2007 Nashville Kats season explained

Team:	Nashville Kats
Year:	2007
Record:	7–9
Division Place:	4th
Coach:	Pat Sperduto
Stadium:	Gaylord Entertainment Center Nashville Arena Sommet Center
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
No Nextseason:	true

The 2007 Nashville Kats season was the third season for the franchise since they resumed operations. They look to make the playoffs again after finishing 2006 with an 8–8 record. They went 7–9 and missed playoffs. This season was also the final season for the Nashville Kats. The team ceased operations again 4 months later.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Home/Away Game	Result
1	March 1	Columbus Destroyers	Home	L 58–56
2	March 9	Philadelphia Soul	Home	L 63–30
3	March 18	Utah Blaze	Home	W 69–55
4	March 24	Austin Wranglers	Away	W 70–63
5	April 1	Colorado Crush	Away	L 55–48
6	April 7	Chicago Rush	Home	L 66–54
7	April 14	Arizona Rattlers	Away	W 62–36
8	April 21	Kansas City Brigade	Home	W 49–40
9	April 27	Dallas Desperados	Away	L 69–62
10	May 5	Grand Rapids Rampage	Away	L 71–55
11	May 11	Colorado Crush	Home	L 57–35
12	May 19	Chicago Rush	Away	W 44–27
13	May 25	San Jose SaberCats	Home	L 48–34
14		Bye	Week
15	June 10	Las Vegas Gladiators	Away	W 63–48
16	June 16	Kansas City Brigade	Away	L 66–63
17	June 23	Grand Rapids Rampage	Home	W 57–54

Coaching

Pat Sperduto started his third season of his second stint as head coach of the Kats.

Stats

Offense

Quarterback

Player	Comp.	Att.	Comp%	Yards	TD's	INT's	Long	Rating
	254	420	60.5	3446	57	17	49	103.7
	14	26	53.8	192	5	2	28	85.3

Running backs

Player	Car.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long
	165	426	2.6	41	25
	6	16	2.7	1	6
	6	14	2.3	1	3
Matt Kohn	1	12	12	0	12
Jeff Smoker	15	6	.4	3	4
	1	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	0
	1	−1	−1	0	−1

Wide receivers

Player	Rec.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long
Kenny Higgins	95	1440	15.2	25	47
Maurice Brown	34	510	15	9	44
	34	411	12.5	8	30
	15	158	10.5	2	39
Rocco Forgione	14	152	10.9	2	24
Dan Alexander	13	124	9.5	1	18
	7	64	9.1	1	15
	5	50	10	0	19
Terrell Browden	2	21	10.5	1	12
	2	7	3.5	1	5
	2	6	3	1	3
Ahmad Hawkins	2	4	2	0	3

Touchdowns

Player	TD's	Rush	Rec	Ret	Pts
	42	41	1	0	254
Kenny Higgins	25	0	25	0	150
C. J. Johnson	12	0	8	4	72
Maurice Brown	9	0	9	0	54
	3	3	0	0	18
Demetris Bendross	2	0	2	0	12
	2	1	1	0	12
	2	0	2	0	12
	2	1	0	1	24
James Baron	1	0	1	0	6
Joe Minucci	1	0	1	0	6
Carlos Wright	1	0	1	0	6

Defense

Player	Tackles	Solo	Assisted	Sack	Solo	Assisted	INT	Yards	TD's	Long
	83.5	59	49	1.5	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ahmad Hawkins	71.5	65	13	0	0	0	13	149	2	48
	70	59	22	0	0	0	3	30	0	22
	43	40	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	32.5	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	18	15	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	17	11	12	0	0	0	1	5	0	5
	14	10	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
	13.5	10	7	4	3	2	0	0	0	0
Brian Howard	11	5	12	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
Terrell Browden	9.5	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	8	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7.5	5	5	2.5	2	1	0	0	0	0
	7	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	4.5	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3.5	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	3.5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3	3	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
	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Morris	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Special teams

Kick return

Player	Ret	Yards	TD's	Long	Avg	Ret	Yards	TD's	Long	Avg
	44	748	0	33	17	2	26	0	14	13
C. J. Johnson	24	659	0	57	27.5	2	28	0	22	14
	19	380	0	49	20	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Wright	13	263	0	38	20.2	0	0	0	0	0
	8	122	1	29	15.3	2	23	0	15	11.5
	2	32	0	17	16	0	0	0	0	0
Kenny Higgins	3	8	0	7	2.7	0	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	Extra pt.	Extra pt. Att.	FG	FGA	Long	Pct.	Pts
	103	112	4	13	57	0.308	115
	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0

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External links

• Official stat page