1997 Orlando Predators Statistics
Team Record: 10-4
Finishing 1st in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Semifinal
Coach: Perry Moss (10-4)
Location: Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 102,528, Avg. 14,647 in 7 home dates
1997 Orlando Predators Results
The Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League ended the 1997 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 1-1.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Predators yielded 505 points, fewest in the league. Orlando netted 678 points. Scott Semptimphelter threw for 1,859 yards, and Pat O'Hara threw the ball, too. Barry Wagner snagged 99 passes for 1,527 yards.
Paul McGowan carried the ball for a team-best 209 yards, and Mike McClenton also aided the ground game.
Chris Barber picked off 7 opponent throws. Paul McGowan sacked quarterbacks 6 times, leading the way for a team which created 32 sacks.
Perry Moss coached the team. The 1997 Orlando Predators lost in the Semifinal.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Scott Semptimphelter | 244 | 137 | 56.1 | 1859 | 7.6 | 36 | 14.8 | 6 | 2.5 | 45 | 110.0 | Pat O'Hara | 156 | 91 | 58.3 | 1174 | 7.5 | 16 | 10.3 | 6 | 3.8 | 36 | 100.2 | Brad Lebo | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 129 | 7.2 | 3 | 16.7 | 3 | 16.7 | 27 | 73.6 |
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| Totals | 418 | 237 | 56.7 | 3162 | 7.6 | 55 | 13.2 | 15 | 3.6 | 45 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Paul McGowan | 46 | 209 | 4.5 | 2 | Mike McClenton | 40 | 161 | 4.0 | 4 | Barry Wagner | 48 | 137 | 2.9 | 17 | Jeff Parker | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 1 | Mac Cody | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 1 | Jerry Odom | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 1 | Pat O'Hara | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 0 | Scott Semptimphelter | 12 | 10 | 0.8 | 1 | Brad Lebo | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | Corris Ervin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | John Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | Tony Young | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 175 | 657 | 3.8 | 0 | 27 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Barry Wagner | 99 | 1527 | 15.4 | 31 | Jeff Parker | 44 | 484 | 11.0 | 4 | Alex Shell | 32 | 410 | 12.8 | 6 | Bruce LaSane | 17 | 199 | 11.7 | 3 | Mac Cody | 16 | 204 | 12.8 | 2 | Victor Hall | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 2 | Tony Young | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 4 | Kelvin Ingram | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 2 | Paul McGowan | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 0 | Mike McClenton | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 1 | Jerry Odom | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | Jeff Faulkner | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | Eric Drakes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 237 | 3152 | 13.3 | 0 | 55 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Franco Grilla | 73 | 62 | 84.9 | 35 | 13 | 37.1 | 101 | Charlie Baumann | 8 | 7 | 87.5 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 81 | 69 | 85.2 | 40 | 15 | 37.5 | 114 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jeff Parker | 42 | 804 | 19.1 | 1 | Mac Cody | 19 | 466 | 24.5 | 3 | Barry Wagner | 16 | 246 | 15.4 | 2 | Tony Young | 3 | 117 | 39.0 | 0 | David Pool | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | Bruce LaSane | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | Jeff Faulkner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 83 | 1656 | 20.0 | 0 | 6 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Chris Barber | 7 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | Barry Wagner | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 0 | Corris Ervin | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | Alex Shell | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | Jerry Odom | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | Victor Hall | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 20 | 82 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Paul McGowan | 6.0 | 0.0 | Jerry Sharp | 5.0 | 0.0 | Eric Drakes | 4.0 | 0.0 | Victor Hall | 3.0 | 0.0 | Jeff Faulkner | 3.0 | 0.0 | Kelvin Ingram | 3.0 | 0.0 | Webbie Burnett | 2.0 | 0.0 | Jerry Odom | 2.0 | 0.0 | Rick Schaaf | 1.0 | 0.0 | Mike McClenton | 1.0 | 0.0 | Bruce LaSane | 1.0 | 0.0 | Sam Hairston | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | K Blk | Chris Barber | 58.5 | 57 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Corris Ervin | 52.5 | 48 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Barry Wagner | 39 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | David Pool | 28 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Alex Shell | 22 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Paul McGowan | 24 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Victor Hall | 18 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Bruce LaSane | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Jerry Sharp | 13.5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kelvin Ingram | 12.5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike McClenton | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Odom | 10.5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Eric Drakes | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Faulkner | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Webbie Burnett | 6.5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Curtis Cotton | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Skip McClendon | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Schaaf | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Young | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Parker | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Franco Grilla | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Hairston | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Scott Semptimphelter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat O'Hara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 355.5 | 320 | 71 | 67 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 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 | Barry Wagner | 17 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300 | Franco Grilla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 62 | 0 | 101 | Alex Shell | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Jeff Parker | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Mac Cody | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Mike McClenton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Tony Young | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Bruce LaSane | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Charlie Baumann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 13 | Paul McGowan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Victor Hall | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Kelvin Ingram | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jerry Odom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Scott Semptimphelter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 27 | 55 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 642 |
