2007 Columbus Destroyers season The 2007 Columbus Destroyers season is the 9th season for the franchise and the 4th in Columbus . They finished with a 7 - 9 record and qualified for the playoffs . The Destroyers defeated the Tampa Bay Storm 56 - 55 in the first round . The Destroyers advanced to the National Conference Championship by beating Dallas 66 - 59 in Dallas the following week . Columbus swept the table with the top three National Conference teams by defeating the Georgia Force 66 - 56 to win the National Conference Championship Game and their first conference title in team history and will go to New Orleans to participate in their first ever ArenaBowl XXI . Coaching . Doug Kay started his second season as head coach of the Destroyers . Regular season . Week 1 : at Nashville Kats . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 2 : at New Orleans VooDoo . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 4 : vs Chicago Rush . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 5 : vs Georgia Force . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 6 : at Dallas Desperados . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 7 : vs Austin Wranglers . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 8 : vs Philadelphia Soul . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 9 : at Tampa Bay Storm . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 10 : vs New York Dragons . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 11 : vs Grand Rapids Rampage . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 12 : at Colorado Crush . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 13 : vs Dallas Desperados . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 14 : at Georgia Force . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 15 : vs Kansas City Brigade . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 16 : at Philadelphia Soul . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 17 : at New York Dragons . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Playoffs . Week 1 : at Tampa Bay Storm . " at the St . Pete Times Forum , Tampa , Florida The Destroyers entered the playoffs for the first time since their move to Columbus . In a game that was back - and - forth scoring , the key play was a missed extra point by Storm kicker Seth Marler with 1 : 06 left in the game . Following a delay - of - game penalty , Marler missed an extra point attempt that , had he made it , would have given the Storm a 56 - 49 lead . After Columbus got the ball on the ensuing kickoff , they drove down to the Storm 1 - yard line with 10 seconds left . Columbus QB Matt Nagy called his own number and sneaked into the Storm endzone with 7 . 9 left in the game , and , after the extra point attempt , the Destroyers had a 56 - 55 lead and looked to pull off the upset . With 3 seconds left and at their own 10 - yard line , Marler tried to make amends by attempting a field goal that , if good , would give the Storm a 58 - 56 win and a game against division rival Georgia . Marler ' s kick looked good to begin with , but curved off to the left and missed , giving Columbus the upset win and a matchup against the 15 - 1 Dallas Desperados . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Attendance : 10 , 221 Week 2 : at Dallas Desperados . " at the American Airlines Center in Dallas , Texas " The Destroyers blew a 30 - point lead and lost to the Desperados earlier this season 53 - 51 and they lost the 2nd game in Columbus 56 - 47 . This time , it looked as if Dallas , after a shaky start , would continue their dominance over the Destroyers . Leading 38 - 28 at the half , the tide turned on back - to - back kickoffs by Columbus kicker Peter Martinez . Dallas , who had deferred , got the opening kickoff . However , the ball bounced off the goalpost and into the hands of Columbus ' Josh Bush , who rolled into the endzone to make it 38 - 35 . On the very next kickoff , a nearly identical play occurred when the ball again bounced off the goalpost and Columbus recovered at the 4 - yard line . On the next play , Damien Groce ran the ball in to give Columbus a sudden 42 - 38 lead 58 seconds into the second half . After a Clint Dolezel interception set up a field goal for Columbus , Jason Shelley put the game away with a 28 - yard reception with 12 : 55 left in the game to give Columbus a 2 - touchdown lead that they held onto to pull off the upset against the Desperados . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Attendance : Week 3 ( Conference Championship ) : at Georgia Force . " at Philips Arena in Atlanta , Georgia " The Destroyers Pull off the Upset and they are going to ArenaBowl XXI In New Orleans to play the San Jose SaberCats . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Attendance : ArenaBowl XXI vs . San Jose SaberCats . " at New Orleans Arena in New Orleans , Louisiana