1996 Charlotte Rage Statistics
Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 5-9
Finishing 2nd in the Arena League's East Division of the National Conference
Coach: Rick Buffington (5-9)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 47,958, Avg. 6,851 in 7 home dates
1996 Charlotte Rage RosterTeam Record: 5-9
Finishing 2nd in the Arena League's East Division of the National Conference
Coach: Rick Buffington (5-9)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 47,958, Avg. 6,851 in 7 home dates
1996 Charlotte Rage Results
The Charlotte Rage of the Arena Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing second in the Arena League's East Division of the National Conference.
The Rage scored 591 points, but the defensive squad surrendered 643. Tom Porras threw for 2,117 yards. Andre Langley topped pass catchers, hauling in 124 balls for 1,484 yards.
Les Barley ran for a team-leading 92 yards for Charlotte.
Pierre Hixon picked off 7 opponent throws. Scott Miller led pass rushers with 3 sacks.
Rick Buffington coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Porras | 290 | 175 | 60.3 | 2117 | 7.3 | 32 | 11.0 | 14 | 4.8 | 39 | 4 | 30 | 99.5 |
| Michael Proctor | 135 | 72 | 53.3 | 864 | 6.4 | 16 | 11.9 | 2 | 1.5 | 38 | 5 | 17 | 106.5 |
| Andy Kelly | 94 | 58 | 61.7 | 671 | 7.1 | 8 | 8.5 | 1 | 1.1 | 48 | 5 | 35 | 107.2 |
| Clemente Gordon | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 |
| Totals | 520 | 306 | 58.8 | 3658 | 7.0 | 56 | 10.8 | 17 | 3.3 | 48 | 14 | 82 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Barley | 27 | 92 | 3.4 | 5 | |
| Lee Johnson | 33 | 58 | 1.8 | 2 | |
| Mike Washington | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 3 | |
| William Peebles | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| Johnny Eaton | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| Michael Proctor | 11 | 8 | 0.7 | 3 | |
| Tom Porras | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 1 | |
| Jeff Mayes | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Owens | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Andy Kelly | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | |
| Totals | 102 | 223 | 2.2 | 0 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Langley | 124 | 1484 | 12.0 | 26 | |
| Alexander Davis | 28 | 347 | 12.4 | 6 | |
| Jeff Mayes | 28 | 337 | 12.0 | 4 | |
| Pierre Hixon | 27 | 323 | 12.0 | 4 | |
| Chad Lindsey | 23 | 321 | 14.0 | 2 | |
| Brian Greene | 18 | 173 | 9.6 | 3 | |
| Darren Hughes | 12 | 116 | 9.7 | 4 | |
| Junior Green | 9 | 121 | 13.4 | 1 | |
| Greg Lewis | 8 | 107 | 13.4 | 2 | |
| Billy Owens | 8 | 102 | 12.8 | 1 | |
| Les Barley | 7 | 103 | 14.7 | 0 | |
| Otis Moore | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 2 | |
| Chris Poston | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Mike Washington | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Lee Johnson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Keith Browner | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| John Zinser | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | |
| Eric Jennings | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 304 | 3668 | 12.1 | 0 | 56 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Brenner | 53 | 47 | 88.7 | 44 | 17 | 38.6 | 98 |
| Chris Drennan | 17 | 13 | 76.5 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 |
| Totals | 70 | 60 | 85.7 | 46 | 17 | 37.0 | 111 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Ware | 31 | 444 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Pierre Hixon | 19 | 302 | 15.9 | 0 | |
| Greg Lewis | 9 | 169 | 18.8 | 0 | |
| Chad Lindsey | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 0 | |
| Jeff Mayes | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 0 | |
| Junior Green | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Alexander Davis | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Darren Hughes | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Andre Langley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 78 | 1083 | 13.9 | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Hixon | 7 | 112 | 16.0 | 1 | |
| Chris Poston | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Brian Greene | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Cedric Walker | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Dwayne Zackery | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Mayes | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Owens | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Alexander Davis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Riley Ware | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 18 | 213 | 11.8 | 0 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Miller | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Les Barley | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Robert Stewart | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Otis Moore | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| John Zinser | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Lee Johnson | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Wilky Bazile | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Washington | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Rusty Russell | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 17.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwayne Zackery | 51.5 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Pierre Hixon | 34.5 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cedric Walker | 34.5 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Chad Lindsey | 30.5 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Riley Ware | 25.5 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brian Greene | 23.5 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scott Miller | 22 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Alexander Davis | 21 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Otis Moore | 15.5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Les Barley | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Mayes | 17.5 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Reggie Robinson | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lee Johnson | 13 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Darren Hughes | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keith Browner | 11.5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| John Zinser | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Davis | 9.5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Junior Green | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wilky Bazile | 7.5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Eaton | 6.5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Rusty Russell | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Greg Lewis | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darren Butler | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Poston | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Stewart | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| William Peebles | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Owens | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andre Langley | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Brenner | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mike Washington | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Chris Drennan | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darnell Cox | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Daniel Muldrow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Porras | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eric Jennings | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 426 | 366 | 120 | 40 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Andre Langley | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | |||||||
| Anthony Brenner | 0 | 17 | 47 | 0 | 98 | |||||||||
| Alexander Davis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Les Barley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Pierre Hixon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Darren Hughes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Jeff Mayes | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Michael Proctor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Brian Greene | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Mike Washington | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Chris Drennan | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||
| Otis Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Greg Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Lee Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Chad Lindsey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| John Zinser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tom Porras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| William Peebles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Billy Owens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Johnny Eaton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Junior Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Andy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 17 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 555 |
