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Indiana Firebirds

Choose season: All 2004 2003 2002 2001 2002 Indiana Firebirds Preseason Apr 06 Orlando 65-67 6,224 Apr 13 (N) New Jersey 35-47 0   DCU Center (Worcester, MA) Regular Season: 7-7 Apr 19 Chicago 42-47 9,123 Apr 27 at Grand Rapids 49-43 10,485 May 04 New York 52-45 8,923 May 09 at Toronto 36-45 7,912 May 18 at Detroit 55-34 7,144 May 24 Orlando 37-40 9,641 May 31 Tampa Bay 52-53 10,023 Jun 08 at Dallas 65-79 11,364 Jun 14 Detroit 56-38 9,562 Jun 22 at Arizona 21-34 13,353 Jun 29 Grand Rapids 56-42 11,045 Jul 05 at San Jose 41-52 14,414 Jul 14 Los Angeles 56-53 12,286 Jul 20 at Chicago 51-41 8,544 Playoffs Jul 27 at Dallas 46-47 11,751   Reunion Arena (Dallas, TX) Arena: Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, IN) Coached By: Mike Dailey For more franchise history see also... Albany Firebirds (1990-2000) Awards Individual Award Winners   Support / Front Office Staff of the Year First Team All-Arena Team   FB/LB Leroy Thompson   OL/DL Chris Snyder All-Ironman Team   OL/DL Kyle Moore-Brown All-Rookie Team   WR/DB Brett Bech 2002 Indiana Statistics Rushing   Rush Yds TD Leroy Thompson 37 117 10 Ray Philyaw 17 59 4 Rich Young 12 44 2 Eddie Brown 17 32 4 Dameyune Craig 3 12 1 Ricky Hall 6 9 1 Jay Jones 2 6 0 Jim Ballard 1 3 0 Chris Boden 1 2 0 Van Johnson 3 0 0 Team 99 284 22 Passing   Comp Att % Yds TD INT QB Rat. Ray Philyaw 266 450 59.1 3167 56 9 103.4 Dameyune Craig 16 36 44.4 265 6 0 109.4 Jim Ballard 6 8 75.0 97 0 0 115.1 Jay Jones 1 1 100.0 3 1 0 118.8 Team 289 495 58.4 3532 63 9 104.7 Receiving   Recept Yds TD Eddie Brown 69 881 21 Van Johnson 61 794 11 Jay Jones 60 502 8 Terence Davis 42 585 11 Brett Bech 19 310 5 Gary Compton 18 239 4 Donnie Caldwell 5 95 1 Shawn Foreman 5 29 0 Robert Hall 3 26 1 Brian Dolph 2 31 0 DeJuan Alfonzo 2 30 0 Ray Philyaw 1 6 0 Drew O`Connor 1 4 0 Team 288 3532 62 Kick Returns   Returns Yds TD Evan Hlavacek 29 714 3 Jay Jones 24 421 0 Van Johnson 17 299 0 Eddie Brown 9 50 0 Terence Davis 3 6 0 Greg Williams 1 22 0 Kyle Moore-Brown 1 8 0 John Sikora 1 0 0 Ray Philyaw 0 0 0 Team 85 1520 3 Kicking   FGM 4pt FGA % XPM 2pt XPA % Pts Nelson Garner 12 0 33 36.4 59 0 75 78.7 95 Andy Payne 3 0 6 50.0 10 0 12 83.3 19 Team 15 0 39 38.5 69 0 87 79.3 114 Defensive Stats   Tack Ast Tot Sacks PB FF FR Blk Int Yds TDs DeJuan Alfonzo 64 17 72.5 0.0 14 1 0 0 6 89 1 Jay Jones 33 14 40 0.0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 Evan Hlavacek 31 15 38.5 0.0 11 0 1 0 3 9 0 Shawn Foreman 29 14 36 0.0 1 0 1 0 1 16 0 Greg Williams 28 9 32.5 0.0 5 0 0 0 3 16 0 Cornelius Coe 21 13 27.5 0.0 5 0 0 0 4 51 0 Leroy Thompson 16 6 19 5.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 Hugh Hunter 13 9 17.5 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Snyder 12 10 17 6.5 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 Rich Young 12 8 16 0.5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Ricky Hall 13 5 15.5 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Van Johnson 12 6 15 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Sikora 9 4 11 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kyle Moore-Brown 9 2 10 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Donnie Caldwell 3 6 6 0.0 1 0 0 0 2 11 0 Gary Compton 2 8 6 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 41 0 Nelson Garner 6 0 6 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brett Bech 2 7 5.5 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Mark Valvo 3 2 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Gantous 2 4 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Umar Muhammad 1 5 3.5 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Andy Payne 2 1 2.5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Dolph 0 5 2.5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunungura Rusununguko 0 5 2.5 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aaron Johnson 1 1 1.5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Boden 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Brown 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Scifres 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Philyaw 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team 328 176 504 15.0 53 7 8 0 22 233 1

Lifetime Records ArenaBowl Championships 0 ArenaBowl Appearances 0 Overall 32-32 Home 18-13 Away 14-19 Neutral Site 0-0 Overtime 2-3 Reg. Season 30-30 Playoffs 2-2 Attendance 335,843 Average 10,833 Most Points At Home 05-05-2001 85 On Road 06-23-2001 74 Least Points At Home 03-16-2003 20 On Road 06-22-2002 21 Largest Victory At Home 03-20-2004 73-36 On Road 08-05-2001 68-31 Worst Loss At Home 03-16-2003 20-42 On Road 05-02-2004 38-60 Most Points Against At Home 05-04-2003 77 On Road 08-12-2001 83 Least Points Against At Home 02-16-2003 23 On Road 04-19-2001 6 Longest Streaks Wins 6 Home Wins 7 Road Wins 3 Losses 6 Home Losses 5 Road Losses 4 Home Attendance Highest 02-07-2004 14,007 Lowest 07-29-2001 8,240