SaberCats Down Crush, 72-44
April 6, 2007 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
San Jose SaberCats News Release
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Apr. 6, 2007) - Quarterback Mark Grieb threw for 352 yards and seven touchdowns and the SaberCats posted their highest point total in nearly two seasons to defeat the Colorado Crush 72-44 on Friday night in an Arena Football League game from HP Pavilion.
Grieb completed 21-of-23 first half passes with five scores as the SaberCats (3-2) built a 38-10 lead at intermission. He finished the contest with 33 completions, the second-highest game total in team history.
Colorado (3-3) took an early 3-0 lead on a 20-yard Jason Ball field goal just 2:12 into the game. The Crush failed to score a touchdown after starting the drive from the San Jose 6-yard line after a failed onside kick.
Ben Nelson and James Roe each had a pair of receiving scores following the opening score to give San Jose a 28-10 lead midway through the second quarter.
Nelson finished with a game-high 12 receptions for 127 yards and three scores while Roe added 8 catches for 75 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Colorado's Damian Harrell extended his streak of consecutive games with a touchdown catch to 71 after snaring a 6-yard pass from John Dutton early in the third quarter.
Dutton, the former SaberCat, completed 16-of-31 passes for 189 yards and three touchdowns before being replaced by Brandon Kirsh at the start of the fourth quarter. Harrell had just five catches for 26 yards. Brad Pyatt had 188 receiving yards and three scores on seven catches.
The SaberCats posted their highest point total since April 22, 2005 when they scored 89 in a win at Colorado. San Jose also improved to 23-1 all-time when scoring 70 or more points in a game.
Clevan Thomas and Omarr Smith each had an interception and the SaberCats forced four turnovers and stopped the Crush twice on downs as San Jose allowed the fewest points in a game this season.
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