HEAD COACH: Mike Dailey

REGULAR SEASON (8-8, Home 5-3, Away 3-5) (3rd Place in Central Division)Date Opponent Score Attendance

Mar 4 GRAND RAPIDS 42-44 (L) 14,950

Mar 10 KANSAS CITY 44-40 (W) 15,126

Mar 16 ARIZONA 56-54 (W) 12,376

Mar 22 at PHILADELPHIA 47-71 (L) 14,721

Apr 1 NASHVILLE 55-48 (W) 13,623

Apr 6 at SAN JOSE 44-72 (L) 12,291

Apr 15 at NEW YORK 49-48 (W) 8,241

Apr 20 Las Vegas 63-53 (W) 16,723

Apr 27 at KANSAS CITY 45-42 (W) 11,643

May 7 at CHICAGO 48-59 (L) 14,528

May 11 at NASHVILLE 57-35 (W) 7,029

May 18 COLUMBUS 58-40 (W) 15,326

May 26 at GRAND RAPIDS 56-58 (L) 4,901

Jun 4 at UTAH 14-51 (L) 15,223

Jun 18 CHICAGO 57-66 (L) 14,175

Jun 25 DALLAS 58-77 (L) 18,093

WILD CARD ROUNDJUN 30 at KANSAS CITY 49-42 (W) 9,539

DIVISIONAL ROUNDJUL 7 at SAN JOSE 67-76 (L) 12,719

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Col. Opp.SCORING 793 858Points Per Game 49.6 53.6

FIRST DOWNS 320 325Rushing 21 31Passing 246 249Penalty 53 45

RUSHING YARDAGE 104 306Yards gained rushing 132 334Yards lost rushing 28 28Rushing Attempts 71 126Average Per Rush 1.5 2.4Average Per Game 6.5 19.1TDs Rushing 17 25

PASSING YARDAGE 4411 4231Att-Comp-Int 654-402-18 602-392-20Average Per Pass 6.7 7.0Average Per Catch 11.0 10.8Average Per Game 275.7 264.4TDs Passing 88 86

TOTAL OFFENSE 4515 4537Total Plays 731 745Average Per Play 6.2 6.1Average Per Game 282.2 283.6

KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS 75-1266 95-1941

FG RETURNS: #-YARDS 3-78 6-69

INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 20-218 18-137

KICK RETURN AVERAGE 16.9 20.4

FG RETURN AVERAGE 26.0 11.5

INT RETURN AVERAGE 10.9 7.6

FUMBLES-LOST 25-20 15-9

PENALTIES-YARDS 95-529 131-769Average Per Game 33.1 48.1

TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 28:55 31:05

3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 42/104 47/1043rd-Down Pct 40% 45%

4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 15/24 15/304th-Down Pct 62% 50%

SACKS BY-YARDS 17-80 6-21

MISC YARDS 10 51

TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 108 120

FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 17-28 11-204-point drop-kick FGs 0-0 0-0

PAT-ATTEMPTS 90-105 103-1142-point drop-kick PATs 0-0 0-0

ATTENDANCE 120392 88577Games/Avg Per Game 8/15049 8/11072Neutral Site Games 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL

COLORADO 161 231 152 249 793Opponents 144 275 216 223 858

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RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GJohn Dutton 16 8 47 4 43 5.4 1 22 2.7Robert Thomas 14 29 36 7 29 1.0 9 4 2.1Anthony Dunn 16 7 13 2 11 1.6 0 9 0.7John Peaua 11 7 10 0 10 1.4 1 3 0.9Brandon Kirsch 16 2 8 0 8 4.0 2 5 0.5Saul Patu 16 4 5 0 5 1.2 1 3 0.3Robert Redd 13 4 7 7 0 0.0 0 7 0.0Jason Harmon 12 10 6 8 -2 -0.2 3 2 -0.2Alonzo Nix 13 1 0 3 -3 -3.0 0 0 -0.2TOTAL 16 71 132 28 104 1.5 17 22 6.5Opponents 16 126 334 28 306 2.4 25 38 19.1

PASSING GP Rating Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/GJohn Dutton 16 102.68 645-396-17 61.4 4312 84 45 269.5Brandon Kirsch 16 109.72 9-6-1 66.7 120 4 46 7.5TEAM 9 39.58 0-0-0 0.0 -21 0 0 -2.3TOTAL 16 103.58 654-402-18 61.5 4411 88 46 275.7Opponents 16 107.50 602-392-20 65.1 4231 86 49 264.4

RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GDamian Harrell 16 132 1547 11.7 47 45 96.7Brad Pyatt 16 95 1169 12.3 19 46 73.1Willie Quinnie 12 72 844 11.7 14 42 70.3Robert Redd 13 62 547 8.8 5 34 42.1Alonzo Nix 13 50 501 10.0 3 34 38.5Robert Thomas 14 2 18 9.0 0 19 1.3John Peaua 11 2 11 5.5 1 9 1.0Anthony Dunn 16 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.4Chris Watton 16 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1Brandon Kirsch 16 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0TOTAL 16 402 4432 11.0 88 46 277.0Opponents 16 392 4311 11.0 86 49 269.4

FG RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongRashad Floyd 3 78 26.0 0 30TOTAL 3 78 26.0 0 30Opponents 6 69 11.5 0 25

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LongRashad Floyd 9 111 12.3 2 25Chris Angel 7 95 13.6 0 30Jason Harmon 2 11 5.5 0 9Anthony Dunn 1 0 0.0 0 0Delvin Hughley 1 1 1.0 0 1TOTAL 20 218 10.9 2 30Opponents 18 137 7.6 1 21

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongJason Harmon 47 1010 21.5 1 55Robert Redd 12 118 9.8 0 22Damian Harrell 7 21 3.0 0 14Rashad Floyd 4 51 12.8 0 16Brad Pyatt 3 53 17.7 0 20Willie Quinnie 2 13 6.5 0 13TOTAL 75 1266 16.9 1 55Opponents 95 1941 20.4 6 56

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FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongAnthony Dunn 3 0 0.0 0 0Delvin Hughley 1 9 9.0 0 9Saul Patu 1 0 0.0 0 0Chris Snyder 1 1 1.0 0 1Dustin Barno 1 0 0.0 0 0Chris Angel 1 0 0.0 0 0TOTAL 8 10 1.2 0 9Opponents 18 51 2.8 2 15

|------- PATs ------|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass 2PT Saf PointsDamian Harrell 47 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 282Jason Ball 0 17-28 90-105 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 141Brad Pyatt 19 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 114Willie Quinnie 14 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 84Robert Thomas 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 56Robert Redd 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 32Jason Harmon 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24Alonzo Nix 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Rashad Floyd 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Brandon Kirsch 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12John Peaua 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12John Dutton 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-3 0 0 6Saul Patu 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6TOTAL 108 17-28 90-105 0-0 1 1-3 0 1 793Opponents 120 11-20 103-114 0-2 1 1-4 0 0 858

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg BlkBALL 17-28 60.7 0-0 11-12 6-8 0-5 0-3 38 2

FG SEQUENCE COLORADO CRUSH OPPONENTSGRAND RAPIDS 24,31 (18),(44),(16)KANSAS CITY (21),(38),(22) —ARIZONA 32 58PHILADELPHIA — 25,(39)NASHVILLE 41,(25),(22) 30SAN JOSE (20) (18)NEW YORK 44,(38),49,(35) 63,19LAS VEGAS (21) —KANSAS CITY (32),64,56 53CHICAGO 49 37,(16)NASHVILLE (30),49,(30),(26) 33COLUMBUS (20) —GRAND RAPIDS (27) 33,(35)UTAH (55) (20),(22),(26)CHICAGO (27) (39)DALLAS (21) —

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

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DEFENSIVE LEADERS|-----------Tackles------------| |-Sacks-| |---------Pass Def--------| |---Fumbles---| Blkd

# Name GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf

4 Rashad Floyd 16 141 30 156.0 1.0-3 – 9-111 20 – – – – –28 Chris Angel 13 78 20 88.0 – – 7-95 11 – 1-0 1 – –25 Jason Harmon 12 43 12 49.0 – – 2-11 6 – – 1 – –44 Robert Thomas 14 35 23 46.5 1.5-1 – – 4 – – 2 1 143 Anthony Dunn 16 21 30 36.0 6.0-22 4.0-17 1-0 4 2 3-0 1 1 –48 Saul Patu 16 25 21 35.5 8.0-22 3.5-15 – 5 1 1-0 1 – –2 Delvin Hughley 8 16 11 21.5 1.0-2 – 1-1 2 – 1-9 – – –0D Tony Scott 3 13 2 14.0 – – – 1 – – – – –90 Dustin Barno 16 9 10 14.0 5.5-30 5.0-24 – 1 2 1-0 1 2 –54 Chris Snyder 16 10 7 13.5 4.5-18 2.5-15 – 1 – 2-1 – – –6 Brad Pyatt 16 10 3 11.5 – – – – – – – – –3 Robert Redd 13 5 4 7.0 – – – – – – – – –67 Chris Watton 16 6 1 6.5 – – – – – – – – –10 Jason Ball 16 4 3 5.5 – – – – – – – – –30 Quinn Dorsey 9 2 5 4.5 1.0-1 1.0-1 – 2 – – – – –33 John Peaua 11 3 3 4.5 0.5-0 – – – 1 – – – –1 Damian Harrell 16 4 – 4.0 – – – – – – – – –9 Alonzo Nix 13 2 2 3.0 – – – – – – – – –52 Brett Huyser 6 2 1 2.5 – – – – – – – – –5 Brandon Kirsch 16 2 – 2.0 – – – – – – – – –8 John Dutton 16 1 – 1.0 – – – – – – – – –TM TEAM 9 1 – 1.0 – – – – – – – – –TOTAL 16 433 188 527.0 29-99 17-80 20-218 57 6 9-10 7 4 1Opponents 16 389 130 454.0 13-37 6-21 18-137 91 6 20-51 13 4 –

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLnJason Ball 125 6766 54.1 31 3TOTAL 125 6766 54.1 31 3 2096 37.4 12Opponents 127 6809 53.6 43 6 1481 42.0 82-POINT DK PATS: None.4-POINT DK FGS: None.

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec FG KOR IR Tot Avg/GDamian Harrell 16 0 1547 0 21 0 1568 98.0Brad Pyatt 16 0 1169 0 53 0 1222 76.4Jason Harmon 12 -2 0 0 1010 11 1019 84.9Willie Quinnie 12 0 844 0 13 0 857 71.4Robert Redd 13 0 547 0 118 0 665 51.2Alonzo Nix 13 -3 501 0 0 0 498 38.3Rashad Floyd 16 0 0 78 51 111 240 15.0Chris Angel 13 0 0 0 0 95 95 7.3Robert Thomas 14 29 18 0 0 0 47 3.4John Dutton 16 43 0 0 0 0 43 2.7John Peaua 11 10 11 0 0 0 21 1.9Anthony Dunn 16 11 7 0 0 0 18 1.1Brandon Kirsch 16 8 0 0 0 0 8 0.5Saul Patu 16 5 0 0 0 0 5 0.3Delvin Hughley 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1Chris Watton 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1TOTAL 16 104 4432 78 1266 218 6098 381.1Opponents 16 306 4311 69 1941 137 6764 422.8

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CRUSH

Rushes 9 at NEW YORK (4/15/07)

Yards Rushing 38 at NEW YORK (4/15/07)

Yards Per Rush 4.2 at NEW YORK (4/15/07)

TD Rushes 2 vs ARIZONA (3/16/07)at PHILADELPHIA (3/22/07)vs NASHVILLE (4/1/07)at GRAND RAPIDS (5/26/07)vs CHICAGO (6/18/07)vs DALLAS (6/25/07)

Pass attempts 54 at UTAH (6/4/07)

Pass completions 30 at UTAH (6/4/07)

Yards Passing 337 at CHICAGO (5/7/07)

Yards Per Pass 10.5 at CHICAGO (5/7/07)

TD Passes 8 vs COLUMBUS (5/18/07)

Total Plays 57 at UTAH (6/4/07)

Total Offense 337 at CHICAGO (5/7/07)

Yards Per Play 9.6 at CHICAGO (5/7/07)

Points 63 vs LAS VEGAS (4/20/07)

Sacks By 5 at NASHVILLE (5/11/07)

First Downs 27 at GRAND RAPIDS (5/26/07)vs CHICAGO (6/18/07)

Penalties 12 vs GRAND RAPIDS (3/4/07)

Penalty Yards 77 vs GRAND RAPIDS (3/4/07)

Turnovers 6 at UTAH (6/4/07)

Interceptions By 3 at NEW YORK (4/15/07)vs LAS VEGAS (4/20/07)at NASHVILLE (5/11/07)vs COLUMBUS (5/18/07)

OPPONENTS

Rushes 13 vs ARIZONA (3/16/07)vs NASHVILLE (4/1/07)

Yards Rushing 73 vs CHICAGO (6/18/07)

Yards Per Rush 14.6 vs CHICAGO (6/18/07)

TD Rushes 4 vs NASHVILLE (4/1/07)

Pass attempts 53 vs COLUMBUS (5/18/07)

Pass completions 37 vs COLUMBUS (5/18/07)

Yards Passing 356 vs COLUMBUS (5/18/07)

Yards Per Pass 10.1 at PHILADELPHIA (3/22/07)

TD Passes 10 vs DALLAS (6/25/07)

Total Plays 55 vs COLUMBUS (5/18/07)

Total Offense 364 at SAN JOSE (4/6/07)

Yards Per Play 9.0 at PHILADELPHIA (3/22/07)

Points 77 vs DALLAS (6/25/07)

Sacks By 2 at NEW YORK (4/15/07)

First Downs 28 vs LAS VEGAS (4/20/07)

Penalties 13 vs CHICAGO (6/18/07)

Penalty Yards 81 vs LAS VEGAS (4/20/07)

Turnovers 4 vs LAS VEGAS (4/20/07)at NASHVILLE (5/11/07)vs COLUMBUS (5/18/07)

Interceptions By 3 at PHILADELPHIA (3/22/07)at UTAH (6/4/07)

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CRUSHRushes 5 Robert Thomas vs Chi.

(6/18/07)

Yards Rushing 22 John Dutton vs Chi.(6/18/07)

TD Rushes 2 4 Times, last by: BrandonKirsch vs Dal. (6/25/07)

Long Rush 22 John Dutton vs Chi.(6/18/07)

Pass attempts 54 John Dutton at Utah (6/4/07)

Pass completions 30 John Dutton at Utah (6/4/07)

Yards Passing 346 John Dutton at Chi. (5/7/07)

TD Passes 8 John Dutton vs Col.(5/18/07)

Long Pass 46 Brandon Kirsch at SJ(4/6/07)

Receptions 14 Damian Harrell at Phil.(3/22/07)

Yards Receiving 188 Brad Pyatt at SJ (4/6/07)

TD Receptions 6 Damian Harrell at Chi.(5/7/07)

Long Reception 46 Brad Pyatt at SJ (4/6/07)

Field Goals 3 Jason Ball twice last: atNash. (5/11/07)

Long Field Goal 38 Jason Ball twice last: at NY(4/15/07)

Long MFG Return 30 Rashad Floyd vs Ariz.(3/16/07)

Long Kickoff Return 55 Jason Harmon at SJ (4/6/07)

Tackles 14.5 Rashad Floyd at SJ (4/6/07)

Sacks 2.0 2 times, last by: DustinBarno at Nash. (5/11/07)

Tackles For Loss 2.0 5 times, last by: ChrisSnyder vs Dal. (6/25/07)

Interceptions 3 Chris Angel at NY (4/15/07)

OPPONENTS

Rushes 10 Bo Kelly, vs Ariz. (3/16/07)

Yards Rushing 41 DeJuan Alfonzo, vs Chi.(6/18/07)

TD Rushes 3 2 times, last by: DawanMoss,at KC (3/27/07)

Long Rush 38 DeJuan Alfonzo, vs Chi.(6/18/07)

Pass attempts 45 Scott Dreisbach, vs Col.(5/18/07)

Pass completions 33 Mark Grieb, at SJ (4/6/07)

Yards Passing 352 Mark Grieb, at SJ (4/6/07)

TD Passes 8 2 times, last by: ClintDolezel, vs Dal. (6/25/07)

Long Pass 49 Jeff Smoker, vs Nash.(4/1/07)

Receptions 15 Bobby Sippio, at Chi. (5/7/07)

Yards Receiving 202 Charles Pauley, at Phil.(3/22/07)

TD Receptions 5 Bobby Sippio, at Chi.(5/7/07)

Long Reception 49 Cornelius Bonner, vs Nash.(4/1/07)

Field Goals 3 2 times, last by: SteveVidetich, at Utah (6/4/07)

Long Field Goal 44 Brian Gowins, vs GR(3/4/07)

Long MFG Return 25 Jerel Myers, at KC(4/27/07)

Long Kickoff Return 56 Jonathan Ordway, vs Chi.(6/18/07)

Tackles 12.0 Chuck Wesley, vs GR(3/4/07)

Sacks 1.0 5 times, last by: JamesBaron, at Nash. (5/11/07)

Tackles For Loss 1.0 9 times, last by: D.J.Bleisath, vs Chi. (6/18/07)

Interceptions 1 18 times, last by: JeremyUnertl, vs Chi. (6/18/07)

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1 COLORADO 42, GRAND RAPIDS 44MARCH 4, 2007 • ATTENDANCE: 14,950FRONTIER FIELD AT PEPSI CENTER • DENVER, CO

DENVER -- The Grand Rapids Rampage snapped an eight-game roadlosing streak handing the Colorado Crush a 44-42 loss in the seasonopener in front of 14,950 fans. The Rampage’s last road win cameon May 15 in the 2005 season finale against Chicago.

Colorado could not overcome three turnovers, two interceptionsand a fumble, as Grand Rapids outscored the Crush 34-7 in the sec-ond and third quarters.

On Colorado’s first series of the game, quarterback John Duttoncompleted a perfect 5-for-5 passing as he found wide receiverDamian Harrell for a six-yard touchdown strike. With the score,Harrell broke the AFL record for consecutive games with a touch-down (66). The Crush would build a 21-7 lead by the end of the firstquarter, as Dutton completed his third TD pass to rookie receiverWillie Quinnie with seven seconds left in the period.

The Crush took a 28-20 lead into the half, as Grand Rapidschipped at the Colorado lead with two field goals by Brian Gowinsand a 13-yard touchdown from Chad Salisbury to Timon Marshall.

Salisbury would leave the game on the second play of the thirdquarter when he suffered a concussion on a quarterback scramble.Back-up Matt Sauk did not take long to make an impact, stepping inon a fourth down play and connecting with Jerome Riley on a 43-yard touchdown pass to cut the Colorado lead to 28-27.

Dutton would fumble on the Crush’s ensuing drive setting up theRampage to lead, their first lead of the game, which they would notrelinquish. Troy Edwards’ three-yard touchdown reception with 2:25left in the third quarter gave Grand Rapids a 34-28 advantage.

The Crush made a late surge as wide receiver Brad Pyatt’s 14-yard touchdown with 22 seconds remaining in the game trimmedthe Rampage lead to 42-44, but an unsuccessful on-side kick byColorado helped secure the win for Grand Rapids.

Score 1 2 3 4 FinalGrand Rapids (1-0) 7 13 21 3 44Colorado (0-1) 21 7 0 14 42

Passing LeadersGR- Matt Sauk- 10-15-101-2COL- John Dutton- 27-45-299-6-2

Receiving LeadersGR- Troy Edwards- 8-50-1COL- Damian Harrell- 8-95-3

Rushing LeadersGR- Chris Ryan- 8-13COL- Robert Thomas- 1-1

Offensive Player of the Game: Damian Harrell, ColoradoDefensive Player of the Game: Chuck Wesley, Grand RapidsIronman of the Game- Jerome Riley, Grand Rapids

2 COLORADO 44, KANSAS CITY 40MARCH 10, 2007 • ATTENDANCE: 15,126FRONTIER FIELD AT PEPSI CENTER • DENVER, CO

DENVER -- Colorado Crush head coach Mike Dailey secured his100th career AFL coaching victory with a 44-40 win over the KansasCity Brigade in front of 15,126 fans at Pepsi Center Saturday night.With the win, Dailey becomes only the fourth head coach in AFL his-tory to have 100 or more career wins.

Kansas City (1-1) would pull even twice in the contest, butwould never take the lead as Colorado (1-1) held on for their firstvictory of the season.

Kicker Jason Ball connected on a 21-yard field goal onColorado’s first possession to give the Crush an early 3-0 lead. Ballwould go a perfect 3-for-3 on his field goal attempts and 5-for-5 onPATs on the night.

Colorado built a 17-7 advantage, following a Brigade four-and-out, when Offensive Player of the Game Willie Quinnie hauled in a7-yard touchdown strike from John Dutton. Kansas City wouldanswer with 10 seconds remaining in the half as wide receiverCharles Frederick caught a 6-yard pass from Raymond Philyaw tocut the Colorado lead to 17-14. Unfortunately for the Brigade, theten seconds remaining in the half proved to be too much time for theCrush offense, as Colorado drove 13 yards setting up a Ball 38-yardfield goal as time expired.

Kansas City would score on their first drive of the second half asJerel Myers caught a 4-yard pass from Philyaw, but the ensuing PATwas blocked by Colorado leaving the score at 20 apiece. TheBrigade would also tie the score at 27-27 at the end of the thirdquarter when Philyaw found Cyron Brown for a 7-yard score.

The game’s turning point however came when the Crushdefense forced their second four-and-out of the game on K.C.’s firstpossession of the fourth quarter. Colorado was able to capitalize onthe defensive stop when Ball connected on his third field goal of thenight from 22 yards out, giving the Crush a 10-point lead, 37-27.Philyaw’s fifth touchdown pass of the game, to Myers from 24-yardswith 27 seconds left, cut the Colorado lead to four points, whichproved to be the game’s difference.

Score 1 2 3 4 FinalKansas City (1-1) 7 7 13 13 40Colorado (1-1) 3 17 7 17 44

Passing LeadersKC- Raymond Philyaw- 29-39-291-5COL- John Dutton- 25-38-262-4

Receiving LeadersKC- Charles Frederick- 11-191-2COL- Willie Quinnie- 9-100-2

Rushing LeadersKC- Charles Frederick, 5-6COL- Robert Thomas, 3-5-1

Offensive Player of the Game: Willie Quinnie, ColoradoDefensive Player of the Game: Anthony Dunn, ColoradoIronman of the Game: Robert Thomas, Colorado

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3 COLORADO 56, ARIZONA 54MARCH 16, 2007 • ATTENDANCE: 12,376FRONTIER FIELD AT PEPSI CENTER • DENVER, CO

DENVER -- The Colorado Crush upped their record to 2-1 anddropped the Arizona Rattlers to 0-3 on the season with a 56-54 vic-tory at Pepsi Center on Friday night. Arizona wide receiver RandyGatewood’s three-yard touchdown reception with 20 secondsremaining was not enough as the Crush held on for the win.

Offensive Player of the Game Damian Harrell hauled in four firsthalf touchdowns for the Crush as Colorado never trailed in the con-test. Harrell would also finish with a game-high 10 catches for 154yards. The Crush defense played strong all night creating turnoverson an interception, a fumble and two Arizona four-and-out drives.Even when the Rattlers scored, the points were earned, as Coloradoforced the Arizona offense into a 12-play drive in the fourth quarter.

Arizona cut the Colorado lead to one-point twice in the thirdquarter, 35-34 and 42-41, with scoring receptions by Rattler widereceiver Jeremiah Pope, but they would not come any closer.

Score 1 2 3 4 FinalArizona (0-3) 7 20 14 13 54Colorado (2-1) 14 21 7 14 56

Passing LeadersARIZ- Sherdrick Bonner- 22-37-266-6-1COL- John Dutton- 25-36-293-6-2

Receiving LeadersARIZ- Randy Gatewood- 10-101-2COL- Damian Harrel- 10-154-4

Rushing LeadersARIZ- Bo Kelly- 10-18COL- Robert Thomas- 3-5-2

Offensive Player of the Game: Damian Harrell, ColoradoDefensive Player of the Game: Rashad Floyd, ColoradoIronman of the Game: Robert Thomas, Colorado

4 PHILADELPHIA 71, COLORADO 47MARCH 22, 2007 • ATTENDANCE: 14,721WACHOVIA CENTER • PHILADELPHIA, PA

PHILADELPHIA -- The Colorado Crush fell to the Philadelphia Soulfor the first time in the team’s five-game series history with a 47-71loss on Thursday night. With the victory, Philadelphia remains unde-feated on the season at 3-0, while the Crush drop back to 2-2.

Colorado was plagued by turnovers the entire night, as thePhiladelphia defense forced the Crush offense into three intercep-tions and three four-and-out drives. Soul quarterback Tony Grazianiwas named the game’s Offensive Player of the Game throwing foreight touchdowns on 21-of-31 passing for 312 yards.

The first half could best be described as a game of streaks as twicethe Crush built double-digit leads, one of 14 and another of 13 points,only to see the Soul mount comebacks to tie the score each time.

Colorado began the game on a 13-0 run with a Damian Harrellnine-yard touchdown reception followed by a successful on-sidekick recovery leading to a John Dutton to Robert Redd 34-yard TDstrike. Philadelphia would answer with 13 straight points of theirown on touchdown passes from Tony Graziani to Mike Brown andLarry Brackins to end the first quarter.

The Crush would once again surmount a two possession lead asfullback Robert Thomas rushed for a pair of touchdowns from one-yard out each. But the Colorado offense sputtered with consecutivefour-and-out drives on their next two possessions opening the doorfor the Soul to tie the score again at 27-27 on two more Grazianiscoring passes, this time to Charles Pauley and Brackins.Philadelphia would miss a 25 yard field goal as time expired toleave the teams locked at the half.

The streak scoring continued to open the third quarter asGraziani completed two more scoring passes, this time to J.J.McKelvey and Pauley, as the Soul scored 28 unanswered points totake their first lead at 41-27.

Philadelphia would close out the contest with 17 straight pointson a 22-yard Pauley touchdown, a 39-yard Todd France field goaland a kickoff net recovery in the endzone by Brian Mance. The Soulwould outscore the Crush 44 to 20 in the final two quarters.

Score 1 2 3 4 FinalColorado (2-2) 13 14 13 7 47Philadelphia (3-0) 13 14 21 23 71

Passing LeadersCOL- John Dutton- 24-47-329-5-3PHIL- Tony Graziani- 21-31-312-8

Receiving LeadersCOL- Damian Harrell- 14-181-3PHIL- Charles Pauley- 11-202-4

Rushing LeadersCOL- Robert Thomas- 3-2-2PHIL- Idris Price- 2-18

Offensive Player of the Game: Tony GrazianiDefensive Player of the Game: Eddie MotenIronman of the Game: Mike Brown

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5 COLORADO 55, NASHVILLE 48APRIL 1, 2007 • ATTENDANCE: 13,623FRONTIER FIELD AT PEPSI CENTER • DENVER, CO

DENVER -- Robert Thomas’ one-yard rushing touchdown with sixseconds remaining in the game lifted the Colorado Crush (3-2) to a55-48 victory over the Nashville Kats (2-3) Sunday afternoon.Colorado closed the game scoring 21 straight points sparked by twohuge defense plays in the game’s final minute.

With 48 seconds left in the contest and Nashville looking toextend a 48-41 lead, Thomas- the contest’s Ironman of the Game-blocked a 30-yard field goal attempt. Four plays later Crush QB JohnDutton found Willie Quinnie on a 13-yard touchdown pass to knotthe score at 48 all with 32 seconds left on the clock. On the Katsfirst play of their ensuing possession, Colorado DB Chris Angelhauled in his second interception of the day and returned it to theNashville one-yard line setting up Thomas’ go ahead run.

Colorado controlled most of the first half and led 24-14 with 50seconds left in the second quarter before Nashville turned thegame’s momentum completely around. With 27 ticks remaining,Kats FB Dan Alexander rushed in for a nine-yard score cutting theCrush lead to just three points. The Nashville defense then forced afumble on the Crush’s next play setting the stage for a Jeff Smokerto Cornelius Bonner nine-yard touchdown strike and the Kats firstlead at 28-24 as the half ended.

Both teams traded scores through the third and majority of thefourth quarters as Nashville hung onto their lead until the game’sfinal dramatics.

Score 1 2 3 4 FinalNashville (2-3) 7 21 13 7 48Colorado (3-2) 7 17 3 28 55

Passing LeadersNAS- Jeff Smoker- 18-32-298-3-2COL- John Dutton- 26-41-252-5

Receiving LeadersNAS- Kenny Higgins- 7-163COL- Willie Quinnie- 9-107-2

Rushing LeadersNAS- Dan Alexander- 9-27-3COL- Robert Thomas- 4-2-2

Offensive Player of the Game: Jeff Smoker, NashvilleDefensive Player of the Game: Chris Angel, ColoradoIronman of the Game: Robert Thomas, Colorado

6 SAN JOSE 72, COLORADO 44APRIL 6, 2007 • ATTENDANCE: 12,291HP PAVILLION • SAN JOSE, CA

SAN JOSE -- San Jose QB Mark Grieb and the SaberCats were thepicture of efficiency in handing the Colorado Crush their third lost ofthe season with a 72-44 victory Friday night. Greib, who was namedthe contest’s Offensive Player of the Game, completed 33-of-40passes (83%) for 352 yards and seven touchdowns with one inter-ception. Offensively, the SaberCats scored on 11 of their 14 pos-sessions, including ten straight drives to open the game.

For Colorado, WR Brad Pyatt had his best game of the seasonrecording a game-high 188 receiving yards and three touchdownson seven catches. The Crush defense was paced by DB RashadFloyd, who entered the game as the AFL’s leading tackler, collared14.5 stops and an interception.

Colorado scored on a 20-yard Jason Ball field goal on theCrush’s opening drive to take an early 3-0 lead. San Jose wouldanswer scoring the next 28 straight points to take control of thegame and never look back.

The SaberCat defense would do their part as well forcing twoCrush interceptions and causing two fumbles as well as twoturnovers on downs. QB John Dutton was replaced by rookieBrandon Kirsch to being the fourth quarter for Colorado. Kirsch, inhis first AFL action under center, finished the game tossing twotouchdowns for 91 yards on 3-of-5 passing with an interception.

Score 1 2 3 4 FinalColorado (3-3) 3 7 20 14 44San Jose (3-2) 14 24 27 7 72

Passing LeadersCOL- John Dutton, 16-31-189-3-1SJ- Mark Grieb, 33-40-352-7-1

Receiving LeadersCOL- Brad Pyatt, 7-188-3SJ- Ben Nelson, 12-127-3

Rushing LeadersCOL- Robert Thomas, 2-1SJ- Brian Johnson, 9-13-2

Offensive Player of the Game: Mark Grieb, San JoseDefensive Player of the Game: Clevan Thomas, San JoseIronman of the Game: Rodney Wright, San Jose

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7 NEW YORK 48, COLORADO 49APRIL 15, 2007 • ATTENDANCE: 8,241NASSAU COLISEUM • UNIONDALE, NY

UNIONDALE -- Colorado DB Chris Angel’s third interception of thenight with 27 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter sealed a one-point 49-48 victory for the Crush (4-3) over the New York Dragons (1-5) Sunday afternoon. The Crush took their final lead of the contest ona 15-yard pass from QB John Dutton to WR Damian Harrell with 39seconds left on the clock setting up Angel’s game ending heroics.

The Colorado defense and special teams paced the game for theCrush forcing three interceptions, one turnover on downs and twomissed field goals; one blocked resulting in a safety. Offensively forColorado, WR Brad Pyatt recorded game-highs with 112 receivingyards on eight receptions with three touchdowns.

New York took an early 13-6 second quarter lead when Horacekscored on a 35-yard touchdown run. Colorado would respond scor-ing the game’s next 26 points building a 32-13 advantage by theearly minutes of the second half.

Momentum would swing back the Dragons’ way as New York puttogether a 28-7 run of their own led by a 55-yard kickoff return for ascore by DB DeShane Dennis and a pair of touchdown passes by QBRohan Davey. New York regained their first lead since the game’searly beginnings when FB Ja’Mar Toombs rushed in from one-yardout to put the Dragons up 41-39 with 9:40 in the final quarter.

The lead would change hands two more times in the game’s lastfive minutes before Harrell and Angel lifted Colorado to victory.

Score 1 2 3 4 FinalColorado (4-3) 6 19 14 14 49New York (1-5) 7 6 14 21 48

Passing LeadersCOL- John Dutton, 21-40-260-5-1NY- Rohan Davey, 25-39-256-4-3

Receiving LeadersCOL- Brad Pyatt, 8-112-3NY- Mike Horacek, 7-81-2

Rushing LeadersCOL- John Dutton, 2-21NY- Mike Horacek, 1-35-1

Offensive Player of the Game: Mike Horacek, New YorkDefensive Player of the Game: Chris Angel, ColoradoIronman of the Game: DaShane Dennis, New York

8 COLORADO 63, LAS VEGAS 53APRIL 20, 2007 • ATTENDANCE: 16,723FRONTIER FIELD AT PEPSI CENTER • DENVER, CO

DENVER -- A huge third quarter flourish by the Colorado Crushsparked a 63-53 victory over the Las Vegas Gladiators on Fridaynight. The Crush scored 26 unanswered points in the third quarterled by DB Rashad Floyd’s pair of interceptions that he returned fortouchdowns to give Colorado their second straight win.

Offensively, the Crush were paced by WR Damian Harrell’s fourtouchdowns and 91 receiving yards on nine catches. QB JohnDutton had one of his best games of the season completing 24-of-32 passes for 185 yards and a season-high tying six touchdowns.For the Gladiators, QB Brian Jones threw six touchdowns on 30-of-41 passes for 331 yards and rushed for two more scores, but histhree interceptions proved costly.

Las Vegas built a 16-point advantage at 33-17 when WR ThabitiDavis scored on a six-yard pass from Jones with 35 seconds remain-ing in the first half. Colorado ended the second quarter on FB/LBSaul Patu’s one-yard touchdown rush with 16 seconds left on theclock to cut the Gladiators lead to 33-24. The Colorado defensewould hold Las Vegas as the half ended setting the stage for thedefensive unit’s third period breakout.

The Crush would ultimately score 33 straight points to take a50-33 lead to begin the fourth quarter. Las Vegas stopped the bleed-ing when Jones rushed in from two-yards out for his second touch-down on the ground. The Gladiators worked their way back into thegame cutting the Colorado lead back down to three points at 56-53as Sidney Haugbrook hauled in a two-yard strike from Jones with 48seconds remaining in the game. The Crush would seal the victory ontheir next drive as Dutton found WR Brad Pyatt for a 14-yard scoreand a final 10-point advantage.

Score 1 2 3 4 FinalLas Vegas (1-7) 13 20 0 20 53Colorado (5-3) 3 21 26 13 63

Passing LeadersLV- Brian Jones, 30-41-331-6-3COL- John Dutton, 24-32-185-6

Receiving LeadersLV- Thabiti Davis, 10-105-1COL- Damian Harrell, 9-91-4

Rushing LeadersLV- Brian Jones, 5-8-2COL- Saul Patu, 2-4-1

Offensive Player of the Game: Damian Harrell, ColoradoDefensive Player of the Game: Rashad Floyd, ColoradoIronman of the Game: Jason Harmon, Colorado

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9 KANSAS CITY 42, COLORADO 45APRIL 27, 2007 • ATTENDANCE: 11,643KEMPER ARENA • KANSAS CITY, MO

KANSAS CITY -- The Colorado Crush won their third straight gamewith a 45-42 road victory over the Kansas City Brigade Friday night.With the win, Colorado moves their overall record to 6-3 for thethird time in the last four seasons and takes the season series fromthe Brigade.

Crush QB John Dutton threw five touchdowns on 25-of-46 pass-es for 270 yards to pace Colorado, while WR Brad Pyatt hauled in acareer-high nine receptions for a game-high 120 yards and a score.Crush WR Damian Harrell also added three first half touchdowns,but played sparingly in the second half due to a toe sprain. ForKansas City, FB Dawan Moss rushed for three touchdowns on ninecarries for 20 yards.

The first half was characterized with both teams trading scoresand stops. Colorado was able to take a three-point 24-21 lead intothe break following a 32-yard Jason Ball field goal.

Kansas City took their first lead of the game early in the thirdquarter when Moss broke in for a five-yard rushing score to put theBrigade up 28-24. The Crush responded scoring the contest’s next 14points on touchdowns by WR Alonzo Nix and DB Jason Harmon tobuild their biggest advantage of the game 38-28. Colorado’s scoreswere set-up by the defense holding Kansas City on a four-and-outinside the five-yard line and an interception by LB Anthony Dunn.

Brigade WR Boo Williams would contribute with two four quartertouchdowns, the final one coming with 17 seconds left in the game,but it would prove to not be enough as the Crush hung on for thethree-point win and control of second place in the Central Division.

Score 1 2 3 4 FinalColorado (6-3) 14 10 7 14 45Kansas City (4-4) 7 14 7 14 42

Passing LeadersCOL- John Dutton, 25-46-270-5 KC- Raymond Philyaw, 22-37-224-3-2

Receiving LeadersCOL- Brad Pyatt, 9-120-1KC- Charles Frederick- 9-99-1

Rushing LeadersCOL- Jason Harmon, 2-1-1KC- Dawan Moss, 9-20-3

Offensive Player of the Game: John Dutton, ColoradoDefensive Player of the Game: Rashad Floyd, ColoradoIronman of the Game: Charles Frederick, Kansas City

10 CHICAGO 59, COLORADO 48MAY 7, 2007 • ATTENDANCE: 14,528ALLSTATE ARENA • ROSEMONT, IL

ROSEMONT, IL -- Two second half turnovers proved to be the differ-ence as the Colorado Crush (6-4) fell to the Chicago Rush (8-1) 48-59 on Monday night. In victory, the Rush captured their team-recordeighth straight win and took a two and a half game lead over theCrush in the Central Division.

In a battle of two of the League’s top offensive players, ColoradoWR Damian Harrell set a new career high with six receiving touch-downs on 10 receptions for 161 yards. Harrell’s counterpart,Chicago’s Bobby Sippio was named the contest’s Offensive Player ofthe Game finishing with a game-high 15 catches for 159 yards andfive scores.

The Crush came out and executed their game plan to perfectionin the first quarter taking an early 13-0 lead on touchdown strikes toHarrell and WR Brad Pyatt. It marked the first time all season thatthe Rush were held scoreless in a quarter.

Both team traded scores throughout the second period asHarrell would add three more touchdowns and Sippio found theendzone twice for Chicago before the break. Colorado held onto a33-28 advantage at the half despite a missed 49-yard field ball bythe Crush’s Jason Ball.

Chicago took their first lead of the game on their opening pos-session of the second half when Sippio hauled in a 19-yard passfrom QB Matt D’Orazio. The game’s turning point would come laterin the quarter when on second down and 22 yards to go Rush DBDennison Robinson intercepted a John Dutton pass. Chicago wouldultimately score the game’s next 21 straight points following anoth-er Crush turnover, this time inside the five-yardline, on a fumble.

Colorado would trim the lead to eight points at 48-56 with 4:36left in the contest but Chicago was able to run the clock down andadd a final 16-yard field goal by Dan Franz to seal the win.

Score 1 2 3 4 FinalColorado (6-4) 13 20 7 8 48Chicago (8-1) 0 28 21 10 59

Passing LeadersCOL- John Dutton, 22-32-346-7-1CHI- Matt D’Orazio, 28-39-276-6

Receiving LeadersCOL- Damian Harrell, 10-161-6CHI- Bobby Sippio, 15-159-5

Rushing LeadersCOL- Robert Redd, 1-7CHI- Bob McMillen, 4-12-1

Offensive Player of the Game: Bobby Sippio, ChicagoDefensive Player of the Game: Dennison Robinson, Chicago

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11 NASHVILLE 35, COLORADO 57MAY 11, 2007 • ATTENDANCE: 7,029NASHVILLE ARENA • NASHVILLE, TN

NASHVILLE -- Playing their second game in just five days theColorado Crush sweep the season series from the Nashville Katswith a 57-35 victory on Friday night. The 22-point win was theCrush’s largest of the season. In victory, the Crush set a new teamrecord for sacks in the game with five and also added three inter-ceptions and a fumble recovery.

Colorado QB John Dutton, named Offensive Player of the Game,finished with 259 passing yards on 27-of-44 throws with six touch-downs and contributed with one rushing score. Crush WR BradPyatt registered game-highs with nine receptions for 117 yards andthree touchdowns. For Nashville, QB Jeff Smoker recorded fourtouchdown strikes on 14-of-37 passes for 196 with the three picks.

Colorado used an almost perfect first half to build a 27 pointlead to start the game. The Crush began with touchdowns fromPyatt and Dutton, on a 14-yard pass and two-yard rush respectively,to jump out 13-0 advantage at the end of the first quarter. TheNashville offense looked to be out of sorts all night as the Coloradodefense forced stops on the Kats first three possessions. Nashvillewould not find the scoreboard till 3:29 left in the half as Smokerfound WR Kenny Higgins on a nine-yard touchdown pass. Bothteams would add an additional score as the Crush took a 30-14 leadinto the half.

Nashville trimmed the Colorado lead to nine points, 30-21, tobegin the second half on a 35-yard WR Maurice Brown touchdownreception, but that is all the closer the Kats would come. Betweena WR Alzono Nix 23-yard score and a 22-yard WR Damian Harrelltouchdown, the Crush special teams recovered a kickoff fumble byNashville to push the score to 44-21.

Colorado defensive backs Chris Angel and Rashad Floyd wouldeach haul in interceptions in the fourth period as the Crush wouldcaptured their second win to close out their recent three-gameCentral Division road swing.

Score 1 2 3 4 FinalColorado (7-4) 13 17 14 13 57Nashville (4-7) 0 14 14 7 35

Passing LeadersCOL- John Dutton, 27-44-259-6 NAS- Jeff Smoker, 14-37-196-4-3

Receiving LeadersCOL- Brad Pyatt, 9-117-3NAS- Kenny Higgins, 6-58-2

Rushing LeadersCOL- Robert Thomas, 3-7NAS- Terrell Browden, 2-4

Offensive Player of the Game: John Dutton, ColoradoDefensive Player of the Game: Dustin Barno, ColoradoIronman of the Game: Robert Redd, Colorado

12 COLORADO 58, COLUMBUS 40MAY 18, 2007 • ATTENDANCE: 15,326FRONTIER FIELD AT PEPSI CENTER • DENVER, CO

DENVER -- Quarterback John Dutton threw for a season-high eighttouchdowns as the Colorado Crush (8-4) defeated the ColumbusDestroyers (6-5) 58-40 Friday night in front of 15,326 at PepsiCenter. Colorado, winners of five of their last six games, used astrong performance by their defense to force four turnovers on thenight, while the Crush offense scored on nine of 11 possessions.

Dutton, who was named Offensive Player of the Game, com-pleted 28-of-40 passes for 293 yards and eight scores with oneinterception. Colorado WR Damian Harrell also turned in a big nightwith four touchdown receptions on 13 receptions for 117 yards.Defensively for the Crush, DB Rashad Floyd hauled in two intercep-tions and made a game-high 14 tackles being named the contest’sDefensive Player of the Game.

Colorado jumped out to an early 14-6 lead after the first quarterof play following two touchdowns by WR Willie Quinnie. Justbefore the end of the first session, Columbus QB Matt Nagy threwan interception to DB Jason Harmon and in the process injured hisleft elbow. Nagy would not return to the game and would bereplaced by Scott Dreisbach.

The Crush took a 15-point advantage into the half, 35-20, asHarrell scored two of his touchdowns in the second quarter on 5-yard and 11-yard catches respectively, the final one coming withjust four seconds left before the break.

The Destroyers were held scoreless in the third quarter as theColorado defense held with a forced fumble and an interception.The Crush however only managed six points in the quarter them-selves as they pushed their lead to 41-20.

Dreisbach would complete three touchdown passes in thefourth quarter, but his interception to Floyd with 21 seconds remain-ing secured the victory for Colorado.

Score 1 2 3 4 FinalColumbus (6-5) 6 14 0 20 40Colorado (8-4) 14 21 6 17 58

Passing LeadersCMB- Scott Dreisbach, 30-45-269-5-2COL- John Dutton, 28-40-293-8-1

Receiving LeadersCMB- Damein Groce, 14-168-2COL- Damian Harrell, 13-117-4

Rushing LeadersCMB- Harold Wells, 2-4-1COL- Robert Thomas, 2-1

Offensive Player of the Game: John Dutton, ColoradoDefensive Player of the Game: Rashad Floyd, ColoradoIronman of the Game: Jason Harmon, Colorado

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13 GRAND RAPIDS 58, COLORADO 56MAY 26, 2007 • ATTENDANCE: 4,901CWF VAN ANDEL ARENA • GRAND RAPIDS, MI

GRAND RAPIDS -- Brian Gowins 35-yard field goal as time expiredlifted the Grand Rapids Rampage to a 58-56 victory over the ColoradoCrush Saturday night. With the win, the Rampage sweep the seasonseries from the Crush and move their record to 4-8 while Coloradofalls to 8-5. The Crush’s postseason plans will have to wait anotherweeks as a Colorado win would have sent them to the postseason.

Offensive Player of the Game Grand Rapids WR CorneliusBonner finished the game with four touchdowns on eight receptionsfor 131 yards. Rampage DB Chuck Wesley was named DefensivePlayer of the Game registered 11 tackles, one interception and onefumble recovery. For Colorado, WR Damian Harrell recorded game-highs with 12 catches for 165 yards and five touchdowns.

The game could not have started worse for Colorado as theopening kickoff rebounded off the nets and was recovered by GrandRapids’ Wesley to put the Rampage up 7-0 with just eight secondsoff the clock. Following a Colorado one-yard rushing touchdown byJason Harmon, the Rampage special teams stuck again when TimonMarshall took the ensuing kickoff 50-yards to give the home team a14-7 advantage.

The Grand Rapids offense did not take the field until inside ofthree minutes left in the first half as QB Chad Salisbury would throwtwo touchdowns in the second quarter, the final one to Marshallwith eight seconds left before the break as the Rampage took a 28-23 lead to the break.

Colorado would find themselves down by 19 points, 42-23, mid-way through the third quarter when Salisbury found Bonner on a 37-yard strike. The Crush responded however scoring the contest’s next21 straight points on touchdowns all by Harrell of 21, 4 and 11 yardsrespectively to put Colorado up 44-42 in the fourth quarter.

The Crush would take their final lead of the game with 20 sec-onds left as Harrell pulled in his fifth touchdown on the game on aone-yard pass from John Dutton to go up 56-55. With the remainingtime, Grand Rapids would work the ball down 18 yards on threeplays setting up Gowins final second heroics.

Score 1 2 3 4 FinalColorado (8-5) 10 13 7 26 56Grand Rapids (4-8) 14 14 14 16 58

Passing LeadersCOL- John Dutton, 29-47-357-6-1GR- Chad Salisbury, 22-35-250-5-1

Receiving LeadersCOL- Damian Harrell- 12-165-5GR- Cornelius Bonner- 8-131-4

Rushing LeadersCOL- John Peaua, 2-3-1GR- Chris Ryan, 2-9

Offensive Player of the Game: Cornelius Bonner, Grand Rapids Defensive Player of the Game: Chuck Wesley, Grand RapidsIronman of the Game: Timon Marshall, Grand Rapids

14 UTAH 51, COLORADO 14 JUNE 4, 2007 • ATTENDANCE: 15,223ES ARENA • SALT LAKE CITY, UT

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Colorado Crush dropped consecutive gamesfor the first time this season falling to the Utah Blaze 51-14 Mondaynight. With the loss, Colorado misses an opportunity for a secondstraight week to clinch a playoff berth. Utah used a 37-point run totake control of the game and never look back.

Both AFL and Colorado records were broken during the game.With seven tackles, Crush DB Rashad Floyd set a new League markfor most single-season tackles with 142.0. Also, Colorado WRDamian Harrell’s AFL record streak of 78 games with a touchdowncame to a halt. Colorado’s 14 point output also established a newteam record low for points in a game breaking the 21 points theyscored vs. Columbus on March 25, 2006.

Utah QB Joe Germaine threw five touchdowns on 20-of-32passes for just 164 yards with one interception. Blaze WR SiahaBurley registered three receiving touchdowns on seven receptionswith 56 yards. For Colorado, WR Willie Quinnie hauled in a game-high 10 catches for 97 yards and recorded the Crush only two scoresof the night.

Colorado would take a short lived lead scoring the game’s firstpoints when QB John Dutton hit Quinnie on a 7-yard pass to give theCrush an early lead 7-0. Utah responded scoring the contest’s next37-points over the next nearly three quarters.

Germaine would tie the score at seven apiece on a one-yard andthen complete touchdown strikes to Burley and J’Sharlo Jones of 11and one-yard respectively to build a 21-7 Utah lead. Blaze K SteveVidetich would add a 20-yard field and Germaine another touch-down pass this time to WR Tom Pace to give Utah a 31-7 advantageat the break. The Blaze defense held the Crush offense scorelessover their final three possessions in the first half on an interception,a four-and-out and a missed field goal. Utah would also take advan-tage of a kickoff net recovery to set up one score. The seven firsthalf points scored by Colorado tied a club record for least points ina half (three times- last vs. Columbus 3/25/06).

Colorado’s defense came out to start the second half strongholding Utah to just six points in the third quarter on 22 and 26-yardfield goals by Videtich. However, the Crush offense continued tostruggle with an interception and a fumble walking away from theperiod with zero points and down 37-7.

The Crush finally broke their scoring draught when Quinniepulled in a 2-yard touchdown with 12:31 remaining in the game tobring the score to 37-14. Colorado would turn the ball over twicemore on an WR Alonzo Nix fumble and Dutton fourth interception ofthe game. Burley added two more receiving touchdowns, the finalone coming with 1:23 on the clock, to give Utah the 37-point victory.

Score 1 2 3 4 FinalColorado (8-6) 7 0 0 0 14Utah (7-7) 14 17 6 14 51

Passing LeadersReceiving LeadersCOL- John Dutton, 29-54-247-2-4COL- Willie Quinnie, 10-97-2UTAH- Joe Germaine, 20-32-164-5-1UTAH- Siaha Burley, 7-56-3

Rushing LeadersCOL- John Peaua, 3-5UTAH- Kevin Clemens, 5-3

Offensive Player of the Game: Steve Videtich, UtahDefensive Player of the Game: Dahnel Singfield, UtahIronman of the Game: Ryan Dennard, Utah

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15 COLORADO 57, CHICAGO 66 JUNE 18, 2007 • ATTENDANCE: 14,175FRONTIER FIELD AT PEPSI CENTER • DENVER, CO

DENVER -- The Colorado Crush dropped their third straight gamefalling to the Chicago Rush 57-66 Monday night. The Crush’s losingstreak is their worse since the 2005 season, while the victory givesthe Rush a season sweep of Colorado and keeps them atop theCentral Division.

Chicago QB Matt D’Orazio, who was named Offensive Player ofthe Game, threw for five touchdowns on 23-of-32 passing for 242yards on the night. Rush WR Bobby Sippio registered a game-high114 receiving yards on 10 catches with three scores. For Colorado,QB John Dutton completed six touchdowns on 26-of43 throws for246 yards but recorded two interceptions. Crush WR Damian Harrellhauled in a game-high four touchdown passes on 10 receptions for93 yards.

Colorado took an early 10-7 after the first quarter of play asCrush FB Robert Thomas rushed in from one-yard out. The rushingscore was Thomas’ eighth on the season moving him ahead of WillisMarshall to set a new team single-season rushing touchdown mark.

Both teams traded scores throughout most of the second peri-od, before the Chicago defense stepped up with two interceptionsin the final two minutes of play. The Rush capitalized on JeremyUnertl’s interception, when four plays later D’Orazio rushed in theendzone from 18 yards out to put Chicago up 35-24. Rush DBDeJuan Alfonzo hauled in the second interception as the secondquarter ended to secure the 11-point Chicago lead at the break.

Chicago would start the third quarter capping a 21 point runwhen Alfonzo made a 38-yard run to the endzone to push the Rushlead to 24-42. Colorado stopped the bleeding when Harrell caughthis first of four second half touchdowns from 10-yards out. TheCrush would cut the Chicago lead to one possession, 51-59, with3:37 left in the game when Thomas added a second rushing touch-down, this time from four-yards. The Rush answered however intwo plays with a 12-yard pass to Etu Molden, as Chicago held on fortheir second straight divisional win.

Score 1 2 3 4 FinalChicago (11-4) 7 28 10 21 66Colorado (8-7) 10 14 7 26 57

Passing LeadersCHI- Matt D’Orazio, 23-32-242-5COL- John Dutton, 26-43-246-6-2

Receiving LeadersCHI- Bobby Sippio, 10-114-3COL- Damian Harrell, 10-93-4

Rushing LeadersDeJuan Alfonzo, 2-41-2John Dutton, 2-22

Offensive Player of the Game: Matt D’Orazio, ChicagoDefensive Player of the Game: Jeremy Unertl, ChicagoIronman of the Game: DeJuan Alfonzo, Chicago

16 COLORADO 58, DALLAS 77JUNE 25, 2007 • ATTENDANCE: 18,093FRONTIER FIELD AT PEPSI CENTER • DENVER, CO

DENVER -- The Colorado Crush closed out the regular season with a58-77 loss to the Dallas Desperados Monday night in front of a sell-out crowd of 18,093 at Pepsi Center on ESPN2. The sell-out crowdwas the first at Pepsi Center since the Crush’s season opener onFebruary 6, 2004.

With the victory, Dallas finishes the regular season with an AFLrecord 15-1 overall record and clinches the top seed in the NationalConference. In defeat, Colorado falls for the fourth straight contest,their longest losing streak since their inaugural season of 2003. Theloss also was their fifth in five tries in games aired on ESPN2 thisyear. The Crush enter the playoffs as the American Conference’ssixth seed and travel to Kansas City for a Wild Card Round game onSaturday, June 30th.

Dallas QB Clint Dolezel completed a game-high eight touchdownpasses on 21-of-31 throws for 244 yards. Desperados WRs DialleoBurks and Will Pettis each added three touchdown receptions on thenight. For Colorado, WR Damian Harrell hauled in three scores on sixcatches with 107 yards. Crush back-up QB Brandon Kirsch con-tributed with two touchdown passes and two rushing TDs.

The Desperados jumped out to an early lead when already lead-ing 7-3, Pettis returned a kickoff 40 yards for a touchdown and a 14-3 Desperados advantage. The ensuing kickoff would be recoveredby Dallas as well and one-play later Dolezel hit Pettis for a 5-yardscore to put their team up 21-3.

Colorado mounted a small comeback on back-to-back scoringdrives on 25-yard and 20-yard touchdown passes to Willie Quinnieand Harrell respectively to cut the score to 21-17 early in the sec-ond period. Dallas responded by scoring three of the game’s nextfour touchdowns with the final one coming as time expired in thehalf on a 7-yard strike to Pettis to give the Desperados a 42-23 leadat the break.

The Crush’s first drive of the third quarter ended on a QB JohnDutton fumble. Colorado would finish the game losing four fumbleson the night. Dolezel would amass three scoring passes in the third;two to Burks and one to Terrance Dotsy as Dallas took a 26-pointlead, 63-37, into the fourth quarter.

Both teams traded scores throughout the final session. With 34seconds remaining in the game, Kirsch would rush in from five-yards out for the game’s final points as the Desperados finished instrong fashion with their record setting win.

Score 1 2 3 4 FinalDallas (15-1) 21 21 21 14 77Colorado (8-8) 10 13 14 21 58

Passing LeadersDAL- Clint Dolezel, 21-31-244-8COL- John Dutton, 21-29-284-4

Receiving LeadersDAL- Dialleo Burks, 7-111-3COL- Willie Quinnie, 7-96-1

Rushing LeadersDAL- Will Pettis, 1-6COL- Brandon Kirsch, 2-8-2

Offensive Player of the Game: Clint Dolezel, DallasDefensive Player of the Game: Bobby Perry, DallasIronman of the Game: Will Pettis, Dallas

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Jan. 10, 2007: Signed FB/LB Lyonel Anderson, DBJammal Lord. Waived OL/DL SeanteWilliams.

Jan. 22, 2007: Signed DB James Taylor.

Jan. 31, 2007: Signed DB Jason Harmon.

Feb. 7, 2007: Signed DL Joe Massey, DL GeorgePeterson, WR Brad Pyatt, LB KelvinRobinson. Placed on Injured ReserveOL/DL Craig Heimburger. Placed onPhysically Unable to Perform OL BrettHuyser. Placed on Refused to Report KJason Ball, OL/DL Aaron Johnson.

Feb. 9, 2007: Signed QB Brandon Kirsch.

Feb. 13, 2007: Activated from Refused to Report KJason Ball. Waived DB Bobby Antee.

Feb. 16, 2007: Placed on Injured Reserve WR/DBRobert Redd.

Feb. 19, 2007: Signed K Greg Kuehn.

Feb. 25, 2007: Activated from Injured Reserve WR/DBRobert Redd. Re-Signed WR WillieQuinnie and OL/DL Chris Watton.Placed on Injured Reserve OL BrettHuyser. Placed on Recallable WaiversWR Chauncey Stovall. Waived InjuredFB/LB Lyonel Anderson, OL/DL CraigHeimburger and WR Jim Lukowiak.Waived FB Terrell Browden, FB/LB B.J.Dean, K Greg Kuehn, DB Jammal Lord,WR Triandos Luke, DL Joe Massey, DLJustin Parrish, DL George Peterson, LBKelvin Robinson, DB James Taylor andDL Ed Wangler. Released QB JoseDavis and WR/DB Ahmad Hawkins.

Feb 26, 2007: Placed on Recallable DB JasonHarmon. Released WR/DB WillisMarshall and WR/LB Andy McCullough.

Feb, 27, 2007: Signed to the Practice Squad WRChauncey Stovall.

Feb. 28, 2007: Recalled from Waivers DB JasonHarmon. Re-Signed OL/DL Kyle Moore-Brown and FB/LB Saul Patu. Placed onRecallable Waivers DL Quinn Dorsey.

March 2, 2007: Signed FB/LB Robert Thomas. Recalledfrom Waivers DL Quinn Dorsey. Placedon Injured Reserve DL Quinn Dorseyand DB Jason Harmon.

March 15, 2007: Signed from Practice Squad DB ChrisAngel. Placed in Injured Reserve DBTony Scott.

March 27, 2007: Waived from Practice Squad WRChauncey Stovall.

March 31, 2007: Activated from Injured Reserve DLQuinn Dorsey and DB Jason Harmon.Placed on Injured Reserve DB DelvinHughley.

April 18, 2007: Signed DL Joe Massey. Placed onInjured Reserve FB/LB John Peaua andWR Willie Quinnie. Signed to thePractice Squad WR Chauncey Stovall.

April 19, 2007: Activated from Injured Reserve DB TonyScott.

April 23, 2007: Signed from Practice Squad- NashvilleWR Alonzo Nix. Released DB Tony Scott.

April 24, 2007: Signed to the Practice Squad DB TonyScott.

April 30, 2007: Waived DL Joe Massey.

May 10, 2007: Activated from Injured Reserve OL BrettHuyser.

May 17, 2007: Activated from Injured reserve WRWillie Quinnie. Placed on InjuredReserve OL Joey Hollenbeck.

May 21, 2007: Waived from Practice Squad WRChauncey Stovall.

May 22, 2007: Released from Practice Squad DB TonyScott.

May 25, 2007: Activated from Injured Reserve DB DelvinHughley and FB/LB John Peaua. Placedon Injured Reserve DL Quinn Dorsey.

June 14, 2007: Waived WR/DB Robert Redd.

June 23, 2007: Signed to Practice Squad OL/DL JasonHolman.

June 24, 2007: Activated from Injured Reserve DLQuinn Dorsey.

June 28, 2007: Activated from Injured Reserve OL JoeyHollenbeck.

July 3, 2007: Re-signed QB John Dutton.

July 9, 2007: Released from Practice Squad OL/DLJason Holman.

July 31, 2007: Re-signed OL Kyle Moore-Brown.

Aug. 10, 2007: Re-sign DB Delvin Hughley.

Aug. 14, 2007: Re-signed FB/LB Saul Patu. ReleasedFB/LB Robert Thomas.

Aug. 15, 2007: Re-signed OL/DL Dustin Barno.

Oct. 26, 2007: Traded with Cleveland 2nd RoundSelection (#18 Overall) in 2008Dispersal Draft and FutureConsiderations – In Dispersal Draft DLAaron McConnell WR Maurice Brown.

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Nov. 5, 2007: WR Jeff Hughley, FB/LB Kevin Nagle,WR Ben Nelson and K Clay Rush.

Nov. 6, 2007: Signed DL Jason Holman.

Nov. 8, 2007: Re-signed DB Rashad Floyd.

Nov. 26, 2007: Signed WR Anthony Merritt.

Nov. 19, 2007: Signed DL Darrell Burston.

Nov. 20, 2007: Signed DB Kyle Williams.

Nov. 26, 2007: Signed WR Aaron Hosack, DL CharrodTaylor.

Dec. 10, 2007: Waived DL Quinn Dorsey.

Dec. 12, 2007: Released OL Aaron Johnson.

Dec. 13, 2007: Waived WR Alonzo Nix.

Dec. 17, 2007: Signed DB Antonio Malone and DL JoeSykes.

Dec. 27, 2007: Signed WR Greg Lee and resignedFB/LB Robert Thomas.

Jan. 4, 2008: Signed FB/LB Michael Berg.

Jan. 7, 2008: Signed DL Michael Heard.