1998 San Jose SaberCats Statistics
Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the Arena League's West Division of the American Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Quarterfinal
Coach: Todd Shell (7-7)
Location: San Jose, California
Attendance: 100,811, Avg. 14,402 in 7 home dates
1998 San Jose SaberCats RosterTeam Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the Arena League's West Division of the American Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Quarterfinal
Coach: Todd Shell (7-7)
Location: San Jose, California
Attendance: 100,811, Avg. 14,402 in 7 home dates
1998 San Jose SaberCats Results
The San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League ended the 1998 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 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 ran up 659 points, while the rigid defensive squad surrendered 643. Ron Lopez threw for 2,769 yards. Steve Papin grabbed 84 passes for 1,258 yards.
Mike Maslowski carried the ball for a team-best 149 yards for the SaberCats.
Tommy Jones picked off 11 opponent throws. Sam Hernandez topped pass rushers with 5 sacks.
Todd Shell coached the team. The 1998 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Lopez | 352 | 200 | 56.8 | 2769 | 7.9 | 47 | 13.4 | 8 | 2.3 | 48 | 112.3 |
| Jared Brown | 56 | 31 | 55.4 | 454 | 8.1 | 6 | 10.7 | 2 | 3.6 | 45 | 102.8 |
| Cree Morris | 38 | 17 | 44.7 | 255 | 6.7 | 3 | 7.9 | 2 | 5.3 | 47 | 71.7 |
| Bryan Martin | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 119 | 9.2 | 2 | 15.4 | 3 | 23.1 | 35 | 78.7 |
| Totals | 459 | 254 | 55.3 | 3597 | 7.8 | 58 | 12.6 | 15 | 3.3 | 48 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Maslowski | 33 | 149 | 4.5 | 7 | |
| Steve Papin | 39 | 100 | 2.6 | 9 | |
| Mike Jones | 18 | 46 | 2.6 | 4 | |
| Leonard Nelson | 14 | 43 | 3.1 | 1 | |
| Shalon Baker | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Jared Brown | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Martin | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Cree Morris | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | |
| Ron Lopez | 7 | -5 | -0.7 | 0 | |
| Totals | 117 | 336 | 2.9 | 0 | 21 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Papin | 84 | 1258 | 15.0 | 19 | |
| Shalon Baker | 58 | 815 | 14.1 | 16 | |
| Melvin Phillips | 26 | 379 | 14.6 | 6 | |
| Kyle Gary | 24 | 337 | 14.0 | 6 | |
| Ty Peace | 20 | 241 | 12.0 | 3 | |
| Cornel West | 12 | 186 | 15.5 | 2 | |
| Mike Maslowski | 10 | 86 | 8.6 | 0 | |
| Sam Hernandez | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 2 | |
| Mike Jones | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 1 | |
| Ramon Luster | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 2 | |
| Leonard Nelson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Alfonzo Browning | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 1 | |
| Tommy Jones | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Jared Brown | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 254 | 3602 | 14.2 | 0 | 58 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Stoyanovich | 86 | 74 | 86.0 | 45 | 17 | 37.8 | 125 |
| Totals | 86 | 74 | 86.0 | 45 | 17 | 37.8 | 125 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Papin | 83 | 1834 | 22.1 | 4 | |
| Shalon Baker | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Ty Peace | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Cornel West | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Kyle Gary | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 90 | 1884 | 20.9 | 0 | 4 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Jones | 11 | 84 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Pat McGuirk | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Ty Peace | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Shalon Baker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Herschel Currie | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Kyle Gary | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 1 | |
| Matt Keneley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Cornel West | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Michael Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 26 | 141 | 5.4 | 0 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Hernandez | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
| Leonard Nelson | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Jones | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Matt Keneley | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Ramon Luster | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Howard Butler | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 14.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat McGuirk | 62 | 55 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Jones | 46 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Shalon Baker | 33.5 | 21 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Melvin Phillips | 32.5 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Leonard Nelson | 23 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Michael Williams | 21 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ty Peace | 18.5 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Maslowski | 21 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Kyle Gary | 16.5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Sam Hernandez | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Cornel West | 10.5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ramon Luster | 12.5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Jones | 12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Sai Poulivaati | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Herschel Currie | 7.5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Howard Butler | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Steve Papin | 7.5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Stoyanovich | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe O'Brien | 5.5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Matt Keneley | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ron Lopez | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marlin Brown | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alfonzo Browning | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Kevin Clemens | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Curt MacFarlane | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Stallworth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jared Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 390 | 296 | 188 | 66 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Steve Papin | 9 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 | ||||||
| Billy Stoyanovich | 0 | 17 | 74 | 0 | 125 | |||||||||
| Shalon Baker | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||||||
| Mike Maslowski | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Kyle Gary | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Melvin Phillips | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Mike Jones | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Ty Peace | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Sam Hernandez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Cornel West | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Ramon Luster | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Alfonzo Browning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Leonard Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 21 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 629 |
