2007 Chicago Rush season

The 2007 Chicago Rush season was the seventh season for the franchise. They looked to win the ArenaBowl again after winning it in 2006 with a 7–9 record. They won the American Football Conference Central Division with a 12–4 record and qualified for the playoffs as the #2 playoff seed in the conference, losing in the conference championship to the San Jose SaberCats.

2007 Chicago Rush season
Head coachMike Hohensee
Home fieldAllstate Arena
Results
Record12–4
Division place1st
Playoff finishWon Divisional Playoffs (Avengers) 52–20
Lost Conference Championship (SaberCats 49–61

Schedule

Regular season

Week Date Opponent Home/Away Game Result
1 March 4 Kansas City Brigade Away L 54–41
2 March 9 San Jose SaberCats Home W 48–45
3 March 18 New York Dragons Home W 61–40
4 March 24 Columbus Destroyers Away W 55–47
5 April 1 Los Angeles Avengers Home W 66–31
6 April 7 Nashville Kats Away W 66–54
7 Bye Week
8 April 21 Grand Rapids Rampage Away W 75–54
9 April 30 Philadelphia Soul Home W 54–43
10 May 7 Colorado Crush Home W 59–48
11 May 14 Dallas Desperados Away L 52–48
12 May 19 Nashville Kats Home L 44–27
13 May 26 Arizona Rattlers Away W 53–47
14 June 2 Los Angeles Avengers Away L 50–47
15 June 9 Grand Rapids Rampage Home W 55–32
16 June 18 Colorado Crush Away W 66–57
17 June 23 Kansas City Brigade Home W 48–21

Playoffs

Round Date Opponent Home/Away Game Result
AC Divisional March 4 Los Angeles Avengers Away W 52–20
AC Championship March 4 San Jose SaberCats Away L 61–49

Coaching

Mike Hohensee started his seventh season as head coach of the Rush.

Personnel moves

2007 roster

Uniform #PlayerPositionHeightWeight (lb)
23DeJuan AlfonzoDS6'0"205
13Kevin BeardWR6'1"192
88D.J. BleisathOL/DL6'2"280
94Robert BossOL/DL6'5"296
75Jason HolshoeOL/DL6'4"285
96E.J. BurtOL/DL6'2"265
1Woody DantzlerWR/DB6'0"205
10Matt D'OrazioQB6'4"215
55Curtis EasonOL/DL6'2"290
4Dan FrantzK6'1"200
0Pete McMahonOL6'8"330
44Bob McMillenFB/LB6'3"260
85Andy McCulloughWR6'4"216
81Ahmad MerrittWR5'10"195
8Russ MichnaQB6'2"220
66Frank MooreOL/DL6'2"315
99John MoyerOL/DL6'3"265
5Nick MyersOL/DL6'3"285
20Jonathan OrdwayDB5'10"178
93Joe PetersOL/DL6'5"275
21Dennison RobinsonWR/DB6'0"195
7James SadlerWR/DB6'0"205
3Russell ShawWR/DB5'10"190
98John SikoraOL/DL6'4"280
3Bobby SippioOS6'3"220
58Khreem SmithOL/DL6'4"270
37Jeremy UnertlWR/DB6'2"220
97Demetrios WalkerDL6'3"260

Stats

Passing

Player Comp. Att. Comp% Yards TD's INT's Long Rating
Matt D'Orazio35150669.43789821048122.4

Rushing

Player Car. Yards Avg. TD's Long
Matt D'Orazio611342.21218
Bob McMillen35912.6514
DeJuan Alfonzo13574.4738
Rob Mager5275.4211
Etu Molden4143.516
Bobby Sippio4112.808
Ahmad Merritt48204
Joe Peters24213
Russ Michna33112
Buchie Ibeh1−2−20−2

Receiving

Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD's Long
Bobby Sippio125173913.95348
Etu Molden8197712.11344
Rob Mager7581110.81345
DeJuan Alfonzo2724519.1731
Ahmad Merritt2020310.2233
Bob McMillen9849.3131
Buchie Ibeh77110.1016
Kevin Beard7476.709
Robert Boss2199.5214
Woody Dantzler11515015
John Moyer16616

Touchdowns

Player TD's Rush Rec Ret Pts
Bobby Sippio530530318
DeJuan Alfonzo15771120
Etu Molden15213090
Rob Mager14212084
Matt D'Orazio12120074
Bob McMillen651036
Jonathan Ordway300318
Robert Boss202014
Ahmad Merritt202012
John Moyer101012
Russ Michna11006
Joe Peters11006

Defense

Player Tackles Solo Assisted Sack Solo Assisted INT Yards TD's Long
Dennison Robinson1028828000745022
DeJuan Alfonzo9366540006147347
Jeremy Unertl72.56417000675026
James Sadler4031180001000
Jonathan Ordway393580003000
D.J. Bleisath32.524171100000
John Moyer30.51923330139139
Joe Peters25.514231100000
E.J. Burt21.515115500000
Curtis Eason16.58171100000
Russell Shaw14.51250000000
Dan Frantz12.51130000000
Bob McMillen5340000000
Ahmad Merritt5420000000
Etu Molden5340000000
John Sikora4320000000
Robert Boss3300000000
Bobby Sippio2200000000
Matt D'Orazio1100000000
Rob Mager1100000000

Kick return

Player Ret Yards TD's Long Avg Ret Yards TD's Long Avg
Jonathan Ordway4081235720.311301313
Russell Shaw1632104320.124702523.5
Etu Molden1212601610.500000
Woody Dantzler610102716.800000
Rob Mager34601615.300000
DeJuan Alfonzo4350198.822011210
Bobby Sippio1350353500000
Bob McMillen1505500000
James Sadler1202212302323
Ahmad Merritt0000013203232
Dennison Robinson000001202412
John Sikora0000010000

Kicking

Player Extra pt. Extra pt. Att. FG FGA Long Pct. Pts
Dan Frantz1041151127560.407137

Playoff Stats

Quarterback

Player Comp. Att. Comp% Yards TD's INT's

Running backs

Player Car. Yards Avg. TD's Long

Wide receivers

Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD's Long

Kick return

Player Ret Yards Avg Long

Kicking

Player Extra pt. Extra pt. Att. FG FGA Long Pts

Regular season

Week 1: at Kansas City Brigade

1 2 3 4 Total
CHI 13 6 7 15 41
KC 7 16 12 19 54

at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri

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Week 2: vs San Jose Sabercats

1 2 3 4 Total
SJS 14 3 7 21 45
CHI 17 10 7 14 48

at Allstate Arena, Chicago

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Week 3: vs New York Dragons

1 2 3 4 Total
NYD 14 16 3 7 40
CHI 7 20 14 20 61

at Allstate Arena, Chicago

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Week 4: at Columbus Destroyers

1 2 3 4 Total
CHI 14 24 7 10 55
CLB 14 14 6 13 47

at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio

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Week 5: vs Los Angeles Avengers

1 2 3 4 Total
LA 0 10 7 14 31
CHI 7 35 14 10 66

at Allstate Arena, Chicago

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Week 6: at Nashville Kats

1 2 3 4 Total
CHI 21 10 14 21 66
NSH 14 7 7 26 54

at Nashville Arena, Nashville, Tennessee

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Week 8: at Grand Rapids Rampage

1 2 3 4 Total
CHI 7 20 20 28 75
GR 19 14 14 7 54

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Week 9: vs Philadelphia Soul

1 2 3 4 Total
PHI 14 20 3 6 43
CHI 7 13 14 20 54

at Allstate Arena, Chicago

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Week 10: vs Colorado Crush

1 2 3 4 Total
COL 13 20 7 8 48
CHI 0 28 21 10 59

at Allstate Arena, Chicago

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Week 11: at Dallas Desperados

1 2 3 4 Total
CHI 7 14 6 21 48
DAL 14 17 7 14 52

at the American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

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Week 12: vs Nashville Kats

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NSH 7 9 14 14 44
CHI 7 14 6 0 27

at Allstate Arena, Chicago

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Week 13: at Arizona Rattlers

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 Los Angeles Avengers

1 2 3 4 Total
CHI 7 13 7 20 47
LA 9 21 7 13 50

at the Staples Center, Los Angeles

The Rush on defense prior to a play vs. the LA Avengers.

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Attendance: 13,142

Week 15: vs Grand Rapids Rampage

1 2 3 4 Total
GR 0 17 0 15 32
CHI 14 34 0 7 55

at Allstate Arena, Chicago

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Week 16: at Colorado Crush

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CHI 7 28 10 21 66
COL 10 14 7 26 57

at the Pepsi Center, Denver

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Week 17: vs Kansas City Brigade

1 2 3 4 Total
KC 14 7 0 0 21
CHI 14 14 17 3 48

at Allstate Arena, Chicago

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Playoffs

Round 2: vs (4) Los Angeles Avengers

1 2 3 4 Total
(4) LA 7 13 0 0 20
(2) CHI 10 21 7 14 52

at Allstate Arena, Chicago

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Conference Championship: at (1) San Jose SaberCats

1 2 3 4 Total
(2) CHI 7 7 14 21 49
(1) SJS 7 21 6 27 61

at HP Pavilion, San Jose, California

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