1997 New York CityHawks Statistics
Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 2-12
Finishing 4th in the Arena League's East Division of the National Conference
Coach: Lary Kuharich (2-12)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 44,609, Avg. 6,373 in 7 home dates
1997 New York CityHawks RosterTeam Record: 2-12
Finishing 4th in the Arena League's East Division of the National Conference
Coach: Lary Kuharich (2-12)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 44,609, Avg. 6,373 in 7 home dates
1997 New York CityHawks Results
The New York CityHawks of the Arena Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 2 wins and 12 losses, finishing fourth in the Arena League's East Division of the National Conference.
New York CityHawks scored 522 points, but the defensive unit allowed 691. Mike Perez led the charge, slinging for 3,392 yards. James Bowden led pass catchers, grabbing 47 receptions for 634 yards, while Bobby Byrd, Connell Maynor and Eddie Brown each contributed to the receiving game, too.
Jason Pohopek carried the ball for a team-high 136 yards.
Eddie Brown picked off 4 opponent throws. Jearld Baylis topped the defensive unit with 3 sacks, topping a defense credited with 17 sacks.
Lary Kuharich coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Perez | 458 | 258 | 56.3 | 3392 | 7.4 | 52 | 11.4 | 18 | 3.9 | 45 | 11 | 60 | 101.4 |
| Connell Maynor | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 158.3 |
| Totals | 459 | 259 | 56.4 | 3410 | 7.4 | 53 | 11.5 | 18 | 3.9 | 45 | 12 | 67 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Pohopek | 42 | 136 | 3.2 | 4 | |
| Fred Coger | 33 | 61 | 1.8 | 7 | |
| Lorenzo Graham | 12 | 33 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Eddie Brown | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 1 | |
| George Del Ricco | 15 | 17 | 1.1 | 1 | |
| Mike Perez | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 2 | |
| James Bowden | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Fred Gayles | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Orr | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Byrd | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Connell Maynor | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| Totals | 126 | 279 | 2.2 | 0 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Bowden | 47 | 634 | 13.5 | 6 | |
| Connell Maynor | 42 | 623 | 14.8 | 15 | |
| Eddie Brown | 41 | 573 | 14.0 | 14 | |
| Bobby Byrd | 38 | 473 | 12.4 | 2 | |
| Fred Gayles | 29 | 413 | 14.2 | 6 | |
| Tommy Orr | 17 | 164 | 9.6 | 1 | |
| Amod Field | 8 | 106 | 13.2 | 2 | |
| Jason Pohopek | 8 | 87 | 10.9 | 1 | |
| Lorenzo Graham | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 2 | |
| Fred Coger | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 2 | |
| Wayne Morris | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 0 | |
| George Del Ricco | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 1 | |
| Marvin Brown | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Otis Moore | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| Joe Lepsis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 259 | 3418 | 13.2 | 0 | 53 |
Kicking:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Bowden | 57 | 1029 | 18.1 | 0 | |
| Connell Maynor | 27 | 461 | 17.1 | 1 | |
| Tony Zackery | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | |
| Eddie Brown | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | |
| Tommy Orr | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | |
| Amod Field | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Mike Middleton | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Cotton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 98 | 1635 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Brown | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Tony Zackery | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Fred Gayles | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Marvin Brown | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Connell Maynor | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 11 | 116 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jearld Baylis | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Otis Moore | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Fred Gayles | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jason Pohopek | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Fred Coger | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Patrick Jackson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Matt Hosilyk | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| George Del Ricco | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| David Caldwell | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Bobby Byrd | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Fran Boudreaux | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 17.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | K Blk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Zackery | 69.5 | 61 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Brown | 51.5 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chauncey Hogan | 27 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred Gayles | 26 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Curtis Cotton | 18 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Pohopek | 18 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Orr | 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Byrd | 17 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Del Ricco | 15.5 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marvin Brown | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Franklin | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cedric Anderson | 11.5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jearld Baylis | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Middleton | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Coger | 9.5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Otis Moore | 9.5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Connell Maynor | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fran Boudreaux | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Hosilyk | 7.5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bret Kwarta | 6.5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Lepsis | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Caldwell | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Franklin Stephens | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Morris | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Beverly | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Geary | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Bowden | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lorenzo Graham | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Amod Field | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Washington | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Jackson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Franklin Thomas | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roosevelt Nix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Keneally | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 412.5 | 336 | 153 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Connell Maynor | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||
| Michael Geary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 51 | 0 | 96 | ||
| Eddie Brown | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||
| Fred Coger | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| James Bowden | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Fred Gayles | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Jason Pohopek | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Lorenzo Graham | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mike Perez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Amod Field | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| George Del Ricco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bobby Byrd | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Otis Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tommy Orr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 15 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 510 |
