2001 Nashville Kats Statistics
Team Record: 10-4
Finishing 1st in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Pat Sperduto (10-4)
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance: 75,109, Avg. 10,730 in 7 home dates
2001 Nashville Kats Results
The Nashville Kats of the Arena Football League ended the 2001 season with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Kats led the league with just 550 points allowed. Nashville chalked up 724 points. Andy Kelly threw for 2,699 yards. Darryl Hammond topped pass catchers, hauling in 60 balls, while Tyronne Jones added 832 receiving yards.
Travis Reece ran for a team-leading 190 yards.
Adrian Lunsford, Cory Fleming and Cliff Green each intercepted 4 opponent throws. Ben Crosland paced the defensive unit with 10 quarterback sacks, topping a defense credited with 27 sacks.
Pat Sperduto coached the team. The 2001 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 | 382 | 230 | 60.2 | 2699 | 7.1 | 47 | 12.3 | 7 | 1.8 | 113.6 | |
| James Brown | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 158 | 5.3 | 4 | 13.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 105.3 | |
| Cory Fleming | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |
| Darryl Hammond | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 112.5 | |
| Totals | 414 | 247 | 59.7 | 2898 | 7.0 | 51 | 12.3 | 7 | 1.7 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Reece | 42 | 190 | 4.5 | 6 | |
| Jarrick Hillery | 41 | 126 | 3.1 | 12 | |
| Rupert Grant | 49 | 124 | 2.5 | 6 | |
| Tyronne Jones | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 3 | |
| Dan Curran | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 1 | |
| Anthony Hicks | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| James Brown | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Ron Carpenter | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Darryl Hammond | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | |
| Andy Kelly | 6 | -11 | -1.8 | 1 | |
| Totals | 162 | 490 | 3.0 | 0 | 30 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darryl Hammond | 60 | 708 | 11.8 | 10 | |
| Tyronne Jones | 55 | 832 | 15.1 | 21 | |
| Jarrick Hillery | 39 | 390 | 10.0 | 6 | |
| Cory Fleming | 21 | 274 | 13.0 | 4 | |
| L.C. Stevens | 17 | 206 | 12.1 | 4 | |
| Freddie Scott | 11 | 92 | 8.4 | 0 | |
| Scott Thomas | 9 | 100 | 11.1 | 2 | |
| Ron Carpenter | 9 | 70 | 7.8 | 1 | |
| James Baron | 9 | 42 | 4.7 | 2 | |
| Travis Reece | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | |
| Rupert Grant | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| Adrian Lunsford | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | |
| Anthony Hicks | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Aaron Hamilton | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | |
| Dan Curran | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 246 | 2889 | 11.7 | 0 | 51 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve McLaughlin | 91 | 83 | 91.2 | 36 | 23 | 63.9 | 152 |
| Totals | 91 | 83 | 91.2 | 36 | 23 | 63.9 | 152 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Carpenter | 28 | 648 | 23.1 | 5 | |
| Jarrick Hillery | 19 | 347 | 18.3 | 1 | |
| Tyronne Jones | 23 | 339 | 14.7 | 0 | |
| Darryl Hammond | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 0 | |
| Scott Thomas | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Adrian Lunsford | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Ben Crosland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 80 | 1389 | 17.4 | 0 | 6 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cory Fleming | 4 | 101 | 25.2 | 2 | |
| Adrian Lunsford | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 1 | |
| Cliff Green | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 3 | |
| Ron Carpenter | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Darryl Hammond | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Jarrick Hillery | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 1 | |
| Scott Thomas | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| L.C. Stevens | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 20 | 280 | 14.0 | 0 | 7 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Crosland | 10.0 | 0.0 | |
| James Baron | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
| CJ McLain | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Travis Reece | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Rupert Grant | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| William Gaines | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Aaron Hamilton | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Anthony Hicks | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 27.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | K Blk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Lunsford | 65.5 | 57 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Green | 62 | 56 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Carpenter | 46 | 41 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jarrick Hillery | 35.5 | 35 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darryl Hammond | 30 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CJ McLain | 21.5 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Travis Reece | 18.5 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ben Crosland | 12.5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Baron | 11 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| John Williams | 9.5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Gaines | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Hicks | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| L.C. Stevens | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dell McGee | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aaron Hamilton | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Gaddy | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cory Fleming | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce McClure | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Thomas | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve McLaughlin | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rupert Grant | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Downey | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob Davis | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Freddie Scott | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Johnson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tyronne Jones | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kirk Pointer | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hunter Adams | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 405.5 | 339 | 133 | 81 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Steve McLaughlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 83 | 0 | 152 | ||
| Tyronne Jones | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | ||
| Jarrick Hillery | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | ||
| Darryl Hammond | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Rupert Grant | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Travis Reece | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Ron Carpenter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Cory Fleming | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| L.C. Stevens | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Cliff Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| James Baron | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Scott Thomas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Andy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Adrian Lunsford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dan Curran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 30 | 51 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 716 |
