1997 Rhein Fire Statistics

World League of American Football (WLAF)
Team Record: 7-3
Finishing 1st in the WLAF
Lost Championship
Coach: Galen Hall (7-3)
Attendance: 108,323, Avg. 21,665 in 5 home dates

1997 Rhein Fire Roster
1997 Rhein Fire Results

The Rhein Fire of the World League of American Football ended the 1997 season with a record of 7 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the WLAF.

Rhein racked up 206 points, while the defensive squad yielded 146. Ontiwaun Carter rushed for a team-leading 587 yards for the Fire, and Derrick Clark also aided the ground game.

T.J. Rubley passed for 1,473 yards. Bill Schroeder caught 43 balls for 702 yards.

Aubrey Beavers and Matt Gay each snatched 2 opponent throws. Israel Stanley topped pass rushers with 5.5 sacks.

Galen Hall coached the team. The 1997 Rhein Fire lost in the Championship.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
T.J. Rubley	218	117	53.7	1473	6.8	12	5.5	9	4.1	73t	1	10	76.1
Josh LaRocca	31	16	51.6	235	7.6	1	3.2	3	9.7	41	0	0	47.8
Ontiwaun Carter	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Kyle Richardson	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	251	133	53.0	1708	6.8	13	5.2	12	4.8	73	1	10

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ontiwaun Carter	120	587	4.9	50	2
Derrick Clark	107	510	4.8	27	9
Ricky Powers	78	284	3.6	37	0
T.J. Rubley	33	158	4.8	24	0
Bill Schroeder	2	18	9.0	21	0
Josh LaRocca	8	16	2.0	13	0
Kyle Richardson	1	-18	-18.0	-18	0
Totals	349	1555	4.5	50	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bill Schroeder	43	702	16.3	73t	6
Sean Foster	31	352	11.4	50	1
Michael Dritlein	13	165	12.7	39t	2
David Rhodes	12	162	13.5	38t	2
A.J. Ofodile	10	146	14.6	29	1
Ontiwaun Carter	8	17	2.1	12	0
Thomas Bailey	6	42	7.0	10	0
Ricky Powers	5	80	16.0	27	0
Derrick Clark	3	16	5.3	7	0
Babek Movassaghi	1	13	13.0	13t	1
Martin Driever	1	8	8.0	8	0
Josh LaRocca	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	134	1703	12.7	73	13

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Manfred Burgsmuller	25	23	92.0	9	7	77.8	44
Atle Larsen	0	0		9	4	44.4	12
Totals	25	23	92.0	18	11	61.1	56

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Kyle Richardson	31	1369	44.2	61
Totals	31	1369	44.2	61

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	FC
Thomas Bailey	11	128	11.6	26	4
Diriki Mose	10	62	6.2	17	2
David Rhodes	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	22	192	8.7	26	6

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Thomas Bailey	15	309	20.6	31
Diriki Mose	13	231	17.8	35
Derrick Clark	2	29	14.5	16
Bill Schroeder	1	20	20.0	20
John Anderson	1	16	16.0	16
Totals	32	605	18.9	35

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Aubrey Beavers	2	72	36.0	42	0
Matt Gay	2	62	31.0	32	0
Lee Cole	1	39	39.0	39t	1
John Anderson	1	19	19.0	19	0
Anthony Fieldings	1	11	11.0	11	0
Michael Swift	1	8	8.0	8	0
David Merritt	1	7	7.0	7	0
Totals	9	218	24.2	42	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Israel Stanley	5.5
James Wilson	4.0
Dunstan Anderson	4.0
Sylvester Stanley	3.0
Tyrone Williams	3.0
Peter Gross-Pass	2.0
Aubrey Beavers	1.0
Anthony Fieldings	0.5
Totals	23.0	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Derrick Clark	9	0		0					0	0	0			54
Manfred Burgsmuller									7	23	0			44
Bill Schroeder	0	6		0					0	0	0			36
Michael Dritlein		2							0	0	0			12
Atle Larsen									4	0	0			12
Ontiwaun Carter	2	0							0	0	0			12
David Rhodes		2	0						0	0	0			12
Sean Foster		1							0	0	0			6
Lee Cole						1			0	0	0			6
A.J. Ofodile		1							0	0	0			6
Babek Movassaghi		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	11	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	23	0	0	0	206