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 RosterTeam 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 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, and 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 | Avg. | Sylvester Bembery | 9.0 | 0.0 | Rodney Smith | 3.0 | 0.0 | John Levelis | 2.0 | 0.0 | Chuck Harris | 2.0 | 0.0 | Alvin Blount | 2.0 | 0.0 | Rod Ferguson | 1.0 | 0.0 | John Zinser | 1.0 | 0.0 | Pete Porcelli | 1.0 | 0.0 | Fred Smalls | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 22.0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Garland Rivers | 41.5 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darryl Hammond | 42.5 | 38 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alvin Blount | 30 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Slaton | 20.5 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sylvester Bembery | 20 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Pete Porcelli | 19.5 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Rodney Smith | 16.5 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Gayles | 13.5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Harris | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Jeff Blankenship | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Jeff Neal | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Curt Reed | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Sniffen | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Chaney | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Smalls | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Zinser | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Gary Gussman | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rod Ferguson | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Myron Jefferson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Levelis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Porras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Jakob | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Thonn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | Tom Porras | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | Gary Gussman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 61 | Darryl Hammond | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Myron Jefferson | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Merv Mosely | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Steve Thonn | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Jeff Sniffen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Curt Reed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ed Rubbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Tony Slaton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Rodney Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dave Jakob | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Alvin Blount | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 15 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 397 |
