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SABERCATS CLINCH PLAY-OFF BERTH IN NASHVILLE
 

Nashville, Tenn. (May 25, 2007) -- Sparked by a relentless defensive effort, the San Jose SaberCats used a 21-0 third quarter run to come from behind and beat the Nashville Kats for their sixth straight win, 48-34, on Friday night in an Arena Football League game.

 

The win was the first in five tries for San Jose (9-3) in the Music City and also produced the team's eighth consecutive playoff berth.

 

Mark Grieb threw three scoring passes and ran for another and Brian Johnson and Phil Glover each scored on the ground for San Jose while the defense forced a team record tying six turnovers converting five of them into scores.

 

Nashville (5-8) scored 10 points in the final minute of the first half to take a 24-20 lead at intermission. Fullback Dan Alexander scored on a 1-yard run with 37 seconds left and following a bizarre ending to the half, which saw SaberCats head coach Darren Arbet receive an unsportsmanlike penalty, Jason Witczak booted a 20-yard field goal with no time left.

 

Marquis Floyd had a pair of interceptions and San Jose recovered three fumbles in the second half as the SaberCats held Nashville to 10 points after intermission.

 

Alan Harper recovered an Alexander fumble to start the second half and the SaberCats regained the lead when Grieb found Rodney Wright on a 5-yard scoring pass just over three minutes into the third quarter. Floyd's first interception led to a Grieb to Roe 5-yard scoring pass and Phil Glover's 2-yard touchdown run following his own fumble recovery gave the SaberCats a 41-24 lead after three quarters.

2007 SAN JOSE SABERCATS SEASON SCHEDULE

Day                    Date                         Opponent                                    Time (PT)
Sunday            March 4             at Los Angeles Avengers       7:00 p.m.

Friday              March 9             at Chicago Rush                   5:00 p.m.

                                                  BYE WEEK

Saturday          March 24            at Georgia Force                 4:00 p.m.

Saturday           March 31           TAMPA BAY  STORM           7:30 p.m.

Friday                April 6                COLORADO CRUSH             7:30 p.m.

Friday              April 13              at New Orleans VooDoo        5:00 p.m.

Saturday           April 21            LOS ANGELES AVENGERS       7:30 p.m.

Saturday           April 28                UTAH BLAZE                     7:30 p.m.

Saturday          May 5                at Arizona Rattlers                7:00 p.m.

Saturday           May 12            LAS VEGAS GLADIATORS       7:30 p.m.

Saturday           May 19            GRAND RAPIDS RAMPAGE       7:30 p.m.

Friday              May 25              at Nashville Kats                   5:00 p.m.

Friday                June 1              ORLANDO PREDATORS          7:30 p.m.

Saturday          June 9               at Utah Blaze                       6:00 p.m.

Saturday           June 16            ARIZONA RATTLERS              7:30 p.m.

Sunday            June 24              at Las Vegas Gladiators         3:00 p.m.

Game dates and times are subject to change.  All Times Pacific

INSIDE ARENA FOOTBALL

Inside Arena Football with Dan DibleyDuring the 2006 season, KNBR's Dan Dibley  will go "Inside Arena Football" and will interview players, coaches, front office personnel and other movers and shakers within the Arena Football League. 

Click on the text links to hear the interviews.

May 6:  Inside Arena Football;  SaberCats WR/LB James Roe;  Colorado Crush QB John Dutton;  Pre-game feature.

April 29:  Inside Arena Football;  SaberCats OL/DL Dan Loney;  SaberCats head coach Darren Arbet; Pre-game feature.

April 22:  Inside Arena Football;  SaberCats OL/DL Rex Richards;  Austin Wranglers QB John Fitzgerald;  Pre-game feature.

April 8, 2006:  SaberCats play-by-play man Joe Castellano; SaberCats kicker Brian Schmitz;  Tampa Bay Storm QB Shane Stafford

April 1, 2006:  Inside Arena Football;  SaberCats QB Mark Grieb; SaberCats coach Darren Arbet;  Pre-game feature

March 25, 2006:  Inside Arena Football;  SaberCats FB/LB Phil Glover; Nashville Kats QB Leon Murray;  Pre-game feature

March 18, 2006:  SaberCats rookie Ben Nelson;  SaberCats head coach Darren Arbet;  Pre-game feature

March 11, 2006: Inside Arena Football; SaberCats lineman Joe Jacobs; LA Avengers star Kevin Ingram; Pre-game feature.

March 4, 2006:  Inside Arena Football;  SaberCats WR/DB Kevin McKenzie; Utah Blaze offensive specialist Siaha Burley;  Pre-game feature

February 25, 2006:  Inside Arena Football;  SaberCats Calvin Schexnayder; Chicago Rush's C.J. Johnson; Pre-game feature

February 18, 2006: Inside Arena Football; SaberCats Charles Pauley; Grand Rapids Rampage Johnnie Harris; Pre-game feature

February 11, 2006: Inside Arena Football; SaberCats DS Clevan Thomas; Arizona Rattlers QB Shedrick Bonner; Pre-game feature.

February 4, 2006:  Inside Arena Football;  SaberCats WR James Roe; Las Vegas Gladiators QB Craig Whelihan; Pre-game feature

January 24, 2006:  Inside Arena Football; SaberCats head coach Darren Arbet; SaberCats play-by-play announcer Bob Fitzgerald; SaberCats veteran Barry Wagner .

For the San Jose SaberCats' official site, click HERE and for the Arena Football League's site, click HERE