Soul Announce Date of First-Round Playoff Game
June 21, 2012 - Arena Football League (AFL)
Philadelphia Soul News Release
PHILADELPHIA (June 21, 2012) - The 2012 Eastern Division champion Philadelphia Soul (11-3) announce that their first-round playoff game will be on Saturday, July 28 at the Wells Fargo Center at 7:05 p.m. The Soul will have home-field advantage throughout the 2012 American Conference playoffs. ArenaBowl XXV will be played in New Orleans on Friday, August 10.
Tickets for the Soul's first-round playoff game, as well as the remaining three home games, are now available for fans to purchase. Contact the Soul sales department at (215) 253-4900 ext. 3, or request contact from a representative by filling out the form on www.philadelphiasoul.com.
"Our fans have been tremendous all season and having the home crowd to support us is a tremendous advantage," said Soul head coach Doug Plank. "The Wells Fargo Center is a place that I know we can make intimidating for visiting teams and we truly have a 'Ninth Man' advantage that we will count on to help get us to the ArenaBowl."
The Soul have the AFL's best record and have the No. 1 ranked offense (67.5 points per game) led by Player of the Year candidates: QB Dan Raudabaugh, FB Derrick Ross and WR Tiger Jones. Raudabaugh, who has 87 touchdown passes and 3,816 passing yards, is on the verge of setting single-season franchise marks for touchdowns (90 by Tony Graziani in 2005) and passing yards (4,261 by Graziani in 2005).
Ross already has shattered Soul single-season records for rushing yards (459) and rushing touchdowns (26), while setting the single-game marks for rushing yards (84) and touchdowns (5). Jones, who has 114 catches for 1,688 yards and 38 touchdowns, has his eyes set on capturing team marks for receptions (140 by Chris Jackson in 2008), receiving yards (1,959 by Donovan Morgan in 2011) and touchdowns (49 by Jackson in 2008).
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