2007 Columbus Destroyers season

Arena Football League team season May 2026 January 2025 Columbus Destroyers 2007 7–9 3rd Doug Kay Nationwide Arena L ArenaBowl XXI 33-55 vs. San Jose Destroyers seasons The 2007 Columbus Destroyers season is the 9th season for the franchise and the 4th in Columbus, Ohio. 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, their first in team history their history and advance to ArenaBowl XXI, their first ArenaBowl. In ArenaBowl XXI, the Destroyers lost to the San Jose SaberCats 33-55. Coaching Doug Kay started his second season as head coach of the Destroyers. Season schedule Week Date Opponent Home/Away Result 1 March 1 Nashville Kats Away W 58–56 2 March 9 New Orleans VooDoo Away L 52–45 3 Bye Week 4 March 24 Chicago Rush Home L 55–47 5 March 30 Georgia Force Home W 62–61 6 April 5 Dallas Desperados Away L 53–51 7 April 14 Austin Wranglers Home W 72–49 8 April 23 Philadelphia Soul Home W 44–21 9 April 29 Tampa Bay Storm Away L 34–32 10 May 4 New York Dragons Home W 51–42 11 May 11 Grand Rapids Rampage Home W 59–56 12 May 18 Colorado Crush Away L 58–40 13 May 26 Dallas Desperados Home L 56–47 14 June 2 Georgia Force Away L 54–33 15 June 8 Kansas City Brigade Home L 47–34 16 June 16 Philadelphia Soul Away L 56–53 17 June 23 New York Dragons Away W 74–43 Playoff schedule Round Date Opponent Home/Away Result 1st June 30 (3) Tampa Bay Storm Away W 56–55 2nd July 7 (1) Dallas Desperados Away W 66–59 3rd July 14 (2) Georgia Force Away W 66–56 ArenaBowl XXI July 29 (1) San Jose SaberCats Neutral L 33–55 2007 roster Stats Offense Quarterback Player Comp. Att. Comp% YardsTD's INT's Long Rating Matt Nagy34154562.63557751544104.4 Scott Dreisbach304566.7269523791.8 Running backs Player Car. Yards Avg. TD's Long Harold Wells731972.71313 Damien Groce16805314 B. J. Barre8344.3216 Matt Nagy16221.466 Josh Bush4194.829 Brad Greetis64.824 Darcy Levy15505 Freddie Solomon15505 Wide receivers Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD's Long Damien Groce118134211.42644 David Saunders685508.11825 Marcus Knight4449611.3924 Josh Bush484619.6633 B. J. Barre2229113.2745 Jason Shelley2526410.6123 Freddie Solomon242269.4321 Darcy Levy710515228 Harold Wells11908.2420 Matthew Thomas7689.7216 Cole Magner44411229 Howard Duncan6386.3112 Jason Hilliard214709 Brad Greetis11010010 Peter Martinez15505 Touchdowns Player TD's Rush Rec Ret Pts Damien Groce313262188 David Saunders180180112 Harold Wells171340102 Marcus Knight909062 Josh Bush1026260 B. J. Barre927056 Matt Nagy660036 Freddie Solomon303018 Brad Greetis220012 Darcy Levy202012 Cole Magner202012 Matthew Thomas202012 Howard Duncan10106 Jason Shelley10106 Defense Player Tackles Solo Assisted Sack Solo Assisted INT Yards TD's Long Brandon Hefflin 105 88 34 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Jerald Brown 65.5 57 17 0 0 0 5 38 0 22 Rober' Freeman 58 52 12 0 0 0 2 6 0 6 B. J. Barre 51 44 14 0 0 0 1 9 0 9 Ken Jones 28.5 21 15 9.5 9 1 0 0 0 0 Jason Shelley 22.5 18 9 0 0 0 2 8 0 8 Josh Bush 20 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bernard Riley 20 15 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Harold Wells 19.5 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelvin Kinney 17.5 15 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 Leroy Thompson 17.5 14 7 .5 0 1 0 0 0 0 Scott Dreisbach 11 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 David Saunders 11 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peter Martinez 6.5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marcus Knight 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Damien Groce 3.5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ken Kocher 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Brad Greetis 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Josh Harris 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Hilliard 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Freddie Solomon 2.5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Freeman 1.5 0 3 .5 0 1 0 0 0 0 Howard Duncan 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Matt Nagy 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Will Rabatin 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Special teams Kick return Player Ret Yards TD's Long Avg Ret Yards TD's Long Avg Damien Groce 40 825 2 56 20.6 1 6 0 6 6 Josh Bush 39 758 2 58 19.4 0 0 0 0 0 B. J. Barre 5 59 0 31 11.8 2 20 0 17 20 Matthew Thomas 3 47 0 24 15.7 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Shelley 3 24 0 21 8 0 0 0 0 0 Josh Harris 1 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 Brandon Hefflin 1 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 Marcus Knight 1 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 David Saunders 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Kicking Player Extra pt. Extra pt. Att. FG FGA Long Pct. Pts Peter Martinez 80 97 10 20 45 0.500 110 Matt Nagy 0 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 Playoff Stats Offense Quarterback Player Comp. Att. Comp% YardsTD's INT's Matt Nagy19267326250 Running backs Player Car. Yards Avg. TD's Long Harold Wells6152.506 Damien Groce16606 B. J. Barre12212 Matt Nagy4−1-.311 Wide receivers Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD's Long Damien Groce79814230 Marcus Knight68213.7123 David Saunders33712.3125 Josh Bush23417024 Harold Wells11111111 Special teams Kick return Player Ret Yards Avg Long Josh Bush 5 103 20.6 29 B. J. Barre 1 6 6 6 Kicking Player Extra pt. Extra pt. Att. FG FGA Long Pts Peter Martinez 8 8 0 1 – 8 Regular season November 2010 Week 1: at Nashville Kats CLB 7 24 13 14 58 NAS 13 16 0 27 56 Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Week 2: at New Orleans VooDoo CLB 10 9 19 7 45 NO 7 17 14 14 52 Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Week 4: vs Chicago Rush CHI 14 24 7 10 55 CLB 14 14 6 13 47 Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Week 5: vs Georgia Force GEO 6 21 14 20 61 CLB 10 31 7 14 62 Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Week 6: at Dallas Desperados CLB 14 23 0 14 51 DAL 7 7 14 25 53 Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Week 7: vs Austin Wranglers AUS 21 7 7 14 49 CLB 14 17 21 20 72 Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Week 8: vs Philadelphia Soul PHI 0 10 3 8 21 CLB 0 20 3 21 44 Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Week 9: at Tampa Bay Storm CLB 7 6 13 6 32 TB 7 3 14 10 34 Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Week 10: vs New York Dragons NYD 14 7 14 7 42 CLB 14 17 13 7 51 Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Week 11: vs Grand Rapids Rampage GR 13 9 20 14 56 CLB 27 7 20 5 59 Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Week 12: at Colorado Crush CLB 6 14 0 20 40 COL 14 21 6 17 58 Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Week 13: vs Dallas Desperados DAL 14 21 7 14 56 CLB 7 14 14 12 47 Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Week 14: at Georgia Force CLB 7 6 0 20 33 GEO 6 13 13 22 54 Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Week 15: vs Kansas City Brigade KC 27 0 7 13 47 CLB 13 0 0 21 34 Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Week 16: at Philadelphia Soul CLB 14 13 20 6 53 PHI 14 13 14 15 56 Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Week 17: at New York Dragons CLB 21 23 16 14 74 NYD 14 9 14 6 43 Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Playoffs Week 1: at Tampa Bay Storm (6) CLB 14 21 7 14 56 (3) TAM 14 21 7 13 55 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: 1:41 TB- Terrill Shaw 9 Yard Pass From Brett Dietz (Seth Marler Kick) – 7–0 TB 4:10 CLB- Damien Groce 29 Yard Pass From Matt Nagy (Peter Martinez Kick) – 7–7 9:14 TB- Terrill Shaw 9 Yard Pass From Brett Dietz (Seth Marler Kick) – 14–7 TB 10:52 CLB- Harold Wells 11 Yard Pass From Matt Nagy (Peter Martinez Kick) – 14–14 2nd Quarter: 1:40 CLB- B.J. Barre 50 Yard Interception Return (Peter Martinez Kick) – 21–14 CLB 6:11 TB- Brett Dietz 2 Yard Run (Seth Marler Kick) – 21–21 10:53 CLB- Marcus Knight 23 Yard Pass From Matt Nagy (Peter Martinez Kick) 28–21 CLB 12:43 TB- Lawrence Samuels 18 Yard Pass From Brett Dietz (Seth Marler Kick) – 28–28 14:34 CLB- B.J. Barre 2 Yard Run (Peter Martinez Kick) – 35–28 CLB 14:41 TB- Terrill Shaw 2 Yard Pass From Brett Dietz (Seth Marler Kick) 35–35 3rd Quarter: 11:15 TB- Torrance Marshall 1 Yard Run (Seth Marler Kick) – 42–35 TB 13:04 CLB- Damien Groce 30 Yard Pass From Matt Nagy (Peter Martinez Kick) – 42–42 4th Quarter: 3:42 TB- Terrill Shaw 8 Yard Pass From Brett Dietz (Seth Marler Kick) – 49–42 TB 7:47 CLB- David Saunders 3 Yard Pass From Matt Nagy (Peter Martinez Kick) – 49–49 13:09 TB- Hank Edwards 17 Yard Pass From Brett Dietz (Pat Failed) – 55–49 TB 14:53 CLB- Matt Nagy 1 Yard Run (Peter Martinez Kick) – 56–55 CLB Attendance: 10,221 Offensive player of the game: Terrill Shaw (TB) Defensive player of the game: B.J. Barre (CLB) Ironman of the game: Lawrence Samuels (TB) Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down. CLB20222600/0012/6319:274/61/2 TB29143150/0011/6340:333/51/1 Week 2: at Dallas Desperados (6) CLB 21 7 17 21 66 (1) DAL 21 17 0 21 59 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas The Columbus Destroyers defeated the Dallas Desperados 66–59 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Dallas led 38–28 at halftime and appeared to be in control after defeating Columbus twice earlier in the season. However, the momentum shifted quickly at the start of the second half when back-to-back kickoffs by Peter Martinez bounced off the goalpost and were recovered by Columbus, leading to two quick touchdowns and a 42–38 lead. Columbus continued to build on the comeback with a field goal following an interception and later added a 28-yard touchdown reception by Jason Shelley to secure the victory.2025 More Than The Game https://doi.org/10.5040/9798881847814.ch-010 Sportscasting in the Digital Age 167–188 10.5040/9798881847814.ch-010 subscription Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Attendance: Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down. CLB0000/000/000:000/00/0 DAL0000/000/000:000/00/0 Week 3 (Conference Championship): at Georgia Force at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia 1 2 3 4 Total (6) CLB 7 28 13 18 66 (2) GA 7 14 21 14 56 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 References Columbus Destroyers Category:Columbus Destroyers seasons Category:2007 in sports in Ohio