1998 Albany Firebirds Statistics
Team Record: 10-4
Finishing 1st in the Arena League's East Division of the National Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Quarterfinal
Coach: Mike Dailey (10-4)
Location: Albany, New York
Attendance: 74,409, Avg. 10,630 in 7 home dates
1998 Albany Firebirds Results
The Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League ended the 1998 season with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the Arena League's East Division of the National Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Firebirds piled up points with 793 points, and the defense allowed 692. Mike Pawlawski directed the offense, passing for 3,795 yards. Eddie Brown paced pass catchers, snagging 120 passes for 1,673 yards. Greg Hopkins contributed to the receiving game, too.
Chad Dukes ran for a team-best 364 yards for Albany.
Derek Stingley and Greg Hopkins each picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Joe Jacobs sacked opposing passers 8 times, leading the way for a team which created 22 sacks.
Mike Dailey coached the team. The 1998 Albany Firebirds lost in the Quarterfinal.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Pawlawski | 447 | 293 | 65.5 | 3795 | 8.5 | 74 | 16.6 | 11 | 2.5 | 47 | 121.4 |
| Totals | 447 | 293 | 65.5 | 3795 | 8.5 | 74 | 16.6 | 11 | 2.5 | 47 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Dukes | 65 | 364 | 5.6 | 10 | |
| Tim Brown | 23 | 76 | 3.3 | 5 | |
| Eddie Brown | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 3 | |
| Mike Pawlawski | 18 | 31 | 1.7 | 5 | |
| Leroy Thompson | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Totals | 114 | 509 | 4.5 | 0 | 23 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Brown | 120 | 1673 | 13.9 | 43 | |
| Greg Hopkins | 85 | 1023 | 12.0 | 18 | |
| Cornelius White | 42 | 573 | 13.6 | 4 | |
| Jay Jones | 11 | 143 | 13.0 | 1 | |
| Stan Petry | 11 | 127 | 11.5 | 2 | |
| Chad Dukes | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 1 | |
| Tim Brown | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 2 | |
| Mark Valvo | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 1 | |
| Andy Jacobs | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 1 | |
| Leroy Thompson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Carl Sacco | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Jon Krick | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 293 | 3795 | 13.0 | 0 | 74 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Elezovic | 68 | 62 | 91.2 | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 95 |
| Don Silvestri | 36 | 33 | 91.7 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 42 |
| Totals | 104 | 95 | 91.3 | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 137 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Dukes | 57 | 1274 | 22.4 | 4 | |
| Eddie Brown | 21 | 352 | 16.8 | 1 | |
| Cornelius White | 10 | 206 | 20.6 | 0 | |
| Jay Jones | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 1 | |
| Stan Petry | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 0 | |
| Don Silvestri | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Johnson | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Jon Krick | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Greg Hopkins | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 101 | 2008 | 19.9 | 0 | 6 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Hopkins | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 2 | |
| Derek Stingley | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Tommy Johnson | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 2 | |
| Jay Jones | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Cornelius White | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | |
| Andy Jacobs | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 15 | 207 | 13.8 | 0 | 5 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Jacobs | 8.0 | 0.0 | |
| Andy Jacobs | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jon Krick | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Mark Valvo | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Chad Dukes | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Leroy Thompson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Sean Tremblay | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Greg Hopkins | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Tim Brown | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 22.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | K Blk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Johnson | 64.5 | 55 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Derek Stingley | 53.5 | 42 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Carleton Johnson | 52.5 | 38 | 29 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Cornelius White | 29 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chad Dukes | 26.5 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Stan Petry | 25 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Carl Sacco | 21 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Greg Hopkins | 26 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jon Krick | 20 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tim Brown | 17.5 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jay Jones | 12.5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Lawson | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Jacobs | 14 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kyle Moore-Brown | 11.5 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Leroy Thompson | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Andy Jacobs | 7.5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Matt Cravens | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eddie Brown | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Elezovic | 5.5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sean Tremblay | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Pawlawski | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cedric White | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Silvestri | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Emerson Martin | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Jones | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Valvo | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 422.5 | 313 | 219 | 74 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Eddie Brown | 3 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 282 | ||||||
| Greg Hopkins | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | |||||||
| Pete Elezovic | 0 | 11 | 62 | 0 | 95 | |||||||||
| Chad Dukes | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||||||
| Don Silvestri | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Tim Brown | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Mike Pawlawski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Cornelius White | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Jay Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Andy Jacobs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Stan Petry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Tommy Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Mark Valvo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jon Krick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 23 | 74 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 785 |
