1988 New England Steamrollers Statistics
Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 3-9
Finishing 5th in the Arena League
Coach: Babe Parilli (3-9)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
Attendance: 34,244, Avg. 5,707 in 6 home dates
1988 New England Steamrollers RosterTeam Record: 3-9
Finishing 5th in the Arena League
Coach: Babe Parilli (3-9)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
Attendance: 34,244, Avg. 5,707 in 6 home dates
1988 New England Steamrollers Results
The New England Steamrollers of the Arena Football League ended the 1988 season with a record of 3 wins and 9 losses, finishing fifth in the Arena League.
The Steamrollers scored only 335 points, worst in the league, and the shaky defensive squad allowed 511, most in the circuit. Harold Smith tossed for 2,071 yards. Jim Hockaday hauled in 69 receptions for 970 yards.
Cletis Jones ran for a team-high 129 yards for New England.
Alvin Williams intercepted 2 opponent throws. Sylvester Bembery sacked quarterbacks 9 times.
Babe Parilli coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Smith | 351 | 187 | 53.3 | 2071 | 5.9 | 31 | 8.8 | 18 | 5.1 | 45 | 17 | 114 | 79.1 |
| Paul Williams | 47 | 27 | 57.4 | 308 | 6.6 | 3 | 6.4 | 4 | 8.5 | 38 | 7 | 52 | 63.1 |
| Matt Heidman | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 75 | 7.5 | 1 | 10.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 40 | 2 | 9 | 60.4 |
| Frank Bianchini | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 143.8 |
| Dave Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 410 | 219 | 53.4 | 2463 | 6.0 | 36 | 8.8 | 24 | 5.9 | 45 | 26 | 175 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cletis Jones | 57 | 129 | 2.3 | 3 | |
| Harold Smith | 25 | 30 | 1.2 | 6 | |
| Tony Slaton | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Williams | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| Chris Brewer | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Frank Bianchini | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Brian Gardner | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | |
| Alvin Williams | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| Paul Williams | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 0 | |
| Totals | 103 | 163 | 1.6 | 0 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hockaday | 69 | 970 | 14.1 | 14 | |
| Brian Gardner | 40 | 404 | 10.1 | 4 | |
| Alvin Williams | 35 | 369 | 10.5 | 7 | |
| Tony Slaton | 22 | 204 | 9.3 | 2 | |
| Jim Rafferty | 21 | 231 | 11.0 | 2 | |
| Russell Hairston | 11 | 155 | 14.1 | 4 | |
| Brian Allen | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 2 | |
| Jim Pratt | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | |
| Jeff Oliver | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Frank Bianchini | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Cletis Jones | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Chris Brewer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Williams | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Jacobs | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 219 | 2463 | 11.2 | 0 | 36 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | 2PM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Ruoff | 24 | 16 | 0 | 66.7 | 27 | 4 | 14.8 | 28 |
| Dave Jacobs | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30.0 | 16 | 2 | 12.5 | 17 |
| Totals | 34 | 19 | 4 | 55.9 | 43 | 6 | 14.0 | 45 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Gardner | 24 | 391 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Chris Brewer | 18 | 329 | 18.3 | 0 | |
| Tony Slaton | 11 | 174 | 15.8 | 0 | |
| Alvin Williams | 9 | 137 | 15.2 | 0 | |
| Russell Hairston | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Rafferty | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | |
| Paul Williams | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| David Hendley | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Pratt | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Totals | 74 | 1126 | 15.2 | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Williams | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Rafferty | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Maurice Gravely | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Brian Allen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Hockaday | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvester Bembery | 9.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kevin Murphy | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
| Steve O'Malley | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Joe Felton | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Joe Williams | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Nease | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Cletis Jones | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jim Hockaday | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jason Oliver | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Brian Gardner | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Alvin Williams | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | K Blk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Williams | 31.5 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Hockaday | 27 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Joe Williams | 23 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Brewer | 20 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Murphy | 18 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Sylvester Bembery | 18 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Slaton | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Hendley | 17 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Felton | 17.5 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Brian Gardner | 16.5 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Rafferty | 14 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cletis Jones | 13.5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Russell Hairston | 9.5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Maurice Gravely | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jason Oliver | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Larry Friday | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brian Allen | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Pratt | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kim Johnson | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve O'Malley | 3.5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Jacobs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Bianchini | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donald Thompson | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Harold Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Nease | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 299 | 257 | 84 | 41 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Jim Hockaday | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||
| Alvin Williams | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| Harold Smith | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Bernie Ruoff | 4 | 16 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Russell Hairston | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Brian Gardner | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Cletis Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Dave Jacobs | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||
| Jim Rafferty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Brian Allen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Tony Slaton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Joe Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Jeff Oliver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 317 |
