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MEDIA GUIDE
2014 Schedule
WEEK
DATE
MATCHUP
AZ TIME
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SATURDAY, MARCH 15
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PHILADELPHIA SOUL
6:00 PM
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SUNDAY, MARCH 23
VS
SPOKANE SHOCK
3:30 PM
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BYE WEEK
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SATURDAY, APRIL 5
VS
JACKSONVILLE SHARKS
6:00 PM
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SATURDAY, APRIL 12
AT
SAN JOSE SABERCATS
7:30 PM
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SATURDAY, APRIL 19
VS
PITTSBURGH POWER
6:00 PM
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SATURDAY, APRIL 26
VS
SAN ANTONIO TALONS
6:00 PM
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SATURDAY, MAY 3
AT
JACKSONVILLE SHARKS
4:00 PM
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SUNDAY, MAY 10
AT
PORTLAND THUNDER
7:00 PM
10
SUNDAY, MAY 18
VS
SPOKANE SHOCK
3:00 PM
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SUNDAY, MAY 25
AT
LA KISS
7:00 PM
12
SATURDAY, MAY 31
VS
SAN JOSE SABERCATS
6:30 PM
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FRIDAY, JUNE 6
AT
PORTLAND THUNDER
7:00 PM
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SATURDAY, JUNE 14
AT
SAN ANTONIO TALONS
TBD PM
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SATURDAY, JUNE 21 VS LA KISS 6:00 PM
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FRIDAY, JUNE 27
AT
SAN JOSE SABERCATS
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BYE WEEK
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SATURDAY, JULY 12
AT
SPOKANE SHOCK
7:00 PM
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SUNDAY, JULY 20
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PORTLAND THUNDER
3:00 PM
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SATURDAY, JULY 26
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ORLANDO PREDATORS
4:30 PM
7:30 PM
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MEDIA POLICIES US AIRWAYS CENTER SEASON TICKET Information 2014 Arizona rattlers staff 2014 Arizona rattlers players 2013 season in review Rattlers all-time history arena football league
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ARIZONA RATTLERS Mailing Address 14287 North 87th Street, Suite 120 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 PRACTICE FACILITY 4125 E. McKellips Road Mesa, Arizona 85215 CONTAcT INFORmATION 602.514.TDTD Ticket Office 480.751.1286 Fax info@azrattlers.com Email www.azrattlers.com Web www.facebook.com/azrattlers Facebook @arizonarattlers Twitter
RATTLERS 2014 MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS: Written and Edited by Dale Hajek and Photos by Yeung Photography, Timon Harper Photography Designed by Fisher
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MEDIA POLICIES
Welcome to the 2014 Arena Football League season. In an effort to continue to provide a professional working environment, the following guidelines have been established for the upcoming season. CREDENTIALS Access to Arizona Rattlers football games for accredited working media will require proper credentials. All credentials are non-transferable, and any unauthorized use will subject bearer to ejection from US Airways Center and confiscation of the credential. Season credentials will be issued to recognized newspapers, magazines, television and established radio stations making reasonable requests on company letterhead. Please indicate those persons who will be using each credential. Season and single-game credentials will be issued only to those who make requests on company letterhead. These requests can be sent by email to dhajek@azrattlers.com and must be requested by Wednesday prior to the game. Pre-arranged credentials may be picked up at the media will-call at the northeast press entrance two hours before game time. No credentials will be mailed. Media must wear credentials in plain view at all times within the arena. Working media with credentials will have access to the press room at designated times, as well as an assigned seat. Your cooperation is required to maintain a professional working atmosphere.
PHOTOGRAPHERS Photo credentials will be issued in the same manner as other credentials. Field access will be available to photographers from media outlets that have received credentials from the Rattlers media office. Photographers with the proper credentials will enter the arena through the press entrance and proceed down the stairway to the field level. Shooting areas are limited. PARKING Members of the media who are covering the Rattlers game will be able to park in our parking garage. The garage entrance lot is located south of the building on the corner of First Street and Jackson. All media that contact media relations will be on a list to receive access into the garage. These requests should be made at the same time as credential requests.
PRESS ENTRANCE The press entrance is located on the northeast corner of US Airways Center. Media members with proper Rattlers credentials will be admitted through this entrance. If a media representative requested credentials for a single game, they also can be picked up at this location. The press entrance will open two hours before game time. Credentials will not be recognized at other arena entrances. PRESS ROOM The Rattlers media work room is located in the northeast corner of the building on the field level. It can be reached through the press entrance and by walking down the stairs to the field level. The media work room, equipped with telephones, electrical outlets and press materials, will be open two hours before kick-off, during halftime intermission and for post-game work. GAME-NIGHT SERVICES Statistics will be furnished, including pre-game notes, halftime and final stats. All information will be available in the media work room. Fax service also will be available. RADIO AND TELEVISION Electronic media representing the visiting team must contact the Rattlers media relations office to ensure broadcast locations and lines. Three business telephones for visiting radio will be furnished by the Rattlers, but specific broadcast loops will have to be ordered by the station. Additional lines or information can be requested through Rachel Baudhuin at (602) 379-2029. Statisticians and spotters are available to assist radio and television broadcasts by contacting Media Relations.
PRACTICES All Rattlers practices are open to the media. Contact Media Relations Front Office to confirm practice schedules from week-to-week. For questions or assistance, contact Dale Hajek at dhajek@azrattlers.com.
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US AIRWAYS CENTER
US Airways Center, formerly known as America West Arena, has established itself as the premier sports and entertainment venue in the Southwest. Opened on June 5, 1992, the arena has hosted major sporting events, including the 1993 NBA Finals, the 1993 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, an Oscar de la Hoya bout in 1993, the 1995 and 2009 NBA All-Star Game, the 1999 and 2004 NCAA men’s basketball West Regional Finals, ArenaBowl XI and XVIII, and the 2000 WNBA All-Star game. In addition to the Arizona Rattlers, US Airways Center serves as home to the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury. The arena also has featured entertainers ranging from Billy Joel, Celine Dion, George Strait and Elton John, to stage shows such as Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus, WWE Wrestling and Disney on Ice. US Airways Center seats 14,398 for Rattler’s games.
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2014 TICKET PRICES
SEASON TICKET HOLDER BENEFITS »» Early entry to the arena on game day that guaranties receipt of giveaway items »» 15% discount at team shop kiosks and online »» First chance at playoff tickets »» Invitation to preseason BBQ at training camp on scrimmage day »» Pay no surcharges, fees, or taxes associated with advanced single game tickets »» Each account will receive two vouchers good for best available seat up to your seat price level, good for any regularseason home game (with the exception of season opener). »» Plus more to come ARIZONA RATTLERS FOOTBALL 201 E. Jefferson St. Phoenix, Arizona 85004 P 602.514.TDTD F 480.751.1286 E info@azrattlers.com
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PC
PL
Season Price Per Game
2013 Season Plan Total
2013 Flex Plan
x2
x3
x4
Group 30+
Group 15-29
Single Game Price
Sideline Row 1
A
1
$110
$990
$1,980
$2,970
$3,960
Sideline Rows 2-4
B
3
$87
$783
$1,566
$2,349
$3,132
Sideline Rows 5-11
C
4
$59
$531
$531
$1,062
$1,593
$2,124
Sideline Rows 12-28 / North Boxes
D
5
$49
$441
$441
$882
$1,323
$1,764
$49
$55
$59
Corner 2 / Endzone 1
E
7
$29
$261
$522
$783
$1,044
$29
$33
$39
$125 $89 $59
$65
$69
Lower Endzone-South
F
8
$20
$180
$360
$540
$720
$20
$25
$29
Upper Endzones
G
9
$17
$153
$306
$459
$612
$17
$22
$27
$15
$20
Upper Sideline
H
10
$17
$153
$153
$306
$459
$612
Upper Endzone-South
I
12
$10
$90
$90
$180
$270
$360
$11
Upper Endzone-North
J
11
$5
$45
$90
$135
$180
$6
$25
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2014 STAFF DIRECTORY
TEAM STAFF Ron Shurts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Majority Owner/ CEO Kevin Guy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Manager/Head Coach Kani Kauahi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Head Coach Dave Ewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive Coordinator David Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Player Personnel JT Thompson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Operations Coordinator Todd Conner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Equipment Manager Sean McMannes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athletic Trainer Leland Rogors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Strength and Conditioning Les Skelton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Team Safety Dale Hajek. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media and Community Relations Manager
SIDEWINDERS DANCERS STAFF Angie Baker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sidewinders Dancers Director
GAME DAY STAFF Kip Helt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Game Operations Rachel Baudhuin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arena Event Coordinator Steve Heck.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statistical Crew Leader
MEDICAL STAFF Shelden Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roger McCoy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Domer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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RON SHURTS, Majority owner / CEO Ron Shurts took over as majority owner and CEO of the Rattlers in 2011. Shurts has been a season-ticket holder since the team’s first snap in 1992. A prominent valley entrepreneur and co-founder of Scottsdale- based Annexus™, Shurts has more than 25 years of experience in financial services, sales and management, and has trained thousands of financial professionals. He also is the owner of Shurwest, a national marketing firm for financial advisors, also based in Scottsdale. An avid golfer and Nebraska Cornhusker’s fan, he is active in the community. Shurts is a sponsor of Phoenix Suns Charities, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona and The Salvation Army. He also is a proud Dad to son AJ.
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KEVIN GUY, General Manager/head coach Kevin Guy begins his 14th season coaching in Arena football, his 10th as a general manager and head coach, and his sixth in that position with the Rattlers. In 2013, Guy led one of the AFL’s most-storied franchises to its third consecutive ArenaBowl appearance and second straight world championship, a 48-39 victory over the Philadelphia Soul. The Rattlers posted an AFL-record 18 victories (first set by the team in 2011), including a 15-3 record during the regular season that featured an 8-1 mark on their home turf at Ak-Chin Field at US Airways Center. Under Guy, Arizona’s offense was explosive, scoring 170 touchdowns and averaging a leagueleading 66.8 points per game. The Rattlers also fielded one of the league’s most stingy defenses, allowing only 48.1 points per game, second to Philadelphia’s 46.6. Guy also saw eight of his players receive All-Arena honors, including two first-teamers. In 2012, Guy led Arizona to its first ArenaBowl championship in more than a decade. The Rattlers won 16 games, earning back-to-back West Division and National Conference championships. The offense scored 158 touchdowns during the regular season and averaged 62.1 points per game, while the defense forced 45 turnovers and allowed 48.9 points per game. Guy’s 2011 team piled up 160 touchdowns during the regular season, averaging 61.9 points per game. The defense, meanwhile, forced 54 turnovers for a plus-34 turnover ratio – the best in the AFL – while holding opposing teams to 46.4 points per game. While the Rattlers would make their first ArenaBowl appearance since 2004, they would come up short in the final seconds, losing 73-70 to the Jacksonville Sharks. An arenafootball2 Hall of Fame inductee, Guy has proven to be a consistent winner, owning a 72.6 winning percentage (122-46) as a head coach. In 2011, he was named NFL Network Coach of the Year. Guy joined the Rattlers on Aug. 10, 2007. He had been serving as defensive coordinator for the San Jose SaberCats, which had just won ArenaBowl XXI. The Rattlers, meanwhile, were coming off the second-worst record in the league (4-12). Guy immediately went to work. He retained only three players from the 2007 team and began the 2008 season with nine rookies and seven second-year players. Arizona would win four more games over the previous year and host a first-round playoff game against Grand Rapids. Guy finished second in voting for AFL Coach of the Year, one of only four coaches to receive votes for the award. In 2010, the Rattlers would post their first winning season (10-6) since 2004 and reach the National Conference semifinals, losing 57-49 to the Spokane Shock. While the AFL reorganized in 2009, Guy continued his duties with the Rattlers and served as a consultant to the general manager and head coach of the Rio Grande Valley Dorados (af2). Guy assisted with all aspects of the organization, including business and football operations. With the help of Guy’s advisement, Rio Grande Valley return to the af2 playoffs after failing to reach the postseason the previous year. Guy left the af2 with the most wins in the history of the league when he joined the SaberCats in 2005. His 52 victories came in his four seasons, an average of 13 wins per season. He picked up a Coach of the Year award along the way and finished with a 73.2 winning percentage while
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leading the Tennessee Valley Vipers (2002-04) and Dorados (2005). In 2005, Guy led the Texas-based Dorados to a 10-6 regular-season record and a trip to the league’s National Conference championship game. The Dorados’ last victory that season, a 65-42 decision over Tulsa in the playoffs, lifted him to the top of the league’s coaching leaders. With Tennessee Valley, Guy’s teams won 39 of 48 regular-season games and claimed a division title each season. In 2003, the Vipers won their first 14 games and reached the conference championship game. Guy would be named Coach of the Year. Guy’s teams consistently were ranked near the top of all major statistical categories during his tenure as an af2 coach. He had 31 players advance from the af2, with five joining the National Football League. He had 14 players earn All-af2 recognition. In 2001, Guy became the defensive coordinator for the AFL’s Florida Bobcats, where his defense limited opposing teams to fewer than 30 points per game twice and forced 26 turnovers. Florida also averaged six defensive stops per game. Guy joined the coaching ranks after an AFL playing career that lasted four seasons. He began the 2000 season as the defensive coordinator of the New Jersey Red Dogs. At 26, he was elevated to interim head coach for the last four games. His team was ranked fourth in the AFL in total defense and fifth in pass defense. Over those final four games, the Red Dogs averaged almost 10 more points per game than over the first 10 games. As a player, Guy spent four seasons with the Minnesota Fighting Pike (1996), the Red Dogs (1997-99) and the Orlando Predators (1999), primarily as a wide receiver and defensive back. He helped the Predators reach ArenaBowl XIII. Guy attended the University of West Alabama from 1991 to 1995. He was born Dec. 6, 1972, in Birmingham, Ala..
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KANI KAUAHI, ASSISTANT head coach Kauahi begins his eighth season with the Rattlers. The Hawaii native spent the early portion of his professional coaching career working with teams in the Canadian Football League, including the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2006), Ottawa Renegades (2002-05) and BC Lions (1998-2000). He also logged one season with the San Francisco Demons (2001) of the XFL. Kauahi began his coaching career in 1995 as the offensive line coach at Mesa Community College. He also served as the strength and conditioning coach for the Arizona Cardinals (199697). After playing college football at Arizona State University and the University of Hawaii, Kauahi spent 11 years as a center in the National Football League – twice with the Phoenix Cardinals (1993, 1989-91). He also played for the Kansas City Chiefs (1992), Green Bay Packers (1988) and Seattle Seahawks (1982-86). Kauahi most recently has been coaching the offensive line at the University of Waterloo , in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Kauahi was born Sept. 6, 1959, in Kekaha, Hawaii. He and his wife, Gay, have three children: Kalei, Kamana and Hana.
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DAVE EWART, DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR Dave Ewart begins his 21st year coaching in Arena football, his first with the Rattlers. Ewart spent the last three years as the head coach of the Tampa Bay Storm, leading the team to the American Conference semifinals in 2013 against the Jacksonville Sharks. He also served seven years as an assistant to the late Tim Marcum, AFL Hall of Fame coach. Ewart was named the Storm’s sixth head coach in team history on Feb. 17, 2011. Ewart’s 2011 team recorded an AFL-record 41 sacks. As an assistant in 2010, his defensive line racked up the second-most sacks (29) in the league as the Storm went on to compete in ArenaBowl XXIII. After serving as an assistant coach at East Tennessee State and Glenville State College in the early 1990s, Ewart began his professional coaching career in 1994 with the Cleveland Thunderbolts. He also spent time with the St. Louis Stampeded (1995-96), Texas Terror (1997), Florida Bobcats (1998, 2000-01) and New England Sea Wolves (1999). Ewart attended Salem International University, where he played on the offensive line from 198788 before transferring to East Tennessee State. He twice was an All-Southern Conference selection and earned Division I-AA All-American honors during his time with the Buccaneers. Ewart was born March 30, 1969, in Shinneston, W. Va.
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DAVID TURNER, DIRECTOR OF PLAYER PERSONNEL Turner begins his third season as director of player personnel for the Rattlers. He previously spent two seasons as the head of player personnel for the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League. Turner brings 10 years of NFL experience to the Rattlers. He was assistant director of pro personnel for the Oakland Raiders from 2005-10. His duties included generating weekly advance reports through the regular season, as well as reporting and grading all restricted and unrestricted free agents. He evaluated college players in 2005 and 2006 as the Northwest regional scout Turner also interned for the New York Giants (2003-05) and Miami Dolphins (2002-03).
TODD CONNEr, EQUIPMENT MANAGER Conner begins his fifth season with the Rattlers, his first as equipment manager. He previously headed the team’s quality control department. Conner joined the Rattlers as a football operations intern in 2010. He had been the general manager of Barro’s Pizza in Mesa for 30 years. Conner was a wide receiver on Fullerton College’s team that won the South Coast Conference championship in 1981. He attended Esperanza High School in Anaheim, Ca., and was a part of the school’s first state championship in 1979. Conner resides in Gilbert with his wife, Audrey. He and his wife have two children, Kara and Brianna. Conner also has a granddaughter, Kaydence.
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JESSE GEFFON, HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER 2013 will be Geffon’s first season with the Rattlers. Certified by the NATA, Geffon has a BS in athletic training from Florida State University and a Masters on Human Relations degree from Oklahoma. Prior to joining the Rattlers, Geffon was the United Football League Director of Athletic Training from 2009-2013. Geffon also spent time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the University of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
SEAN McMannes, ATHLETIC TRAINER McMannes begins his first season with the Rattlers. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in physiology from the University of Arizona before earning his Masters of Athletic Training degree at Texas Tech University. His professional experience includes working with the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars and Oakland Raiders.
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SHELDEN MARTIN Dr. Shelden L. Martin is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon, specializing in shoulder, elbow and knee surgery. He is a member of OrthoArizona – Arizona Orthopaedic Associates in Chandler, AZ and serves as the Head Team Physician for the AFL’s 2012 ArenaBowl XXV World Champion Arizona Rattlers. He obtained his undergraduate degree at La Salle University in Philadelphia, PA, followed by medical school at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. He then completed his internship and orthopedic surgery residency at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago, followed by subspecialty fellowship training in orthopedic sports medicine & shoulder/elbow surgery with OrthoCarolina at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. He has worked with professional, collegiate, and high school athletic teams, including the Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Knights, Joe Gibbs Racing team, the University of North Carolina and the local Desert Vista High School. Dr. Martin utilizes the most advanced techniques in shoulder and elbow arthroscopic and joint replacement surgery, as well as knee ligament reconstruction and cartilage transplant procedures. His research has been presented both nationally and internationally and published extensively in the peer-reviewed literature. Dr. Martin provides world-class patient care at Scottsdale Healthcare, OASIS hospital, Banner Desert Medical Center, and Mercy Gilbert Medical Center.
ROGER MCCOY Dr. McCoy has been part of the D-backs’ family since the organization’s inception, working with the minor leaguers prior to the club’s inaugural season in 1998. Dr. McCoy is a board certified family physician with a special fellowship training in sports medicine. He graduated from Miami (Ohio) University, then earned his Master’s degree in anatomy and medical degree from Wright State University...while completing his family practice residency in Toledo, served as a team physician for the University of Toledo and a couple of local high schools for three years. Dr. McCoy was honored as the Sports Medicine Fellow at Michigan State University where he served as team physician and a faculty member teaching and developing course work at the medical school and was also named as one of Phoenix’s “Top Docs” of 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012 by PHOENIX Magazine. He is a team physician for Arizona State University, a published author in sports medicine literature and a member of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and serves as faculty for Arizona State University/St. Joseph’s sports medicine fellowship program and for resident physicians and physician assistants on their clinical rotations. Dr. McCoy has extensive experience with functional rehab and training programs along with the evaluation and treatment of concussions in sports. He is a certified IMPACT neuropsychological provider for the evaluation of concussions and serves as the voluntary team physician for Mountain Pointe and Desert Vista High Schools.
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jASON LAKE Dr. Lake is an orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in complex foot and ankle disorders. His practice interests include sports and cartilage injuries, trauma, arthritis treatment, and advanced reconstructive procedures and tendon transfers. He is one of the few orthopaedic surgeons in the valley performing total ankle replacement surgery. Dr. Lake grew up in the valley and returned home after training in 2010. He has been practicing with OrthoArizona, Mezona Division in the east valley since he returned home.
MICHAEL DOMER Dr. Domer is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in general orthopedics, sports medicine, arthroscopic surgery. He board certified through the American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons. With Oasis Hospital since it opened, Dr. Domer received his medical degree from St. Louis University.
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JT THOMPSON, DIRECTOR OF TEAM OPERATIONS JT Thompson has been with the Rattlers since 1996. She is responsible for several aspects of football operations, including team travel, accommodations and game-day operations. Thompson previously spent 10 years as a department secretary for America West Airlines’ training and airport operations offices at its hub in Phoenix. She also was an entertainer and office administrator for four years with Disc Jockey Entertainment. She has an associate degree in broadcast communications from Miller Institute.
DALE HAJEK, MEDIA AND PR COORDINATOR Hajek begins his first season with the Rattlers. He previously spent 30 years as an editor and sports reporter for The Arizona Republic and Phoenix Gazette. Hajek has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Northern Arizona University. He and his wife, Karen, have two children, Kyle and Kelly.
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LELAND RODGERS, STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH Rodgers begins his first season with the Rattlers. After his football career was over at Florida Atlantic University in 2004, he remained as an assistant under Coach Howard Schnellenbeger. Rodgers has served as director of strength and conditioning at two East Valley high schools. He also has worked in the training camps of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns and Oakland Raiders. Rodgers is a former head coach at Gilbert High School, as well as a defensive coordinator at Mesquite High School in Gilbert. He played at Mesa’s Dobson High School and Scottsdale Community College.
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ANGIE BAKER, SIDEWINDERS DANCERS DIRECTOR Angie Baker has been involved in cheerleading and dance for two decades. She professionally cheered for six years, four of those with the Rattlers. As a member of the Sidewinders, Baker represented the Rattlers at the 2007 ArenaBowl and at Talladega International Speedway as part of the Arena Football League’s Dream Team. Baker was a cheerleader for the Arizona Cardinals from 2008-10 and performed at the 2009 Super Bowl in Tampa, Fla. She also was a member of the Cardinals’ Show Team and traveled to Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, to perform for military members and their families. Baker is a veteran cheerleading instructor and judge for USA Cheer.
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RATTLERS ROSTER
NO. POS. NAME HGT WGT DOB COLLEGE 11
DB
Arkeith Brown
6-0
190
7/1/91
Texas A&M
60
OL
Sherman Carter
6-3
310
9/13/88
Tennessee State
24
DB
Allen Chapman
5-11
185
7/23/81
Kansas State
10
QB
Nick Davila
6-3
220
5/22/85
Cincinnati
75
OL
Cornelius Dixon
6-6
345
4/7/84
Missouri Valley
6
DL
Cliff Dukes
6-4
295
6/26/81
Michigan State
19
DB
Marquis Floyd
6-1
190
3/17/80
West Georgia
94
DL
Tyre Glasper
6-3
270
4/14/87
North Carolina A&T
4
DB
Vicqual “Vic” Hall
5-9
185
9/24/86
Virginia
77
DL
Anttaj Hawthorne
6-3
345
11/15/81
Wisconsin
69
OL
Michael Huey
6-5
315
9/28/88
Texas
95
DL
Nicolas Jean-Baptiste
6-2
330
3/8/89
Baylor
20
DB
Jeremy Kellem
5-10
195
6/6/89
Middle Tennessee State
66
OL
Jeff Maddux
6-4
315
8/6/88
Central Michigan
9
QB
Jason Murrietta
6-0
220
9/9/84
Northern Arizona
50
DL
Louis Nzegwu
6-3
260
5/15/89
Wisconsin
3
WR
Jared Perry
6-1
180
8/27/88
Missouri
70
DL
Marcus Pittman
6-5
290
5/10/86
Troy
12
WR
Tysson Poots
6-2
225
1/12/88
Southern Utah
2
WR
Maurice Purify
6-4
230
1/17/86
Nebraska
15
WR
Kerry Reed
6-2
205
10/24/84
Michigan State
8
FB
Alex Singleton
5-11
275
11/7/89
Tulsa
68
OL
Keith Williams
6-5
330
4/8/88
Nebraska
1
WR
Rod Windsor
6-2
205
4/24/85
Western New Mexico
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Brown is beginning his third season in Arena Football, all with the Rattlers. 2013: Named second-team All-Arena after collecting 79.5 tackles and eight interceptions in 18 games with the Rattlers. . . 2012: Named second-team All-Arena as a rookie after recording 83.5 tackles, 21 pass breakups and 10 interceptions with the Rattlers. Earned Defensive Player of the Game honors in ArenaBowl XXV.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Brown participated in a rookie free agent tryout with the New Orleans Saints during their rookie minicamp in the spring of 2009.
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ARKEITH BROWN defensive BACK DATE OF BIRTH 5-1-1986 HEIGHT 6-0 WEIGHT 190 EXPERIENCE 2 Years COLLEGE Texas A&M HOMETOWN Houston, TX
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Brown posted 51 tackles while seeing action in all 13 games at Texas A&M (2007). He started the last six games registering 30 tackles over that span, led the team by breaking up eight passes, and notched a career high 11 tackles against Kansas. In 2006 Brown was the Aggies’ top pass defender off the bench with four passes broken up and 21 tackles, started two games while seeing action in every game, and posted three PBUs in his starting debut while covering NFL prospect Jonathan Holland of Louisiana Tech. Had a season-best three tackles against The Citadel, Louisiana-Lafayette and vs. Cal in the Holiday Bowl. As a freshman he was a mainstay on a variety of special teams units and saw limited action in the defensive secondary. He made 13 tackles, including nine solo stops, in 11 games of action and broke up a pass against SMU.
HIGH SCHOOL Brown earned Class 4A all-state mention as a defensive back and return specialist at El Campo High School. Was second-team all-state honors as a defensive back as a senior after grabbing seven interceptions while helping El Campo to a 9-4 record. He contributed 18 catches for 368 yards and two touchdowns as a senior. As a junior, Brown received honorable mention all-state honors as a return specialist. Contributed five interceptions (two returned for touchdowns) on defense and 22 catches for 343 yards on offense while helping El Campo to an 11-3 record and the Div. II quarterfinals. Was a three-time all-district selection at wide receiver and defensive back. Brown was named Consensus Texas Top 100 prospect and a member of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine’s Super Team. He was a standout in track and field, Brown posted third place finishes in the triple jump (47-3) and 4x200 relay (1:27.98) and was fourth in the high jump (6-8) at the 2005 Class 4A state track and field meet.
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Carter is beginning his first season in Arena Football.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Attended training camp with the San Francisco 49ers in 2013.
COLLEGE Was a three-year starter at center for Tennessee State...Earned All-Conference honors as a junior and senior.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL Was a first-team All-State and All-Region selection at La Vergne High School in La Vergne, Tenn.
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SHERMAN CARTER LINEMAN DATE OF BIRTH 9-13-1988 HEIGHT 6-3 WEIGHT 310 EXPERIENCE: Rokie COLLEGE Tennessee State HOMETOWN La Vergne, Tenn.
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Chapman is beginning his first season in Arena Football.
COLLEGE Spent two seasons at Kansas State, totaling 107 tackles, six interceptions - two of which were returned for touchdowns - and 15 passes defended... Logged career-highs with 57 tackles, five interceptions and 10 pass breakups as a senior in 2012... Began collegiate career at City College of San Francisco, where he collected 39 tackles, 10 interceptions, two fumble recoveries and one sack.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL Twice named All-Blossom Valley Athletic League, Mt. Hamilton Division, in 2007 and 2008. Majored in sociology.
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ALLEN CHAPMAN DEFENSIVE BACK DATE OF BIRTH 7-23-1981 HEIGHT 5-11 WEIGHT 185 EXPERIENCE ROOKIE COLLEGE Kansas State HOMETOWN San Francisco, CA
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Nick Davila is beginning his fifth season in Arena Football, all with the Rattlers.
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NICK DAVILA QUARTERBACK DATE OF BIRTH 5-22-1985 HEIGHT 6-3 WEIGHT 220 EXPERIENCE 4 Years COLLEGE Cincinnati HOMETOWN Los Angeles, CA
2013: Named second-team All-Arena after passing for 4,847 yards and 110 touchdowns with the Rattlers. . . Became the first quarterback in pro football history to throw at least 100 touchdown passes in four consecutive seasons, doing so in his first four years in the league... Selected Al Lucas AFL Pulse Player of the Year for his contributions on and off the field...2012: Selected second-team All-Arena after passing for 113 touchdowns and a single-season franchise record 5,500 yards with the Rattlers. . . Became the first quarterback in pro football history to throw at least 100 touchdown passes in three consecutive season, doing so in his first three years in the league... Recorded a single-game franchise record 11 touchdown passes against the Utah Blaze on May 19, 2012... Named ArenaBowl XXV MVP after setting ArenaBowl records with a passer rating of 142.5 and completion percentage of 76.7 percent against the Philadelphia Soul... Also tied the ArenaBowl record for touchdown passes with nine in ArenaBowl XXV...2011: Named National Guard MVP of the Year and second-team All-Arena after leading the league in pass efficiency (127.6) and ranking second in completion percentage (70.7) and pass completions (427) with the Rattlers. .. Led the Rattlers to their best regular-season record in the franchise’s 18-year history, notching 16 wins and 2 losses, returning to the Arena Bowl for the first time since 2004...2010: Set the AFL record for most passes attempted (617) and completed (415) by a rookie quarterback, as well as league marks for completion percentage (67.3), passing touchdowns (102), and passing yards (4,858) with the Rattlers.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Attended mini-camp with the Cleveland Browns in 2007.
COLLEGE Played sparingly in college, but stepped up and made the most of every opportunity. Completed nearly 59% of his passes (96/163) for 1,401 yards for 12 touchdowns and only five interceptions in his 12 collegiate games. Won both of the starts he got while with the Bearcats, including a huge 30-11 upset of then-undefeated Rutgers. Threw for a touchdown in that game and ran for another to earn BIG EAST Honor Roll and team Offensive Player of the Week honors. Was presented with the Glenn Sample Award for Community Service for his participation in the Locks of Love program his senior year. Transferred to Cincinnati from Chaffey Junior College, where he received All-American honors. He completed 64 percent of his passes for 2,792 yards and 24 TDs as a sophomore and passed for 2,982 yards and 22 TDs as a freshman. Was named first team allstate both seasons and helped team to second place league honors in both years.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL Earned All-League honors his junior and senior seasons at Damien High (Calif.), passing for 3,237 yards and 22 touchdowns in two seasons as a starter. Also earned All-Conference honors in baseball. Son of Fernando and Marsha Davila. Has one brother and four sisters. Majored in history.
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Dixon is beginning his fourth season in Arena Football, his second with the Rattlers. 2013: Caught three passes for 66 yards in 16 games with the Rattlers...2012: Played in 17 games with the Kansas City Command...2011: Started 13 games as a rookie for the Kansas City Command.
COLLEGE Dixon was named Most Valuable Blocker in 2009 at Missouri Valley College, as well as receiving a Heart of America first-team all-Conference selection. Dixon was also twice named a first-team all-Conference honoree at Merced Junior College.
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CORNELUIS DIXON OFFENSIVE LINEMAN DATE OF BIRTH 4-7-1984 HEIGHT 6-6 WEIGHT 345 EXPERIENCE 3 Years COLLEGE Missouri Valley HOMETOWN Marianna, FL
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Dorsey is beginning his first season in Arena Football.
COLLEGE Totaled 12 tackles and one interception in four games at Arizona Western College in 2012. Played at Grand Rapids (Mich.) Community College in 2011.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL Was a four-star recruit and Under Armour All-American coming out of Fort Lauderdale Boyd Anderson High School.
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DEMAR DORSY DEFENSIVE BACK DATE OF BIRTH 8-17-1991 HEIGHT 6-1 WEIGHT 185 EXPERIENCE Rookie COLLEGE Arizona Western HOMETOWN Fort Lauderdale, FL
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Dukes is beginning his fifth season in Arena Football, his third with the Rattlers. 2013: Recorded 14 tackles and two sacks in 14 games with the Rattlers...2012: Recorded 20.5 tackles and six sacks with the Rattlers... 2011: Earned first-team All-Arena honors and was named Defensive Lineman of the Year after recording a career-high 40.5 tackles and 12.5 sacks with the Tampa Bay Storm... 2010: Named second-team All-Arena after collecting 34.5 tackles and seven sacks with Tampa Bay. 2008: Recorded one tackle as a rookie with Tampa Bay.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Dukes spent time on the NFL rosters of the St. Louis Rams, New Orleans Saints and the Detroit Lions as well as the Toronto Argonauts in the CFL.
COLLEGE Dukes graduated from Michigan State University, where he started in 35 games with the Spartans, and collected 15.5 sacks.
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CLIFF DUKES DEFENSIVE LINEMAN DATE OF BIRTH 6-26-1981 HEIGHT 6-4 WEIGHT 295 EXPERIENCE 3 Years COLLEGE Michigan State HOMETOWN Lexington Park, MD
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Floyd is beginning his seventh season in Arena Football, his fourth with the Rattlers. 2013: Tallied 81 tackles and nine interceptions in 16 games with the Rattlers...2012: Recorded 85.5 tackles and five interceptions with the Rattlers...2011: Collected a career-high 101.5 tackles to go along with nine interceptions as a member of the Rattlers...2008: Earned first-team AllArena honors after recording a career-high 10 interceptions with the San Jose Sabercats...2007: Notched 56 tackles and six interceptions with San Jose...2006: Collected 46.5 tackles and three interceptions as a rookie with San Jose.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Signed to the Dallas Cowboys’ practice squad on Nov. 30, 2009. On Sept. 6, 2009, Floyd was claimed off of waivers and signed to the Cleveland Browns’ active roster. He was waived on Sept. 22. He was signed back onto the Cleveland Browns practice squad on September 24. On Sept. 5, 2009, Floyd was waived by the Browns during final cuts. On Aug. 12, 2008, Floyd was signed by the Seattle Seahawks. He was waived by the team during final cuts on August 30 but was later resigned to the team’s practice squad.
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MARQUIS FLOYD DEFENSIVE BACK DATE OF BIRTH 3-17-1980 HEIGHT 6-0 WEIGHT 195 EXPERIENCE 6 Years COLLEGE West Georgia HOMETOWN Monroe, GA
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Floyd attended the University of West Georgia, where he was a three-time American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-American. He led the Braves in INTs in each of his last three seasons and holds the school record for career INTs with 19. Floyd recorded 231 tackles, 164 solo during his four seasons. He holds the school’s all-time punt return yards record with 982 on 125 returns. Floyd ended his college career participating in the 2003 Cactus Bowl Division II all-star classic in Kingsville, Texas.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL A four sport athlete at Monroe Area High School in Monroe, GA. Floyd played football, basketball, track and baseball, earning basketball MVP honors as a junior and senior. Floyd also won the ‘Best Sprinter’ award from his track team and ‘Best Outfielder’ honor for baseball.
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Glasper is beginning his fourth season in Arena Football, all with the Rattlers. 2013: Collected 33 tackles and five sacks in 18 games with the Rattlers...2012: Notched 37.5 tackles, four sacks, one interception to go along with three forced and recovered fumbles in 17 games with the Rattlers...2011: Recorded 28 tackles and finished second on the team in sacks with 7.5 in 17 games as a rookie with the Rattlers.
COLLEGE Glasper played college football at North Carolina A&T University. He started 10 games his senior year registering 44 tackles, four sacks, one fumble recovery, and one blocked kick. During his junior year, Glasper started 12 games and collected a career-best 42 tackles and recorded 3.5 sacks. Selected Preseason All-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Second Team for the 2009 season. Made preseason All-MEAC in 2008 as well. Has played in 26 games over his career with 81 career tackles, four blocked kicks, four career fumble recoveries and nine career sacks.
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HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL Glasper attended M.L. King High School in Detroit, MI.
TYRE GLASPER DEFENSIVE LINEMAN DATE OF BIRTH 4-14-1987 HEIGHT 6-3 WEIGHT 270 EXPERIENCE 3 Years COLLEGE North Carolina A&T HOMETOWN Detroit, MI
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Hall is beginning his fourth season in Arena Football, his first with the Rattlers. 2013: Tallied 90.5 tackles and eight interceptions in 16 games for the Chicago Rush . . . 2012: Racked up 63.5 tackles and one interception for Chicago. . . 2011: Collected 109 tackles and an AFL rookie-record 15 interceptions, earning him Riddell Defensive Player of the Year and firstteam All-Arena honors.
COLLEGE Spent time with the NFL’s Chicago Bears and New York Jets.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL Started his college career at Virginia as a quarterback but eventually moved to cornerback.
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VIQUAL “VIC” HALL OFFENSIVE BACK DATE OF BIRTH 9-24-1986 HEIGHT 5-9 WEIGHT 185 EXPERIENCE 3 Years HOMETOWN: Lynchburg, VA HOMETOWN Macomb, MI
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Hawthorne is beginning his sixth season in Arena Football, all with the Rattlers. 2013: Collected 15 tackles and 1.5 sacks in 18 games with the Rattlers...2012: Recorded 22.5 tackles and 5.5 sacks as a member of the Rattlers...2011: Named first-team All-Arena after recording 19 tackles and a career-high seven sacks to go along with six fumble recoveries with the Rattlers... 2010: Collected 20.5 tackles and 6.5 sacks with the Rattlers... 2008: Recorded 13 tackles and one sack as a rookie with the Rattlers.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Hawthorne was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 6th round (175th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played in two games his rookie season, recording two assists. Hawthorne registered 13 solo tackles and three assists in eight games during the 2006 NFL season before being allocated to the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe. In his first year in Frankfurt, he registered 28 regular season tackles and two sacks on a top ranked rushing defense that allowed only 52 years per game. He won his first World Bowl title that same year.
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ANTTAJ HAWTHORNE defensive lineman DATE OF BIRTH 11-15-1981 HEIGHT 6-3 WEIGHT 345 EXPERIENCE 5 Years COLLEGE Wisconsin HOMETOWN Hamden, CT
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COLLEGE Hawthorne was a four-year starter (2001-2004) on the defensive line at the University of Wisconsin. He started the last two games at Nose-tackle in his freshman year then moved to left tackle where he started 41 consecutive games. He earned third team All-American honors his senior year and was named All-Big Ten Conference three times, including a first team selection as a junior, and a consensus selection as a senior. He was the recipient of the team’s Jay Seiler Coaches Appreciation Award and named team captain his senior year. He finished his career with 201 tackles, 42 tackles for a loss, 12 sacks, two forced fumbles, four pass deflections and an interception. His 42 tackles for a loss places him sixth on the school’s all time list.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL He earned All-State three times, was named USA Today, ESPN and Super Preps first team All-American and earned Prep Stars Dream Team accolades his senior year at Hamden High School. That same year he competed in the National High School All-Star game and was rated the ninth-best overall player and second ranked defensive player in the country by Tom Lemmings Prep football Report. A native of Hamden, CT.
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Huey is beginning his third season in Arena Football, all with the Rattlers. 2013: Selected second-team All-Arena, starting all 17 games for the Rattlers...2012: Selected first-team All-Arena, starting all 14 games played as a rookie for the Rattlers.
COLLEGE Huey was a four-year guard, played in 47 games starting in 20. He was a three-time member of UT’s Athletics Director’s Honor Roll…a second-team Academic All-Big 12 selection. He graduated with a degree in physical culture and sport.
HIGH SCHOOL Attended Kilgore HS where he was prep All-American and all-state performer. He started in the 2007 U.S.Army All-American Bowl, and was a member of ESPN’s top 150 national prospects.
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MICHAEL HUEY Offensive lineman DATE OF BIRTH 9-28-1988 HEIGHT 6-5 WEIGHT 315 EXPERIENCE 2 Year COLLEGE Texas HOMETOWN Kilgore, TX
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Jean-Baptiste is beginning his first season in Arena Football.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Made the practice squads of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens and Indianapolis Colts. Spent time with the Cleveland Browns.
COLLEGE Appeared in 49 games with 21 starts for Baylor, totaling 94 career tackles, five sacks, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL Attended Strake Jesuit College Prep in Stafford, Texas, where he starred on both the offensive and defensive lines. Earned first-team All-District 17-5A honors in 2006.
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NICOLAS JEANBAPTISTE defensive lineman DATE OF BIRTH 3-8-1989 HEIGHT 6-2 WEIGHT 330 EXPERIENCE Rookie COLLEGE Baylor HOMETOWN Stafford,TX
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Kellem is beginning his third season in Arena Football, his second with the Rattlers. 2013: Tallied 74.5 tackles and six interceptions as a Jack linebacker with the Rattlers...2012: Earned second-team All-Arena honors after recording a team-high 95.5 tackles and nine interceptions as a rookie with the New Orleans VooDoo... Collected a takeaway in each of his first five games with the VooDoo.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Had a stint in the UFL with the Omaha Nighthawks, but was released in the team’s final training camp cuts.
COLLEGE Kellem attended Middle Tennessee State where he was a three-time All-Sun Belt Conference player earning First Team honors his junior and senior seasons. Kellem was also named to the ESPN Academic All-American Second Team in 2010.
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JEREMY KELLEM
An all-state and all-country players at Deerfield Beach HS, Kellem had 85 tackles, four sacks, eight caused fumbles, five fumble recoveries, and three blocked field goals during his career. He also recorded four touchdowns. Kellem was named Defensive MVP at the North-South All-Star game. Lettered in both football and basketball.
DEfensive BACK DATE OF BIRTH 6-6-1989 HEIGHT 5-9 WEIGHT 195 EXPERIENCE 2 Year COLLEGE Middle Tennessee State HOMETOWN North Lauderdale, FL
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Maddux is beginning his fourth season in Arena Football, his first with the Rattlers. 2013: Started all 16 games played along the offensive line for the Chicago Rush...2012: Played in 13 games for the Cleveland Gladiators, recording one reception for 11 yards... 2011: Started four games across the offensive line as a rookie for the Gladiators.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Spent time with the NFL’s Detroit Lions.
COLLEGE Started 47 of 49 career games at Central Michigan. He earned second-team All-MAC and a share of the conference’s Offensive Upfront Player of the Year.
HIGH SCHOOL Was the only player to win the Art Price Award (team’s most valuable lineman) three times at Monroe High School. Also was a member of the Detroit Free Press Dream Team.
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JEFF MADDUX OFFENSIVE LINE DATE OF BIRTH 8-6-1988 HEIGHT 6-4 WEIGHT 315 EXPERIENCE 3 YearS COLLEGE Central Michigan HOMETOWN Monroe, MI
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Murrietta is beginning his seventh year in Arena Football, his fifth in the AFL, and third with the Rattlers. 2013: Appeared in 14 games, completing 30 of 42 passes for 504 yards and 10 touchdowns for the Rattlers. . . 2012: Saw limited action, going 12-for-22 for 161 yards and five touchdowns for the Rattlers.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Played with the Cleveland Gladiators (2010), Central Valley Coyotes (2009), Spokane Shock (2008) and Rock River Raptors (2007).
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JASON MURRIETTA QUARTERBACK
Murrietta holds the school record for career touchdowns (94) at Northern Arizona University. He also ranks third in completion percentage (57.9), and fourth in passing yards per completion at (7.1). His total career passing yards rank second in school history, 10,717, and those numbers place him at number six on the all time passing list in the Big Sky Conference. He won Big Sky Offensive Player of the Year in 2003 and 2006, First Team All Big Sky in 2006, and was also named a Preseason All-American in 2004 and 2006. He was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award (the equivalent of the Heisman Trophy for I-AA schools) twice in his collegiate career.
HIGH SCHOOL Murrietta attended Glendale Ironwood, and was the last quarterback to lead a West Valley school to the big school state championship game. He holds several school records there such as career touchdown passes with 44, touchdown passes in a game with 5, most passing yards in a game with 316, and career passing yards with 5579.
DATE OF BIRTH 9-9-1984 HEIGHT 6-0 WEIGHT 220 EXPERIENCE 6 Years College Northern Arizona University HOMETOWN Glendale, AZ
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Nzegwu is beginning his first season in Arena Football.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Spent time in the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, Miami Dolphins and Atlanta Falcons organizations.
COLLEGE A Played in 48 games with 27 starts at Wisconsin. Produced 100 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, six quarterback pressures, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and six passes defensed. As a senior in 2011, started 14 games and led the Badgers with 4.5 sacks. He also registered 38 tackles, seven tackles for loss, one quarterback pressure, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and two passes defensed. As a junior in 2010, started 13 games and ranked second on the team with three sacks and three quarterback pressures. Posted 46 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble and three passes defensed. As a sophomore in 2009, played in 10 games. Compiled 10 tackles, three tackles for loss, 3.5 quarterback sacks, two quarterback pressures and one pass defensed. As a freshman in 2008, played in 11 games and notched six tackles. In 2007, redshirted as a true freshman.
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LOUIS NZEGWU
Attended Platteville (Wis.) High School...Majored in sociology at Wisconsin...Last name is pronounced niz-EGG-woo.
DEFENSIVE LINEMAN DATE OF BIRTH 5-15-1989 HEIGHT 6-3 WEIGHT 260 EXPERIENCE Rookie COLLEGE Wisconsin HOMETOWN Platteville, WI
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Perry is beginning his third season in Arena Football, his second with the Rattlers. 2013: Caught 58 passes for 892 yards and 20 touchdowns in 14 games with the Arizona Rattlers...2012: Named NET10 Rookie of the Year after totaling 133 receptions for 1,811 yards and 31 touchdowns with the Chicago Rush... His 1,811 receiving yards were the second-most in a single season by a rookie in AFL history.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Perry was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Philadelphia Eagles following the 2012 draft. He also spent time with the San Francisco 49ers.
COLLEGE Perry spent four years at Missouri where he finished his career with 137 receptions, 1,838 yards and 13 touchdowns. His freshman year with the Tigers, Perry led all Bif 12 freshman with 37 receptions for 429 yards and three touchdowns. He earned honorable mention freshman All-American and was namedto the Big 12 All-Freshman team.
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JARED PERRY WIDE RECEIVER
As a senior at LaMarque HS, Perry was team captain and his team’s offensive player of the year after catching 32 passes for 540 yards and 13 touchdowns. As a junior he recorded 51 catches for 1,000 yards and eight TDs, earning First-team all-District. Played on a team that won a state championship as a sophomore. Also ran track and was a regional qualifier, participating in sprints and high jump.
DATE OF BIRTH 8-27-1988 HEIGHT 6-1 WEIGHT 180 EXPERIENCE 2 Years COLLEGE Missouri HOMETOWN LaMarque, TX
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Pittman is beginning his sixth season in Arena Football, his fifth with the Rattlers. 2013: Recorded 18 tackles and 6.5 sacks in 16 games with the Arizona Rattlers...2012: Recorded a career-high 28 tackles and 10.5 tackles for loss, while tying his own single-season franchise record of 8.5 sacks with the Rattlers... 2011: Set a single-season franchise record with 8.5 sacks for the Rattlers... 2010: Recorded two tackles and half a sack in six games as a rookie with the Rattlers...2009: Appeared in 10 games with the Bossier-Shreveport Battlewings (formerly af2), logged 25 tackles, seven sacks, two pass breakups and two forced fumbles. Led the Battlewings to the conference semifinals.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Attended training camp with the New Orleans Saints in 2008. Also was a member of the Kansas City Chiefs.
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MARCUS PITTMAN Defensive LINEMAN
Played nose tackle for the Troy Trojans in 2006 and 2007. Was part of teams that won the Sunbelt Conference title both seasons and won the 2006 New Orleans Bowl. Finished his collegiate career with 42 tackles, four sacks and an interception. Also attended Garden City Community College.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL During the offseason, teaches at the same high school he attended, Western Harnett High in Lillington, North Carolina.
DATE OF BIRTH 5-10-1986 HEIGHT 6-5 WEIGHT 290 EXPERIENCE 5 Years COLLEGE Troy HOMETOWN Broadway, NC
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Poots is beginning his third season in Arena Football, all with the Rattlers. 2013: Caught 45 passes for 533 yards and 18 touchdowns in eight games with the Rattlers...2012: Caught 108 passes for 1,167 yards and 30 touchdowns in 11 games as a rookie with the Utah Blaze.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE In 2011, Poots signed as an undrafted free agent with the Dallas Cowboys before being released during final cuts.
COLLEGE Poots finished his career at Southern Utah University seventh all-time in the Football Championship Subdivision in receiving yards per game (99.4), ninth in receptions (282) and receiving touchdowns (43). His senior year Poots recorded 85 catches for 1,230 yards and 11 TDs, ranking fourth in the nation in receptions and yards per game.
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TYSSON POOTS WIDE RECEIVER DATE OF BIRTH 1-12-1988 HEIGHT 6-2 WEIGHT 220 EXPERIENCE 2 Years COLLEGE Southern Utah HOMETOWN Las Vegas, NV
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As a junior, Poots earned Fabulous-50 recognition from College Sporting News and was honored as a second-team all-American by The Sports Network. Poots was also named the 2010 NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision Elite Wide Receiver by College Football Performance Awards.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL Poots was a two-time all-state selection at wide receiver as well as a second-team selection at linebacker his senior season at Coronado HS. He was named Las Vegas City MVP following the 2005 season and also was a two-time all-conference selection on both sides of the ball. During his high school career, Poots totaled 2,041 receiving yards, 270 tackles, 19 sacks eight interceptions and broke up 17 passes. Also lettered in basketball, earning a McDonalds’ all-American nomination, all-conference honors twice and all-state honors his senior season.
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Purify is beginning his fourth season in Arena Football, his third with the Rattlers. 2013: Caught 51passes for 740 yards and nine touchdowns in nine games with the Rattlers...2012: Earned first-team All-Arena honors after making 126 catches for 1,932 yards and 46 touchdowns with the Rattlers. Named Offensive Player of the Game for his seven-touchdown performance in ArenaBowl XXV...2011: Named Rookie of the Year and Breakout Player of the Year, and earned second-team All-Arena honors after leading the Georgia Force with 130 receptions and 46 touchdown catches, while finishing second on the team with 1,653 receiving yards.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Purify signed with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2008, spending two seasons on the practice squad, collecting seven receptions for 71 yards in preseason games. He signed with the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League in 2011.
COLLEGE
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Purify played collegiately at Nebraska where he earned Second Team All-Big 12 honors (2007) after a senior season 57 catches for 814 yards and nine touchdowns. In two years as a Cornhusker, Purify posted a career stat line of 91 catches for 1,444 yards and 16 touchdowns.
MAURICE PURIFY
Prior to his time at Nebraska, Purify played junior college ball at San Francisco City College (2004-2005) where he grabbed 92 catches for 1,762 yards and 30 touchdowns.
WIDE RECEIVER DATE OF BIRTH 1-17-1986 HEIGHT 6-4 WEIGHT 230 EXPERIENCE 3 Years COLLEGE Nebraska HOMETOWN Eureka, CA
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Reed is beginning his fourth season in Arena Football, all with the Rattlers. 2013: Caught 70 passes for 961 yards and 24 touchdowns in 18 games with the Rattlers...2012: Caught 100 passes for 1,380 yards and 27 touchdowns with the Rattlers... 2011: Hauled in 47 balls for 480 yards and 12 touchdowns as a rookie with the Rattlers.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Signed with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free-agent in 2007. Joined the Baltimore Ravens in 2008. Joined the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League late in 2009, participated in the team’s 2010 training camp and later signed with the team.
COLLEGE A J.C. Grid Wire Honorable Mention All-American at Coffeyville Community College, racking up nearly 1,200 yards and 13 touchdowns as a receiver in his two seasons at Coffeyville. Transferred to Michigan State in 2005, catching 31 passes for 438 yards and five TDs. As a senior in 2006, Reed earned Honorable Mention All-Big Ten, catching 64 passes for 775 yards and five TDs.
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KERRY REED
Honorable Mention All-Dade County selection as a senior at South Dade High School in Homestead, FL.
WIDE RECEIVER DATE OF BIRTH 10-24-1984 HEIGHT 6-2 WEIGHT 205 EXPERIENCE 3 Years COLLEGE Michigan State HOMETOWN Miami, FL
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Remington is beginning his first season in Arena Football.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Signed as an undrafted rookie free agent with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2013. A former pupil of both Eagles head coach Chip Kelly and defensive line coach Jerry Azzinaro at Oregon.
COLLEGE Played in 25 games for the Ducks, racking up 53 tackles and 2.5 sacks. Began his college career at Phoenix College, where he was earned All-Arizona Community College Athletic Conference and All-Western States Football League (second-team) honors.
HIGH SCHOOL Helped Valley Christian High School reach the Class 2A state championship game against Thatcher his senior year (2006).
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ISAAC REMINGTON defensive LINE DATE OF BIRTH 6-16-1989 HEIGHT 6-6 WEIGHT 295 EXPERIENCE Rookie College Oregon HOMETOWN Queen Creek, Az.
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Singleton is beginning his first season in Arena Football.
COLLEGE Played in 41 career games for the Golden Hurricane, totaling 1,482 rushing yards and a school-record 43 rushing scores. He also holds the school record for overall touchdowns with 44, surpassing the previous record of 39. His 264 career points ranks sixth in school history... Finished his career with 15 multiple touchdown games. Earned honorable mention All-Conference USA honors as a senior in 2012 after setting a single-season school record with 24 touchdowns.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL A three-year letter winner and two-year starter at East St. John High School in LaPlace, La. Racked up 995 yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior. Rated the No. 11 fullback recruit by Rivals.com as a senior. Was named a two-time Parish MVP and all-district selection.
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ALEX SINGLETON FULLBACK DATE OF BIRTH 11-7-1989 HEIGHT 5-11 WEIGHT 275 EXPERIENCE Rookie COLLEGE Tulsa HOMETOWN LaPLace, LA
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Williams is beginning his first season in Arena Football.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Drafted in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Signed by the Buffalo Bills in 2011 after being released by the Steelers. Appeared in two games for the Bills.
COLLEGE Played in 34 games for the Cornhuskers. Helped the team lead the Big 12 in rushing his senior year in 2010. Was named second-team All-Big 12 by Rivals.com, third-team All-Big 12 by Phil Steele, and honorable mention All-Big 12 by the coaches and Associated Press.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL Played on the offensive and defensive lines at McClure North High School and was ranked among the top 15 players in Missouri by Rivals.com.
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KEITH WILLAIMS OFFENSIVE LINE DATE OF BIRTH 4-8-1988 HEIGHT 6-5 WEIGHT 330 EXPERIENCE Rookie COLLEGE Nebraska HOMETOWN Florissant, MO
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ARENA FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE Windsor is beginning his fifth season in Arena Football, his fourth in the AFL and all with the Rattlers. 2013: Named second-team All-Arena after totaling 110 receptions for 1,590 yards and 42 touchdowns in 16 games with the Rattlers. Named Offensive Player of the Game and MVP of ArenaBowl XXVI...2011: Tallied 156 receptions for 1,830 yards and 36 touchdowns for the Rattlers before being picked up by the Cleveland Browns… 2010: Posted 193 receptions for 2,372 yards and 47 touchdowns in his first season with the Rattlers. Both receptions and receiving marks still stand as AFL rookie records. He led the league in receptions per game (12.1), receiving yards per game (148.3), total scoring (328 points) and receiving yards.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Spent time in the NFL’s Cleveland Browns organization after the 2011 season with the Rattlers. Spent the 2009 season playing under current Rattlers Coach Kevin Guy with the Rio Grande Valley Dorados (af2). Named the league’s Offensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year after catching 184 passes for 2,364 yards and 59 touchdowns.
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COLLEGE
ROD WINDSOR
Windsor led Western New Mexico in both passing (1,361) and rushing (886) yards his junior season. He also recorded a 118.61 passer rating before converting to the wide receiver position his senior season. The season he caught 81 passes for 1,118 yards and six touchdowns.
WIDE RECEIVER DATE OF BIRTH 4-24-1985 HEIGHT 6-2 WEIGHT 205 EXPERIENCE 4 Years COLLEGE Western New Mexico HOMETOWN Bessemer, AL
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OVERALL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
GP ATT GAIN LOSS NET AVG TD LONG AVG/G
ARMSTRONG, Odie
17
72
194
DAVILA, Nick
18
23
51
REED, Kerry
18
11
41
WINSOR, Rod
16 9 36 0 36 4.0 1 10 2.2
MURRIETTA, Jason PERRY, Jared
23
171
2.4
25
15
10.1
7
44
1.9
6
17
2.4
2
39
3.5
0
7
2.2
14
12
13
0
13
1.1
0
3
0.9
14
2
8
0
8
4.0
1
7
0.6
HARVEY, Trandon 8 2 2 0 2 1.0 2 1 0.2 MCCULLOUGH, Kev
1
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
EISENHARDT, Bill 17 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1 Total
18
133
345
33
312
2.3
35
17
17.3
Opponents
18 120 313 35 278 2.3 21 17 15.4
PASSING
GP RATING CMP-ATT-INT
DAVILA, Nick
18
121.82
353-541-15
PCT YDS 65.2
4847
TD LONG AVG/G 110
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269.3
MURRIETTA, Jason 14 141.27 30-42-1 71.4 504 10 45 36.0 TEAM Total
14
39.58
0-0-0
0.0
-89
0
0
-6.4
18
122.58
383-583-16
65.7
5262
120
49
292.3
Opponents
18 86.85 416-753-41 55.2 5279 97 49 293.3
RECEIVING
GP NO. YDS AVG
TD LONG AVG/G
WINDSOR, ROD
16
110
1590
14.5
42
45
99.4
REED, Kerry
18
70
961
13.7
24
49
53.4
14
58
892
15.4
20
45
63.7
9
51
740
14.5
9
48
82.2
8
45
533
11.8
18
34
66.6
8
30
342
11.4
5
30
42.8
ARMSTRONG, Odie
17
13
190
14.6
2
37
11.2
DIXON, Cornelius
16
3
66
22.0
0
34
4.1
HUEY, Michael
17
2
25
12.5
0
14
1.5
1
12
12.0
0
12
6.0
PERRY, Jared PURIFY, Maurice POOTS, Tysson
HARVEY, Trandon
SWANSON, Riley
2
Total
18 383 5351 14.0 120
49 297.3
Opponents
18
49
416
5362
12.9
97
297.9
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FG RETURNS GRAY, Virgil
NO. YDS AVG
TD LONG
2
79
39.5
0
50
1
0
0.0
0
0
1
0
0.0
0
0
Total
4
79
19.8
0
50
Opponents
0
0
0.0
0
0
PITTMAN, Marcus BROWN, Arkeith
INTERCEPTIONS
NO. YDS AVG
GRAY, Virgil
15
243
16.2
3
45
FLOYD, Marquis
9
104
11.6
1
40
BROWN, Arkeith
8
135
16.9
2
52
KELLEM, Jeremy
6
33
5.5
1
24
DILLON, Antron
1
0
0.0
0
0
1
43
43.0
1
43
1
1
1.0
1
1
Total
41
559
13.6
9
52
Opponents
16
255
15.9
4
45
REED, Kerry
DUKES, Cliff
TD LONG
KICK RETURNS
NO. YDS AVG
GRAY, Virgil
27
475
17.6
1
56
25
473
18.9
0
41
16
251
15.7
0
28
BROWN, Arkeith
13
301
23.2
2
58
2
0
0.0
0
0
1
0
0.0
0
0
1
0
0.0
0
0
85
1500
17.6
3
58
124
2278
18.4
1
57
HARVEY, Trandon PERRY, Jared
TEAM
MURRIETTA, Jason REED, Kerry
Total Opponents
TD LONG
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FUMBLE RETURNS
NO. YDS AVG
TD LONG
GLASPER, Tyre
1
2
2.0
1
0
FLOYD, Marquis
1
10
10.0
0
10
PITTMAN, Marcus
1
44
44.0
1
44
BROWN, Arkeith
1
15
15.0
0
15
HUEY, Michael
0
0
0.0
1
0
KELLEM, Jeremy
0
-5
0.0
0
0
Total
4
66
16.5
3
44
Opponents
1
23
23.0
2
23
PATs
SCORING
TD
FGs
KICK RUSH RCV PASS
WINDSOR, Rod
43
0-1
0-0
0-0
1
0-0
0
0
260
0
7-12
158-167
0-0
0
0-0
0
0
179
ARMSTRONG, Odie
27
0-0
0-0
0-1
0
1-4
0
0
164
REED, Kerry
25 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
0 0 150
PERRY, Jared
21 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
0 0 126
POOTS, Tysson
18 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
0-
0 0 108
PURIFY, Maurice
9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
0 0 54
HARVEY, Trandon
7
0
DAVILA, Nick
6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-1
0 1 36
GRAY, Virgil
4 0-0 7-9 0-0 0 0-0
0 0 24
BROWN, Arkeith
4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
0 0 24
HUEY, Michael
1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
0 0 6
DUKES, CLiff
1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
0 0 6
KELLEM, Jeremy
1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
0 0 6
PITTMAN, Marcus
1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
0 0 6
FLOYD, Marquis
1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
0 0 6
GLASPER, Tyre
1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0
0 0 6
TEAM
0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0-0
0 0 0
LINDHOLM, Garrett
Total
170
Opponents
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7-13
0-0
158-168
0-0
1-1
125 1-8 105-116 1-2
0
0-0
2pT
SAF POINTS
0
42
1
1-1
0
0
1203
1
1-7
1
1 866
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OVERALL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
TOTAL OFFENSE DAVILA, Nick
G PLAYS RUSH PASS TOTAL AVG/G
18
564
44
4847
4891
271.7
MURRIETTA, Jason
14
54
13
504
517
36.9
ARMSTRONG, Odie
17
72
171
0
171
10.1
REED, Kerry
18
11
39
0
39
2.2
16
9
36
0
36
2.2
14
2
8
0
8
0.6
8
2
2
0
2
0.2
17
1
-1
0
-1
-0.1
14
0
0
-89
-89
-6.4
WINDSOR, Rod PERRY, Jared
HARVEY, Trandon EISENHARDT, Bill TEAM Total
Opponents
FIELD GOALS
18
716
312
5262
5574
309.7
18
873
278
5279
5557
308.7
FGM-FGA PCT 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 LG
BLK
LINDHOLM, Garrett 7-12 58.3 1-1 4-4 3-5 2-4 1-1 47 0 WINDSOR, Rod
KICKOFFS
0-1 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1
NO. YDS AVG
TB OB RETN NET YDLN
LINDHOLM, Garrett
189
10490
55.5
56
10
Total
189
10490
55.5
56
10
Opponents
120 6576 54.8
0 1
36
2278
42.0
1 1500 40.8
8 9
2-POINT DK PATS: None. 4-POINT DK FGS: None.
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ALL PURPOSE
G RUSH REC 16
PERRY, Jared
14
8
892
0
251
0
1151
82.2
REED, Kerry
18
39
961
0
0
43
1043
57.9
8
2
342
0
473
0
817
102.1
17
0
0
79
475
243
797
46.9
9
0
740
0
0
0
740
82.2
8
0
533
0
0
0
533
66.6
BROWN, Arkeith
18
0
0
0
301
135
436
24.2
ARMSTRONG, Odie
17
171
190
0
0
0
361
21.2
FLOYD, Marquis
16
0
0
0
0
104
104
6.5
DIXON, Cornelius
16
0
66
0
0
0
66
4.1
DAVILA, Nick
18
44
0
0
0
0
44
2.4
KELLEM, Jeremy
17
0
0
0
0
33
33
1.9
HUEY, Michael
17
0
25
0
0
0
25
1.5
MURRIETTA, Jason
14
13
0
0
0
0
13
0.9
GRAY, Virgil
PURIFY, Maurice
POOTS, Tysson
SWANSON, Riley
2
DUKES, Cliff EISENHARDT, Bill Total
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IR TOTAL AVG/G
WINDSOR, Rod
HARVEY, Trandon
36 1590
FG KOR
0 1626 101.6
0
12
0
0
0
12
6.0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0.1
0
0
0
0
-1
-0.1
17
-1
18
312
5351
79
1500
559
7801
433.4
18
278
5362
0
2278
255
8173
454.1
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OVERALL DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
DEFENSIVE LEADERS
GP SOLO AST TOTAL
4 GRAY, VIRGIL
17
84
18
93.0
1.0-2
.
15-243 23
.
2-10
2
.
.
19 FLOYD, MARQUIS
16
74
14
81.0
0.5-1
.
9-104 13
.
2-10
2
.
.
11 BROWN, ARKEITH
18
65
29
79.5
1.0-1
1.0-1
8-135
18
.
1-15
2
.
.
94 GLASPER, TYRE
18
22
22
33.0
6.0-18
5.0-16
.
5
5
2-2
1
.
.
12
20
10
25.0
5.5-44
4.0-21
1-0
2
3
.
1
.
.
15 REED, KERRY
18
19
6
22.0
1.5-2
.
1-43
1
.
1-0
1
.
.
70 PITTMAN, MARCUS
16
12
12
18.0
9.5-38
6.5-34
.
5
4
4-44
2
.
.
32 ARMSTRONG, ODIE 17
13
4
15.0
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
9
12
15.0
3.5-11
1.5-6
.
4
2
1-0
.
1
.
14
10
8
14.0
2.5-6
2.0-5
1-1
7
3
2-0
.
.
.
7 LINDHOLM, GARRETT 18
9
4
11.0
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
2 PURIFY, MAURICE
9
8
.
8.0
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
9 MERKERSON, DA’MON
4
6
4
8.0
.
.
.
2
.
2-0
.
1
.
12 POOTS, TYSSON
8
4
5
6.5
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
21 SWANSON, RILEY
2
3
5
5.5
.
.
.
.
.
1
.
.
16
4
1
4.5
.
.
.
1
.
.
.
.
.
3
2
4.0
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
3
1
3.5
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
3.0
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
91 DILLON, ANTRON
77 HAWTHORNE, ATTTAJ 18 6 DUKES, Cliff
1 WINDSOR, ROD
23 HARVEY, TRANDON
8
3 PERRY, JARED
14
5 BERSIN, BRENTON
.
1
3
2
1
2
2.0
0.5-2
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
73 HENDRICKS, DWAY
1
1
.
1.0
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
71 ALLEN, DAVON
4
1
.
1.0
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
2
1.0
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
58 MALLARD, JOSH
TFL/YDS No-YDS INt-YDS BRUP QBH RCV-YDS FF KICK SAF
16 MURRIETTA, JASON
14
69 HUEY, MICHAEL
17
1
.
1.0
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
51 EISENHARDT, BILL
17
1
.
1.0
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
75 DIXON, CONELIUS
16
.
1
0.5
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
30 MCCULLOUGH, KEV
1
.
1
0.5
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
99 CRAWFORD, MARK
2
.
1
0.5
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
81 THURMAN, Andrae
3
.
1
0.5
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Total
18
434
197
532.5
32-128
2
.
Opponents
18
397
143
468.5
28-122 16-94
5
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54
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7-23
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GAME 1: MARCH 23, 2013, VS PHILADELPHIA SOUL
PHI 52 ARI 66 SCORES BY QUARTER
1 2 3 4 OT Score
SJS 19 13 7 13 0 52 ARI 14 21 17 14 0 66
RATTLERS KNOCK OFF SOUL TO OPEN 2013 SEASON PHOENIX,AZ -- Arizona defeats Philadelphia in home opener Phoenix, AZ - Last season ended with the Arizona Rattlers (1-0) bringing home the Foster Trophy for the third time in franchise history, setting up what was bound to be an exciting rematch as they faced offagainst ArenaBowl XXV foes, the Philadelphia Soul (0-1). The outcome was much the same as the Rattlers knocked off the Soul 66-52 in front of 8,524 fans on Ak-Chin Field at the Us Airways Center on Saturday night. The opening possession went to the Soul and QB Dan Raudabaugh (22-34, 323 Yds, 5TD, 1 INT). His firstthree pass attempts were incomplete, but on fourth down he found an open WR Anthony “Tiger” Jones (9 Rec, 169 Yds, 3 TD) to put the Soul on the board first. Rattlers QB Nick Davila (22-34, 304 Yds, 7 TD, 1 Rush TD) would not let too much time roll off the clock before he threw his first TD of the night to WR Jared Perry (6 Rec, 91 Yds, 2 TD). Raudabaugh would toss two more TD’s in the first quarter, including another to Jones, while Davila would throw another to WR Maurice Purify (10 Rec, 141 Yds, 3 TD). The Soul led 19-14 at the end of the first quarter. The scoreboard continued to light up in the second quarter. Raudabaugh would throw is 4th TD of the night to WR Alvance Robinson (5 Rec, 97 Yds, 2 TD), but not before FB Derrick Ross (18 Yds, 3 TD) rushed for his first TD of the season. Davila helped his cause in the second quarter by tossing two more touchdowns, and rushing one in as well. After two quarters of play the Rattlers went into the locker room with a 35-32 lead. Davila and company started off somewhat slow to begin the third quarter, but he eventually found Perryin the end zone for his second touchdown of the night. Then it was all Arizona after that. The big guys up front for the Rattlers forced Ross to fumble, and that led to three more points for Rattlers. Davila would add another touchdown late in the third, and Ross would rush his second one in as well, but after the three the Rattlers still had the lead, 52-39. The Soul started the fourth quarter with excellent field position, but that all came to an extreme halt when DL Marcus Pittman picked up a Ross fumble and returned it 44 yards for touchdown. After another Ross touchdown the Soul recovered a successful onside kick, and quickly put up another score closing the gap to 59-52. The next onside kick did not have the same outcome, and that turned into another touchdown from Davila to Purify, and put the rattlers up 66-52 with just over a minute left inthe game. Rattlers DB Marquis Floyd sealed the game by picking off Raudabaugh in the end-zone with just over 30 seconds left. The Rattlers once again walked off the field victorious against the Soul, 66-52. Next week the Rattlers head to Utah to face the Blaze on Friday, March, 29th. Russell Athletics Offensive Player of the Game: Nick Davila, Arizona Riddell Defensive Player of the Game: Virgil Gray, Arizona J. Lewis Small Playmaker of the Game: Anthony Jones, Philadelphia Cutters Catch of Game: Arizona, Kerry Reed 13yd TD pass with 2L45 to play in the 3rd quarterAFL Highlight of the Game: Arizona, Marcus Pittman 44yd fumble recovery in the 4th quarter
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GAME 1: MARCH 23, 2013, VS PHILADELPHIA SOUL
STADIUM US Airways Center ATTENDANCE 8524 KICKOFF TIME 5:07 End of GAME 8:02 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:55 Referee Hoculi, S. UMPIRE Granado, A. Linesman Reynard,C. Line Judge Valenti, T. BACK JUDGE Robinson,M. Scorer Heck, S.
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SCORING SUMMARY 1st 12:30 PHI JONES, Anthony 33 yd pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan (MARTINEZ, Carlos kick) 4 plays, 33 yards, TOP 2:30 7 - 0 10:20 ARI PERRY, Jared 22 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 40 yards,TOP 1:277 -7 08:32 PHI JONES, Anthony 23 yd pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan (MARTINEZ, Carlos kick failed) 2 plays, 29 yards, TOP 1:09 13 - 7 04:16 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 33 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 5 plays, 40 yards, TOP 3:33 13 - 14 01:46 PHI ROBINSON, Alvan 23 yd pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan (TEAM rush fumbld) 3 plays, 37 yards, TOP 1:48 19 - 14 2nd 11:43 ARI REED, Kerry 4 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 7 plays, 49 yards, TOP 4:24 19 - 21 06:38 PHI ROSS, Derrick 5 yd run (GACHETTE, Steven pass failed) 4 plays, 30 yards, TOP 4:19 25 - 21 02:16 ARI DAVILA, Nick 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 6 plays, 34 yards, TOP 3:36 25 - 28 00:31 PHI ROBINSON, Alvan 26 yd pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan (MARTINEZ, Carlos kick) 5 plays, 43 yards, TOP 1:03 32 - 28 00:15 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 28 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 47 yards, TOP 0:16 32 - 35 3rd 12:20 ARI PERRY, Jared 26 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 47 yards, TOP 2:40 32 - 42 08:52 ARI LINDHOLM, Garrett 33 yd field goal 4 plays, -9 yards, TOP 2:03 32 - 45 07:43 PHI ROSS, Derrick 1 yd run (MARTINEZ, Carlos kick)2 plays, 26 yards, TOP 1:09 39 - 45 02:45 ARI REED, Kerry 13 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 7 plays, 47 yards, TOP 4:13 39 - 52 4th 14:14 ARI PITTMAN, Marcus 44 yd fumble recovery (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 39 - 59 06:49 PHI ROSS, Derrick 1 yd run (MARTINEZ, Carlos kick failed) 10 plays, 39 yards, TOP 6:34 45 - 59 04:34 PHI JONES, Anthony 9 yd pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan (MARTINEZ, Carlos kick) 3 plays, 39 yards, TOP 1:43 52 - 59 02:26 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 2 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 15 yards, TOP 1:41 52 - 66 FIRST DOWNS NET YARDS RUSHING NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards Kickoffs-YARDS Kickoff returns Number-Yds-TD Interceptions Number-Yds-TD Fumble Returns Number-Yds-TD Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards
ARI PHI 23 21 24 1 323 302 22-34-1 23-34-0 347 303 3-3 0-0 10-66 8-41 7-372 11-602 10-190-0 6-53-0 0-0-0
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GAME 2: MARCH 29, 2013, VS. Utah blaze
UTH 49 ARI 77 SCORES BY QUARTER
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UTH 7 21 0 21 49 ARI 13 20 20 24 77
RATTLERS MAKE QUICK WORK OF BLAZE Salt lake city, ut—Arizona on fire in second half Salt Lake City, UT – The Arizona Rattlers made their first road trip of the year to face off against division rival the Utah Blaze in a matchup that pitted ArenaBowl MVP Arizona QB Nick Davila against AFL MVP Utah QB Tommy Grady. After a hard fought first half, the Rattlers took control in the second half defeating the Blaze 77-49 on Friday night at the EnergySolutions Arena. On the third play of the first drive, Davila (21-30, 285 yrds, 7 TDs) was intercepted by DB David Hyland, giving the Blaze the ball. But Grady (19-37, 195 yrds, 4 TDs, 5 INT) didn’t fare much better on his opening possession as his first throw was intercepted by DL Cliff Dukes at the 1 yard line and taken in for a touchdown, giving Arizona the early lead. Blaze DL Caesar Rayford blocked the extra point making it 6-0. Utah got the ball back, but on the fifth play of the drive Grady wan intercepted again, this time by DB Jeremy Kellem. That set up a seven play drive for Arizona that ended with Davila finding WR Tysson Poots (8 rec, 96 yrds, 4 TDs) for his first TD of the night. The good PAT by Garrett Lindholm (8-11 PAT, 1 FG) would make it 13-0. The Blaze got on the board when Grady hit Mario Urrutia (11 rec, 172 yrds, 3 TDs) as time expired in the first quarter to make it 13-7. Davila again connected with Poots on the first drive of the second quarter to make it 20-7 before Grady found Brian Thompkins in the end zone to pull Utah within a touchdown. On the next drive, Davila threwhis first interception of the night, being picked off by DB Maurice Leggett. The Blaze made good on the turnover as Grady found WR Chase Deadder (6 rec, 66 yards, 3 TDs) to give Utah their first lead at 21-20. Both teams would score once more, Davila to Jared Perry (6 rec, 96 yrds, 2 TDs) and Grady to Urrutia, to put the score at 28-26 Blaze with 40 seconds to go in the half. Arizona put together a six play, 40 yard drive that saw Poots score his third TD of the game with six seconds left. The Lindholm extra point was good and the Rattlers went into the break up 33-28. The second half was all Arizona as they rattled off 34 unanswered points, shutting out the Blaze in the third quarter and picking off Grady three more times. The Rattlers got touchdowns from Virgil Gray, Odie Armstrong and Kerry Reed as they put up 20 points in the third quarter to take a 53-28 advantage. Arizona never let up. Davila connected with Perry to start the fourth quarter. Utah would finally find the end zone again at the 12:26 mark when backup QB Jason Boltus (8-14, 144 yrds, 3 TDs, 1 INT) hit Urrutia to make it 60-35. A field goal, another completion to Poots and an interception return from Arkeith Brown would round out the scoring. The Rattlers defense posted five stops in the second half alone and forced the Blaze into a team record six interceptions on the night. Arizona will return home next week to take on yet another division powerhouse in the San Jose SaberCats on Saturday, April 6
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SCORING SUMMARY
STADIUM ESA ATTENDANCE 4,829 KICKOFF TIME 7:36 End of GAME 10:26 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:50 Referee Ray,K.
1st 12:45 ARI DUKES, Cliff 1 yd interception return (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick blockd) 6 - 0 04:40 ARI POOTS, Tysson 2 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 7 plays, 39 yards, TOP 3:43 13 - 0 00:00 UTA URRUTIA, Mario 10 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (TREVINO, Adrian kick) 6 plays, 47 yards,TOP 3:5013-7
2nd 12:15 ARI POOTS, Tysson 27 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 5 plays, 49 yards,TOP 0:00 20 - 7 07:51 UTA THOMPKINS,Bran4 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (TREVINO,Adrian kick) 6 plays, 47yards,TOP 3:59 20-14 04:28 UTA DEADDER, Chase 3 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (TREVINO, Adrian kick) 3 plays, 15 yards, TOP 1:32 20 - 21 02:52 ARI PERRY, Jared 30 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick blockd) 1 play, 40 yards, TOP 0:37 26 - 21 00:40 UTA URRUTIA, Mario 14 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (TREVINO, Adrian kick) 7 plays, 44 yards, TOP 1:16 26 - 28 00:06 ARI POOTS, Tysson 8 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 6 plays, 40 yards, TOP 0:27 33-28 3rd
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13:21 ARI GRAY, Virgil 22 yd interception return (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 40 - 28 08:39 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 17 yards, TOP 1:26 47 - 28 02:50 MKE LAWRENCE, Justi 2 yd run (TOW-ARNETT, Jef rush failed) 3 plays, 8 yards, TOP 2:28 45 - 48 05:12 ARI REED,Kerry 8 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick failed) 2 plays,14 yards,TOP 0:53 53-2
4th 14:55 ARI PERRY, Jared 13 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 42 yards, TOP 1:50 60 -28 12:26 UTA URRUTIA, Mario 38 yd pass from BOLTUS, Jason (TREVINO, Adrian kick) 3 plays, 47 yards,TOP 1:31 60 - 35 09:41 ARI LINDHOLM, Garrett 23 yd field goal 4 plays, -1 yard, TOP 1:57 63 - 35 06:03 UTA DEADDER, Chase 1 yd pass from BOLTUS, Jason (BOLTUS, Jason pass failed) 5 plays, 45 yards, TOP 3:32) 63 - 41 04:49 ARI POOTS, Tysson 8 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 8 yards, TOP 0:14 70 - 41 01:18 ARI BROWN, Arkeith 52 yd interception return (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 77 - 41 00:46 UTA DEADDER, Chase 28 yd pass from BOLTUS, Jason (HARDWICK, Jermacus pass from BOLTUS, Jason) 2 plays, 38 yards, TOP 0:11 77 - 49 ARI UTH FIRST DOWNS 17 22 NET YARDS RUSHING 13 23 NET YARDS PASSING 285 339 Completions-Attempts-Int 21-31-2 27-51-6 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 298 362 Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 10-59 11-50 Kickoffs-YARDS 13-703 6-331 Kickoff returns Number-Yds-TD 4-52-0 6-82-0 Interceptions Number-Yds-TD 6-75-3 2-10-0 Fumble Returns Number-Yds-TD 1-5-0 0-0-0 Possession Time 23:04 36:56 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 6 4 of 10 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 3 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 6-7 3-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0
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GAME 3: APRIL 6, 2013, VS SAN JOSE SABERCATS
ARI 73 SJS 47 SCORES BY QUARTER
1 2 3 4 Score
ARI 14 35 10 14 73 SJS 14 14 7 12 47
RATTLERS DOMINATE SABERCATS PhoENIX, AZ— In a much anticipated matchup that not only pitted two long standing rivals against eachother, but two undefeated teams, the Arizona Rattlers (3-0) rolled past the San Jose SaberCats (2-1) in convincing fashion 73-47 on Saturday night at the US Airways Center. On the SaberCats first possession of the game Aaron Garcia got sacked twice and the Rattlers jumped out to an early lead on a 40-yard interception return by DB Marquis Floyd. San Jose quickly answered with a 6 play 40yard drive to tie it 7-7. The two teams again traded touchdowns as Nick Davila connected with Tysson Poots and Garcia with Jarmarko Simmons to know the game at the end of the quarter. Davila and Poots linked up again to start off the second quarter. An interception by Virgil Gray gave the Rattlers back the ball and a 24-yard pass from Davila to Kerry Reed put Arizona up 28-14. On the next drive Reed tagged Garcia with his third interception of the game and took it 43 yards for another TD. Arizona didn’t stick to just the passing game as they closed out the half with two rushing touchdowns from Odie Armstrong, the second with just five seconds to play. The Rattlers outscored San Jose 35-14 in the second quarter alone and went into halftime up 49-28. Armstrong tallied his third touchdown of the night to open the second half, this time on a 37-yard pass. A 24-yard field goal from Garrett Lindholm at the 3:51 mark made it a 59-35 ballgame. The SaberCats couldn’t convert on their final drive of the quarter sending it into the fourth with the same score. Reed found the endzone for the third time three minutes into the fourth quarter to put Arizona up 66-35. The SaberCats answered with a TD of their own to cut the lead to 25 only to see the Rattlers put up another touchdown as Davila found Rod Windsor. San Jose would score once more with 4:27 left in the game but it wasn’t enough as the Rattlers took the 73-47 victory. The two highly touted quarterbacks put up similar stats on the night, Davila completed 13-of-22 passesfor 231 yards and six touchdowns while Garcia connected on 25-of-42 throws for 293 yards and 6 TDs. The difference maker was the defense as the Rattlers intercepted Garcia three times, recording 29 tackles and two sacks. Arizona will hit the road again next week to take on the only other undefeated team in the West Division, the Spokane Shock on Friday, April 12.
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GAME 3: APRIL 6, 2013, VS SAN JOSE SABERCATS
STADIUM US Airways Center Attendance 7,156 KICKOFF TIME 5:42 END OF Game 8:37 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:55 REFEREE Cutaia,D.. UMPIRE Granado, A. LINESMAN Leffle, K. LINE JUDGE Richards,M. BACK JUDGE Aaronian,M. SCORER Heck,S.
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SCORING SUMMARY 1st
11:27 ARI 06:31 SJS 03:42 ARI 00:23 SJS 14 - 14
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13:43 ARI POOTS, Tysson 17 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 47 yards, TOP1:17 14-21 08:40 ARI REED, Kerry 24 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 29 yards, TOP 1:43 14 - 28 06:00 ARI REED, Kerry 43 yd interception return (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 14 - 35 04:02 SJS WILLIS, Jason 12 yd pass from GARCIA, Aaron (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 2 plays, 12 yards, TOP 1:13 21 - 35 02:26 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 6 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 11 yards, TOP 0:59 21 - 42 00:37 SJS WHITTAKER, Huey 24 yd pass from GARCIA,Aaron (PERTUIT, Nich kick)5 plays, 46 yards,TOP 1:07 28-42 00:05 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 9 yards, TOP 0:32 28 - 49
FLOYD, Marquis 40 yd interception return (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 0 - 7 WILLIAMS, Fred 18 yd pass from GARCIA, Aaron (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 6 plays, 45 yards, TOP 4:17 7 - 7 POOTS, Tysson 14 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 44 yards, TOP 2:10 7-14 SIMMONS, Jamarko 11 yd pass from GARCIA, Aaron (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 5 plays, 49 yards, TOP 2:42
3rd 14:15 ARI ARMSTRONG,Odie 37 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM,Garrett kick) 1play, 37yards,TOP 0:4528-56 11:31 SJS WILLIS, Jason 4 yd pass from GARCIA, Aaron (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 3 plays, 24 yards, TOP 2:02 35 - 56 03:51 ARI LINDHOLM, Garrett 24 yd field goal 10 plays, 35 yards, TOP 7:07 35 - 59
4th 11:53 ARI REED, Kerry 4 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 5 plays, 41 yards, TOP 3:47 35-66 08:15 SJS SIMMONS, Jamarko 4 yd pass from GARCIA, Aaron (GARCIA, Aaron pass failed) 6 plays, 43 yards,TOP 3:24 41 - 66 07:25 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 20 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 10 yards, TOP0:00 41-73 04:27 SJS WILLIAMS, Fred 31 yd pass from MUSTAIN, Mitch (MUSTAIN, Mitch pass failed) 4 plays, 39 yards,TOP 2:14 47 - 73 sjs ari FIRST DOWNS 21 21 NET YARDS RUSHING 0 15 NET YARDS PASSING 322 239 Completions-Attempts-Int 27-46-3 14-23-0 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 322 254 Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 14-69 9-60 Kickoffs-YARDS 6-327 12-655 Kickoff returns Number-Yds-TD 7-139-0 5-103-0 Interceptions Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 3-94-2 Fumble Returns Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Possession Time 32:04 27:56 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 8 0 of 2 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 5 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 4-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 2-10
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GAME 4: APRIL 12, 2013, VS. SPOKANE SHOCK
SPO 66 ARI 49 SCORES BY QUARTER
1 2 3 4 Score
SPO 14 14 14 24 66 ARI 14 14 7 14 49
SHOCK HAND RATTLERS FIRST LOSS OF THE YEARS SPOKANE, WA – For three straight weeks the Arizona Rattlers (3-1) have handed their opponent its firstloss of the season but they were unable to make it four in a row as they fell to the Spokane Shock (4-0) 66-49 in a tough West Division battle at Veteran’s Arena Friday night in front of a sold out crowd of 10,358. Shock QB Erik Meyer continued his stellar play completing 27-of-43 passes for 351 yards and eight touchdowns with no interceptions. He has yet to thrown an interception this season and it was the first game that the Arizona defense hasn’t recorded at least one take away. Arizona QB Nick Davila was 18-for-33 for 135 yards, five TDs and one interception, averaging 18.9 yards per pass. The two teams matched each other score for score throughout the first half going into the break tied at 28. The Shock became the first team this season to outscore the Rattlers in the second half, which Arizona has dominated. Coming into the game the Rattlers had outscored their opponent 99-60 in the second half, 47-14 in the third quarter alone. Spokane was charged with two penalties in the first four minutes of the game setting up a 14 yard passfrom QB Nick Davila to WR Rod Windsor that gave the Rattlers the early lead. But it took Shock QB ErikMeyer just two plays and less than a minute to knot the game at 7-7. Davila and Windsor connected again on a 35 yard pass to regain the lead. Meyer took matters into his own hands as he found a gap and rushed it in for his third rushing TD of the year to even it up 14-14 with just over a minute to play in the quarter. Davila opened the second quarter with a 17 yards rush of his own to put Arizona on the three yard line. The Rattlers tried to rush it in but fumbled it in the end zone. Michael Huey recovered for his first score of the year. They would continue to trade touchdowns, with the Shock taking their first lead of the game at the 6:59 mark. Arizona couldn’t put anything together on the next drive and found themselves on 4thdown in the back of the end zone, but Davila completed a 49 yard pass to a wide open Kerry Reed to make it 28-28 with 3:27 left. A solid defensive showing stopped Spokane’s efforts sending the teams into the locker room tied 28-28 at the half. A seven play drive to start the second half ended with the Shock in the end zone. The Rattlers got theball back and quickly got it down field as Perry caught a 37-yard pass just shy of the goal line. Armstrong rushed it in on the next play, his fifth of the season, to make it 35-35. Perry recorded his first touchdown of the game just over a minute into the fourth quarter. Lindholm’s sixth good extra point would again tie it at 42-42. After Meyer and Tennell hooked up again, Davila found Windsor, who would break a tackle and record his third touchdown of the game, making it 49-49 with 8:50 to play. A one-handed snag by Tennell in the back corner of the end zone put the Shock back on top and tallied Meyer’s 30 TD pass of the season. A turnover on downs gave Spokane back the ball and led to a field goal to put the Shock up by double digits at 59-49. The Rattlers pushed down field but Davila was intercepted by Beau Bell to give Spokane back the ball. Meyer would find Tennell for the 4th time to seal the victory for the Shock. The Rattlers return home next week to take on the San Antonio Talons on Saturday, April 20th at the US Airways Center.
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GAME 4: APRIL 6, 2012, VS. SPOKANE SHOCK
STADIUM Veteran’s Arena Attendance 10,358 KICKOFF TIME 7:05 END OF Game 10:00 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:55 REFEREE Ray,K. UMPIRE Stewart,R. LINESMAN Dornan,M. LINE JUDGE Warner, A. BACK JUDGE Love,J. SCORER Hall
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11:37 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 14 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 5 plays, 43 yards, TOP 3:23 7 - 0 09:52 SPO BROOKS, Duane 35 yd pass from MEYER, Erik (SPENCER, Kenny kick) 2 plays, 46 yards, TOP 0:52 7 - 7 07:01 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 35 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 45 yards, TOP 1:57 14 - 7 01:25 SPO MEYER, Erik 4 yd run (SPENCER, Kenny kick) 8 plays, 35 yards, TOP 4:4114 - 14
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13:52 ARI HUEY, Michael 0 yd fumble recovery (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 38 yards, TOP 2:08 21 - 14 10:46 SPO JORDEN, Kamar 28 yd pass from MEYER, Erik (SPENCER, Kenny kick) 3 plays, 30 yards, TOP 2:12 21-21 06:59 SPO JORDEN, Kamar 18 yd pass from MEYER, Erik (SPENCER, Kenny kick) 5 plays, 35 yards, TOP 2:47 21-28 03:27 ARI REED, Kerry 49 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 49 yards, TOP 2:33 28 - 28
3rd 09:13 SPO TENNELL, Adron 4 yd pass from MEYER, Erik (SPENCER, Kenny kick) 9 plays, 45 yards, TOP 5:47 28 - 35 06:32 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 40 yards, TOP 2:00 35 - 35 02:03 SPO JORDEN, Kamar 7 yd pass from MEYER, Erik (SPENCER, Kenny kick) 7 plays, 30 yards, TOP 3:48 35 - 42 4th 13:21 ARI PERRY, Jared 6 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 5 plays, 44 yards, TOP 2:53 42 - 42 11:49 SPO TENNELL, Adron 45 yd pass from MEYER, Erik (SPENCER, Kenny kick) 1 play, 45 yards, TOP 0:45 42 -49 08:50 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 17 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:18 49 - 49 06:49 SPO TENNELL, Adron 24 yd pass from MEYER, Erik (SPENCER, Kenny kick) 2 plays, 35 yards, TOP 1:12 49 - 56 01:17 SPO SPENCER, Kenny 18 yd field goal 4 plays, 1 yard, TOP 2:28 49 - 59 00:12 SPO TENNELL, Adron 23 yd pass from MEYER, Erik (SPENCER, Kenny kick) 3 plays, 25 yards, TOP 0:19 49 - 66 ARI FIRST DOWNS 19 NET YARDS RUSHING 28 NET YARDS PASSING 335 Completions-Attempts-Int TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 363 Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 8-80 Kickoffs-YARDS 8-399 Kickoff returns Number-Yds-TD 8-96-0 Interceptions Number-Yds-TD 3-32-1 Fumble Returns Number-Yds-TD 0-0-1 Possession Time 25:43 Third-Down Conversions 4:44 Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards
SPO 23 18 351 18-33-1 27-43-0 369 1-0 7-83 10-499 5-131-0 2-20-0 0-0-0 34:17 10:16 8:40 5-6 0-0
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GAME 5: APRIL 20, 2013, VS SAN ANTONIO TALONS
ARI 83 SAT 40 SCORES BY QUARTER
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ARI 21 27 14 21 83 SAT 7 13 7 13 40
RATTLERS TROUNCE TALONS PHOENIX, AZ— The best defense in the Arena Football League was no match for the stellar offense of the Arizona Rattlers, who handily defeated the San Antonio Talons 83-40 on Saturday night on Ak-Chin Fieldat the US Airways Center. Rattlers QB Nick Davila connected on 22-of-26 passes on the night without throwing a single interception. He threw for 278 yards and nine touchdowns. WR Rod Windsor finished with 12 catches for 166 yards and five touchdowns. QB Nick Hill was just 20-for-40 on the night for San Antonio and was picked off twice. Jomo Wilson led the Talons receivers with 10 receptions for 164 yards and three TDs. San Antonio started the game out strong with a 17-yard touchdown pass to Jomo Wilson on the opening drive, but then struggled for the rest of the 1st quarter. Nick Hill threw an incompletion and interception, both on 4th down. Nick Davila fired off 3 straight completions to Rod Windsor on the Rattlers opening drive for a score. Davila went right back to Windsor for a 12 yard strike. Jeremy Kellem intercepted Hill in the endzone on 4th down for the 2nd Talons turnover of the quarter. Davila then sent a 33-yard bomb downfield to Windsor for their 3rd touchdown of the first quarter and extended the lead to 21-7 Rattlers. Hill recovered from a Cliff Dukes sack by throwing a 43-yard bomb to Wilson on the next play to start out the 2nd quarter. The Talons, still down a 7, then tried an onside kick, but it was recovered by the Rattlers and turned into a touchdown by Jared Perry. San Antonio then went 4 and out again, and this time Kerry Reed converted the turnover into points. Hill threw another interception on the next drive, but a roughing the passer penalty on Anttaj Hawthorne negated it. Hill found Wilson in the endzone for the 3rd time in the half to capitalize on the penalty. Hawthorne then got a hand on Marc Demos’ extra point attempt for a block. Davila went right back to work by connecting with Perry again for another Rattlers touchdown. The Talons offense stalled near their own goal line when Tyre Glasper dropped Hill for a 3-yard sack on 3rd down. A delay of game penalty backed the Talons up further and Demos was forced to kick the ball out-of-bounds from his own endzone. Windsor then scored his 4th touchdown of the first half with 7 seconds left on the clock to make the score 48-20 at half. Davila and the Rattlers offense picked up right where they left off at the start of the 3rd quarter. Davila used Perry, then Windsor, and then Reed to score a touchdown on the opening drive of the 2nd half. Hill hooked up with Dwayne Eley Jr. in the endzone to put the Talons on the scoreboard for the first time in the half. A series of penalties on both teams delayed the Rattlers quick strike offense, but not enough to keep Windsor from his 5th touchdown of the game. The Talons responded by driving right down the field on the Rattlers, but on 1st and goal Virgil Gray picked off Hill to bring the 3rd quarter to a close with the Rattlers on top 62-27. With a huge lead in hand, Jake Murrietta replaced Davila at quarterback for the 4th quarter. Like Davila, Murrietta had no problem scoring on the San Antonio defense by connecting with Reed for a touchdown on his first possession. Hill responded by running the ball into the endzone himself, but Demos misfired on the extra point attempt. Odie Armstrong then punched in a rushing touchdown of his own and he had a huge hit on the following kickoff. Another Glasper sack and incompletion on 4th down led to Perry punching in another rushing touchdown for the Rattlers. The Talons then capped off the high scoring game with another Hill rushing touchdown. The Rattlers remain at home next week to take on the Orlando Predators on Sunday, April 28th, with kickoff set for 3pm MST at the US Airways Center.
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GAME 5: APRIL 20, 2013, VS SAN ANTONIO TALONS
STADIUM US Airways Center Attendance 8,323 KICKOFF TIME 6:04 END OF Game 8:41 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:37 REFEREE Snead,C. UMPIRE Campbell,S. LINESMAN Bovos,M. LINE JUDGE Richards,M. BACK JUDGE Ray, K. SCORER Heck,S.
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SCORING SUMMARY 1st
12:13 SAT 10:05 ARI 07:03 ARI 01:51 ARI
WILSON, Jomo 17 yd pass from HILL, Nick (DEMOS, Stefan kick) 4 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:47 7 - 0 WINDSOR, Rod 22 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 44 yards, TOP 1:33 7 - 7 WINDSOR, Rod 12 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 12 yards, TOP 0:17 7 - 14 WINDSOR, Rod 33 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays,45 yards, TOP 1:35 7 - 21
2nd 13:42 SAT WILSON, Jomo 43 yd pass from HILL, Nick (DEMOS, Stefan kick) 4 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:29 14 - 21 12:36 ARI PERRY, Jared 18 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick blockd) 1 play, 18 yards, TOP 0:15 14 - 27 09:53 ARI REED, Kerry 11 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 11 yards, TOP 0:14 14 - 34 08:02 SAT WILSON, Jomo 25 yd pass from HILL, Nick (DEMOS, Stefan kick blockd) 2 plays, 35 yards, TOP 1:40 20 - 34 05:27 ARI PERRY, Jared 16 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 39 yards, TOP 1:59 20 - 41 00:07 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 13 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 5 plays, 30 yards, TOP 1:32 20-48 3rd 12:54 ARI REED, Kerry 17 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:06 20 - 55 09:20 SAT ELEY, Dwayne 16 yd pass from HILL, Nick (DEMOS, Stefan kick) 5 plays, 43 yards, TOP 2:52 27 - 55 03:39 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 8 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 7 plays, 46 yards, TOP 5:1127 - 62 4th
13:29 ARI 07:34 SAT 05:42 ARI 02:12 ARI 00:28 SAT
REED, Kerry 9 yd pass from MURRIETTA, Jason (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 43 yards, TOP 2:05 27 - 69 HILL, Nick 11 yd run (DEMOS, Stefan kick failed) 8 plays, 47 yards, TOP 4:57 33 - 69 ARMSTRONG, Odie 9 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 41 yards, TOP 1:10 33 - 76 PERRY, Jared 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 1 yard, TOP 0:15 33 - 83 HILL, Nick 1 yd run (DEMOS, Stefan kick) 3 plays, 47 yards, TOP 1:01 40 - 83
SAT ARI FIRST DOWNS 19 28 NET YARDS RUSHING 18 28 NET YARDS PASSING 282 316 Completions-Attempts-Int 20-40-2 24-29-0 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 300 344 Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 9-60 10-62 6-333 13-723 Kickoffs-YARDS Kickoff returns Number-Yds-TD 10-147-0 5-71-0 Interceptions Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 2-14-0 Fumble Returns Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Possession Time 34:56 25:04 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 9 2 of 2 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 4 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 4-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-8 3-11
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GAME 6: APRIL 28, 2013, VS. ORLANDO PREDATORS
ORL 42 ARI 82 SCORES BY QUARTER
1 2 3 4 Score
ORL 7 14 14 7 42 ARI 28 20 14 20 82
RATTLERS ROLL PAST PREDATORS PHOENIX, AZ—The Arizona Rattlers (5-1) handed the Orlando Predators (0-5) their fifth loss of the season with an 82-42 victory on Sunday in front of 8,062 fans at Ak-Chin Field at the US Airways Center. Arizona led from start to finish, getting solid performances on both sides of the ball. Odie Armstrong tied the Rattlers record for rushing touchdowns in a single game, which he set in 2011, with 4. Rattlers QB Nick Davila went 17-20 for 197 yards and 6 touchdowns. The Rattlers league-leading secondary intercepted Orlando QB Kyle Rowley 3 times giving them a total of 15 on the season. Kerry Reed led the Rattlers strong opening drive with a short rush and a 19-yard touchdown reception. Marquis Floyd and Virgil Gray intercepted Rowley on the first two possessions and the Predators were quickly down 21-0 after 2 more Davila touchdown passes. Prechae Rodriguez responded with a 38-yard catch down the sideline and then scored a touchdown on the next play. Jared Perry caught his second touchdown of the quarter to wrap up the first quarter with the Rattlers on top 28-7. Armstrong had a pair of rushing touchdowns and a 12-yard catch for the Rattlers in the second quarter. T.T. Toliver, who led the Predator receivers with 11 receptions for 139 yards and 1 score, tallied a touchdown reception and a 40-yard catch to set up a Marlon Moye-Moore rushing touchdown. Reed ended the first half scoring with an 11-yard pass from Davila to put the Rattlers on top 48-21 The Predators opening drive of the second half was aided by two roughing the passer penalties and capped off by another Rodriguez touchdown. Both teams returned to the ground as Moye-Moore and Armstrong exchanged touchdowns. Perry scored his third touchdown of the game to end the quarter with the Rattlers leading 62-35. Anttaj Hawthorne batted down a pass on third down and Jeremy Kellem swatted another away on fourth down to force another Orlando turnover. For the second straight game Jason Murrietta entered the game for Davila to start the fourth quarter. Armstrong continued his big game by adding his fourth touchdown of the game. A Jason Geathers touchdown catch from Rowley would be the only Predators score of the quarter. Trandon Harvey joined the Rattlers ground game with the fifth rushing touchdown of the game with just under five minutes to play. Arkeith Brown capped off the scoring barrage when he got his hands on a Rowley pass in the endzone and returned it 51-yards for another Rattlers touchdown. The Rattlers will now travel to Jacksonville to play the 6-0 Sharks on Saturday, May 4th.
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GAME 6: APRIL 28, 2013, VS. ORLANDO PREDATORS
STADIUM US Airways Center Attendance 8,062 KICKOFF TIME 3:04 END OF Game 5:37 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:33 REFEREE Vaughan,S.. UMPIRE Granado,A. LINESMAN Savoie, A. LINE JUDGE Detillier,R. BACK JUDGE Meyer,T. SCORER Heck, S.
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SCORING SUMMARY 1st
12:36 ARI REED, Kerry 19 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 44 yards, TOP 2:24 0-7 07:55 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 3 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 8 yards, TOP 1:33 0 - 14 06:00 ARI PERRY, Jared 13 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 13 yards, TOP 0:23 0 - 21 04:13 ORL RODRIGUEZ, Prechae 5 yd pass from ROWLEY, Kyle (LEWIS, Mark kick) 2 plays, 43 yards, TOP 1:13 7 - 21 00:34 ARI PERRY, Jared 7 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 13 yards, TOP 2:57 7 - 28
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06:47 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 35 yards, TOP 1:43 7 - 35 04:20 ORL TOLIVER, T.T. 9 yd pass from ROWLEY, Kyle (LEWIS, Mark kick) 3 plays, 29 yards, TOP 1:51 14 - 35 03:19 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick failed) 2 plays, 13 yards, TOP 0:36 14 - 41 00:55 ORL MOYE-MOORE, Marlon 1 yd run (LEWIS, Mark kick) 4 plays, 45 yards, TOP 1:44 21 - 41 00:12 ARI REED, Kerry 11 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 13 yards, TOP 0:43 21 - 48
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10:10 ORL RODRIGUEZ, Prechae 10yd pass fromROWLEY, Kyle (LEWIS, Mark kick)7 plays, 48 yards, TOP 4:50 28 -48 08:30 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 38 yards, TOP 1:30 28 - 55 05:28 ORL MOYE-MOORE, Marlon 1 yd run (LEWIS, Mark kick) 4 plays, 18 yards, TOP 2:19 35 - 55 01:39 ARI PERRY, Jared 5 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 45 yards, TOP 3:21 35 - 62
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09:54 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 6 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 30 yards, TOP 1:51 35 - 69 06:51 ORL GEATHERS, Jason 7 yd pass from ROWLEY, Kyle (LEWIS, Mark kick) 4 plays, 39 yards, TOP 2:21 42 - 69 04:41 ARI HARVEY, Trandon 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 15 yards, TOP 1:34 42 - 76 02:00 ARI BROWN, Arkeith 51 yd interception return (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick failed) 42 - 82
ORL FIRST DOWNS 22 NET YARDS RUSHING 3 NET YARDS PASSING 319 Completions-Attempts-Int TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 322 Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 Penalties: Number-Yards Kickoffs-YARDS 3-169 Kickoff returns Number-Yds-TD 10-224-0 Interceptions Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 Fumble Returns Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 Possession Time 34:17 Third-Down Conversions 1 of 5 Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards
ARI 28 20 215 27-49-3 20-23-0 235 0-0 14-81 5-38 13-720 2-29-0 3-95-1 0-0-0 25:43 2 of 2 0 of 3 5-5 1-6
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GAME 7: MAY 4, 2013, at JACKSONVILLE SHARKS
ARI 58 JAX 48 SCORES BY QUARTER
1 2 3 4 Score
ARI 14 20 14 10 58 JAX 7 12 7 22 48
RATTLERS KNOCK OFF UNDEFEATED SHARKS JACKSONVILLE, FL—Arizona hands Jacksonville first loss of the season – The Jacksonville Sharks (6-1) led the Arena Football League in defense, holding their opponents to just 42 points per game, but they couldn’t stop the number one offense of the Arizona Rattlers (6-1) who handed them their first loss of the season, 58-48, on Saturday night at Sea Best Field at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in front of 11,076 fans. Arizona’s point tally was well under its League leading average of 71, but that didn’t factor in as the Rattler defense put up stop after stop against the Sharks. After coming up short on the first drive of the game and seeing Jacksonville take the early 7-0 lead, Arizona turned on all cylinders. Davila accounted for all five touchdowns in the first half as he rushed in the first to put Arizona on the board. Davila and WR Rod Windsor were on the same page all night as the two connected for scores on a total of two plays. It took just four plays for the Rattlers to notch another score as WR Trandon Harvey caught a 30-yard pass to make it 27-13. After Marcus Pittman came up with a sack for the Rattler defense, Davila found Windsor one more time in the half, this time on two plays, to make it 34-13 with 1:48 to play. Former Rattler Markee White scored for Jacksonville with just 20 seconds to go to send it into the break a 34-19 ballgame. The Sharks got the ball to open the second half and used a six play drive to cut the Rattlers lead to eight at 3426. But that was as close as they would get. Arizona worked their way back downfield and Odie Armstrong rushed it in to put the Rattlers back up by 15. A forced fumble by Arkeith Brown and recovery from Tyre Glasper gave the Rattlers the ball back on the23-yard line. Arizona took full advantage of the turnover, stringing together a four play, 32-yard drive that ended with Windsor in the end zone to close out the third quarter. Jacksonville outscored the Rattlers 22-10 in the fourth quarter, picking up three touchdowns and recording a twopoint conversion, but it wasn’t enough to catch the Rattlers. The Sharks scored on their first drive of the quarter and immediately tried for an on-side kick. But Arizona recovered and took over at the Sharks 17-yard line. On just two plays, yet again, Davila found Windsor for his fifth touchdown of the game. Lindholm wouldkick a 30yard field goal with 48 seconds to play to put the Rattlers ahead 58-41. Davila finished the game 21-of-30 for 215 yards and six touchdowns while Windsor pulled in 14 catches for 145 yards and five TDs on the night. Jacksonville WR Jeron Harvey tallied 16 receptions for 143 yards and three touchdowns. QB Bernard Morris finished the game going 27-for-41 for 255 yards and three TDs. On the defensive side, DB Marquis Floyd led all players with seven solo tackles and three pass breakups. Jeremy Kellem picked up six tackles of his own along with two pass breakups. Antron Dillon and Marcus Pittman each recorded a sack for the Rattlers, while Cliff Dukes accounted for the other fumble. Arizona returns home to take on division rivals, the Utah Blaze next Saturday, May 11, 6pm on Ak-Chin Field at the US Airways Center
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GAME 7: MAY 4, 2013, at JACKSONVILLE SHARKS
STADIUM Sea Best Field Attendance 11,076 KICKOFF TIME 7:20 END OF Game 10:15 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:55 REFEREE Cannella, T. UMPIRE Feaster,E. LINESMAN Brunet, B. LINE JUDGE Engelberts,P. BACK JUDGE Kemp,J. SCORER Farley,R.
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SCORING SUMMARY 1st 09:00 JAX HARVEY, Jeron 1 yd pass from MORRIS, Bernard (CAPOZZOLI, Marco kick) 2 plays, 13 yards,TOP 0:54 0-7 04:31 ARI DAVILA, Nick 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 6 plays, 27 yards, TOP 3:24 7 - 7 00:36 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 9 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 9 yards, TOP 0:03 14 - 7 2nd 12:20 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 23yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick failed) 1 play, 17 yards,TOP 0:09 20-7 09:25 JAX HARVEY, Jeron 3 yd pass from MORRIS, Bernard (CAPOZZOLI, Marco kick failed) 3 plays, 38 yards, TOP 1:50 20 - 13 06:20 ARI HARVEY, Trandon 30 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:00 27 - 13 01:48 ARWINDSOR, Rod 4 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 16 yards, TOP 0:44 34 - 13 00:20 JAX WHITE, Markee 14 yd pass from MORRIS, Bernard (CAPOZZOLI, Marco kick failed) 6 plays, 42 yards, TOP 0:48 34 - 19 3rd 10:37 JAX TAYLOR, Rendrick 12 yd pass from MORRIS, Bernard (CAPOZZOLI, Marco kick) 6 plays, 33 yards, TOP 4:00 34 - 26 05:20 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 4 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 6 plays, 45 yards, TOP 4:21 41 - 26 00:13 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 14 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 32 yards, TOP 2:27 48 - 26 4th 08:10 JAX TAYLOR, Rendrick 1 yd run (TAYLOR, Rendrick rush) 12 plays, 45 yards, TOP 6:29 48 - 34 06:13 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 8 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays,17yards, TOP 0:52 55-34 02:35 JAX HARVEY, Jeron 7yd pass from MORRIS,Bernard (CAPOZZOLI,Marco kick) 5plays, 30yards, TOP 2:23 55-41 00:48 ARI LINDHOLM, Garrett 30 yd field goal 4 plays, 6 yards, TOP 0:55 58 - 41 00:27 JAX WILLIAMS, Jarvis 21 yd pass from MORRIS, Bernard (CAPOZZOLI, Marco kick) 4 plays, 45 yards, TOP 0:21 58 - 48
aRI jax FIRST DOWNS 23 25 NET YARDS RUSHING 27 30 NET YARDS PASSING 242 245 Completions-Attempts-Int 21-30-0 27-41-0 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 269 275 Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 3-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 6-43 6-41 Kickoffs-YARDS 10-571 6-317 Kickoff returns Number-Yds-TD 1-31-0 6-128-0 Interceptions Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Fumble Returns Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Possession Time 28:07 31:53 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 5 7 of 10 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-6 5-5 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-10 1-9
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GAME 8: MAY 11, 2013, VS. UTAH BLAZE
UTA 49 ARI 65 SCORES BY QUARTER
1 2 3 4 Score
uta 14 14 0 21 49 ARI 14 21 13 17 65
RATTLERS EXTINGUISH BLAZE PHOENIX, AZ— The Arizona Rattlers (7-1) took down division rivals the Utah Blaze (3-4) by a score of 65-49 on Saturday night on Ak-Chin Field at the US Airways Center in front of season high 10,216 fans, the largest home crowd since 2008. Rattlers QB Nick Davila went 19-31 for 208 yards with five touchdowns while Utah QB Tommy Grady went 25-50 for 302 yards, six touchdowns, and two interceptions. Odie Armstrong ran for two touchdowns and added another through the air. Mario Urrutia had 9 catches for 174 yards and 3 touchdowns for the Blaze. Utah started off the game with a long, battle of a drive that they eventually won with a touchdown pass to Aaron Lesué on fourth down. Urrutia then scored on a 39-yard catch-and-run after a Davila incompletion on fourth down to give the Blaze a quick 14-0 lead. Virgil Gray sparked Arizona with a 56-yard kickoff return touchdown following the Blaze score. ArkeithBrown then intercepted Grady and Armstrong cashed in on the turnover on a short rush to tie the game 14-14 at the end of the first quarter. Gray and Brown continued to create big plays at the start of the second quarter. Gray ran down Lesué and stripped him from behind to force a fumble that was picked up by Brown in the end zone and returned 15-yards. Armstrong again flipped the turnover into points on a short pass from Davila. Grady connected with Urrutia on an 18-yard touchdown pass, which was answered by Davila on a 21-yard strike to Rod Windsor. Utah’s next possession stalled early on an incompletion on fourth down by Grady. Davila scored off the turnover with 41 seconds left on a pass to Jared Perry. Chase Deadder made the nice grab in the end zone for the Blaze to answer the Rattlers score with 18 seconds left. Garrett Lindholm misfired on a field goal to end the first half with Arizona on top 35-28. Utah gambled on an onside kick to start off the second half, which was recovered by Arizona and turnedquickly into points by Kerry Reed. Tyre Glasper and Cliff Dukes pressured Grady on the next Blaze possession and Jeremy Kellem broke up a pass on fourth down. Trandon Harvey joined in on the Rattlers scoring with a 1-yard rush touchdown to put the Rattlers up by 20. The Blaze continued to struggle on fourth-down as Grady threw four straight incompletions from theRattlers’ 20-yard line. This time the Rattlers offense could not convert the Blaze turnover into points. Ben Stallings ran home the first Utah rushing touchdown after a long drive down the field. The Blaze again tried to gain an extra possession with an onside kick, but it was recovered by the Rattlers and turned into Windsor’s second touchdown. Another long drive by the Blaze was capped off by Deadder’s second touchdown of the night. Caesar Rayford stripped Davila on the next possession and Urrutia scored his third touchdown of the night on the next play to bring the Blaze within a score. With the pressure on, Lindholm connected on a 20-yardfield goal to put the Rattlers up by 2 possessions. Arizona regained a comfy lead after Marcus Pittmanrecovered a Utah fumble and Armstrong scored his third touchdown of the night. Brown finished off the Blaze by picking off another Grady pass. The Rattlers are back on the road next week as they travel to Chicago to take on the Rush
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GAME 8: MAY 11, 2013, VS. UTAH BLAZE
STADIUM US Airways Center Attendance 9,280 KICKOFF TIME 6:04 END OF Game 8:47 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:43 REFEREE Smith,R. UMPIRE Campbell,S. LINESMAN Reynard,C. LINE JUDGE Richards, M. BACK JUDGE Robinson,M. SCORER Heck, S.
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SCORING SUMMARY 1st
09:34 UTA LESUE, Aaron 11 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (BROTZMAN, Kyle kick) 9 plays, 43 yards, TOP 5:26 7-0 05:38 UTA URRUTIA, Mario 39yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (BROTZMAN, Kyle kick) 1play, 39 yards,TOP 0:2614 - 0 04:47 ARI GRAY, Virgil 56 yd kickoff return (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 14 - 7 00:19 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 3 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 22 yards, TOP 1:26 14 - 14
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08:45 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 2 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 6 plays, 24 yards,TOP 3:15 14-21 05:42 UTA URRUTIA, Mario 18 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (BROTZMAN, Kyle kick) 4 plays, 42 yards, TOP 2:21 21-21 03:45 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 21 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 49 yards, TOP 1:34 21 - 28 00:41 ARI PERRY, Jared 12 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 14 yards, TOP 0:09 21 - 35 00:18 UTA DEADDER, Chase 5 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (BROTZMAN, Kyle kick) 3 plays, 9 yards, TOP 0:23 28 - 35
3rd 13:20 ARI REED, Kerry 11 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 18 yards, TOP 1:40 28 - 42 07:50 ARI HARVEY, Trandon 1 yd run (TEAM rush fumbld) 3 plays, 8 yards, TOP 1:42 28 - 48 4th 10:24 UTA STALLINGS, Ben 1 yd run (BROTZMAN, Kyle kick) 8 plays, 40 yards, TOP 4:36 35 - 48 08:35 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 7 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2plays, 16yards,TOP 1:0735-55 04:40 UTA DEADDER, Chase 3 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (BROTZMAN, Kyle kick) 6 plays, 35 yards, TOP 3:15 42 - 55 02:42 UTA URRUTIA, Mario 23 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (BROTZMAN, Kyle kick)1play, 23 yards, TOP 0:07 49-55 00:56 ARI LINDHOLM, Garrett 20 yd field goal 4 plays, 6 yards, TOP 1:18 49 - 58 00:39 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 1 yard, TOP 0:03 49 - 65
UTA ARI FIRST DOWNS 20 15 13 15 NET YARDS RUSHING NET YARDS PASSING 302 204 Completions-Attempts-Int 25-50-2 19-31-0 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 315 219 Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-2 1-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 7-39 7-41 Kickoffs-YARDS 4-227 10-560 Kickoff returns Number-Yds-TD 7-102-0 4-115-1 Interceptions Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 2-17-0 Fumble Returns Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-15-0 Possession Time 35:45 24:15 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 10 3 of 6 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 5 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 6-7 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-4 0-0
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GAME 9: MAY 19, 2013, AT CHICAGO RUSH
CHI 49 ARI 56 SCORES BY QUARTER
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ARI 21 14 14 7 56 CHI 14 7 14 14 49
RATTLERS HOLD ON TO DEFEAT RUSH CHICAGO, IL—Arizona beats Chicago 56-49 Chicago, IL – The Chicago Rush (4-5) tried to muster some fourth quarter heroics but were unable to catch the Arizona Rattlers (8-1), who picked up their fifth consecutive victory, with a 56-49 win in front of 4,859 at the Allstate Arena on Sunday afternoon. Just 1:40 into the game, Rattlers QB Nick Davila connected with a wide open Kerry Reed on a 25-yard pass to put Arizona on top. The Rush answered on their possession but back came Davila, this time to Rod Windsor with a 15-yard touchdown pass. For the second consecutive week, Chicago WR Rodney Wright returned a kickoff into the end zone, this time going 57-yards to knot the game at 14. But the Rattlers capped off the half with another TD from Davila to Reed. Chicago got the ball to start eh second half but their possession didn’t last long as Rush QB Luke Drone was picked off by Virgil Gray. The Rattlers capitalized as Davila found Trandon Harvey, making it 28-14. After Reggie Gray scored his second of the afternoon, Arizona got the ball back and on fourth and goalDavila was able to find former Rush WR Jared Perry. Chicago downed the ball intentionally at the 1-yard line in hopes to run down the clock, but two tackles from Anttaj Hawthorne, a blocked pass by Cliff Dukes and a QB rush from Tyre Glasper stifled the Rush offense and Arizona took a 35-21 lead into the break. After the Rush scored on the opening drive of the half, Davila found Windsor on 3rd and long to give the Rattlers a 42-28 advantage. Chicago fumbled on the opening play of the next drive. It was recovered byVirgil gray to make it 1st and goal at the 1-yard line. Armstrong rushed it in, giving the Rattlers their largest lead of the game at 21. The two teams traded scores before things got interesting. Up 56-42, Arizona was called for two false starts and offsides, negating a touchdown and forcing a 62-yard field goal attempt. The FG came up short giving Chicago the ball. Drone capitalized, hitting Reggie Gray on a 32-yard pass and making it a one touchdown game at 5649. The kickoff hit the bracket and the Rush recovered with five minutes to play. Defensive pass interference on fourth down gave Chicago a fresh set of downs but the Rush were unable to convert giving Arizona the ball back with 32 seconds to play and sealing the victory. Davila finished the game 18-for-31 for 301 yards and seven touchdowns, running his streak to five games without an interception. Windsor led the way with 10 catches for 186 yards and three TDS, while Perry had two receptions, both resulting in scores against his former team. Drone was 14-for-34 in the game for 261 yards, six touchdowns and one interception. Reggie Gray posted a game-high four touchdowns on eight catches for 194 yards. The Rattlers return to the Snake Pit next Saturday, May 25, to take on the Iowa Barnstormers on Military Appreciation Night. Drone was 14-for-34 in the game for 261 yards, six touchdowns and one interception. Reggie Gray posted a game-high four touchdowns on eight catches for 194 yards. The Rattlers return to the Snake Pit next Saturday, May 25, to take on the Iowa Barnstormers on Military Appreciation Night.
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GAME 9: MAY 19, 2013, AT CHICAGO RUSH
STADIUM Allstate Arena Attendance 4,859 KICKOFF TIME 3:00 END OF Game 5:28 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:28 REFEREE McCabe, T.
SCORING SUMMARY 1st
13:58 ARI 09:38 CHI 04:13 ARI 03:25 CHI 01:46 ARI
REED, Kerry 30 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 30 yards, TOP 1:02 7 - 0 GRAY, Reggie 30 yd pass from DRONE, Luke (MARTINEZ, Jose kick) 4 plays, 26 yards, TOP 3:32 7 - 7 WINDSOR, Rod 15 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 6 plays, 45 yards,TOP 4:45 14-7 WRIGHT, Rodney 57 yd kickoff return (MARTINEZ, Jose kick) 14 - 14 PERRY, Jared 8 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 45 yards, TOP 1:01 21 - 14
2nd 09:58 ARI HARVEY, Trandon 17 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 36 yards, TOP 0:51 28-14 08:35 CHI GRAY, Reggie 12 yd pass from DRONE, Luke (MARTINEZ, Jose kick) 1 play, 12 yards, TOP 0:40 28 - 21 04:00 ARI PERRY, Jared 6 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 6 plays, 14 yards, TOP 3:55 35 - 21 3rd
12:48 CHI WRIGHT, Rodney 24 yd pass from DRONE, Luke (MARTINEZ, Jose kick) 3 plays, 40 yards,TOP 2:12 35-28 08:18 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 20 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 7plays, 45 yards,TOP 3:49 42-28 06:38 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 1 yard, TOP 0:15 49 - 28 02:17 CHI WRIGHT, Rodney 10 yd pass from DRONE, Luke (MARTINEZ, Jose kick) 5 plays, 45 yards, TOP 3:34 49-35
4th 14:53 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 32 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 35 yards, TOP 1:46 56 - 35 13:15 CHI GRAY, Reggie 36 yd pass from DRONE, Luke (MARTINEZ, Jose kick) 1 play, 36 yards, TOP 0:55 56-42 05:53 CHI GRAY, Reggie 32 yd pass from DRONE, Luke (MARTINEZ, Jose kick) 3 plays, 32 yards, TOP 2:29 56 -49
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GAME 10: MAY 25, 2012, VS IOWA BARNSTORMERS
ARI 70 IOW 26 SCORES BY QUARTER
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ARI 21 21 21 7 70 IOW 6 7 0 13 26
RATTLERS SOAR PAST BARNSTORMERS PHOENIX, AZ—Arizona routs Iowa 70-26 Phoenix, AZ – The Arizona Rattlers (9-1) proved why they have the best offense in the Arena Football League as they rolled past the League’s best defense in convincing fashion, defeating the Iowa Barnstormers (4-6) by a score of 70-26 on Saturday night on Ak-Chin Field at the US Airways Center in front of 8,177 fans on Military Appreciation Night. Rattlers QB Nick Davila keyed the Rattlers hot start by going 19-23 for 241 yards, eight touchdowns, and one interception. Jared Perry had his best game of the season with four catches for 57 yards and four touchdowns. Davila completed two touchdown passes to Kerry Reed to start off the game including a 39-yard strike. QB J.J. Raterink then completed three passes to Jesse Schmidt for a Barnstormers score. Davila changed up targets by completing a 14-yard pass to offensive lineman Michael Huey then found Perry for the touchdown. Raterink would be injured on the next Iowa possession and replaced by Brian Reader. Perry scored his second touchdown of the game after a Barnstormers turnover on downs. Marquis Floyd then made a spectacular interception grab after Virgil Gray tipped a pass. Rod Windsor converted the turnover into points on a 1-yard strike. Garrett Lindholm nailed the post on the following kickoff and Floyd recovered the rebound. Davila hit Windsor again in the end zone for his sixth touchdown pass of the half. Iowa would snag one more scorebefore the end of the half on a 49-yard touchdown return by Thomas to make it 42-13. Two sacks by Marcus Pittman foiled the Barnstormers opening drive of the second half, but they got theball back on a Da’Mon Glanton interception. Cliff Dukes got the ball right back for the Rattlers on a fumble recovery and Perry tallied his third touchdown of the game and putting Arizona up 49-13. Trandon Harvey joined the scoring barrage on Davila’s eighth and final touchdown pass of the night. Floyd stripped Marcus Harris on the next possession and Pittman recovered the fumble. QB Jason Murrietta entered the game for Davila and gave Perry his fourth touchdown. Arizona outscored the Barnstormers 21-0 in the third quarter to take a 50 point lead. Reader would hit Harris for the Barnstormers first touchdown of the second half to begin the fourth quarter. After an Arizona turnover on downs Thomas then scored his second touchdown of the night and made it a 63-26 ballgame. Odie Armstrong ran home the only score in the fourth quarter for the Rattlers on a short rush with 4:09to play. Arkeith Brown then iced the game with an interception. The Rattlers are back on the road next as they travel to Philadelphia to battle the Soul with kickoff set for 1:00pm MST
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SCORING SUMMARY
Attendance 10,149 KICKOFF TIME 6:04 END OF Game 8:27 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:23 REFEREE Ray.K.
1st 13:31 ARI REED, Kerry 4 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 19 yards, TOP 1:29 0 - 7 07:24 ARI REED, Kerry 39 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 46 yards, TOP 1:26 0 - 14 04:20 IOW SCHMIDT, Jesse 8 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. (SCACCIA, Fabrizio kick failed) 4 plays, 38 yards, TOP 2:06 6 - 14 02:37 ARI PERRY, Jared 33 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 47 yards, TOP 1:01 6 - 21 2nd
13:05 ARI PERRY, Jared 8 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 8 yards, TOP 0:27 6 - 28 01:34 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 1 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 10 plays, 39 yards, TOP 7:03 6 - 35 00:17 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 21 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 19 yards, TOP 0:43 6 - 42 00:02 IOW THOMAS, Marco 49 yd pass from READER, Brian (SCACCIA, Fabrizio kick) 1 play, 49 yards, TOP 0:15 13 - 42
3rd 08:57 ARI PERRY, Jared 6 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 1 yard, TOP 0:39 13 - 49 05:12 ARI HARVEY, Trandon 14 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 14 yards, TOP 0:09 13 - 56 01:42 ARI PERRY, Jared 10 yd pass from MURRIETTA, Jason (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 26 yards, TOP 0:54 13 - 63 4th 10:55 IOW HARRIS, Marcus 5 yd pass from READER, Brian (TEAM pass failed) 7 plays, 35 yards, TOP 4:56 19 - 63 07:22 IOW THOMAS, Marco 18 yd pass from READER, Brian (SCACCIA, Fabrizio kick) 1 play, 18 yards, TOP 0:24 26 - 63 04:09 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:37 26 - 70
UMPIRE Stewart,R. LINESMAN Dornan,M. LINE JUDGE Love, J. BACK JUDGE Wagner,W. SCORER Heck,S.
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GAME 11: JUNE 1, 2013, AT PHILADELPHIA SOUL
ARI 64 PHI 57 SCORES BY QUARTER
1 2 3 4 Score
ARI 14 13 15 22 64 PHi 7 22 14 14 57
RATTLERS SLIP PAST SOUL PHILADELPHIA, PA—Fourth quarter comeback lifts Arizona to 64-57 win Philadelphia, PA – After going into halftime trailing for the first time all season, the Arizona Rattlers (10-1) put together a huge fourth quarter comeback to defeat the Philadelphia Soul (5-5) 64-57 on Saturdayafternoon at the Wells Fargo Center. With 8:40 left to play in regulation the Soul held onto a 57-42 lead but Arizona battled back, rattling off 22 unanswered points to pick up the win. It started with a Nick Davila pass to Rod Windsor, who then ran it in for the two-point conversion to make it a seven point ballgame. The Rattlers went with an onside kick on the ensuing kickoff and it was recovered by kicker Garrett Lindholm giving Arizona the ball back on their own seven yard line. Five plays later Odie Armstrong rushed it in for his third of the night. The extra point was good to tie the game at 57 all with just 49 seconds left to play. On the second play of the drive, Philadelphia QB Dan Raudabaugh tried to throw it out but tossed it into the net. Marquis Floyd made the catch off the net for a big play that gave the Rattlers the ball back.Arizona marched down field, running out the clock as they went. With just twelve seconds left Davila rushed it in for the touchdown. A good PAT put the Rattlers back on top for the first time since the six minute mark of the third quarter, setting up the victory. Davila finished the game 28-of-48 for 362 yards and five touchdowns with three interceptions, his highest of the season. Windsor and Tysson Poots had eight catches and two TDs each while Kerry Reed scored the other through the air. Odie Armstrong moved into 9th on the Arena Football League all-time rushing yardage list with his seven rushing yards on his three scores. Raudabaugh went 20-for-33 with two interceptions in the game for 308 yards and six touchdowns. Tiger Jones was his target of the night with eight catches for four TDs, while Ryan McDaniel also found the end zone twice. Arizona led 14-7 at the end of the first quarter. Davila collected the 400th passing touchdown of his career when he found Poots on the first drive of the second quarter to put the Rattlers up 21-7. But the Soul turned it on with two touchdowns, an interception and a blocked kick, both returned for points, to hold the 29-27 advantage at the half. The Soul returned another interception for a touchdown to start the second half only to see Arizona put up 15 unanswered points to take a 42-36 lead. Philadelphia would string together three scores in a rowbefore the Rattlers turned on all cylinders for the comeback. Arizona is on the road again next week when they travel to Texas to take on the San Antonio Talons on June 8 at 5:30pm MST. The game will be televised on Cox7.
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GAME 11: JUNE 1, 2013, AT PHILADELPHIA SOUL
STADIUM New Orleans Arena Attendance 5,427 KICKOFF TIME 4:06 END OF Game 7:00 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:45 REFEREE McCabe,T. UMPIRE Carr,J. LINESMAN Brunner,N. LINE JUDGE Mitchell,J. BACK JUDGE Berry,R.
SCORING SUMMARY 1st
06:58 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 26 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 41 yards, TOP 1:53 7 - 0 04:58 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 2 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 13 yards, TOP 0:36 14 - 0 0 1:44 PHI JONES, Anthony 7 yd pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan (MARTINEZ, Carlos kick) 4 plays, 30 yards, TOP 2:32 14 - 7
2nd 10:57 ARI POOTS, Tysson 9 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 7 plays, 40 yards, TOP 5:10 21 - 7 09:45 PHI JONES, Anthony 45 yd pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan (MARTINEZ, Carlos kick) 1 play, 45 yards, TOP 0:31 21 - 14 08:17 PHIGOOSBY, Joe 17 yd interception return (MARTINEZ, Carlos kick failed) 21 - 20 05:25 ARI POOTS, Tysson 11 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick blockd) 4 plays, 33 yards, TOP 2:05 27-20 05:25 PHI ROBINSON, Bryan PAT return 27 - 22
00:40 PHI MCDANIEL, Ryan 18 yd pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan (MARTINEZ, Carlos kick) 7 plays, 48 yards, TOP 3:58 27 - 29
3rd
12:34 PHI KIZER, Rayshaun 45 yd interception return (MARTINEZ, Carlos kick) 27 - 36 10:07 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 2 yd run (ARMSTRONG, Odie rush) 3 plays, 45 yards, TOP 1:43 35 - 36 06:02 ARI REED, Kerry 14 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 14 yards, TOP 0:52 42 - 36 04:53 PHIJONES, Anthony 30 yd pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan (MARTINEZ, Carlos kick) 1 play, 30 yards, TOP 0:33 42 - 43
4th 13:08 PHI MCDANIEL, Ryan 15 yd pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan (MARTINEZ, Carlos kick) 3 plays, 39 yards, TOP 1:39 42 - 50 08:40 PHI JONES, Anthony 32 yd pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan (MARTINEZ, Carlos kick) 2 plays, 44 yards, TOP 1:03 42 - 57 03:56 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 4 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (WINDSOR, Rod pass from DAVILA, Nick) 7 plays, 44 yards, TOP 3:46 50 - 57 00:49 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 5 plays, 43 yards, TOP 2:16 57 - 57 00:12 ARI DAVILA, Nick 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 5 plays, 45 yards, TOP 0:24 64 - 57
SCORER Sullivan,M.
ARI PHI FIRST DOWNS 23 15 NET YARDS RUSHING 8 10 NET YARDS PASSING 362 308 Completions-Attempts-Int 28-48-3 20-33-2 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 370 318 Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 5-33 11-73 Kickoffs-YARDS 8-438 9-508 Kickoff returns Number-Yds-TD 8-140-0 7-70-0 Interceptions Number-Yds-TD 2-1-0 3-66-2 Fumble Returns Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Possession Time 33:21 24:13 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 7 2 of 5 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 0 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 2-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 1-5
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GAME 12: JuNE 8, 2013, AT SAN ANTONIO TALONS
SAT 21 ARI 70 SCORES BY QUARTER
1 2 3 4 Score
SAT 0 7 7 7 21 ARI 21 14 14 21 70
RATTLERS DOMINATE TALONS SAN ANTONIO, TX—Arizona rolls past San Antonio, 70-21 San Antonio, TX – The Arizona Rattlers (11-1) held the San Antonio (5-6) Talons to their lowest point total of the season, allowing just three touchdowns, as they picked up the 70-21 victory on Saturday night at the Alamodome in front of 8,047. The San Antonio offense was no match against a Rattlers defense that posted six interceptions and a fumble recovery. Arkeith Brown snagged three picks on the night while Jeremy Kellem accounted for two, including one returned for a TD, and Marquis Floyd capped off the game with the final takeaway atthe one minute mark. Rattlers QB Nick Davila was 18-of-27 for 290 yards and five touchdowns. Jason Murrietta replaced Davila in the third quarter and went 5-of-5 for 43 yards and three TDs. Jared Perry and Kerry Reed had seven catches each. Perry found the end zone three times and Reed, twice. Rod Windsor also got in on the scoring barrage with four receptions for three TDs. The Rattlers made it a 35-0 game before San Antonio finally got in the board with 27 seconds to play in the first half, making it a 35-7 game at the break. The Talons would only tally one additional touchdown in both the third and fourth quarters. WR Brent Holmes, FB Chad Cook and QB Nick Fanuzzi accounted for the three scores. With their eighth straight win the Rattlers improve to 11-1 on the season, tying the best start in team history set in 1996. The Rattlers return home next week, June 15, in a rematch against the Spokane Shock, hoping to avenge the only blemish on the season. Kickoff is set for 6pm AZ time at the US Airways Center on what will be First Responders Night.
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GAME 12: JuNE 8, 2013, AT SAN ANTONIO TALONS
STADIUM Alamodome Attendance 8047 KICKOFF TIME 7:37 END OF Game 10:08 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:31 REFEREE Cutaia,D. UMPIRE Granado,A. LINESMAN Leffle,K. LINE JUDGE Valenti,T. SIDE JUDGE Aaronian,M.
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SCORING SUMMARY 1st 12:12 ARI PERRY, Jared 6 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 35 yards, TOP 2:48 7 - 0 08:32 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 18 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 18 yards,TOP 1:05 14 - 0 04:36 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 6 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 47 yards, TOP 2:00 21 - 0 2nd 10:31 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 5 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 34 yards, TOP 3:3628 - 0 01:02 ARIPERRY, Jared 34 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 45 yards, TOP 1:47 35 - 0 00:27 SAT COOK, Chad 2 yd run (DEMOS, Stefan kick) 4 plays, 45 yards, TOP 0:35 35 - 7 3rd
11:00 ARI REED, Kerry 23 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 47 yards, TOP 1:46 42 - 7 07:52 SAT LEE, Xavier 3 yd run (DEMOS, Stefan kick) 5 plays, 37 yards, TOP 3:08 42 - 14 00:00 ARI PERRY, Jared 45 yd pass from MURRIETTA, Jason (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 45 yards, TOP 0:55 49 - 14
4th 09:10 ARI REED, Kerry 28 yd pass from MURRIETTA, Jason (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 45 yards, TOP 1:32 56 - 14 06:59 ARI KELLEM, Jeremy 24 yd interception return (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 63 - 14 04:51 SAT HOLMES, Brent 19 yd pass from FANUZZI, Nick (DEMOS,Stefan kick) 3 plays, 29 yards, TOP 2:08 63- 21 02:17 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 4 yd pass from MURRIETTA, Jason (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 29 yards, TOP 2:3470 - 21 FIRST DOWNS NET YARDS RUSHING NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards Kickoffs-YARDS Kickoff returns Number-Yds-TD Interceptions Number-Yds-TD Fumble Returns Number-Yds-TD Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards
ARI SAT 24 15 22 19 396 235 23-32-2 19-48-6 418 254 0-0 2-1 6-50 6-32 11-609 4-221 0-0-0 0-0-0 6-59-1
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GAME 13: JuNE 15, 2013, VS. SHOCK
SPO 42 ARI 59 SCORES BY QUARTER
1 2 3 4 Score
SPO 14 7 14 7 42 ARI 14 17 14 14 59
RATTLERS KNOCKOFF SHOCK PHOENIX, AZ—Arizona downs Spokane 59-42, clinches playoff spot Phoenix, AZ – The Arizona Rattlers (12-1) entered Saturday night’s game with one blemish on their nearly perfect record, a loss to the Spokane Shock (9-4) in Week 4, but they got redemption with a 59-42 win over the Shock and clinched a playoff spot in front of 10,654 fans on Ak-Chin Field at the US Airways Center. Rattlers QB Nick Davila went 24-for-42 for 233 yards and six touchdowns, while Spokane QB Erik Meyer completed 29-of-43 for 256 yards, five passing touchdowns, one interception, and one rushing touchdown. Arizona WR Rod Windsor had seven catches for 59 yards and three touchdowns. WR Adron Tennell caught 15 passes for 110 yards and four touchdowns for the Shock. The Rattlers and Shock were locked at 14 in the first quarter after both teams scored on a 1-yard rush touchdown and a touchdown pass. Windsor caught the touchdown and Odie Armstrong ran home the score for the Rattlers. Meyer punched in a score and then threw a touchdown pass to Tennell for the Shock. A 21-yard reception by offensive lineman Cornelius Dixon set up another Armstrong touchdown. Garrett Lindholm hit an 18-yard field goal after the Shock had a turnover on downs to extend the Rattlers lead. Meyer responded with a touchdown throw to Kamar Jorden to bring the Shock back within three points. Davila got the ten-point lead right back on his second touchdown throw to Windsor of the first half, sending the Rattlers into the locker room up 31-21. The second half didn’t start out well for Spokane as Virgil Gray got an interception on the first Shock play of the half; which Windsor turned into his third touchdown of the night. Tennell caught up to Windsor with two straight touchdown catches of his own to bring the Shock back to within three at 38-35. With help from a Tyre Glasper sack and a missed field goal return of 50 yards by Gray, Davila threw two straight touchdown passes to Trandon Harvey and Kerry Reed to make it a 52-35 ball game. This time Meyer and Tennell came up just short on fourth down and turned the ball over again. Harvey hauled in his second touchdown grab of the game to give Arizona a commanding 59-35 lead. Meyer and Tennell would connect for one last touchdown for Spokane to bring the final score to 59-42 with the Rattlers on top. Arizona, off to its best start in franchise history, faces another division foe next week in San Jose.They will take on the SaberCats on Saturday, June 22.
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GAME 13: JuNE 15, 2013, VS. SHOCK
STADIUM US Airways Center Attendance 10,654 KICKOFF TIME 6:04 END OF Game 8:35 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:31 REFEREE Snead,C.
SCORING SUMMARY 1st
12:08 ARWINDSOR, Rod 15 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 5 plays, 33 yards, TOP 2:52 0 - 7 08:17 SPO MEYER, Erik 1 yd run (ROWAN, Taylor kick) 4 plays, 4 yards, TOP 3:13 7 - 7 04:58 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick)5 plays, 35 yards, TOP 3:01 7 - 14 00:55 SPO TENNELL, Adron 12 yd pass from MEYER, Erik (ROWAN, Taylor kick) 4 plays, 44 yards, TOP 3:24 14 - 14
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13:14 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 3 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 36 yards, TOP 2:05 14 - 21 04:00 ARI LINDHOLM, Garrett 17 yd field goal 9 plays, 33 yards, TOP 5:20 14 - 24 00:39 SPO JORDEN, Kamar 7 yd pass from MEYER, Erik (ROWAN, Taylor kick) 8 plays, 37 yards, TOP 3:21 21 - 24 00:24 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 3 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 10 yards, TOP 0:15 21 - 31
3rd 11:46 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 5 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 6 plays, 27 yards,TOP 2:42 21 - 38 08:54 SPO TENNELL, Adron 11 yd pass from MEYER, Erik (ROWAN, Taylor kick) 4 plays, 47 yards, TOP 2:10 28 - 38 03:27 SPOTENNELL, Adron 31 yd pass from MEYER, Erik (ROWAN, Taylor kick) 1 play, 31 yards, TOP 0:31 35 - 38 00:34 ARI HARVEY, Trandon 4 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 5 plays, 43 yards, TOP 2:35 35 - 45 4th 11:49 ARI REED, Kerry 5 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 5 yards, TOP 1:02 35 - 52 05:30 ARIHARVEY, Trandon 9 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 5 plays, 22 yards, TOP 2:51 35 - 59 00:28 SPO TENNELL, Adron 4 yd pass from MEYER, Erik (ROWAN, Taylor kick) 9 plays, 35 yards, TOP 4:18 42 - 59
UMPIRE Podraza,R.
LINESMAN Fuick,G. LINE JUDGE Rogers,B. BACK JUDGE Johnson,J. SCORER Heck, S.
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GAME 14: JuNE 22, 2013, AT SAN JOSE SABERCATS
ARI 42 SJS 72 SCORES BY QUARTER
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ARI 14 7 7 14 42 SJS 14 21 30 7 72
RATTLERS FALL TO SABERCATS SAN JOSE CA—Arizona suffers second loss San Jose, CA – For just the second time this season the Arizona Rattlers (12-2) found themselves on the losing end, falling to the San Jose SaberCats (9-4) 72-42 and having their nine-game win streak snapped on Saturday night on CBS Sports Network at the HP Pavilion. The two teams exchanged scores throughout the first quarter. Arizona scored on the opening drive when Davila punched it in from one yard out before SaberCats Russ Michna found Fred Williams to knot it at seven. Davila would connect with Kerry Reed and Tysson Poots for the Rattlers next two tallies making it a 21-14 Arizona lead with 11 minutes to go in the second quarter. But Michna and the SaberCats turned it on. Jason Willis made an over-the-wall touchdown catch that started what would be a 28-0 run opening up a 21 point lead, the largest deficit the Rattlers faced so far this season. After back-to-back catches by Potts got the ball to the 1-yard line, Davila rushed it in for his second of the night to make it 42-28 only to see San Jose put up another 23 unanswered points. The SaberCats scored on every possession and posted four stops. The Rattlers found the end zone twice in the fourth quarter while holding the SaberCats to just one score but it was too little too late. Michna led the SaberCats going 24-for-37 for 313 yards and nine touchdowns. He connected with four different receivers for scores, including Williams who had 10 catches for 121 yards and five TDs in the game. The San Jose, which caused the Arizona offense trouble all night, got one interception, nine tackles, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and three pass breakups from DB Ken Fontenette. Davila was 22-of-41 for 238 yards and four touchdowns for the Rattlers. Both Poots and Reed recorded two TDs apiece. Arkeith Brown had seven tackles and two pass breakups for the Arizona defense. The Rattlers have a buy next week before another road game that takes them to Florida to face the Orlando Predators. It will be another Net10 Wireless Arena Football Saturday game broadcast on CBS Sport Network.
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GAME 14: JuNE 22, 2013, AT SAN JOSE SABERCATS
STADIUM HP Pavilion Attendance 9,296 KICKOFF TIME 7:37 END OF Game 10:25 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:48 REFEREE Cutaia,D.
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 10:43 ARI DAVILA, Nick 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 6 plays, 37 yards, TOP 4:17 7 - 0 06:59 SJS WILLIAMS, Fred 30 yd pass from MICHNA, Russ (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 4 plays, 30 yards, TOP 3:03 7 - 7 03:57 ARIREED, Kerry 6 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 24 yards, TOP 2:24 14 - 7 01:03 SJSJACKSON, Amarri 19 yd pass from MICHNA, Russ (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 3 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:14 14 - 14 2nd
11:14 ARIPOOTS, Tysson 6 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 6 plays, 45 yards, TOP 4:09 21 - 14 04:53 SJS WILLIS, Jason 7 yd pass from MICHNA, Russ (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 8 plays, 45 yards, TOP 5:42 21 - 21 01:07 SJS WILLIAMS, Fred 11 yd pass from MICHNA, Russ (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 1 play, 11 yards, TOP 0:21 21 - 28 00:03 SJS WILLIAMS, Fred 7 yd pass from MICHNA, Russ (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 6 plays, 46 yards, TOP 0:35 21 - 35
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11:33 SJS WILLIAMS, Fred 2 yd pass from MICHNA, Russ (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 6 plays, 45 yards, TOP 3:27 21 - 42 07:50 ARI DAVILA, Nick 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 5 plays, 32 yards, TOP 3:09 28 - 42 04:55 SJS WILLIAMS, Fred 10 yd pass from MICHNA, Russ (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 4 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:31 28 - 49 03:40 SJS FONTENETTE, Ken 20 yd interception return (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 28 - 56 02:42 SJS CARTER, Terrance safety 28 - 58 00:55 SJS WHITTAKER, Huey 1 yd pass from MICHNA, Russ (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 3 plays, 7 yards, TOP 1:47 28 - 65
4th 12:18 ARI REED, Kerry 6 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 7 plays, 33 yards, TOP 3:09 35 - 65 08:47 SJS WILLIS, Jason 15 yd pass from MICHNA, Russ (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 4 plays, 39 yards, TOP 2:52 35 - 72 05:05 ARI POOTS, Tysson 6 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 5 plays, 45 yards, TOP 3:02 42 - 72
UMPIRE Leffle,K. LINESMAN Granado,A. LINE JUDGE Richards,M. side JUDGE Robinson,M. SCORER Harwood,D.
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ARI SJS 21 17 6 38 320 245 25-35-2 14-30-3 326 283 0-0 0-0 12-85 5-25 8-452 5-279 6-86-1 7-119-0 3-16-0
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0-0-0 27:56 1 of 5 1 of 1 6-7 0-0
0-0-0 32:04 4 of 7 0 of 1 3-46 0-0
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GAME 15: JuLY 6, 2013, AT ORLANDO PREDATORS
ARI 84 ORL 56 SCORES BY QUARTER
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ARI 14 28 21 21 84 ORL 7 21 21 7 56
RATTLERS PUMMEL PREDATORS ORLANDO, FL—Arizona knocks off Orlando, 84-56 Orlando, FL – The Arizona Rattlers put up their highest point total of the season and improved to an Arena Football League best 13-2, as they rolled over the Orlando Predator (5-10) 84-56 in the Net10 Wireless Arena Football Game of the Week on CBS Sports Network Saturday night in front of 11,433 fans at the Amway Center. Orlando got the ball to start but their possession didn’t last long as on just the fourth play of the game Virgil Gray picked off Predators QB Aaron Garcia in the end zone, it would be the first of his three interceptions on the night. Arizona took full advantage of the turnover when QB Nick Davila connected with Rod Windsor on a 26-yard pass to take a 7-0 lead. The Predators were unable to handle the ball on the ensuing kickoff and Rattler DL Tyre Glasper swooped in to recover, quickly making it a 14-0 ballgame. A rushing touchdown from Mykel Benson and an interception from Dominic Jones to close out the first half set up another score for Orlando and tied things up at 14 all. The two teams traded scores throughout the half and with just under three minutes to play were knotted at 28. But a one play, 48-yard, touchdown pass to Maurice Purify put Arizona back on top. The defense came up with a big stop giving the Rattlers the ball back with 37 seconds left in the half. With the clock winding down Davila found Purify to give Arizona a 42-28 lead at the break. Arizona didn’t let up in the second half scoring on their opening drive when Tysson Poots made a stellar juggling catch in the end zone to cap a 21-0 run and make it a three score game at 49-28. The Predators were able to score on their next possession but Arizona answered, never letting Orlando pull to withinless than 14 the rest of the way. Davila finished the game 23-for-31 for 411 yards, one interception and nine touchdowns. Poots hauled in nine catches while Purify and Windsor tallied seven and five respectively. All three finished with three touchdowns a piece. Windsor, along with Odie Armstrong, also rushed one in for the Rattlers. With 12 made extra points, kicker Garrett Lindholm also extended his consecutive PATs made streak to 36. Aaron Garcia was 25-for-40 with three picks and five touchdowns. T.T. Toliver led the Predators with nine receptions for two TDs while Benson rushed it in twice. The Rattlers return to the Snake Pit next week for their first home game since Week 13. They will takeon the New Orleans VooDoo on Saturday, July 13, at 6pm.
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GAME 15: JuLY 6, 2013, AT ORLANDO PREDATORS
STADIUM Amway Center Attendance 11,433 KICKOFF TIME 7:30 END OF Game 10:00 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:30 REFEREE JOhnson,R. UMPIRE Feaster,E.
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 10:25 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 26 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 45 yards, TOP 3:01 7 - 0 09:27 ARI GLASPER, Tyre 2 yd net recovery (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 14 - 0 05:39 ORL BENSON, Mykel 2 yd run (LEWIS, Mark kick) 5 plays, 43 yards, TOP 3:37 14 - 7 2nd
3rd 14:09 ARI POOTS, Tysson 26 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 45 yards, TOP 0:44 49 - 28 11:28 ORL TOLIVER, T.T. 31 yd pass from GARCIA, Aaron (LEWIS, Mark kick) 3 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:32 49 - 35 10:06 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 25 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick)2 plays, 38 yards,TOP 0:56 56 - 35 04:00 ORL BENSON, Mykel 1 yd run (LEWIS, Mark kick) 7 plays, 40 yards, TOP 5:01 56 - 42 03:46 ARI POOTS, Tysson 9 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 9 yards, TOP 0:14 63 - 42 00:00 ORL RODRIGUEZ, Prechae 0 yd fumble recovery (LEWIS, Mark kick) 4 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:57 63 - 49 4th
LINESMAN Pacard,M. LINE JUDGE Bailey,M.
14:08 ORL RODRIGUEZ, Prechae 5 yd pass from GARCIA, Aaron (LEWIS, Mark kick) 3 plays, 30 yards, TOP 1:47 14 - 14 09:49 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 2 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 6 plays, 37 yards, TOP 3:34 21 - 14 07:44 ORL WILLIAMS, Jarvi 42 yd pass from GARCIA, Aaron (LEWIS, Mark kick) 2 plays, 42 yards, TOP 1:00 21 - 21 05:40 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 21 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 33 yards, TOP 1:17 28 - 21 02:59 ORL TOLIVER, T.T. 28 yd pass from GARCIA, Aaron (LEWIS, Mark kick) 3 plays, 44 yards, TOP 2:15 28 - 28 01:52 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 48 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 48 yards, TOP 0:40 35 - 28 00:06 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 4 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 40 yards, TOP 0:23 42 - 28
11:06 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 8 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 5 plays, 29 yards, TOP 3:44 70 - 49 07:03 ORL WILSON, Julius 14 yd pass from GARCIA, Aaron (LEWIS, Mark kick) 5 plays, 45 yards, TOP 3:15 70 - 56 06:11 ARI POOTS, Tysson 7 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 7 yards, TOP 0:27 77 - 56 00:27 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 4 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 39 yards, TOP 0:21 84 - 56
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GAME 16: JuLY 13, 2013, VS. NEW ORLEANS VOODOO
NOV 42 ARI 79 SCORES BY QUARTER
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NOV 7 21 7 7 42 ARI 14 31 14 20 79
HOW THE WEST WAS WON PHOENIX, AZ—Arizona defeats New Orleans 79-42 to win the West Division Phoenix, AZ – The Arizona Rattlers (14-2) notched their third consecutive West Division Championship with a 79-42 victory over the New Orleans VooDoo (5-11) on Saturday night on Ak-Chin Field at the US Airways Center in front of 9,958 fans. Virgil Gray fueled the Rattlers good start in the first quarter with an interception on the first VooDoo offensive play of the game and a pass breakup on fourth down later in the quarter. Odie Armstrong and Rod Windsor would flip the turnovers into points for a quick 14-point lead. Payne got the VooDoo on the scoreboard with a receiving touchdown at the end of the first quarter to make it 14-7. Tysson Poots regained the Rattlers 14-point edge with a touchdown grab in the back of the end zone early in the second quarter. Dixon would answer with a rush touchdown for New Orleans. From there the Rattlers seized control of the game with a 31-yard touchdown pass to Purify, a Jeremy Kellem interception, and Armstrong’s second rushing touchdown of the game taking a 35-14 advantage. A 33-yard catch by Payne and touchdown reception by Courtney Smith would snap New Orleans’ skid. Kerry Reed joined the Rattlers’ scoring party as Davila continued to rack up touchdown throws to different receivers. Larry Beavers reeled in another VooDoo score with just ten seconds left in the half but the Rattlers answered with a 47-yard field goal from Garrett Lindholm to make the score 45 to 28 at half. After exchanging touchdowns to begin the second half, James Bryant received a VooDoo onside kick to give Dixon an extra possession. But that was stifled by another Gray interception. Arizona took full advantage of the turnover as Davila connected with Windsor for another score. Purify continued the Rattlers’ scoring barrage with two long touchdown receptions from Davila and Jason Murietta. Gray would end Dixon’s night with his third interception of the game as New Orleans turned to Bill Stull at quarterback. Stull and Murietta then exchanged touchdown throws over 40 yards to Payne and Reed to end the game at 79-42. Nick Davila went 14-of-18 for 214 yards, seven touchdowns and added a 16-yard rush. Maurice Purify had five receptions for 102 yards and three touchdowns. For the VooDoo, Chris Dixon would finish the game 20-of-39 for 238 yards with three passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns. Quorey Payne reeled in eight passes for 133 yards and two touchdowns. It was a record-breaking night as one-byone franchise and League records fell. With their 37-point win, Arizona set the AFL record for most double digit wins in a season at 12. Gray broke the single-season franchise record of 10 interceptions; his three on the night put him at 12 for the season. Lindholm broke Kenny Spencer’s single-season League record of 138 successful PATs with number 139. Armstrong moved into ninth on the career rushing touchdown list when he notched hi 71st. The Rattlers, who secured home field advantage in the playoffs, have two regular season games left including one at home against Chicago next Saturday, July 20. The team will celebrate Throwback Night which will include appearances by former players and Sidewinders as well as throwback uniforms, games, contests and more
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GAME 16: JuLY 13, 2013, VS. NEW ORLEANS VOODOO
STADIUM US Airways Center Attendance 9958 KICKOFF TIME 6:03 END OF Game 8:29 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:26 REFEREE Hochuli,S.
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 12:28 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 2 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 21 yards, TOP 1:54 0 - 7 05:13 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 30 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 30 yards, TOP 0:30 0 -14 00:35 NOV PAYNE, Quorey 15 yd pass from DIXON, Chris (SPENCER, Kenny kick) 5 plays, 41 yards, TOP 4:04 7 - 14 2nd
12:43 ARI POOTS, Tysson 4 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 30 yards, TOP 2:31 7 - 21 08:41 NOV DIXON, Chris 3 yd run (SPENCER, Kenny kick) 5 plays, 30 yards, TOP 3:21 14 - 21 07:33 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 31 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 31 yards, TOP 0:35 14 - 28 05:32 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 6 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 6 yards, TOP 0:19 14 - 35 00:55 NOV SMITH, Courtney 9 yd pass from DIXON, Chris (SPENCER, Kenny kick) 6 plays, 49 yards, TOP 0:00 21 - 35 00:34 ARI REED, Kerry 4 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 11 yards, TOP 0:00 21 - 42 00:10 NOV BEAVERS, Larry 29 yd pass from DIXON, Chris (SPENCER, Kenny kick) 3 plays, 35 yards, TOP 0:24 28 - 42 00:00 ARI LINDHOLM, Garrett 47 yd field goal 2 plays, 11 yards, TOP 0:10 28 - 45
3rd 12:43 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 28 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick)4 plays, 48 yards, TOP 2:1728 - 52 09:46 NOV DIXON, Chris 4 yd run (SPENCER, Kenny kick) 4 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:15 35 - 52 04:18 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 3 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 46 yards, TOP 2:16 35 - 59 4th 13:08 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 32 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick failed) 2 plays, 44 yards, TOP 0:59 35 - 65 10:15 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 23 yd pass from MURRIETTA, Jason (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 23 yards, TOP 0:25 35 - 72 07:34 NOV PAYNE, Quorey 41 yd pass from STULL, Bill (SPENCER, Kenny kick) 3 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:09 42 - 72 06:31 ARI REED, Kerry 45 yd pass from MURRIETTA, Jason (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick)1 play, 45 yards, TOP 0:23 42 - 79
UMPIRE Morre,M. LINESMAN Reynard,C. LINE JUDGE Brunett,B. BACK JUDGE Robinson, M. SCORER Heck, S.
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GAME 17: JuLY 20, 2013, VS CHICAGO RUSH
ARI 42 CHI 63 SCORES BY QUARTER
1 2 3 4 Score
ARI 21 7 0 14 42 CHI 14 21 14 14 63
RATTLERS FALL TO RUSH PHOENIX, AZ—Chicago defeat Arizona 63-42 Phoenix, AZ – The Arizona Rattlers (14-3) came out of the gate strong in their final regular season home game but couldn’t hold on as the Chicago Rush (10-7) handed them their first home loss of the season on Ak-Chin Field at the US Airways Center on Saturday night in front of 11,353. Arizona DB Arkeith Brown wasted no time putting the Rattlers on the scoreboard. He took the opening kickoff and returned it 56-yards for a touchdown. Rod Windsor would add another Arizona touchdown, but not to be outdone was Chicago WR Reggie Gray, who reeled in two scores in the first quarter for Rush. The Rattlers closed out the first quarter strong with Nick Davila sneaking in a touchdown to make it 21-14 and Marquis Floyd intercepting Coffman. The Rattlers strong first quarter didn’t carry over into the second as they started their first two drives with a turnover on downs and fumble. JJ Payne cashed in the first Rattlers turnover, but Virgil Gray saved the fumble with an interception. Arizona’s offense briefly found its stride as Davila hit Windsor again for a touchdown to put the Rattlers back on top, 28-21. QB Carson Coffman tied the game up again on a strike to Jared Jenkins and gave the Rush a 35-28 lead when he connected with Reggie Gray for his third touchdown of the half. The Rattlers last two possessions ended in turnovers and they went into the locker room down by a score. Jose Martinez misfired on a 24-yard field goal to start off the second half and Arizona had a chance to tie the game, but turnovers continued to haunt the Rattlers as Vic Hall came up with a pick. This time it was Reggie Gray throwing for a touchdown to offensive lineman Colin Madison off a flea flicker. Chicago scored again when Jorrick Calvin recovered another Rattler fumble and ran it into the end zone making t 49-28 Rush. Davila’s final drive of the quarter resulted in Hall getting another interception off the boards in the end zone. The Rush continued their offensive push as Jenkins caught his second touchdown of the game to extend Chicago’s lead to 56-28. Jason Murietta entered the game for Davila on Arizona’s next possession, but it was Armstrong who ended the Rattlers scoring drought with a rush touchdown. Another Martinez missed field goal allowed the Rattlers to pull within two scores on Windsor’s third touchdown catch of the game. The Rush recovered the onside kick attempt and Coffman ran in a touchdown. Hall capped off the scoring with his third interception of the game, which he returned for a touchdown. Coffman went 21-of-38 for 262 yards, five passing touchdowns, two interceptions, and one rushing touchdown. Davila finished the game 17-of-33 for 235 yards, two touchdowns, and three interceptions. Reggie Gray led the Rush with nine caught passes for 135 yards, three touchdowns, and even threw a touchdown. Windsor finished the game with six receptions for 97 yards and three touchdowns for Arizona. The Rattlers will wrap up the regular season in Iowa on July 27 against the Barnstormers before returning home for the first round of the playoffs on August 4.
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GAME 17: JuLY 20, 2013, VS CHICAGO RUSH
STADIUM US Airways Center Attendance 11,353 KICKOFF TIME 6:04 END OF Game 8:40 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:36
SCORING SUMMARY 1st
2nd 12:48 CHI PAYNE, J.J. 2 yd run (MARTINEZ, Jose kick) 1 play, 2 yards, TOP 0:14 21 - 21
06:38 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 6 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 44 yards, TOP 2:02 21-28
01:00 CHI JENKINS, Jared 2 yd pass from COFFMAN, Carson (MARTINEZ, Jose kick) 7 plays, 47 yards, TOP 2:54 28- 28
00:19 CHI GRAY, Reggie 20 yd pass from COFFMAN, Carson (MARTINEZ, Jose kick) 3 plays, 48 yards, TOP 0:15 35 - 28
3rd 06:14 CHI MADISON, Colin 17 yd pass from GRAY, Reggie (MARTINEZ, Jose kick) 2 plays, 18 yards, TOP 0:45 42 - 28
REFEREE Ray,K. UMPIRE Campbell,S. LINESMAN Saalfeld,K. LINE JUDGE Engelberts,P. BACK JUDGE Fagan,J. SIDE JUDGE Heck,S.
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14:48 ARI BROWN, Arkeith 56 yd kickoff return (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 0 - 7 12:05 CHI GRAY, Reggie 9 yd pass from COFFMAN, Carson (MARTINEZ, Jose kick) 3 plays, 30 yards, TOP 2:02 7 - 7 09:29 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 6yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick)3 plays, 48 yards, TOP 1:57 7-14 07:12 CHI GRAY, Reggie 11 yd pass from COFFMAN, Carson (MARTINEZ, Jose kick)3plays, 35 yards, TOP 1:44 14-14 02:18 ARI DAVILA, Nick 1 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 7 plays, 45 yards, TOP 4:16 14 - 21
04:22 CHI CALVIN, Jorrick 23 yd fumble recovery (MARTINEZ, Jose kick) 49 - 28
4th 10:52 CHI JENKINS, Jared 5 yd pass from COFFMAN, Carson (MARTINEZ, Jose kick) 9 plays, 45 yards, TOP 5:00 56-28 06:53 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 3 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 6 plays, 44 yards, TOP 3:18 56 - 35 03:05 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 16 yd pass from MURRIETTA, Jason (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 3 plays, 45 yards, TOP 1:11 56 - 42 01:43 CHI COFFMAN, Carson 5 yd run (MARTINEZ, Jose kick) 3 plays, 11 yards, TOP 0:54 63 - 42
CHI ARI FIRST DOWNS 25 17 NET YARDS RUSHING 21 13 NET YARDS PASSING 279 314 Completions-Attempts-Int 22-39-2 21-42-4 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 300 327 Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 4-3 Penalties: Number-Yards 4-20 8-49 Kickoffs-YARDS 9-513 5-284 Kickoff returns Number-Yds-TD 1-20-0 5-126-1 Interceptions Number-Yds-TD 4-78-0 2-5-0 Fumble Returns Number-Yds-TD 1-23-1 0-0-0 Possession Time 30:37 29:23 Third-Down Conversions 2 of 7 1 of 7 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 2 2 of 4 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-8 4-5 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-7 0-0
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GAME 18: JuLY 27, 2013, AT IOWA BARNSTORMERS
IOW 45 ARI 84 SCORES BY QUARTER
1 2 3 4 Score
IOW 6 6 13 20 45 ARI 21 21 14 28 84
RATTLERS ROLL PAST BARNSTORMERS DES MONIES, IA—Arizona defeats Iowa 84-45; gets set for playoffs Des Moines, IA – The Arizona Rattlers (15-3) showed why they are the West Division Champions with a convincing 84-45 win over the Iowa Barnstormers (611) in their final regular season game of the year on Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Arena. The Rattlers, who hold the best record in the Arena Football League, wasted no time using three offensive plays and a defensive play to take a commanding lead. On the first play of the game QB Nick Davila found WR Rod Windsor for a 45-yard touchdown to put the Arizona on top. Iowa QB JJ Raterink was then intercepted by Marquis Floyd on the Barnstormers first drive. It took Davila just two plays to turn that pick into points as he found Windsor again to make it 14-0. Raterink was again picked off, this time by Virgil Gray who returned it 39-yards for a touchdown. The Barnstormers would get on the board right before the end of the first quarter to make it a 21-6 game. Gray recorded his second pick-six of the night on the Barnstormers opening drive of the second quarter, tying the League record for most interception returns in a game. Another defensive stop and a touchdown catch by WR Tysson Poots put Arizona up 35-6 with five minute left in the half. QB Jason Reader replaced Raterink and found Darius Reynolds but a second missed extra point only pulled them within 23. Davila would connect with Poots one more time before the end of the half to send Arizona into the locker room up 42-12. Iowa came out full throttle in the second half, putting up two scores right out of the gate, including a 35-yard interception return from Jason Simpson to cut their deficit to 17. But Davila connected with bothPoots and Windsor for their third touchdowns of the night to close out the third quarter leading 56-25. After a Barnstormer TD, DB Arkeith Brown returned the ensuing kickoff 56-yards for a touchdown, Cliff Dukes revered a fumbled snap and Poots caught his fourth TD pass of the game, this time from QB Jason Murrietta. The teams exchanged TDs and another fumble recovery, this time by Anttaj Hawthorne, set up one last Arizona score. FB Odie Armstrong rushed it in and ran his streak to 16 games with a rushing touchdown to 16. Iowa found the end zone one last time to account for the final tally of 84-45. Davila finished the game 16-of-22 for 222 yards and six touchdowns. Poots caught nine passes for four touchdowns while Windsor recorded six catches for three TDs. The Arizona defense put on a show with three interceptions, four sacks, three fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles. Raterink was just 5-for-16 with no touchdowns and three interceptions for Iowa with Reader going 10-for-18 for 197 yards and four TDs. The Rattlers now return home for the playoffs, where for the third season in a row the road to the ArenaBowl will run through the desert. It all kicks off on August 4th when the Rattlers face off against their longtime rival the San Jose SaberCats on Ak-Chin Field at the US Airways Center at 5pm. The two teams split the regular season matchups with Arizona dominating at home
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GAME 18: JuLY 27, 2013, AT IOWA BARNSTORMERS
STADIUM US Airways Center Attendance 7,719 KICKOFF TIME 7:07 END OF Game 9:45 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:38 REFEREE Smith,L.
SCORING SUMMARY 1st
14:25 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 45 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 1 play, 45 yards, TOP 0:35 7 - 0 07:05 ARI WINDSOR, Rod 34 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 46 yards, TOP 0:53 14 - 0 05:40 ARI GRAY, Virgil 45 yd interception return (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 21 - 0 00:35 IOW THOMAS, Marco 2 yd run (GORNALL, Ross kick failed) 6 plays, 31 yards, TOP 3:55 21 - 6
2nd 09:29 ARI GRAY, Virgil 40 yd interception return (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 28 - 6 05:00 ARI POOTS, Tysson 2 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 5 yards, TOP 1:12 35 - 6 02:05 IOW REYNOLDS, Darius 38 yd pass from READER, Brian (GORNALL, Ross kick failed) 4 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:30 35 - 12 00:08 ARI POOTS, Tysson 7 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 41 yards, TOP 1:10 42 - 12 3rd
10:45 IOW BROWN, Kai 2 yd run (GORNALL, Ross kick) 5 plays, 40 yards, TOP 4:05 42 - 19 08:05 IOW SIMPSON, Jason 35 yd interception return (READER, Brian pass failed) 42 - 25 04:00 ARI POOTS, Tysson 4 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 5 plays, 45 yards, TOP 3:05 49 - 25 00:40ARI WINDSOR, Rod 6 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 30 yards, TOP 1:50 56 - 25
4th 14:18 IOW SCHMIDT, Jesse 25 yd pass from READER, Brian (GORNALL, Ross kick) 2 plays, 35 yards, TOP 0:42 56 - 32 13:28 ARI BROWN, Arkeith 58 yd kickoff return (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 63 - 32 09:45 ARI POOTS, Tysson 12 yd pass from MURRIETTA, Jason (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick)1 play,12 yards, TOP 0:25 70-32 06:40 IOW SCHMIDT, Jesse 49 yd pass from READER, Brian (GORNALL, Ross kick) 4 plays, 46 yards, TOP 2:17 70 - 39 03:22 ARI REED, Kerry 9 yd pass from MURRIETTA, Jason (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 5 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:36 77-39 01:00 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 2 yd run (LINDHOLM, Garrett kick) 2 plays, 22 yards, TOP 0:59 84 - 39 00:35 IOW REYNOLDS, Darius 22 yd pass from READER, Brian (RAY, Odrick rush failed) 2 plays, 20 yards, TOP 0:18 84 - 45
UMPIRE Feaster, E. LINESMAN Packard,M. LINE JUDGE Bennett,M.
BACK JUDGE Kemp,J. SCORER Enyart,S.
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QUARTERFINAL PLAYOFF: AUGUST 4, 2013, VS SAN JOSE SABERCATS
SJS 49 ARI 59 SCORES BY QUARTER
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SJS 14 21 42 49 49 ARI 14 28 42 59 59
RATTLERS FINISH OFF SABERCATS PHOENIX,AZ—Arizona advances to National Conference Final Phoenix, AZ – The Arizona Rattlers (16-3) defeated their division rival the San Jose SaberCats (13-6) by a score of 59-49, Sunday night on Ak-Chin Field at the US Airways Center in front of 7,932 fans to knock the SaberCats out of the playoffs and advance to the National Conference Championship game. The SaberCats opening drive ran into a Tyre Glasper sack on third down and more pressure from the Rattlers on fourth down to force an early turnover on downs. QB Nick Davila and WR Rod Windsor only needed one play to get into the end zone from there to put Arizona on top early. San Jose QB Russ Michna would bounce back with touchdown throws to James Roe and offensive lineman Rich Ranglin. Davila would go back to Windsor for another score and at the end of the first the game was tied at 14. Davila continued to throw Windsor’s way while Michna continued to mix up receivers in the second quarter. Windsor’s third score of the game put Arizona up seven and Huey Whittaker’s score again tied the game at 21. Tysson Poots caught an amazing touchdown after juggling the ball and hanging onto it as he somersaulted over the boards and into the Rattlers bench. Virgil Gray batted away a Michna pass on fourth down to give Arizona the ball back with just over a minute left in the half. Penalties wiped away a Clevan Thomas interception and a Windsor touchdown on the Rattlers next possession. Arizona attempted a long field goal but missed to send them into the break up 28-21. Thomas pulled a missed field go off the net and returned it 49-yards for a touchdown for the SaberCats to open the third quarter. Maurice Purify and Williams would keep the game tied up with matching touchdown catches. After scoring on offense earlier in the game, Whittaker intercepted Davila and returned it to the end zone for a defensive touchdown to put the SaberCats on top for the first time in the game. The lead wouldn’t last long when Davila threw a quick dart to Poots in the end zone to tie the game again and end the third quarter at 42-42. There wouldn’t be any ties in the fourth quarter. On second and goal from the Rattlers’ 2 yard-line, Jeremy Kellem recovered a Jabari Fletcher fumble to keep the SaberCats off the board. Arizona never looked back from there as Odie Armstrong banged home a touchdown to give the Rattlers a seven-point lead. Lindholm’s next kickoff would ricochet off the goal post and bounce into the hands of Poots. Davila then connected with Purify to give Arizona its biggest lead of the game at 14. Michna would respond with a 12-yard touchdown run to pull within one possession. The Rattlers offense turned to Lindholm and he connected to put the Rattlers up 10. Gray would ice the game at 59-49 with the first interception of Michna. Davila went 21-35 for 233 yards, seven touchdowns, and one interception. Rod Windsor caught 9 passes for 123 yards, three touchdowns, and 25 rush yards. Michna went 20-36 for 238 yards, four touchdowns, one interception, and one rush touchdown. Fred Williams had seven receptions for 84 yards and one touchdown. The Rattlers will now get set to take on the Spokane Shock in the National Conference Championship on Saturday, August 10, at 6pm on Ak-Chin Field at the US Airways Center.
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QUARTERFINAL PLAYOFF: AUGUST 4, 2013, VS SAN JOSE SABERCATS
STADIUM US Airways Center Attendance 7,545 KICKOFF TIME 7:05 END OF Game 10:01 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 2:56 REFEREE Pester, J. UMPIRE Frerking, P. LINESMAN Leffle, K. LINE JUDGE McGowen, T. BACK JUDGE Berry, R. SIDE JUDGE Baumann, B. SCORER Heck, S.
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 06:09 ARI CARTER, Chris 7 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick) 7 plays, 41 yards, TOP 3:40 0 - 7 00:09 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 5 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick) 3 plays, 19 yards, TOP 2:05 0 - 14 2nd 13:13 SJS WHITTAKER, Huey 30 yd pass from GRIEB, Mark (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 3 plays, 30 yards, TOP 1:47 7 - 14 03:42 SJS WHITTAKER, Huey 7 yd pass from GRIEB, Mark (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 4 plays, 39 yards, TOP 2:15 14 - 14 02:51 ARI GEATHERS, Jason 8 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick) 1 play, 8 yards, TOP 0:16 14 - 21 3rd 12:03 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 18 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick) 5 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:57 14 - 28 08:36 SJS WHITTAKER, Huey 4 yd pass from GRIEB, Mark (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 5 plays, 19 yards, TOP 2:53 21 - 28 4th
14:28 ARI GOULD, Chris 25 yd field goal 4 plays, 1 yard, TOP 2:00 21 - 31 11:17 SJS WHITTAKER, Huey 2 yd run (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 5 plays, 26 yards, TOP 3:11 28 - 31 10:22 SJS JONES, Andre 20 yd interception return (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 35 - 31 08:52 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 29 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick failed) 2 plays, 45 yards, TOP 0:53 35 - 37 04:57 ARI BROWN, Arkeith 42 yd interception return (GOULD, Chris kick) 35 - 44 01:45 SJS WILLIAMS, Fred 14 yd pass from GRIEB, Mark (GRIEB, Mark pass failed) 4 plays, 37 yards, TOP 2:53 41 - 44 00:50 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 9 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick) 2 plays, 9 yards, TOP 0:10 41 - 51 00:22 SJS WILLIAMS, Fred 14 yd pass from GRIEB, Mark (PERTUIT, Nich kick) 4 plays, 21 yards, TOP 0:28 48 - 51
FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards
ARI SJS 17 18 4-1 2-3 246 258 42-21-4 57-26-2 46-247 60-261 0-0 0-0 2-19 6-167 2-48 4-20 0-0 0-0 6-42 6-28 26:53 33:07 0 of 4 7 of 13 0 of 2 1 of 6 5-9 3-5 1-5 0-0
RUSHING: San Jose SaberCats-WHITTAKER, Huey 1-2; TAGGART, Tommy 1-1. Arizona Rattlers-ARMSTRONG, Odie 2-4; GEATHERS, Jason 1-0; REED, Kerry 1-minus 3. PASSING: San Jose SaberCats-GRIEB, Mark 26-57-2-263; TEAM 0-0-0-minus 5. Arizona Rattlers-DAVILA, Nick 21-42-4-246. RECEIVING: San Jose SaberCats-WILLIAMS, Fred 10-90; WHITTAKER, Huey 9-87; ROE, James 4-56; EDWARDS, Hank 3-30. Arizona Rattlers-PURIFY, Maurice 10-134; REED, Kerry 6-56; GEATHERS, Jason 2-29; CARTER, Chris 2-23; ARMSTRONG, Odie 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS: San Jose SaberCats-JONES, Andre 2-20; WHITTAKER, Huey 1-0; VARNER, Tanner 1-0. Arizona RattlersBROWN, Arkeith 1-42; GRAY, Virgil 1-6. FUMBLES: San Jose SaberCats-None. Arizona Rattlers-None. SACKS (UA-A): San Jose SaberCats-None. Arizona Rattlers-DUKES, Cliff 0-1; HAWTHORNE, Antt 0-1. TACKLES (UA-A): San Jose SaberCats-BROOKINS, Mervi 5-0; VARNER, Tanner 3-3; HEDGEMON, LaBro 3-1; JONES, Andre 3-1; SYKES, Joe 1-1; NYENHUIS, Gabe 1-0; EDWARDS, Hank 1-0; WILLIAMS, Fred 1-0; MAKA, Francis 0-1; MCGILL, Tim 0-1. Arizona Rattlers-GRAY, Virgil 9-2; BROWN, Arkeith 5-5; PURIFY, Maurice 2-0; FLOYD, Marquis 1-2; GOULD, Chris 1-2; DUKES, Cliff 1-2; ANDERSON, Brand 1-0; BOOKER, John 1-0; GEATHERS, Jason 1-0; GLASPER, Tyre 0-2; HAWTHORNE, Antt 0-1.
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NATIONAL CONFERENCE: AUGUST 10, 2013, VS. SPOKANE SHOCK
SPO 57 ARI 65 SCORES BY QUARTER
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SPO 7 - 35 - 57 ARI 21 - 51 - 65
RATTLERS CLINCH CONFERENCE TITLE PHOENIX, AZ—Second half powers Arizona past Spokane; 65-57 Phoenix, AZ – The Arizona Rattlers captured their third-straight National Conference Championship with an exciting second half, in which they held the Spokane Shock scoreless, that lifted them to a 65-57 victory on Saturday night on Ak-Chin Field at the US Airways Center to advance to ArenaBowl XXVI. Erik Meyer and Brandon Thompkins started off red-hot for the Shock as Meyer got the scoring started on a quarterback keeper touchdown and then threw a 45-yard touchdown pass to Thompkins on his next drive. Nick Davila would keep the game tied initially with a touchdown toss to Tysson Poots, but his next possession would end on a Jeremy Geathers sack. Meyer would close out the first quarter with another touchdown pass to Thompkins and a 21-7 lead. The Rattlers offense had two fumbles on the first drive of the second quarter, but recovered both and cashed in with Odie Armstrong. The Meyer to Thompkins connection continued to score touchdowns and regained a 14-point lead. Arkeith Brown returned a kickoff 56-yards for a touchdown to keep the Rattlers within seven. Meyer would find Thompkins in the end zone for the fourth time in the first half to keep pressure on Arizona. Davila would respond with another touchdown pass to Poots to cut the Shock lead to seven and start the Rattlers comeback as they put up 37 unanswered points. Garrett Lindholm dribbled the ball onsides on the ensuing kickoff and then recovered it himself to give the Rattlers an extra possession and a field goal would leave the Shock with just a four point lead at the break. The Rattlers came out of the locker room with a fury. Davila hit Purify on a 44-yard catch and run to give Arizona the lead for the first time in the game. Meyer’s hot start would come to an end as he threw four straight incompletions for a turnover on downs. Rod Windsor would capitalize on the first Spokane turnover on a 28-yard touchdown catch. Jeremy Kellem forced a fumble on the Shock’s next possession and Kerry Reed recovered it for another turnover. Davila would again capitalize by throwing another touchdown to Purify. The once hot Shock offense stayed ice cold in the third quarter as Kellem intercepted Meyer for the third straight turnover. Spokane failed to get on the scoreboard and the Rattlers led 51-35. Poots started off the fourth quarter with the Rattlers third straight touchdown off a Shock turnover. After scoring four touchdowns in the first half Thompkins found the end zone again to stop the Spokane scoring draught. On the Rattlers next possession Windsor finished off the drive with a touchdown catch, capping a 45-7 run. The Shock would not leave without a fight as Adron Tennell scored two straight touchdowns with the help of an onside kick. Kamar Jorden scored on a two-point conversion after Tennell’s second score to bring Spokane within one possession. The Rattlers would foil the comeback attempt by recovering the ensuing onside kick and finishing the game on top 65-57. Davila went 24-of-44 for 294 yards and eight passing touchdowns. Tysson Poots had nine catches for 96 yards and three touchdowns while Windsor and Purify had two TDs apiece. Meyer finished 24-of-41 for 344 yards, eight total touchdowns, and one interception. Thompkins recorded 11 catches for 184 yards and five touchdowns and Tennell had the other two scores. The Rattlers advance to their third consecutive ArenaBowl next Saturday, August 17, in Orlando and will face off against a familiar foe, the Philadelphia Soul, in what will be a rematch of ArenaBowl XXV. The ball fell incomplete and the Arizona Rattlers had pulled out a victory that you could only witness within this incredible action packed league know as Arena Football.
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NATIONAL CONFERENCE: AUGUST 10, 2013, VS. SPOKANE SHOCK
STADIUM US Airways Center Attendance 9,644 KICKOFF TIME 7:05 END OF Game 10:06 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 3:01 REFEREE McCabe, T. UMPIRE Granado, A. LINESMAN Wharrie, J. LINE JUDGE Valenti, T. BACK JUDGE Griffin, C. SIDE JUDGE Johnson, J. SCORER Heck, S.
SCORING SUMMARY 1st
14:10 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 40 yd run (GOULD, Chris kick) 1 play, 45 yards, TOP 0:50 0 - 7 11:53 ARI BROWN, Arkeith 10 yd interception return (GOULD, Chris kick) 0 - 14 07:46 UTA POOTS, Tysson 11 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (BROTZMAN, Kyle kick) 6 plays, 40 yards, TOP 3:36 7 - 14 02:16 ARI GOULD, Chris 23 yd field goal 9 plays, 38 yards, TOP 4:57 7 - 17
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14:50 UTA LESUE, Aaron 38 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (BROTZMAN, Kyle kick) 4 plays, 46 yards, TOP 2:26 14 - 17 13:50 ARI WHITE, Markee 23 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick)1 play, 23 yards, TOP 0:41 14 - 24 12:47 ARI DUKES, Cliff safety 14 - 26 10:17 UTA POOTS, Tysson 10 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (BROTZMAN, Kyle kick) 4 plays, 35 yards, TOP 2:18 21 - 26 07:52 ARI WHITE, Markee 42 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick) 3 plays, 42 yards, TOP 1:49 21 - 33 03:06 UTA POOTS, Tysson 24 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (BROTZMAN, Kyle kick) 7 plays, 45 yards, TOP 4:02 28 - 33 01:03 UTA TA’AMU, Ed 3 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (BROTZMAN, Kyle kick) 2 plays, 47 yards, TOP 1:19 35 - 3 00:22 UTA LESUE, Aaron 7 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (BROTZMAN, Kyle kick) plays, 46 yards, TOP 0:33 42 - 33
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13:30 ARI WHITE, Markee 19 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick) 1 play, 19 yards, TOP 0:20 42 - 40 11:44 UTA LESUE, Aaron 18 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (BROTZMAN, Kyle kick) 2 plays, 30 yards, TOP 1:08 49 - 40 10:05 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 18 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick) 2 plays, 38 yards, TOP 1:30 49 - 47 05:13 UTA POOTS, Tysson 17 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (BROTZMAN, Kyle kick) 7 plays, 45 yards, TOP 4:56 56 - 47 02:48 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 19 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick) 3 plays, 47 yards, TOP 1:46 56 - 54
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14:55 UTA LESUE, Aaron 11 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (BROTZMAN, Kyle kick failed) 5 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:20 62 - 54 09:15 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 12 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (ARMSTRONG, Odie rush failed) 8 plays, 45 yards, TOP 4:44 62 - 60 01:07 UTA LESUE, Aaron 3 yd pass from GRADY, Tommy (BROTZMAN, Kyle kick) 10 plays, 41 yards, TOP 7:29 69 - 60 00:55 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 30 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick) 1 play, 30 yards, TOP 0:05 69 - 67 00:09 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 8 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (REED, Kerry pass from DAVILA, Nick) 6 plays, 45 yards, TOP 0:26 69 - 75
UTA ARI FIRST DOWNS 26 20 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 1-0 6-60 PASSING YDS (NET) 441 331 Passes Att-Comp-Int 63-37-3 30-21-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 64-441 37-391 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-83 6-77 Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 3-35 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 4-4 Penalties-Yards 7-33 9-54 Possession Time 36:47 23:13 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 10 5 of 6 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 3 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 3-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-0 0-0 RUSHING: Utah Blaze-GRADY, Tommy 1-0. Arizona Rattlers-ARMSTRONG, Odie 5-61; DAVILA, Nick 1-minus 1. PASSING: Utah Blaze-GRADY, Tommy 37-63-3-441. Arizona Rattlers-DAVILA, Nick 21-29-0-331; PURIFY, Maurice 0-1-1-0. RECEIVING: Utah Blaze-POOTS, Tysson 19-182; LESUE, Aaron 12-213; KAULEINAMOKU, S 5-43; TA’AMU, Ed 1-3. Arizona Rattlers-PURIFY, Maurice 9-142; WHITE, Markee 6-106; REED, Kerry 6-83. INTERCEPTIONS: Utah Blaze-PHILLIPS, Al 1-0. Arizona Rattlers-BROWN, Arkeith 2-35; MCCULLOUGH, Kev 1-0. FUMBLES: Utah Blaze-GRADY, Tommy 1-0. Arizona Rattlers-TEAM 2-2; DAVILA, Nick 1-1. SACKS (UA-A): Utah Blaze-LEWIS, Mike 1-0. Arizona Rattlers-None. TACKLES (UA-A): Utah Blaze-PHILLIPS, Al 5-2; HYLAND, David 5-1; MULDER, William 3-1; STALLINGS, Ben 2-0; LEWIS, Mike 1-1; RAYFORD, Caesar 1-0; BROTZMAN, Kyle 1-0; KAULEINAMOKU, S 1-0; POOTS, Tysson 1-0; MARSH, Antwan 0-1. Arizona Rattlers-BROWN, Arkeith 9-1; FLOYD, Marquis 7-1; ANDERSON, Brand 6-1; DUKES, Cliff 3-0; GRAY, Virgil 3-0; MCCULLOUGH, Kev 2-0; PURIFY, Maurice 2-0; GOULD, Chris 1-0; WHITE, Markee 1-0; ROGERS, Sir Vin 1-0; REED, Kerry 0-1.
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ARENABOWL: AUGUST 17, 2013, VS. Philadelphia Soul
ARI 48 PHI 39 SCORES BY QUARTER
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ARI - - - - 48 PHI - - - - 39
ARENABOWL CHAMPIONS, AGAIN ORLANDO, FL—Rattlers capture back-to-back Championships Orlando, FL – The Arizona Rattlers became the first team since the 1995-96 Tampa Bay Storm to win back-to-back Arena Football League ArenaBowl Championships only team in League history to beat the same team twice in consecutive years as they posted a 48-39 win over the Philadelphia Soul on Saturday afternoon in ArenaBowl XXVI at the Amway Center. Arizona got on the board first as Nick Davila and Maurice Purify picked up right where they left off in ArenaBowl XXV with an eight-yard touchdown. The Soul quickly answered with a touchdown of their own when Dan Raudabaugh found Ryan McDaniel to tie it at seven a piece. On the rattlers next possession, Davila threw it off the net and right into the arms of Philadelphia DB Rayshaun Kizer. ButRattlers DB Vigil Gray did what he’s done all year and snagged the pick in the end zone. Rod Windsor started the second half off with a great one-handed catch in the back of the end zone to put the Rattlers back on top. Philadelphia drove down the field and a 14-yard catch by McDaniel got them to the one where Derrick Ross rushed it in to knot it at 14-14. After a loss on the play, Rattlers QB Nick Davila found himself in the end zone on third down but a completed pass to Purify resulted in a 47-yard touchdown to put Arizona up 21-14. After tying the game on a Tiger Jones TD, Philadelphia tried the on-side kick. The Rattlers recovered on the nine but had to settle for an 18-yard field goal from Garrett Lindholm. The Soul was unable to find the end zone and went for the FG but it was blocked by Anttaj Hawthorne giving the Rattlers once last shot before the break. Davila passed it off to Windsor for what was initially ruled a touchdown before a challenge and review overturned it and sent the Rattlersinto the locker room up by just three at 24-21. McDaniel opened the second half with a score to give the Soul the lead for the first time in the game.But Kerry Reed joined the scoring parade on a 19-yard pass from Davila to make it 31-27 Rattlers. A Jeremy Kellem interception set up a yet another Davila to Windsor TD on third and goal. The two teams exchanged touchdowns, as Tysson Poots and Jones each found the end zone, and a second rushing TD from Ross pulled the Soul within six at 45-39. With under a minute to go the Rattlers marched their way toward the end zone but a fumble on the one yard line gave Philadelphia the ball back as time wound down. The Rattlers defense came up big with a turnover on downs and Garrett Lindholm sealed the win with a 24-yard field goal with 23 seconds left on the clock. Windsor was named ArenaBowl XXVI MVP and offensive player of the game with 10 receptions for 145 yards and two touchdowns. Gray earned defensive player of the game honors. Davila finished the game going 20-of-29 for 315 yards, six touchdowns and one interception. Purify hauled in four catches for 83 yards and two scores. On the Philadelphia side, Raudabaugh went 31-of-51 for 306 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions. McDaniel and Jones accounted for the Soul passing TDs with two each, while Ross capped of the rest of the scoring with two rushing touchdowns. Rattlers Head Coach and general Manager, Kevin Guy, is now the sixth coach to win multiple ArenaBowl titles and second to win them back-to-back. It was no easy road to repeat. The Rattlers kicked off the 2013 season with an ArenaBowl XXV rematch against the Soul, and then had to work their way through the tough West Division with a target on their backs. Arizona finished the regular season 15-3 only to meet conference foes San Jose and Spokane again in the first two rounds of the playoffs. But they proved once and again that they were the team to beat.
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ARENABOWL: AUGUST 17, 2013, VS. Philadelphia Soul
STADIUM New Orleans Arena Attendance 13,648 KICKOFF TIME 9:35 END OF Game 12:30 TOTAL ELAPSED TIME 3:05 REFEREE Pester, J. UMPIRE Carr, J. LINESMAN Dornan, M. LINE JUDGE Engleberts, P. BACK JUDGE Kemp, J. SIDE JUDGE Corpora, J. SCORER Rizzuto, B.
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 07:57 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 4 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick) 6 plays, 22 yards, TOP 4:02 7 - 0 03:07 PHI ROSS, Derrick 7 yd run (SCACCIA, Fabriz kick failed) 6 plays, 45 yards, TOP 4:03 7 - 6 00:40 ARI REED, Kerry 14 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick) 3 plays, 36 yards, TOP 1:44 14 - 6 2nd
12:10 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 29 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick) 1 play, 29 yards, TOP 0:18 21 - 6 07:28 ARI GOULD, Chris 30 yd field goal 4 plays, 7 yards, TOP 2:17 24 - 6 05:31 PHI HUGHLEY, Jeff 26 yd pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan (SCACCIA, Fabriz kick) 3 plays, 40 yards, TOP 1:30 24 - 13 00:00 ARI GOULD, Chris 20 yd field goal 11 plays, 40 yards, TOP 4:47 27 - 13
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13:55 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 38 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick) 2 plays, 43 yards, TOP 0:55 34 - 13 10:00 PHI ROSS, Derrick 31 yd pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan (SCACCIA, Fabriz kick failed) 5 plays, 48 yards, TOP 2:58 34 - 19 08:28 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 29 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick) 2 plays, 33 yards, TOP 1:03 41 - 19 04:23 PHI BRACKINS, Larry 10 yd pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan (SCACCIA, Fabriz kick) 4 plays, 37 yards, TOP 3:20 41 - 26 03:27 ARI WHITE, Markee 10 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick) 1 play, 10 yards, TOP 1:33 48 - 26 02:04 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 6 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick blockd) 1 play, 6 yards, TOP 0:39 54 - 26 00:11 PHI SAMMONS, Emery 21 yd pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan (BRACKINS, Larry pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan) 2 plays, 27 yards, TOP 0:53 54 - 34
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14:25 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 13 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick failed) 1 play, 13 yards, TOP 0:30 60 - 34 12:05 PHI BRACKINS, Larry 12 yd pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan (SAMMONS, Emery pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan) 3 plays, 38 yards, TOP 1:33 60 - 42 08:54 ARI ARMSTRONG, Odie 2 yd run (GOULD, Chris kick failed) 4 plays, 12 yards, TOP 2:27 66 - 42 05:23 PHI BRACKINS, Larry 8 yd pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan (RAUDABAUGH, Dan pass failed) 5 plays, 37 yards, TOP 2:34 66 - 48 03:35 ARI PURIFY, Maurice 13 yd pass from DAVILA, Nick (GOULD, Chris kick failed) 2 plays, 19 yards, TOP 1:08 72 - 48 00:42 PHI BRACKINS, Larry 3 yd pass from RAUDABAUGH, Dan (RAUDABAUGH, Dan pass failed) 7 plays, 40 yards, TOP 1:57 72 - 54
FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards
ARI PHI 17 22 9-4 5-34 266 285 30-23-0 42-26-3 39-270 47-319 0-0 0-0 3-36 11-113 3-40 0-0 0-0 1-1 6-44 6-16 30:21 29:39 4 of 7 2 of 5 0 of 0 0 of 1 9-10 5-5 0-0 0-0
RUSHING: Arizona Rattlers-ARMSTRONG, Odie 4-6; DAVILA, Nick 4-1; GEATHERS, Jason 1-minus 3. Philadelphia Soul-ROSS, Derrick 4-21; RAUDABAUGH, Dan 1-13. PASSING: Arizona Rattlers-ARMSTRONG, Odie 4-6; DAVILA, Nick 4-1; GEATHERS, Jason 1-minus 3. Philadelphia Soul-ROSS, Derrick 4-21; RAUDABAUGH, Dan 1-13. RECEIVING: Arizona Rattlers-PURIFY, Maurice 9-143; REED, Kerry 8-80; WHITE, Markee 3-25; ARMSTRONG, Odie 2-8; ROGERS, Sir Vin 1-10. Philadelphia Soul-HUGHLEY, Jeff 8-93; MORGAN, Donovan 7-66; SAMMONS, Emery 6-62; BRACKINS, Larry 4-33; ROSS, Derrick 1-31. INTERCEPTIONS: Arizona Rattlers-BROWN, Arkeith 2-28; MCCULLOUGH, Kev 1-12. Philadelphia Soul-None. FUMBLES: Arizona Rattlers-None. Philadelphia Soul-None. SACKS (UA-A): Arizona Rattlers-None. Philadelphia Soul-None. TACKLES (UA-A): Arizona Rattlers-ANDERSON, Brand 9-2; BROWN, Arkeith 4-2; FLOYD, Marquis 4-1; MCCULLOUGH, Kev 3-2; GLASPER, Tyre 2-1; HAWTHORNE, Antt 1-1; WHITE, Markee 1-1; PURIFY, Maurice 1-1; REED, Kerry 1-0; GOULD, Chris 1-0; PITTMAN, Marcus 0-1. Philadelphia Soul-STEVENSON, Larico 8-1; GOOSBY, Joe 5-0; ROBINSON, Bryan 3-2; KIZER, Rayshaun 2-0; SAMMONS, Emery 2-0; PERKINS, Brando 2-0; BARNO, Dustin 1-1; RICHARDSON, Kent 1-0; JOHNSON, Christ 1-0.
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2013 Head COACH Kevin Guy
SEASON STATS 15-3 Regular Season 3-0 Post Season 1st in Western Division 1st in Conference
Head COACH
Head COACH
Kevin Guy
Kevin Guy
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SEASON STATS
16-2 Regular Season 2-1 Post Season 1st in Western Division 1st in Conference
8-8 Regular Season 0-1 Post Season 2nd in Western Division 3rd in Conference
Top Players
Top Players
Passing: QB Nick Davila 27/604, 4916 yards, 117 TD, 10 INT Rushing: FB Odie Armstrong 77 att, 295 yards, 17 TD Receiving: WR Rod Windsor 156 rec, 1830 yards, 36 TD Kick Returns: DB Virgil Gray 62 ret, 1445 yards, 5 TD Interceptions: DB Virgil Gray 10 INT
Passing: QB Jeff Smoker 177/294, 2066 yards, 32 TD, 11 INT Rushing: FB Chris Robinson 38 att, 136 yards, 9 TD Receiving: WR Siaha Burley 114 rec, 1344 yards, 33 TD Kick Returns: WR Trandon Harvey 49 ret, 921 yards, 3 TD Interceptions: DB Isaiah Trufant 4 INT, 9 return yards
2010
2007
2012
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Head COACH
Head COACH
Kevin Guy
Gene Nudo
Kevin Guy
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SEASON STATS
10-6 Regular Season 0-1 Post Season 2nd in Western Division 4th in Conference
4-12 Regular Season 3rd in Western Division 9th in Conference
Top Players
Passing: QB Sherdrick Bonner 316/498, 4036 yards, 83 TD, 13 INT Rushing: FB Bo Kelly 81 att, 231 yards, 13 TD Receiving: WR Trandon Harvey 101 rec, 1412 yards, 30 TD Kick Returns: WR Darrell Jones 56 ret, 1080 yards, 1 TD Interceptions: DB Keyuo Craver 3 INT, 37 return yards
Top Players Passing: QB Nick Davila 353/541, 4847 yards, 110 TD, 15 INT Rushing: FB Odie Armstrong 72 att, 171 yards, 25 TD Receiving: WR Maurice Purify 110 rec, 1,590 yards, 42 TD Kick Returns: Virgil Gray 27 ret, 475 yards Interceptions: DB 15 INT,
13-5 Regular Season 3-0 Post Season 1st in Western Division 1st in Conference
Top Players Passing: QB Nick Davila 391/589, 5500 yards, 113 TD, 16 INT Rushing: FB Odie Armstrong 66 att, 214 yards, 16 TD Receiving: WR Maurice Purify 126 rec, 1932 yards, 46 TD Kick Returns: WR Trandon Harvey 30 ret, 579 yards Interceptions: DB 10 INT
Passing: QB Nick Davila 415/617, 4858 yards, 102 TD, 18 INT Rushing: FB Johnie Kirton 20 att, 66 yards, 3 TD Receiving: WR Rod Windsor 193 rec, 2372 yards, 47 TD Kick Returns: DB Terrance Sanders 60 ret, 1082 yards, 2 TD Interceptions: LB Kelvin Morris 6 INT, 28 return yards
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2006
2009
2011
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Head COACH
Head COACH
Head COACH
Gene Nudo
Danny White
Danny White
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8-8 Regular Season 0-1 Post Season 2nd in Western Division 3rd in Conference
11-5 Regular Season 2-1 Post Season 1st in Western Division 1st in Conference
11-3 Regular Season 2-1 Post Season 2nd in Western Division 2nd in Conference
Top Players
Top Players
Top Players
Passing: QB Sherdrick Bonner 295/508, 3991 yards, 83 TD, 16 INT Rushing: FB/LB Bo Kelly 42 att, 103 yards, 6 TD Receiving: WR/DB Randy Gatewood 89 rec, 1175 yards, 35 TD Kick Returns: DS Clarence Lawson 38 ret, 720 yards, 1 TD Interceptions: WR/DB Randy Gatewood 3 INT, 50 yards
Passing: QB Sherdrick Bonner 347/534, 3833 yards, 77 TD, 9 INT Rushing: FB/LB Bo Kelly 49 att, 161 yards, 9 TD Receiving: OS Siaha Burley 103 rec, 1201 yards, 24 TD Kick Returns: OS Siaha Burley 32 ret, 692 yards, 2 TD Interceptions: WR/DB Randy Gatewood 4 INT, 10 yards
Passing: QB Sherdrick Bonner 270/439, 3219 yards, 69 TD, 9 INT Rushing: FB/LB Bo Kelly 45 att, 147 yards, 8 TD Receiving: WR/LB Chris Horn 104 rec, 1324 yards, 29 TD Kick Returns: WR/LB Chris Horn 42 ret, 929 yards, 0 TD Interceptions: DS Cecil Doggette 3 INT, 41 yards
2005
2003
2001
Head COACH
Head COACH
Head COACH
Todd Shell
Danny White
Danny White
SEASON STATS
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SEASON STATS
8-8 Regular Season 0-0 Post Season 4th in Western Division 6th in Conference
10-6 Regular Season 3-1 Post Season 3rd in Western Division 4th in Conference
8-6 Regular Season 1-1 Post Season 2nd in Western Division 4th in Conference
Top Players
Top Players
Top Players
Passing: QB Sherdrick Bonner 189/319, 2334 yards, 51 TD, 10 INT Rushing: FB/LB Phil Glover 26 att, 69 yards, 5 TD Receiving: OS Siaha Burley 117 rec, 1542 yards, 45 TD Kick Returns: OS Siaha Burley 43 ret, 657 yards, 0 TD Interceptions: WR/DB Randy Gatewood 5 INT, 27 yards
Passing: QB Sherdrick Bonner 288/430, 3692 yards, 88 TD, 7 INT Rushing: FB/LB Bo Kelly 50 att, 207 yards, 7 TD Receiving: WR/LB Hunkie Cooper 70 rec, 862 yards, 13 TD Kick Returns: WR/LB Chris Horn 40 ret, 9922 yards, 1 TD Interceptions: WR/DB Randy Gatewood 9 INT, 117 yards
Passing: QB Sherdrick Bonner 193/297, 2505 yards, 46 TD, 7 INT Rushing: FB/LB Bo Kelly 45 att, 171 yards, 9 TD Receiving: OS Maurice Bryant 65 rec, 904 yards, 19 TD Kick Returns: WR/LB Hunkie Cooper 43 ret, 772 yards, 1 TD Interceptions: DS Cecil Doggette 5 INT, 43 yards
2004
2002
2000
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Head COACH
Head COACH
Head COACH
Danny White
Danny White
Danny White
SEASON STATS
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SEASON STATS
12-2 Regular Season 2-1 Post Season 2nd in Western Division 3rd in Conference
10-4 Regular Season 1-1 Post Season 1st in Western Division 1st in Conference
11-3 Regular Season 1-1 Post Season 1st in Western Division 2nd in Conference
Top Players
Top Players
Top Players
Passing: QB Sherdrick Bonner 277/473, 3454 yards, 72 TD, 7 INT Rushing: FB/LB Bob McMillen 41 att, 143 yards, 6 TD Receiving: WR/LB Hunkie Cooper 71 rec, 764 yards, 12 TD Kick Returns: WR/LB Hunkie Cooper 60 ret, 1365 yards, 4 TD Interceptions: DS Cecil Doggette 4 INT, 46 yards
Passing: QB Sherdrick Bonner 295/451, 3571 yards, 70 TD, 8 INT Rushing: FB/LB Terry Samuels 25 att, 61 yards, 3 TD Receiving: OS Calvin Schexnayder 136 rec, 1982 yards, 44 TD Kick Returns: WR/LB Hunkie Cooper 48 ret, 884 yards, 3 TD Interceptions: WR/LB Hunkie Cooper 3 INT, 36 yards
Passing: QB Sherdrick Bonner 286/462, 3690 yards, 65 TD, 13 INT Rushing: FB/LB Bo Kelly 63 att, 161 yards, 15 TD Receiving: OS Hunkie Cooper 90 rec, 1036 yards, 17 TD Kick Returns: WR/LB Hunkie Cooper 46 ret, 827 yards, 0 TD Interceptions: WR/DB Randy Gatewood 4 INT
1999
1997
1995
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Head COACH
Head COACH
Danny White
Danny White
Danny White
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SEASON STATS
10-4 Regular Season 1-1 Post Season 1st in Western Division 2nd in Conference
12-2 Regular Season 3-0 Post Season 1st in Western Division 1st in Conference
7-5 Regular Season 0-1 Post Season 2nd in Western Division 3rd in Conference
Top Players
Top Players
Top Players
Passing: QB Donnie Davis 188/297, 2161 yards, 43 TD, 8 INT Rushing: FB/LB Bob McMillen 43 att, 180 yards, 8 TD Receiving: WR/LB Hunkie Cooper 70 rec, 652 yards, 13 TD Kick Returns: WR/LB Hunkie Cooper 55 ret, 1179 yards, 1 TD Interceptions: DS Cecil Doggette 6 INT, 21 yards
Passing: QB Sherdrick Bonner 241/400, 3571 yards, 67 TD, 6 INT Rushing: FB/LB Bo Kelly 44 att, 128 yards, 9 TD Receiving: OS Calvin Schexnayder 93 rec, 1513 yards, 29 TD Kick Returns: WR/LB Hunkie Cooper 52 ret, 985 yards, 0 TD Interceptions: WR/DB Randy Gatewood 5 INT, 50 yards
Passing: QB Aaron Garcia 175/284, 2416 yards, 43 TD, 8 INT Rushing: FB/LB Tracey Mao 63 att, 161 yards, 15 TD Receiving: OS Hunkie Cooper 84 rec, 1041 yards, 15 TD Kick Returns: WR/LB Hunkie Cooper 57 ret, 1219 yards, 4 TD Interceptions: DS Larry Jones 4 INT
1998
1996
1994
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Head COACH Danny White
SEASON STATS 8-4 Regular Season 3-0 Post Season 2nd in Conference 3rd in AFL
Top Players Passing: QB Sherdrick Bonner 208/363, 2685 yards, 46 TD, 12 INT Rushing: FB/LB Craig Barr 39 att, 114 yards, 6 TD Receiving: WR/DB Cedric Tillman 57 rec, 801 yards, 11 TD Kick Returns: WR/LB Hunkie Cooper 37 ret, 629 yards, 1 TD Interceptions: WR/LB Richard Holt 4 INT
1993 Head COACH Danny White
SEASON STATS 7-5 Regular Season 1-1 Post Season 2nd in Conference 4th in AFL
Top Players Passing: QB Paul Justin 226/404, 2846 yards, 45 TD, 15 INT Rushing: FB/LB Andy Coviello 37 att, 57 yards, 4 TD Receiving: WR/DB Hunkie Cooper 91 rec, 1214 yards, 19 TD Kick Returns: WR/DB Hunkie Cooper 69 ret, 1423 yards, 1 TD Interceptions: WR/DB Brian Covington 5 INT
1992
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Nikia Adderson (‘02-03, ‘05) OL/DL 5-11 275 Houston Patrick Afif (’08) OL 6-7 320 Washington State Eric Alford (‘97) WR/LB 6-1 240 Nebraska Vince Amey (‘04-07) OL/DL 6-3 300 Arizona State Odie Armstrong (‘11-13) FB/LB 6-1 260 NW Oklahoma State Jason Andersen (‘04) OL/DL 6-6 319 BYU Vincent Anderson (‘11) DB 6-0 200 Southeast Missouri State Erik Arevalo (‘07) FB/LB 6-5 280 Azusa Pacific Calvin Armstrong (’08) OL 6-7 320 Washington State Richard Ashe (‘93-97) OL/DL 6-4 255 Humboldt State
Arnold Campbell (‘93) OL/DL 6-3 280 Alcorn State Lang Campbell (’08) QB 6-2 210 William & Mary Steve Campbell (‘99) QB 6-8 260 Arizona State Scott Cannon (‘02) K 5-10 190 Linfield College Brendan Carvalho (’10-’11) OL 6-1 300 Portland State Trevor Cavanaugh (‘94) QB 6-2 200 Idaho State Joe Cesta (‘99) FB/LB 6-0 235 Arizona State Pete Christofilakos (‘07) K 5-8 180 Illinois Kevin Cobb (‘02) WR/DB 5-10 185 Memphis Travis Cole (‘03-06) QB 6-3 218 Minnesota Hunkie Cooper (‘93-05) OS, WR/LB 5-9 190 UNLV Andy Coviello (‘92-93) FB/LB 6-0 219 San Diego State Brian Covington (‘93) DS 6-0 190 Central Florida Brad Clark (‘95) WR/LB 6-0 190 BYU Devin Clark (’10-11) OL 6-4 325 New Mexico State David Clarke (‘93) FB/LB 6-1 252 UNLV Cameron Colvin (‘11) WR 6-2 220 Oregon Keyuo Craver (’07-‘08) DB 5-10 185 Nebraska Tim Croff (‘02-03) OL/DL 6-3 280 Carson-Newman Ben Crosland (‘03) OL/DL 6-4 270 Utah State Jonathan Crosswhite (‘99) QB 6-2 210 Utah Ryan Cue (‘11) Lineman 6-1 320 Wayne State Jeff Cummins (‘02) OL/DL 6-6 295 Oregon
B Marvin Bagley (‘98) WR/LB 6-5 215 North Carolina A&T Cameron Bair (‘94-95) K 5-11 185 Illinois State John Bankhead (‘93-94) OL/DL 6-5 260 Southern Utah Craig Barr (‘93-95) FB/LB 6-1 228 Idaho State Dustin Barno (’08) DL 6-2 280 East Stroudsburg BJ Barre (’08) WR/DB 6-2 210 Ohio State Sebastian Barrie (‘99-03, ‘06) OL/DL 6-3 265 Liberty Marion Bates (‘92) FB/LB 5-9 192 Arizona Albrey Battle (‘07) OL/DL 6-4 310 Arizona State Chris Baus (‘93-94) OL/DL 6-3 280 Pacific Terry Belden (‘95) K 5-11 190 Northern Arizona Steve Belles (‘92) QB 6-3 210 Notre Dame Geoff Bender (‘96) QB 6-3 215 North Carolina State Hiawatha Berry (‘93) OL/DL 6-3 275 Georgia Jerrick Bledsoe (‘01-02) DS 5-11 180 Texas Southern John Bonds (‘94) QB 6-5 235 Northern Arizona Sherdrick Bonner (‘93-07) QB 6-4 240 Cal-State Northridge John Booker (’10-12) OL/DL 6-4 315 San Jose State Larry Boyd (‘96) OL/DL 6-2 285 Arizona State Ignacio Brache (‘01) K 6-1 205 California Corey Brannon (‘93-95) OL/DL 6-4 280 Oregon State Anthony Brenner (‘97, ‘99, ‘05) K 5-11 190 East Carolina Carlos Brooks (‘94, ‘98-99) DS 6-1 200 Bowling Green Arkeith Brown (‘12-’13) DB 6-1 190 Texas A&M Donovan Brown (‘94) OL/DL 6-4 264 Albany State Jerald Brown (‘05) WR/DB 5-11 185 Glenville State Marvin Brown (’08) FB/LB 5-11 260 Alabama Keith Browner (‘97) OL/DL 6-7 280 USC Mkristo Bruce (’08) DL 6-6 270 Washington State Maurice Bryant (‘00-03) OS 6-1 195 Houston Orshawante Bryant (‘02-05) WR/DB 5-11 190 Portland State Joe Burch (‘96-99, ‘01-02) OL/DL 6-2 296 Texas Southern Rudy Burgess (‘11) WR/DB 5-11 183 Arizona State Siaha Burley (‘04-05, ’08, ‘10) OS 5-10 185 Central Florida
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Alonzo Durham (‘11) OL/DL 6-3 305 Nevada
E Randy Earl (’11) DL 6-4 295 Minnesota State Brian Easter (‘96-98) FB/LB 6-2 242 Arizona State Steve Edwards (’08) (‘11) OL 6-5 330 Central Florida Billy Eisenhardt (‘13) OL 6-2 305 Grand Valley State David Eldridge (‘92) FB/LB 6-1 230 Arizona Matt Eller (‘94-95, ‘98-99) OL/DL 6-6 280 Bethel College Tim Engelhardt (‘04) OL/DL 6-2 290 New Mexico State Jerome Evans (‘04) OL/DL 6-5 270 Kansas State Stacy Evans (‘99-02) OL/DL 6-2 285 South Carolina
Tyre Glaspar (’11-’13) OL/DL 6-3 265 N. Carolina A&T Phil Glover (‘04-05) FB/LB 6-0 245 Utah Andre Goines (‘99-00) DS 6-0 193 Marshall Eddie Goines (‘99) OS 6-0 195 North Carolina State Josh Golden (‘07) WR/DB 5-10 176 Arizona State Darryl Gooden (‘96) FB/LB 6-2 240 Carson-Newman Tracey Gordon (‘93) OL/DL 6-3 254 Oklahoma Chris Gould (‘12) K 6-0 205 Universith of Virginia Virgil Gray (’11-’13) DB 5-10 195 Rhode Island Art Greathouse (‘92) FB/LB 5-9 198 Arizona Junior Green (‘97-98) WR/LB 6-1 193 Pittsburgh Damien Groce (‘06) OS 5-10 182 Iowa State Alex Guerrero (’10) DL 6-1 275 Boise State Matt Gutierrez (‘12) QB 6-4 230 Michigan
F Curtis Fagan (‘06-07) WR/DB 6-0 175 Oklahoma Asi Faoa (‘06-08) FB/LB 6-4 275 UCLA Billy Farris (’10-11) QB 6-3 225 Colorado State Rod Ferguson (‘92) OL/DL 6-6 280 Wake Forest William Fields (‘07) DB 5-9 180 Houston Kevin Fitzgerald (‘92) OL/DL 6-5 250 Wis.-Eau Claire Flint Fleming (‘97-98) OL/DL 6-3 265 North Dakota State Jabari Fletcher (‘12) DL 6-3 265 Appalachian State Marquis Floyd (’11-’13) DB 6-0 195 W. Georgia Onterio Ford (‘92) OL/DL 6-3 269 NW Missouri State Nate Forse (’11) WR 6-4 220 California & Penn Brian Fox (‘95) QB 6-4 220 Florida Glen Fox (’11-12) WR 6-2 205 South Dakota State John Frank (‘05) OL/DL 6-4 285 Utah Aaron Frazier (‘99) WR/DB 5-10 180 Utah State Brandon Freeman (’10) DB 6-2 205 Massachusetts Lance Funderburk (‘99-00) QB 6-5 225 Valdosta State (GA)
G Aaron Garcia (‘95) QB 6-1 195 Sacramento State Wendall Gaines (‘00-08) OL/DL 6-5 290 Oklahoma State Greg Gales (‘00-02) FB/LB 6-2 235 UNLV Nelson Garner (‘03-04) K 6-1 180 James Madison Patrick Garth (‘99) OL/DL 6-4 280 South Carolina Randy Gatewood (‘96-07) WR/DB 6-0 185 UNLV Michael Geary (‘98) K 6-1 190 Indiana (PA) Jason Geathers (’11) WR/LB 6-3 205 Miami (FL) Joe Germaine (‘04-05) QB 6-2 220 Ohio State Tom Gibson (‘94-95, ‘97-98) OL/DL 6-7 270 Northern Arizona Sergio Gilliam (’10) DB 6-3 195 Clemson
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H Glen Haisley (‘92) OL/DL 6-4 275 Carson-Newman Kyle Harrington (’11) OL/DL 6-4 290 Mass Aundrae Harris (‘02-03) WR/DB 5-9 176 California Alan Harper (’10) DL 6-2 275 Fresno State Atnaf Harris (’07-08) WR 6-1 180 Fresno State Trevor Harris (’11) QB 6-2 220 Edinboro Trandon Harvey (’07-08, ’10-‘12) WR 5-11 190 Washington State Lindsay Hassell (‘02-04) OL/DL 6-2 275 Utah State Anttaj Hawthorne (’08, ’10-’13) OL/DL 6-3 315 Wisconsin George Hawthorne (‘95) OL/DL 6-5 297 Iowa Bryan Henderson (‘03-04) OL/DL 6-3 290 Northwest Oklahoma Tony Henderson (‘96-99) OL/DL 6-1 283 Michigan Eric Herrick (‘96) OL/DL 6-4 300 East Texas State Atlas Herrion (’08, ‘10) OL 6-4 305 Alabama Jai Hill (‘99-00) WR/LB 6-3 210 Indiana (PA) Vince Hill (’11) DB 6-0 185 Miles Chris Hixson (‘02-03, ‘05) QB 6-3 215 Rhode Island Evan Hlavacek (‘05) WR/DB 5-10 185 San Diego Rod Hobbs (‘98) FB/LB 6-2 240 Texas Tech Jim Hoffman (‘96) OL/DL 6-4 275 Arizona Mike Hold (‘96) QB 6-0 195 South Carolina Richard Holt (‘94, ‘96-97) WR/DB 6-2 210 Arizona Bryan Hooks (‘97-98) OL/DL 6-4 295 Arizona State Darrell Hopper (‘93) WR/DB 6-1 220 USC Chris Horn (‘01-03) OS, WR/LB 5-11 200 Rocky Mountain Eric Hoskins (‘96) WR/DB 5-11 175 Western Missouri Eric Houle (’08) K 5-7 175 Saginaw Valley St. Michael Huey (‘12-’13) OL 6-5 315 MackBrown-Texas Kelvin Hunter (‘02-04) WR/DB 5-9 185 Arizona
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Roy Hurd (‘92-93) WR/DB 6-0 202 Arizona State Anthony Hutch (‘05-06) OL/DL 6-3 295 Murray State
I Johnathan Ingram (’08) FB, OL 6-2 300 San Diego St. Kelvin Ingram (‘99-’01, ‘04-07) OL/DL 6-5 285 Oklahoma St.
J Joe Jackson (‘03-04) FB/LB 6-3 255 San Diego State Johnny Jackson (’08) DL 6-3 300 West Alabama Jerrian James (’08) WR/LB 6-0 190 Houston Rusty James (‘98) OL/DL 6-3 310 Arizona Ralph Jarvis (‘98) OL/DL 6-5 280 Temple Jerald Jeffcoat (‘99) OL/DL 6-3 290 Temple Craig Jenkins (’11) OL/DL 6-5 320 Miss State Corey Johnson (‘06) WR/DB 5-9 190 Georgia Gene Johnson (‘92) QB 6-0 205 Louisiana Tech Brian Jones (’08) QB 6-2 206 Toledo Darrell Jones (‘06-07) WR/DB 5-8 190 Cal Poly-SLO Lance Johnson (‘96) OL/DL 6-2 275 Notre Dame Dean Jones (‘94) OL/DL 6-4 285 Morningside Larry Jones (‘94-95) DS 6-0 183 Maine Ron Jones (’10-11) OL/DL 6-4 275 Southern Mississippi Terrance Joseph (‘05, ’07-08) DB 6-1 201 Tulsa Paul Justin (‘93) QB 6-2 204 Arizona State
K Kurt Kahui (’08) LB 6-1 250 San Diego St. Jay Kearney (‘99) WR/DB 6-2 205 West Virginia Jeremy Kellen (‘13) DB 5-9 195 Middle Tenesse State Darrin Kenney (‘97-00) OL/DL 6-5 270 Lycoming George Kelly (’10) DB 5-10 190 UTEP Michael (Bo) Kelly (‘96-99, ‘01-07) FB/LB 6-1 235 East Texas State Michael Kerr (‘99) OL/DL 6-4 270 Florida Danny Kight (‘05) K 6-0 214 Augusta College Johnie Kirton (’10) FB 6-3 285 Washington Kevin Knox (‘98, ‘00) WR/DB 6-3 200 Florida State Gary Kral (‘05-07) K 6-0 175 Pittsburg State
L Nathan LaDuke (‘92, ‘95-96) WR/DB 6-0 200 Arizona State Andre Langley (‘99) OS 5-9 190 Tenn.-Martin
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M Jason Madkins (’11) WR 6-5 225 Sam Houston State Josh Mallard (‘13) 6-2 260 Georgia Tracey Mao (‘94-96) FB/LB 6-2 252 San Diego State Steve Mascorro (‘05-08) OL/DL 6-5 315 New Mexico State John Marxen (‘93) K 5-9 190 Southern Utah Chad May (‘99, ‘01) QB 6-2 240 Kansas State Greg McClellan (‘95) DS 5-10 190 Virginia Corey McCoy (‘00) OS 5-8 185 Colorado State Kevin McCullough (’11-12) FB/LB 6-2 240 Cincinnati Bobby McGowens (‘02) WR/LB 6-3 215 South Carolina St. JJ McKelvey (’10) WR 6-4 225 Clemson Chris McKenzie (’08) DB 5-8 182 Arizona State Kevin McKenzie (‘07) WR/DB 5-11 193 Washington State Steve McLaughlin (‘05) K 6-1 190 Arizona Dwight Mclean (‘12) DB 6-2 205 Purdue Bob McMillen (‘95-00) FB/LB 6-3 255 Illinois Benedictine Da’mon Merkerson (‘12-’13) DB 6-1 190 Syracuse Charles Miller (‘97) OL/DL 6-4 280 Pacific Hamin Milligan (‘03-04) DS 6-2 188 Houston Henry Milton (‘95-96) WR/DB 5-9 185 Sonoma State Stump Mitchell (‘93) WR/LB 5-8 199 The Citadel Anthony Mix (’10) WR 6-5 230 Auburn Ron Moran (‘99-00) FB/LB 6-3 250 Southern Illinois Charlie Morris (‘00-04) OL/DL 6-2 290 Temple Kelvin Morris (’10) LB 6-4 245 Clemson Craig Moore (‘07) OL/DL 6-4 340 Mississippi State Darin Mrachek (‘93) OL/DL 6-3 265 Wisconsin-Stoudt Jason Murrietta (‘12-’13) 6-1 220 Northern Arizona Henry (Moey) Mutz (‘06) WR/LB 6-0 190 Arizona State
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N Kevin Nickerson (’08) WR/DB 5-9 180 Central Missouri St. Greg Niland (‘12) OL 6-5 305 UMass Bjorn Nittmo (‘00) K 6-1 180 Appalachian State Larry Nixon (‘03-04) WR/LB 6-3 190 Sam Houston State A.J. Novak (‘04) FB/LB 6-0 260 William Penn
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Dale Robinson (’10) LB 6-1 240 Arizona State Daryl Rogers (‘94, ‘98-99) WR/LB 6-0 220 Pacific Sir Vincent Rogers (‘12) OL 6-4 310 Houston Rod Rollins (’11) Back 6-0 190 Boston College Olen Rosehill (‘03) OL/DL 6-2 284 Hawaii Sean Roundtree (‘93) WR/DB 5-10 197 Northern Arizona Jeff Ruffin (‘06-08) OL/DL 6-4 295 Illinois Zach Rupp (‘05-07) OL/DL 6-5 260 New Mexico Clay Rush (‘07) K 6-3 220 Missouri Western
Muhammad Oliver (‘98-’01) DS 5-11 188 Oregon
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P Tom Pace (‘03-05) WR/LB 5-10 199 Arizona State Shawn Parnell (‘97-98) DS 5-9 160 Arizona Anthony Parker (‘13) OL 6-5 340 Western Michigan Ricky Parker (‘00-04) DS, WR/DB 6-1 190 San Diego State Matthew Pearson (‘96) OL/DL 6-4 260 Baylor John Peaua (‘01-03) FB/LB 6-3 266 Nevada Chad Pegues (‘07) OL/DL 6-2 285 Eastern Illinois Jared Perry (‘13) WR 6-1 180 Missouri Brandon Phillips (‘07) OL/DL 6-8 319 Arizona Marcus Pittman (’10-’13) DL 6-5 290 Troy Tony Plantin (‘04) OL/DL 6-4 295 Clemson Gil Plasencia (‘96) OL/DL 6-5 295 Western Illinois Bruce Plummer (‘97) DS 6-0 195 Mississippi State Jason Pohopek (‘98-99) FB/LB 6-2 240 Boston College Kyle Pooler (‘98-99, ‘01-02) K 6-0 190 Missouri Tysson Poots (‘13) WR 6-2 220 Southern Utah Jeremiah Pope (‘06-07) WR/DB 5-11 205 CW Post Maurice Purify (‘12) WR 6-3 225 Nebraska
R Judd Rachow (‘92-93) OL/DL 6-6 271 San Diego State Troy Reddick (’10) OL 6-6 325 Auburn Kerry Reed (’11-’13) WR 6-2 205 Michigan State Jody Reinoehl (‘93-94) FB/LB 6-0 262 UNLV Dominic Reyes (‘01) FB/LB 6-1 257 Angelo State Paul Reynolds (‘00) FB/LB 6-2 240 Arizona State Michael Richmond (‘92) WR/DB 5-6 154 New Mexico State Mark Ricks (‘03) DS 5-10 175 Western Michigan Craig Ritter (‘97-98) OL/DL 6-4 289 Arizona State Garland Rivers (‘92-93) DS 6-2 195 Michigan Zack Rix (‘94-96) OL/DL 6-2 280 Fresno State Chris Robinson (’08) FB/LB 6-3 272 New Hampshire
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Will Sullivan (‘03) WR/DB 5-11 180 Bowling Green Riley Swanson (’10-11) DB 6-0 185 Wake Forest
T Ken Talanoa (‘02, ‘05) OL/DL 6-4 280 Arizona State Justin Taplin (‘04-05, ‘07) WR/DB 6-0 183 Arizona State Kerry Taylor (‘05) FB/LB 6-4 260 UMass Maurice Taylor (‘05) DS 5-11 180 Northern Arizona Nian Taylor (‘01) OS 6-1 203 Washington State Eric Thomas (’08) OL 6-3 300 Florida State Kevin Thomas (‘92-95) OL/DL 6-2 260 Arizona State Wilson Thomas (‘05-06) WR/LB 6-6 195 Nebraska Andrae Thurman (‘12) WR 6-0 190 University of Arizona Cedric Tillman (‘92-99) WR/DB 5-10 185 Northern Colorado Marcus Tillman (’11) DL 6-4 275 Mississippi James Todd (’10) DB 6-0 180 Baylor Joe Todd (‘06-07) DS 5-9 180 Mississippi Valley State Andy Trakas (‘95-96) K 5-9 180 San Diego State Pete Tramontanas (‘02-04) OL/DL 6-5 295 UNLV Frank Trentadue (‘03-07) FB/LB 6-1 260 Elmhurst College Isaiah Trufant (’08) DB 5-8 170 Eastern Washington Mark Tucker (‘97-06) OL/DL 6-3 295 USC James Turnage (‘92) WR/DB 6-1 220 SW Missouri St Craig Turner (’11) WR/DB 5-8 195 Souther Illinois
Greg Willig (‘94) QB 6-6 230 Rice Sir Mawn Wilson (‘97) WR/DB 6-2 220 Syracuse Rod Windsor (’10-’13) DB 6-2 210 Western New Mexico Doc Wise (‘93-94) OL/DL 6-2 270 UNLV Talib Wise (‘06) WR/DB 5-10 200 Nevada Jason Witczak (’04, ’08, ’10) K 6-1 190 SE Missouri State Eli Wnek (‘02) FB/LB 6-2 250 Arizona TJ Wright (’11) DB 5-11 180 Ohio
Y Mike Yamamoto (‘92) WR/DB 5-8 183 Wheaton Kyle Young (’10, ‘12) OL 6-4 315 Fresno State Tyler Young (‘96) OL/DL 6-4 285 Pittsburgh
Z Luis Zendejas (‘92-95) K 5-9 200 Arizona State John Zinser (‘92-93) OL/DL 6-3 278 Penn
V Milton Vaughn (‘94-96) WR/DB 5-10 180 Arizona State Barry Voorhees (‘95, ‘97-98) OL/DL 6-5 287 Cal-State Northridge
W Barry Waggoner (‘93) OL/DL 6-1 297 Missouri Western St Cedric Walker (‘97-00) DS 6-1 205 Stephen F. Austin Steve Warren (‘06) OL/DL 6-1 305 Nebraska Jayme Washel (‘97-99) OL/DL 6-2 290 Purdue Tim Watson (‘98) DS 6-3 222 Howard Cory Wedel (‘99) K 5-9 188 Wyoming Trey Weir (‘96) K 5-6 165 Baylor Chad White (‘92) QB 5-11 175 Arizona State Derrick White (’08) LB 6-2 245 Georgia Al Whiting (‘92) WR/DB 5-11 170 East Carolina Aric Williams (’08) DB 5-11 175 Oregon State Gerard Williams (‘97) WR/DB 6-1 213 Delaware State James Williams (‘04) FB/LB 6-2 253 Mississippi Tyrone Williams (‘95) OL/DL 6-4 275 Wyoming * Players that have been listed on at least one regular season active game roster.
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ALL-TIME JERSEY NUMBERS
01
Scott Cannon, Nelson Garner, Andre Goines, Junior Green, Aundrae Harris, Richard Holt, Darrell Jones, Andre Langley, Ricki Lopez, Henry Milton, Isaiah Trufant, Rod Windsor
02
BJ Barre, Carlos Brooks, Cecil Doggette, Atnaf Harris, Darrell Hopper, Bo Kelly, Xavier Lee, Maurice Purify, Michael Richmond, David Saunders
03
Maurice Bryant, Donnie Davis, Tod Devoe, Jason Geathers, Chris Hixson, Richard Holt, Danny Kight, Gary Kral, Steve McLaughlin, Hamin Milligan, Jared Perry Clay Rush, Luis Zendejas
04
Orshawante Bryant, Wendell Davis, Virgil Gray, Rod Hobbs, Mike Hold, Larry Jones, Corey McCoy, Kelvin Morris, Bruce Plummer, Sean Roundtree, Tyrone Sanders, Matt Sauk, James Turnage
05
Siaha Burley, Chris Hixson, Eric Hoskins, Chad May, JJ McKelvey, Rod Rollins, Chris Sanders, Tres Sullivan, Cedric Walker
06
Terry Belden, Terence Davis, Cecil Doggette, Cliff Dukes, Vince Hill, Zeph Lee, Jeremiah Pope, Jeff Smoker, Maurice Taylor, James Todd, Sir Mawn Wilson
Steve Belles, Siaha Burley, Matt Gutierrez, Trevor Harris, Garrett Lindholm, John Marxen, Terrance Sanders, Milton Vaughn
08
Erin Damond, William Fields, Brandon Freeman, Roy Hurd, Jason Madkins, Chris Sailer, Calvin Schexnayder, Aric Williams, Jason Witczak
09
Marvin Bagley, Nate Forse, Brian Fox, Lance Funderburk, Sergio Gilliam, Josh Golden, Chris Gould, Aundrae Harris, Da’mon Merkerson, Art Smith, Justin Taplin, Fabrizio Scaccia, Nian Taylor, Trey Weir, Derrick White, Al Whiting
10
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Arkeith Brown, Chris Horn, Gene Johnson, Paul Justin, Kevin Knox, Jeff Loots, Chad May, Greg McClellan, Joe Schroeder, Greg Willig, Jason Witczak
12
Geoff Bender, John Bonds, Lang Campbell, Steve Campbell, Travis Cole, Chad DeGrenier, Tysson Poots
13 14 15
Sherdrick Bonner, Brad Clark (Number Retired 7/16/10)
Hunkie Cooper (Number Retired 5/6/05)
Cameron Bair, Trevor Cavanaugh, Cosmo DeMatteo, Billy Farris, Aaron Garcia, Shawn Parnell, Kerry Reed
16
Aaron Frazier, Eric Houle, Joe Jackson, Jason Murrietta, Bjorn Nittmo
17 18
Randy Gatewood (Number Retired 5/9/08)
Glen Fox, Michael Geary, Bobby McGowens, Kevin McKenzie, Moey Mutz, Mark Ricks
19
Marquis Floyd, Jerrian James, Larry Nixon, Anthony Mix, Kyle Pooler, Tony Squitieri, Joe Todd
07
Trakas, Chad White
Marvin Brown, Johnathan Crosswhite, Nick Davila, Richard DeFelice, Flint Fleming, Greg Gales, Joe Germaine, Atnaf Harris, Brian Jones, Brad Lebo, Andy
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Carlos Brooks, Junior Green, Jeremy Kellem, Kevin McCullough, Chris McKenzie, Ricky Parker
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Jerald Brown, Kevin Cobb, Jai Hill, Kelvin Hunter, Dwight Mclean, Riley Swanson, Talib Wise
22
Vincent Anderson, Jerrick Bledsoe, Anthony Brenner, Pete Christofilakos,Terence Joseph, Tyrone Sanders
23
Anthony Brenner, Cedric Davis, Trandon Harvey, Corey Johnson, Tom Pace
24
Brian Covington, Brian Easter, Curtis Fagan, George
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Kelly, Tony Lukins, Maurice Smith, Derek Stingley, Will Sullivan
25
Keyuo Craver, Steve Douglass, Terrance Joseph, Keyuo Craver, Stump Mitchell, Daryl Rogers, Craig Turner
26 27 28 29
Gerard Williams, Muhammad Oliver Clarence Lawson, Chris Sailer, TJ Wright Evan Hlavacek, Kevin Nickerson Ignacio Brache, Brad Clark, Nathan LaDuke, Da’mon Merkerson
31 32 33 34 35
Rudy Burgess, Phil Glover, Chris Robinson
Odie Armstrong, Garland Rivers, Frank Trentadue
Andy Coviello, Tracey Mao, Bob McMillen, Dale Robinson, Kerry Taylor
45 46 47 48 50
Jabari Fletcher Jason Pohopek, Jody Reinoehl, Dominic Reyes Erik Arevalo, Keyuo Craver Darryl Gooden, Ron Moran, Terry Samuels, Marcus Tillman Donavon Brown, Charles Miller, Ross Setters, Jayme Washel, Glen Haisley
51
Billy Eisenhardt, Lindsay Hassell, Lance Johnson, Jerald Jeffcoat
52 54 55
Bobby Sign, Pete Tramontanas, Tyrone Williams
John Booker, Asi Faoa, John Peaua, Tim Watson
John Booker
Joe Cesta, Dan Lucas, Mike Yamamoto
44
Craig Barr, Paul Reynolds, Cory Wedel, James Williams, Eli Wnek
Brennen Carvalho, Brian Drummy, Olen Rosehill, Jerry Sharp, Kevin Thomas
56 57 58 59 60 61 63
Ron Jones, Mark Tucker
36 37 38 40 42 43
Tez Doolittle
Keith Browner, Eric Thomas
Johnie Kirton
Darrin Kenney, Josh Mallard, Jeff Ruffin
A.J. Novak
Rusty James, Kyle Young, John Zinser
Art Greathouse
Johnathan Ingram, Rusty James, John Zinser
Marion Bates, David Clarke, Michael Lindsay, Grant Steen
Joey Dozier, Kurt Kahui, Antionne Scott
Charlie Morris
Hiawatha Berry, Devin Clark, Tyler Young
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64 65 66
Patrick Garth, Greg Niland
82 83 84 85 88 89 90
Anthony Hutch
Matt Eller, Tracey Gordon, Craig Moore, Moke Simon
Damien Groce, Bob McMillen
Onterio Ford, Dean Jones, Darin Mrachek, Troy Reddick, Barry Voorhees
Wilson Thomas
67 68
Calvin Armstrong
Steve Stutsman
Larry Boyd, Kevin Fitzgerald, Brandon Phillips, Barry Waggoner
69 70 71 72 73 74 75
Eric Alford, Eddie Goines, Calvin Schexnayder Eric Dooley, Wendall Gaines
Richard Ashe, Michael Huey, Steve Scifres, Matt Spanos
91 92
Ryan Cue, Tom Gibson, Zach Rupp
Alonzo Durham, Anthony Parker, Judd Rachow
Tom Gibson, Steve Mascorro
John Bankhead, Joe Burch, Cornelius Dixon, George Hawthorne, Atlas Herrion, Craig Jenkins, Gil Plasencia, Tony Sherman
Jason Andersen, Arnold Campbell, Rod Ferguson, Anttaj Hawthorne, Zach Rix, Isaiah Ross, Robert Stewart
78 79 80 81
Tim Croff, Tim Engelhardt, Tyre Glasper, Tolifili Liufau, Chad Pegues, Warner Smith
95 96 97 98
Ben Crosland, Kelvin Ingram, Ken Talanoa, Jayme Washel Richard Ashe, Randy Earl, Tony Henderson, Tony Plantin Albrey Battle, Jim Hoffman, Dwayne Lefall
Sebastian Barrie Steve Edwards, Matt Eller, Eric Herrick Cedric Tillman
Johnny Jackson, Craig Ritter, Derrick Shepard, Steve Warren Mkristo Bruce, Stacy Evans, John Frank, Doc Wise
77
Nikia Adderson, Antron Dillon
93 94
Chris Baus, Sir Vincent Rogers
Jeff Cummins, Michael Davis, Alex Guerrero, Oscar Sturgis, Ken Talanoa, Dustin Barno
Patrick Afif, Marcus Pittman
Andrae Thurman
Vince Amey, Alan Harper, Kyle Harrington, Michael Kerr, Mike Lawson, Matthew Pearson
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Corey Brannon, Wendall Gaines, Bryan Henderson, Bryan Hooks, Ralph Jarvis, Darrell Shropshire, Rob Stanavitch
Cameron Colvin, Herb Duncan, Jay Kearney,
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POSTSEASON GAMES
2013 Conference Semi finals – August 4 @ Arizona 59, San Jose 49 Conference Final – August 10 @ Arizona 65, Spokane 57 ArenaBowl – August 17 @ Orlando - Arizona 49, Philadelphia 38
Divisional Round – June 6 @ Arizona 59, Los Angeles 42 Conference Finals – June 13 @ Arizona 45, Colorado 41 ArenaBowl – June 27 San Jose 69, @ Arizona 62
1999
2003
Divisional Round – August 7 @ Arizona 50, Houston 36 Conference Finals – August 15 Orlando 38, @ Arizona 33
Quarterfinal – July 28 @ San Jose 48, Arizona 51 National Conference – August 4 @ Arizona 75, Utah 69 ArenaBowl – August 10 @ Arizona 72, Philadelphia 54
Wild Card Round – May 25 @ Arizona 69, Las Vegas 26 Divisional Round – June 1 Arizona 70, @ Los Angeles 63 Conference Finals – June 8 Arizona 66, @ San Jose 49 ArenaBowl – June 22 @ Tampa Bay 43, Arizona 29
2011
2002
Quarterfinal – July 29 @ Arizona 62, Spokane 33 National Conference – August 6 @ Arizona 54, Chicago 48 ArenaBowl – August 12 @ Arizona 70, Jacksonville 73
Divisional Round – August 4 @ Arizona 61, Carolina 59 Conference Finals – August 11 @ Arizona 56, Chicago 35 ArenaBowl – August 18 @ San Jose 52, Arizona 14
2010
2001
Wild Card Round – August 8 @ Spokane 57, Arizona 49
Wild Card Round – July 28 @ Arizona 52, Detroit 44 Divisional Round – August 4 @ San Jose 68, Arizona 49
2012
2008 Wild Card Round – June 30 @ Arizona 41, Grand Rapids 48
2006 Wild Card Round – May 20 @ Arizona 57, Utah 34 Divisional Round – May 27 @ San Jose 62, Arizona 48
2004
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2000 Wild Card Round – July 27 @ Arizona 41, Buffalo 34 Divisional Round – August 5 Arizona 53, @ Albany 50 Conference Finals – August 13 @ Orlando 56, Arizona 44
Divisional Round – August 7 @ Arizona 34, Nashville 30 Conference Finals – August 14 @ Albany 73, Arizona 47
1998
1997 Divisional Round – August 9 @ Arizona 46, Milwaukee 29 Conference Finals – August 16 @ Arizona 49, Tampa Bay 46 ArenaBowl – August 25 @ Arizona 55, Iowa 33
1996 Divisional Round – August 10 @ Arizona 65, Orlando 48 Conference Finals – August 16 @ Tampa Bay 55, Arizona 54
1995 Divisional Round – August 13 Iowa 56, @ Arizona 52
1994 Divisional Round – August 18 @ Arizona 53, Charlotte 24 Conference Finals – August 27 Arizona 40, @ Albany 33 ArenaBowl – September 2 Arizona 36, @ Orlando 31
1993 Divisional Round – August 8 @ Arizona 56, Charlotte 49 Conference Finals – August 14 @ Detroit 38, Arizona 34
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PASSING YARDS 5,500 Nick Davila 2012 4,916 Nick Davila 2011 4,858 Nick Davila 2010 4,847 Nick Davila 2013 4,036 Sherdrick Bonner 2007 3,991 Sherdrick Bonner 2006 3,833 Sherdrick Bonner 2004 3,692 Sherdrick Bonner 2003 3,690 Sherdrick Bonner 1996 3,571 Sherdrick Bonner 1998 3,454 Sherdrick Bonner 2000 3,331 Sherdrick Bonner 1997 Completions 427 Nick Davila 2011 415 Nick Davila 2010 391 Nick Davila 2012 353 Nick Davila 2013 347 Sherdrick Bonner 2004 316 Sherdrick Bonner 2007 295 Sherdrick Bonner 2006 295 Sherdrick Bonner 1998 288 Sherdrick Bonner 2003 286 Sherdrick Bonner 1996 277 Sherdrick Bonner 2000 270 Sherdrick Bonner 2002 Attempts 617 Nick Davila 2010 604 Nick Davila 2011 589 Nick Davila 2012 541 Nick Davila 2013 534 Sherdrick Bonner 2004 508 Sherdrick Bonner 2006 498 Sherdrick Bonner 2007 473 Sherdrick Bonner 2000 462 Sherdrick Bonner 1996 451 Sherdrick Bonner 1998 439 Sherdrick Bonner 2002 430 Sherdrick Bonner 2003 Touchdowns 117 Nick Davila 2011 113 Nick Davila 2012 110 Nick Davila 2013 102 Nick Davila 2010 88 Sherdrick Bonner 2003
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83 Sherdrick Bonner 2007 83 Sherdrick Bonner 2006 77 Sherdrick Bonner 2004 72 Sherdrick Bonner 2000 70 Sherdrick Bonner 1998 69 Sherdrick Bonner 1999 67 Sherdrick Bonner 1997 Interceptions 18 Nick Davila 2010 16 Nick Davila 2012 16 Sherdrick Bonner 2006 15 Nick Davila 2013 15 Paul Justin 1993 13 Sherdrick Bonner 2007 13 Sherdrick Bonner 1996 12 Sherdrick Bonner 1994 11 Gene Johnson 1992 11 Jeff Smoker 2008 10 Sherdrick Bonner 2005 10 Nick Davila 2011
RECEIVING Yards 2,372 Rod Windsor 2010 1,982 Calvin Schexnayder 1998 1,932 Maurice Purify 2012 1830 Rod Windsor 2011 1,542 Siaha Burley 2005 1,513 Calvin Schexnayder 1997 1,466 Trandon Harvey 2008 1,412 Trandon Harvey 2007 1,380 Kerry Reed 2012 1,344 Siaha Burley 2008 1,324 JJ McKelvey 2010 1,324 Chris Horn 2002 Receptions 193 Rod Windsor 2010 156 Rod Windsor 2011 136 Calvin Schexnayder 1998 126 Maurice Purify 2012 119 JJ McKelvey 2010 117 Siaha Burley 2005 114 Siaha Burley 2008 110 Rod Windsor 2013 110 Trandon Harvey 2008 103 Siaha Burley 2004
101 Trandon Harvey 2007 101 Chris Horn 2002 Touchdowns 47 Rod Windsor 2010 46 Maurice Purify 2012 45 Siaha Burley 2005 44 Calvin Schexnayder 1998 42 Rod Windsor 2013 39 JJ McKelvey 2010 36 Rod Windsor 2011 35 Randy Gatewood 2006 33 Siaha Burley 2008 32 Randy Gatewood 2003 31 Trandon Harvey 2011 30 Trandon Harvey 2007 Average (Minimum 20 Receptions) 19.6 Cedric Tillman 1993 18.1 Herb Duncan 1995 16.3 Calvin Schexnayder 1997 16.2 Muhammad Oliver 2001 15.9 Calvin Schexnayder 2001 15.4 Jared Perry 2013 15.3 Maurice Purify 2012 15.2 Curtis Fagan 2006 14.9 Randy Gatewood 2002 14.9 Maurice Bryant 2000 14.7 Eddie Goines 1999 14.6 Calvin Schexnayder 1998
RUSHING Yards 312 Odie Armstrong 2011 222 Bo Kelly 2007 214 Odie Armstrong 2012 197 Bo Kelly 2003 180 Bob McMillen 1999 171 Odie Armstrong 2013 171 Bo Kelly 2001 161 Bo Kelly 1996 148 Bo Kelly 2004 143 Bob McMillen 2000 142 Bo Kelly 2002 136 Chris Robinson 2008 Rushes 81 Bo Kelly 2007
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77 Odie Armstrong 2011 66 Odie Armstrong 2012 63 Bo Kelly 1996 51 Bob McMillen 2000 50 Bo Kelly 2003 49 Bo Kelly 2004 45 Bo Kelly 2002 45 Bo Kelly 2001 44 Bo Kelly 1997 43 Bob McMillen 1999 Touchdowns 25 Odie Armstrong 2013 17 Odie Armstrong 2011 16 Odie Armstrong 2012 15 Bo Kelly 1996 13 Bo Kelly 2007 9 Sherdrick Bonner 2004 9 Chris Robinson 2008 9 Bo Kelly 2004 9 Bo Kelly 2001 9 Bo Kelly 1997 8 Bo Kelly 2002 8 Bob McMillen 1999 Average (Minimum 10 Attempts) 5.3 Johnathan Ingram 2008 4.9 Kerry Reed 2012 4.5 Donnie Davis 1999 4.3 Hunkie Cooper 1999 4.2 Bob McMillen 1999 4.1 Rod Windsor 2010 4.0 Rod Windsor 2013 3.9 Bo Kelly 2003 3.9 Andy Coviello 1992 3.8 Odie Armstrong 2011 3.8 Bo Kelly 2001 3.6 Chris Horn 2002 3.6 Chris Robinson 2008
1,161 Chris Horn 2002 1,098 Hunkie Cooper 1997 1,082 Terrance Sanders 2010 1,063 Darrell Jones 2007 1,038 Chris Horn 2003 1,002 Hunkie Cooper 1996 Returns 74 Virgil Gray 2011 69 Hunkie Cooper 1993 65 Hunkie Cooper 1995 65 Hunkie Cooper 2000 63 Hunkie Cooper 1999 60 Terrance Sanders 2010 58 Hunkie Cooper 1997 57 Darrell Jones 2007 56 Chris Horn 2002 55 Hunkie Cooper 2001 Touchdowns 6 Virgil Gray 2011 5 Hunkie Cooper 1995 4 Hunkie Cooper 2000 4 Trandon Harvey 2008 3 Hunkie Cooper 1998 3 Tom Pace 2005 Average (Minimum 5 Returns) 24.8 Trandon Harvey 2011 24.38 Jones, Darrell 2006 23.58 Horn, Chris 2001 23.3 Gray, Virgil 2011 23.2 Arkeith Brown 2013 22.94 Cooper, Hunkie 2000 22.57 Horn, Chris 2003 22.41 Schexnayder, Calvin 1994 22.40 Richmond, Micha 1993 21.76 Burley, Siaha 2004 21.57 Cooper, Hunkie 1999 21.26 Cooper, Hunkie 1995 20.73 Horn, Chris 2002
TOTAL RETURNS Total Yards 1,579 Virgil Gray 2011 1,491 Hunkie Cooper 2000 1,420 Hunkie Cooper 1993 1,382 Hunkie Cooper 1995 1,359 Hunkie Cooper 1999
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KICKING Total Points 179 Garrett Lindholm 2013 151 Chris Gould 2012 125 Bjorn Nittmo 2000 118 Gary Kral 2006
113 Anthony Brenner 1997 112 Nelson Garner 2003 111 Nelson Garner 2004 107 Fabrizio Scaccia 2011 105 Ignacio Brache 2001 Field Goals Attempted 29 Luis Zendejas 1993 29 Luis Zendejas 1992 28 Gary Kral 2006 25 Bjorn Nittmo 2000 23 Anthony Brenner 1997 20 Luis Zendejas 1995 20 Trey Weir 1996 20 Richard DeFelice 1999 Field Goals Made 13 Bjorn Nittmo 2000 12 Anthony Brenner 1997 12 Luis Zendejas 1993 11 Luis Zendejas 1994 10 Ignacio Brache 2001 10 Gary Kral 2006 One Point Extra Points 124 Chris Gould 2012 88 Nelson Garner 2003 88 Gary Kral 2006 87 Nelson Garner 2004 86 Bjorn Nittmo 2000 77 Anthony Brenner 1997 76 Eric Houle 2008 74 Clay Rush 2007 74 Ignacio Brache 2001 71 Kyle Pooler 1998 Two Point Extra Points 3 Luis Zendejas 1994 2 Luis Zendejas 1993
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Total Tackles 113 Keyuo Craver 2007 102 Vince Hill 2011 101.5 Marquis Floyd 2011 95 Clarence Lawson 2005 93 Virgil Gray 2013
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93 Terrance Sanders 2010 93 Cedric Walker 1997 86 Riley Swanson 2010 85.5 Marquis Floyd 2012 83.5 Arkeith Brown 2012 81 Virgil Gray 2012 80.5 Virgil Gray 2011 76 Isaiah Trufant 2008 69 Milton Vaughn 1996 68 Brandon Freeman 2010 66 Cecil Doggette 2000 65.5 Kevin McCullough 2011 65 Riley Swanson 2011 64 Randy Gatewood 2006 62 Terrance Joseph 2005 61 Cecil Doggette 2001 61 Cedric Walker 2000 58.5 Randy Gatewood 2005 57.5 Clarence Lawson 2003 57.5 Richard Holt 1996 56 Cecil Doggette 2002 55.5 Clarence Lawson 2006 54 Cecil Doggett 1999 53 Joseph Todd 2006 53 Aric Williams 2008 51.5 Ricky Parker 2002 50.5 Richard Holt 1994 50 Cecil Doggette 1998 Solo Tackles 97 Keyuo Craver 2007 88 Marquis Floyd 2011 86 Vince Hill 2011 84 Virgil Gray 2013 84 Clarence Lawson 2005 78 Cedric Walker 1997 77 Terrance Sanders 2010 75 Marquis Floyd 2012 74 Marquis Floyd 2013 72 Riley Swanson 2010 71 Virgil Gray 2011 70 Virgil Gray 2012 68 Arkeith Brown 2012 67 Isaiah Trufant 2008 65 Arkeith Brown 2013 59 Randy Gatewood 2006 58 Terrance Joseph 2005 58 Cecil Doggette 2000
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57 Milton Vaughn 1996 Assisted Tackles 37 Kevin McCullough 2011 33 Jeremy Kellem 2013 32 Vince Hill 2011 32 Keyuo Craver 2007 31 Arkeith Brown 2012 30 Cedric Walker 1997 29 Arkeith Brown 2013 27 Marquis Floyd 2011 27 Tyre Glasper 2011 27 Grant Steen 2007 26 Riley Swanson 2011 24 Hunkie Cooper 2004 24 Milton Vaughn 1996 Interceptions 15 Virgil Gray 2013 10 Arkeith Brown 2012 10 Virgil Gray 2011 9 Virgil Gray 2013 9 Marquis Floyd 2011 9 Randy Gatewood 2003 8 Arkeith Brown 2013 7 Vince Hill 2011 6 Jeremy Kellem 2013 6 Virgil Gray 2012 6 Kelvin Morris 2010 6 Cecil Doggette 1999 6 Randy Gatewood 1996 5 Marquis Floyd 2012 5 Randy Gatewood 2005 5 Randy Gatewood 1997 5 Brian Covington 1993 5 Cecil Doggette 2001 Fumbles Recovered 6 Antass Hawthorne 2011 4 Marcus Pittman 2013 4 Bob McMillen 2000 4 Nathan LaDuke 1992 4 Paul Justin 1993 3 Tyre Glasper 2012 3 Virgil Gray 2011 3 Isaiah Trufant 2008 3 Cedric Walker 1997 3 Steve Stutsman 1993 3 Hunkie Cooper 2004
Sacks 8.5 Marcus Pittman 2012 8.5 Marcus Pittman 2011 8 Bryan Henderson 2004 7.5 Tyre Glasper 2011 6.5 Marcus Pittman 2013 6.5 Anttaj Hawthorne 2010 6 Cliff Dukes 2012 6 Stacy Evans 2000 6 Andy Coviello 1992 5.5 Anttaj Hawthorne 2012 5.5 Alex Guerrero 2010 5.5 Wendall Gaines 2007 5.5 Wendall Gaines 2006 5 Tyre Glasper 2013 5 Kelvin Ingram 2000 Pass Deflections 27 Cecil Doggette 2000 26 Joseph Todd 2006 23 Virgil Gray 2013 22 Virgil Gray 2012 21 Arkeith Brown 2012 19 Jeremy Kellem 2013 19 Cecil Doggette 1998 19 Ricky Parker 2001 18 Arkeith Brown 2013 18 Cecil Doggette 2001 17 Clarence Lawson 2005 17 Cedric Walker 2000 17 Isaiah Trufant 2008 16 Cecil Doggette 2002 16 Cecil Doggette 1999 16 Cedric Walker 1997 16 Brian Covington 1993 Safeties 2 Tyre Glasper 2011 1 By 23 different players
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PASSING Yards 40,980 Sherdrick Bonner 93-98, 00-07 20, 121 Nick Davila 2010-13 2,846 Paul Justin 1993 2,720 Donnie Davis 1997-99 2,416 Aaron Garcia 1995 2,066 Jeff Smoker 2008 2,184 Joe Germaine 2004-05 1,964 Chad May 1999, 2001 Completions 3,261 Sherdrick Bonner 93-98, 00-07 2,586 Nick Davila 2010-13 231 Donnie Davis 1997-99 226 Paul Justin 1993 177 Jeff Smoker 2008 175 Aaron Garcia 1995 173 Joe Germaine 2004-05 163 Gene Johnson 1992 Attempts 5,269 Sherdrick Bonner 93-98, 00-07 2,351 Nick Davila 2010-13 404 Paul Justin 1993 363 Donnie Davis 1997-99 301 Gene Johnson 1992 294 Jeff Smoker 2008 284 Aaron Garcia 1995 Percentage (Minimum 100 Attempts) 67.4 Nick Davila 2010-13 63.6 Donnie Davis 1997-99 62.7 Chad May 1999, 2001 62.7 Joe Germaine 2004-05 62.4 Lang Campbell 2008 62.0 Matt Sauk 2008 61.9 Sherdrick Bonner 93-98, 00-07 61.6 Aaron Garcia 1995 60.2 Jeff Smoker 2008 Touchdowns 828 Sherdrick Bonner 93-98, 00-07 442 Nick Davila 2010-13 52 Donnie Davis 1997-99 45 Joe Germaine 2004-05 45 Paul Justin 1993 43 Aaron Garcia 1995
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Interceptions 120 Sherdrick Bonner 93-98, 00-07 59 Nick Davila 2010-13 15 Paul Justin 1993 11 Gene Johnson 1992 11 Jeff Smoker 2008 10 Donnie Davis 1997-99
RECEIVING Yards 9,009 Randy Gatewood 1996-2007 8,599 Hunkie Cooper 1993-2005 7,495 C. Schexnayder 1994-99, 2001 5,792 Rod Windsor 2010-11, 13 5,261 Trandon Harvey 2007-08, 2010-12 4,170 Siaha Burley 2004-05, 08, 10 2,821 Kerry Reed 2011 -13 2,672Maurice Purify 2012 -13 2,381 Cedric Tillman 1992-95, 97-99 2,359 Maurice Bryant 2000-03 2,237 Chris Horn 2001-03 1,383 Herb Duncan 1995-98 Receptions 776 Hunkie Cooper 1993-04 689 Randy Gatewood 1996-07 523 C. Schexnayder 1994-99, 2001 459 Rod Windsor 2010-11,13 367 Trandon Harvey 2007-08, 10-11 341 Siaha Burley 2004-05, 08, 10 217 Kerry Reed 2012-13 170 Cedric Tillman 1992-95, 97-99 179 Chris Horn 2001-03 177 Maurice Bryant 2000-03 177 Maurice Purify 2012-13 119 JJ McKelvey 2010 97 Herb Duncan 1995-98 Average (Minimum 25 Receptions) 15.4 jared Perry 2013 14.9 Maurice Purify 2012-13 14.7 Eddie Goines 1999 14.5 Atnaf Harris 2007 14.3 Herb Duncan 1995-98 14.1 C. Schexnayder 94-99, 2001 14.0 Cedric Tillman 92-95, 97-99 13.7 Milton Vaughn 1994-96 13.5 Trandon Harvey 2007-08
13.3 Maurice Bryant 2000-03 13.1 Randy Gatewood 1996-07 13.0 Kerry Reed 2013 12.9 Kevin McKenzie 2007 Touchdowns 214 Randy Gatewood 1996-07 158 C. Schexnayder 1994-99, 2001 139 Hunkie Cooper 1993-04 125 Rod Windsor 2010-11, 13 102 Siaha Burley 2004-05 101 Trandon Harvey 2007-08, 2010-11 63 Kerry Reed 2012-13 55 Maurice Purify 2012-13 53 Maurice Bryant 2000-03 50 Chris Horn 2001-03 39 JJ McKelvey 2010 34 Cedric Tillman 1992-95, 97-99
RUSHING Yards 1,455 Bo Kelly 1996-99, 01-06 680 Odie Armstrong 2011-13 530 Bob McMillen 1995-00 288 Hunkie Cooper 1993-2005 245 Brian Easter 1996-98 182 Tracey Mao 1994-96 181 Andy Coviello 1992-93 158 Craig Barr 1993-95 136 Chris Robinson 2008 104 Jody Reinoehl 1993-94
Rushing Attempts 491 Bo Kelly 1996-99, 01-07 215 Odie Armstrong 2011-13 176 Bob McMillen 1995-00 151 Hunkie Cooper 1993-04 146 Sherdrick Bonner 93-98, 00-07 74 Brian Easter 1996-98 69 Andy Coviello 1992-93 69 Tracey Mao 1994-96 67 Craig Barr 1993-95 40 Jody Reinoehl 1993-94 Average (Minimum 20 Attempts) 3.6 Chris Robinson 2008 3.3 Brian Easter 1996-98 3.2 Johnie Kirton 2010
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3.1Odie Armstrong 2012-13 3.0 Bob McMillen 1995-00 2.98 Bo Kelly 1996-99, 01-07 2.6 Phil Glover 2004-05 2.6 Tracey Mao 1994-96 2.6 Andy Coviello 1992-93 2.6 Jody Reinoehl 1993-94 2.4 Craig Barr 1993-95 2.4 Terry Samuels 1998 Touchdowns 81 Bo Kelly 1996-99, 01-07 58 Odie Armstrong 2011-13 39 Hunkie Cooper 1993-2005 36 Sherdrick Bonner 94-98, 00-07 23 Bob McMillen 1995-00 13 Brian Easter 1996-98 10 Chris Horn 2001-03 9 Chris Robinson 2008 8 Craig Barr 1993-95 7 Rod Windsor 2010 7 Andy Coviello 1992-93 7 Tracey Mao 1994-96 7 Nick Davila 2010-11 5 Milton Vaughn 1994-96
RETURNS Total Yards 11,501 Hunkie Cooper 1993-2005 2,985 Trandon Harvey 2007-08, 2010-12 2,647 Chris Horn 2001-03 2560 Virgil Gray 2011-13 1,703 C. Schexnayder 1994-99, 01 1,501 Siaha Burley 2004-05 1,452 Darrell Jones 2006-07 1,240 Clarence Lawson 2003-06 1,082 Tarrance Sanders 2010 856 Orshawante Bryant 2002-05 Total Returns 583 Hunkie Cooper 1993-2005 156 Trandon Harvey 2007-08, 2010-12 121 Chris Horn 2001-03 117 Virgil Gray 2011-13 102 C. Schexnayder 1994-99, 01
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KICKING Total Points 295 Luis Zendejas 1992-95 268 Gary Kral 2005-07 223 Nelson Garner 2003-04 179 Garrett Lindholm 2013 129 Anthony Brenner 1997, 99 125 Bjorn Nittmo 2000 110 Kyle Pooler 1998-99, 01 107 Fabrizio Scaccia 2011 105 Ignacio Brache 2001 97 Eric Houle 2008 92 Clay Rush 2007 87 Richard DeFelice 1999 69 Andy Trakas 1995-96
One Point Extra Points Made (PATs) 175 Nelson Garner 2003-04 158 Garrett Lindholm 2013 153 Luis Zendejas 1992-95 142 Gary Kral 2005-07 90 Anthony Brenner 1997, 99 86 Bjorn Nittmo 2000 83 Kyle Pooler 1998-99, 01 76 Eric Houle 2008 74 Clay Rush 2007 74 Ignacio Brache 2001 66 Richard DeFelice 1999 48 Andy Trakas 1995-96 42 Trey Weir 1996 One Point Extra Points Att. (PATs) 201 Nelson Garner 2003-04 171 Luis Zendejas 1992-95 171 Gary Kral 2005-07 167 Garrett Lindholm 2013 96 Bjorn Nittmo 2000 95 Anthony Brenner 1997, 99 95 Kyle Pooler 1998-99, 01 94 Ignacio Brache 2001 93 Clay Rush 2007 85 Eric Houle 2008 73 Richard DeFelice 1999 56 Andy Trakas 1995-96 46 Trey Weir 1996 Field Goals MadE 44 Luis Zendejas 1992-95 16 Nelson Garner 203-04 14 Gary Kral 2005-07 13 Bjorn Nittmo 2000 13 Anthony Brenner 1997, 99 10 Ignacio Brache 2001 Field Goals Attempted 95 Luis Zendejas 1992-95 38 Gary Kral 2005-07 31 Nelson Garner 2003-04 28 Anthony Brenner 1997, 99 25 Bjorn Nittmo 2000 20 Trey Weir 1996 20 Richard DeFelice 1999 Two Point Extra Points Made 5 Luis Zendejas 1992-95 Two Point Extra Points Attempted
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21.5 Anttaj Hawthorne 2008, 10-13 93 Terrance Sanders 2010 89 Nathan LaDuke 1992, 95-96 One Point Extra Point Percentage 17 Marcus Pittman 2011-12 88.5 Terrance Joseph 2005, 07-08 94.7 Anthony Brenner 1997 16.5 Tyre Glasper 2011-13 86 Riley Swanson 2010 94.6 Garrett Lindholm 2013 11.0 Bryan Henderson 2003-04 85.5 Bob McMillen 1995-00 91.2 Trey Weir 1996 11.0 Stacy Evans 1999-02 90.6 Richard DeFelice 1999 10 Kelvin Ingram 1999-01, 04-06 Solo Tackles 89.5 Bjorn Nittmo 2000 9.5 Richard Ashe 1993-97 370 Randy Gatewood 1996-07 89.5 Luis Zendejas 1992-95 9 Andy Coviello 1992-93 279 Cecil Doggette 1995, 97-02 89.4 Eric Houle 2008 8.5 Sebastian Barrie 1999-03 237 Marquis Floyd 2011-13 87.3 Kyle Pooler 1998-99, 01 8 Joe Burch 1996-99, 01-02 225 Virgil Grey 2011-13 87.0 Nelson Garner 2003-04 7.5 Bob McMillen 1995-00 85.7 Andy Trakas 1995-96 7 Corey Brannon 1993-95 197 Clarence Lawson 2003-06 83.0 Gary Kral 2005-07 197 Hunkie Cooper 1993-2005 Interceptions 185 Cedric Walker 1997-00 Field Goal Percentage 36 Randy Gatewood 1996-07 58.3 Garrett Lindholm 2013 154 Ricky Parker 2000-04 31 Virgil Gray 2011-13 137 Arkeith Brown 2012-13 52.0 Bjorn Nittmo 2000 23 Marquis Floyd 2011-13 137 Keyuo Craver 2007-08 52.6 Ignacio Brache 2001 18 Arkeith Brown 2012-13 108 Wendall Gaines 2000-08 51.6 Nelson Garner 2003-04 21 Cecil Doggette 1995, 97-02 102 Richard Holt 1994, 96 50.0 Eric Houle 2008 15 Hunkie Cooper 1993-2005 93 Carlos Brooks 1994, 98-99 50.0 Kyle Pooler 1998-99, 01 14 Marquis Floyd 2011-12 86 Vince Hill 2011 46.4 Anthony Brenner 1997 13 Cedric Walker 1997-00 84 Milton Vaughn 1994-96 46.3 Luis Zendejas 1992-95 7 Carlos Brooks 1994, 98-99 40.0 Trey Weir 1996 7 Jerrick Bledsoe 2001-02 Assist Tackles 37.5 Clay Rush 2007 7 Vince Hill 2011 162 Hunkie Cooper 1993-2005 36.8 Andy Trakas 1995-96 7 Ricky Parker 2000-04 112 Randy Gatewood 1996-07 36.8 Gary Kral 2005-07 6 Kelvin Morris 2010 66 tyre glasper 2011-13 35.0 Richard DeFelice 1999 6 Richard Holt 1994, 96-97 82 Cecil Doggette 1995, 97-02 79 Cedric Walker 1997-00 Passes Defended 71 Wendall Gaines 2000-08 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS 94 Cecil Doggette 1995, 97-02 66 Tyre Glasper 2011-13 73 Virgil Gray 2011-13 Total Tackles 62 Marquis Floyd 2011-13 57 Ricky Parker 2000-04 426 Randy Gatewood 1996-07 60 Arkeith Brown 2012-13 53 Randy Gatewood 1996-07 320 Cecil Doggette 1995, 97-02 60 Kevin McCullough 2011-12 46 Marquis Floyd 2011-13 277.5 Hunkie Cooper 1993-2005 60 Clarence Lawson 2003-06 44 Cedric Walker 1997-00 268 Marquis Floyd 2011-13 59 Virgil Grey 2011-13 39 Arkeith Brown 2012-13 254.5 Virgil Gray 2011-13 57 Bob McMillen 1995-00 32 Clarence Lawson 2003-05 227 Clarence Lawson 2003-06 43 Keyuo Craver 2007-08 25 Wendall Gaines 2000-08 224.5 Cedric Walker 1997-00 39 Marcus Pittman 2010-13 22 Keyuo Craver 2007-08 174.5 Ricky Parker 2000-04 37 Kevin McCullough 2011 33 Milton 22 Vince Hill 2011 163 Arkeith Brown 2012-13 Vaughn 1994-96 22 Muhammad Oliver 1998-2001 158.5 Keyuo Craver 2007-08 32 Vince Hill 2011 21 Arkeith Brown 2012 143.5 Wendall Gaines 2000-08 32 Chris Horn 2001-02 21 Jerrick Bledsoe 2001-02 116 Richard Holt 1994, 96-97 32 Richard Ashe 1993-97 21 Bo Kelly 1996-99, 01-05 112 Tyre Glasper 2011-2013 20 Carlos Brooks 1994, 98-99 Sacks 107.5 Carlos Brooks 1994, 98-99 20 Bob McMillen 1995-99 26.0 Wendall Gaines 2000-08 102 Vince Hill 2011 20 Oscar Sturgis 1998-01 24.0 Marcus Pittman 2010-13 100.5 Milton Vaughn 1994-96 10 Luis Zendejas 1992-95
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11 Wendall Gaines 2000-08 8 Hunkie Cooper 1993-05 6 Randy Gatewood 1996-07 6 Tyre Glasper 2011-13 6 Marcus Pittman 2010-13 6 Cedric Walker 1997-00 5 Cecil Doggette 1995, 97-02 5 5 Anttaj Hawthorne 2008, 2010-13 4 Keyuo Craver 2007-08 4 Marquis Floyd 2011-13 4 Bryan Henderson 2003-04 4 Richard Ashe 1993-97 3 Isaiah Trufant 2008 3 Craig Barr 1994-95 Fumbles Recovered 10 Hunkie Cooper 1993-2005 8 Randy Gatewood 1996-07 8 Anttaj Hawthorne 2008, 2010-2013 7 Tyre Glasper 2011-13 7 Bob McMillen 1995-00 7 Marcus Pittman 2010-13 7 Cedric Walker 1997-00 6 Cecil Doggette 1995, 97-02 6 Anttaj Hawthorne 2011 5 Tyre Glasper 2012 5 Carlos Brooks 1994, 98-99 5 Chris Horn 2001-03 5 Nathan LaDuke 1992 4 Wendall Gaines 2000-08 4 Marquis Floyd 2011-13 4 Virgil Grey 2011-13 4 Paul Justin 1993 Blocked Kicks 8 Wendell Gaines 2000-08 3 Bryan Henderson 2003-04 3 Stacy Evans 1999-02 3 Virgil Gray 2011-13 3 Tony Plantin 2004 Safeties 2 Larry Boyd 1996 2 Tyre Glasper 2011-13 2 Kelvin Ingram 2004-07 2 Bo Kelly 1996-99, 01-07 2 Bob McMillin 1995-2000
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ALL-ARENA RATTLERS
All-Arena First Team 1993 Hunkie Cooper 1995 Hunkie Cooper 1996 Hunkie Cooper 1997 Randy Gatewood, Calvin Schexnayder 1998 Sherdrick Bonner, Calvin Schexnayder 1999 Cecil Doggette 2000 Bob McMillen, Hunkie Cooper 2002 Chris Horn 2003 Sherdrick Bonner, Randy Gatewood 2004 Bryan Henderson 2005 Randy Gatewood 2011 Rod Windsor, Anttaj Hawthorne 2012 Maurice Purify, Kyle Young, Michael Huey
All-Arena Second Team 1994 Cedric Tillman, Doc Wise 1996 Randy Gatewood 1997 Sherdrick Bonner, Hunkie Cooper 1999 Bob McMillen, Randy Gatewood, Hunkie Cooper 2000 Sherdrick Bonner, Randy Gatewood 2002 Sherdrick Bonner, Cecil Doggette 2005 Siaha Burley 2011 Nick Davila, Brennan Carvello, Devin Clark, Virgil Gray, Fabrizio Scaccia 2012 Nick Davila, Odie Armstrong, Arkeith Brown
All-Ironman Team 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2008
Hunkie Cooper Hunkie Cooper Hunkie Cooper Randy Gatewood, Stacy Evans Randy Gatewood Wendall Gaines Randy Gatewood Wendall Gaines
All-Rookie Team 1999 2000 2001 2003 2007 2008
Chad May, Stacy Evans Wendall Gaines Chris Horn Bryan Henderson Trandon Harvey, Keyuo Craver Atlas Herrion
All-Star Games 1993 Paul Justin, Richard Ashe, Chris Baus, Arnold Campbell, Garland Rivers, Luis Zendejas, Danny White
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COMMISSIONER JERRY B. KURZ Jerry B. Kurz returns for his 28th season of Arena Football and fith season as the AFL’s Commissioner. Out-tenured only by the creator of Arena Football, Jim Foster, Kurz has dedicated his life to furthering the sport with a strong business ethic and core values meant to bring the highest quality product to the ever-growing fan base of arena football fans. In his time as the president of the af2, the league saw extensive growth in small-to-midsized markets, building an extremely dedicated fan base across the country. That foundation helped to fuel the return of the Arena Football League in 2010 after a year on hiatus due to financial instability. Kurz and a group of enthusiastic investors arranged the acquisition of the AFL’s assets in bankruptcy court in late 2009 and revived the league in early 2010, fulfilling the promise that Arena Football would be played in 2010. Kurz has also served as the AFL’s Vice President of International Development, where he was in charge of the League’s international exposure. During his tenure, he was responsible for administering the H3 Visa program, allowing international players to play for AFL teams stateside. He also arranged and executed all internationally played games for the Arena Football League. Arena Football isn’t Kurz’s only claim to fame. He is also a founding member of Gridiron Enterprises, Inc., a sports consulting firm based out of Chicago. Gridiron Enterprises, consisting of Kurz, Foster and attorney William Niro, is the original founder of the AFL. Kurz has been a player, coach, general manager and owner during his lifelong involvement with the game of football. He is also a member of four football Halls of Fame, including membership in the first class of the Arena Football Hall of Fame as well as membership in the arenafootball2 Hall of Fame. Kurz attended the University of Oklahoma as an undergraduate and later earned his Juris Doctor Degree at Northern Illinois. Kurz is a licensed attorney in Illinois and operated a law firm with his wife, Kathryn Hall, for 20 years. Jerry and his wife, Kathryn, have one son named Matthew, who currently serves as the Director of Player Personnel for the AFL.
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Fans’ BILL OF RIGHTS
FANS’ BILL OF RIGHTS We, the players, coaches, officials, staff and owners of the AFL are thankful to the Fans that we serve, appreciate their support and dedicate ourselves collectively to protecting their rights as the greatest sports and entertainment Fans in the world. We believe that every Fan is entitled to a wholesome environment for guests and family members, free of violence, profane gestures and language or rude and invasive behavior that could in any way interfere with a first-class entertainment experience. We believe that every Fan demands that we maintain absolute respect for the game of Arena Football and maintain the integrity of the finest of fair competition at all times. We believe that every Fan deserves our very best effort on a consistent basis, on every play on the field, every action in the stands, every call to our office, and every involvement in our community. We believe that every Fan is entitled to a total entertainment experience at an affordable cost for all members of the family from the time they arrive at the arena to the time they depart. We believe that every Fan should receive the very best in competitive football, entertainment, merchandise, food and beverage for their purchasing power. We believe that every Fan is entitled to interact with and have access to players and coaches for autographs and conversation in recognition of their support at every game. We believe that Fans are entitled to fast, accurate, and complete information about our players, coaches, league, games, and performance. We believe that Fans expect the Arena Football League to be comprised of gentlemen and ladies who are examples and role models for youth, free of physical violence, drugs, alcohol, and gambling abuse. We believe that Fans expect us to honor our country and to be involved in our communities to make contributions for a better, safer, and more positive place to live. We believe that Fans should know that we are committed to serve and not to be served, to give and not to just take, and to inspire and encourage people to higher levels of personal and professional achievement, growth, maturity, and respect for each other.
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AFL 2014 WEEKly SCHEDULE
Week 1
Week 5
Week 9
03/14 /14 New Orleans @ Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
04/10/14 Philadelphia at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
05/09/14 Pittsburgh @ Spokane, 10:00 p.m.
03/15/14 Cleveland @ Pittsburgh, 5:00 p.m. Los Angeles @ San Antonio 8:00 p.m. Philadelphia @ Arizona , 9:00 p.m. Iowa @ Spokane, 10:00 p.m.
04/11/14 New Orleans @ Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m. Tampa Bay @ Jacksonville, 8:00 p.m.
05/10/14 New Orleans @ Philadelphia, 6p.m. Cleveland @ Los Angeles, 10:00 p.m. Portland @ Spokane, 10:00 p.m. Arizona @ San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
03/16/14 Jacksonville at Orlando, 4:00 p.m. 03/17/14 San Jose at Portland , 10:00 p.m. ET
Week 2 03/21/14 Los Angeles @ Orlando, 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay @ San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. 03/23/14 Spokane @ Arizona, 6:30 p.m. Philadelphia @ San Jose, 8:00 p.m. 03/24/14 Iowa @ Portland Portland, 10:00 p.m.
Week 3 03/29/14 San Jose @ Pittsburgh ,5:00 p.m. Orlando @ Tampa Bay, 7:00 p.m. San Antonio @ Jacksonville 7:00 p.m. Cleveland @ New Orleans, 8:00 p.m.
Week 4 04/03/14 Orlando @ New Orleans, 8:30 p.m. 04/04/14 Iowa @ Cleveland , 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia @ Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh @ San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Spokane @ San Jose, 10:30 p.m. ET 04/05/14 Jacksonville @ Arizona, 9:00 p.m. Portland @ Los Angeles, 10:00 p.m.
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04/12/14 San Antonio @ Iowa, 8:05 p.m. Cleveland @ Los Angeles, 10:00 p.m. Portland @ Spokane, 10:00 p.m. Arizona at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Week 6 04/18/14 San Antonio @ New Orleans, 8:30 p.m. San Jose @ Portland,10:00 p.m. 04/19/14 Jacksonville @ Philadelphia, 6:00 p.m. Tampa Bay @ Orlando, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles @ Iowa, 8:05 p.m. Pittsburgh @ Arizona, 9:00 p.m. Cleveland at Spokane, 10:00 p.m.
Week 7 04/26/14 Pittsburgh @ Cleveland, 7:00 p.m. Portland @ Jacksonville, 7:00 p.m. New Orleans @ Orlando, 7:30 p.m. Spokane @ Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. San Antonio @ Arizona 9:00 p.m. San Jose @ Los Angeles, 10:00 p.m. 04/27/14 Iowa @ Philadelphia, 4:00 p.m.
Week 8 05/03/14 Arizona @ Jacksonville, 7:00 p.m. Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m. Portland @ Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Iowa @ San Antonio,8:00 p.m. Orlando at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. 05/04/14 Spokane @ Los Angeles, 7:00 p.m.
Week 10 05/17/14 Los Angeles at Pittsburgh, 6:00 p.m. Tampa Bay @ Philadelphia, 6:00 p.m. Orlando @ Jacksonville, 7:00 p.m. New Orleans @ San Antonio, 8:00p.m. Cleveland @ Iowa, 8:05 p.m. Portland @ San Jose, 10:30 p.m. 05/18/14 Spokane @ Arizona, 9:00 p.m.
Week 11 05/22/14 San Antonio @ Portland, 10:00 p.m. 05/23/14 Philadelphia @ Cleveland, 7:00 p.m. San Jose @ Spokane, 10:00 p.m. 05/24/14 Jacksonville @ Tampa Bay ,7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh @ Orlando, 7:30 p.m. Iowa @ New Orleans, 8:00 p.m. 05/25/14 Arizona @ Los Angeles, 8:00 p.m.
Week 12 05/30/14 Tampa Bay @ New Orleans, 8:30 p.m. Portland @ Spokane,10:00 p.m. 05/31/14 Cleveland @ Pittsburg, 5:00 p.m. Orlando @ Iowa, 8:05 p.m. San Jose @ Arizona, 9:30 p.m. 06/01/14 San Antonio @ Philadelphia, 5:00 p.m.
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Week 13
Week 17
06/06/14 Arizona @ Portland,10:00 p.m.
07/05/14 Portland @ Cleveland, 6:00 p.m.
06/07/14 New Orleans @ Pittsburgh, 5:00 p.m. Philadelphia @ Tampa Bay, 5:00 p.m. Spokane @ Jacksonville, 7:00 p.m. Iowa @ Cleveland, 8:00 p.m. Orlando @ San Antonio, 8:00 p.m. Los Angeles @ San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
07/06/14 Jacksonville @ San Antonio, 4:00 p.m. Orlando @ Philadelphia 4:00 p.m. San Jose @ Los Angeles, 8:00 p.m.
Week 14 06/12/14 Jacksonville @ Orlando, 7:30 p.m. 06/14/14 Pittsburgh @ Philadelphia, 6:00 p.m. New Orleans @ Cleveland, 7:00 p.m. Arizona @ San Antonio, 8:00 p.m. Tampa Bay @ Iowa, 8:05 p.m. Portland @ Los Angeles 10:00 p.m. Spokane @ San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Week 15 06/20/14 Iowa @ Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m. San Antonio @ Spokane,10:00 p.m. 06/21/14 Cleveland @ Philadelphia, 6:00 p.m. Orlando @ Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Jacksonville @ New Orleans 8:00 p.m. Los Angeles @ Arizona, 9:00 p.m.
Week 16 06/26/14 New Orleans @ Portland, 10:00 p.m. 06/27/14 Tampa Bay @ Cleveland, 7:00 p.m. Arizona @ San Jose, 10:30 p.m. 06/28/14 Pittsburgh @ Jacksonville, 7:00 p.m. Philadelphia @ Iowa, 8:05 p.m. Spokane @ Los Angeles,10:00 p.m.
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Week 18
07/21/14 Tampa Bay @ Spokane, 8:30 p.m.
Week 20 07/26/14 Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh, 5:00 p.m. Arizona @ Orlando, 7:00 p.m. Los Angeles @ Jacksonville, 7:00 p.m. Cleveland @ Tampa Bay,7:30 p.m. San Antonio @ New Orleans, 8:00 p.m. San Jose @ Iowa, 8:05 p.m. Spokane @ Portland, 10:00 p.m.
07/10/14 Iowa @ Orlando, 7:30 p.m. 07/11/14 Tampa Bay at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. 07/12/14 Cleveland @ San Antonio, 8:00 p.m. Arizona @ Spokane, 10:00 p.m. Los Angeles @ Portland,10:30 p.m. 07/14/14 New Orleans @ Jacksonville, 8:00 p.m. 07/19/14 Jacksonville @ Cleveland, 7:00 p.m. Orlando @ New Orleans, 8:00 p.m. Pittsburgh @ Iowa, 8:05 p.m. San Antonio @ Los Angeles, 10:00 p.m. 07/20/14 San Jose @ Philadelphia, 4:00 p.m. Portland @ Arizona, 6:00 p.m. 07/21/14 Tampa Bay @ Spokane, 8:30 p.m.
Week 19 07/19/14 Jacksonville @ Cleveland, 7:00 p.m. Orlando @ New Orleans, 8:00 p.m. Pittsburgh @ Iowa, 8:05 p.m. San Antonio @ Los Angeles, 10:00 p.m. 07/20/14 San Jose @ Philadelphia, 4:00 p.m. Portland @ Arizona, 6:00 p.m.
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WEEK DATE
VISITING TEAM HOME TEAM
1
March 17
San Jose
Portland
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March 23
Spokane
Arizona
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March 29
Orlando
Tampa Bay
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April 5
Portland
Los Angeles
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April 11
Los Angeles
Iowa
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April 19
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
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April 26
Los Angeles
Iowa
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May 3
Spokane
Tampa Bay
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May 10
Arizona
Jacksonville
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May 17
New Orleans
Philadelphia
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May 24
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
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May 31
Jacksonville
Tampa Bay
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June 7
San Jose
Arizona
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June 14
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San Jose
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June 21
Cleveland
Philadelphia
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June 28
Pittsburgh
Jacksonville
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July 5
Portland
Cleveland
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July 12
Arizona
Spokane
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July 19
San Antonio
Los Angeles
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July 26
Arizona
Orlando
*Schedule subject to change
PLAYOFFS ON CBS SPORTS NETWORK Conference Semifinals August 2-3 ____________________ at ____________________ Conference Championship August 9-10 ____________________ at ____________________
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RULES OF THE GAME 1 Goal Posts 9 feet wide, with a 15 feet high crossbar (NFL 18 1.2 feet wide, 10 feet high crossbar)
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SCORING Touchdown—6 points Conversion place kick—1 point Conversion run or pass—2 points Drop kick conversion—2 points Failed conversion returned by defense—2 points Safety—2points FIELD GOALS By placement—3 points By drop kick—4 points OFFENSE 8 players on field 4 players on line of scrimmage No punting Defense 8 players on field 3 down linemen TOTAL ROSTER 21 active players 3 inactive players TIME OF PLAY Four 15-minute quarters 12-minute halftime 15-minute overtime 25/35-second clock
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FIELD • An indoor padded surface 85 feet wide and 50 yards long with eight-yard end zones. • Goal posts are nine (9) feet wide with a crossbar height of 15 feet (NFL goal posts are 18-1/2 feet wide with the crossbar at 10 feet). • The goal-side rebound nets are 30 feet wide by 32 feet high. The bottoms of the nets are eight (8) feet above the ground. • Sideline barriers are 48 inches high and made of high-density foam rubber. Equipment • The official football is the same size and weight as the National Football League ball. Each ball is manufactured by Spalding, a division of Russell Corporation. PLAYERS AND FORMATIONS • Eight players on the field; 21-man active roster; three-man inactive roster. • Players may play both offense and defense. • Substitution: Coaches are permitted to substitute players at will. • Four (4) offensive players must line up on the line of scrimmage. • Three (3) defensive players must be down linemen (in a three- or four-point stance). One linebacker may blitz on either side of the center. Alignment is two-or-more yards off the line of scrimmage. No stunting or twisting. • Offensive motion: One receiver may go in forward motion before the snap. TIMING • Four 15-minute quarters with a 15-minute halftime. • The clock stops for out-of-bounds plays or incomplete passes only in the last minute of each half and when the referee deems it necessary for penalties, injuries or timeouts. • Each team is allowed three (3) timeouts per half.
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MOVEMENT OF THE BALL AND Scoring • Four (4) downs are allowed to advance the ball ten (10) yards for a first down, or to score. • Six (6) points for a touchdown. • One (1) point for a conversion by place kick after a touchdown, two (2) points for a conversion by drop kick and two (2) points for a successful run or pass after a touchdown. • Three (3) points for a field goal by placement or four (4) points for a field goal by drop kick. • Two (2) points for a safety.
KICKING • Kickoffs are from the goal line. Kickers may use a one-inch tee. • Punting is illegal. On fourth down, a team may go for a first down, touchdown or field goal. • The receiving team may field any kickoff or missed field goal that rebounds off the net. • Any untouched kickoff, which is out of bounds, will be placed at the 20-yard line or the place where it went out-of-bounds, whichever is more advantageous to the receiving team.
PASSING • Receivers must have one foot inbounds for a catch. A forward pass that rebounds off the rebound net or sideline barrier is a live ball and is in play until it touches the playing surface.
OVERTIME RULES • Overtime periods are 15 minutes for both the regular season and the playoffs. • Each team gets one (1) possession to score. If, after each team has had one possession, one team is ahead, that team wins. If the teams are tied after each has had a possession, the next team to score wins.
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS BALL IN THE STANDS When a ball is thrown or bounces into the seats surrounding the playing field, the “lucky” fan that catches the ball keeps it. DROP KICK A drop-kicked FG is worth 4 points. A drop-kicked extra point is worth 2 points. Spokane Shock kicker Taylor Rowan was the last man to connect on a two-point dropkick (7/22/2011 vs. Jacksonville). FANS More than 26 million fans have experienced an AFL game in the League’s 24-year history. Last year, in 2011, the AFL drew 1,338,544 fans in the regular season. IRONMAN Signifies participants playing both offense and defense. “MAC” AND “JACK” LINEBACKERS “Mac” may rush the QB straight on without stunting, twisting or drop-back coverage. “Jack” must stay within an imaginary box behind the line of scrimmage. Either LB may cover the fullback or tight end. OFFENSIVE MOTION Unlike stadium-played football, one offensive back may go into forward motion prior to the snap of the ball. OVERTIME Arena Football has a unique overtime rule: If a contest is tied after regulation, teams will play a 15-minute overtime. Each team will have one opportunity to score. If, after each team has had one chance to score, the game is tied, the first team to score is crowned the winner. REBOUND NETS Goal-side rebound nets extend outward from each upright. The nets are 30-feet wide, 32-feet high and extend to 40 feet above the playing surface. The bottom bars of the frames are positioned eight (8) feet above the surface. The “scoring area” is nine-feet wide and 15-feet high. Nets are stretched taut so that a missed kick attempt will rebound off the net and back into the field of play. Once the ball caroms off the net, it’s live. SIDELINE BARRIERS Similar to the sideboards that surround a hockey rink, the sideline barrier encircles the playing surface. The barrier is made of a high-density foam pad, measuring four (4) inches thick. STUNTING OR TWISTING When a defensive lineman is rushing the passer, there’s no “stunting” or “twisting.” In other words, linemen are required to power past offensive linemen. TIGHT END One offensive lineman must declare himself a tight end prior to the snap by simply raising his arm and “declaring” himself a tight end. The Mac (rush-eligible) linebacker must line-up on the opposite side of the center from the tight end. TWO-WAY PLAYERS One of the most “throwback” features of the Arena Football League is the fact that the game features eight-on-eight football, where at times, some players will play both offense and defense.
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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ROSTER LIMITS From the first day the League allows the signing of free-agent players until the first league-sanctioned cut-down date, teams are prohibited from having more than 35 players on their roster. Players listed on the active list or free-agent signees are considered eligible to be counted for the 35-man roster. Teams will be required to reduce their active lists to 28 players by 5 p.m. CST 14 days before the first regular season game and to 24 players by 5 p.m. CST seven days before the first regular season game. Each team may maintain a maximum 20-player roster and 4-player practice squad during the season. In a documented emergency, a team may add an emergency kicker to their roster, no later than one hour before kickoff. TRADES The trading period began on November 5, 2012 and will end at 5 p.m. CST on Monday, June 10, 2013. Upon reporting to his new team, each traded player must pass the physical given by his new team. Failure to pass the physical and/or failure to report will nullify the trade. The trading period ends on Monday, June 2, 2014. RESERVE LISTS The reserve list of each team consists of the following categories; retired, refused to report, inactive reserve, injured reserve, suspended, other league exempt and physically unable to perform. INJURED RESERVE A player who is placed on injured reserve list must remain on injured reserve for a minimum of four weeks. Training camp weeks will not count against that total. Teams activating players from their injured reserve list must do so no less than 24 hours prior to that team’s game.
KEY 2014 CALENDAR DATES FEB 19 Players may report for physicals only FEB 20 1st day of camp. No pads. feb 22 1st day of full pad practice feb 28 28-man rosters due at 5pm CT March 7 Training camp end (24-man rosters due at 5pm CT) March 14 Regular Season begins JUNE 2 Trade deadline JULY 30 Future considerations must be completed July 21 End of season reassignment begins July 26 Regular season ends AUGUST 1-2 PLAYOFFS – First Round August 8-9 PLAYOFFS – Conference Championships August 23 ArenaBowl XXVI
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PLAYOFF QUALIFICATION, SELECTION OF TEAMS Eight teams qualify for the playoffs, four from each conference—American and National. The four qualifying teams in each conference consist of the two division champions and two Wildcards, determined by best overall record. Seeding in each conference is based on overall record, with the top two seeds in each conference reserved for the division champions, regardless of record. In the First Round, August 2-3, the first two seeds in each conference are the two division winners. The next two teams are seeded by next best two overall records. Teams ranked 1 and 2 earn home playoff games with 1 hosting 4 and 2 hosting 3. In the Conference Championship Round, August 9-10 the winner of the 1-4 game plays the winner of the 2-3 game. The home team is decided by the team with the higher seed. The winners of the Second Round will face off in ArenaBowl XXVI on August 17th. Tiebreaking Procedures If, at the end of the regular season, two or more clubs are tied with identical won-lost percentages, the following steps will be taken to determine rank. Division Champions If two teams are tied for Division Champions… 1. Record in head-to-head games 2. Record within the Division 3. Record against common opponents 4. Point differential in head-to-head games 5. Point differential in games against common opponents 6. Coin toss WILDCARD If two teams are tied for the Wildcard… 1. Record in head-to-head games 2. Record within the Conference 3. Record against common opponents 4. Point differential in head-to-head games 5. Point differential in games against common opponents 6. Coin toss
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LEAGUE OFFICIALS COORDINATOR OF OFFICIALS Carl T. Paganelli ASSISTANT SUPERVISORS OF OFFICIALS Dave Chesney Wesley ‘Buddy’ Ward Mike Packard Jason Fagan 2014 AFL OFFICIALS Joe Pester Ed Feaster Rod Ammari John Freitas Mark Bailey Rick Podraza William Fuller Brent Bauman Ken Ray Al Granado Grantis Bell Mearl Robinson Craig Griffith Mark Bennett Brad Rogers Michael Griffith Reginald Berry Adam Savoie Jeff Johnson Marc Bovos Larry Smith Riley Johnson Bradley Brunet Reggie Smith Kevin Kieser Neil Brunner Chris Snead Matt Kukar Scott Campbell Roger Stewart Ken Leffle Tony Cannella Terri Valenti Michael Livingston Jeff Carr Lo Van Pham John Love James Cole Francisco Villar Rick Lowe Robert Colosimo Wade Wagner Tom McCabe Jim Corpora Andy Warner Tim McGowan Steve Coullias Thomas Work Tony Meyer Dave Cutaia Harold Mitchell Jr. RG Detillier Judson Mitchell Matt Dornan Kevin Mitchell John Drayton Mike Moore Paul Engelberts
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AFL COMMUNICATIONS 640 North LaSalle Street Suite 557 TEL: (312) 465-2200 FAX: (312) 496-3055 www.arenafootball.com Anthony Herron Senior V.P. of Broadcast, Communications & Branding (312) 465-2212 aherron@arenafootball.com
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MALLORY TRELEAVEN Manager of Team & Media Services (312) 465-2206 mtreleaven@arenafootball.com
AFL TEAM PR CONTACTS
NEW ORLEANS VOODOO Grant Yenni (504) 676-2500 grant@aflvoodoo.com
SAN ANTONIO TALONS Keith Recine (407) 758-2844 krecine@sanantoniotalons.com
ORLANDO PREDATORS Jeff Schmidt (239) 293-4125 jschmidt@orlandopredators.com
SAN JOSE SABERCATS Sam Drexler (650) 704-9600 s.drexler@thesanjosesabercats.com
ARIZONA RATTLERS Dale Hajek (602) 460-1378 dhajek@azrattlers.com CLEVELAND GLADIATORS Pam Frasco (216) 310-6959 pfrasco@theqarena.com
PHILADELPHIA SOUL IOWA BARNSTORMERS Tom Goodhines Bri Funte (215) 253-4900 x144 (641) 512-0925 tgoodhines@philadelphiasoul.com bfunte@theiowabarnstormers.com PITTSBURGH POWER JACKSONVILLE SHARKS Lauren Hametz Zander Kean (814) 397-4667 (904) 900-2060 lhametz@pittsburghpowerfootball.com zander@jaxsharks.com PORTLAND THUNDER LOS ANGELES KISS Brian Beaudry Louise Troen (509) 723-5411 (323) 761-7232 bbeaudry@portlandthunder.com lakiss@miller-pr.com
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SPOKANE SHOCK Brett Gleason (509) 339-5979 bgleason@spokaneshock.com TAMPA BAY STORM Ben Shotten (631) 514-9606 ben@tampabaystorm.com
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