1997 Frankfurt Galaxy Statistics
Team Record: 4-6
Finishing 5th in the WLAF
Coach: Ernie Stautner (4-6)
Attendance: 175,067, Avg. 35,013 in 5 home dates
1997 Frankfurt Galaxy Results
The Frankfurt Galaxy of the World League of American Football ended the 1997 season with a record of 4 wins and 6 losses, finishing fifth in the WLAF.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Galaxy surrendered 142 points, lowest in the league. Frankfurt racked up 147 points. Bobby Phillips ran for a team-leading 760 yards.
Chad May threw for 1,016 yards. Travis Hannah snagged 24 passes for 321 yards. Vernon Turner was targeted regularly, too.
Johnny Dixon picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition. David Webb topped the defensive unit with 5 sacks.
Ernie Stautner coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Chad May | 184 | 86 | 46.7 | 1016 | 5.5 | 4 | 2.2 | 3 | 1.6 | 47t | 31 | 209 | 64.5 | Steve Pelluer | 90 | 48 | 53.3 | 527 | 5.9 | 2 | 2.2 | 2 | 2.2 | 37 | 4 | 37 | 69.1 | Brad Bretz | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 47 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 46.2 | Jason Shelley | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26t | 0 | 0 | 158.3 | Vernon Turner | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23t | 0 | 0 | 131.3 |
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| Totals | 289 | 140 | 48.4 | 1639 | 5.7 | 8 | 2.8 | 5 | 1.7 | 47 | 37 | 261 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bobby Phillips | 144 | 760 | 5.3 | 65t | 6 | Ingo Seibert | 39 | 204 | 5.2 | 30 | 0 | Vernon Turner | 48 | 189 | 3.9 | 27 | 1 | Steve Pelluer | 15 | 47 | 3.1 | 17 | 0 | Chad May | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 17 | 0 | Jim Kitts | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 | Brad Bretz | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | Joe Carollo | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Jason Shelley | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 264 | 1233 | 4.7 | 65 | 7 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Travis Hannah | 24 | 321 | 13.4 | 47t | 2 | Vernon Turner | 20 | 250 | 12.5 | 33 | 0 | Vince Marrow | 20 | 199 | 10.0 | 26t | 1 | Jason Shelley | 18 | 227 | 12.6 | 29t | 2 | Mario Bailey | 17 | 241 | 14.2 | 37 | 2 | Jim Kitts | 10 | 53 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 | Werner Hippler | 9 | 119 | 13.2 | 23 | 0 | John Morton | 9 | 91 | 10.1 | 23t | 1 | Bobby Phillips | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 14 | 0 | A.C. Tellison | 5 | 124 | 24.8 | 49t | 1 | Jorg Heckenbach | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 38 | 0 | Ingo Seibert | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 143 | 1723 | 12.0 | 49 | 9 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Scott Player | 60 | 2617 | 43.6 | 59 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 60 | 2617 | 43.6 | 59 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | FC | TDs | Vernon Turner | 18 | 223 | 12.4 | 30 | 7 | 0 | Jackie Kellogg | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Travis Hannah | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | Tuineau Alipate | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Dixon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 24 | 243 | 10.1 | 30 | 9 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Vernon Turner | 12 | 238 | 19.8 | 34 | 0 | Jackie Kellogg | 10 | 189 | 18.9 | 35 | 0 | Travis Hannah | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 24 | 0 | Barron Miles | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 18 | 0 | Johnny Dixon | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 33 | 605 | 18.3 | 35 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Johnny Dixon | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 27 | 0 | Greg Evans | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 26 | 0 | Chris Hall | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 25 | 0 | Jackie Kellogg | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 38 | 0 | Shawn Banks | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Cecil Doggette | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Don Reynolds | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Hillary Butler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 20 | 212 | 10.6 | 38 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | David Webb | 5.0 | 0.0 | Bruce Walker | 3.0 | 0.0 | Hillary Butler | 2.0 | 0.0 | Shawn Banks | 2.0 | 0.0 | Oscar Sturgis | 2.0 | 0.0 | Scotty Lewis | 1.0 | 0.0 | Jackie Kellogg | 1.0 | 0.0 | Greg Evans | 1.0 | 0.0 | Frank Messmer | 1.0 | 0.0 | Don Reynolds | 1.0 | 0.0 | Andre Bowden | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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 | Ralf Kleinmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 51 | Bobby Phillips | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Mario Bailey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jason Shelley | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Travis Hannah | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | A.C. Tellison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Morton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Vince Marrow | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Vernon Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 |
