Breaking it down – 2010 Week One
Andy Lopusnak
Thursday April 8, 2010
Never thought it would be a year and a half between Breaking it down articles, but it’s good to be back giving you the most in-depth look at each week of AFL action and a stroll down memory lane on how each game affects league history.
This year’s version of the Arena Football League looks vastly different from my last Breaking it Down article after the Philadelphia Soul beat the San Jose SaberCats 59-56 in ArenaBowl XXII. AFL 2.0 is a hodgepodge of AFL and af2 teams with some new ones stitched together like a football Frankenstein. Only six team names from the old AFL remain. Seven arenafootball2 teams, including last season’s ArenaCup champion Spokane Shock, made the switch to the new AFL as well as new teams in Jacksonville and Dallas that are both considered themselves as expansion teams (even though some would consider all of them as expansion teams).
WEEK ONE RESULTS
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Chicago 61, IOWA 43
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Milwaukee 74, SPOKANE 62
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Arizona 61, CLEVELAND 56
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TULSA 69, Tampa Bay 58
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Jacksonville 54, OKLAHOMA CITY 38
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BOSSIER-SHREVEPORT 54, Alabama 48
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Home team in ALL CAPS
TEAM
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ARENABOWL YEAR
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SEASON AFTER
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Denver Dynamite
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1987 – WON
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Became the LA Cobras
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1993 – LOST
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Became Massachusetts Marauders
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2001 – LOST
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Became the Georgia Force
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Philadelphia Soul
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2008 – WON
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Not in AFL
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San Jose SaberCats
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2008 – LOST
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Not in AFL
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100-YARD RECEIVERS
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PLAYER, TEAM
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RECEIVING YARDS
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RECEPTIONS
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TOUCHDOWNS
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Michael Johnson, ALA
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229
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14
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0
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Tyrone Timmons, TB
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181
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11
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5
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Rod Winsor, ARZ
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175
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13
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2
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Ben Nelson, CLE
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154
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8
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4
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Hank Edwards, TB
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137
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9
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3
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Jesse Schmidt, IOWA
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129
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8
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1
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Nate Forse, MIL
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124
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11
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3
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Donovan Morgan, TUL
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120
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9
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4
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Samie Parker, CHI
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104
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6
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2
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Damian Harrell, MIL
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103
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10
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2
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Huey Whittaker, SPO
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102
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12
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4
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Anthony Jones, MIL
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100
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9
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4
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300-YARD PASSERS
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PLAYER, TEAM
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PASSING YARDS
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PASS TDs
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INTERCEPTIONS
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Brett Dietz, TB
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346
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8
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1
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Chris Greisen, MIL
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327
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9
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0
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Raymond Philyaw, BOS
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306
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7
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0
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200 YARDS OR MORE ALL-PURPOSE
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PLAYER, TEAM
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ALL-PURPOSE
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TOTAL TDs
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Michael Johnson, ALA
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278
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0
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Trandon Harvey, ARZ
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215
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4
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DEFENSIVE LEADERS
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PLAYER, TEAM
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TACKLES
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INT
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SACKS
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FF
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FR
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PBU
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DEF TD
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Darren Garrigan, ALA
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10
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0
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0.0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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Carlos Campbell, CLE
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10
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0
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0.0
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1
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0
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1
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0
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Michael Hawthorne, TB
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10
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0
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0.0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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Michael Bragg, CLE
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7
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0
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0.0
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0
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0
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3
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0
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Josh Ferguson, CHI
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4
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2
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0.0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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Nygel Rogers, CHI
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4
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2
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0.0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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DeJuan Alfonzo, CHI
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5
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1
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0.0
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1
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0
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2
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1
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David Hyland, OKC
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4
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1
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0.0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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Clifton Smith, CHI
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4
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0
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2.0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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Tyus Jackson, MIL
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4
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0
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2.0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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Anthony Hoke, CLE
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1
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1
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1.0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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