2008 Philadelphia Soul season

The 2008 Philadelphia Soul season was the fifth season for the franchise. The Soul started the season by winning their first nine games. Finishing the regular season with a 13–3 record, this was the Soul's best regular season to that point in their then-short history. They won their first Eastern Division title, and went into the playoffs as the top seed in the National Conference. Against the New York Dragons, the Soul won their Divisional round game by a score of 49–48 to advance to the National Conference Championship. They won that game on July 12, 2008 against the Cleveland Gladiators, 70–35. They won ArenaBowl XXII in New Orleans on July 27, 2008 against the defending champion San Jose SaberCats.

2008 Philadelphia Soul season
Head coachBret Munsey
Home fieldWachovia Center/Wachovia Spectrum
Results
Record13–3
Division place1st
Playoff finishWon Divisional Playoffs (Dragons) 49–48
Won Conference Championship (Gladiators) 70–35 Won ArenaBowl XXII (San Jose SaberCats) 59–56
Team OPYChris Jackson

Standings

Eastern Division
Team W L PCT PF PA DIV CON Home Away
z-Philadelphia Soul 13 3 .813 922 810 7–1 9–2 7–1 6–2
x-Dallas Desperados 12 4 .750 861 798 6–2 9–2 6–2 6–2
x-Cleveland Gladiators 9 7 .563 901 895 4–4 5–6 6–2 3–5
x-New York Dragons 8 8 .500 822 819 2–6 4–7 5–3 3–5
Columbus Destroyers 3 13 .188 750 893 1–7 2–10 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 1 Orlando Predators Home W 77–56
2 March 9 Chicago Rush Away W 60–49
3 March 16 New York Dragons Home W 63–42
4 March 20 Los Angeles Avengers Away W 71–34
5 March 29 Tampa Bay Storm Home W 59–51
6 April 5 Utah Blaze Home W 64–56
7 April 12 San Jose SaberCats Away W 58–57
8 April 21 Columbus Destroyers Away W 76–55
9 April 28 Dallas Desperados Home W 57–28
10 May 2 Cleveland Gladiators Away L 55–67
11 May 12 Georgia Force Away L 62–63
12 May 17 Columbus Destroyers Home W 51–43
13 May 22 Kansas City Brigade Home L 47–54
14 Bye Week
15 June 7 Dallas Desperados Away W 71–64
16 June 14 Cleveland Gladiators Home W 62–61
17 June 22 New York Dragons Away W 59–30

Playoff schedule

Round Date Opponent Home/Away Result
NC Divisional July 5 New York Dragons Home W 49–48
NC Championship July 12 Cleveland Gladiators Home W 70–35
ArenaBowl XXII July 28 San Jose SaberCats Neutral W 59–56

Roster

2008 Philadelphia Soul roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

Injured players

  •  4 Anthony Dunn LB
  • 12 Kenny Henderson WR
  • 54 Craig Kobel LB
  •  9 Brian Mance DB

Exempt List

Practice Squad

Regular season

Week 1: vs. Orlando Predators

1 2 34Total
ORL 9 13 142056
PHI 14 21 212177

at Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Date: March 1
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 17,869

Week 2: at Chicago Rush

1 2 34Total
PHI 6 20 171760
CHI 7 21 71449

at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois

  • Date: March 9
  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 16,051

Week 3: vs. New York Dragons

1 2 34Total
NY 14 7 71442
PHI 14 14 142163

at Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Date: March 16
  • Game time: 2:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 16,102

Week 4: at Los Angeles Avengers

1 2 34Total
PHI 13 21 142371
LA 7 20 7034

at Staples Center, Los Angeles, California

  • Date: March 20
  • Game time: 10:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,398

Week 5: vs. Tampa Bay Storm

1 2 34Total
TB 14 9 141451
PHI 13 12 142059

at Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Date: March 29
  • Game time: 2:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,546

Week 6: vs. Utah Blaze

1 2 34Total
UTA 14 14 141456
PHI 16 20 141464

at Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Date: April 5
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 16,390

Week 7: at San Jose SaberCats

1 2 34Total
PHI 0 14 143058
SJ 20 13 71757

at HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose, California

  • Date: April 12
  • Game time: 10:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 12,462

Week 8: at Columbus Destroyers

1 2 34Total
PHI 21 21 201476
CLB 21 14 71355

at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: April 21
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 14,974

Week 9: vs. Dallas Desperados

1 2 34Total
DAL 0 13 7828
PHI 14 23 61457

at Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Date: April 28
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 15,426

Week 10: at Cleveland Gladiators

1 2 34Total
PHI 20 14 14755
CLE 14 13 202067

at Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Date: May 2
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,721

Week 11: vs. Georgia Force

1 2 34Total
PHI 14 21 21662
GA 7 27 72263

at The Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia

  • Date: May 12
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 10,278

Week 12: vs. Columbus Destroyers

1 2 34Total
CLB 6 15 71543
PHI 7 14 23751

at Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Date: May 17
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 18,741

Week 13: vs. Kansas City Brigade

1 2 34Total
KC 20 13 71454
PHI 14 6 141347

at Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Date: May 22
  • Game time: 7:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 14,473

Week 15: at Dallas Desperados

1 2 34Total
PHI 14 28 141571
DAL 21 15 141464

at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

  • Date: June 7
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 11,943

Week 16: vs. Cleveland Gladiators

1 2 34Total
CLE 14 21 131361
PHI 20 21 71462

at Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Date: June 14
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 16,637

Week 17: at New York Dragons

1 2 34Total
PHI 14 28 10759
NY 7 3 71330

at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

  • Date: June 22
  • Game time: 3:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 9,718

Playoffs

National Conference Divisional: vs. (6) New York Dragons

1 2 34Total
(6) NY 6 19 02348
(1) PHI 16 7 71949

at Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Date: July 5
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 16,102

National Conference Championship: vs. (4) Cleveland Gladiators

1 2 34Total
(4) CLE 7 14 14035
(1) PHI 14 21 211470

at Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Date: July 12
  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,389

ArenaBowl XXII: vs. (2) San Jose SaberCats

1 2 34Total
(2) SJ 14 13 72256
(1) PHI 14 23 91359

at New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Date: July 27
  • Game time: 3:00 PM EDT
  • Game attendance: 17,244
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