1999 Albany Firebirds Statistics

Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the Arena League's East Division of the National Conference
Postseason: 3-0 Won Championship
Coach: Mike Dailey (11-3)
Location: Albany, New York
Attendance: 74,771, Avg. 10,682 in 7 home dates

1999 Albany Firebirds Roster
1999 Albany Firebirds Results

The Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League ended the 1999 season with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the Arena League's East Division of the National Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-0.

On offense, the Firebirds paced the league with 822 points. Meanwhile, the defensive unit surrendered 674 points. Mike Pawlawski directed the offense, passing for 3,864 yards. Eddie Brown paced all receivers, snagging 138 passes for 1,858 yards.

Tim Brown ran for a team-best 145 yards, and Leroy Thompson also contributed to the rushing attack.

Chris Lawson picked off 3 errant tosses from the opposition. Joe Jacobs sacked opposing passers 6 times.

Mike Dailey coached the team. The 1999 Albany Firebirds won the Championship.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Mike Pawlawski	442	294	66.5	3864	8.7	79	17.9	7	1.6	45	126.9
Jeff Loots	42	26	61.9	350	8.3	7	16.7	1	2.4	38	118.1
Van Johnson	1	1	100.0	42	42.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	42	158.3
Totals	485	321	66.2	4256	8.8	87	17.9	8	1.6	45

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tim Brown	47	145	3.1		6
Leroy Thompson	25	124	5.0		2
Jamie McGourty	5	38	7.6		1
Mike Pawlawski	7	31	4.4		2
Mike Waldron	5	21	4.2		2
Eddie Brown	5	10	2.0		3
Jay Jones	1	7	7.0		0
Jeff Loots	2	5	2.5		1
Van Johnson	2	2	1.0		1
Greg Hopkins	1	-4	-4.0		0
Totals	100	379	3.8	0	18

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Eddie Brown	138	1858	13.5		45
Greg Hopkins	66	892	13.5		18
Van Johnson	52	709	13.6		13
Jay Jones	32	410	12.8		6
Carl Sacco	12	161	13.4		1
Na'il Benjamin	6	58	9.7		1
Leroy Thompson	5	44	8.8		1
Tim Brown	5	42	8.4		1
Jamie McGourty	1	38	38.0		1
Mark Valvo	1	19	19.0		0
Chris Snyder	1	12	12.0		0
Cornelius White	1	8	8.0		0
Jon Krick	1	5	5.0		0
Totals	321	4256	13.3	0	87

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Don Silvestri	111	102	91.9	16	6	37.5	120
Totals	111	102	91.9	16	6	37.5	120

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Van Johnson	38	767	20.2		1
Jay Jones	31	616	19.9		1
Na'il Benjamin	7	129	18.4		0
Eddie Brown	11	122	11.1		1
Joe Jacobs	1	16	16.0		0
Cornelius White	1	14	14.0		0
Greg Hopkins	3	12	4.0		1
Sean Tremblay	1	1	1.0		0
John Summerday	1	0	0.0		0
Totals	94	1677	17.8	0	4

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Chris Lawson	3	20	6.7		0
Greg Hopkins	2	50	25.0		2
Derek Stingley	2	37	18.5		1
Van Johnson	1	16	16.0		0
Evan Hlavacek	1	10	10.0		0
Carl Sacco	1	9	9.0		0
Montrell Williams	1	0	0.0		0
Totals	11	142	12.9	0	3

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Joe Jacobs	6.0
Jon Krick	5.0
John Sikora	2.0
John Summerday	1.0
Totals	14.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF	K Blk
Derek Stingley	79	64	30	27		0			0	0
Chris Lawson	67.5	52	31	12		1			0	0
Carl Sacco	40.5	24	33	4		1			2	0
Greg Hopkins	33.5	24	19	7		3			2	0
Van Johnson	24.5	20	9	6		0			0	0
Tim Brown	19	16	6	0		0			0	0
Evan Hlavacek	17	14	6	3		2			1	0
Jon Krick	15.5	13	5	4		0			0	0
Tommy Johnson	15.5	13	5	2		0			0	0
Joe Jacobs	16	12	8	5		1			3	0
Jay Jones	14.5	12	5	8		0			0	0
Leroy Thompson	13	9	8	0		0			0	0
Chris Snyder	10	7	6	0		2			0	0
Na'il Benjamin	7.5	7	1	0		0			0	0
Montrell Williams	10.5	6	9	3		0			0	0
Kyle Moore-Brown	7.5	6	3	0		1			0	1
Don Silvestri	6.5	6	1	0		0			0	0
Johnnie Hicks	6	4	4	1		0			0	0
Jamie McGourty	5	2	6	1		0			0	0
John Sikora	3.5	2	3	2		0			2	0
Sean Tremblay	3.5	2	3	0		0			0	0
Cedric White	2.5	2	1	0		0			0	0
Eddie Brown	2	2	0	0		0			0	0
Mike Waldron	1.5	1	1	0		0			0	0
Mike Pawlawski	1	1	0	0		0			0	0
Mark Valvo	2	0	4	1		0			0	0
John Summerday	1	0	2	0		0			0	0
Totals	425.5	321	209	86	0	11	0	0	10	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	45		1		0			0	0	0			294
Greg Hopkins	0	18		1		2			0	0	0			126
Don Silvestri						0			6	102	0			120
Van Johnson	1	13		1		0			0	0	0			90
Tim Brown	6	1				0			0	0	0			42
Jay Jones	0	6		1		0			0	0	0			42
Leroy Thompson	2	1				0			0	0	0			18
Mike Pawlawski	2					0			0	0	0			12
Jamie McGourty	1	1				0			0	0	0			12
Mike Waldron	2					0			0	0	0			12
Carl Sacco		1				0			0	0	0			6
Na'il Benjamin		1		0		0			0	0	0			6
Derek Stingley						1			0	0	0			6
Jeff Loots	1								0	0	0			6
Totals	18	87	0	4	0	3	0	0	6	102	0	0	0	792