1998 Iowa Barnstormers Statistics
Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 5-9
Finishing 3rd in the Arena League's Central Division of the American Conference
Coach: John Gregory (5-9)
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Attendance: 64,744, Avg. 9,249 in 7 home dates
1998 Iowa Barnstormers RosterTeam Record: 5-9
Finishing 3rd in the Arena League's Central Division of the American Conference
Coach: John Gregory (5-9)
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Attendance: 64,744, Avg. 9,249 in 7 home dates
1998 Iowa Barnstormers Results
The Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League ended the 1998 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the Arena League's Central Division of the American Conference.
The Barnstormers scored 582 points, but the defensive unit yielded 716. Aaron Garcia threw for 2,457 yards. Kevin Swayne led all receivers, snagging 76 receptions for 1,086 yards.
Aaron Garcia carried the ball for a team-high 94 yards for Iowa.
Carlos James picked off 5 opponent throws. Anthony Hutch topped pass rushers with 2 sacks.
John Gregory coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Aaron Garcia | 343 | 200 | 58.3 | 2457 | 7.2 | 43 | 12.5 | 9 | 2.6 | 45 | 109.2 | Charles Puleri | 126 | 67 | 53.2 | 866 | 6.9 | 11 | 8.7 | 5 | 4.0 | 47 | 87.6 | Cree Morris | 44 | 13 | 29.5 | 495 | 11.2 | 3 | 6.8 | 3 | 6.8 | 36 | 68.3 | Kenny Nord | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 40 | 4.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 24 | 8.8 |
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| Totals | 522 | 283 | 54.2 | 3858 | 7.4 | 57 | 10.9 | 18 | 3.4 | 47 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Aaron Garcia | 19 | 94 | 4.9 | 8 | Leonard Conley | 11 | 24 | 2.2 | 2 | John Motton | 15 | 19 | 1.3 | 3 | Tom Petithomme | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 3 | Garry Howe | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | Lamart Cooper | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | Larry Blue | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | Kenny Nord | 4 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | Charles Puleri | 6 | -3 | -0.5 | 1 | Cree Morris | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 76 | 164 | 2.2 | 0 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Kevin Swayne | 76 | 1086 | 14.3 | 16 | Leonard Conley | 41 | 575 | 14.0 | 5 | Carlos James | 39 | 459 | 11.8 | 11 | Mike Horacek | 38 | 435 | 11.4 | 5 | Lamart Cooper | 26 | 317 | 12.2 | 4 | Kenny Nord | 25 | 290 | 11.6 | 11 | Chris Spencer | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 1 | Toney Catchings | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 2 | Jack Walker | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 0 | John Motton | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 1 | Vernon Broughton | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | Tom Petithomme | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 0 | Dameon Porter | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | Larry Blue | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | Shea Showers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 283 | 3603 | 12.7 | 0 | 57 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Steve Opstad | 54 | 47 | 87.0 | 23 | 8 | 34.8 | 71 | Brion Hurley | 24 | 20 | 83.3 | 25 | 7 | 28.0 | 41 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 78 | 67 | 85.9 | 48 | 15 | 31.2 | 112 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Lamart Cooper | 38 | 695 | 18.3 | 0 | Leonard Conley | 32 | 619 | 19.3 | 1 | Kevin Swayne | 21 | 295 | 14.0 | 0 | Kenny Nord | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | Chris Spencer | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | Johnny Bailey | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | Carlos James | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 97 | 1684 | 17.4 | 0 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Carlos James | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | Kenny Nord | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | John Motton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | Todd Harrington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | Shea Showers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 9 | 63 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Anthony Hutch | 2.0 | 0.0 | Mathias Vavao | 1.0 | 0.0 | Toney Catchings | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Shea Showers | 63.5 | 53 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Carlos James | 57 | 49 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Todd Harrington | 57 | 49 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Horacek | 36.5 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | John Motton | 28.5 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Leonard Conley | 26.5 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Garry Howe | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Tom Petithomme | 16.5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Toney Catchings | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Anthony Hutch | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kenny Nord | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Larry Blue | 8.5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kevin Allen | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vernon Broughton | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Walker | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kevin Swayne | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lamart Cooper | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | David Bush | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mathias Vavao | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chris Spencer | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kent Wells | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Opstad | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eric Gohlstin | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Brion Hurley | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cree Morris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Dixon | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 388 | 316 | 144 | 49 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
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 | Kevin Swayne | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | Steve Opstad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 47 | 0 | 71 | Kenny Nord | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | Carlos James | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | Aaron Garcia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Leonard Conley | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Brion Hurley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 41 | Mike Horacek | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | John Motton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Lamart Cooper | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Tom Petithomme | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Toney Catchings | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Chris Spencer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Shea Showers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Charles Puleri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 17 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 562 |
