1997 Texas Terror Statistics

Arena Football League (Arena League)
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 Roster
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.

Texas scored 733 points, while 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 the Terror, 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
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:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Richard DeFelice	84	70	83.3	28	7	25.0	91
Totals	84	70	83.3	28	7	25.0	91

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
Carlos Fowler	12.0
Michael Harrison	3.0
Mitchell Benson	1.0
Rodney Gober	1.0
Chris Ford	1.0
Fred Petty	1.0
Deryl Lane	1.0
Totals	20.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Billy Mitchell	64	54	20	12		1			2
Dwayne Ware	54	48	12	13		1			1
Lloyd Hill	44	34	20	2		1			2
Carlos Fowler	34.5	32	5	0		1			2
Kotto Cotton	31.5	29	5	5		0			1
Demetrice Martin	23.5	23	1	1		0			0
Deryl Lane	29	22	14	3		0			1
Rodney Blackshear	25.5	22	7	5		3			1
Chad Copher	26.5	20	13	7		0			1
Tommy Oates	17.5	17	1	2		0			0
Andy Chilcote	22	16	12	1		0			0
Edwin Howard	20	16	8	3		1			0
Michael Harrison	16.5	15	3	0		2			0
Rodney Gober	10.5	9	3	1		0			0
Chris Ford	10	8	4	3		0			0
Jason Tarkowski	9	8	2	0		0			0
Mitchell Benson	10.5	7	7	1		0			1
Jamie Bragg	8	7	2	0		0			0
Bernard Holmes	6.5	5	3	1		1			0
George White	6	4	4	2		0			0
Luke Yarnell	4	4	0	1		0			0
Richard DeFelice	4	4	0	0		0			0
Fred Petty	3	3	0	0		1			0
Louis Pinnock	2	2	0	0		0			0
Cole Cayce	1	1	0	0		0			0
Totals	483	410	146	63	0	12	0	0	12

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bernard Holmes		25		0		0			0	0	0			150
Kotto Cotton	0	14		1		1			0	0	0			96
Richard DeFelice						0			7	70	0			91
Lloyd Hill		12				1			0	0	0			78
Chris Ford		13				0			0	0	0			78
Edwin Howard	0	8				0			0	0	0			48
Clint Dolezel	7								0	0	0			42
Rodney Blackshear		7		0		0			0	0	0			42
Andy Chilcote	6	1		0		0			0	0	0			42
Jason Tarkowski	1	1				0			0	0	0			12
Dwayne Ware				1		0			0	0	0			6
Gary Porter	1								0	0	0			6
Deryl Lane	0	1				0			0	0	0			6
Mitchell Benson		1		0		0			0	0	0			6
Chad Copher		1				0			0	0	0			6
Totals	15	84	0	2	0	2	0	0	7	70	0	0	0	709