2002 Carolina Cobras Statistics
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 2nd in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Quarterfinal
Coach: Mike Neu (6-8)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 65,920, Avg. 9,417 in 7 home dates
2002 Carolina Cobras Results
The Carolina Cobras of the Arena Football League ended the 2002 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
The Cobras labored to change the scoreboard with just 624 points, and the defensive squad yielded 665. John Fitzgerald tossed for 1,670 yards. Aaron Bailey topped all receivers, hauling in 90 passes for 1,114 yards.
Marrio Grier ran for a team-leading 117 yards for Carolina, and Andre Bowden also aided the ground game.
Kevin Gaines picked off 8 errant tosses from the opposition. Andre Bowden led pass rushers with 3 sacks.
Mike Neu coached the team. The 2002 Carolina Cobras lost in the Quarterfinal.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Fitzgerald | 244 | 156 | 63.9 | 1670 | 6.8 | 24 | 9.8 | 6 | 2.5 | 106.4 | |
| Connell Maynor | 110 | 61 | 55.5 | 769 | 7.0 | 13 | 11.8 | 1 | 0.9 | 113.0 | |
| Aaron Sparrow | 95 | 57 | 60.0 | 595 | 6.3 | 14 | 14.7 | 6 | 6.3 | 91.4 | |
| Totals | 449 | 274 | 61.0 | 3034 | 6.8 | 51 | 11.4 | 13 | 2.9 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marrio Grier | 36 | 117 | 3.2 | 8 | |
| Andre Bowden | 22 | 90 | 4.1 | 7 | |
| John Fitzgerald | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 5 | |
| Connell Maynor | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Justin Cleveland | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Sparrow | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Carl Bond | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | |
| Aaron Bailey | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Kerry Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Freeman | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 93 | 327 | 3.5 | 0 | 21 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Bailey | 90 | 1114 | 12.4 | 18 | |
| Cory Fleming | 66 | 768 | 11.6 | 18 | |
| Carl Bond | 53 | 587 | 11.1 | 6 | |
| Kerry Hayes | 23 | 188 | 8.2 | 1 | |
| Nick Ward | 20 | 285 | 14.2 | 4 | |
| Rj Anderson | 16 | 205 | 12.8 | 3 | |
| Jamaal Garman | 13 | 161 | 12.4 | 4 | |
| Marrio Grier | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Andre Bowden | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Jon McCall | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 292 | 3380 | 11.6 | 0 | 55 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Schmitz | 59 | 49 | 83.1 | 33 | 15 | 45.5 | 94 |
| Pete Elezovic | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 6 |
| Totals | 64 | 52 | 81.2 | 34 | 16 | 47.1 | 100 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Lawson | 60 | 1105 | 18.4 | 1 | |
| Carl Bond | 18 | 352 | 19.6 | 1 | |
| Aaron Bailey | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 1 | |
| John Fitzgerald | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| Andre Bowden | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| Marrio Grier | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Nick Ward | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 86 | 1559 | 18.1 | 0 | 4 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Gaines | 8 | 34 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Carl Bond | 4 | 9 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Clarence Lawson | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Rob Davis | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | |
| Cory Fleming | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 19 | 129 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Bowden | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Marrio Grier | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Marcus Keys | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Dary Myricks | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Justin Cleveland | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | K Blk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Lawson | 73 | 66 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Gaines | 73.5 | 63 | 21 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rob Davis | 46 | 43 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dary Myricks | 25 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Marcus Keys | 20.5 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carl Bond | 16.5 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick Ward | 15.5 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cory Fleming | 20 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andre Bowden | 16.5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jon McCall | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jamaal Garman | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Brian Schmitz | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Desmond Byrd | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Juan Porter | 7.5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Henderson | 7.5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Olive | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marrio Grier | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Justin Cleveland | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andre Purvis | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Colin Greczek | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kerry Hayes | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aaron Bailey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Fitzgerald | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Freeman | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aaron Sparrow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elliott Fortune | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lance Funderburk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rj Anderson | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 403.5 | 341 | 125 | 66 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Aaron Bailey | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | ||||||
| Cory Fleming | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | ||||||||
| Brian Schmitz | 0 | 15 | 49 | 0 | 94 | |||||||||
| Marrio Grier | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| Andre Bowden | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| Carl Bond | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| John Fitzgerald | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Jamaal Garman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Nick Ward | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Rj Anderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Clarence Lawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Aaron Sparrow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jon McCall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Pete Elezovic | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Kerry Hayes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 21 | 55 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 580 |
