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San Jose SaberCats game notes

March 9, 2004 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
San Jose SaberCats News Release


THE QUICK FACTS:
Game: Colorado Crush (4-1) at SaberCats (3-1).
Date: Sunday, March 14, 2004.
Kickoff: 5:00 p.m. (PST).
Site: HP Pavilion at San Jose (14,041).
Officials: Referee: Wes Fritz; Umpire: Tony Payne; Head Linesman: Jim Hatfield; Line Judge: David Chesney; Back Judge: James Cole.
Television: There is no local television.
Radio: San Jose's flagship station KNBR-1050 will broadcast the game live with Bob Fitzgerald handling play-by-play duties and former San Francisco 49er Keena Turner supplying the color commentary. The SaberCats' extended pre-game show also returns with hosts Tim Liotta and George Atkinson live from HP Pavilion starting at 2:30 p.m.
Internet: Log on to www.KNBR.com to hear a live webcast of the game.
Series Record: SaberCats lead 2-0.
Last Meeting: San Jose 65, Colorado 49 (April 27, 2003 in Denver).
Series Streaks: San Jose Won 2.
Season Streaks: San Jose Lost 1; Colorado Won 2.
Coaches: San Jose, Darren Arbet (6th season; 56-20 regular season, 62-23 overall). Colorado, Mike Dailey (8th season; 62-43 regular season, 67-47 overall).


OVERVIEW: The SaberCats suffered their first loss of the season falling from the ranks of the unbeaten after a 64-50 setback in New York on Mar. 7, and now open a three-game homestand beginning with the Colorado Crush on Mar. 14. Dragons' QB Aaron Garcia set a SaberCats' opponent record with 9 touchdown passes and San Jose failed to hold a 10-point third quarter lead. Mark Grieb set a SaberCats single-game record with 31 pass completions in a career-high 44 attempts for 327 yards but he threw two interceptions and was sacked twice. Barry Wagner had six catches in the game to increase his career total to 904 becoming just the second player in AFL history with 900 career receptions. San Jose saw its 8-game regular season winning streak come to an end with the loss. Former San Jose QB and ArenaBowl XVI MVP John Dutton leads the Crush into HP Pavilion for a 5:00 p.m. start. Colorado is off to an impressive 4-1 start on the year and has already doubled its win total from last season. The SaberCats enjoyed plenty of success against Colorado last season winning both games by a combined 56 points and posted the third highest point total in team history in their 80-40 win on Feb. 22. It marked the fourth time San Jose has reached the 80-point mark in a single game in franchise history.
THE SCHEDULES:
2004 San Jose SaberCats (3-1)
Game Opponent Result Score
Feb. 5 @Detroit Won 58-43
Feb. 22 @Los Angeles Won 61-55
Feb. 28 GRAND RAPIDS Won 62-31
Mar. 7 @New York Lost 50-64
Game Opponent Time Radio/TV
Mar. 14 COLORADO 5:00 pm 1050
Mar. 20 LAS VEGAS 7:30 pm 1050
Mar. 26 LOS ANGELES 7:30 pm 1050
Apr. 4 @Tampa Bay 9:00 am 1050/NBC
Apr. 10 @Dallas 5:30 pm 1050/WB
Apr. 16 CHICAGO 7:30 pm 1050
Apr. 25 @Georgia 9:00 am 1050/NBC
May 1 NEW ORLEANS 7:30 pm 1050
May 9 @Arizona 12:00 pm 1050/NBC
May 16 @Las Vegas 12:00 pm 1050/NBC
May 22 PHILADELPHIA 7:30 pm 1050
May 30 ARIZONA 1:00 pm 1050/NBC

2004 Colorado Crush (4-1)
Game Opponent Result Score
Feb. 6 LAS VEGAS Won 43-42
Feb. 14 @Grand Rapids Won 55-37
Feb. 22 @Chicago Lost 35-65
Feb. 27 AUSTIN Won 37-35
Mar. 4 DETROIT Won 62-61
Game Opponent Time (PT) TV
Mar. 14 @San Jose 7:30 pm
Mar. 21 @Philadelphia 9:00 am NBC
Mar. 27 ARIZONA 6:00 pm
Apr. 3 INDIANA 12:00 pm
Apr. 10 @Los Angeles 7:30 pm
Apr. 18 @New York 12:00 pm NBC
Apr. 23 GRAND RAPIDS 6:00 pm
May 2 PHILADELPHIA 12:00 pm NBC
May 16 @Indiana 12:00 pm NBC
May 23 @Detroit 12:00 pm NBC
May 30 CHICAGO 1:00 pm NBC

THE SERIES: The SaberCats won both games last season when Colorado was a member of the Western Division and lead the series 2-0...San Jose outscored the Crush 145-89 in the two meetings...The SaberCats routed Colorado, 80-40, on Feb. 22, 2003 in San Jose. It was the third highest one game point total in SaberCats' history and the fourth largest margin of victory.

WHAT'S AHEAD: San Jose continues its homestand with a pair of Western Division tilts. The new-look Las Vegas Gladiators make their first appearance in San Jose on Saturday, Mar. 20 followed by a rematch of the Week 3 battle with the Los Angeles Avengers on Friday, Mar. 26.

SERIES NOTABLES: Seven of OS James Hundon's 13 career receptions against Colorado have been for TDs...The SaberCats rushed for a total of 142 yards on 24 carries (5.9 avg) with nine TDs in two games last season...San Jose has never trailed Colorado winning both games last season by a combined score of 145-89...San Jose WR/DB Rashied Davis played in his 1st career AFL game against Colorado on Feb. 22, 2003 and scored his 1st career AFL touchdown...The SaberCats ran the ball 14 times for 85 yards, the second highest single game total in club history, at Colorado on Apr. 27, 2002...San Jose also scored three times on the ground in that game to set a new AFL season record with 42...Crush QB, and former SaberCat, John Dutton has thrown 7 TD passes and 6 interceptions against his old team.

LAST SERIES MEETING: San Jose 65, COLORADO 49 • Sunday, April 27 • Pepsi Center – Mark Grieb threw for 250 yards and six TDs and the SaberCats clinched their fourth consecutive playoff berth with a 65-49 win over the Crush. Matt Kinsinger scored on a 20-yard run, the longest of his career, early in the first quarter to stake San Jose to a 7-0 lead. Grieb then connected with James Hundon on a 32-yard scoring play for a 14-0 lead midway through the first and the SaberCats would never trail in the game. Grieb completed 10-of-12 for 131 yards with four TDs in the first half and a 20-yard field goal by Daron Alcorn with no time left gave the SaberCats a 38-21 lead at the break. Grieb finished the game completing 19-of-26 attempts. Barry Wagner added a pair of scoring runs in the second half to set a new San Jose season record with 14. His 3-yard run early in the third gave San Jose a 45-21 advantage. Wagner added a 2-yard scamper in the fourth quarter to help the SaberCats establish a new league record with 42 rushing scores on the year. They broke the 1996 St. Louis Stampede record of 41. The SaberCats ran the ball 14 times for 86 yards and totaled 332 yards of total offense. Keala Keanaaina amassed 28 yards on four carries to set a new San Jose single-season rushing record with 226 yards. Former SaberCat John Dutton caught fire in the second half completing his first six passes for 132 yards. His four second half scoring passes came on successive throws with his fourth being a 17-yarder to Damian Harrell to bring Colorado within 59-49. Grieb answered with a 21 yard scoring toss to James Roe to close out the scoring. San Jose's Clevan Thomas, making his first appearance in three weeks, intercepted his league-leading 10th pass of the year on Colorado's final drive to secure the SaberCats victory. Thomas missed the last two games with turf toe.

Score By Quarters
SaberCats................................ 21 17 14 13 – 65
Crush...................................... 7 14 15 13 – 49
SCORING SUMMARY
Tm Scoring Play
SAN Kinsinger 20 run (Alcorn kick)
SAN Hundon 32 pass from Grieb (Alcorn kick)
COL Grier 1 run (Groshelle kick)
SAN Hundon 18 pass from Grieb (Alcorn kick)
COL Dozier 1 run (Groshelle kick)
SAN Roe 24 pass from Grieb (Alcorn kick)
SAN Hundon 21 pass from Grieb (Alcorn kick)
COL Dozier 1 run (Groshelle kick)
SAN FG Alcorn 20
SAN Wagner 3 run (Alcorn kick)
COL Harrell 30 pass from Dutton (Brown rush)
SAN Hundon 28 pass from Grieb (Alcorn kick)
COL Davidson 39 pass from Dutton (Groshelle kick)
SAN Wagner 2 run (Alcorn kick)
COL Davidson 45 pass from Dutton (Groshelle kick)
COL Harrell 17 pass from Dutton (Dutton pass failed)
SAN Roe 29 pass from Grieb (Alcorn kick failed)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Passing: SAN - Grieb 19-26-1-250, COL - Dutton 16-33-2-264.
Rushing: SAN - Kinsinger 4-36; Keanaaina 4-28; Wagner 4-17; McKenzie 1-5; Grieb 1-0. COL - Dozier 4-13; Grier 1-1.
Receiving: SAN - Hundon 8-130; Roe 7-89; Wagner 3-25; McKenzie 1-6. COL -
Davidson 9-166; Harrell 3-62; Woods 2-22; Bowers 1-8; Douglass 1-6.
Kick Returns: SAN - Thomas 4-111; McKenzie 3-60; Hundon 1-31. COL - Douglass 5-122; Bowers 3-44; Harrell 1-(-1).

ALL-TIME SERIES SCORES
Date Score
April 27, 2003 San Jose 65, @Colorado 49
Feb. 22, 2003 @San Jose 80, Colorado 40

THE IFS...:
If the SaberCats defeat Colorado it would...
*Break their one-game losing streak.
*Give them a 4-1 season record.
*Be their 5th straight regular season home win.
*Be their 3rd straight win over the Crush.
*Give them a 3-0 series lead over Colorado.
*Give San Jose an 86-45 all-time regular season record.
*Give San Jose a 46-19 all-time regular season home record.

THE COACHES:
San Jose – Darren Arbet, 6th season
56-20 (.737) reg. season; 62-23 (.729) overall
2-0 (1.000) career vs. Colorado
Now in his sixth season at the helm of the SaberCats, Darren Arbet owns the highest regular season winning percentage (.737) in league history among coaches with at least 20 victories and his 62 career wins rank him 8th in league annals. Named AFL Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2002, Arbet has guided the SaberCats to four straight double-digit win seasons – the longest current streak in league history – and his teams have compiled a 50-12 (.806) regular season record since the start of the 2000 campaign. Under his direction the SaberCats have set league records for most regular season wins (13 – 2002), most wins in a season (16- 2002), most consecutive wins in a regular season (12 – 2002), most wins to end a season (11 – 2000) and the longest regular season win streak (15 – 2000-01). Arbet's first career victory came at Grand Rapids on April 24, 1999.

Colorado – Mike Dailey, 8th season
62-43 (.590) reg. season; 67-47 (.588) overall
3-3 (.500) career vs. San Jose
Dailey became the Crush's second head coach on June 26, 2003. Dailey joined the Crush after seven seasons as head coach of the Indiana Firebirds, and his teams have compiled an overall record of 67-47, a winning percentage of .588. In 1999 Dailey led the Firebirds to their only ArenaBowl championship and a combined regular season/playoff record of 14-3, best in Firebirds history. He was named AFL Coach of the Year following that standout campaign. He joined the Firebirds prior to the 1992 season, spending five seasons as an assistant coach before being named head coach in 1997. Dailey began his Arena Football coaching career with the Washington Commandos where he served as offensive and defensive line coach. Prior to the AFL, Dailey worked as an Assistant Coach at Towson State University and was the Offensive Coordinator at Montgomery College-Rockville (MD).

RECENT RESULTS: NEW YORK DRAGONS 64, San Jose 50 – Aaron Garcia set a SaberCats' opponent record with nine touchdown passes and the New York Dragons dealt San Jose its first loss of the season, 64-50, on Mar. 7 at Nassau Coliseum. Garcia threw three TD passes to William Holder, the last coming with 3:06 remaining in the game to give the Dragons a 57-50 lead. After the SaberCats turned the ball over on downs, Garcia connected with Cosmo DeMatteo from 23-yards out for the final score. Facing a short handed SaberCats secondary with Omarr Smith being a late scratch with a hamstring injury, Garcia completed 19-of-21 passes for 285 yards and was named the Offensive Player of the Game. San Jose QB Mark Grieb set a team single game record with 31 completions and had a career-high 44 pass attempts for 327 yards but threw two interceptions and was sacked twice. James Roe had a game-high 10 receptions for 88 yards and James Hundon caught both of Grieb's scoring passes. Following Hundon's 14-yard TD catch early in the third quarter, Rashied Davis pounced on a loose ball on the ensuing kickoff for a net recovery score giving San Jose a 47-37 lead at the 11:26 mark. New York outscored San Jose 27-3 the rest of the way to post just their second win of the year. The teams combined for 51 second quarter points with the SaberCats scoring four touchdowns. Keala Keanaaina scored on a pair of 1-yard runs in the quarter with the second giving San Jose a 33-28 lead with seven seconds left in the half. An offsides penalty on the ensuing kickoff gave the Dragons an untimed down and kicker Gary Kral drilled a 32-yard attempt to close the gap to 33-31 at the break. Barry Wagner had a season-high six receptions in the game to push his career total over 900 becoming just the second player in league history to surpass that lofty mark. He also reached the 250 mark in receptions for his San Jose career.

ABOUT THE CRUSH: The Crush is tied with Chicago for the Central Division lead with a 4-1 record and has doubled its win total from the inaugural season of 2003 when the team posted two wins...Former SaberCats WR/LB Kevin McKenzie has scored four TDs on the year, two receiving, one rushing and another on a 44-yard interception return...After going 0-8 at home last year, Colorado is unbeaten (3-0) on its home turf this season...Colorado's point total in its 62-61 win over Detroit last week was the highest in team history.

ROSTER MOVES: The SaberCats activated and waived WR/DB Vaughn Jarrett from injured reserve on Mar. 4 and signed veteran Jerry Reese to the active roster from the practice squad on Mar. 5. To make room for Reese, the team placed FB/LB Kevin Buck (calf) on IR. Reese aggravated a hamstring injury in the team's loss at New York and was placed on IR Mar. 5. San Jose also placed WR/LB Calvin Schexnayder on IR after he sustained a tibia fracture at New York.

RECENT ROSTER MOVES
Date Action
Mar. 4 Activated and waived WR/DB Vaughn Jarrett from IR
Mar. 5 Signed WR/LB Jerry Reese from practice squad. Placed FB/LB Kevin Buck on IR
Mar. 9 Placed WR/LB Jerry Reese and WR/LB Calvin Schexnayder on IR.

INJURY REPORT: San Jose lost WR/LB Calvin Schexnayder with a non-displaced fracture of his left tibia and WR/LB Jerry Reese with a hamstring strain. Both injuries were sustained in San Jose's loss at New York on Mar. 7. DS Clevan Thomas (knee) and FB/LB Keala Keanaaina (hip) also sustained injuries that may affect their ability to play against Colorado this week.

INJURY REPORT
Player Injury Status
Clevan Thomas Knee sprain Questionable
Keala Keanaaina Hip pointer Probable

MILESTONES:
*The SaberCats need 9 wins for 100 overall in franchise history.
*OL/DL Joe Jacobs needs 2.5 sacks for 30 career.
*DS Clevan Thomas needs 1 INT for 20 career.
*WR/DB Barry Wagner needs 20 receiving yards for 12,500 career and 10 for 3,000 in San Jose career.
*OL/DL Chuck Reed needs 2.5 sacks for 25 career.
*QB Mark Grieb needs 11 TD passes for 300 AFL career.
*WR/LB James Roe needs 1 TD catch for 80 career and 82 receiving yards for 3,500 career.
*OS James Hundon needs 4 catches for 250 career and 13 TD receptions for 100 career.
*FB/LB Matt Kinsinger needs 10 rush yards for 300 career and 23 for 300 in San Jose career.

TRENDS:
HOME SWEET HOME – Since the start of the 2000 season the SaberCats have been particularly hard to beat on their home turf. San Jose owns a 27-3 (.900) record in regular season games and is 33-5 (.868) overall in that span. The team's all-time record in regular season home games stands at 45-19 (.703).

AND COUNTING – OS James Hundon had a pair of receiving TDs at New York on Mar. 7 to increase his streak of consecutive regular season games with at least one TD catch to 21. During his streak JHun has caught 53 TD passes, including a team-high 9 in four games this year.

TWO'S WILD – San Jose twice had two-game losing streaks last season, accounting for all four regular season defeats. The last time the SaberCats suffered through a one-game losing streak was back in 2002 when they lost at Arizona on July 12, their only loss of that season.

JUST WIN – San Jose's loss to New York on Mar. 7 marked just the 9th loss in 53 career regular season starts for Mark Grieb. He owns a record of 44-9 (.830) in his starts as the SaberCats QB.

SACKED – The SaberCats allowed two sacks in their loss at New York on Mar. 7 and have given up eight on the year, the second-highest total in the AFL. San Jose allowed three sacks in each of the first two games before not allowing a sack against Grand Rapids on Feb. 28. The SaberCats allowed a total of 9 sacks all of last season.

AND THE WINNER IS... – The SaberCats collected their share of awards from the AFL during the first month of the season. DS Omarr Smith was named ADT Defensive Player of the Week following San Jose's week 1 win at Detroit. Rashied Davis earned U.S. Army Ironman of the Week following a week 3 win at Los Angeles and QB Mark Grieb earned Baby Ruth Real Deal Offensive Player of the Month honors after leading his team to a 3-0 record in February. Grieb also collected the Arena Football League Writers Association (AFLWA) Player of the Week award in week 3.

FINISH THE DEAL – The SaberCats have led entering the fourth quarter in all four games this season but their loss at New York on Mar. 7 was the first time they failed to hold the lead. San Jose was outscored by the Dragons 20-3 and has been outscored in the final quarter 59-37.

OFFENSIVE – The SaberCats amassed a season-high 335 yards of offense in their game at New York on Mar. 7, but it took them a team single-game record 62 plays to do so. San Jose averaged just 5.4 yards per play while New York was at 10.9 yards per play (283/26). The most plays ever run in a game prior to Mar. 7 was 56 at Arizona on May 4, 1996.

NOTES:
VERSATILITY – Rashied Davis has almost done it all in his career with the SaberCats. Davis was forced to make his 1st career start at DS at New York on Mar. 7, when Omarr Smith aggravated an injury in warm-ups and was a game-time scratch. Davis entered the game as a two-way player in the second half and caught 2 passes for 21 yards and had an 18-yard KO return. That's not all, the second year player, in just his 8th career game, also scored a TD on a kickoff net recovery. San Jose's last net recovery TD came on May 11, 2003, when James Williams recovered a missed field goal in Tampa Bay's endzone. James Roe was the last to score on a kickoff net recovery on May 27, 2000 against Los Angeles.

TOUGH BREAK – WR/LB Calvin Schexnayder saw his season cut short when he sustained a non-displaced fracture of his left fibula at New York on Mar. 7. Schexnayder went down in the first half after catching a pass for 14 yards. Against Grand Rapids on Feb. 28, Shakes became just the sixth player in AFL history to surpass the 8,000 mark in career receiving yards. He is expected to miss 6 to 8 weeks.

RUNNING MAN – Fullback Matt Kinsinger rushed for 19 yards on four carries, including a 17-yard TD run in the first quarter at New York on Mar. 7, to take over as the team's leading rusher. Kinsinger now looks forward to facing the Crush, a team he dominated last season. Against Colorado last year Kinsinger ran for 57 yards on 7 carries (8.1 avg) with three TDs in two games. He totaled a career-high 36 yards in four carries, including a career-long 20-yard run at Colorado on April 27 and ran for 21 yards on 3 carries with 2 TDs on Feb. 22.

REMEMBER THE 80s – The SaberCats have totaled 80 or more points in a game four times in franchise history and they did it the first time they played Colorado. San Jose reached the mark in an 80-40 win over the Crush on Feb. 22, 2003. The point total represents a tie for the third-highest in team history.

HIGHEST SCORING GAMES IN TEAM HISTORY
Rnk Opponent Points Score Date
1. New England 85 85-76 6/9/00
2. Buffalo 83 83-54 7/22/00
3. Colorado 80 80-40 2/22/03
Houston 80 80-27 7/21/01
5. Portland 79 79-51 5/8/99
6. Los Angeles 78 78-44 5/11/02
Los Angeles 78 78-25 5/27/00

THE 900 CLUB – Barry Wagner added another milestone to his list of career accomplishments in San Jose's loss at New York on Mar. 7. Wagner had a season-high six receptions to increase his career total to 904 making him just the 2nd player in league history to reach that mark. Former Albany/Indiana Firebird Eddie Brown remains as the league's career leader with Wags closing fast. Wagner also surpassed the 250 mark (253) in career catches for his San Jose career.

Rak Player Career Recpts
1. Eddie Brown 949
2. Barry Wagner 904
3. Gary Compton 736
4. Hunkie Cooper 729
5. Daryl Hammond 698

GOOD GRIEB! – QB Mark Grieb established a SaberCats' single game record when he completed 31 passes at New York on Mar. 7. Grieb eclipsed his own record of 30 completions, which he set against Los Angeles on May 17, 2003 and against Nashville on June 16, 2001. Grieb now owns the top four single game completion marks in SaberCats history. He completed 28 passes at Dallas on April 6, 2003. His 44 attempts against New York were also a career-high and tied Scott Wood for the second-most in a game in club history.

THE JAMES GANG – The James Gang (Hundon and Roe) were at it again in New York on Mar. 7. Roe led the team with a game-high 10 catches while Hundon had 9 grabs for 101 yards and 2 TD. For Hundon it was the 19th career 100-yard receiving game and 21st straight contest with at least one TD catch. For Roe it was the 7th time in his career he had 10-or-more receptions in a game. Roe also moved past Barry Wagner into sole possession of 2nd place on the team's career receptions list while Hundon moved ahead of Jerry Reese into 4th place. ‘The Gang', along with Wagner, has a shot at catching Steve Papin, who leads the pack with 326 career receptions.

CAREER LEADERS IN RECEPTIONS
Rank Player Recpts
1. Steve Papin 326
2. James Roe 254
3. Barry Wagner 253
4. James Hundon 246
5. Jerry Reese 243

THE JAMES GANG II – Roe and Hundon are also 1-2 on the SaberCats' career TD receptions list and will battle all season for the top spot. JHun had the only two TD catches at New York and is starting to pull away from Roe. Hundon increased his total to 87 while Roe stayed put with 79.

CAREER LEADERS IN TD RECEPTIONS
Rank Player Rcv TDs
1. James Hundon 87
2. James Roe 79
3. Jerry Reese 76

NOT THE COUNTRY – Rookie K Dan Frantz has already moved into the top 10 in scoring among kickers in team history. Frantz booted a career-long 39 yard field goal in his only attempt and converted 5-of-7 PATs at New York to increase his point total to 33, the 9th highest total among kickers in SaberCats' history. Next on the list are Scott Winters (8th - 38 pts) and Louis Perez (7th - 42 pts).

PICKIN IT – Barry Wagner snared his 45th career interception and 16th as a member of the SaberCats in San Jose's game at New York on Mar. 7 and ranks 4th in team history. Wags is inching closer to the third spot just one pick behind Tommy Jones. Omarr Smith, the team leader with two on the season, has moved into 6th place while Clevan Thomas, the two-time ADT Defensive Player-of-the-Year, is the active career leader with 19. Everyone is trailing Pat McGuirk, the SaberCats' all-time leader with 24.

TEAM CAREER INT LEADERS
Rank Player INTs
1. Pat McGuirk 24
2. Clevan Thomas 19
3. Tommy Jones 17
4. Barry Wagner 16
5. Herschel Currie 10
6. Omarr Smith 8

WHAT A RUSH – The SaberCats have led the league in rushing in each of the past four seasons and in 2003 they were tops in the AFL thanks in part to the Colorado Crush. The SaberCats managed 142 yards on the ground in the two games (71 ypg) in just 24 carries (5.9 ypc). The SaberCats also scored 9 rush TDs, including a team and league record 6 in an 80-40 win on Feb. 22. The fullback duo of Matt Kinsinger and Keala Keanaaina combined for 105 yards and 5 TDs on 14 carries in the two games.

TOUCHDOWN MAKERS – Three of the top five TD scorers in team history are battling for position in 2004. OS James Hundon scored four times against Grand Rapids on Feb. 28 to tie James Roe for 3rd place all-time with 85. Roe scored once and Barry Wagner added one to up his total to 93. They all trail Steve Papin, who scored 126 times in his SaberCats career, for the top spot on the chart.

CAREER LEADERS IN TOUCHDOWNS SCORED
Rank Player TDs Scored
1. Steve Papin 126
2. Barry Wagner 93
3. James Hundon 87
4. James Roe 86
5. Jerry Reese 79

COLORADO PLAYERS TO WATCH:
QB JOHN DUTTON – Dutton, who played three seasons with San Jose and was the ArenaBowl XVI MVP, had career highs with Colorado last season in his first full season as a starter in the AFL. Dutton completed 308-of-495 passes (62.5%) for 3,994 yards and 77 touchdowns. In two games against San Jose he completed 29-of-64 (45.3%) for 458 yards with 7 TDs. He did, however, throw 6 interceptions, including four in his last visit to San Jose when the SaberCats posted an 80-40 win.

OS DAMIAN HARRELL – QB John Dutton's favorite target leads the team in receptions (28), receiving yards (406) and TD catches (12) after posting team highs in all three categories last season. The sixth-year veteran, now in his second season with the Crush, posted 9 catches for 189 with 4 TDs against the SaberCats in two games last season.

WR/DB KEVIN MCKENZIE – The former SaberCat is making a name for himself with the Crush in 2004. KMac has rushed the ball, caught passes, returned kicks and has played solid defense for the 4-1 Crush. He had a U.S. Army Ironman of the Week performance in a 55-37 win at Grand Rapids on Feb. 14. McKenzie scored on a 3-yard run, caught 4 passes for 58 yards, including a 37-yard scoring play, and returned an INT 44 yards for a score.

WEEKLY PLAYERS OF THE GAME:
BABY RUTH OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Opponent (Date) Player
@Detroit (Feb. 5) QB Mark Grieb, San Jose
@Los Angeles (Feb. 22) OS Joe Douglass, Los Angeles
GRND RAPIDS (Feb. 28) QB Mark Grieb, San Jose
@New York (Mar. 7) QB Aaron Garcia, New York
COLORADO (Mar. 14)
LAS VEGAS (Mar. 20)
LOS ANGELES (Mar. 26)
@Tampa Bay (Apr. 4)
@Dallas (Apr. 10)
CHICAGO (Apr. 16)
@Georgia (Apr. 25)
NEW ORLEANS (May 1)
@Arizona (May 9)
@Las Vegas (May 16)
PHILADELPHIA (May 22)
ARIZONA (May 30)

ADT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME:
Opponent (Date) Player
@Detroit (Feb. 5) DS Omarr Smith, San Jose
@Los Angeles (Feb. 22) OL/DL Sam Hernandez, San Jose
GRND RAPIDS (Feb. 28) DS Clevan Thomas, San Jose
@New York (Mar. 7) DS Terrance Joseph, New York
COLORADO (Mar. 14)
LAS VEGAS (Mar. 20)
LOS ANGELES (Mar. 26)
@Tampa Bay (Apr. 4)
@Dallas (Apr. 10)
CHICAGO (Apr. 16)
@Georgia (Apr. 25)
NEW ORLEANS (May 1)
@Arizona (May 9)
@Las Vegas (May 16)
PHILADELPHIA (May 22)
ARIZONA (May 30)

ARMY IRONMAN OF THE GAME:
Opponent (Date) Player
@Detroit (Feb. 5) FB/LB Cameron Chance, Detroit
@Los Angeles (Feb. 22) WR/DB Rashied Davis, San Jose
GRND RAPIDS (Feb. 28) WR/DB Barry Wagner, San Jose
@New York (Mar. 7) WR/DB Lincoln Dupree, New York
COLORADO (Mar. 14)
LAS VEGAS (Mar. 20)
LOS ANGELES (Mar. 26)
@Tampa Bay (Apr. 4)
@Dallas (Apr. 10)
CHICAGO (Apr. 16)
@Georgia (Apr. 25)
NEW ORLEANS (May 1)
@Arizona (May 9)
@Las Vegas (May 16)
PHILADELPHIA (May 22)
ARIZONA (May 30)















THE SABERCATS RECORD WHEN...:

Scoring Allowing
0 - 9 points 0-0 0-0
10-19 points 0-0 0-0
20-29 points 0-0 0-0
30-39 points 0-0 1-0
40-49 points 0-0 1-0
50-59 points 1-1 1-0
60-69 points 2-0 0-1
70-79 points 0-0 0-0
80+ points 0-0 0-0

Games decided
by 7 or fewer points 1-0

Leading after the 1st 1-0
Trailing after the 1st 1-1
Tied after the 1st 1-0

Leading at Half 2-1
Trailing at Half 0-0
Tied at Half 1-0

Leading after the 3rd 3-1
Trailing after the 3rd 0-0
Tied after the 3rd 0-0

Scoring First 1-1
Opp. Score First 2-0

More Total Offense 1-1
Less Total Offense 2-0

More Pass Yards 1-1
Less Pass Yards 2-0

More Rushing Yards 3-1
Less Rushing Yards 0-0

Thursday games 1-0
Friday games 0-0
Saturday games 1-0
Sunday games 1-1

On NBC 1-1
WB20 1-0

Outscoring Opponent 3-0
Being Outscored 0-1



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