1997 Portland Forest Dragons Statistics
Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 2-12
Finishing 4th in the Arena League's Central Division of the American Conference
Coach: Stan Brock (2-12)
Location: Portland, Oregon
Attendance: 66,622, Avg. 9,517 in 7 home dates
1997 Portland Forest Dragons RosterTeam Record: 2-12
Finishing 4th in the Arena League's Central Division of the American Conference
Coach: Stan Brock (2-12)
Location: Portland, Oregon
Attendance: 66,622, Avg. 9,517 in 7 home dates
1997 Portland Forest Dragons Results
The Portland Forest Dragons of the Arena Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 2 wins and 12 losses, finishing fourth in the Arena League's Central Division of the American Conference.
Portland scored only 446 points, worst in the league, while the defensive squad allowed 701. Chad Davis tossed for 1,250 yards. Ryan Benjamin hauled in 61 balls for 713 yards, while Melvin Bonner was targeted regularly, too.
Mose Phillips rushed for a team-leading 100 yards for the Forest Dragons, while Travis McDonald additionally buoyed the ground attack.
Tom Holmes topped the defensive unit with 3 sacks.
Stan Brock coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Davis | 207 | 112 | 54.1 | 1250 | 6.0 | 15 | 7.2 | 4 | 1.9 | 47 | 16 | 74 | 88.4 |
| Ben Bennett | 124 | 63 | 50.8 | 792 | 6.4 | 14 | 11.3 | 6 | 4.8 | 45 | 9 | 64 | 88.5 |
| Jason Stiles | 58 | 27 | 46.6 | 406 | 7.0 | 7 | 12.1 | 4 | 6.9 | 45 | 6 | 29 | 80.9 |
| Bob Stockham | 44 | 19 | 43.2 | 252 | 5.7 | 3 | 6.8 | 2 | 4.5 | 45 | 2 | 11 | 65.7 |
| Tony Hilde | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||
| Totals | 433 | 221 | 51.0 | 2695 | 6.2 | 39 | 9.0 | 16 | 3.7 | 47 | 34 | 183 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mose Phillips | 34 | 100 | 2.9 | 2 | |
| Travis McDonald | 20 | 75 | 3.8 | 3 | |
| Chad Davis | 20 | 60 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Ryan Benjamin | 18 | 56 | 3.1 | 1 | |
| Brent Napierkowski | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Sweat | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Billy Owens | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Marcus Bolivar | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 0 | |
| Daron Alcorn | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Rick Cruz | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Stockham | 4 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | |
| Jason Stiles | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Robinson | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 0 | |
| Ben Bennett | 5 | -9 | -1.8 | 0 | |
| Totals | 126 | 342 | 2.7 | 0 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Benjamin | 61 | 713 | 11.7 | 10 | |
| Melvin Bonner | 47 | 676 | 14.4 | 12 | |
| Billy Owens | 40 | 381 | 9.5 | 7 | |
| Brian Greene | 31 | 488 | 15.7 | 3 | |
| Dante Lewis | 21 | 241 | 11.5 | 4 | |
| Tom Holmes | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 1 | |
| Mose Phillips | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 1 | |
| Cletus Coffey | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Justin Starck | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| John Krawczyk | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 1 | |
| Brent Napierkowski | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Tom Briggs | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Marcus Bolivar | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Robinson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 220 | 2687 | 12.2 | 0 | 39 |
Kicking:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Benjamin | 66 | 1368 | 20.7 | 4 | |
| Brian Greene | 20 | 374 | 18.7 | 0 | |
| Melvin Bonner | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Dante Lewis | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Chris Poston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 90 | 1764 | 19.6 | 0 | 4 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Holmes | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Butterfield | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Steve Robinson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Mose Phillips | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Tom Briggs | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Melvin Bonner | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Baus | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Akaba Delaney | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 11.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dee Grayer | 57 | 45 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Chris Poston | 41 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Billy Owens | 35.5 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dante Lewis | 31.5 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brian Greene | 30 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mose Phillips | 20.5 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Melvin Bonner | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Justin Starck | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| LaMont Woods | 14.5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Robinson | 14 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Jones | 13.5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Akaba Delaney | 13.5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tom Holmes | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cletus Coffey | 9.5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Briggs | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Travis McDonald | 10.5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Barry Dillard | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ryan Benjamin | 7.5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Butterfield | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Daron Alcorn | 6.5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Chris Baus | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brent Napierkowski | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Krawczyk | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marcus Bolivar | 5.5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rick Cruz | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chad Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Stockham | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 399.5 | 329 | 141 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Daron Alcorn | 0 | 0 | 27 | 45 | 0 | 126 | ||||||||
| Ryan Benjamin | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||||||
| Melvin Bonner | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||
| Billy Owens | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Dante Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Mose Phillips | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Travis McDonald | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Brian Greene | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Bob Stockham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| John Krawczyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tom Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Chad Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 39 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 432 |
