2003 Indiana Firebirds Statistics
Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 4th in the Arena League's Central Division of the American Conference
Coach: Mike Dailey (6-10)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Attendance: 92,986, Avg. 11,623 in 8 home dates
2003 Indiana Firebirds RosterTeam Record: 6-10
Finishing 4th in the Arena League's Central Division of the American Conference
Coach: Mike Dailey (6-10)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Attendance: 92,986, Avg. 11,623 in 8 home dates
2003 Indiana Firebirds Results
The Indiana Firebirds of the Arena Football League ended the 2003 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing fourth in the Arena League's Central Division of the American Conference.
Indiana chalked up 774 points, while the defensive squad allowed 831. Ray Philyaw threw for 2,328 yards. Eddie Brown paced pass catchers, snagging 91 passes for 1,105 yards. Jeremy McDaniel provided receiving help also.
Leroy Thompson carried the ball for a team-best 176 yards for the Firebirds.
Delphfrine Lee intercepted 4 opponent throws. Hugh Hunter sacked quarterbacks 7 times, leading the way for a team which created 20 sacks.
Mike Dailey coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Philyaw | 315 | 192 | 61.0 | 2328 | 7.4 | 44 | 14.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 119.3 | |
| Jose Davis | 111 | 59 | 53.2 | 613 | 5.5 | 8 | 7.2 | 3 | 2.7 | 82.2 | |
| Craig Whelihan | 73 | 42 | 57.5 | 461 | 6.3 | 6 | 8.2 | 3 | 4.1 | 86.6 | |
| Jim Ballard | 32 | 19 | 59.4 | 197 | 6.2 | 3 | 9.4 | 4 | 12.5 | 68.9 | |
| Donnie Caldwell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 532 | 312 | 58.6 | 3599 | 6.8 | 61 | 11.5 | 14 | 2.6 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Thompson | 54 | 176 | 3.3 | 12 | |
| Ray Philyaw | 27 | 97 | 3.6 | 8 | |
| Rich Young | 19 | 60 | 3.2 | 6 | |
| Evan Hlavacek | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Jose Davis | 11 | 21 | 1.9 | 2 | |
| Donnie Caldwell | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 2 | |
| Terrance Blackwell | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 2 | |
| Brett Bech | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Craig Whelihan | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 0 | |
| Totals | 131 | 398 | 3.0 | 0 | 32 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Brown | 91 | 1105 | 12.1 | 17 | |
| Jeremy McDaniel | 76 | 815 | 10.7 | 12 | |
| Terrance Blackwell | 29 | 346 | 11.9 | 6 | |
| Donnie Caldwell | 29 | 301 | 10.4 | 3 | |
| Brett Bech | 21 | 252 | 12.0 | 3 | |
| Jay Jones | 21 | 184 | 8.8 | 7 | |
| Evan Hlavacek | 15 | 204 | 13.6 | 5 | |
| Brian Alford | 6 | 148 | 24.7 | 3 | |
| Tyrone Brown | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 1 | |
| Shawn Foreman | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 3 | |
| Drew O'Connor | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 0 | |
| Leroy Thompson | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 1 | |
| Donald Shoals | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Damian Phillips | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Kyle Moore-Brown | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 312 | 3596 | 11.5 | 0 | 61 |
Kicking:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Hlavacek | 75 | 1699 | 22.7 | 5 | |
| Terrance Blackwell | 9 | 216 | 24.0 | 0 | |
| Donnie Caldwell | 9 | 212 | 23.6 | 0 | |
| Eddie Brown | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 1 | |
| Jay Jones | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Greg Williams | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Jeremy McDaniel | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Kyle Moore-Brown | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Malcom Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 116 | 2285 | 19.7 | 0 | 6 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delphfrine Lee | 4 | -1 | -0.2 | 0 | |
| Donnie Caldwell | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 2 | |
| Shawn Foreman | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Rich Young | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Drew O'Connor | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 1 | |
| Brett Bech | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 14 | 131 | 9.4 | 0 | 3 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Hunter | 7.0 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Snyder | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Rich Young | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Bill Duff | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Leroy Thompson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Gogo Rusununguko | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| John Sikora | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Brett Bech | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Williams | 67 | 58 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Delphfrine Lee | 66 | 58 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Evan Hlavacek | 59 | 52 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Donnie Caldwell | 45 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Shawn Foreman | 41.5 | 27 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Hugh Hunter | 27 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Rich Young | 30 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ricky Hall | 22.5 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Eddie Brown | 18.5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jay Jones | 18.5 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Leroy Thompson | 14.5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Chris Snyder | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Drew O'Connor | 11.5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Sikora | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kyle Moore-Brown | 5.5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Brett Bech | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bill Duff | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terrance Blackwell | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gogo Rusununguko | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeremy McDaniel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clay Rush | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Demetrious Maxie | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Malcom Moore | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Van Tuinei | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Damian Phillips | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 478 | 388 | 180 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Clay Rush | 0 | 23 | 83 | 0 | 152 | |||||||||
| Eddie Brown | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | |||||||
| Leroy Thompson | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |||||||
| Jeremy McDaniel | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||
| Evan Hlavacek | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||
| Ray Philyaw | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| Terrance Blackwell | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| Donnie Caldwell | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| Jay Jones | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Rich Young | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Brian Alford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Shawn Foreman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Brett Bech | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Jose Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Drew O'Connor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tyrone Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 32 | 61 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 764 |
