# 2007 Arizona Rattlers season

The 2007 Arizona Rattlers season was the 16th season for the franchise. They looked to make the playoffs after finishing 2006 with an 8–8 record. They finished 4–12 record and missed the playoffs.

## Coaching

Gene Nudo entered his second season as the head coach of the Rattlers.

## Season schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Home/Away Game | Result |
| 1 | March 3 | Georgia Force | Home | L 69–65 |
| 2 | March 10 | Utah Blaze | Home | L 79–75 |
| 3 | March 16 | Colorado Crush | Away | L 56–54 |
| 4 | March 23 | Las Vegas Gladiators | Home | W 68–41 |
| 5 | March 30 | Kansas City Brigade | Away | L 62–61 (OT) |
| 6 | April 6 | Los Angeles Avengers | Away | L 64–45 |
| 7 | April 14 | Nashville Kats | Home | L 62–36 |
| 8 | April 20 | Utah Blaze | Away | W 83–69 |
| 9 | April 28 | New York Dragons | Away | L 67–45 |
| 10 | May 5 | San Jose SaberCats | Home | L 56–49 |
| 11 | May 12 | Austin Wranglers | Home | W 53–41 |
| 12 | May 18 | Tampa Bay Storm | Away | L 59–50 |
| 13 | May 26 | Chicago Rush | Home | L 53–47 |
| 14 | June 3 | Las Vegas Gladiators | Away | W 41–20 |
| 15 | June 11 | Los Angeles Avengers | Home | L 55–52 |
| 16 | June 16 | San Jose SaberCats | Away | L 66–26 |
| 17 | | Bye | Week |

## Stats
### Offense
#### Quarterback

| Player | Comp. | Att. | Comp% | Yards | TD's | INT's | Long | Rating |
| Sherdrick Bonner | 316 | 498 | 63.5 | 4036 | 83 | 13 | 45 | 117.4 |
| Chris Sanders | 28 | 51 | 54.9 | 381 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 88.8 |

#### Running backs

| Player | Car. | Yards | Avg. | TD's | Long |
| Bo Kelly | 81 | 222 | 2.7 | 13 | 16 |
| Trandon Harvey | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 3 | 30 |
| Asi Faoa | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 0 | 8 |
| Jeremiah Pope | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 2 | 6 |
| Chris Sanders | 9 | 14 | 1.6 | 3 | 4 |
| Erik Arevalo | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Sherdrick Bonner | 13 | 9 | 0.7 | 1 | 4 |
| Curtis Fagan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Kevin McKenzie | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Darrell Jones | 1 | −1 | −1 | 0 | −1 |
| Cosmo DeMatteo | 1 | −4 | −4 | 0 | −4 |

#### Wide receivers

| Player | Rec. | Yards | Avg. | TD's | Long |
| Trandon Harvey | 91 | 1314 | 14.4 | 28 | 45 |
| Jeremiah Pope | 70 | 903 | 12.9 | 23 | 41 |
| Atnaf Harris | 35 | 500 | 14.3 | 8 | 41 |
| Kevin McKenzie | 36 | 464 | 12.9 | 12 | 45 |
| Randy Gatewood | 35 | 416 | 11.9 | 10 | 34 |
| Willis Page III | 63 | 1324 | 21.3 | 28 | 58 |
| Curtis Fagan | 26 | 290 | 11.2 | 2 | 30 |
| Darrell Jones | 23 | 231 | 10 | 1 | 29 |
| Cosmo DeMatteo | 13 | 171 | 13.2 | 3 | 35 |
| Bo Kelly | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | 21 |
| Asi Faoa | 3 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| Wendall Gaines | 1 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| Craig Moore | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Justin Taplin | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 7 |
| William Fields | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Zach Rupp | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Albrey Battle | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Vince Amey | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |

#### Touchdowns

| Player | TD's | Rush | Rec | Ret | Pts |
| Trandon Harvey | 32 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 192 |
| Jeremiah Pope | 25 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 152 |
| Bo Kelly | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 78 |
| Kevin McKenzie | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 78 |
| Randy Gatewood | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 62 |
| Atnaf DeShawn Harris | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 48 |
| Cosmo DeMatteo | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Curtis Fagan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Darrell Jones | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| Chris Sanders | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Vince Amey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Albrey Battle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sherdrick Bonner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Wendall Gaines | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |

### Defense

| Player | Tackles | Solo | Assisted | Sack | Solo | Assisted | INT | Yards | TD's | Long |
| Keyuo Craver | 107 | 92 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 21 |
| Willis Page III | 53 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 197 | 6 | 47 |
| Joseph Todd | 41 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Fields | 37.5 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Grant Steen | 33.5 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Art Smith | 26.5 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| Wendall Gaines | 22.5 | 15 | 15 | 5.5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Ruffin | 20 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asi Faoa | 17.5 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Rupp | 17 | 11 | 12 | .5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Amey | 15.5 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Golden | 15.5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Trentadue | 10.5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trandon Harvey | 9.5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Pegues | 9.5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin McKenzie | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Kelly | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Pope | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Taplin | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Fagan | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clay Rush | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Jones | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Lukins | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Chris Sanders | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Sharp | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Gatewood | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Mascorro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Moore | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Arevalo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Christofilakos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cosmo DeMatteo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albrey Battle | .5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Special teams
#### Kick return

| Player | Ret | Yards | TD's | Long | Avg | Ret | Yards | TD's | Long | Avg |
| Darrell Jones | 48 | 929 | 1 | 56 | 19.4 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 55 | 55 |
| Kevin McKenzie | 20 | 340 | 0 | 35 | 17 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| Trandon Harvey | 14 | 192 | 1 | 22 | 13.7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Keyuo Craver | 2 | 26 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Pope | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asi Faoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Kicking

| Player | Extra pt. | Extra pt. Att. | FG | FGA | Long | Pct. | Pts |
| Clay Rush | 72 | 89 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 0.375 | 90 |
| Pete Christofilakos | 12 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 12 |

## Regular season
### Week 1: vs Georgia Force

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| GEO | 27 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 69 |
| ARI | 17 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 65 |
at the US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Scoring summary:
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### Week 2: vs Utah Blaze

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| UTA | 13 | 21 | 14 | 27 | 75 |
| ARI | 20 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 71 |
at the US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Scoring summary:
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### Week 3: at Colorado Crush

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ARI | 7 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 54 |
| COL | 14 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 56 |
at the Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Scoring summary:
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### Week 4: vs Las Vegas Gladiators

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| LV | 14 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 41 |
| ARI | 14 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 68 |
at the US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Scoring summary:
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### Week 5: at Kansas City Brigade

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| ARI | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 61 |
| KC | 13 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 62 |
at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
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### Week 6: at Los Angeles Avengers

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ARI | 0 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 45 |
| LA | 6 | 17 | 14 | 27 | 64 |
at the Staples Center, Los Angeles
Scoring summary:
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### Week 7: vs Nashville Kats

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| NSH | 7 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 62 |
| ARI | 7 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 36 |
at the US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Scoring summary:
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### Week 8: at Utah Blaze

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ARI | 20 | 28 | 14 | 21 | 83 |
| UTA | 21 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 69 |
at EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City
Scoring summary:
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### Week 9: at New York Dragons

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ARI | 14 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 45 |
| NY | 14 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 67 |
at the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
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### Week 10: vs San Jose SaberCats

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| SJS | 14 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 56 |
| ARI | 0 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 49 |
at the US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Scoring summary:
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### Week 11: vs Austin Wranglers

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| AUS | 7 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
| ARI | 7 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 53 |
at the US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Scoring summary:
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### Week 12: at Tampa Bay Storm

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ARI | 14 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 50 |
| TB | 10 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 59 |
at the St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida
Scoring summary:
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### Week 13: vs Chicago Rush

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| CHI | 3 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 53 |
| ARI | 14 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 47 |
at the US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
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### Week 14: at Las Vegas Gladiators

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ARI | 7 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 41 |
| LV | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
at Orléans Arena, Las Vegas
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### Week 15: vs Los Angeles Avengers

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| LA | 0 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 55 |
| ARI | 17 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 52 |
at the US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
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### Week 16: at San Jose SaberCats

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ARI | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 26 |
| SJS | 14 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 66 |
at the HP Pavilion, San Jose, California
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