Sports season
National: Eastern, Southern American: Western, Central The 2008 Arena Football League season was the 22nd season of the Arena Football League and final season before the 2009 season cancellation and subsequent bankruptcy of the original AFL corporate entity. The regular season began play on February 29, 2008 and concluded on June 22. The playoffs began the following week, and ArenaBowl XXII was held in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 27 between the National Conference champion Philadelphia Soul and the American Conference champion San Jose SaberCats . This game was won by the Soul, 59–56.
Prior to the season, it was announced that the Austin Wranglers would move to the af2 , and the Nashville Kats folded, thus leaving the league with 17 teams. The Las Vegas Gladiators relocated to Cleveland .
Standings [ edit ] Clinched playoff berth Clinched division Clinched division and have conference's best record Source: ArenaFan.com [1]
Playoffs [ edit ] Wild Card Playoffs Divisional Playoffs Conference Championships ArenaBowl XXII 4 Cleveland 73 2 Georgia 70 4 Cleveland 69 5 Orlando 66 4 Cleveland 35 National Conference 1 Philadelphia 70 3 Dallas 63 6 New York 77 6 New York 48 1 Philadelphia 49 N1 Philadelphia 59 A2 San Jose 56 6 Grand Rapids 58 1 Chicago 41 3 Arizona 41 6 Grand Rapids 48 6 Grand Rapids 55 American Conference 2 San Jose 81 4 Utah 44 5 Colorado 49 5 Colorado 51 2 San Jose 64
Regular season statistics [ edit ] Passing [ edit ] Player Comp. Att. Comp% Yards TD's INT's Rating Matt D'Orazio , PHI 301 416 72.4% 3,331 72 4 131.3 Raymond Philyaw , CLE 357 514 69.5% 4,320 83 10 126.5 Joe Germaine , UTA 411 605 67.9% 4,869 97 13 122.9 Russ Michna , CHI 239 351 68.1% 2,721 57 7 122.4 Chris Greisen , GEO 399 585 65.9% 4,956 97 17 121.7
Rushing [ edit ] Receiving [ edit ] Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD's Derek Lee , CLB 142 1,762 12.4 32 Chris Jackson , PHI 140 1,692 12.1 49 T.T. Toliver , ORL 118 1,645 13.9 31 Jason Willis , NY 136 1,555 11.4 30 Huey Whittaker , UTA 126 1,547 12.3 32
All-Arena team [ edit ] Offense Position First team Second team Quarterback Matt D'Orazio , Philadelphia Joe Germaine , Utah Fullback Marlion Jackson , Cleveland Brian Johnson , San Jose Center Will Rabatin , Columbus Kyle Moore-Brown , Colorado Offensive lineman Phil Bogle , Philadelphia Martin Bibla , Philadelphia Howard Duncan , Columbus Ryan Hayslip , Georgia Wide receiver Chris Jackson , Philadelphia Huey Whittaker , Utah T.T. Toliver , Orlando Otis Amey , Cleveland Kenny Higgins , Grand Rapids Damian Harrell , Chicago
Defense Position First team Second team Defensive lineman Aaron McConnell , Colorado Colston Weatherington , Dallas Henry Taylor , New York Bryan Save , Philadelphia Gabe Nyenhuis , Philadelphia Tim McGill , Tampa Bay Middle linebacker Steve Watson , San Jose Duke Pettijohn , Dallas Jack linebacker DeJuan Alfonzo , Chicago Norman LeJeune , New Orleans Defensive back Dennison Robinson , Chicago Marquis Floyd , San Jose Billy Parker , New York Clevan Thomas , San Jose Eddie Moten , Philadelphia Kenny McEntyre , Orlando
References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
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