2001 New York/New Jersey Hitmen Statistics

XFL (XFL)
Team Record: 4-6
Finishing 3rd in the XFL's East Division
Coach: Rusty Tillman (4-6-)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 141,545, Avg. 28,309 in 5 home dates

2001 New York/New Jersey Hitmen Roster
2001 New York/New Jersey Hitmen Results

The New York/New Jersey Hitmen of the XFL ended the 2001 season with a record of 4 wins and 6 losses, finishing third in the XFL's East Division.

The Hitmen stumbled, scoring only 132 points, and the defensive unit yielded 145. Wally Richardson passed for 812 yards, and Charles Puleri spent time under center also. Zola Davis topped all receivers, snagging 29 passes, while Kirby Dar Dar added 405 receiving yards, while Anthony DiCosmo provided receiving help as well.

Joe Aska ran for a team-leading 329 yards for New York/New Jersey.

Joey Eloms picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Israel Raybon led pass rushers with 5 sacks.

Rusty Tillman coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Wally Richardson	142	83	58.5	812	5.7	6	4.2	6	4.2	33t	17	107	71.1
Charles Puleri	64	29	45.3	411	6.4	2	3.1	2	3.1	77t	4	39	64.0
Corte McGuffey	48	25	52.1	329	6.9	0	0.0	2	4.2	54	5	38	56.7
Zola Davis	1	1	100.0	74	74.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	74t	0	0	158.3
Mike Archie	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Kirby Dar Dar	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Dino Philyaw	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Totals	258	138	53.5	1626	6.3	9	3.5	11	4.3	77	26	184

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Joe Aska	82	329	4.0	42	3
Wally Richardson	26	148	5.7	24	0
Keith Elias	37	115	3.1	28	0
Dino Philyaw	32	69	2.2	14	0
Michael Blair	16	61	3.8	19	0
Mike Archie	17	42	2.5	7	2
Corte McGuffey	8	33	4.1	8	0
Kirby Dar Dar	4	31	7.8	21	0
Leo Araguz	1	7	7.0	7	0
Fred Brock	1	0	0.0	0	0
Charles Puleri	8	-35	-4.4	3	0
Totals	232	800	3.4	42	5

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Zola Davis	29	378	13.0	26	4
Anthony DiCosmo	26	268	10.3	30	0
Kirby Dar Dar	22	405	18.4	77t	2
Fred Brock	15	155	10.3	30	0
Mike Archie	12	125	10.4	33t	2
Michael Blair	10	73	7.3	14	0
Marcus Hinton	6	116	19.3	54	1
Joe Aska	6	24	4.0	12	0
Dino Philyaw	4	33	8.2	16	0
Keith Elias	4	0	0.0	7	0
Ryan Collins	3	38	12.7	23	0
Bob Rosenstiel	1	11	11.0	11	0
Totals	138	1626	11.8	77	9

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Leo Araguz				16	7	43.8	21
Totals	0	0		16	7	43.8	21

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Leo Araguz	44	1788	40.6	58
Corte McGuffey	1	51	51.0	51
Michael Blair	1	28	28.0	28
Totals	46	1867	40.6	58

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Kirby Dar Dar	26	287	11.0	40
Fred Brock	3	29	9.7	18
Brad Trout	2	21	10.5	21
Mike Archie	6	16	2.7	17
Tyree Talton	1	8	8.0	8
Totals	38	361	9.5	40

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Kirby Dar Dar	22	485	22.0	37
Butler By'not'e	14	310	22.1	41
Ron Merkerson	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	37	795	21.5	41

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Joey Eloms	4	78	19.5	76t	1
Damen Wheeler	3	35	11.7	23	0
Donnie Caldwell	2	63	31.5	46t	1
Brad Trout	1	28	28.0	21	0
Tawambi Settles	1	4	4.0	4	0
Tyree Talton	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dwayne Sabb	1	0	0.0	0	0
Israel Raybon	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	14	208	14.9	76	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.
Israel Raybon	5.0	0	0.0
Chris Maumalanga	4.0	0	0.0
Dwayne Sabb	4.0	0	0.0
Tim Beauchamp	3.0	0	0.0
Ron Merkerson	3.0	0	0.0
Brad Trout	2.0	0	0.0
Tyree Talton	1.0	0	0.0
Mike Barber	1.0	0	0.0
Haven Fields	1.0	0	0.0
Ben Hanks	1.0	0	0.0
Lamont Bryant	1.0	0	0.0
Henry Slay	1.0	0	0.0
Bernard Russ	1.0	0	0.0
Totals	28.0	0	0.0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Ron Merkerson	62	51	11
Brad Trout	47	41	6
Damen Wheeler	42	39	3
Chris Maumalanga	37	27	10
Tyree Talton	35	26	9
Israel Raybon	33	24	9
Tim Beauchamp	27	19	8
Dwayne Sabb	26	19	7
Joey Eloms	23	22	1
Haven Fields	23	15	8
Ben Hanks	17	14	3
Tawambi Settles	11	9	2
Donnie Caldwell	10	10	0
Butler By'not'e	9	9	0
Bernard Russ	7	6	1
Mike Barber	7	6	1
Mark Tate	6	6	0
Lamont Bryant	6	3	3
Vernon Crawford	5	4	1
Henry Slay	4	4	0
Tyrell Peters	4	4	0
James Cotton	3	3	0
Michael Blair	2	1	1
Troy Stark	1	1	0
Dino Philyaw	1	1	0
Eric Stocz	1	1	0
Ryan Collins	1	1	0
Zola Davis	1	1	0
Mike Archie	1	1	0
Dustin Owen	1	0	1
Totals	453	368	85	0	0	0	0	0	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Mike Archie	2	2	0	0		0			0	0	0		0	24
Zola Davis	0	4	0	0		0			0	1	0		0	25
Leo Araguz	0	0	0	0		0			7	0	0		0	21
Joe Aska	3	0	0	0		0			0	1	0		0	19
Kirby Dar Dar	0	2	0	0		0			0	0	0		0	12
Marcus Hinton	0	1	0	0		0			0	1	0		0	7
Ron Merkerson	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	0	0		0	6
Joey Eloms	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0		0	6
Donnie Caldwell	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0		0	6
Team	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0		1	2
Dino Philyaw	0	0	0	0		0			0	1	0		0	1
Ryan Collins	0	0	0	0		0			0	3	0		0	3
Totals	5	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	7	0	0	0	1	132