdrick Bonner 6,761
Jay Gruden 4,778
Andy Kelly 4,023
* Mark Grieb 3,376
* John Dutton 2,751
Kurt Warner 2,484
* Clint Dolezel 2,289
* - Active in Playoffs
GOING FOR 50: Colorado Crush QB JOHN DUTTON and Dallas Desperados QB CLINT DOLEZEL can become the fifth and sixth players in AFL history to record 50 career postseason touchdowns on Saturday. San Jose QB MARK GRIEB needs eight to move into third place all-time.
CAREER POSTSEASON PASSING TOUCHDOWNS
Player TDs
Sherdrick Bonner 127
Andy Kelly 81
Jay Gruden 77
* Mark Grieb 70
* John Dutton 46
Aaron Garcia 46
* Clint Dolezel 45
* - Active in Playoffs
Arena Football League (1987-2008) Stories from July 5, 2007
- Quick Hitters: Divisional Round - AFL I
- Rush Playoff Update - Chicago Rush
- Tampa Bay's Dietz Earns AFL 2007 Co-Rookie Of The Year - Tampa Bay Storm
- Dietz, Frederick Named AFL Co-Rookies Of The Year - AFL I
- Colorado Crush re-sign quarterback John Dutton - Colorado Crush
- Chicago Rush game notes - Chicago Rush
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