1996 Arizona Rattlers Statistics
Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the Arena League's West Division of the American Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Semifinal
Coach: Danny White (11-3)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 107,743, Avg. 15,392 in 7 home dates
1996 Arizona Rattlers RosterTeam Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the Arena League's West Division of the American Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Semifinal
Coach: Danny White (11-3)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 107,743, Avg. 15,392 in 7 home dates
1996 Arizona Rattlers Results
The Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the Arena League's West Division of the American Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
Arizona piled up points with 736 points, while the defense yielded 646. Sherdrick Bonner directed the offense, passing for 3,690 yards. Hunkie Cooper snagged 90 passes, while Calvin Schexnayder accumulated 1,152 receiving yards.
Bo Kelly ran for a team-best 161 yards for the Rattlers.
Randy Gatewood intercepted 6 errant tosses from the opposition. Richard Ashe topped pass rushers with 4 sacks.
Danny White coached the team. The 1996 Arizona Rattlers lost in the Semifinal.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherdrick Bonner | 462 | 286 | 61.9 | 3690 | 8.0 | 65 | 14.1 | 13 | 2.8 | 48 | 6 | 45 | 114.8 |
| Mike Hold | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 69 | 8.6 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 100.5 |
| Hunkie Cooper | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 472 | 294 | 62.3 | 3764 | 8.0 | 68 | 14.4 | 14 | 3.0 | 48 | 6 | 45 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Kelly | 63 | 161 | 2.6 | 15 | |
| Brian Easter | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| Bob McMillen | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 2 | |
| Hunkie Cooper | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 3 | |
| Tracey Mao | 16 | 25 | 1.6 | 2 | |
| Darryl Gooden | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 3 | |
| Mike Hold | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Richard Ashe | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Henry Milton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Sherdrick Bonner | 8 | -4 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| Totals | 132 | 300 | 2.3 | 0 | 26 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunkie Cooper | 90 | 1036 | 11.5 | 17 | |
| Calvin Schexnayder | 82 | 1152 | 14.0 | 19 | |
| Randy Gatewood | 54 | 741 | 13.7 | 18 | |
| Herb Duncan | 28 | 378 | 13.5 | 8 | |
| Henry Milton | 17 | 148 | 8.7 | 1 | |
| Richard Ashe | 7 | 115 | 16.4 | 3 | |
| Bo Kelly | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 0 | |
| Darryl Gooden | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 1 | |
| Tracey Mao | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 1 | |
| Tyler Young | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| Lance Johnson | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 294 | 3764 | 12.8 | 0 | 68 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trey Weir | 51 | 47 | 92.2 | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 74 |
| Andy Trakas | 40 | 33 | 82.5 | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 48 |
| Totals | 91 | 80 | 87.9 | 33 | 14 | 42.4 | 122 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunkie Cooper | 54 | 1006 | 18.6 | 1 | |
| Henry Milton | 15 | 275 | 18.3 | 0 | |
| Calvin Schexnayder | 18 | 275 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Bo Kelly | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Randy Gatewood | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Richard Ashe | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Bob McMillen | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Darryl Gooden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Milton Vaughn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 94 | 1583 | 16.8 | 0 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Gatewood | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Milton Vaughn | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Richard Holt | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Henry Milton | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 1 | |
| Herb Duncan | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 1 | |
| Richard Ashe | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 1 | |
| Hunkie Cooper | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Bo Kelly | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Lance Johnson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 19 | 162 | 8.5 | 0 | 4 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Ashe | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Larry Boyd | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Joe Burch | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Rob Stanavitch | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Brian Easter | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Lance Johnson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jim Hoffman | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Hunkie Cooper | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Henry Milton | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 14.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | K Blk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Vaughn | 68 | 56 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Richard Holt | 61 | 53 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Randy Gatewood | 35 | 31 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Hunkie Cooper | 31.5 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Henry Milton | 31 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Herb Duncan | 23.5 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Steve Douglass | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bo Kelly | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Ashe | 14.5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Rob Stanavitch | 10.5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyler Young | 9.5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nathan LaDuke | 9.5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lance Johnson | 10.5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Boyd | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Joe Burch | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brian Easter | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zack Rix | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tracey Mao | 6.5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darryl Gooden | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Hoffman | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Henderson | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Calvin Schexnayder | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sherdrick Bonner | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andy Trakas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Trey Weir | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob McMillen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 390 | 324 | 132 | 56 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Hunkie Cooper | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | ||||||
| Calvin Schexnayder | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | |||||||
| Randy Gatewood | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | |||||||
| Bo Kelly | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||||||
| Trey Weir | 0 | 9 | 47 | 0 | 74 | |||||||||
| Herb Duncan | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| Andy Trakas | 0 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| Richard Ashe | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Darryl Gooden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Tracey Mao | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Henry Milton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Bob McMillen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Brian Easter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Richard Holt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 26 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 716 |
