2000 Nashville Kats Statistics
Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 9-5
Finishing 2nd in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference
Postseason: 3-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Pat Sperduto (9-5)
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance: 83,271, Avg. 11,896 in 7 home dates
2000 Nashville Kats RosterTeam Record: 9-5
Finishing 2nd in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference
Postseason: 3-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Pat Sperduto (9-5)
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance: 83,271, Avg. 11,896 in 7 home dates
2000 Nashville Kats Results
The Nashville Kats of the Arena Football League ended the 2000 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-1.
Nashville scored 671 points, while the rigid defensive squad surrendered 593. Andy Kelly threw for 3,107 yards. Cory Fleming topped pass catchers, hauling in 73 balls for 938 yards. Darryl Hammond was targeted regularly as well.
Rupert Grant ran for a team-leading 161 yards for the Kats, while Jason Bratton also buoyed the ground attack.
Rob Davis seized 5 opponent throws. Aaron Hamilton dropped opposing passers 6 times, leading the way for a team which created 20 sacks.
Pat Sperduto coached the team. The 2000 Nashville Kats lost in the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Andy Kelly | 429 | 283 | 66.0 | 3107 | 7.2 | 55 | 12.8 | 10 | 2.3 | 117.1 | James Brown | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 146 | 7.0 | 3 | 14.3 | 1 | 4.8 | 102.4 | Jarrick Hillery | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 451 | 296 | 65.6 | 3253 | 7.2 | 58 | 12.9 | 11 | 2.4 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Rupert Grant | 38 | 161 | 4.2 | 9 | Jason Bratton | 45 | 149 | 3.3 | 3 | Jarrick Hillery | 27 | 107 | 4.0 | 6 | Darryl Hammond | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 1 | James Brown | 12 | 25 | 2.1 | 1 | Jeff Russell | 11 | 24 | 2.2 | 1 | DeWayne Dotson | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | Andy Kelly | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 2 | Freddie Scott | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | Tyronne Jones | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | Anthony Hicks | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 |
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| Totals | 156 | 541 | 3.5 | 0 | 23 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Cory Fleming | 73 | 938 | 12.8 | 20 | Darryl Hammond | 55 | 581 | 10.6 | 9 | Jarrick Hillery | 43 | 403 | 9.4 | 3 | Tyronne Jones | 41 | 479 | 11.7 | 8 | Freddie Scott | 28 | 291 | 10.4 | 4 | Jeff Russell | 25 | 269 | 10.8 | 4 | Fred Brock | 10 | 132 | 13.2 | 4 | Rupert Grant | 7 | 58 | 8.3 | 3 | James Baron | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 2 | Anthony Hicks | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 1 | Phil Savoy | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | Jason Bratton | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | James Brown | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | Ron Carpenter | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | Jeff Thomas | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 296 | 3253 | 11.0 | 0 | 58 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Steve McLaughlin | 57 | 52 | 91.2 | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 88 | Brad Palazzo | 16 | 15 | 93.8 | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 24 | Jeff Russell | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 5 |
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| Totals | 76 | 69 | 90.8 | 31 | 16 | 51.6 | 117 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tyronne Jones | 35 | 783 | 22.4 | 3 | Ron Carpenter | 18 | 401 | 22.3 | 1 | Jarrick Hillery | 10 | 188 | 18.8 | 0 | Jeff Russell | 8 | 152 | 19.0 | 0 | Darryl Hammond | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 0 | Fred Brock | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | Cory Fleming | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 80 | 1640 | 20.5 | 0 | 4 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Rob Davis | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | Kirk Pointer | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | Jarrick Hillery | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | Darryl Hammond | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | Carl Greenwood | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | Rupert Grant | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | Cory Fleming | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 18 | 147 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Aaron Hamilton | 6.0 | 0.0 | James Baron | 4.0 | 0.0 | Anthony Hicks | 3.0 | 0.0 | Rupert Grant | 2.0 | 0.0 | Jason Bratton | 2.0 | 0.0 | Rob Davis | 1.0 | 0.0 | DeWayne Dotson | 1.0 | 0.0 | Carlos Fowler | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | K Blk | Rob Davis | 61.5 | 52 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Darryl Hammond | 55 | 42 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kirk Pointer | 44 | 39 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Carl Greenwood | 37 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jarrick Hillery | 31.5 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Jeff Russell | 24 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Carpenter | 21.5 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Rupert Grant | 18 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carlos Fowler | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Anthony Hicks | 11.5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Aaron Hamilton | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Tyronne Jones | 10.5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jason Bratton | 10.5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DeWayne Dotson | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | William Gaines | 7.5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | James Baron | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Cory Fleming | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve McLaughlin | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Robert Gaddy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brad Palazzo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Buster Owens | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Andy Kelly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | James Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Freddie Scott | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bruce McClure | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Brock | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Kronenberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 396 | 336 | 120 | 67 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 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 | Cory Fleming | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | Steve McLaughlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 52 | 0 | 88 | Rupert Grant | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | Tyronne Jones | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | Darryl Hammond | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Jarrick Hillery | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Jeff Russell | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35 | Brad Palazzo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 24 | Freddie Scott | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Fred Brock | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Jason Bratton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Andy Kelly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | James Baron | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Anthony Hicks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | James Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ron Carpenter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 23 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 627 |
