1998 Nashville Kats Statistics
Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 9-5
Finishing 3rd in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Quarterfinal
Coach: Ed Khayat (9-5)
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance: 87,600, Avg. 12,514 in 7 home dates
1998 Nashville Kats RosterTeam Record: 9-5
Finishing 3rd in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Quarterfinal
Coach: Ed Khayat (9-5)
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance: 87,600, Avg. 12,514 in 7 home dates
1998 Nashville Kats Results
The Nashville Kats of the Arena Football League ended the 1998 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, finishing third in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Kats scored 711 points, and the defensive squad gave up 659. Andy Kelly triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,537 yards. Cory Fleming topped the receiving corps, hauling in 112 balls for 1,376 yards. Tyronne Jones contributed to the receiving game, too.
Andre Allen ran for a team-leading 139 yards for Nashville.
Corey Johnson intercepted 11 opponent throws. James Baron led the defensive unit with 5 sacks.
Ed Khayat coached the team. The 1998 Nashville Kats lost in the Quarterfinal.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Kelly | 518 | 315 | 60.8 | 3537 | 6.8 | 73 | 14.1 | 12 | 2.3 | 46 | 111.1 |
| Andre Allen | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 79.2 |
| Totals | 519 | 316 | 60.9 | 3538 | 6.8 | 73 | 14.1 | 12 | 2.3 | 46 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Allen | 46 | 139 | 3.0 | 6 | |
| Jason Bratton | 26 | 92 | 3.5 | 2 | |
| Tyronne Jones | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Earnest Fields | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| Peter Tuffo | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Campbell | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| Andy Kelly | 9 | -3 | -0.3 | 4 | |
| Totals | 101 | 266 | 2.6 | 0 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cory Fleming | 112 | 1376 | 12.3 | 29 | |
| Tyronne Jones | 94 | 1054 | 11.2 | 21 | |
| Darryl Hammond | 31 | 292 | 9.4 | 7 | |
| Bill Rutledge | 23 | 276 | 12.0 | 5 | |
| Lonnie Turner | 20 | 193 | 9.6 | 3 | |
| Andre Allen | 7 | 68 | 9.7 | 1 | |
| Jamal Ellis | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 1 | |
| Willie Harris | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Campbell | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 1 | |
| James Baron | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 3 | |
| Kirk Pointer | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 1 | |
| JC Price | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | |
| Earnest Fields | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Juan Daniels | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Jason Bratton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Tracy Hayworth | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 316 | 3538 | 11.2 | 0 | 73 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Cimadevilla | 17 | 16 | 94.1 | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 34 |
| Walter Grant | 50 | 39 | 78.0 | 18 | 5 | 27.8 | 54 |
| Steve McLaughlin | 24 | 19 | 79.2 | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 31 |
| Totals | 91 | 74 | 81.3 | 38 | 15 | 39.5 | 119 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyronne Jones | 71 | 1467 | 20.7 | 5 | |
| Lonnie Turner | 16 | 251 | 15.7 | 0 | |
| Joe Campbell | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 0 | |
| Cory Fleming | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Jamal Ellis | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 94 | 1807 | 19.2 | 0 | 5 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Johnson | 11 | 146 | 13.3 | 2 | |
| Jamal Ellis | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Kirk Pointer | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Cory Fleming | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Buster Owens | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Sharp | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 21 | 242 | 11.5 | 0 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Baron | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
| Andre Allen | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Nate Johnson | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jerry Sharp | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| JC Price | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Hugh Hunter | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Tracy Hayworth | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 17.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | K Blk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Johnson | 83 | 73 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kirk Pointer | 42 | 40 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rogerick Green | 43 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jamal Ellis | 27 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Andre Allen | 24 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cory Fleming | 20 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Darryl Hammond | 17.5 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nate Johnson | 16 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Sharp | 12.5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Buster Owens | 9.5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Rutledge | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Baron | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Robert Gaddy | 8.5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jason Bratton | 9.5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Guy Howard | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Tracy Hayworth | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Earnest Fields | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| JC Price | 5.5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Hugh Hunter | 5.5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Steve McLaughlin | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Yarborough | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willie Harris | 3.5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kelvin Moore | 3.5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Campbell | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyronne Jones | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Walter Grant | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jorge Cimadevilla | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Hicks | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Juan Daniels | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 388 | 327 | 122 | 55 | 0 | 13 | 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 |
| Cory Fleming | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | |||||||
| Tyronne Jones | 0 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | ||||||
| Walter Grant | 0 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 54 | |||||||||
| Andre Allen | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Darryl Hammond | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Jorge Cimadevilla | 0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 34 | |||||||||
| Steve McLaughlin | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 31 | |||||||||
| Bill Rutledge | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Andy Kelly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| James Baron | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Lonnie Turner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Jason Bratton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Corey Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Joe Campbell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Jamal Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Kirk Pointer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| JC Price | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Earnest Fields | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 13 | 73 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 677 |
