2007 Tampa Bay Storm season

The 2007 Tampa Bay Storm season was the 21st season for the team in the Arena Football League and 17th in Tampa. They tried to improve upon their 7–9 record from 2006 in the Southern Division, and looking to get back to the playoffs for the first time since 2005. The apparent cause of their turnaround from an 0–5 start was the replacement of John Kaleo at quarterback with Brett Dietz. Whereas they were a combined 1–6 under Kaleo and the injured Stoney Case, they were 8–1 under Dietz. On June 13, two weeks after being placed on "left squad", T.T. Toliver was released by the Storm and subsequently signed with the Orlando Predators. On June 23, they clinched the #3 seed in the National Conference, and hosted a home playoff game vs. the #6 seed in the National Conference, the Columbus Destroyers. Unfortunately for the Storm, Columbus beat the Storm with a 56–55 win.

2007 Tampa Bay Storm season
Head coachTim Marcum
Home fieldSt. Pete Times Forum
Results
Record9–7
Division place2nd
Playoff finishL 56–55 vs. Columbus

Coaching

Tim Marcum, head coach since 1995, entered his 13th year as Storm head coach.

Season schedule

Week Date Opponent Home/Away Result
1 March 2 Orlando Predators Home L 52–27
2 March 10 Dallas Desperados Away L 59–40
3 March 17 Georgia Force Home L 61–47
4 March 23 New York Dragons Home L 59–52
5 March 31 San Jose SaberCats Away L 69–49
6 April 7 New Orleans Voodoo Home W 66–43
7 April 14 Orlando Predators Away L 61–37
8 Bye Week
9 April 29 Columbus Destroyers Home W 34–32
10 May 6 Austin Wranglers Away W 66–45
11 May 12 Los Angeles Avengers Away W 40–37
12 May 18 Arizona Rattlers Home W 59–50
13 May 26 Georgia Force Away L 52–38
14 June 2 New Orleans Voodoo Away W 61–55
15 June 9 Philadelphia Soul Home W 69–59
16 June 16 Grand Rapids Rampage Away W 69–40
17 June 23 Austin Wranglers Home W 55–51

Playoff schedule

Round Date Opponent Home/Away Result
1st June 30 (6) Columbus Destroyers Home L 56–55

Personnel moves

Acquired

Departures

Roster

Tampa Bay Storm roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

Injured players

Practice Squad

Refused to Report

Exempt List

Stats

Quarterback

PlacePlayer NameCompletionsAttemptsComp%YardsTD'sINT'sLongRating
1Brett Dietz19930265.9%239547747119.3
2John Kaleo13319966.8%14641864098.5
3Stoney Case487365.8%540624596.8

Running backs

PlacePlayer NameCarYardsAvgTD'sLong
1Torrance Marshall551071.9179
2Rodney Filer27963.6914
3Marvin Brown9434.8123
4*T.T. Toliver5244.8013
5John Kaleo816217
6Brett Dietz1070.724
7Stoney Case44123
8Clenton Crossley630.503
9Rod Williams11101
10Jarrod Penright3−3−101

Wide receivers

PlacePlayer NameRec.YardsAvgTD'sLong
1Terrill Shaw1011411142447
2*T.T. Toliver99119312.11745
3Lawrence Samuels12211439.41535
4Hank Edwards2225111.4729
5Karl Williams1014014339
6Marvin Brown23517.5120
7Tom Kaleita3268.7112
8Torrance Marshall3237.709
9Rodney Filer3206.7010
10Jesse Martine2147112

Touchdowns

PlacePlayer NameTD'sRushRecRetPts
1Terrill Shaw240240144
2*T.T. Toliver170170102
2Torrance Marshall171700102
4Lawrence Samuels15015096
5Rodney Filer990054
6Hank Edwards707042
7Stoney Case220012
8Brett Dietz220012
9Karl Williams201112
10Ernest Certain10106
11Tom Kaleita10106
12John Kaleo11006
13Marvin Brown11006
13Lincoln Kennedy10016

Defense

PlacePlayer NameTacklesSoloAssistedSackSoloAssistedINTYardsTD'sLong
1Jeroid Johnson96881600010152245
2Khalid Naziruddin706510000362024
3Traco Rachal69.5641100021107
4Lawrence Samuels383114000338116
5Alex Wallace3.53180001000
6Tom Briggs28.52575500000
7Bo Rogers22.52130000000
8Tim McGill181645500000
9Torrance Marshall17.51711100000
10Mark Word141322200000
11*T.T. Toliver121120000000
12Bryon Jones9740000000
13Jarrod Penright8.5730000000
14Nyle Wiren754000214014
15Ernest Certain5.5350000000
16Marcus Owen5420000000
17Terrill Shaw4400000000
18Karl Williams4400000000
19Seth Marler3300000000
20Rodney Filer3300000000
21Hank Edwards3140000000
22John Kaleo1100000000
23Lincoln Kennedy1100000000
24Marvin Brown1100000000

Kick return

PlacePlayer NameRetYardsTD'sLongAvgRetYardsTD'sLongAvg
1Karl Williams4681015517.600000
2*T.T. Toliver2345804119.947802819.5
3Terrill Shaw7500177.100000
4Lawrence Samuels1303300000
5Jeroid Johnson0000034603315.3
6Alex Wallace0000015055
7Lincoln Kennedy0000014044
8John Kaleo0000010000
8Traco Rachal1000000000

Kicking

PlacePlayer NameExtra pt.Extra pt. Att.FGFGALongPct.Pts
1Seth Marler92991620410.800140
2Matt Leach460100.0004
3Bill Gramatica0413370.3333

*Waived [1]

Playoff Stats

Quarterback

Player Comp. Att. Comp% Yards TD's INT's
Brett Dietz274067.531561

Running backs

Player Car. Yards Avg. TD's Long
Marvin Brown28404
Torrance Marshall24213
Brett Dietz22212

Wide receivers

Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD's Long
Lawrence Samuels1111610.5118
Terrill Shaw911212.4426
Hank Edwards33913117
Karl Williams33913017
Marvin Brown19909

Kick return

Player Ret Yards Avg Long
Karl Williams59919.835
Terrill Shaw382.78
Jeroid Johnson1131313

Kicking

Player Extra pt. Extra pt. Att. FG FGA Long Pts
Seth Marler78017

Regular season

Week 1: vs Orlando Predators

1 2 3 4 Total
ORL 21 7 7 17 52
TAM 6 6 9 6 27

at the St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

The Storm opened their season with a lousy performance March 2 against their rivals the Orlando Predators. Kicker Bill Gramatica missed four extra point attempts while Predators player DeAndrew Rubin scored on two long plays to give Orlando a 14–0 lead that would hold up for the entire game as they won going away 52–27.

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter:

2nd Quarter:

3rd Quarter:

4th Quarter:

Attendance: 15,619

  • Offensive player of the game: Shane Stafford (ORL)
  • Defensive player of the game: Ryan Bowers (ORL)
  • Ironman of the game: DeAndrew Rubin (ORL)
Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down.
ORL19203291/0156/3231:123/60/1
TB17132892/107/3528:484/81/1

Week 2: at Dallas Desperados

1 2 3 4 Total
TAM 13 6 7 14 40
DAL 13 13 13 20 59

at the American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

In their opening road game, they again lost soundly. Despite being tied as late as the third quarter, Will Pettis, on two long plays (56 and 23 yards, respectively) gave Dallas a lead they would not lose. They went on to dominate the fourth quarter as well to win 59–40 and pick up their second victory while Tampa Bay went home to play Georgia still looking for their second victory.

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter:

2nd Quarter:

3rd Quarter:

4th Quarter:

Attendance: 13,805

Recap: DAL 59 TAM 40

Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down.
TB19312711/0010/5630:553/71/3
DAL23302940/0011/8329:053/40/1

Week 3: vs Georgia Force

1 2 3 4 Total
GEO 14 12 14 21 61
TAM 13 6 21 7 47

at the St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

Still looking for their first win in week 3 vs. divisional rival the Georgia Force, the Storm would keep a close game well into the 2nd half of the game. Both Dan Burnett and Seth Marler missed on two extra point attempts. For the Force, however, they would prevail on the strength of a 21-point fourth quarter to finish the Storm and win 61–47, which left the Storm again without their first victory.

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter:

2nd Quarter:

3rd Quarter:

4th Quarter:

Attendance: 13,664

Recap: GEO 61 TAM 47

Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down.
GEO21182961/109/4123:421/30/0
TB24472422/209/6336:184/70/2

Week 4: vs New York Dragons

1 2 3 4 Total
NYD 14 17 7 21 59
TAM 21 17 7 7 52

at the St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

Tampa Bay finally looked like they would pick up their first victory of the season as they seemingly always answered New York's touchdowns into the early part of the 4th quarter. But, despite a 52–38 lead, they lost 59–52 when they allowed a touchdown with 31 seconds left to give New York their first lead and only lead of the game. This left the Storm still looking for their first win of 2007.

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter:

2nd Quarter:

3rd Quarter:

4th Quarter:

Attendance: 13,134

Recap: NYD 59 TAM 52

Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down.
NY24412952/205/3027:102/30/0
TB20302731/1512/9232:504/93/4

Week 5: at San Jose SaberCats

1 2 3 4 Total
TAM 14 21 7 7 49
SJS 28 20 14 7 69

at the HP Pavilion, San Jose, California

Heading out west, still winless, the Storm took on the 1–2 San Jose SaberCats. And again, the Storm would come up on the losing end as they lost soundly 69–49 to San Jose. San Jose scored two touchdowns in the first 2:36 of the game which gave them a quick 14–0 lead that they would not relinquish, as the Storm headed home 0–5 and their playoff hopes seemingly dashed. In this game, Stoney Case replaced John Kaleo as starting quarterback.

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter:

2nd Quarter:

3rd Quarter:

4th Quarter:

Attendance: 13,916

Recap: SJ 69 TAM 49

  • Offensive player of the game: Mark Grieb (SJ)
  • Defensive player of the game: Marquis Floyd (SJ)
  • Ironman of the game: A.J. Haglund (SJ)
Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down.
TB23222712/207/4633:381/63/4
SJ22242840/048/4226:221/10/0

Week 6: vs New Orleans VooDoo

1 2 3 4 Total
NO 13 10 6 14 43
TAM 14 28 7 17 66

at the St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

Heading home, the Storm finally won their first game of the season in convincing fashion, with a 66–43 drumming of the New Orleans VooDoo, playing their first game vs. New Orleans since 2005 due to Hurricane Katrina. Unfortunately for Tampa Bay, Stoney Case, who replaced John Kaleo as quarterback, was injured for the rest of the season, which left Kaleo as starting QB again.

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter:

2nd Quarter:

3rd Quarter:

4th Quarter:

Attendance: 16,644

Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down.
NO19253093/208/4232:083/92/3
TB20382282/22611/8127:521/30/1

Week 7: at Orlando Predators

1 2 3 4 Total
TAM 3 6 7 21 37
ORL 0 35 12 14 61

at Hummer Field at Amway Arena, Orlando, Florida

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter:

2nd Quarter:

3rd Quarter:

4th Quarter:

Attendance: 15,303

  • Offensive player of the game: Javarus Dudley (ORL)
  • Defensive player of the game: Greg White (ORL)
  • Ironman of the game: Marlon Moye-Moore (ORL)
Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down.
TB23103073/3010/5729:363/61/2
ORL17251881/1578/7330:243/50/0

Week 9: vs Columbus Destroyers

1 2 3 4 Total
CLB 7 6 13 6 32
TAM 7 3 14 10 34

at the St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter:

2nd Quarter:

  • 4:31 CLB- Damien Groce 5 Yard Pass From Matt Nagy (Pat Failed) – 13–7 CLB
  • 14:53 TB- Seth Marler 23 Yard Field goal – 13–10 CLB

3rd Quarter:

4th Quarter:

  • 0:41 CLB- B.J. Barre 12 Yard Pass From Matt Nagy (Pat Failed) – 26–21 CLB
  • 6:05 TB- Brett Dietz 1 Yard Run (Seth Marler Kick) – 31–26 TB
  • 14:04 TB- Seth Marler 20 Yard – 34–26 TB
  • 14:33 CLB- Matt Nagy 3 Yard Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) – 34–32 TB

Attendance: 15,303

  • Offensive player of the game: Terrill Shaw (TB)
  • Defensive player of the game: Khalid Naziruddin (TB)
  • 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.
CLB1582040/0011/4922:333/61/1
TB2032660/0012/8436:275/90/1

Week 10: at Austin Wranglers

1 2 3 4 Total
TAM 10 14 14 28 66
AUS 7 10 14 14 45

at the Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter:

2nd Quarter:

3rd Quarter:

4th Quarter:

Attendance: 13,110

Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down.
TB23162861/0011/5533:292/40/1
AUS1392880/006/4126:311/94/7

Week 11: at Los Angeles Avengers

1 2 3 4 Total
TAM 10 7 3 20 40
LA 7 16 7 7 37

at the Staples Center, Los Angeles

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter:

2nd Quarter:

3rd Quarter:

4th Quarter:

Attendance: 12,439

Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down.
TB1552240/0016/7827:372/82/2
LA1761970/003/2432:233/93/4

Week 12: vs Arizona Rattlers

1 2 3 4 Total
ARI 14 20 9 7 50
TAM 10 28 14 7 59

at the St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter:

2nd Quarter:

3rd Quarter:

4th Quarter:

Attendance: 16,044

Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down.
ARI1763521/007/7531:253/82/3
TB2133370/005/2828:351/30/0

Week 13: at Georgia Force

1 2 3 4 Total
TAM 3 14 14 7 38
GEO 7 17 7 21 52

at Philips Arena, Atlanta

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter:

2nd Quarter:

3rd Quarter:

4th Quarter:

Attendance: 10,749

Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down.
TB23142220/0011/5832:266/81/1
GEO2322961/1012/7627:343/40/0

Week 14: at New Orleans VooDoo

1 2 3 4 Total
TAM 20 14 14 13 61
NO 14 0 14 27 55

at New Orleans Arena, New Orleans

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter:

2nd Quarter:

3rd Quarter:

4th Quarter:

Attendance: 16,821

Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down.
TB2253151/109/4732:470/30/0
NO2933642/005/3227:131/51/2

Week 15: vs Philadelphia Soul

1 2 3 4 Total
PHI 14 13 12 20 59
TAM 20 14 7 28 69

at the St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter:

2nd Quarter:

3rd Quarter:

4th Quarter:

Attendance: 17,654

Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down.
PHI22172981/1013/7727:221/31/1
TB21232760/043/4532:387/101/1

Week 16: at Grand Rapids Rampage

1 2 3 4 Total
TAM 17 21 3 28 69
GR 7 27 6 0 40

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

In a sloppy game that saw 11 turnovers, an AFL record.

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter:

2nd Quarter:

3rd Quarter:

4th Quarter:

Attendance: 6,115

Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down.
TB18122723/374/3429:305/80/0
GR18562975/5379/5330:303/72/3

Week 17: vs Austin Wranglers

1 2 3 4 Total
AUS 0 20 14 17 51
TAM 10 15 3 27 55

at the St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter:

2nd Quarter:

3rd Quarter:

4th Quarter:

Attendance: 18,244

  • Offensive player of the game: Terrill Shaw (TB)
  • Defensive player of the game: Jeroid Johnson (TB)
  • Ironman of the game: Sedrick Robinson (AUS)
Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down.
AUS2443400/009/7935:423/72/3
TB16192622/2010/5124:180/52/2

Playoffs

Week 1: vs (6) Columbus Destroyers

1 2 3 4 Total
(6) CLB 14 21 7 14 56
(3) TAM 14 21 7 13 55

at the St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

The Storm entered the playoffs for the first time since 2005, and coming off an 8–1 stretch that earned them a home-field berth, they faced the team that they won their first game in the stretch against, the Columbus Destroyers. 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 abruptly ending the Storm's season.

Scoring summary:

1st Quarter:

2nd Quarter:

3rd Quarter:

4th Quarter:

Attendance: 10,221

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

Notes

  • For scoring summaries, weeks 1–6 are from arenafootball.com, and weeks 7–17 and playoffs are from espn.com. All awards and game-comparison statistics are from arenafan.com

References

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