2008 Arena Football League season

Arena Football League

season 22nd

previous season = 2007 next season = 2009

The 2008 Arena Football League season was the 22nd and final season of the original Arena Football League. The regular season began play on February 29, 2008 and concluded on June 22. The playoffs began the following week, and ArenaBowl XXII was held in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 27 between the National Conference Champion Philadelphia Soul and the American Conference Champion San Jose Sabercats. This game was won by the Soul, 59-56.

Prior to the season, it was announced that the Austin Wranglers would move to the af2, and the Nashville Kats folded, thus leaving the league with 17 teams. The Las Vegas Gladiators relocated to Cleveland.

Standings

Team	Overall			Division
	Wins	Losses	Percentage	Wins	Losses	Percentage
National Conference
Eastern Division
Philadelphia Soul	13	3	0.812	7	1	0.875
Dallas Desperados	12	4	0.750	6	2	0.750
Cleveland Gladiators	9	7	0.562	4	4	0.500
New York Dragons	8	8	0.500	2	6	0.250
Columbus Destroyers	3	13	0.187	1	7	0.125
Southern Division
Georgia Force	10	6	0.625	3	3	0.500
Orlando Predators	9	7	0.562	3	3	0.500
Tampa Bay Storm	8	8	0.500	4	2	0.667
New Orleans VooDoo	8	8	0.500	2	4	0.333
American Conference
Central Division
Chicago Rush	11	5	0.687	6	0	1.000
Colorado Crush	6	10	0.375	2	4	0.333
Grand Rapids Rampage*	6	10	0.375	3	3	0.500
Kansas City Brigade	3	13	0.187	1	5	0.167
Western Division
San Jose SaberCats	11	5	0.687	6	0	1.000
Arizona Rattlers	8	8	0.500	1	5	0.167
Utah Blaze	6	10	0.375	2	4	0.333
Los Angeles Avengers	5	11	0.312	3	3	0.500

• Green indicates clinched playoff berth
• Purple indicates division champion
• Gray indicates best conference record

* Despite having a better divisional record than Colorado, Grand Rapids was ruled as the American Conference's #6 seed.

Playoffs

	Wild Card Playoffs					Divisional Playoffs					Conference Championships					ArenaBowl XXII
						4	Cleveland Gladiators	73
						2	Georgia Force	70
	4	Cleveland Gladiators	69
	5	Orlando Predators	66
											4	Cleveland Gladiators	35
	National Conference
										1	Philadelphia Soul	70
	3	Dallas Desperados	63
	6	New York Dragons	77
						6	New York Dragons	48
						1	Philadelphia Soul	49
																A2	San Jose SaberCats	56
																N1	Philadelphia Soul	59
						6	Grand Rapids Rampage	58
						1	Chicago Rush	41
	3	Arizona Rattlers	41
	6	Grand Rapids Rampage	48
											6	Grand Rapids Rampage	55
	American Conference
										2	San Jose SaberCats	81
	4	Utah Blaze	44
	5	Colorado Crush	49
						5	Colorado Crush	51
						2	San Jose SaberCats	64

Statistics

As of the end of Week 12

Passing

Player	Comp.	Att.	Comp%	Yards	TD's	INT's	Rating
Matt D'Orazio, PHI	212	292	72.6%	2430	52	4	131.1
Russ Michna, CHI	130	181	71.8%	1469	32	4	126.1
Joe Germaine, UTA	324	468	69.2%	3762	76	10	123.9
Tony Graziani, PHI	78	117	66.7%	1017	27	3	122.8
Chris Greisen, GEO	275	417	65.9%	3471	68	12	119.3

Rushing

Player	Car.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long
Marlion Jackson, CLE	73	265	3.6	17	32
Matt D'Orazio, PHI	39	191	4.9	8	22
Harold Wells, CLB	74	189	2.6	12	10
Josh White, DAL	59	187	3.2	4	19
Dan Alexander, CHI	51	185	3.6	11	13

Receiving

Player	Rec.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long
T.T. Toliver, ORL	94	1364	14.5	25	43
Huey Whittaker, UTA	108	1309	12.1	25	40
Chris Jackson, PHI	101	1261	12.5	36	41
Larry Brackins, PHI	93	1244	13.4	25	43
Derek Lee, CLB	99	1227	12.4	26	45

Touchdowns

Player	TD's	Rush	Rec	Ret	Pts
Chris Jackson, PHI	36	0	36	0	216
Otis Amey, CLE	34	1	33	0	206
Huey Whittaker, UTA	32	7	25	0	196
J.J. McKelvey, UTA	31	0	31	0	186
T.T. Toliver, ORL	29	1	25	3	174

Defense

Player	Ttl. Tackles	Solo Tackles	Assisted TKLs	Ttl. Sacks	Solo Sacks	Assisted Sacks	INT's	INT Yards	INT TD's	Longest INT
Eddie Canonico, UTA	85.5	75	21	0	0	0	4	29	0	20
Omarr Smith, SJS	81	72	18	0	0	0	2	11	0	6
Nate Coggins, CLB	77	67	20	0	0	0	2	8	0	8
Rashad Floyd, COL	77	68	18	0	0	0	6	40	0	24
Brandon Hefflin, CLE	76.5	64	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Special Teams

Kick Return

Player	KR Ret	KR Yards	KR TD's	KR Long	KR Avg	FG Ret	FG Yards	FG TD's	FG Long	FG Avg
Timon Marshall, LAA	66	1261	1	57	19.1	3	62	0	25	20.7
J'Sharlon Jone, UTA	69	1259	0	54	18.2	2	31	0	19	15.5
T.T. Toliver, ORL	66	1218	3	58	18.5	3	35	0	16	11.7
Chris Martin, GRR	57	1135	4	57	19.9	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Brown, PHI	50	969	3	57	19.4	2	5	0	5	2.5

Kicking

Player	Extra pt.	Extra pt. Att.	FG	FGA	Long	Pct.	Pts
A.J. Haglund, SJS	81	87	18	20	47	90.0%	135
Connor Hughes, PHI	93	104	4	12	33	33.3%	105
Jason Ball, CLE	68	82	12	16	46	75.0%	104
Seth Marler, TAM	70	80	9	15	41	60.0%	97
Carlos Martinez, GEO	79	89	5	8	41	62.5%	94

Awards

Award	Player/Coach	Team

External links

• Official AFL Website