2002 Indiana Firebirds Statistics
Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 3rd in the Arena League's Central Division of the American Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Mike Dailey (7-7)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Attendance: 70,603, Avg. 10,086 in 7 home dates
2002 Indiana Firebirds RosterTeam Record: 7-7
Finishing 3rd in the Arena League's Central Division of the American Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Mike Dailey (7-7)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Attendance: 70,603, Avg. 10,086 in 7 home dates
2002 Indiana Firebirds Results
The Indiana Firebirds of the Arena Football League ended the 2002 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the Arena League's Central Division of the American Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Firebirds ran up 669 points, and the solid defense yielded 646. Ray Philyaw threw for 3,167 yards. Eddie Brown snagged 69 passes for 881 yards. Van Johnson and Jay Jones provided receiving help also.
Leroy Thompson carried the ball for a team-best 117 yards for Indiana.
DeJuan Alfonzo intercepted 6 opponent throws. Chris Snyder sacked opposing passers 7 times, topping a defense credited with 17 sacks.
Mike Dailey coached the team. The 2002 Indiana Firebirds lost in the Wild Card.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Philyaw | 450 | 266 | 59.1 | 3167 | 7.0 | 56 | 12.4 | 9 | 2.0 | 111.9 | |
| Dameyune Craig | 36 | 16 | 44.4 | 265 | 7.4 | 6 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 109.4 | |
| Jim Ballard | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 97 | 12.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 115.1 | |
| Jay Jones | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |
| Totals | 495 | 289 | 58.4 | 3532 | 7.1 | 63 | 12.7 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Thompson | 37 | 117 | 3.2 | 10 | |
| Ray Philyaw | 17 | 59 | 3.5 | 4 | |
| Rich Young | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 2 | |
| Eddie Brown | 17 | 32 | 1.9 | 4 | |
| Dameyune Craig | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Ricky Hall | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| Jay Jones | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Ballard | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Chris Boden | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Van Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 99 | 284 | 2.9 | 0 | 22 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Brown | 69 | 881 | 12.8 | 21 | |
| Van Johnson | 61 | 794 | 13.0 | 11 | |
| Jay Jones | 60 | 502 | 8.4 | 8 | |
| Terence Davis | 42 | 585 | 13.9 | 11 | |
| Brett Bech | 19 | 310 | 16.3 | 5 | |
| Gary Compton | 18 | 239 | 13.3 | 4 | |
| Donnie Caldwell | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 1 | |
| Shawn Foreman | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Robert Hall | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 1 | |
| Brian Dolph | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| DeJuan Alfonzo | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Ray Philyaw | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Drew O'Connor | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 288 | 3532 | 12.3 | 0 | 62 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Garner | 75 | 59 | 78.7 | 33 | 12 | 36.4 | 95 |
| Andy Payne | 12 | 10 | 83.3 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 19 |
| Totals | 87 | 69 | 79.3 | 39 | 15 | 38.5 | 114 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Hlavacek | 29 | 714 | 24.6 | 3 | |
| Jay Jones | 24 | 421 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Van Johnson | 17 | 299 | 17.6 | 0 | |
| Eddie Brown | 9 | 50 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Greg Williams | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Kyle Moore-Brown | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Terence Davis | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| John Sikora | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 85 | 1520 | 17.9 | 0 | 3 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeJuan Alfonzo | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 1 | |
| Cornelius Coe | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| Greg Williams | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Evan Hlavacek | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Gary Compton | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | |
| Donnie Caldwell | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Shawn Foreman | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Leroy Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 22 | 233 | 10.6 | 0 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Snyder | 7.0 | 0.0 | |
| Leroy Thompson | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
| Hugh Hunter | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kyle Moore-Brown | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Rich Young | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| John Sikora | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 17.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeJuan Alfonzo | 72.5 | 64 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jay Jones | 40 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Evan Hlavacek | 38.5 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Shawn Foreman | 36 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Greg Williams | 32.5 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cornelius Coe | 27.5 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Leroy Thompson | 19 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hugh Hunter | 17.5 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ricky Hall | 15.5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Chris Snyder | 17 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Rich Young | 16 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Van Johnson | 15 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Sikora | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kyle Moore-Brown | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nelson Garner | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donnie Caldwell | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Valvo | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Compton | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brett Bech | 5.5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mike Gantous | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andy Payne | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Umar Muhammad | 3.5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Aaron Johnson | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Philyaw | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Scifres | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Boden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eddie Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gogo Rusununguko | 2.5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brian Dolph | 2.5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 416 | 328 | 176 | 53 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Eddie Brown | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | ||||||
| Nelson Garner | 0 | 12 | 59 | 0 | 95 | |||||||||
| Terence Davis | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
| Van Johnson | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||
| Leroy Thompson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
| Jay Jones | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| Brett Bech | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Gary Compton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Ray Philyaw | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Andy Payne | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 19 | |||||||||
| Evan Hlavacek | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Rich Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Robert Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ricky Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| DeJuan Alfonzo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Dameyune Craig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Donnie Caldwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 22 | 62 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 642 |
