2008 Colorado Crush season

The 2008 Colorado Crush season is the sixth season for the franchise. The Crush finished the regular season with a 6–10 record, good enough for the playoffs as the 5th seed in the American Conference. In the Wild Card round, they defeated division rival Utah, 49–44. In the Divisional round, they were defeated by the defending champions, the San Jose SaberCats, 51–64.

2008 Colorado Crush season
Head coachMike Dailey
Home fieldPepsi Center
Results
Record6–10
Division place3rd
Playoff finishWon Wild Card Playoffs (Blaze) 49–44
Lost Divisional Playoffs (SaberCats) 51–64

Standings

Central Division
Team W L PCT PF PA DIV CON Home Away
z-Chicago Rush 11 5 .688 926 765 6–0 9–1 7–1 4–4
x-Colorado Crush 6 10 .375 847 907 2–4 4–6 4–4 2–6
x-Grand Rapids Rampage 6 10 .375 952 968 3–3 4–6 3–5 3–5
Kansas City Brigade 3 13 .188 752 923 1–5 1–9 2–6 1–7

z - Clinched division and conference's best record
x - Clinched playoff berth

Regular season schedule

Week Date Opponent Home/Away Result
1 March 2 Columbus Destroyers Home W 50–47
2 Bye Week
3 March 17 Dallas Desperados Away L 41–50
4 March 22 Chicago Rush Away L 35–70
5 March 30 New Orleans VooDoo Home L 51–54
6 April 4 Los Angeles Avengers Home W 67–54
7 April 11 Cleveland Gladiators Away W 69–66
8 April 19 Kansas City Brigade Away L 53–55
9 April 25 Chicago Rush Home L 52–65
10 May 2 Grand Rapids Rampage Home W 63–28
11 May 10 Utah Blaze Away L 36–71
12 May 17 Cleveland Gladiators Home L 46–50
13 May 24 San Jose SaberCats Away L 42–59
14 June 2 New York Dragons Home L 65–73
15 June 7 Grand Rapids Rampage Away L 65–84
16 June 16 Arizona Rattlers Away W 62–55
17 June 21 Kansas City Brigade Home W 51–27

Playoff schedule

Round Date Opponent Home/Away Result
AC Wild Card June 28 Utah Blaze Away W 49–44
AC Divisional July 5 San Jose SaberCats Away L 51–64

Final roster

2008 Colorado Crush roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

Wide receivers

  • 23 Anthony Merritt
  • 15 Wendall Williams
Offensive linemen
  • 66 Joey Hollenbeck
  • 77 Brett Huyser

Defensive Linemen

  • 98 Charrod Taylor
Linebackers

Defensive backs

  • 25 Jason Harmon
  •  2 Delvin Hughley
  • 20 Antonio Malone

Kickers

Injury reserve

Refused to report

  • Currently vacant

Other league exempt

  • Currently vacant

Suspension

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated July 29, 2010
23 Active, 5 Inactive

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Regular season

Week 1: vs. Columbus Destroyers

1 2 34Total
CLB 14 7 19747
COL 14 10 131350

at Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: March 2
  • Game time: 4:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 9,265

Week 2

Bye Week

Week 3: at Dallas Desperados

1 2 34Total
COL 14 6 61440
DAL 7 10 201451

at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

  • Date: March 17
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 12,576

Week 4: at Chicago Rush

1 2 34Total
COL 7 21 7035
CHI 13 27 92170

at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois

  • Date: March 22
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 16,036

Week 5: vs. New Orleans VooDoo

1 2 34Total
NO 6 21 141354
COL 10 14 141351

at Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: March 30
  • Game time: 4:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 10,350

Week 6: vs. Los Angeles Avengers

1 2 34Total
LA 20 14 71354
COL 14 14 201967

at Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: April 4
  • Game time: 9:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 11,159

Week 7: at Cleveland Gladiators

1 2 34Total
COL 7 24 211769
CLE 17 21 141466

at Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Date: April 11
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 15,079

Week 8: at Kansas City Brigade

1 2 34Total
COL 19 6 161253
KC 14 14 131455

at Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: April 19
  • Game time: 6:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 14,057

Week 9: vs. Chicago Rush

1 2 34Total
CHI 7 21 172065
COL 7 14 62552

at Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: April 25
  • Game time: 9:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 11,114

Week 10: vs. Grand Rapids Rampage

1 2 34Total
GR 7 14 7028
COL 14 28 14763

at Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: May 2
  • Game time: 9:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 14,527

Week 11: at Utah Blaze

1 2 34Total
COL 7 7 15736
UTA 10 20 63571

at EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Date: May 10
  • Game time: 9:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,787

Week 12: vs. Cleveland Gladiators

1 2 34Total
CLE 7 20 71650
COL 7 17 71546

at Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: May 17
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 11,214

Week 13: at San Jose SaberCats

1 2 34Total
COL 14 14 7742
SJ 14 21 71759

at HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose, California

  • Date: May 24
  • Game time: 10:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,147

Week 14: vs. New York Dragons

1 2 34Total
NY 21 17 142173
COL 7 24 211365

at Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: June 2
  • Game time: 10:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 14,078

Week 15: at Grand Rapids Rampage

1 2 34Total
COL 10 14 192265
GR 7 37 231784

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Date: June 7
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 7,766

Week 16: at Arizona Rattlers

1 2 34Total
COL 28 14 71362
ARZ 7 13 82755

at US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona

  • Date: June 16
  • Game time: 10:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 11,608

Week 17: vs. Kansas City Brigade

1 2 34Total
KC 0 14 01327
COL 14 16 71451

at Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: June 21
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,571

Playoffs

American Conference Wild Card: at (4) Utah Blaze

1 2 34Total
(5) COL 7 14 72149
(4) UTA 14 10 71344

at EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Date: June 28
  • Game time: 4:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 10,073

American Conference Divisional: at (2) San Jose SaberCats

1 2 34Total
(5) COL 7 17 02751
(2) SJ 13 20 32864

at HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose, California

  • Date: July 7
  • Game time: 3:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 12,479
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