2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 12: @ Tri-Cities Fever
The Fever jumped to an early 14-0 lead over the shock with two touchdown passes from QB Brian Baker. However, Spokane would respond and closed the gap to 13-20 with a 12-yard TD pass to WR Kelvin Dickens with 0.55 seconds left in the half. However, the Fever never wavered and would ultimately shut down Spokane in the final quarter.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 12: @ Tri-Cities Fever
Going into the 4th down 26-27 the Fever turned up the heat. Schutt Offensive Player of the Game Brian threw for two TDs in the 4th which pulled the Fever ahead 39-37. Ironman of the Game Robert Garth also came up big in the final quarter by stripping the ball from the quarterback with about 10 minutes left in the game. The shock made a late comeback with WR Chico Mackey scoring on a 1-yard touchdown run with 19 seconds left in the game making the score 34-39. However, the Fever's Robert Garth recovered the onside kick attempt and sealed the win.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Boise Burn
The game marked the return of WR Raul Vijil who was inserted into the starting line-up after sitting out the last week against Tri-Cities due to injury. Vijil made the most of his return, breaking the Shock's single game record for TD receptions in a game with six. (The record was previously held by Antwone Savage and Charles Frederick who each had five in separate games last season.) Vijil also accounted for 122 yards with 13 total catches.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Boise Burn
Vijil and starting QB Andrico Hines formed a special chemistry early in the season and that chemistry returned tonight. Hines turned in a commanding performance completing 71% of his passes (24/34) for 255 yards with all six of his touchdown passes thrown to Vijil.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Boise Burn
WR Kelvin Dickens also had one of his best games of the season, accounting for 10 receptions with 125 yards to lead the team in reception yardage.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Boise Burn
The Shock's defense was led by Defensive Player of the Game Nygel Rogers. Rogers led the team in total tackles (5.5), pass break-ups (4) and also led the team in interceptions (2 – returned for 60 yards total). Alex Teems also turned in an award-winning performance earning the Cutter's Catch of the Game by making a diving interception in the end zone. DS Rob Keefe also got into the action coming up with a 4th Quarter interception that sealed the victory for the Shock. Teems, Keefe, and Rogers each had two interceptions each. This tied the record that Keefe set last season, for most receptions in a game.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 14: @ Central Valley Coyotes
WR Antwone Savage, who sat out the prior week with an injury, returned to action and set a new franchise record for touchdown receptions. His eight touchdowns tied the af2 record and broke the previous team record of six that fellow receiver Raul Vijil had set the week before. Savage also tied the team's single-game receiving record, which was set last season by Charles Frederick, with 195 receiving yards.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 14: @ Central Valley Coyotes
After the Shock struggled in the first quarter, both offensively and defensively, Savage came up with a touchdown from QB Andrico Hines on 4th down and 5 that helped to jumpstart the Shock's offense, scoring more points than they had all season (76).


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 14: @ Central Valley Coyotes
Hines turned in another incredible performance after a rocky start. After missing on his first six passes, Hines quickly caught on fire breaking a new team record for touchdown passes in a game (9), breaking the record that previously belonged to QB Alex Neist.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 14: @ Central Valley Coyotes
Defensively, the Shock came up with key stops to limit Central Valley's powerful offense led. QB Clay Groefsema. Groefsema (25/41, 304 yards, 6 passing TD's, 1 rushing TD) keyed in on his favorite targets once again in Tonae Martin and Justin Barnes. Barnes led the team in touchdown receptions (2) while Martin led the team in receiving yards (112).


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Tri-Cities Fever
This game, beyond play-off implications, was also important for Head Coach Adam Shackleford and the Shock to even their series with division rival the Tri-Cities Fever and prove that they belong at the top of the Western Division. They proved themselves in front of over 10, 600 fans, defeating the Fever 56-36. The win locks up a playoff spot for the Shock.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Tri-Cities Fever
The Fever's offense, led by QB Brian Baker, sputtered a bit in the first half scoring only 14 points against a stingy Shock defense. DL Devon Parks, who won the ADT Defensive Player of the Game Award, contributed two sacks on the night. After playing in only five games for the Shock, Parks already owns the club record for sacks in a season (6) breaking Neil Purvis' record (3.5) from last season.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Tri-Cities Fever
QB Andrico Hines ran a very efficient offense throwing six touchdown passes, with only 139 yards of total passing yards. Hines (21-27, 139 yards, 6 TD's) hooked up with WR Antwone Savage for four touchdowns to add to his season total of 38 touchdown receptions. WR Chico Mackey, who tied Savage for the team lead in receptions (7), filled in for WR Raul Vijil who left the game in the first quarter after re-aggravating his ankle injury.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 17: @ Amarillo Dusters
The Shock lost two key members of their offense. QB Andrico Hines went down in the first quarter with a strained back while WR Antwone Savage went down with an injured toe. After the game, Head Coach Adam Shackleford said that Hines will be ready to return to action next week, while Savage will be a game time decision. hackleford explained.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 17: @ Amarillo Dusters
The Shock defense forced Dusters' QB Steve Panella into 3 interceptions, and kept him off balance all night. Panella struggled, going 19 of 40 for 143 yards with just 1 touchdown. The Dusters were unable to muster any running game against the Shock, totaling 0 net yards on 6 attempts as a team. Derek Watson led the Dusters with 10 catches for 53 yards and 1 touchdown.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 17: @ Amarillo Dusters
Meanwhile, quarterback Justin Rummell of the Shock took over for an injured Hines early in the first quarter, and was careful with the football for the remainder of the game. He completed 8 of 16 passes for 164 yards and 3 touchdowns, and did not turn the ball over. Chico Mackey and Katon Bethay had impressive nights rushing the football. Mackey carried the ball 4 times for 38 yards and 2 touchdowns, while Bethay had 9 carries for 29 yards and a touchdown as well. Antwone Savage led all receivers with 2 catches for 81 yards and 2 touchdowns.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 17: @ Amarillo Dusters
The win wrapped up the American Conference's Western Division title and also assured the Shock of at least one home play-off game.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 18: @ Everett Hawks
The Shock came to Everett with nothing to gain having already locked up the No. 2 seed in the American Conference playoffs, but they played like a team on a mission in dismantling the Everett Hawks 65-38.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 18: @ Everett Hawks
The Shock had just four offensive plays in the 1st quarter but managed to score three offensive touchdowns. The Hawks on the other hand had 16 plays but only scored when Aaron Dunklin took an attempted onside kick in for 6 points early in the quarter.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 18: @ Everett Hawks
The Hawks were as close as 26-22 in the second quarter, but the Shock blew it open from there. The Shock held a 32-22 lead at the half and it never got closer as the Hawks lost the game and their collective cools down the stretch. QB Jason Campbell was ejected in the 4th quarter after the game had already been decided. Phil Goodman came in at quarterback and was 3-4 for 37 yards.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 18: @ Everett Hawks
Chico Mackey led the Shock with six total touchdowns (3 rushing, 3 receiving) and 123 total yards.


2007 Spokane Shock season, Regular season, Week 18: @ Everett Hawks
Josh Richey led the Hawks with 182 yards on 13 receptions and two touchdowns. He finished the season with 1,958 yards, 148 receptions and 44 touchdowns. His yardage total is the 3rd best total in league history. His touchdown and reception totals will rank in the top five all-time as well.


2007 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio
The 2007 Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid Ohio was the seventh round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on July 21, 2007.


2007 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2007 Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg
The 2007 Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg was the second round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. It took place on March 31, 2007.


2007 Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2007 Sports Network Cup
The 2007 Sports Network Cup was a college football postseason NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major Championship Trophy. The Dayton Flyers finished ahead of San Diego Toreros 30-0 in first places votes to be named the NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major Football National Champions.


2007 Spotless dispute
The 2007 Spotless dispute was an industrial dispute between contracting company Spotless and 800 of their employees working at various hospitals around New Zealand and represented by the Service & Food Workers Union.


2007 Spotless dispute, Lock out
The workers were locked out on July 12 after announcing rolling strikes were to start following the breakdown of employment agreement negotiations. Spotless spokesman Peter Jennings has said that the union had refused to withdraw strike notices and negotiate details of an agreement, while the company also claims the lock out was for health and safety reasons.


2007 Spotless dispute, Employment Court case
The union took Spotless to the Employment Court, arguing that the lockout was illegal, The lockout was overturned by the court on July 23. Chief Judge Graeme Colgan agreed with the union that Spotless was wrong to ask some employees to make themselves available for work during strike action, which was the basis of the lockout.


2007 Spotless dispute, Employment Court case
According to union spokesperson Alastair Duncan "More lost hours have been generated by Spotless in this one lockout, than the total lost hours of every other industrial dispute in our public hospitals over the past ten years,". The union is currently attempting to claim back lost wages from Spotless, estimated to run to as much as $1 million. The workers returned to work on July 25 and agreed to put further industrial action on hold for at least 48 hours.


2007 Spotless dispute, Settlement
After the lock out ended Spotless agreed to pay its workers a starting rate of $14.25 an hour, three dollars higher than the minimum wage, and the same wage paid by the three other contractors. New Zealand Herald journalist Simon Collins called the settlement "a breakthrough with potential flow-on effects for thousands of other low-wage workers."


2007 Spruce Grove municipal election
The 2007 Spruce Grove municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. The citizens of Spruce Grove, Alberta, elected one mayor, six aldermen (all at large), and two of the seven trustees of Parkland School Division No. 70 (as Ward 5). The incumbent mayor Ken Scott, did not run, and the three incumbent Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 2 Ward 2 trustees were not challenged (Spruce Grove being part of Ward 2, total nine trustees). All four aldermen who re-ran were elected. Of the approximately 15,000 eligible voters, only 4,435 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 29.6%, and an average of 4.6 aldermen per ballot.


2007 Sri Lankan bus bombs
In January 2007, several bus bombs were set off in Sri Lanka


2007 Sri Lankan bus bombs
During the same morning the military had stated that they had performed several raids in the fourth day of action against several rebel sites in the north and northwest, and it was reported that 16 civilians had been killed during the attacks.


2007 Sri Lankan bus bombs
This explosion followed three bombings, earlier in the day in the north, which killed five, one civilian and four soldiers.


2007 St Albans City and District Council election
The 2007 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.


2007 St Albans City and District Council election, Campaign
A total of 83 candidates from the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Labour and Green Party stood in the election. Each party contested every ward, apart from in London Colney where the Green candidate was disqualified due to an incorrect nomination. Each ward had one seat up for election apart from in Harpenden West where two seats were contested as a Conservative councillor stood down early due to illness. The other parties needed to gain 3 seats from the Liberal Democrats to remove them from power, with a 2-seat drop meaning the Liberal Democrats would depend on the mayor's casting vote to remain in power.


2007 St Albans City and District Council election, Campaign
After the Conservatives won the most votes in the previous 2006 election they were hoping to make gains, with Harpenden East, Marshalswick South, Verulam and Wheathampstead seen as being possible gains. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats defended their record in running the council during the election. They called for St Albans to be Hertfordshire's "premier community" and pointed to the Audit Commission rating the council as one of the 10 most improving in the country.


2007 St Albans City and District Council election, Campaign
6 sitting councillors stood down at the election including a former Conservative cabinet member Chris Whiteside and a former Labour mayor Malcolm MacMillan.


2007 St Albans City and District Council election, Election result
The Liberal Democrats lost their overall majority after losing 2 seats to the Conservatives, dropping to exactly half of the council with 29 councillors. The 2 Conservative gains from the Liberal Democrats came in Harpenden East and Redbourn wards to lift the party to 19 seats and the Conservatives received around 2,000 votes more than the Liberal Democrats. There was no change elsewhere on the council, with Labour staying on 8 seats, despite dropping to fourth place in several wards and there also remained 2 independent councillors. Overall turnout at the election was 43.6%.


2007 St Albans City and District Council election, Election result
Following the election the Liberal Democrats remained in control of the council after one of the independent councillors, Tony Swendell, abstained on the vote to decide the composition of the cabinet.


2007 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2007 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2007 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, Background
After the last election in 2006, Labour were the largest party with 23 councillors, compared to 19 for the Liberal Democrats and 6 for the Conservatives. However following the election the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives reached an agreement to run the council together. In June 2006 2 Labour councillors, Bessie Griffin and Pat Robinson, left the party to sit as independent councillors, with Pat Robinson going on to join the Liberal Democrats early in 2007. This meant that before the 2007 election Labour had 21 seats, the Liberal Democrats had 19, the Conservatives 6, there was 1 independent and 1 seat was vacant, after the retirement of Liberal Democrat councillor Julie Jones.


2007 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, Background
17 seats were contested at the election, including 2 seats in Sutton, with both Labour and the Liberal Democrats defending 7, the Conservatives defended 2 seats, and 1 former Liberal Democrat seat was vacant. Key seats were expected before the election to be in Bold, Haydock, Town Centre and West Park wards. Candidates at the election included four from the British National Party, up from one in 2006, while a former Labour leader of the council in the 1980s, Brian Green, stood for the Community Action Party in Bold.


2007 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
The Labour and Liberal Democrat parties both gained 2 seats from each other to leave the party balance on the council unchanged. Labour gained seats from the Liberal Democrats in Thatto Heath and West Park to leave Labour on 21 seats, with the winner in West Park, Marlene Quinn, being the sister of the Labour group leader Marie Rimmer. However the Liberal Democrats took seats in Haydock and Town Centre from Labour to leave them just one seat behind Labour with 20 councillors. Meanwhile, the Conservatives held the 2 seats they had been defending to remain with 6 seats and the only independent councillor was not defending their seat in 2007.


2007 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
Following the election the independent councillor Bessie Griffin joined the Liberal Democrats, which meant both the Labour and Liberal Democrat groups had 21 seats. The Liberal Democrats and Conservatives continued to run the council, after agreeing to renew their pact.


2007 St Kilda Football Club season
The St Kilda Football Club's 2007 season was its 111th season in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club finished ninth on the premiership ladder, winning 11 games, losing 10 and drawing one. For the first time since 2003 the team failed to make the finals.


2007 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
The 2007 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the ninth in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2007 premiership season. The team finished thirteenth in the regular season, finishing the lowest they ever had and as a result of that, missing out on finals.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season
The St. Louis Cardinals 2007 season was the team's 126th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 116th season in the National League. The season started with the team trying to defend their 2006 World Series championship. During the offseason, the Cardinals were faced with the challenge of handling their starting rotation. Four of their five starters were free agents, including Jeff Suppan (the 2006 NLCS MVP), Jeff Weaver (the winning pitcher in the World Series Game 5 clincher), Mark Mulder, and Jason Marquis. In the end, Suppan, Weaver, and Marquis all signed with other teams. The Cardinals signed Mulder, who ended the 2006 season on the disabled list, to a new two-year contract, but Mulder remained on the disabled list after undergoing shoulder surgery.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season
To replace the departed pitchers, the Cardinals promoted Adam Wainwright, who spent 2006 in relief and took the closer's job from injured Jason Isringhausen, to the rotation. They signed free agent pitcher Kip Wells to fill another spot. The team entered 2007 with a rotation of Chris Carpenter, Wells, Wainwright and Anthony Reyes, with reliever Braden Looper assuming the fifth starter's role until Mulder's return.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season
In contrast with the rotation, the rest of the team remained stable. Every member of the Cardinals' playoff bullpen remained under contract for 2007, though the Cardinals signed free agent relievers Ryan Franklin and Russ Springer for reinforcement and middle reliever Josh Kinney suffered an injury in spring training that required Tommy John surgery and forced him to miss the entire 2007 season. Every position player for the Cardinals returned in 2007 except for midseason acquisition Ronnie Belliard, who signed as a free agent with the Washington Nationals. To replace Belliard, the Cardinals signed Adam Kennedy, a former Cardinal who was traded to the then-Anaheim Angels for Jim Edmonds in 2000, and was teammates with current Cardinals David Eckstein and Scott Spiezio when they won the 2002 World Series with Anaheim.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season
In Spring training, the Birds were 16–10–3 with a team batting average of .255 and a 2.29 team ERA. Attendance at Roger Dean Stadium was 102,619.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, April: The death of Josh Hancock
The Cardinals began the season by raising their championship banner for winning the 2006 World Series. They played the first game of the 2007 season in a rematch of the 2006 NLCS as they hosted the Mets for a three-game series. The homestand ended with disappointment, however, as the Mets swept the Cardinals, outscoring them 20–2. Later in April the Cardinals suffered a major setback when ace pitcher Chris Carpenter was placed on the disabled list due to arthritis and impingement. The team struggled for most of the month of April, getting off to a 10–14 start.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, April: The death of Josh Hancock
At approximately 12:35 am CST on April 29, 2007, pitcher Josh Hancock died in a car accident in St. Louis. Hancock, a 29-year-old reliever who threw 77 innings for the Cardinals during the 2006 season, collided with a tow truck stopped on Interstate 64 to assist another motorist. The Cardinals' game against the Cubs scheduled for later that day was postponed due to the accident. Autopsy reports showed that Hancock was intoxicated with a blood alcohol level almost twice the legal limit in Missouri. In response the Cardinals banned alcohol from the team's clubhouse.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, April: The death of Josh Hancock
The tragedy brought back memories of the loss of former Cardinal pitcher Darryl Kile, who died of coronary disease in 2002. Hancock became the second MLB player in the previous 25 years to die during the regular season. After Hancock's death, the Cardinals began wearing a black patch reading "32" on their uniforms in his memory.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, May
The team's offensive struggles grew worse with the start of the new month. St. Louis went two weeks without hitting a home run; Chris Duncan hit one in a loss to the Brewers on May 1 and again in a May 15 victory over the Dodgers. On May 13, they were shut out for the sixth time in their first 35 games in a 3–0 loss to the Padres. A series in Detroit featuring a rematch of the teams from the 2006 World Series ended in a three-game Tiger sweep and dropped the Cardinals' record to 16–25 for the season.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, May
Anthony Reyes was sent down to the minors on May 27 after compiling an 0–8 record and 6.08 ERA. Catcher Yadier Molina was placed on the disabled list on May 30 with a fractured wrist suffered from a foul tip that struck his hand while catching. The team ended May with a 22–29 record.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, June
Kip Wells' terrible season continued on June 2, becoming the majors' first 10-game loser, and the first Cardinals pitcher in 16 years to lose ten games before the All-Star break. Wells went to the bullpen shortly thereafter. Looper went on the DL on June 18, after struggling following a hot start to the season. Kennedy lost the starting second base job to Aaron Miles. The Cardinals, whose starting rotation had fallen to dead last in the NL in ERA, acquired Mike Maroth from the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, June
Injuries continued to plague the team as Eckstein, Johnson and Edmonds went on the disabled list. Anthony Reyes, recalled from the minors, dropped to 0–10 after a loss to the Mets on June 28. New acquisition Troy Percival, a veteran relief pitcher who had been retired at the start of the season but signed a minor-league deal with St. Louis, earned a victory in his first big-league appearance in two years on June 29 against Cincinnati. (Percival became the fourth member of the 2002 World Champion Angels to play on the Cardinals, joining Kennedy, Spiezio and Eckstein, and the fifth ex-Angel overall, also including Edmonds).


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, June
Despite the injuries and the turnover in the pitching staff, the Cardinals played better in June, going 13–13 for the month after losing records in April and May. However, they were still well behind the Brewers. On June 30 they fell 10.5 games behind Milwaukee, the furthest out of first place they were all season.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, July
Anthony Reyes was sent down to the minor leagues again on July 2. St. Louis entered the All-Star Break with a 40–45 record, in third place in the division, 7½ games behind Milwaukee. Albert Pujols was the only Cardinal on the NL All-Star roster. St. Louis participated in another franchise's milestone when their 10–2 defeat of Philadelphia on July 15 made the Phillies the first team in MLB history to lose 10,000 games.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, July
The Cardinals could not find consistency for most of July, never losing or winning more than two games in a row until the end of the month. The team suffered a devastating setback when Carpenter, who had been on track to return sometime in late July, was diagnosed with ligament damage and had season-ending Tommy John surgery. Jim Edmonds returned to the team after spending over a month on the disabled list. New pitcher Mike Maroth struggled terribly in July, posting an 11.86 ERA for the month. However, Anthony Reyes, called up to the big leagues again, got his first win of the year on July 28 after an 0–10 start.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, July
In yet another attempt to bolster their faltering rotation, on July 31 St. Louis acquired Joel Piñeiro from the Red Sox for cash and a player to be named later. The Cardinals had their first winning month of the year in July, going 15–11. After spending most of the month far behind Milwaukee, St. Louis took three of four from the Brewers at the end of July to close the gap to six games.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August
The momentum built by the four-game win streak at the end of July was promptly dissipated as the Cardinals lost five in a row to Pittsburgh and Washington. Manager Tony La Russa, in an effort to increase offensive production, on August 4 began batting Cardinal pitchers eighth in the lineup. LaRussa as justification cited 1998, when he batted the pitcher eighth for the whole second half of the season and a team that was four games under .500 before the change played ten games over .500 after. LaRussa's revised lineup marked the first time that any team had hit its starting pitcher anywhere other than the ninth spot in the lineup since the Florida Marlins moved Dontrelle Willis up in the batting order for a few games in 2005.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August
The Cardinals snapped their losing streak on August 6, beating San Diego 10–5. St. Louis scored ten runs on ten consecutive hits in the fifth inning, becoming the 12th team in MLB history to get ten base hits in a row. Three days later, Scott Spiezio, the Cardinals' utilityman and third base backup, was placed on the restricted list due to unspecified substance abuse problems. LaRussa told reporters that "What we want more than anything else is to do whatever is best for him." Spiezio's replacement was both a surprise and a familiar face: Rick Ankiel.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August
Ankiel, once a promising young pitcher for the Cardinals—striking out 194 batters in 175 innings in 2000 at the age of twenty—suffered a catastrophic attack of wildness in the 2000 postseason, throwing nine wild pitches and walking eleven batters in only four postseason innings. Further wildness sent him back to the minors in 2001, and after four years struggling to overcome his wildness and subsequent injuries, Ankiel quit pitching in 2005 and announced he would try to make it back to the big leagues as a hitter. After hitting 31 home runs in 2007 for the Memphis Redbirds (St. Louis's AAA affiliate), Ankiel was called up to the big leagues to fill Spiezio's roster spot. In his first game back, Ankiel hit a three-run homer and the Cardinals won 5–0.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August
The return of Rick Ankiel to the lineup coincided with the best stretch of play by the Cardinals in 2007. St. Louis won five in a row and eight out of ten against L.A., San Diego and Milwaukee, advancing to two games under .500 and 2½ games behind the Brewers. Continued strong starting pitching and hot hitting from Pujols, rookie infielder Brendan Ryan, and others propelled the Cardinals to the .500 mark on August 28, the first time since they were 6–6 on April 16 that they did not have a losing record.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August
Scott Rolen was forced out of the lineup due to tightness and pain in his surgically repaired shoulder. Rolen decided to have season-ending shoulder surgery shortly after. Brendan Ryan was named the starting third baseman in Rolen's place and the Cardinals traded for backup infielder Russell Branyan right before the August trade deadline. St. Louis went 15–13 in August and finished the month 65–66 and in third place in the division, two games behind the Cubs and one-half game behind Milwaukee.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August
The Cardinals' 8–5 victory over Cincinnati on the last day of the month gave Tony La Russa victory #1,042 as the Cardinal manager, passing Red Schoendienst to become the winningest Cardinal manager of all time. In the same game, Cardinal right fielder Juan Encarnación was struck in the eye and severely injured with a foul ball. Encarnacion was diagnosed with severe injuries to his left eye and multiple fractures of the orbital bone. The injury ended his season and is believed to be potentially career-threatening.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, August
The last off-day for the team in 2007 came on August 27, when they had four games remaining in the month, and then 31 games in September. This set a new major-league baseball record for a team with the longest number of consecutive days played (35) at the end of the season without a day off.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September
The Cardinals entered September facing a stretch run of 31 games in 30 days, due to all three off-days in the month being taken up by makeups of earlier postponements. Former Cardinal Miguel Cairo, recently signed by St. Louis after he was waived by the Yankees, was brought up to the big club as the first of the September callups.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September
On September 2, the Cardinals completed a three-game sweep of Cincinnati that put them at 67–66, the first time they were over .500 since they were 6–5 after the April 15 game. They entered the game on September 7 against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a chance to take sole possession of first place, but instead the D-backs won and went on to sweep the weekend series.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September
September 7 was also the day that the New York Daily News reported that Rick Ankiel received a year's worth of human growth hormone in 2004 while he was trying to come back as a pitcher. HGH was legal at that time but has since been banned by MLB. In response Ankiel said that he had a valid prescription and that all of his medications were taken under a doctor's care.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September
The sweep in Arizona began a devastating slump that took the Cardinals out of contention in the NL Central. They lost nine in a row to Arizona, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Chicago again. The ninth loss came to the Cubs in the first game of a doubleheader on September 15, the game rescheduled from April 29 after the death of Josh Hancock. It was the longest losing streak for the franchise since the 1980 Cardinals lost ten in a row. The Cardinals were officially eliminated on September 21, as they lost to the visiting Houston Astros at Busch Stadium.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September
After being eliminated from postseason, St. Louis played out the string by going 7–2 the rest of the way, and finished the season with a 78–84 record, finishing in third place, seven games behind the NL Central winning Chicago Cubs. It was the first losing season for the franchise since the 1999 Cardinals went 75–86, and as of 2021, the last losing season the team has endured.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September
On September 22, 2007, hosting the Houston Astros, the Cardinals set a one-day attendance record in their new Busch Stadium with 46,237.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, September
In 2007, the Cardinals drew an all-time attendance record for any year with 3,552,180 in their 81 home games (breaking their previous record set in 2005), an average of 43,854 per game.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Aftermath
Owner William DeWitt, Jr. fired Walt Jocketty, General Manager for the Cardinals since 1995, on October 3. Assistant GM John Mozeliak replaced Jocketty in an interim capacity before being named the new GM on October 31, 2007.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Aftermath
On October 22, Manager Tony La Russa, after considering moving elsewhere when his contract expired, signed a new two-year deal guaranteeing his record 13th and 14th seasons as Cardinal manager, the longest tenure in franchise history.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Aftermath
No Cardinal won a Gold Glove. Perhaps the most surprising denial was to catcher Yadier Molina, who was denied the award despite his .991 fielding percentage. Both Molina and Albert Pujols previously (November 1) won the prestigious Fielding Bible Award, which is given to only one person at each position in the major leagues.


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Relief pitchers
*  incl. 1 GS, 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Busch Stadium (Indexes)
(100 = Neutral Park, > 100 Ballpark favors, < 100 Ballpark inhibits   81 G; Cardinals: 2,704 AB;   Opponents: 2,866 AB)


2007 St. Louis Cardinals season, Busch Stadium (Indexes)
BA 102  R  93  H  103  2B 96  3B 104  HR 71  BB 96  SO 88  E 117  E-inf. 118  LHB-BA 103  LHB-HR 68  RHB-BA 102  RHB-HR  74


2007 St. Louis Rams season
The 2007 season was the St. Louis Rams' 70th in the National Football League and their 13th in St. Louis. This would prove the fourth-worst season for the Rams during their time in St. Louis. The team looked to improve on an 8–8 record from 2006. However, the Rams slumped early, losing their first eight games of the season heading into their bye week. Following their bye, they would beat both New Orleans and San Francisco on the road before losing 5 of their last 6 games to conclude the season.


2007 St. Louis Rams season
The Rams 0–8 start to the season is the worst in franchise history and matched their 3rd ever longest losing streak. The Rams also went 1–7 at home in 2007, the worst in franchise history until it was broken by the 2009 team two years later. The Rams' defense was dismal and was the biggest scar on the team the entire season, as they allowed the second-most points in the league during the season with 438. Beginning in 2007, the Rams failed to recording a winning season for the rest of their tenure in St. Louis. It wasn't until 2017, by which the team had returned to Los Angeles, that the team had another winning record, with 11–5.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason
Head coach Scott Linehan made several coaching changes. Al Roberts replaced Bob Ligashesky as the special teams coach. Mike Cox was given the position as the defensive quality control coach to replace Joe Baker who left to become the Denver Broncos' linebackers coach. Keith Murphy was named the offensive quality control coach to replace Randy Hanson who went to the Oakland Raiders. Murphy coached at the University of Washington with Linehan from 1996 to 1999.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason
On February 23, 2007, the Rams allocated five players to NFL Europa: Mike Brown and Josh Lay went to the Berlin Thunder; and Jeremy Parquet, Tim Sandidge, and John David Washington went to the Hamburg Sea Devils.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason, Free agency
On opening day of the free agency, the Rams traded a fifth round draft choice to the Detroit Lions for James Hall. On March 3, 2007, the Rams signed Drew Bennett to a six-year, $30 million deal. Unrestricted free agents Todd Steussie and Travis Minor re-signed with the Rams each for a one-year deal. The Rams acquired B.J. Sander in case the team lost Matt Turk. On March 8, 2007, the Rams signed Randy McMichael to a three-year contract and acquired Todd Johnson from the Chicago Bears who signed a four-year contract. On March 21, 2007, the Rams signed Randy McMichael to a three-year deal. On March 26, 2007, Marshall Faulk announced his retirement from the NFL.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason, Free agency
On April 18, 2007 the Rams signed punter Donnie Jones to a five-year $5.59 million deal. The Rams also gave up a seventh round draft choice to the Miami Dolphins for Jones. Sander was released from the Rams two days later.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason, Free agency
On April 30, 2007, a day after the NFL Draft, the Rams added nineteen undrafted free agents to their roster. The most notable addition was Iowa quarterback Drew Tate. The Rams brought four wide receivers: North Carolina State's Lamart Barrett, Wake Forest's Nate Morton, Hofstra's Shaine Smith and Texas State's Markee White. They added Boise State fullback Brad Lau, Nevada running back Robert Hubbard, University of Pittsburgh tight end Steve Buches, University of Washington guard Stanley Daniels, and Massachusetts guard David Thompson to the Rams' offense.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason, Free agency
They also added four defensive backs: Alabama free safety Jeffery Dukes, Kent State strong safety Andre Kirklan, Arkansas cornerback Darius Vinnett and Villanova cornerback Terrance Reaves. They added LSU defensive end Ryan Willis and Albany State defensive end Alton Pettway to the Rams' defense. The Rams added Cincinnati kicker Kevin Lovell.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason, NFL draft
The 2007 NFL Draft began on April 28, 2007 and with the thirteenth pick overall, the Rams selected Defensive End Adam Carriker from Nebraska. The Rams have said that Carriker would be moved to the Defensive Tackle position to help with the run defense. With the Rams second round pick they selected Fullback Brian Leonard out of Rutgers. His style of play is similar to that of Jim Taylor.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason, NFL draft
On the second day of the draft the Rams selected Cornerback Jonathan Wade from Tennessee in the third round. With a 4.4 second 40-yard dash, Wade will add some speed at the cornerback position. In the fifth round the Rams selected Center Dustin Fry out of Clemson. With Andy McCollum and Brett Romberg competing for the starting position at Center, Fry will likely be the third stringer at that position. Later in the fifth round the Rams selected Defensive Tackle Clifton Ryan from Michigan State. The Rams stated that he will be used as a Nose Tackle.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason, NFL draft
In the sixth round the Rams selected Offensive Tackle Ken Shackleford from Georgia. Coach Linehan commented that he could develop into a starter over the next couple of years. The Rams had two compensatory picks and selected Arkansas Defensive Tackle Keith Jackson, son of former NFL Pro Bowl tight end Keith Jackson, and Wisconsin–Whitewater Wide Receiver Derek Stanley.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Offseason, NFL draft
The Rams traded their fourth-round selection (117th overall) for the Detroit Lions two of their three fifth-round selections (139th and 154th overall). The Rams traded their seventh-round selection (225th overall) to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for signing restricted free agent Donnie Jones. The Rams received two seventh-round picks (248th and 249th overall) as compensatory selections.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: vs. Carolina Panthers
The Rams began their 2007 campaign at home against the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Panthers QB Jake Delhomme completed a 10-yard TD pass to WR Drew Carter. The Rams would tie the game with QB Marc Bulger completing a 3-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. In the second quarter, St. Louis would take the lead with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 42-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the third quarter, Wiklins added to the Rams' lead with a 28-yard field goal.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: vs. Carolina Panthers
However, this was all wiped out as Delhomme completed a 68-yard TD pass to WR Steve Smith. In the fourth quarter, Carolina took over for the remainder of the game as kicker John Kasay nailed a 34-yard field goal, Delhomme and Carter hooked up with each other again on a 9-yard TD pass, and Kasay finished the game with 32-yard field goal.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: vs. Carolina Panthers
The game was notable when offensive tackle Orlando Pace suffered a season-ending injury. This severely hurt the Rams' offense.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 1: vs. Carolina Panthers
With the loss, St. Louis began its season at 0–1.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Hoping to rebound from their loss to the Panthers, the Rams stayed at home for a Week 2 divisional duel against the San Francisco 49ers.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers
In the first quarter, St. Louis got on the board first with QB Marc Bulger completing a 12-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the 49ers tied the game up with RB Frank Gore getting a 1-yard TD run. The Rams would respond with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 27 and a 29-yard field goal.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers
In the third quarter, San Francisco took the lead with Gore getting an amazing 43-yard TD run for the only score of the period.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 2: vs. San Francisco 49ers
In the fourth quarter, St. Louis retook the lead with Wilkins getting a 53-yard field goal. However, when the Rams were on the receiving end of a kickoff, a muffed catch led to 49ers kicker Joe Nedney getting a 40-yard field goal. With little time left in the game, Bulger got his team into position for a game-winning field goal. Unfortunately, Wilkins' 56-yard attempt fell about a yard short of the crossbar.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 3: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Trying to snap a two-game skid, the Rams flew to Raymond James Stadium for an intraconference duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After a scoreless first quarter, Tampa Bay managed to strike first prior to halftime with kicker Matt Bryant getting a 27-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, St. Louis got its only score of the game with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 25-yard field goal to begin the fourth quarter. Afterwards, the Buccaneers ended the game with RB Earnest Graham getting an 8-yard and a 28-yard TD run.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 4: at Dallas Cowboys
Still searching for their first win of the year, the Rams flew to Texas Stadium for a Week 4 showdown with the Dallas Cowboys. After a scoreless first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Cowboys RB Julius Jones got a 2-yard TD run. Later in the period, the Rams would get their only score of the game as WR Dante Hall returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, Dallas regained the lead with QB Tony Romo getting a 15-yard TD run.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 4: at Dallas Cowboys
In the third quarter, the Cowboys managed to put the game away with Romo hooking up with WR Patrick Crayton on a 59-yard and a 37-yard TD pass. Afterwards, the scoring ended with Romo's 17-yard TD pass to TE Jason Witten.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 4: at Dallas Cowboys
With no touchdowns in their last 30 offensive possessions to go with their fourth-straight loss, the Rams fell to 0–4.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 5: vs. Arizona Cardinals
Still searching for their first win of the year, the Rams went home for a Week 5 divisional duel with the Arizona Cardinals. With QB Marc Bulger out with an injured rib cage, back-up QB Gus Frerotte got the start. In the first quarter, St. Louis took the early lead with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 46-yard field goal. The Cardinals would tie the game with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 50-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Rams regained the lead with Frerotte completing a 16-yard TD pass to WR Drew Bennett.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 5: vs. Arizona Cardinals
However, Arizona tied the game with RB Edgerrin James fumbling at the 1-yard line and OG Reggie Wells recovering the ball in the end zone. Afterwards, St. Louis regained the lead with Wilkins kicking a 35-yard field goal. However, the Cardinals took the lead prior to halftime with QB Kurt Warner getting a 1-yard TD run.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 5: vs. Arizona Cardinals
In the third quarter, the Rams regained the lead with Frerotte completing an 11-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. Afterwards, Arizona tied the game with Rackers nailing a 32-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, St. Louis continued its struggles with Cardinals CB Roderick Hood returning an interception 68 yards for a touchdown. The Rams would answer with Wilkins getting a 31-yard field goal, but the Cardinals increased its lead with Warner completing a 7-yard TD pass to WR Larry Fitzgerald. St. Louis tried to come back as Frerotte completed a 29-yard TD pass to TE Randy McMichael, along with Frerotte's 2-point conversion pass to Holt. Unfortunately, Arizona held on to win.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 6: at Baltimore Ravens
Still looking for their first win of the year, the Rams flew to M&T Bank Stadium for a Week 6 interconference duel with the Baltimore Ravens. With Marc Bulger still out with injuries, QB Gus Frerotte was given the start. In the first quarter, St. Louis' struggles continued with Ravens kicker Matt Stover getting a 43-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, Baltimore increased its lead with Stover kicking a 42-yard field goal, along with RB Willis McGahee getting a 6-yard TD run.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 6: at Baltimore Ravens
In the third quarter, the Rams continued its struggles with Stover giving the Ravens a 23-yard field goal. Afterwards, St. Louis got its only score of the game with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 32-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Baltimore finished the game with Stover getting a 31-yard and a 36-yard field goal.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 6: at Baltimore Ravens
With yet another loss, the Rams fell to 0–6 for the first time since 1962. It would be the second time in franchise history the Rams began a season 0–6.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 6: at Baltimore Ravens
During the loss, St. Louis committed 6 turnovers, with 5 of them being Frerotte interceptions.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 6: at Baltimore Ravens
Along with the Miami Dolphins, it marked the first time since the Bengals and Chargers in 2000 that two teams began a season at 0–6.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 7: at Seattle Seahawks
Still trying to get their first win of the year, the Rams flew to Qwest Field for a Week 7 divisional duel with the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Will Heller. The Rams would reply with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 31-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Seahawks increased its lead with kicker Josh Brown getting a 38-yard field goal for the only score of the period.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 7: at Seattle Seahawks
In the third quarter, Seattle flew further into the lead with WR Nate Burleson returning the half's opening kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown. St. Louis would answer with Wilkins kicking a 29-yard field goal, yet the Seahawks continued its domination with Brown kicking a 48-yard and a 45-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, Seattle sealed the win with Brown getting a 43-yard field goal, while Hasselbeck and Heller hooked up with each other again on an 11-yard TD pass.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 7: at Seattle Seahawks
With the loss, the Rams fell to 0–7 for the first time in franchise history.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 8: vs. Cleveland Browns
Still trying to get their first win of the year, the Rams came home for their Week 8 interconference duel with the Cleveland Browns. In the first quarter, RB Steven Jackson (in his first game back from a groin injury) helped St. Louis off to an early start with a 2-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Rams added onto their score with QB Marc Bulger completing a 1-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. The Browns would get on the board with kicker Phil Dawson getting a 35-yard field goal.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 8: vs. Cleveland Browns
In the second quarter, St. Louis' struggles continued as Cleveland took the lead with QB Derek Anderson completing a 12-yard TD pass to WR Braylon Edwards and a 21-yard TD pass to TE Kellen Winslow. The Rams' remaining response of the half was kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 40-yard field goal.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 8: vs. Cleveland Browns
In the third quarter, St. Louis continued to strain itself as Anderson and Edwards hooked up again to give the Browns a 5-yard TD pass. The Rams tried to come back as Wilkins kicked a 46-yard field goal. Unfortunately, St. Louis once again fell as Dawson nailed a 45-yard field goal for Cleveland.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 8: vs. Cleveland Browns
With the loss, not only did the Rams enter their bye week at 0–8, but they became the first team since the 2001 Detroit Lions to begin a season 0–8 after finishing the previous season at .500 or better.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 10: at New Orleans Saints
Coming off their bye week, the winless Rams headed into New Orleans to face the streaking Saints, who'd won four straight games headed into the game. It looked much the same on the Saints opening drive that culminated in a 7-yard burst by Reggie Bush to give the Saints an early 7–0 lead. However, Steven Jackson answered with a 1-yard run of his own to tie the game toward the end of the 1st quarter.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 10: at New Orleans Saints
Midway through the 2nd quarter, Randy McMichael gave the Rams a 14–7 lead on a 2-yard pass from Jackson. Jeff Wilkins made it a two-score game with a 49-yard field goal three minutes later. The Rams went to the locker room leading 17–7.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 10: at New Orleans Saints
In the 2nd half, Wilkins kicked his 2nd field goal of the game, a 21-yard attempt, to increase the Rams lead to 13. Toward the end of the 3rd, Isaac Bruce caught a 9-yard pass by Marc Bulger to make it a 27–7 lead, and put the Rams in position for their first victory of 2007.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 10: at New Orleans Saints
Drew Bennett added to the St. Louis lead by catching a three-yard pass by Bulger to give Bulger his second touchdown of the game, and to give St. Louis a surprising 34–7 lead. Drew Brees and Billy Miller hooked up for a 1-yard pass with 11:36 left to cut the lead to 34–13. The Saints then converted a two-point conversion on a Reggie Bush run, to make it 34–15. Aaron Stecker then scored on a two-yard run with 4:42 remaining to cut it to 34–21. This time, however, they failed on the two-point conversion. With 1:55 left, a Wilkins field goal made it 37–21, and, despite another New Orleans touchdown with 37 seconds left, the Rams held on for their first victory of 2007, a 37–29 win over the Saints.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers
Coming off their first win of the year against the Saints, the Rams flew to Bill Walsh Field at Monster Park for a Week 11 NFC West rematch with the throwback-clad San Francisco 49ers. In the first quarter, St. Louis drew first blood as QB Marc Bulger completed a 3-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. The 49ers responded with kicker Joe Nedney getting a 28-yard TD field goal. In the second quarter, the Rams increased their lead with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 49-yard field goal for the only score of the period.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers
After a scoreless third quarter, St. Louis continued its domination as Wilkins kicked a 35-yard field goal. San Francisco tried to come back as Nedney nailed a 38-yard and a 46-yard field goal, yet St. Louis managed to hold a late drive to seal the victory.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers
With the win, not only did the Rams improve to 2–8, but they also became the sixth NFL franchise to reach 500 overall wins.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers
WR Isaac Bruce ended this game with 13,795 career receiving yards (6th All-Time).


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 11: at San Francisco 49ers
Rams QB Marc Bulger attempts a pass behind Brandon Moore (linebacker)


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 12: vs. Seattle Seahawks
Coming off their divisional road win over the 49ers, the Rams went home for a Week 12 NFC West rematch with the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, St. Louis got off to a fast start as rookie NT Adam Carriker tackled Seahawks RB Maurice Morris in Seattle's end zone for a safety, while RB Steven Jackson got a 53-yard TD run. The Seahawks immediately answered as CB Josh Wilson returned a kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown. Afterwards, the Rams went back to work as QB Gus Frerotte completed a 15-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce. In the second quarter, St. Louis improved its lead with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 23-yard field goal.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 12: vs. Seattle Seahawks
In the third quarter, Seattle drew closer as kicker Josh Brown nailed a 33-yard field goal, while QB Matt Hasselbeck completed a 9-yard TD pass to WR Deion Branch. In the fourth quarter, the Seahawks took the lead as RB Leonard Weaver got a 5-yard TD run. Near the end of the game, St. Louis managed to get into position to score from the Seahawks' 5-yard line. However, on four-straight down the Rams were kept out and Seattle managed to get the win.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 12: vs. Seattle Seahawks
With their sixth-straight loss to the Seahawks, the Rams fell to 2–9.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 12: vs. Seattle Seahawks
QB Marc Bulger (3/5 for 32 yards and 1 interception) left the game in the 1st quarter with a concussion and didn't make a return.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 13: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Hoping to rebound from their divisional home loss to the Seahawks, the Rams stayed at home for a Week 13 intraconference duel with the Atlanta Falcons. With QB Marc Bulger out with a concussion, veteran back-up QB Gus Frerotte got the start.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 13: vs. Atlanta Falcons
In the first quarter, St. Louis drew first blood as Frerotte completed a 1-yard TD pass to TE Randy McMichael and a 31-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. In the second quarter, the Rams increased their lead with Frerotte completing an 8-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce for the only score of the period.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 13: vs. Atlanta Falcons
In the third quarter, the Falcons got on the board with kicker Morten Andersen nailing a 41-yard field goal for the only score of the period. In the fourth quarter, Atlanta drew close with QB Chris Redman completing a 15-yard TD pass to WR Roddy White and a 5-yard TD to WR Michael Jenkins. Afterwards, St. Louis pulled away with RB Steven Jackson getting a 50-yard TD run.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 13: vs. Atlanta Falcons
For Isaac Bruce, he ended this game with 13,911 career receiving yards, surpassing Cris Carter for 5th All-Time.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 14: at Cincinnati Bengals
Coming off their home win over the Falcons, the Rams flew to Paul Brown Stadium for a Week 14 interconference duel with the Cincinnati Bengals. With QB Marc Bulger out with a concussion and veteran back-up QB Gus Frerotte out with a shoulder injury, rookie QB Brock Berlin got his first NFL start.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 14: at Cincinnati Bengals
In the first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Bengals RB Rudi Johnson got a 1-yard TD run for the only score of the period. In the second quarter, the Rams continued to trail as kicker Shayne Graham gave Cincinnati a 27-yard field goal for the only score of the period.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 14: at Cincinnati Bengals
In the third quarter, St. Louis got on the board as CB Fakhir Brown returned an interception 36 yards for a touchdown, yet the Bengals responded with Graham kicking a 38-yard and a 32-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Rams tried to come back as kicker Jeff Wilkins managed to get a 50-yard field goal. However, Cincinnati sealed the win with Graham nailing a 46-yard field goal.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 14: at Cincinnati Bengals
This would also be the 5th time this year that the Rams were held to 10 or fewer points.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 14: at Cincinnati Bengals
On a positive note, WR Torry Holt went over 1,000 receiving yards for the eighth-straight year.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 15: vs. Green Bay Packers
Hoping to rebound from their road loss to the Bengals, the Rams went home for a Week 15 duel with the Green Bay Packers. In the first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Packers RB Ryan Grant completed a 1-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Rams tied the game with QB Marc Bulger completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Torry Holt. In the second quarter, St. Louis trailed again as QB Brett Favre completed a 4-yard TD pass to TE Donald Lee. The Rams would tie again as RB Steven Jackson getting a 46-yard TD run. Green Bay would end the half with kicker Mason Crosby getting a 44-yard field goal.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 15: vs. Green Bay Packers
In the third quarter, St. Louis began to trail big as Crosby kicked a 50-yard field goal, along with Favre completing a 44-yard TD pass to WR Greg Jennings. In the fourth quarter, the Packers sealed the win as Crosby nailed a 25-yard and a 46-yard field goal.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 15: vs. Green Bay Packers
With the loss, the Rams fell to 3–11. With the Niners' win over the Bengals on Saturday Night, the Rams dropped back down to last in the NFC West.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Trying to snap a two-game skid, the Rams stayed at home for a Week 16 Thursday night interconference duel with the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first quarter, St. Louis trailed early as Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger completed a 17-yard TD pass to WR Nate Washington. Afterwards, the Rams would tie the game as QB Marc Bulger completed a 12-yard TD pass to RB Steven Jackson. In the second quarter, Pittsburgh responded with kicker Jeff Reed getting a 21-yard field goal. Afterwards, St. Louis took the lead with Bulger completing a 12-yard TD pass to WR Isaac Bruce. However, the Steelers retook the lead with Roethlisberger completing a 33-yard TD pass to Washington and a 12-yard TD pass to RB Najeh Davenport. The Rams would end the half with kicker Jeff Wilkins getting a 52-yard field goal.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
In the third quarter, Pittsburgh increased their lead with Davenport getting a 1-yard TD run. St. Louis would reply with Bulger completing a 23-yard TD pass to WR Drew Bennett. However, in the fourth quarter, the Steelers sealed the win with Reed nailing a 29-yard field goal and CB Ike Taylor returning an interception 51 yards for a touchdown. Cameras caught Torry Holt lash out an obscenity-laced tirade at Scott Linehan after the  interception.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 16: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
During halftime, former Rams RB Marshall Faulk's #28 jersey was retired. Also, Isaac Bruce improved to third on the all-time receiving yards list with 14,012 career yards, behind Jerry Rice & Tim Brown.


2007 St. Louis Rams season, Week-by-week results, Week 17: at Arizona Cardinals
With the loss, the Rams finished the season at 3–13.


2007 St. Petersburg Open
The 2007 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 13th edition of the St. Petersburg Open, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from October 22 through October 28, 2007.


2007 St. Petersburg Open
The singles field was led by ATP No. 4, French Open and US Open semifinalist, and recent Moscow winner Nikolay Davydenko, Doha and Metz runner-up, San Jose champion Andy Murray, and Dubai and Munich finalist, Rotterdam titlist Mikhail Youzhny. Other seeded players were Valencia and Kitzbühel runner-up Potito Starace, Indianapolis and Bangkok champion Dmitry Tursunov, Fernando Verdasco, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Thomas Johansson.


2007 St. Petersburg Open, Davydenko controversy
World No. 4, top seed and home favourite Nikolay Davydenko received a warning and a $2,000 fine for not trying hard enough during his second round encounter against then-102nd-ranked Croatian Marin Čilić. After cruising through the first set 6–1, Davydenko lost a tight second 5–7, and eventually the third 1–6, committing ten double faults over the course of the match. Belgian chair umpire Jean-Philippe Dercq decided in the third set to issue Davydenko a code violation for lack of best effort.


2007 St. Petersburg Open, Davydenko controversy
The accusation came as the Russian was under investigation from the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) after irregular betting patterns were found in his match against Martín Vassallo Argüello at the Sopot event earlier in the year. Davydenko called the umpire's decision "outrageous", and cited leg pain to explain his loss: "The reality is that I started feeling tired. My legs were just dead by the third set. Maybe my problems are psychological, maybe it's in my head." His opponent, Cilic, backed up Davydenko, saying he did not believe the Russian had stopped trying to win the match.


2007 St. Petersburg Open, Davydenko controversy
Davydenko appealed, and on November 13, after reviewing and analysing the match, the ATP decided to remove the sanction and rescind the fine, consequently closing the case.


2007 St. Petersburg Open, Finals, Doubles
Daniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonjić defeated  Jürgen Melzer /  Todd Perry, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)


2007 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles
Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry were the defending champions, but Aspelin chose not to participate, and only Perry competed that year. Perry partnered with Jürgen Melzer, but Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić defeated them 6–1, 7–6(7–3), in the final.


2007 St. Petersburg Open – Singles
Mario Ančić was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Mikhail Youzhny.


2007 St. Petersburg Open – Singles
Andy Murray won in the final 6–2, 6–3, against Fernando Verdasco.


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team
The 2007 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. In Jim Harbaugh's inaugural season at Stanford, the 41-point underdog Cardinal pulled off the second greatest point-spread upset in college football history by defeating the #1 USC Trojans in a mid-season game (USC had been ranked No. 1 in all national pre-season polls, picked unanimously to win the Pac-10 Conference, and expected to contend for a national championship – until the Stanford upset). To cap off Harbaugh's first season, the Cardinal defeated archrival Cal in Stanford's final game of the season to win the Stanford Axe for the first time in six years (marking the only game in a series of eight stretching between 2002 and 2009 that was won by Stanford).


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team
The team played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference. The Cardinal improved on their 1–11 record from the 2006 season by going 4–8 in the 2007 season.


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, UCLA
In Jim Harbaugh's debut game as Stanford's new head coach, UCLA's offense amassed 600 yards and overwhelmed the Cardinal defense in the second half, as UCLA won handily. UCLA's Ben Olson threw 5 touchdown passes and finished 16–29 for 286 yards while fellow Bruin Kahlil Bell led the running game by gaining 195 yards on 19 carries. This individual performance was the 18th best single game rushing performance in Bruin football history, placing Bell right after Freeman McNeil, who had 197 yards against Stanford in 1979, and right before Gaston Green, who had 194 yards against Tennessee in 1985.


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC
The struggling Stanford Cardinal continued Pac-10 play by playing the USC Trojans in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where the Trojans had not lost in six seasons. In a major upset, USC stumbled at home to the 41-point underdog Cardinal, losing 24–23.


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC
Harbaugh made headlines prior to the season by claiming 2007 would be USC Coach Pete Carroll's last year with the Trojans before departing to the NFL, drawing a terse rebuke from Carroll; Harbaugh later called the 2007 Trojans one of the best teams in the history of college football at Pac-10 Media Day, reiterating the position in the week before their game. However, there were no hard feelings between the coaches. The two kept in cordial phone contact and Carroll made light of Harbaugh's comments several times during the season.


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC
Stanford's starting quarterback, redshirt senior T. C. Ostrander, suffered a seizure on the afternoon of September 30, one day after the game against Arizona State; he was released from Stanford Hospital after a few hours, but as a precautionary measure he was held out of the game against USC. The starting quarterback position fell to Tavita Pritchard, a redshirt sophomore with three passes in his college career. Stanford was also without two other key starters: defensive lineman Ekom Udofia (ankle) and offensive lineman Allen Smith (knee).


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC
On October 3, it was announced that USC running back C. J. Gable, who was averaging a team-best 11 yards a carry, would undergo season-ending abdominal surgery to correct a nagging sports hernia that had limited his ability since the previous season; because he had only played in the first three games, he would seek a medical redshirt season. Gable's fellow running back, Stafon Johnson, was also held out of the game due to a foot bruise suffered the previous week.


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC
Stanford was the last team to beat USC at the Coliseum, doing so on September 29, 2001 under Tyrone Willingham (who had since become the coach of Washington) against then-first-year coach Carroll. By game week, the line for the game favored the Trojans by 39.5 points, and reached 41 points by gametime. The loss ended multiple USC streaks, including a five-game win streak against Stanford and a 35-game home winning streak. For sportsbooks, the loss to a 41-point underdog marked the biggest upset in their history.


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC
There were a few positive efforts for the Trojans: Tight end Fred Davis caught five passes for a career-best 152 yards, including a 63-yard touchdown; and nose tackle Sedrick Ellis had three sacks. However, there were many more errors and substandard performances: quarterback John David Booty, who broke a bone in the middle finger of his throwing hand in the first half, had four passes intercepted in the second half.


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC
The offensive line had been suffering since losing two starters in one play during the previous week's game at Washington, but the effect was severe against Stanford; the offensive line gave up four sacks, one more than the Trojans had surrendered all season, and USC gained only 95 yards rushing. Key receiver Patrick Turner dropped several passes, the defense gave up 17 points in the fourth quarter and USC had an extra-point attempt blocked, a point which became a crucial difference.


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC
Like their previous game against Washington, USC out-gained Stanford by 224 yards (459 to 235) but made many crucial turnovers and penalties. In the press conference following the game, Carroll summarized his concerns: "It's real clear that we have fallen out of line with our philosophy that has guided this program for years; we're turning the ball over too much."


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC
Opinions in the sports press ranged from proclaiming the end of the USC's era of dominance in college football to calling the loss a major, but not fatal, set-back to any hopes for a Trojans run at the national championship. The Trojans fell to No. 10 in the AP Poll; however, USC only fell to No. 7 in both the Coaches Poll and Harris Poll, both of which are the human components for determining who the BCS chooses for the National Championship Game. As a result, USC remained in outside title contention with upcoming games against consensus-No. 2 California and top-10 Oregon. The upset landed the Trojans in ESPN.com's Bottom 10.


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC
In an interview the following month, Carroll assessed the mistakes that led to the loss as his own:


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC
We really blew it against Stanford. We screwed it up because we played a guy that was hurt. I made a mistake on that. That was me. ... If anything really was a factor, it was my cockiness that there was no way we could lose a game. It didn't matter — we could keep running our offense, keep working on stuff, and they would never beat us. ... Broken hand? What was I thinking? I'm the one that screwed it up. He's a warrior. He's the one telling me "I can play."


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC
That's what he should be telling me. ... I missed a big one. It cost us a game that really cost us the flavor of this season. We've been tainted ever since, for obvious reasons. We gave away a game to a team that's won two or three games. Amazing. But it's awesome for football, it's awesome for Stanford and all that. Great for those guys. Sucks to be us in that regard. We screwed it up.


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, USC
At the end of the regular season, Sports Illustrated chose Stanford's upset of USC as the second "Biggest Upset of 2007" after Division I FCS Appalachian State's upset of No. 5 Michigan.


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, TCU
A week after defeating top-ranked USC, Stanford welcomed TCU to Stanford Stadium for homecoming. It was also the first meeting between the two schools. The Cardinal found themselves with a double-digit lead late in the second half of this game, as they led the Horned Frogs 31–17 with 3:54 remaining in the 3rd quarter. TCU's Andy Dalton then hit Jimmy Young for a 70-yard touchdown and Aaron Brown for a 2-yard touchdown pass on fourth down to tie the game at 31. Stanford kicked a field goal with 7:22 remaining to re-take the lead, 34–31. Brown gave TCU its first lead of the game with a 2-yard touchdown run with 4:13 left. An intentional safety by TCU in the final seconds made the final score 38–36. Dalton ended the game with a career-high 344 passing yards.


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
The Fighting Irish concluded their season on a high note, winning its second straight game and its second win on the road. Notre Dame's Robert Hughes ran for 136 yards and the go-ahead 6-yard touchdown with 6:06 remaining in the 4th quarter to help the Irish beat the Cardinal 21–14. The Irish's Jimmy Clausen went 19–32 for 196 yards and one touchdown. The Cardinal missed 4 field goals and turned the ball over twice. Notre Dame, meanwhile, committed 4 turnovers, including 3 fumbles and an interception.


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Notre Dame almost added another score on what would have been a spectacular finish to the half. Notre Dame's David Bruton intercepted Stanford quarterback Tavita Pritchard's last-play heave at the 3-yard line and began a three-lateral return to the end zone that was called back on a personal foul on Notre Dame defensive lineman Trevor Laws. Irish Safety Tom Zbikowski ran the final 30 yards after a lateral from Darrin Walls, and the only thing missing was the band on the field as it was 25 years ago when California shocked Stanford with The Play.


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, California
Stanford led Cal for the entirety of the 110th Big Game, winning 20–13 and gaining The Axe after Cal had held onto it for five straight years, marking Cal Coach Jeff Tedford's first loss to the Cardinal, something Harbaugh's two predecessors had failed to do. Stanford confused Cal on defense by alternating quarterbacks T. C. Ostrander and Tavita Pritchard in offensive series. The Golden Bears's Nate Longshore was 22/47 with 252 yards, 1 touchdown, and two interceptions, throwing one at the 7-yard line with 2:10 remaining. Cal's Justin Forsett ran for 96 yards on 19 carries.


2007 Stanford Cardinal football team, Game summaries, California
The Golden Bears's Robert Jordan caught 4 receptions for 99 yards including a 46-yard touchdown reception. Despite injuries that had depleted the Cardinal's backfield to the point where one player was converted to a running back, Stanford rushed for 120 yards. California's offense was limited to one touchdown and a field goal, Cal's worst offensive performance of the season. Longshore continued to struggle in the second half, leading the offense to only one field goal after half time. Cal committed 10 penalties for 118 yards.


2007 Stanford vs. USC football game
The 2007 Stanford vs. USC football game was an NCAA college football game held on October 6, 2007, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. In a remarkable upset, the visiting Stanford Cardinal won 24–23 despite USC having been favored by 41 points entering the game. This result was the biggest point spread upset of all time in college football (since surpassed by the Howard University Bison in 2017, who were 45-point underdogs heading into a road game against the UNLV Rebels).


2007 Stanford vs. USC football game
USC entered the game with a 35-game home game winning streak (its previous home game loss also happened to be to Stanford, in 2001) which included a 24-game home game winning streak in Pac-10 play. By contrast, Stanford had compiled a Pac-10 worst 1–11 season in 2006, which included a 42–0 loss to USC. To compound the situation, Stanford's starting quarterback T. C. Ostrander had suffered a seizure the week before and his replacement, backup quarterback Tavita Pritchard, had never started a game and had thrown just three passes in official play.


2007 Stanford vs. USC football game, Game summary
The weather was sunny and 74 °F (23 °C) with a slight west wind. The game began at 4:09pm Pacific Daylight Time and ended at 7:36pm.


2007 Stanford vs. USC football game, Game summary, Scoring, Fourth quarter
The game-winning drive featured a 20-yard pass from Tavita Pritchard to future NFL star Richard Sherman on fourth-and-20 from the USC 29.


2007 Stanford vs. USC football game, Aftermath
The final score was announced at the Rose Bowl, where USC's two arch-rivals, UCLA and Notre Dame, were playing each other. Irish and Bruins fans cheered in unison and celebrated together briefly. At the same time, at Tiger Stadium, the #1 LSU Tigers were playing the #9 Florida Gators and the fans in the stadium celebrated when the USC score was announced there, too. The Tigers would later come from behind to beat the Gators 28–24, making them #1 in both polls with USC dropping from #1 in the coaches poll due to the loss.


2007 Stanford vs. USC football game, Aftermath
Stanford's victory, for once, was cheered on by perennial rival Cal, who was ranked No. 3 in the nation at the time of USC's loss. USC's loss elevated California to its highest ranking in nearly six decades, and it was primed to reach the #1 ranking for the first time since 1951 when #1 LSU was beaten in overtime by Kentucky the same day it played Oregon State. California lost the Oregon State game; after starting the season 5-0 and ranked No. 12, it finished 7-6 and unranked. 2007 was also the only game in an eight year Big Game stretch that it lost to Stanford.


2007 Stanford vs. USC football game, Aftermath
At the end of the regular season, Sports Illustrated chose the Stanford upset of USC as the second "Biggest Upset of 2007" after Division I FCS Appalachian State's 34–32 upset of #5 Michigan.


2007 Stanford vs. USC football game, Aftermath
In 1979, Stanford had pulled a similar feat by coming back in the last four minutes to tie USC 21–21 on October 13. This game, considered one of the greatest of the 20th century, effectively cost USC a national championship.


2007 Stanford vs. USC football game, Aftermath
In the 2009 season, Stanford would eclipse the point spread by handing USC its worst defeat ever. Stanford won 55–21, and USC was an 11-point favorite. The next year in 2010, tenth-ranked Stanford defeated USC with a last-second field goal to win, 37–35. In 2011, Stanford would again defeat USC, continuing a 3-game streak of defeating USC at their home stadium. In a much closer game, Stanford defeated USC 56–48 in triple overtime. In the following year, the Cardinal again faced a second-ranked USC team and defeated them 21–14, earning a fourth consecutive win over the Trojans, a first in team and school history.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals
The 2007 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2006–07 season, and the culmination of the 2007 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Western Conference champion Anaheim Ducks and the Eastern Conference champion Ottawa Senators. It was the second appearance in the Final for Anaheim since 2003 (known at the time as the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim), when they lost to the New Jersey Devils. It was the first appearance for the Senators since entering the NHL as an expansion team in 1992.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals
Anaheim defeated Ottawa in five games and were awarded their first Stanley Cup becoming the eleventh post-1967 expansion team to win the NHL championship trophy, and the first Stanley Cup championship for a team from California (the Los Angeles Kings would eventually win Stanley Cups in 2012 and 2014). This was also the most recent year that both teams that went to the finals had never won the Stanley Cup until the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals
Prior to the season, the Ducks had been the pick of many in the media to make it to the Final, and they did not disappoint. The second-seeded Anaheim Ducks defeated both the Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks in five games before defeating their rivals the Detroit Red Wings in six games in the Western Conference Final. The Ducks had the most penalties out of any team during the post-season and had one suspension going into the final, but had a top penalty-kill percentage.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals
They were led by two Norris Trophy candidates captain Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger, the scoring touches of Andy McDonald, Teemu Selanne, Ryan Getzlaf, and the goaltending of Jean-Sebastien Giguere. The Ducks were looking to shut down Ottawa's offense with the checking line of Rob Niedermayer, Samuel Pahlsson and Travis Moen, and overall team defence.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals
The fourth-seeded Ottawa Senators defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins, and upset both the New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres, all in five games apiece, en route to their first Eastern Conference championship. Ottawa was led by the top line of captain Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley, and Jason Spezza, who combined for 23 goals in the first three rounds, and the goaltending of Ray Emery. Other Senators who played pivotal roles were forwards Mike Fisher and Dean McAmmond and defencemen Chris Phillips and Anton Volchenkov. The Senators were looking to work past Anaheim's defence with their speed and higher-scoring offence, although both teams played a similar style of responsible team defence.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals
Anaheim had home ice advantage for the series, as they finished the regular season with 110 points to Ottawa's 105. The attention leading into the finals was Ottawa being "Canada's Team" despite Anaheim having five more Canadian skaters than the Senators. Many fans were saying that the Stanley Cup needed to be brought back to Canada after a 14-year drought (up to that point, the last Canadian team to hoist the Stanley Cup was the 1993 Montreal Canadiens, who defeated the Los Angeles Kings).


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
Only four players remained on the Ducks roster from 2003, including the Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Jean-Sebastien Giguere. The 2003 club's general manager, Bryan Murray, was now the Ottawa head coach.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
Two Ottawa-area players were in the finals, playing for the Ducks.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
The Senators and Ducks had never met in the playoffs before, and had not played each other since January 19, 2006, when the Ducks (then known as the Mighty Ducks) won 4–3 in a shootout in Ottawa.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Historical facts
This was the first time since the 1925 Victoria Cougars that a team from the west coast of North America won the Stanley Cup, and the first time an NHL team from the west coast had done so. The Ducks are the fourth west coast team to win the Cup, and the first from California.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Historical facts
Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson, from Sweden, was the first European-born-and-raised captain to lead his team to the final. Previously, only Canadians or an American had captained teams in the final. The Ducks were captained by a Canadian (Scott Niedermayer) and had more Canadian players than the Senators.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Historical facts
As of the end of the 2019 playoffs, the Senators remain the only Canadian team to represent the East in the final since 1993. This final marked the third straight in which a Canadian franchise lost against a franchise based in the southern half of the United States (previous Canadian teams in the last few Stanley Cup Finals were the 2004 Calgary Flames and the 2006 Edmonton Oilers, and not counting the 2004–05 NHL season lockout).


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Historical facts
The series marked the first time that two teams from the early-'90s expansion era faced each other in the final. (Anaheim had started play in 1993, Ottawa in 1992)


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Historical facts
It was the first final since 1999 where neither finalist had won the Stanley Cup previously (the NHL does not recognize the championships of the original Ottawa Senators as part of the current franchise's history).


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Historical facts
As well, this was the third season in a row that the Cup was won by a team winning its first Cup after Tampa Bay in 2004 and Carolina in 2006. It was also the 1st final since the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, when Detroit defeated Carolina in 5 games, that didn't need a 7th game after New Jersey in 2003, Tampa Bay in 2004, and Carolina in 2006 all won in 7 games


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Historical facts
The third game, in Ottawa on June 2, was attended by 91-year-old Russell Williams as a guest of the Senators. He had attended the last Finals game in Ottawa (April 13, 1927) versus the Boston Bruins in the old Ottawa Auditorium. His presence was a good-luck charm, as Ottawa won the game he attended.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Sens Mile
Much like the Red Mile in Calgary during the Flames' 2004 cup run and the Blue Mile in Edmonton during the Oilers' 2006 Cup run, Ottawa Senators fans took to the streets to celebrate their team's success. The idea to have a Sens Mile began as a grassroots campaign on Facebook by Ottawa residents before game four of the Ottawa-Buffalo Eastern Conference Finals series. Their idea was to use Elgin Street as a gathering place for Sens fans to celebrate after games won. Since Scotiabank Place (now Canadian Tire Centre) is located in suburban Ottawa, spontaneous celebration did not occur during the Senators' Cup run until that point, like it did in Calgary and Edmonton where the arenas are located more centrally.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Sens Mile
When the Senators beat the Sabres in game five of the Eastern Conference Final, people flocked to Elgin Street in celebration.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Sens Mile
For the Stanley Cup Final, large video screens were installed at Ottawa City Hall for fans to view. After the Senators won game three of the final, fans celebrated on Elgin Street once again, and Ottawa Police closed the street down.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game one
The scene was festive at Honda Center in Anaheim with several Hollywood celebrities on hand, including former movie star and then California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who dropped the puck for the ceremonial face-off. As in their previous series, the Senators struck first. Mike Fisher started off the scoring in the series with a power-play goal 1:38 into the first period that travelled high in the air, landed behind Giguere and trickled over the line. Although Ottawa scored first, Anaheim took over play during the course of the period.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game one
The Ducks replied nine minutes later with a goal from Andy McDonald at even strength. Ottawa was unable to get even one shot on goal in the last eleven minutes of the first, and the period ended with the score tied 1–1. The shots were 8–3 for Anaheim. Early into the second, Wade Redden scored the only goal of the period, another power-play goal for Ottawa from the blue line, putting the Senators up 2–1. Play was even for the most part, as indicated by the 10–10 shot total of the period.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game one
The Ducks dominated most of the play in the third, tying the game 2–2 at five minutes into the third on a goal from Ryan Getzlaf, followed by a dramatic game-winning goal by Travis Moen with three minutes left in the third. The shots ended 32–20 in Anaheim's favour. In 2009, it was disclosed by Tom Molloy, hockey coach and friend of Dany Heatley, that Heatley was injured by a cross-check of Chris Pronger in this game. Heatley would continue to play for the rest of the series and the injury was kept secret. Heatley would score only one goal in the series.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game two
Strong defence and goaltending from both sides kept scoring down to nothing until Samuel Pahlsson scored the game-winning goal for the Ducks 14:16 into the third period. Once again, Anaheim's checking line of Samuel Pahlsson, Travis Moen, and Rob Niedermayer managed to shut down and out-score the Ottawa top line of Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley, and Jason Spezza. Anaheim again led the shot count with 31 shots to Ottawa's 16. Ray Emery in the Ottawa net played his best game of the series.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game three
Play now switched to Ottawa, for the first Stanley Cup Final game in Ottawa in 80 years (as well as the first Final game played in the province of Ontario for the first time in 40 years). The Senators hoped to regroup, being down 2–0, with two wins at home.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game three
After an energetic crowd took over the singing of O Canada from Ontario Provincial Police Constable Lyndon Slewidge, the Senators came out tentative and Andy McDonald opened the scoring in game three to give Anaheim a 1–0 lead 5:39 into the first period. Ottawa replied 11 minutes later with a goal by Chris Neil.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game three
Corey Perry scored to give Anaheim a 2–1 lead at 5:20 in the second; the lead was short-lived, as Mike Fisher scored 27 seconds later. Two minutes later, Ryan Getzlaf scored to once again give Anaheim a one-goal advantage. Ottawa then replied with a goal by Daniel Alfredsson.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game three
Alfredsson's goal was initially waved off by referees because the puck went in off his skate, appearing to have been kicked in. The NBC broadcasters thought the goal would be waved off. But the officials reviewing the goal ruled that there was no kicking motion and allowed the goal to stand, tying the game once again. NHL rules allow the redirection of a puck with the foot, as long as no kicking motion is involved, and this was the ruling.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game three
Later in the period, Dean McAmmond got credited with a goal that ricocheted off Chris Pronger's stick. Near the beginning of the third period, McAmmond was injured after receiving an elbow to the head from Pronger, in what might have been retribution for the goal, as McAmmond's shot had appeared to have been aimed at Pronger, and not at the net. As in the previous series against Detroit (in which he delivered a similar blow to Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom), Pronger was not penalized during the game for his hit on McAmmond, but was later suspended for game four. Pronger claimed the elbow was accidental and the Ducks did not appeal the suspension. McAmmond did not return to play in the series, and this was a loss for the Senators as he had been an effective player.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game three
Anton Volchenkov scored midway through the third to give the Senators a two-goal lead. Neither team scored any goals through the balance of the period, and Ottawa won the game 5–3.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game four
The national anthems were sung by Ottawa native Alanis Morissette, who also sang the anthem prior to the first game in October, 1992 of the Senators. The audience again took over the singing of "O Canada."


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game four
Anaheim Ducks defenceman Chris Pronger was suspended for game four because of an elbow he delivered to the head of Senator Dean McAmmond in game three. Once again, the Ducks had to deal with the loss of Pronger while the Senators were itching to win both home games and tie the series.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game four
After nearly a full period of scoreless play, Daniel Alfredsson scored at 19:59 (0.3 seconds remained) of the first to give the Senators a 1–0 lead on a powerplay goal. The momentum seemed to continue shifting from game three in Ottawa's favor as Anaheim could only get two shots the entire period.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game four
In the second, the Ducks replied with two goals by Andy McDonald midway through the period to put them up 2–1. Ottawa came back with two minutes left in the period to tie the game 2–2 on a goal from Dany Heatley, his only goal of the series.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game four
The game's most controversial moment came in the final five seconds of the second period. With the puck at center ice, Alfredsson shot the puck, which hit Scott Niedermayer. The incident appeared intentional, although Alfredsson claimed after the game that it was not. Niedermayer was not injured, but the Ducks were furious, sparking a post-buzzer scrum next to the Anaheim bench before the teams left the ice for the intermission. To the surprise of NBC's broadcasters, Alfredsson was not penalized for his actions, but Mike Fisher and Samuel Pahlsson were each handed matching minors for roughing.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game four
The Ducks responded to the incident on the score board as Dustin Penner scored at 4:07 of the third to provide the winning 3–2 Anaheim margin, putting them up 3–1 in the series and provided an opportunity for the Ducks to clinch the Cup in game five.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five
The Ducks' home crowd at Honda Center booed every time Daniel Alfredsson touched the puck in response to Alfredsson's controversial shot at Scott Niedermayer in game four, although this did not appear to put him off his game as he scored two goals. However, his play was the only bright spot on the night for the Senators.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five
The final game was marked by strong play by the Ducks, and mistakes and bad luck for the Senators, as they attempted to stave off elimination and seemed to try too hard, while the Ducks played with confidence and without mistakes. The game was played 'close-to-the-vest', with only 31 shots on goal by the two teams.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five
In the first period, Andy McDonald and Rob Niedermayer of Anaheim scored the first and second goals, respectively. McDonald's goal came on the power play on a penalty to Ottawa for obstruction; the call that the Senators had claimed was not being called against the Ducks. The goal went off the skate of Chris Phillips, the start of an unlucky night for the Ottawa defenceman. Niedermayer's goal deflated the Senators further as it appeared that Emery should have stopped it.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five
In the second period, Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson cut the lead to 2–1. However, the turning point of the game came when Chris Phillips and Ray Emery were involved in a mix-up resulting in an own goal, which was awarded to Travis Moen, giving Anaheim a 3–1 lead.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five
Later in the period, Alfredsson scored a 'highlight-reel' short-handed goal to close the gap to 3–2. It appeared that he was trying to carry the whole team on his back, but on the same power play, defenceman Francois Beauchemin scored moments later to restore the Ducks two-goal lead, 4–2. Beauchemin's goal deflected off the shin pad of Ottawa defenceman Anton Volchenkov, the NHL's leading shot blocker, who was attempting to block the shot, behind Emery.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries, Game five
In the third period, Travis Moen scored to give Anaheim a commanding 5–2 lead. The Senators kept trying, and Antoine Vermette was awarded a rare penalty shot; however the puck rolled off his stick at the last moment. Corey Perry scored the final goal off of a loose pass by Ottawa to provide the winning margin of 6–2, and, with the exception of Scott Niedermayer, every member of the Ducks franchise won their first Stanley Cup.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Team rosters
Years indicated in boldface under the "Finals appearance" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The 2007 Stanley Cup was presented to Ducks captain Scott Niedermayer by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman following the Ducks 6–2 win over the Senators in game five.


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The following Ducks players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup


2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Television and ratings
The 2007 Stanley Cup Finals was also notable for its exceptionally poor television ratings in the United States. Games one and two were carried by cable channel Versus, then a new and little known player on the sports television scene. Game one produced a 0.5 national rating or 523,000 households. It was the 58th best rated program of that day. Game two produced a 0.4 national rating or 446,000 households, the 74th best rated program of that day, lower than the 2006 WNBA All-Star Game on ESPN which drew 447,000 households.