1997 Texas Terror Statistics
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the Arena League's Central Division of the American Conference
Coach: Dave Ewart (6-8)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 29,928, Avg. 4,275 in 7 home dates
1997 Texas Terror Results
The Texas Terror of the Arena Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the Arena League's Central Division of the American Conference.
The Terror scored 733 points, but the leaky defense yielded 756, most in the circuit. Clint Dolezel triggered the aerial attack, throwing for 3,377 yards. Bernard Holmes topped all receivers, catching 100 passes for 1,204 yards.
Andy Chilcote rushed for a team-leading 60 yards for Texas, while Jason Tarkowski additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Dwayne Ware picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition. Carlos Fowler led pass rushers with 12 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 20 sacks.
Dave Ewart coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Clint Dolezel | 388 | 259 | 66.8 | 3377 | 8.7 | 69 | 17.8 | 15 | 3.9 | 48 | 117.5 | Gary Porter | 105 | 65 | 61.9 | 792 | 7.5 | 13 | 12.4 | 6 | 5.7 | 47 | 100.9 | Marty Lowe | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 188 | 9.9 | 2 | 10.5 | 1 | 5.3 | 31 | 113.5 |
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| Totals | 512 | 337 | 65.8 | 4357 | 8.5 | 84 | 16.4 | 22 | 4.3 | 48 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Andy Chilcote | 36 | 60 | 1.7 | 6 | Jason Tarkowski | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 1 | Deryl Lane | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | Kotto Cotton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | Clint Dolezel | 19 | 7 | 0.4 | 7 | Louis Pinnock | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | Gary Porter | 6 | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | Chris George | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | Edwin Howard | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | Marty Lowe | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 82 | 139 | 1.7 | 0 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bernard Holmes | 100 | 1204 | 12.0 | 25 | Kotto Cotton | 57 | 805 | 14.1 | 14 | Chris Ford | 46 | 687 | 14.9 | 13 | Lloyd Hill | 40 | 589 | 14.7 | 12 | Rodney Blackshear | 34 | 398 | 11.7 | 7 | Edwin Howard | 28 | 332 | 11.9 | 8 | Chris George | 8 | 96 | 12.0 | 0 | Deryl Lane | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 1 | Andy Chilcote | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 1 | Mitchell Benson | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 1 | Jason Tarkowski | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 1 | Chad Copher | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 1 | Louis Pinnock | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 337 | 4357 | 12.9 | 0 | 84 |
Kicking:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dwayne Ware | 55 | 858 | 15.6 | 1 | Kotto Cotton | 22 | 434 | 19.7 | 1 | Bernard Holmes | 23 | 287 | 12.5 | 0 | Rodney Blackshear | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 0 | Mitchell Benson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | Andy Chilcote | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 108 | 1665 | 15.4 | 0 | 2 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dwayne Ware | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 0 | Kotto Cotton | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 1 | Lloyd Hill | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 1 | Rodney Blackshear | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | Edwin Howard | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | Demetrice Martin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | Tommy Oates | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | Billy Mitchell | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | Chris Ford | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 17 | 271 | 15.9 | 0 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Carlos Fowler | 12.0 | 0.0 | Michael Harrison | 3.0 | 0.0 | Mitchell Benson | 1.0 | 0.0 | Rodney Gober | 1.0 | 0.0 | Chris Ford | 1.0 | 0.0 | Fred Petty | 1.0 | 0.0 | Deryl Lane | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Billy Mitchell | 64 | 54 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Dwayne Ware | 54 | 48 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Lloyd Hill | 44 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Carlos Fowler | 34.5 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Kotto Cotton | 31.5 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Demetrice Martin | 23.5 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Deryl Lane | 29 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Rodney Blackshear | 25.5 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | Chad Copher | 26.5 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Tommy Oates | 17.5 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Andy Chilcote | 22 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Edwin Howard | 20 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Michael Harrison | 16.5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Rodney Gober | 10.5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chris Ford | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jason Tarkowski | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mitchell Benson | 10.5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Jamie Bragg | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bernard Holmes | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | George White | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Luke Yarnell | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard DeFelice | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Petty | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Louis Pinnock | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cole Cayce | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 483 | 410 | 146 | 63 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
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 | Bernard Holmes | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | Kotto Cotton | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | Richard DeFelice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 70 | 0 | 91 | Lloyd Hill | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | Chris Ford | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | Edwin Howard | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Clint Dolezel | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Rodney Blackshear | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Andy Chilcote | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Jason Tarkowski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Dwayne Ware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Gary Porter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Deryl Lane | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mitchell Benson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Chad Copher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 15 | 84 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 709 |
