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Albany Firebirds

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1996 Albany Firebirds

Regular Season: 10-4
May 04	Charlotte	63-32	13,029
May 10	at San Jose	40-69	15,561
May 18	Minnesota	85-30	11,712
May 24	at Connecticut	58-26	7,539
Jun 01	St Louis	56-66	12,015
Jun 08	Memphis	67-21	11,764
Jun 15	at Iowa	46-55	11,411
Jun 21	at Charlotte	88-36	6,898
Jun 29	Connecticut	59-45	11,117
Jul 06	Orlando	53-41	11,079
Jul 12	at Tampa Bay	52-65 (OT)	13,202
Jul 20	at Florida	66-63	3,601
Jul 27	Texas	86-24	12,345
Aug 02	at Milwaukee	54-49	16,411
Playoffs
Aug 10	Milwaukee	70-58	11,613
Aug 17	at Iowa	55-62	11,411

Arena:
MVP Arena
(Albany, NY)

Coached By:
Mike Hohensee

For more franchise history see also...
Indiana Firebirds
(2001-2004)

Other franchises that have played in this area are ...
Albany Conquest
(2002-2008)
Albany Firebirds
(2009)
Albany Empire
(2018-2019)
Albany Empire (NAL)
()
Albany Firebirds
(2024)

Awards
Individual Award Winners
	Offensive Player of the Year	Eddie Brown
	Defensive Player of the Year	David McLeod
	Micatin Kicker of the Year	Pete Elezovic
First Team All-Arena Team
	OS	Eddie Brown
Second Team All-Arena Team
	QB	Mike Perez
	WR/DB	David McLeod
	OL/DL	Jerome Brown
	K	Pete Elezovic

Rushing
1996 Albany Statistics
	Rush	Yds	TD
Chad Dukes	21	75	6
Jim Kitts	7	51	3
Eddie Brown	16	44	8
Rodney Smith	11	38	2
Leroy Thompson	5	11	2
Matt Carman	3	10	0
Mike Pawlawski	2	6	0
Jeff Ellis	1	5	0
Jerome Brown	1	3	0
Anthony Stinnett	1	2	1
Fred Gayles	1	1	0
Pete Elezovic	1	-6	0
Mike Perez	6	-15	0
Team	76	225	22

Passing
	Comp	Att	%	Yds	TD	INT	QB Rat.
Mike Perez	262	435	60.2	4153	84	16	116.3
Mike Pawlawski	23	35	65.7	296	5	0	127.8
Khari Jones	3	4	75.0	49	0	0	115.6
Team	288	474	60.8	4498	89	16	117.8

Receiving
	Recept	Yds	TD
Eddie Brown	113	1685	41
Fred Gayles	47	712	8
David McLeod	35	761	16
Anthony Stinnett	26	302	5
Willie Culpepper	20	419	9
Rodney Smith	9	114	1
Steven Jerry	9	114	3
Terry Smith	7	119	1
Chad Dukes	4	45	1
Matt Carman	4	43	1
David Caldwell	3	31	0
David Patten	2	37	0
Tony Bowick	2	24	1
Greg Hopkins	2	9	1
Michael Clark	1	44	0
Jim Kitts	1	22	0
Leroy Thompson	1	9	0
Mark Valvo	1	6	0
Jerome Brown	1	2	1
Team	288	4498	89

Kick Returns
	Returns	Yds	TD
Eddie Brown	63	1307	2
Fred Gayles	13	236	0
Steven Jerry	6	95	0
Willie Culpepper	3	25	0
David McLeod	2	56	1
Anthony Stinnett	2	11	0
Matt Carman	1	14	0
Greg Hopkins	1	6	0
Team	91	1750	3

Kicking
	FGM	4pt	FGA	%	XPM	2pt	XPA	%	Pts
Pete Elezovic	19	0	33	57.6	98	0	110	89.1	155
Team	19	0	33	57.6	98	0	110	89.1	155

Defensive Stats
	Tack	Ast	Tot	Sacks	PB	FF	FR	Blk	Int	Yds	TDs
Michael Clark	80	15	87.5	0.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
David McLeod	67	8	71	0.0	7	4	1	0	11	79	1
Larry Jones	50	17	58.5	0.0	5	0	1	0	3	18	0
Fred Gayles	36	10	41	1.0	8	1	5	0	3	16	0
Chad Dukes	26	8	30	2.0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0
Anthony Stinnett	23	14	30	1.0	1	1	3	0	2	0	0
Steven Jerry	24	10	29	0.0	2	0	0	0	2	23	0
Rodney Smith	15	4	17	3.0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jerome Brown	11	11	16.5	8.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kyle Moore-Brown	11	9	15.5	0.0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Marshall Roberts	12	4	14	0.0	4	0	0	0	1	15	1
Leroy Thompson	9	3	10.5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Kitts	8	4	10	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Caldwell	7	5	9.5	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Culpepper	6	5	8.5	0.0	3	1	0	0	2	39	0
Mark Valvo	6	4	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Smith	3	6	6	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Hopkins	3	6	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Bowick	4	2	5	1.0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mitch Suplee	2	6	5	1.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Pete Elezovic	5	0	5	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Carman	5	0	5	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	6	0
Steve Brannon	3	1	3.5	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Pawlawski	3	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alan Symonette	3	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Barlow	2	1	2.5	0.0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
Charlie Davidson	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Ellis	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Brown	1	0	1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team	427	153	580	19.0	56	11	19	2	26	196	2

Lifetime Records
ArenaBowl Championships	1
ArenaBowl Appearances	1
Overall	88-60
Home	54-22
Away	34-38
Neutral Site	0-0
Overtime	1-3
Reg. Season	82-52
Playoffs	6-8
Attendance	852,844
Average	11,221

Most Points
At Home	07-27-1996	86
On Road	06-21-1996	88

Least Points
At Home	06-09-1990	16
On Road	07-20-1990	16

Largest Victory
At Home	07-27-1996	86-24
On Road	06-21-1996	88-36

Worst Loss
At Home	07-06-1990	21-50
On Road	07-09-1993	19-65

Most Points Against
At Home	06-26-1999	77
On Road	07-26-1997	77

Least Points Against
At Home	07-17-1993	9
On Road	06-22-1991	17

Longest Streaks
Wins	10
Home Wins	8
Road Wins	4
Losses	6
Home Losses	2
Road Losses	5

Home Attendance
Highest	06-25-1994	13,652
Lowest	06-09-1990	7,813

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