2007 Columbus Destroyers season

2007 Columbus Destroyers season
Head coach Doug Kay
Home field Nationwide Arena
Results
Record 7–9
Division place 3rd
Playoff finish Qualified

The 2007 Columbus Destroyers season is the 9th season for the franchise and the 4th in Columbus. They finished with a 7–9 record and qualified for the playoffs. The Destroyers defeated the Tampa Bay Storm 56–55 in the first round. The Destroyers advanced to the National Conference Championship by beating Dallas 66–59 in Dallas the following week. Columbus swept the table with the top three National Conference teams by defeating the Georgia Force 66–56 to win the National Conference Championship Game and their first conference title in team history and will go to New Orleans to participate in their first ever ArenaBowl XXI.

Coaching

Doug Kay started his second season as head coach of the Destroyers.

Season schedule

Week Date Opponent Home/Away Result
1 March 1 Nashville Kats Away W 58–56
2 March 9 New Orleans VooDoo Away L 52–45
3 Bye Week
4 March 24 Chicago Rush Home L 55–47
5 March 30 Georgia Force Home W 62–61
6 April 5 Dallas Desperados Away L 53–51
7 April 14 Austin Wranglers Home W 72–49
8 April 23 Philadelphia Soul Home W 44–21
9 April 29 Tampa Bay Storm Away L 34–32
10 May 4 New York Dragons Home W 51–42
11 May 11 Grand Rapids Rampage Home W 59–56
12 May 18 Colorado Crush Away L 58–40
13 May 26 Dallas Desperados Home L 56–47
14 June 2 Georgia Force Away L 54–33
15 June 8 Kansas City Brigade Home L 47–34
16 June 16 Philadelphia Soul Away L 56–53
17 June 23 New York Dragons Away W 74–43

Playoff Schedule

Round Date Opponent Home/Away Result
1st June 30 (3) Tampa Bay Storm Away W 56–55
2nd July 7 (1) Dallas Desperados Away W 66–59
3rd July 14 (2) Georgia Force Away W 66–56
ArenaBowl XXI July 29 (1) San Jose Sabercats Neutral L 33–55

2007 Roster

Columbus Destroyers roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

Injured players

Practice Squad Refused to Report

Exempt List

Stats

Offense

Quarterback

Player Comp. Att. Comp% Yards TD's INT's Long Rating
Matt Nagy34154562.63557751544104.4
Scott Dreisbach304566.7269523791.8

Running Backs

Player Car. Yards Avg. TD's Long
Harold Wells731972.71313
Damien Groce16805314
B. J. Barre8344.3216
Matt Nagy16221.466
Josh Bush4194.829
Brad Greetis64.824
Darcy Levy15505
Freddie Solomon15505

Wide Receivers

Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD's Long
Damien Groce118134211.42644
David Saunders685508.11825
Marcus Knight4449611.3924
Josh Bush484619.6633
B. J. Barre2229113.2745
Jason Shelley2526410.6123
Freddie Solomon242269.4321
Darcy Levy710515228
Harold Wells11908.2420
Matthew Thomas7689.7216
Cole Magner44411229
Howard Duncan6386.3112
Jason Hilliard214709
Brad Greetis11010010
Peter Martinez15505

Touchdowns

Player TD's Rush Rec Ret Pts
Damien Groce313262188
David Saunders180180112
Harold Wells171340102
Marcus Knight909062
Josh Bush1026260
B. J. Barre927056
Matt Nagy660036
Freddie Solomon303018
Brad Greetis220012
Darcy Levy202012
Cole Magner202012
Matthew Thomas202012
Howard Duncan10106
Jason Shelley10106

Defense

Player Tackles Solo Assisted Sack Solo Assisted INT Yards TD's Long
Brandon Hefflin 105 88 34 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Jerald Brown 65.5 57 17 0 0 0 5 38 0 22
Rober' Freeman 58 52 12 0 0 0 2 6 0 6
B. J. Barre 51 44 14 0 0 0 1 9 0 9
Ken Jones 28.5 21 15 9.5 9 1 0 0 0 0
Jason Shelley 22.5 18 9 0 0 0 2 8 0 8
Josh Bush 20 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bernard Riley 20 15 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Harold Wells 19.5 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kelvin Kinney 17.5 15 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
Leroy Thompson 17.5 14 7 .5 0 1 0 0 0 0
Scott Dreisbach 11 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
David Saunders 11 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peter Martinez 6.5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marcus Knight 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Damien Groce 3.5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Kocher 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Greetis 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Harris 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Hilliard 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Freddie Solomon 2.5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Freeman 1.5 0 3 .5 0 1 0 0 0 0
Howard Duncan 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Matt Nagy 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Will Rabatin 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Special Teams

Kick Return

Player Ret Yards TD's Long Avg Ret Yards TD's Long Avg
Damien Groce 40 825 2 56 20.6 1 6 0 6 6
Josh Bush 39 758 2 58 19.4 0 0 0 0 0
B. J. Barre 5 59 0 31 11.8 2 20 0 17 20
Matthew Thomas 3 47 0 24 15.7 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Shelley 3 24 0 21 8 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Harris 1 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
Brandon Hefflin 1 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
Marcus Knight 1 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
David Saunders 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Kicking

Player Extra pt. Extra pt. Att. FG FGA Long Pct. Pts
Peter Martinez 80 97 10 20 45 0.500 110
Matt Nagy 0 1 0 0 0 0.000 0

Playoff Stats

Offense

Quarterback

Player Comp. Att. Comp% Yards TD's INT's
Matt Nagy19267326250

Running Backs

Player Car. Yards Avg. TD's Long
Harold Wells6152.506
Damien Groce16606
B. J. Barre12212
Matt Nagy4−1-.311

Wide Receivers

Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD's Long
Damien Groce79814230
Marcus Knight68213.7123
David Saunders33712.3125
Josh Bush23417024
Harold Wells11111111

Special Teams

Kick Return

Player Ret Yards Avg Long
Josh Bush 5 103 20.6 29
B. J. Barre 1 6 6 6

Kicking

Player Extra pt. Extra pt. Att. FG FGA Long Pts
Peter Martinez 8 8 0 1 – 8

Regular season

Week 1: at Nashville Kats

1 2 3 4 Total
CLB 7 24 13 14 58
NAS 13 16 0 27 56

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Week 2: at New Orleans VooDoo

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CLB 10 9 19 7 45
NO 7 17 14 14 52

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Week 4: vs Chicago Rush

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CHI 14 24 7 10 55
CLB 14 14 6 13 47

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Week 5: vs Georgia Force

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GEO 6 21 14 20 61
CLB 10 31 7 14 62

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Week 6: at Dallas Desperados

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CLB 14 23 0 14 51
DAL 7 7 14 25 53

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Week 7: vs Austin Wranglers

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AUS 21 7 7 14 49
CLB 14 17 21 20 72

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Week 8: vs Philadelphia Soul

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PHI 0 10 3 8 21
CLB 0 20 3 21 44

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Week 9: at Tampa Bay Storm

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CLB 7 6 13 6 32
TB 7 3 14 10 34

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Week 10: vs New York Dragons

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NYD 14 7 14 7 42
CLB 14 17 13 7 51

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Week 11: vs Grand Rapids Rampage

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GR 13 9 20 14 56
CLB 27 7 20 5 59

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Week 12: at Colorado Crush

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CLB 6 14 0 20 40
COL 14 21 6 17 58

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Week 13: vs Dallas Desperados

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DAL 14 21 7 14 56
CLB 7 14 14 12 47

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Week 14: at Georgia Force

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CLB 7 6 0 20 33
GEO 6 13 13 22 54

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Week 15: vs Kansas City Brigade

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KC 27 0 7 13 47
CLB 13 0 0 21 34

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Week 16: at Philadelphia Soul

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CLB 14 13 20 6 53
PHI 14 13 14 15 56

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Week 17: at New York Dragons

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CLB 21 23 16 14 74
NYD 14 9 14 6 43

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Playoffs

Week 1: at Tampa Bay Storm

1 2 3 4 Total
(6) CLB 14 21 7 14 56
(3) TAM 14 21 7 13 55

at the St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

The Destroyers entered the playoffs for the first time since their move to Columbus. In a game that was back-and-forth scoring, the key play was a missed extra point by Storm kicker Seth Marler with 1:06 left in the game. Following a delay-of-game penalty, Marler missed an extra point attempt that, had he made it, would have given the Storm a 56–49 lead. After Columbus got the ball on the ensuing kickoff, they drove down to the Storm 1-yard line with 10 seconds left. Columbus QB Matt Nagy called his own number and sneaked into the Storm endzone with 7.9 left in the game, and, after the extra point attempt, the Destroyers had a 56–55 lead and looked to pull off the upset. With 3 seconds left and at their own 10-yard line, Marler tried to make amends by attempting a field goal that, if good, would give the Storm a 58–56 win and a game against division rival Georgia. Marler's kick looked good to begin with, but curved off to the left and missed, giving Columbus the upset win and a matchup against the 15–1 Dallas Desperados.

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Attendance: 10,221

Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down.
CLB20222600/0012/6319:274/61/2
TB29143150/0011/6340:333/51/1

Week 2: at Dallas Desperados

1 2 3 4 Total
(6) CLB 21 7 17 21 66
(1) DAL 21 17 0 21 59

at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas

The Destroyers blew a 30-point lead and lost to the Desperados earlier this season 53–51 and they lost the 2nd game in Columbus 56–47. This time, it looked as if Dallas, after a shaky start, would continue their dominance over the Destroyers. Leading 38–28 at the half, the tide turned on back-to-back kickoffs by Columbus kicker Peter Martinez. Dallas, who had deferred, got the opening kickoff. However, the ball bounced off the goalpost and into the hands of Columbus' Josh Bush, who rolled into the endzone to make it 38–35. On the very next kickoff, a nearly identical play occurred when the ball again bounced off the goalpost and Columbus recovered at the 4-yard line. On the next play, Damien Groce ran the ball in to give Columbus a sudden 42–38 lead 58 seconds into the second half. After a Clint Dolezel interception set up a field goal for Columbus, Jason Shelley put the game away with a 28-yard reception with 12:55 left in the game to give Columbus a 2-touchdown lead that they held onto to pull off the upset against the Desperados.

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CLB0000/000/000:000/00/0
DAL0000/000/000:000/00/0

Week 3 (Conference Championship): at Georgia Force

at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total
(6) CLB 7 28 13 18 66
(2) GA 7 14 21 14 56

The Destroyers Pull off the Upset and they are going to ArenaBowl XXI In New Orleans to play the San Jose SaberCats.

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ArenaBowl XXI vs. San Jose SaberCats

at New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana

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