1988 New York Knights Statistics
Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 2-10
Finishing 6th in the Arena League
Coach: Jim Valek (2-10)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 46,565, Avg. 7,761 in 6 home dates
1988 New York Knights RosterTeam Record: 2-10
Finishing 6th in the Arena League
Coach: Jim Valek (2-10)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 46,565, Avg. 7,761 in 6 home dates
1988 New York Knights Results
The New York Knights of the Arena Football League ended the 1988 season with a record of 2 wins and 10 losses, finishing sixth in the Arena League.
The Knights scored 342 points, but the defensive unit allowed 510. Jim Crocicchia tossed for 1,601 yards. Edwin Lovelady paced pass catchers, snagging 40 passes for 560 yards.
Johnny Shepherd ran for a team-best 85 yards for New York, and Derek Hughes also contributed to the rushing attack.
Al Washington, Edwin Lovelady, Elbert Gray and Stan Hunter each seized 2 opponent throws. Quinton Knight sacked opposing passers 9 times.
Jim Valek coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Crocicchia | 238 | 111 | 46.6 | 1601 | 6.7 | 26 | 10.9 | 9 | 3.8 | 47 | 29 | 188 | 89.6 |
| Mark Casale | 99 | 60 | 60.6 | 515 | 5.2 | 3 | 3.0 | 5 | 5.1 | 29 | 8 | 54 | 63.3 |
| Stan Yagiello | 48 | 17 | 35.4 | 264 | 5.5 | 3 | 6.2 | 1 | 2.1 | 45 | 1 | 7 | 66.7 |
| Edwin Lovelady | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 387 | 188 | 48.6 | 2380 | 6.1 | 32 | 8.3 | 15 | 3.9 | 47 | 38 | 249 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Shepherd | 24 | 85 | 3.5 | 4 | |
| Derek Hughes | 18 | 80 | 4.4 | 1 | |
| Edwin Lovelady | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Al Neri | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| AJ Sebastianelli | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Stan Yagiello | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Crocicchia | 13 | -12 | -0.9 | 3 | |
| Mark Casale | 5 | -13 | -2.6 | 0 | |
| Totals | 70 | 140 | 2.0 | 0 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin Lovelady | 40 | 560 | 14.0 | 11 | |
| Stan Hunter | 29 | 407 | 14.0 | 4 | |
| Vince Courville | 28 | 313 | 11.2 | 3 | |
| Greg Best | 24 | 383 | 16.0 | 5 | |
| Al Washington | 23 | 308 | 13.4 | 5 | |
| Lewis Bennett | 21 | 197 | 9.4 | 3 | |
| Pat Morrison | 11 | 89 | 8.1 | 0 | |
| Mark Streeter | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Rex Motes | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Ken Sanders | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Mauro | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | |
| AJ Sebastianelli | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Shepherd | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 1 | |
| Derek Hughes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 188 | 2380 | 12.7 | 0 | 32 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kratochvil | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 38 | 7 | 18.4 | 31 |
| Eric Schubert | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 14 | 1 | 7.1 | 9 |
| Jim Mauro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Greg Best | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 29 | 16 | 55.2 | 56 | 8 | 14.3 | 40 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Courville | 33 | 622 | 18.8 | 2 | |
| Edwin Lovelady | 16 | 244 | 15.2 | 1 | |
| Rex Motes | 4 | 77 | 19.2 | 0 | |
| Stan Hunter | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | |
| Greg Best | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| Lewis Bennett | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Pat Morrison | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Sanders | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Al Washington | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Alec Gibson | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Mark Streeter | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 70 | 1140 | 16.3 | 0 | 3 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Hunter | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | |
| Edwin Lovelady | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Elbert Gray | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Al Washington | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Mark Streeter | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Pat Morrison | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 10 | 79 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quinton Knight | 9.0 | 0.0 | |
| AJ Sebastianelli | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Johnny Shepherd | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Alec Gibson | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Derek Hughes | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Pete Walters | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| John Reed | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Jones | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | K Blk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Courville | 48 | 43 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elbert Gray | 38 | 34 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Shepherd | 33 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Stan Hunter | 30.5 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Edwin Lovelady | 31 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Lewis Bennett | 23 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rex Motes | 23 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Al Washington | 22.5 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Greg Best | 21 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Pete Walters | 17 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Quinton Knight | 16.5 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Streeter | 14.5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| AJ Sebastianelli | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alec Gibson | 12.5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Pat Morrison | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Walt Housman | 13.5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Derek Hughes | 6.5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Chris Jones | 7.5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Mauro | 5.5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Raeford | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Reed | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Grandy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Kratochvil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eric Schubert | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Sanders | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Crocicchia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 397 | 344 | 106 | 65 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Edwin Lovelady | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||
| Jack Kratochvil | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 31 | |||||||||
| Greg Best | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Johnny Shepherd | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Vince Courville | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Al Washington | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Stan Hunter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Jim Crocicchia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Lewis Bennett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Eric Schubert | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||
| Derek Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 8 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 298 |
