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: Todd Shell (8-4)
Coach: John Gregory (0-4)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 83,700, Avg. 10,463 in 8 home dates

2003 New York Dragons Roster
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.

New York racked up 857 points, while 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 the Dragons.

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.

Todd Shell and John Gregory 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
Eric England	5.0
Anthony Hutch	4.0
Jermaine Miles	2.0
Marcus Owen	2.0
Rodney Filer	2.0
Jerry Sharp	1.0
Matt Steeple	1.0
Ken Talanoa	1.0
Chin Achebe	1.0
Elliott Fortune	1.0
Kerry Taylor	1.0
Totals	21.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF	K Blk
Donvetis Franklin	93.5	82	23	21		1			2	0
Carlos James	61	47	28	2		2			1	0
Kory Blackwell	32.5	29	7	2		0			0	0
Rodney Filer	26	19	14	3		0			3	1
Anthony Hutch	21.5	18	7	4		1			0	2
Mike Furrey	15.5	15	1	1		0			0	0
Chris Anthony	20.5	14	13	1		1			0	0
Jermaine Miles	18	13	10	1		0			0	0
Will Holder	17.5	13	9	3		0			1	0
Corey Johnson	16.5	12	9	1		1			3	0
Chin Achebe	13.5	11	5	1		1			0	0
Eric England	17	9	16	0		0			0	1
Kerry Taylor	13	9	8	0		0			0	0
Damien Groce	10	9	2	5		0			0	0
Jason Maxwell	10.5	8	5	0		0			0	0
Kerry Brown	11	7	8	1		1			0	0
Matt Steeple	7	6	2	0		0			1	0
Nate Bell	6.5	6	1	1		0			0	0
Elliott Fortune	4.5	4	1	0		0			1	0
Marcus Owen	7	3	8	0		1			0	1
Ken Talanoa	5	3	4	2		1			0	0
Sean Tremblay	5	3	4	0		0			0	0
Jerry Sharp	4.5	3	3	0		0			0	0
Pete Elezovic	3	2	2	0		0			0	0
John Summerday	2.5	2	1	0		0			0	0
Chris Clopton	2	2	0	1		0			0	0
Ian Howfield	2	2	0	0		0			0	0
Todd Doxzon	2	2	0	1		0			0	0
Jimmy Kibble	1	1	0	0		0			0	0
Clyde Sanders	1	1	0	0		0			0	0
Walter Church	1	1	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			282
Chris Anthony		18				0			0	0	0			108
Will Holder		12		0		0			0	0	0			72
Damien Groce		10		0		0			0	0	0			60
Kerry Brown		8				0			0	0	0			48
Ian Howfield						0			3	32	0			41
Todd Doxzon	0	6		0		0			0	0	0			36
Rodney Filer	6	0				0			0	0	0			36
Kenny Stucker									2	24	0			30
Steve Papin	0	3		1					0	0	0			24
Pete Elezovic						0			0	20	0			20
Kerry Taylor	1	1				0			0	0	0			12
Jermaine Miles	0	2				0			0	0	0			12
Brent Petrus	2								0	0	0			12
Aaron Garcia	1								0	0	0			6
Donvetis Franklin				1		0			0	0	0			6
Carlos James		1				0			0	0	0			6
Corey Johnson				0		1			0	0	0			6
Mike Moser									0	4	0			4
Jimmy Kibble						0			0	2	0			2
Totals	11	107	0	2	0	1	0	0	5	82	0	0	0	823