The 2007 Colorado Crush season was the fifth season for the franchise. They look to make the playoffs again, as they were 11–5 and division champs in 2006. They went 8–8 and qualified for the playoffs. After an upset over the Brigade, the Crush lost 76–67 to the San Jose SaberCats in the divisional round.
Schedule Week Date Opponent Home/Away Game Result 1 March 4 Grand Rapids Rampage Home L 44–42 2 March 10 Kansas City Brigade Home W 44–40 3 March 16 Arizona Rattlers Home W 56–54 4 March 22 Philadelphia Soul Away L 71–47 5 April 1 Nashville Kats Home W 55–48 6 April 6 San Jose SaberCats Away L 72–44 7 April 15 New York Dragons Away W 49–48 8 April 20 Las Vegas Gladiators Home W 63–53 9 April 27 Kansas City Brigade Away W 45–42 10 May 7 Chicago Rush Away L 59–48 11 May 11 Nashville Kats Away W 57–35 12 May 18 Columbus Destroyers Home W 58–40 13 May 26 Grand Rapids Rampage Away L 58–56 14 June 4 Utah Blaze Away L 51–14 15 Bye Week 16 June 18 Chicago Rush Home L 66–57 17 June 25 Dallas Desperados Home L 77–58
Playoff schedule Round Date Opponent Home/Away Result 1 June 30 (3) Kansas City Brigade Away W 49–42 2 July 7 (1) San Jose SaberCats Away L 76–67
Coaching Mike Dailey started his fourth season as head coach of the Crush.
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2007 roster
Stats
Offense
Quarterback Player Comp. Att. Comp% YardsTD's INT's Long Rating John Dutton39664561.44320841745102.7
Running backs Player Car. Yards Avg. TD's Long John Dutton8445.5122 Robert Thomas2929194 Anthony Dunn7111.609 John Peaua7101.413 Brandon Kirsch28425 Saul Patu451.313 Robert Redd40007 Jason Harmon10−2-.232 Alonzo Nix1−3−30−3
Wide receivers Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD's Long Damian Harrell132153711.74745 Brad Pyatt95116912.31946 Willie Quinnie7284411.71442 Robert Redd625478.8534 Alonzo Nix5050910.2334 Robert Thomas2189019 John Peaua2115.519 Anthony Dunn17707 Chris Watton11101 Brandon Kirsch10000
Touchdowns Player TD's Rush Rec Ret Pts Damian Harrell470470282 Brad Pyatt190190114 Willie Quinnie14014084 Robert Thomas990056 Robert Reed505032 Jason Harmon430124 Alonzo Nix303018 Brandon Kirsch220012 John Peaua211012 John Dutton11006 Saul Patu11006
Defense Player Tackles Solo Assisted Sack Solo Assisted INT Yards TD's Long Rashad Floyd 156 141 30 0 0 0 9 111 2 25 Chris Angel 88 78 20 0 0 0 7 95 0 30 Jason Harmon 49 43 12 0 0 0 2 11 0 9 Robert Thomas 46.5 35 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Anthony Dunn 36 21 30 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 Saul Patu 35.5 25 21 3.5 2 3 0 0 0 0 Delvin Hughley 21.5 16 11 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 Dustin Barno 14 9 10 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 Chris Snyder 13.5 10 7 2.5 2 1 0 0 0 0 Brad Pyatt 11.5 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Robert Redd 7 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Watton 6.5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Ball 5.5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quinn Dorsey 4.5 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 John Peaua 4.5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Damian Harrell 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alonzo Nix 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brett Huyser 2.5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brandon Kirsch 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Dutton 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Kick return Player Ret Yards TD's Long Avg Ret Yards TD's Long Avg Jason Harmon 47 1010 1 55 21.5 1 0 0 0 0 Robert Redd 12 118 0 22 9.8 0 0 0 0 0 Brad Pyatt 3 53 0 20 17.7 0 0 0 0 0 Rashad Floyd 4 51 0 16 12.8 3 78 0 30 26 Damien Harrell 7 21 0 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Quinnie 2 13 0 13 6.5 0 0 0 0 0
Kicking Player Extra pt. Extra pt. Att. FG FGA Long Pct. Pts Jason Ball 90 105 17 28 38 0.607 141
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Kicking Player Extra pt. Extra pt. Att. FG FGA Long Pts
Regular season
Week 1: vs Grand Rapids Rampage
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Week 4: at Philadelphia Soul
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Week 5: vs Nashville Kats
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Week 6: at San Jose SaberCats
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Week 7: at New York Dragons
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Week 12: vs Columbus Destroyers
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Week 13: at Grand Rapids Rampage
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Week 14: at Utah Blaze
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Week 16: vs Chicago Rush
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Week 17: vs Dallas Desperados
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