2007 Georgia Force season

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2007 Georgia Force season
Head coachDoug Plank
Home fieldPhilips Arena
Results
Record14–2
Division place1st
Playoff finishTBD

The 2007 Georgia Force season was the sixth season for the team in the Arena Football League. They tried to improve upon their 8–8 record from 2006 in the Southern Division, and looked to return to the playoffs. They went 14–2 and had the #2 spot in their conference in the AFL playoffs. They lost the National Conference Championship 56–66 to the Columbus Destroyers.

Coaching

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Doug Plank, head coach since 2005, entered his third year as Force head coach.

Season schedule

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Week Date Opponent Home/Away Game Result
1 March 3 Arizona Rattlers Away W 69–65
2 March 11 Austin Wranglers Home W 60–51
3 March 17 Tampa Bay Storm Away W 61–47
4 March 24 San Jose Sabercats Home W 64–62
5 March 30 Columbus Destroyers Away L 62–61
6 April 9 Philadelphia Soul Away W 57–49
7 April 15 Las Vegas Gladiators Home W 69–68
8 April 21 Dallas Desperados Home W 78–63
9 April 27 New Orleans VooDoo Away W 72–57
10 May 4 Orlando Predators Home W 55–34
11 Bye Week
12 May 19 Los Angeles Avengers Away L 57–51
13 May 26 Tampa Bay Storm Home W 52–38
14 June 2 Columbus Destroyers Home W 54–33
15 June 9 Austin Wranglers Away W 81–64
16 June 15 Orlando Predators Away W 55–44
17 June 24 New Orleans VooDoo Home W 68–42

Playoff schedule

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Round Date Opponent Home/Away Result
1st Bye Week
2nd July 8 (4) Philadelphia Soul Home W 65–39
3rd July 14 (6) Columbus Destroyers Home L 56–66

Stats

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Offense

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Quarterback

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Player Comp. Att. Comp% Yards TD's INT's Long Rating
Chris Greisen 392 530 74 4851 117 12 49 132

Running backs

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Player Car. Yards Avg. TD's Long
Matt Huebner 34 122 3.6 5 24
Troy Bergeron 10 81 8.1 0 19
John Ritcher 20 58 2.9 2 21
Chris Greisen 14 25 1.8 6 12
Chris Jackson 9 19 2.1 4 8
Jarrick Hillery 11 9 .8 3 4
Derek Lee 1 2 2 0 2
Bruce McClure 1 1 1 1 1
James MacPherson 1 1 1 1 1

Wide receivers

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Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD's Long
Chris Jackson 145 1915 13.2 47 46
Troy Bergeron 132 1736 13.2 41 49
Derek Lee 83 886 10.7 20 45
Andy McCullough 60 434 7.2 3 21
Carl Morris 14 145 10.4 5 40
Matt Huebner 5 62 12.4 1 20
Fitu Tu'ua 4 39 9.8 1 23
Bruce McClure 3 23 7.7 1 11
Jarrick Hillery 1 22 22 0 22
John Ritcher 2 20 10 2 17
Shane Grice 1 7 7 0 7
Marcus Keyes 1 6 6 0 6
James Clark 2 5 2.5 0 4

Touchdowns

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Player TD's Rush Rec Ret Pts
Chris Jackson 51 4 47 0 306
Troy Bergeron 42 0 41 1 252
Derek Lee 20 0 20 0 120
Chris Greisen 6 6 0 0 36
Matt Huebner 6 5 1 0 36
Carl Morris 5 0 5 0 30
John Ritcher 4 2 2 0 24
Jarrick Hillery 3 3 0 0 22
Andy McCullough 3 0 3 0 18
Bruce McClure 2 1 1 0 14
Fitu Tu'ua 1 0 1 0 6

Defense

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Player Tackles Solo Assisted Sack Solo Assisted INT Yards TD's Long
Hamin Milligan 100 93 14 0 0 0 4 93 0 41
Reggie Doster 78 68 20 0 0 0 6 31 0 11
David Crocker 60.5 51 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Gary 59 51 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jarrick Hillery 43 36 14 0 0 0 1 15 0 15
James Whitley 36.5 31 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Eric Johnson 35.5 27 17 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Umar Muhammad 35.5 26 19 8 8 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Huebner 20 15 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Sutton 19.5 13 13 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
Troy Bergeron 18 15 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ernest Allen 17.5 15 5 6.5 6 1 0 0 0 0
Jermaine Smith 13.5 11 5 7.5 7 1 1 14 1 14
Andy McCullough 9.5 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Adam Metts 6.5 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Prentice Purnell 4.5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Derek Lee 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Ritcher 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brent Holmes 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Jackson 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carl Morris 2.5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Burnett 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Jackson 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce McClure 1.5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carlos Martinez 1.5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Clark 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Gispert 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shane Grice 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marcus Keys 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fitu Tu'ua 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Special teams

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Kick return

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Player Ret Yards TD's Long Avg Ret Yards TD's Long Avg
Jarrick Hillery 31 539 0 56 17.4 2 18 0 14 9
Chris Jackson 31 460 0 34 14.8 0 0 0 0 0
Troy Bergeron 13 287 1 56 22.1 0 0 0 0 0
Brett Holmes 4 59 0 19 14.8 0 0 0 0 0
Derek Lee 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
David Crocker 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 3 2

Kicking

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Player Extra pt. Extra pt. Att. FG FGA Long Pct. Pts
Carlos Martinez 47 56 3 5 38 .600 56
Xavier Beitia 45 58 2 2 29 1.000 51
Keith Gispert 15 19 0 0 0 .000 15
Dan Burnett 7 9 0 0 0 .000 7
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