1997 San Jose SaberCats Statistics
Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 8-6
Finishing 2nd in the Arena League's West Division of the American Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Quarterfinal
Coach: Todd Shell (8-6)
Location: San Jose, California
Attendance: 101,631, Avg. 14,519 in 7 home dates
1997 San Jose SaberCats RosterTeam Record: 8-6
Finishing 2nd in the Arena League's West Division of the American Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Quarterfinal
Coach: Todd Shell (8-6)
Location: San Jose, California
Attendance: 101,631, Avg. 14,519 in 7 home dates
1997 San Jose SaberCats Results
The San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 8 wins and 6 losses, finishing second in the Arena League's West Division of the American Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
San Jose netted 548 points, while the defensive squad surrendered 563. Scott Wood passed for 1,442 yards, and John Kaleo spent time under center, too. Titus Dixon grabbed 57 passes, while Willie Culpepper accumulated 732 receiving yards.
Derrick Chachere carried the ball for a team-best 145 yards for the SaberCats.
Herschel Currie intercepted 8 opponent throws. Al Noga sacked quarterbacks 8 times, leading the way for a team which created 20 sacks.
Todd Shell coached the team. The 1997 San Jose SaberCats lost in the Quarterfinal.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Wood | 208 | 106 | 51.0 | 1442 | 6.9 | 22 | 10.6 | 6 | 2.9 | 46 | 96.7 |
| John Kaleo | 215 | 115 | 53.5 | 1385 | 6.4 | 20 | 9.3 | 10 | 4.7 | 35 | 85.1 |
| Cree Morris | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 186 | 6.2 | 3 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 111.3 |
| Totals | 453 | 239 | 52.8 | 3013 | 6.7 | 45 | 9.9 | 16 | 3.5 | 46 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Chachere | 44 | 145 | 3.3 | 7 | |
| Leonard Nelson | 31 | 103 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| John Kaleo | 16 | 57 | 3.6 | 4 | |
| Steve Papin | 19 | 32 | 1.7 | 7 | |
| Scott Wood | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| Daryl Rogers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| William Pollard | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Titus Dixon | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Melvin Phillips | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| Howard Butler | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| Cree Morris | 3 | -15 | -5.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 132 | 347 | 2.6 | 0 | 20 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titus Dixon | 57 | 571 | 10.0 | 11 | |
| Willie Culpepper | 48 | 732 | 15.2 | 11 | |
| Steve Papin | 37 | 482 | 13.0 | 7 | |
| Bret Cooper | 27 | 408 | 15.1 | 4 | |
| Jai Hill | 20 | 187 | 9.4 | 2 | |
| Daryl Rogers | 16 | 223 | 13.9 | 4 | |
| Henry Milton | 16 | 191 | 11.9 | 2 | |
| Melvin Phillips | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 2 | |
| William Pollard | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 2 | |
| Derrick Chachere | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Ed Berry | 4 | 77 | 19.2 | 0 | |
| Leonard Nelson | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 1 | |
| Lance Thomas | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Michael Williams | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Al Noga | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 249 | 3095 | 12.4 | 0 | 46 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Stoyanovich | 19 | 19 | 100.0 | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 40 |
| Scott Winters | 29 | 23 | 79.3 | 18 | 5 | 27.8 | 38 |
| Terry Belden | 15 | 12 | 80.0 | 10 | 1 | 10.0 | 15 |
| Eric Abrams | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 |
| Totals | 66 | 57 | 86.4 | 45 | 13 | 28.9 | 96 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titus Dixon | 53 | 982 | 18.5 | 2 | |
| Steve Papin | 28 | 613 | 21.9 | 2 | |
| Lance Thomas | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Henry Milton | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Willie Culpepper | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Daryl Rogers | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Al Noga | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Jai Hill | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 94 | 1686 | 17.9 | 0 | 5 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herschel Currie | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Jai Hill | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Bret Cooper | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Pat McGuirk | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Henry Milton | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | |
| Willie Culpepper | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 0 | |
| Daryl Rogers | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Lance Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 22 | 214 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Noga | 8.0 | 0.0 | |
| Ramon Luster | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Rob Presbury | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jai Hill | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Howard Butler | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Leonard Nelson | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Marlin Brown | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat McGuirk | 52.5 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Herschel Currie | 44.5 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lance Thomas | 39.5 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Berry | 35.5 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jai Hill | 29 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Henry Milton | 22.5 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Daryl Rogers | 19 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Al Noga | 16 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willie Culpepper | 15.5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Leonard Nelson | 16.5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ramon Luster | 15 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bret Cooper | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Theo Adams | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Marlin Brown | 12 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Howard Butler | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Melvin Phillips | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rob Presbury | 9.5 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Williams | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Derrick Chachere | 9.5 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Charles Wright | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Pollard | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Russell | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Stoyanovich | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Titus Dixon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ryan Jones | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Micklebart | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scott Winters | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scott Wood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terry Belden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Webb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jim Spencer | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 405.5 | 302 | 207 | 50 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Steve Papin | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | |||||||
| Titus Dixon | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||||||
| Willie Culpepper | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||
| Derrick Chachere | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Billy Stoyanovich | 0 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 40 | |||||||||
| Scott Winters | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 38 | |||||||||
| Bret Cooper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| John Kaleo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Daryl Rogers | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Melvin Phillips | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Jai Hill | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Terry Belden | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| William Pollard | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Henry Milton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Leonard Nelson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Scott Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Eric Abrams | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 20 | 46 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 522 |
