For the first time in AFL history, a team that never led in regulation won a game. The San Jose SaberCats took their first lead 67 minutes and 29 seconds after the opening kickoff midway through overtime. On the ensuing play from scrimmage, SaberCats defensive back Vince Hill intercepted Chicago Rush quarterback Russ Michna to seal the victory.
Prior to Saturday night's game, there was already no love lost between the Jacksonville Sharks and the Orlando Predators. The intensity of this budding rivalry has officially been kicked up a notch. In what very well could be a playoff preview, the Sharks beat the Predators 62-55 to take a commanding two and a half-game lead in the Southeast Division with just three games to play.
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Rod Windsor is at it again. Just one game after becoming the all-time leader in receptions in Arizona Rattlers history, Windsor made a bit more history by becoming the first Rattler ever to haul in 10,000 receiving yards for the franchise. Windsor is the 15th man in AFL history to log 10,000 receiving yards for his career.
On the same night that the Arena Football League began to announce its list of the Top 25 wide receivers in the history of the league, one of the best to ever put on a uniform in the AFL reached a tremendous career milestone. With his touchdown reception in the third quarter on Saturday night against the Chicago Rush, Roe now has 266 receiving TDs, besting another former member of the San Jose SaberCats, WR/LB Barry Wagner.