1998 Tampa Bay Storm Statistics
Team Record: 12-2
Finishing 1st in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Tim Marcum (12-2)
Location: Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 79,724, Avg. 11,389 in 7 home dates
1998 Tampa Bay Storm Results
The Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League ended the 1998 season with a record of 12 wins and 2 losses, finishing first in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
Offensively, the Storm led the league with 794 points. Defensively, Tampa Bay surrendered 513 points, lowest in the league. Peter Willis triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,411 yards. Stevie Thomas topped pass catchers, hauling in 76 balls, while George LaFrance added 994 receiving yards.
Les Barley ran for a team-leading 232 yards.
Johnnie Harris intercepted 11 opponent throws. Les Barley blasted quarterbacks 8 times, helping propel the defense to an overall total of 29 sacks.
Tim Marcum coached the team. The 1998 Tampa Bay Storm lost in the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Peter Willis | 425 | 255 | 60.0 | 3411 | 8.0 | 70 | 16.5 | 10 | 2.4 | 45 | 115.3 | Ron Adams | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 127 | 9.8 | 4 | 30.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 133.7 | Bryan Martin | 11 | 8 | 72.7 | 79 | 7.2 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 132.2 | Stevie Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 450 | 271 | 60.2 | 3617 | 8.0 | 76 | 16.9 | 10 | 2.2 | 45 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Les Barley | 61 | 232 | 3.8 | 15 | Andre Bowden | 49 | 110 | 2.2 | 7 | Bryan Martin | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | Stevie Thomas | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | Cedric McKinnon | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | Peter Willis | 7 | -8 | -1.1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 123 | 349 | 2.8 | 0 | 22 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Stevie Thomas | 76 | 912 | 12.0 | 16 | George LaFrance | 65 | 994 | 15.3 | 35 | Lawrence Samuels | 55 | 667 | 12.1 | 14 | Wayne Walker | 27 | 448 | 16.6 | 8 | Wayne Williams | 17 | 250 | 14.7 | 0 | Antoine Worthman | 13 | 198 | 15.2 | 2 | Les Barley | 8 | 55 | 6.9 | 0 | Alvoid Mays | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 0 | Lynn Rowland | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | Tony Woods | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | Andre Bowden | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 271 | 3617 | 13.3 | 0 | 75 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Bjorn Nittmo | 90 | 84 | 93.3 | 30 | 13 | 43.3 | 123 | Rich Fall | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 96 | 89 | 92.7 | 32 | 13 | 40.6 | 128 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | George LaFrance | 65 | 1168 | 18.0 | 1 | Wayne Walker | 12 | 201 | 16.8 | 0 | Wayne Williams | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | Stevie Thomas | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | Lawrence Samuels | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | Les Barley | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 84 | 1413 | 16.8 | 0 | 2 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Johnnie Harris | 11 | 121 | 11.0 | 1 | Tracey Perkins | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | Lawrence Samuels | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 2 | Lynn Rowland | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | Antoine Worthman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | Wayne Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 20 | 257 | 12.8 | 0 | 3 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Les Barley | 8.0 | 0.0 | Lynn Rowland | 7.0 | 0.0 | Andre Bowden | 6.0 | 0.0 | Robert Goff | 3.0 | 0.0 | Willie Wyatt | 2.0 | 0.0 | Cedric McKinnon | 1.0 | 0.0 | Keo Coleman | 1.0 | 0.0 | Steve Houghton | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 29.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | K Blk | Johnnie Harris | 62.5 | 48 | 29 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Tracey Perkins | 50 | 44 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Andre Bowden | 33.5 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Antoine Worthman | 30 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Lawrence Samuels | 33 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Les Barley | 24.5 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Stevie Thomas | 22 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Williams | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lynn Rowland | 15.5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | Tony Woods | 13.5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alvoid Mays | 10.5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Houghton | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nyle Wiren | 7.5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Sylvester Bembery | 5.5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bjorn Nittmo | 5.5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Mel Agee | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Keo Coleman | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Robert Goff | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Cedric McKinnon | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Walker | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Willie Wyatt | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Corey Dowden | 3.5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cornell Parker | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Peter Willis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Jones | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tracy Sanders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George LaFrance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wilky Bazile | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Terry Beauford | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rich Fall | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 384.5 | 297 | 175 | 93 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | George LaFrance | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216 | Bjorn Nittmo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 84 | 0 | 123 | Stevie Thomas | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | Lawrence Samuels | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | Les Barley | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Wayne Walker | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Andre Bowden | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Antoine Worthman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Johnnie Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Rich Fall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | 22 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 740 |
