1997 Florida Bobcats Statistics
Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 4-10
Finishing 3rd in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference
Coach: Babe Parilli (4-10)
Location: Miami, Florida
Attendance: 23,618, Avg. 4,724 in 5 home dates
1997 Florida Bobcats RosterTeam Record: 4-10
Finishing 3rd in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference
Coach: Babe Parilli (4-10)
Location: Miami, Florida
Attendance: 23,618, Avg. 4,724 in 5 home dates
1997 Florida Bobcats Results
The Florida Bobcats of the Arena Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses, finishing third in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference.
Florida stumbled, scoring only 519 points, while the defense yielded 645. Clemente Gordon threw for 2,618 yards. Bernard Edwards hauled in 73 passes for 920 yards. Millard Hamilton was targeted regularly also.
Travis Pearson ran for a team-best 95 yards for the Bobcats.
Darius Hadley intercepted 6 errant tosses from the opposition. Lamar Rogers topped pass rushers with 3 sacks.
Babe Parilli coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clemente Gordon | 378 | 210 | 55.6 | 2618 | 6.9 | 42 | 11.1 | 9 | 2.4 | 43 | 104.4 |
| Tom Luginbill | 127 | 61 | 48.0 | 592 | 4.7 | 7 | 5.5 | 10 | 7.9 | 40 | 47.1 |
| Ron Lopez | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 91 | 9.1 | 3 | 30.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 19 | 90.0 |
| Bernard Edwards | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 83.3 |
| Kerry Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 518 | 278 | 53.7 | 3320 | 6.4 | 52 | 10.0 | 20 | 3.9 | 43 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Pearson | 49 | 95 | 1.9 | 8 | |
| Pat John | 13 | 46 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Tom Luginbill | 17 | 45 | 2.6 | 3 | |
| Ron Perry | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| Clemente Gordon | 13 | 19 | 1.5 | 3 | |
| Joey Veargis | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 1 | |
| Cleveland Pratt | 4 | 9 | 2.2 | 1 | |
| Ron Lopez | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 118 | 269 | 2.3 | 0 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Edwards | 73 | 920 | 12.6 | 15 | |
| Millard Hamilton | 61 | 672 | 11.0 | 13 | |
| Cleveland Pratt | 43 | 446 | 10.4 | 7 | |
| Kerry Brown | 32 | 527 | 16.5 | 9 | |
| Darren Hughes | 21 | 253 | 12.0 | 3 | |
| Harvey Wilson | 16 | 193 | 12.1 | 3 | |
| Travis Pearson | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Tony Wells | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Vinson Fraley | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 1 | |
| Derrick Warren | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 1 | |
| Pierre Hixon | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| Anthony Howard | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Shane Garrett | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Joey Veargis | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Len Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Hamlet | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Pat John | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 278 | 3297 | 11.9 | 0 | 52 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Drennan | 19 | 15 | 78.9 | 19 | 6 | 31.6 | 33 |
| Walter Grant | 37 | 31 | 83.8 | 19 | 2 | 10.5 | 37 |
| Ron Lopez | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Totals | 58 | 47 | 81.0 | 41 | 8 | 19.5 | 71 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Pratt | 55 | 891 | 16.2 | 2 | |
| Millard Hamilton | 24 | 340 | 14.2 | 0 | |
| Darren Hughes | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Travis Pearson | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Harvey Wilson | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Grady Ross | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Pierre Hixon | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Tony Wells | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Shane Garrett | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Bernard Edwards | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Eric Miller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Kerry Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 96 | 1392 | 14.5 | 0 | 2 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darius Hadley | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Grady Ross | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Darren Hughes | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Tony Wells | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Eric Miller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 13 | 33 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Rogers | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Travis Pearson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Vinson Fraley | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Derrick Warren | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Willie Jennings | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | K Blk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grady Ross | 46 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Darius Hadley | 42.5 | 38 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Travis Pearson | 30.5 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Wells | 26.5 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Harvey Wilson | 25.5 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darren Hughes | 19.5 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Millard Hamilton | 19 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Derrick Warren | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lamar Rogers | 17 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bernard Edwards | 19.5 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willie Jennings | 15.5 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Otis Mounds | 15 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Len Johnson | 10.5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kerry Brown | 10.5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Perry | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Eric Miller | 9.5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Pierre Hixon | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pat John | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vinson Fraley | 8.5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Shane Garrett | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joey Veargis | 5.5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Drennan | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Davin Miles | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Walter Grant | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rusty Russell | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Hamlet | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Howard | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Brewer | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cleveland Pratt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Luginbill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Lopez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clemente Gordon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Dausin | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 397 | 337 | 120 | 52 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bernard Edwards | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |||||||
| Millard Hamilton | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |||||||
| Cleveland Pratt | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||
| Kerry Brown | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
| Travis Pearson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| Walter Grant | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 37 | |||||||||
| Chris Drennan | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 33 | |||||||||
| Tom Luginbill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Clemente Gordon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Darren Hughes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Harvey Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Ron Perry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Vinson Fraley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Derrick Warren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Joey Veargis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Ron Lopez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 17 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 497 |
