2000 Albany Firebirds Statistics
Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 9-5
Finishing 1st in the Arena League's East Division of the National Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Quarterfinal
Coach: Mike Dailey (9-5)
Location: Albany, New York
Attendance: 70,344, Avg. 10,049 in 7 home dates
2000 Albany Firebirds RosterTeam Record: 9-5
Finishing 1st in the Arena League's East Division of the National Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Quarterfinal
Coach: Mike Dailey (9-5)
Location: Albany, New York
Attendance: 70,344, Avg. 10,049 in 7 home dates
2000 Albany Firebirds Results
The Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League ended the 2000 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, finishing first in the Arena League's East Division of the National Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Firebirds moved the ball well, scoring 815 points, and the defensive squad yielded 706. Mike Pawlawski led the charge, passing for 3,772 yards. Greg Hopkins snagged 111 passes for 1,295 yards.
Leroy Thompson ran for a team-best 191 yards for Albany.
Derek Stingley intercepted 4 opponent throws. Joe Jacobs sacked quarterbacks 8 times.
Mike Dailey coached the team. The 2000 Albany Firebirds lost in the Quarterfinal.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Mike Pawlawski | 479 | 324 | 67.6 | 3772 | 7.9 | 70 | 14.6 | 8 | 1.7 | 123.9 | Ray Philyaw | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 81 | 6.2 | 2 | 15.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 106.1 |
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| Totals | 492 | 330 | 67.1 | 3853 | 7.8 | 72 | 14.6 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Leroy Thompson | 59 | 191 | 3.2 | 14 | Jon Krick | 27 | 108 | 4.0 | 7 | Van Johnson | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 4 | Tim Brown | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 3 | Mike Pawlawski | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 1 | Angelo Harrison | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | Anthony Jenkins | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 2 | Quincy Jackson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | Na'il Benjamin | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 127 | 394 | 3.1 | 0 | 32 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Greg Hopkins | 111 | 1295 | 11.7 | 30 | Van Johnson | 73 | 637 | 8.7 | 13 | Quincy Jackson | 68 | 954 | 14.0 | 16 | Jay Jones | 23 | 207 | 9.0 | 1 | Eddie Brown | 12 | 235 | 19.6 | 7 | Na'il Benjamin | 12 | 169 | 14.1 | 1 | Carl Sacco | 10 | 140 | 14.0 | 1 | Jake Hoffart | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 | Tim Brown | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 1 | Angelo Harrison | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 1 | Leroy Thompson | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | Curtis Anderson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 1 |
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| Totals | 330 | 3853 | 11.7 | 0 | 72 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Nelson Garner | 102 | 96 | 94.1 | 25 | 13 | 52.0 | 135 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 102 | 96 | 94.1 | 25 | 13 | 52.0 | 135 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Van Johnson | 47 | 981 | 20.9 | 2 | Jay Jones | 16 | 274 | 17.1 | 0 | Na'il Benjamin | 12 | 229 | 19.1 | 0 | Quincy Jackson | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 0 | Greg Hopkins | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | Eddie Brown | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | Carl Sacco | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 88 | 1556 | 17.7 | 0 | 3 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Derek Stingley | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | Evan Hlavacek | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | Greg Hopkins | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 1 | Carl Sacco | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 2 | Van Johnson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | Na'il Benjamin | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | Jake Hoffart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 15 | 140 | 9.3 | 0 | 3 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Joe Jacobs | 8.0 | 0.0 | Chris Snyder | 2.0 | 0.0 | Umar Muhammad | 1.0 | 0.0 | Greg Hopkins | 1.0 | 0.0 | John Sikora | 1.0 | 0.0 | Kyle Moore-Brown | 1.0 | 0.0 | Johnnie Hicks | 1.0 | 0.0 | Ricky Hall | 1.0 | 0.0 | Leroy Thompson | 1.0 | 0.0 | Tim Brown | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 18.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | K Blk | Evan Hlavacek | 83 | 68 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Derek Stingley | 63 | 54 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chris Lawson | 34 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jay Jones | 31.5 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Greg Hopkins | 32 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carl Sacco | 32.5 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Van Johnson | 22 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Jacobs | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Sikora | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jon Krick | 9.5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tim Brown | 12 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Anthony Jenkins | 8.5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Umar Muhammad | 7.5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leroy Thompson | 7.5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Na'il Benjamin | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kyle Moore-Brown | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Curtis Anderson | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chris Snyder | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nelson Garner | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sean Tremblay | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Valvo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Pawlawski | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnnie Hicks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Montrell Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quincy Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jake Hoffart | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ricky Hall | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 415 | 317 | 196 | 50 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Greg Hopkins | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 186 | Nelson Garner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 96 | 0 | 135 | Van Johnson | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | Quincy Jackson | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | Leroy Thompson | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | Eddie Brown | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Jon Krick | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Tim Brown | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Carl Sacco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Anthony Jenkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jay Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Pawlawski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Curtis Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Na'il Benjamin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Angelo Harrison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 32 | 72 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 795 |
