The 2007 Los Angeles Avengers season was the eighth season for the franchise. The Avengers began their season, trying to improve on their 5–11 record from 2006. Their 9–7 record allowed them to clinch their first playoff spot since they won the division in 2005. After defeating the Utah Blaze 64–42, they lost 52–20 to the Chicago Rush in the divisional round. This was the final playoff appearance for the Avengers.

Season schedule Week Date Opponent Home/Away Result 1 March 4 San Jose SaberCats Home L 66–58 2 March 12 Orlando Predators Away W 44–37 3 Bye 4 March 24 New Orleans VooDoo Away W 48–36 5 April 1 Chicago Rush Away L 66–31 6 April 6 Arizona Rattlers Home W 64–45 7 April 13 Utah Blaze Away L 76–63 8 April 21 San Jose SaberCats Away L 73–49 9 April 28 Grand Rapids Rampage Home W 75–71 10 May 6 Las Vegas Gladiators Away W 59–37 11 May 12 Tampa Bay Storm Home L 40–37 12 May 19 Georgia Force Home W 57–51 13 May 26 Kansas City Brigade Away L 62–56 14 June 2 Chicago Rush Home W 50–47 15 June 11 Arizona Rattlers Away W 55–52 16 June 17 Las Vegas Gladiators Home W 60–42 17 June 23 Utah Blaze Home L 47–37

Playoff schedule Round Date Opponent Home/Away Result 1 July 2 (5) Utah Blaze Home W 64–42 2 July 9 (2) Chicago Rush Away L 52–20

Coaching Ed Hodgkiss is the head coach of the Avengers this season.

Stats

Offense

Quarterback Player Comp. Att. Comp% YardsTD's INT's Long Rating Sonny Cumbie378610624370831347108.7 Tim Hicks1320651724129110.8

Running backs Player Car. Yards Avg. TD's Long Lonnie Ford821922.31920 Sonny Cumbie20100.525 Josh Jeffries461.505 Rob Turner461.506 Tim Hicks15505 Lenzie Jackson341.332 Robert Quiroga44103 LaShaun Ward420.502 Kevin Ingram1−1−10−1

Wide receivers Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD's Long Rob Turner105122911.72437 Kevin Ingram103119611.62639 Lenzie Jackson8390310.91239 LaShaun Ward4156113.7943 Terrence Stubbs2324210.5329 Robert Quiroga2123511.21127 Nichiren Flowers612520.8147 Lonnie Ford6244013 Remy Hamilton11212012 Branden Hall11111111 Josh Jeffries14404

Touchdowns Player TD's Rush Rec Ret Pts Kevin Ingram270261162 Rob Turner240240144 Lonnie Ford191900114 Lenzie Jackson15312096 Robert Quiroga11011072 LaShaun Ward909054 Terrence Stubbs303018 Sonny Cumble220012 Nichiren Flowers10106 Branden Hall10106

Defense Player Tackles Solo Assisted Sack Solo Assisted INT Yards TD's Long Eddie Canonico 101 89 24 0 0 0 1 20 0 20 Terrance Joseph 68.5 60 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Damen Wheeler 60 52 16 0 0 0 6 28 0 13 Robert Quiroga 49.5 40 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 James Bethea 40.5 34 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arnold Parker 37.5 34 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LaShaun Ward 34 29 10 0 0 0 1 5 0 5 Brandon Perkins 31 21 20 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Silas Demary 25 18 14 8 8 0 1 3 0 3 Jason Stewart 22 14 16 4.5 4 1 1 24 1 24 Reggie Rhodes 18 15 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 Remy Hamilton 13.5 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Josh Jeffries 13.5 8 11 1.5 1 1 0 0 0 0 Jon Apgar 12 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kevin Ingram 12 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lenzie Jackson 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lonnie Ford 5.5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rob Turner 5.5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Michael Craven 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rushen Jones 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Branden Hall 2.5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt McGhghy 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sean McNamara 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Terrence Stubbs 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Greg Krause 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Special teams

Kick return Player Ret Yards TD's Long Avg Ret Yards TD's Long Avg LaShaun Ward 41 648 0 29 15.8 1 18 0 19 19 Kevin Ingram 24 361 1 41 15 2 14 0 14 7 Terrence Stubbs 11 203 0 35 18.5 1 14 0 14 14 James Bethea 3 43 0 23 14.3 0 0 0 0 0 Robert Quiroga 3 41 0 18 13.7 1 1 0 1 1 Damen Wheeler 7 36 0 18 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 Terrance Joseph 1 29 0 20 20 1 0 0 0 0 Lenzie Jackson 3 19 0 9 6.3 0 0 0 0 0 Josh Jeffries 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kicking Player Extra pt. Extra pt. Att. FG FGA Long Pct. Pts Remy Hamilton 101 114 16 30 36 0.533 149

Playoff Stats

Offense

Quarterback Player Comp. Att. Comp% Yards TD's INT's Sonny Cumbie528759.7563101

Running backs Player Car. Yards Avg. TD's Josh Jeffries7202.82

Wide receivers Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD's Rob Turner1617110.64 Lenzie Jackson1617110.60 Kevin Ingram1313510.31 Robert Quiroga3165.32 Terrence Stubbs21260 Josh Jeffries35819.33

Special teams

Kick return Player Ret Yards Avg Long Terrence Stubbs 4 68 17 21 Kevin Ingram 5 68 13.6 20

Kicking Player Extra pt. Extra pt. Att. FG FGA Long Pts Remy Hamilton 9 12 1 3 20 12

Regular season

Week 1: vs San Jose SaberCats

at Staples Center, Los Angeles

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter:

SJ- Ben Nelson 6 yard pass from Mark Grieb (A.J. Haglund kick) – 7–0 SJ LA- Lenzie Jackson 19 yard pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 7–7 SJ- James Roe 12 yard pass from Mark Grieb (A.J. Haglund kick) – 14–7 SJ SJ- Rodney Wright 1 yard run (A.J. Haglund kick) – 21–7 SJ

2nd Quarter: LA- Lonnie Ford 6 yard run (Remy Hamilton kick) – 21–14 SJ LA- Remy Hamilton 17 yard field goal – 21–17 SJ SJ- Matt Kinsinger 1 yard run (A.J. Haglund kick) – 28–17 SJ LA- Kevin Ingram 21 yard pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 28–24 SJ SJ- A.J. Haglund 26 yard field goal – 31–24 SJ LA- Rob Turner 9 yard pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 31–31 SJ- Ben Nelson 9 yard pass from Mark Grieb (A.J. Haglund kick) – 38–31 SJ

3rd Quarter: LA – Kevin Ingram 14 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 38–38 SJ – Ben Nelson 24 yd pass from Mark Grieb (A.J. Haglund kick) – 45–38 SJ LA – Lenzie Jackson 3 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 45–45 SJ – Ben Nelson 12 yd pass from Mark Grieb (A.J. Haglund kick) – 52–45 SJ SJ – Rodney Wright 3 yd run (A.J. Haglund kick) – 59–45 SJ

4th Quarter: LA – Lenzie Jackson 23 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 59–52 SJ SJ – Rodney Wright 8 yd pass from Mark Grieb (A.J. Haglund kick) – 66–52 SJ LA – Rob Turner 25 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick failed) – 66–58 SJ

Attendance: 12,586

Week 2: @ Orlando Predators 1234OTTotLA107514744ORL37720038 at Hummer Field at Amway Arena, Orlando, Florida

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter: 10:52 LA – Remy Hamilton 26 yd field goal – 3–0 LA 06:11 ORL – Jay Taylor 31 yd field goal – 3–3 01:49 LA – Lenzie Jackson 17 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 10–3 LA

2nd Quarter: 12:03 LA – Lenzie Jackson 1 yd run (Remy Hamilton kick) – 17–3 LA 07:59 ORL – Shane Stafford 2 yd run (Jay Taylor kick) – 17–10 LA

3rd Quarter: 05:36 LA – Kevin Ingram 22 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick failed) – 23–10 LA 03:17 ORL – DeAndrew Rubin 32 yd pass from Shane Stafford (Jay Taylor kick) – 23–17 LA

4th Quarter: 14:54 LA – Rob Turner 14 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 30–17 LA 12:07 ORL – DeAndrew Rubin 19 yd pass from Shane Stafford (Jay Taylor kick) – 30–24 LA 09:11 LA – Kevin Ingram 27 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 37–24 LA 06:26 ORL – Kevin Nagle 1 yd run (Jay Taylor kick failed) – 37–30 ORL 00:07 ORL – Javarus Dudley 23 yd pass from Shane Stafford (Jay Taylor kick) – 37–37

Overtime: 10:05 LA – Rob Turner 9 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 44–37 LA

Attendance: 12,787

Week 4: @ New Orleans VooDoo at New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana

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Attendance: 16,668

Week 5: @ Chicago Rush at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois

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Attendance: 15,846

Week 6: vs Arizona Rattlers

at Staples Center, Los Angeles

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1st Quarter: 07:42 LA – Lenzie Jackson 14 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie – 6–0 LA

2nd Quarter: 13:16 LA – Kevin Ingram 6 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 13–0 LA 09:24 ARI – Trandon Harvey 16 yd pass from Sherdrick Bonner (Gary Kral kick) – 13–7 LA 03:59 LA – Rob Turner 13 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 20–7 LA 01:59 ARI – Jeremiah Pope 18 yd pass from Sherdrick Bonner (Gary Kral kick) – 20–14 LA 00:39 LA – Remy Hamilton 33 yd field goal – 23–14 LA 00:00 ARI – Gary Kral 23 yd field goal – 23–17 LA

3rd Quarter: 13:48 ARI – Trandon Harvey 37 yd pass from Sherdrick Bonner (Gary Kral kick) – 24–23 ARI 10:45 LA – Lonnie Ford 3 yd run (Remy Hamilton kick) – 30–24 LA 05:18 ARI – Trandon Harvey 25 yd pass from Sherdrick Bonner (Gary Kral kick) – 31–30 ARI 02:17 LA – Rob Turner 5 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 37–31 LA 00:32 ARI – Jeremiah Pope 5 yd pass from Sherdrick Bonner (Gary Kral kick) – 38–37 ARI

4th Quarter: 10:16 LA – Kevin Ingram 7 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 44–38 LA 09:04 LA – Lenzie Jackson 0 yd net recovery (Remy Hamilton kick failed) – 50–38 LA 05:30 LA – Lonnie Ford 1 yd run (Remy Hamilton kick) – 57–38 LA 03:25 ARI – Bo Kelly 3 yd run (Gary Kral kick) – 57–45 LA 02:57 LA – Kevin Ingram 12 yd kickoff return (Remy Hamilton kick) – 64–45 LA

Attendance: 12,972

Week 7: @ Utah Blaze at EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah

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Attendance: 13,497

Week 8: @ San Jose SaberCats at the HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose, California

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Attendance: 12,984

Week 9: vs Grand Rapids Rampage

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Attendance: 15,088

Week 10: @ Las Vegas Gladiators at Orléans Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada

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Attendance: 5,698

Week 11: vs Tampa Bay Storm

at Staples Center, Los Angeles

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Attendance: 12,439

Week 12: vs Georgia Force

at Staples Center, Los Angeles

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1st Quarter: 11:49 GEO – Chris Jackson 8 yd pass from Chris Greisen (Jarrick Hillery rush failed) – 6–0 GEO 10:10 LA – LaShaun Ward 43 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick failed) – 6–6

2nd Quarter: 14:09 LA – LaShaun Ward 13 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 13–6 LA 12:46 GEO – Troy Bergeron 36 yd pass from Chris Greisen (Carlos Martínez kick) – 13–13 07:23 LA – Remy Hamilton 17 yd field goal – 16–13 LA 06:52 GEO – Derek Lee 45 yd pass from Chris Greisen (Carlos Martínez kick) – 20–16 GEO 00:37 LA – Lonnie Ford 2 yd run (Remy Hamilton kick) – 23–20 LA 00:00 GEO – Carlos Martínez 31 yd field goal – 23–23

3rd Quarter: 11:55 LA – Robert Quiroga 5 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 30–23 LA 09:35 GEO – Chris Jackson 1 yd run (Carlos Martínez kick) – 30–30 06:11 LA – Rob Turner 18 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick failed) – 36–30 LA

4th Quarter: 13:58 LA – LaShaun Ward 28 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 43–30 LA 11:34 LA – Robert Quiroga 12 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 50–30 LA 08:24 LA – LaShaun Ward 15 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 57–30 LA 06:21 GEO – Chris Jackson 12 yd pass from Chris Greisen (Carlos Martínez kick) – 57–37 LA 02:00 GEO – Derek Lee 11 yd pass from Chris Greisen (Carlos Martínez kick) – 57–44 LA 00:46 GEO – Troy Bergeron 9 yd pass from Chris Greisen (Carlos Martínez kick) – 57–51 LA

Attendance: 13,922

Week 13: @ Kansas City Brigade at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri

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Attendance: 13,213

Week 14: vs Chicago Rush

at Staples Center, Los Angeles

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1st Quarter: 10:46 LA – Remy Hamilton 26 yd field goal – 3–0 LA 06:20 CHI – Rob Mager 19 yd pass from Matt D'Orazio (Dan Frantz kick) – 7–3 CHI 01:47 LA – Terrance Stubbs 10 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick failed) – 9–7 LA

2nd Quarter: 14:18 CHI – Matt D'Orazio 6 yd run (Dan Frantz kick) – 14–9 CHI 08:51 LA – Lonnie Ford 1 yd run (Remy Hamilton kick) – 16–14 LA 04:49 CHI – DeJuan Alvonzo 10 yd pass from Matt D'Orazio – 20–16 CHI 00:33 LA – LaShaun Ward 13 yd pass from Sonny Cumbie (Remy Hamilton kick) – 23–20 LA