2007 Arizona Rattlers season explained

Team:	Arizona Rattlers
Year:	2007
Record:	4–12
Division Place:	4th
Coach:	Gene Nudo
Stadium:	US Airways Center
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Shortnavlink:	Rattlers seasons

The Arizona Rattlers season was the 16th season for the franchise. They looked to make the playoffs after finishing 2006 with an 8–8 record. They finished 4–12 record and missed the playoffs.

Coaching

Gene Nudo entered his second season as the head coach of the Rattlers.

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Home/Away Game	Result
1	March 3	Georgia Force	Home	L 69–65
2	March 10	Utah Blaze	Home	L 79–75
3	March 16	Colorado Crush	Away	L 56–54
4	March 23	Las Vegas Gladiators	Home	W 68–41
5	March 30	Kansas City Brigade	Away	L 62–61 (OT)
6	April 6	Los Angeles Avengers	Away	L 64–45
7	April 14	Nashville Kats	Home	L 62–36
8	April 20	Utah Blaze	Away	W 83–69
9	April 28	New York Dragons	Away	L 67–45
10	May 5	San Jose SaberCats	Home	L 56–49
11	May 12	Austin Wranglers	Home	W 53–41
12	May 18	Tampa Bay Storm	Away	L 59–50
13	May 26	Chicago Rush	Home	L 53–47
14	June 3	Las Vegas Gladiators	Away	W 41–20
15	June 11	Los Angeles Avengers	Home	L 55–52
16	June 16	San Jose SaberCats	Away	L 66–26
17		Bye	Week

Personnel moves

2007 roster

Stats

Offense

Quarterback

Player	Comp.	Att.	Comp%	Yards	TD's	INT's	Long	Rating
Sherdrick Bonner	316	498	63.5	4036	83	13	45	117.4
Chris Sanders	28	51	54.9	381	7	3	44	88.8

Running backs

Player	Car.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long
Bo Kelly	81	222	2.7	13	16
Trandon Harvey	5	34	6.8	3	30
Asi Faoa	9	19	2.1	0	8
Jeremiah Pope	5	17	3.4	2	6
Chris Sanders	9	14	1.6	3	4
Erik Arevalo	3	9	3	0	4
Sherdrick Bonner	13	9	0.7	1	4
Curtis Fagan	1	2	2	1	2
Kevin McKenzie	1	1	1	1	1
Darrell Jones	1	−1	−1	0	−1
Cosmo DeMatteo	1	−4	−4	0	−4

Wide receivers

Player	Rec.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long
Trandon Harvey	91	1314	14.4	28	45
Jeremiah Pope	70	903	12.9	23	41
Atnaf Harris	35	500	14.3	8	41
Kevin McKenzie	36	464	12.9	12	45
Randy Gatewood	35	416	11.9	10	34
Willis Page III	63	1324	21.3	28	58
Curtis Fagan	26	290	11.2	2	30
Darrell Jones	23	231	10	1	29
Cosmo DeMatteo	13	171	13.2	3	35
Bo Kelly	4	50	12.5	0	21
Asi Faoa	3	30	10	0	14
Wendall Gaines	1	16	16	1	16
Craig Moore	3	16	5.3	0	6
Justin Taplin	2	13	6.5	0	7
William Fields	1	8	8	0	8
Zach Rupp	2	5	2.5	0	6
Albrey Battle	1	4	4	1	4
Vince Amey	1	2	2	1	2

Touchdowns

Player	TD's	Rush	Rec	Ret	Pts
Trandon Harvey	32	3	28	1	192
Jeremiah Pope	25	2	23	0	152
Bo Kelly	13	13	0	0	78
Kevin McKenzie	13	1	12	0	78
Randy Gatewood	10	0	10	0	62
Atnaf DeShawn Harris	8	0	8	0	48
Cosmo DeMatteo	3	0	3	0	18
Curtis Fagan	3	1	2	0	18
Darrell Jones	3	0	1	2	18
Chris Sanders	3	3	0	0	18
Vince Amey	1	0	1	0	6
Albrey Battle	1	0	1	0	6
Sherdrick Bonner	1	1	0	0	6
Wendall Gaines	1	0	1	0	6

Defense

Player	Tackles	Solo	Assisted	Sack	Solo	Assisted	INT	Yards	TD's	Long
	107	92	30	0	0	0	3	37	0	21
	53	49	4	0	0	0	11	197	6	47
	41	36	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	37.5	31	13	0	0	0	2	10	0	10
	33.5	21	25	0	0	0	3	11	0	11
Art Smith	26.5	22	9	0	0	0	1	24	0	24
	22.5	15	15	5.5	4	3	0	0	0	0
	20	10	20	4	3	2	0	0	0	0
	17.5	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	17	11	12	.5	0	1	0	0	0	0
	15.5	9	13	2	1	2	0	0	0	0
	15.5	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	10.5	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	9.5	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	9.5	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	6.5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	5	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3.5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	16	0	16
Chris Sanders	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	.5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Special teams

Kick return

Player	Ret	Yards	TD's	Long	Avg	Ret	Yards	TD's	Long	Avg
	48	929	1	56	19.4	1	55	1	55	55
	20	340	0	35	17	1	28	0	28	28
	14	192	1	22	13.7	1	7	0	7	7
	2	26	1	19	13	0	0	0	0	0
	1	18	0	18	18	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Art Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	Extra pt.	Extra pt. Att.	FG	FGA	Long	Pct.	Pts
	72	89	6	16	28	0.375	90
	12	13	0	2	0	0.000	12

Regular season

Week 1: vs Georgia Force

at the US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona

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Week 3: at Colorado Crush

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Week 5: at Kansas City Brigade

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
ARI	14	13	14	14	6	61
KC	13	0	14	28	7	62

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Week 6: at Los Angeles Avengers

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Week 7: vs Nashville Kats

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Week 8: at Utah Blaze

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Week 11: vs Austin Wranglers

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Week 12: at Tampa Bay Storm

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Week 13: vs Chicago Rush

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Week 14: at Las Vegas Gladiators

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Week 15: vs Los Angeles Avengers

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Week 16: at San Jose SaberCats

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External links

• Arizona Rattlers statistics