2003 New York Dragons Statistics
Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 1st in the Arena League's East Division of the National Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Quarterfinal
Coach: John Gregory (0-4)
Coach: Todd Shell (8-4)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 83,700, Avg. 10,463 in 8 home dates
2003 New York Dragons RosterTeam Record: 8-8
Finishing 1st in the Arena League's East Division of the National Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Quarterfinal
Coach: John Gregory (0-4)
Coach: Todd Shell (8-4)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 83,700, Avg. 10,463 in 8 home dates
2003 New York Dragons Results
The New York Dragons of the Arena Football League ended the 2003 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing first in the Arena League's East Division of the National Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
The Dragons racked up 857 points, and the defensive squad yielded 825. Aaron Garcia directed the offense, passing for 4,279 yards. Mike Furrey snagged 108 passes for 1,574 yards.
Rodney Filer ran for a team-best 87 yards for New York.
Donvetis Franklin snatched 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Eric England topped pass rushers with 5 sacks, leading the way for a team which created 21 sacks.
John Gregory and Todd Shell coached the team. The 2003 New York Dragons lost in the Quarterfinal.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Garcia | 513 | 329 | 64.1 | 4279 | 8.3 | 100 | 19.5 | 10 | 1.9 | 121.7 | |
| Walter Church | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 203 | 8.5 | 4 | 16.7 | 3 | 12.5 | 79.0 | |
| Brent Petrus | 33 | 17 | 51.5 | 194 | 5.9 | 3 | 9.1 | 1 | 3.0 | 87.2 | |
| Totals | 570 | 358 | 62.8 | 4676 | 8.2 | 107 | 18.8 | 14 | 2.5 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Filer | 20 | 87 | 4.4 | 6 | |
| Aaron Garcia | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Kerry Taylor | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 1 | |
| Todd Doxzon | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Brent Petrus | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 2 | |
| Jermaine Miles | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Furrey | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Nian Taylor | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Walter Church | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Papin | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 54 | 171 | 3.2 | 0 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Furrey | 108 | 1574 | 14.6 | 46 | |
| Chris Anthony | 70 | 880 | 12.6 | 18 | |
| Will Holder | 51 | 593 | 11.6 | 12 | |
| Damien Groce | 48 | 563 | 11.7 | 10 | |
| Kerry Brown | 44 | 441 | 10.0 | 8 | |
| Steve Papin | 29 | 281 | 9.7 | 3 | |
| Todd Doxzon | 13 | 206 | 15.8 | 6 | |
| Kerry Taylor | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 1 | |
| Jermaine Miles | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 2 | |
| Eric England | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Rodney Filer | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Jason Maxwell | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Carlos James | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 377 | 4654 | 12.3 | 0 | 107 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Howfield | 35 | 32 | 91.4 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 41 |
| Kenny Stucker | 28 | 24 | 85.7 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 30 |
| Pete Elezovic | 29 | 20 | 69.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 |
| Mike Moser | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| Jimmy Kibble | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Totals | 101 | 82 | 81.2 | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 97 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donvetis Franklin | 48 | 931 | 19.4 | 1 | |
| Steve Papin | 37 | 648 | 17.5 | 1 | |
| Mike Furrey | 14 | 202 | 14.4 | 0 | |
| Damien Groce | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Todd Doxzon | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Corey Johnson | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Will Holder | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Hutch | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 112 | 1847 | 16.5 | 0 | 2 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donvetis Franklin | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Corey Johnson | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 1 | |
| Chris Anthony | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Kerry Brown | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Rodney Filer | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Furrey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Will Holder | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 13 | 81 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eric England | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
| Anthony Hutch | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jermaine Miles | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Marcus Owen | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Rodney Filer | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jerry Sharp | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Matt Steeple | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Ken Talanoa | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Chin Achebe | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Elliott Fortune | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kerry Taylor | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 21.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | K Blk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donvetis Franklin | 93.5 | 82 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carlos James | 61 | 47 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kory Blackwell | 32.5 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rodney Filer | 26 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Anthony Hutch | 21.5 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Furrey | 15.5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Anthony | 20.5 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jermaine Miles | 18 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Will Holder | 17.5 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Corey Johnson | 16.5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chin Achebe | 13.5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric England | 17 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kerry Taylor | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Damien Groce | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Maxwell | 10.5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kerry Brown | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Steeple | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nate Bell | 6.5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elliott Fortune | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marcus Owen | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ken Talanoa | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sean Tremblay | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Sharp | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Elezovic | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Summerday | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Clopton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ian Howfield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Todd Doxzon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Kibble | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clyde Sanders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Church | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 451.5 | 356 | 191 | 51 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Mike Furrey | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 282 | ||
| Chris Anthony | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | ||
| Will Holder | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Damien Groce | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Kerry Brown | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Ian Howfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 41 | ||
| Todd Doxzon | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Rodney Filer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Kenny Stucker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Steve Papin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Pete Elezovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Kerry Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jermaine Miles | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Brent Petrus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Aaron Garcia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Donvetis Franklin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Carlos James | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Corey Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Moser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jimmy Kibble | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 107 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 823 |
