1991 Albany Firebirds Statistics

Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 6-4
Finishing 4th in the Arena League
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Semifinal
Coach: Rick Buffington (6-4)
Location: Albany, New York
Attendance: 55,029, Avg. 11,006 in 5 home dates

1991 Albany Firebirds Roster
1991 Albany Firebirds Results

The Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League ended the 1991 season with a record of 6 wins and 4 losses, finishing fourth in the Arena League. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.

The Firebirds racked up 427 points, while the defense allowed 342. Tom Porras tossed for 1,941 yards. Fred Gayles snagged 56 passes for 655 yards.

Tom Porras ran for a team-best 67 yards for Albany, and Rodney Smith also aided the ground game.

Merv Mosely and Darryl Hammond each picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition. Sylvester Bembery sacked quarterbacks 9 times, leading the way for a team which created 22 sacks.

Rick Buffington coached the team. The 1991 Albany Firebirds lost in the Semifinal.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Tom Porras	292	171	58.6	1941	6.6	34	11.6	10	3.4	45	9	72	103.1
Ed Rubbert	23	9	39.1	147	6.4	3	13.0	2	8.7	40	0	0	64.7
Darryl Hammond	1	1	100.0	27	27.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	27	0	0	118.8
Totals	316	181	57.3	2115	6.7	37	11.7	12	3.8	45	9	72

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tom Porras	32	67	2.1		11
Rodney Smith	14	51	3.6		1
Dave Jakob	3	28	9.3		1
Alvin Blount	13	25	1.9		1
Jeff Blankenship	8	14	1.8		0
Darryl Hammond	3	10	3.3		0
Fred Gayles	3	7	2.3		0
Ed Rubbert	3	4	1.3		1
Myron Jefferson	1	-6	-6.0		0
Totals	80	200	2.5	0	15

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Fred Gayles	56	655	11.7		13
Myron Jefferson	31	399	12.9		5
Darryl Hammond	27	254	9.4		7
Merv Mosely	26	386	14.8		6
Curt Reed	12	100	8.3		1
Tony Slaton	11	101	9.2		0
Steve Thonn	6	113	18.8		3
Alvin Blount	5	27	5.4		0
Jeff Sniffen	3	22	7.3		1
Rodney Smith	2	6	3.0		0
Jeff Blankenship	1	29	29.0		0
Richard Huff	1	23	23.0		0
Totals	181	2115	11.7	0	36

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Gary Gussman	51	31	60.8	29	10	34.5	61
Chris Kolodziey	0	0		3	0	0.0	0
Totals	51	31	60.8	32	10	31.2	61

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Fred Gayles	31	698	22.5		0
Myron Jefferson	14	308	22.0		2
Merv Mosely	10	137	13.7		0
Darryl Hammond	2	39	19.5		0
Tony Slaton	1	17	17.0		0
Curt Reed	1	9	9.0		0
Totals	59	1208	20.5	0	2

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Darryl Hammond	5	84	16.8		2
Merv Mosely	5	16	3.2		0
Garland Rivers	2	27	13.5		0
Tony Slaton	1	25	25.0		1
Steve Thonn	1	18	18.0		0
Alvin Blount	1	11	11.0		0
Myron Jefferson	1	10	10.0		0
John Chaney	1	0	0.0		0
Richard Huff	1	0	0.0		0
Totals	18	191	10.6	0	3

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Sylvester Bembery	9.0
Rodney Smith	3.0
John Levelis	2.0
Chuck Harris	2.0
Alvin Blount	2.0
Rod Ferguson	1.0
John Zinser	1.0
Pete Porcelli	1.0
Fred Smalls	1.0
Totals	22.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF	K Blk
Merv Mosely	52.5	50	5	8		0			1	0
Garland Rivers	41.5	39	5	4		1			0	0
Darryl Hammond	42.5	38	9	11		0			0	0
Alvin Blount	30	27	6	0		0			0	0
Tony Slaton	20.5	19	3	1		0			0	0
Sylvester Bembery	20	19	2	2		0			2	0
Pete Porcelli	19.5	17	5	0		0			1	1
Rodney Smith	16.5	15	3	1		2			0	0
Fred Gayles	13.5	12	3	1		0			0	0
Chuck Harris	12	12	0	1		2			1	1
Jeff Blankenship	9	8	2	0		1			0	1
Jeff Neal	9	7	4	0		1			0	0
Curt Reed	6.5	5	3	0		0			0	0
Jeff Sniffen	6	5	2	0		1			0	0
John Chaney	5	5	0	1		0			0	0
Fred Smalls	4	4	0	0		0			0	0
John Zinser	5	3	4	0		0			1	0
Gary Gussman	3	3	0	0		0			0	0
Rod Ferguson	2.5	2	1	0		0			0	0
Myron Jefferson	2	2	0	1		0			0	0
John Levelis	2	2	0	0		0			0	0
Tom Porras	1	1	0	0		0			0	0
Dave Jakob	1	1	0	1		0			0	0
Steve Thonn		0	0	1		0			0	0
Totals	324.5	296	57	33	0	8	0	0	6	3

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Fred Gayles	0	13		0		0			0	0	0			78
Tom Porras	11					0			0	0	0			66
Gary Gussman						0			10	31	0			61
Darryl Hammond	0	7		0		2			0	0	0			54
Myron Jefferson	0	5		2		0			0	0	0			42
Merv Mosely		6		0		0			0	0	0			36
Steve Thonn		3				0			0	0	0			18
Jeff Sniffen		1				0			0	0	0			6
Curt Reed		1		0		0			0	0	0			6
Ed Rubbert	1								0	0	0			6
Tony Slaton		0		0		1			0	0	0			6
Rodney Smith	1	0				0			0	0	0			6
Dave Jakob	1					0			0	0	0			6
Alvin Blount	1	0				0			0	0	0			6
Totals	15	36	0	2	0	3	0	0	10	31	0	0	0	397