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Indiana Firebirds

Choose season: All 2004 2003 2002 2001 2001 Indiana Firebirds Preseason Mar 31 at Orlando 27-22 12,591 Apr 07 Houston 41-37 8,192 Regular Season: 9-5 Apr 14 Grand Rapids 59-60 (OT) 11,379 Apr 19 at Milwaukee 38-6 10,103 Apr 27 Orlando 66-50 10,322 May 05 New York 85-73 10,027 May 12 at Chicago 64-72 7,341 May 20 at Arizona 43-37 12,772 May 25 Detroit 38-35 10,509 Jun 07 at Toronto 45-34 7,003 Jun 15 Chicago 58-30 11,652 Jun 23 at Grand Rapids 74-80 8,204 Jun 30 Milwaukee 59-49 11,216 Jul 08 at New Jersey 61-62 (OT) 4,361 Jul 15 San Jose 66-63 11,921 Jul 22 at Detroit 58-66 8,424 Playoffs Jul 29 Carolina 58-41 8,240 Aug 05 at Tampa Bay 68-31 12,454 Aug 12 at Grand Rapids 70-83 8,629 Arena: Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, IN) Coached By: Mike Dailey For more franchise history see also... Albany Firebirds (1990-2000) Awards Second Team All-Arena Team   WR/DB Jay Jones   DS Cornelius Coe All-Ironman Team   WR/LB Greg Hopkins All-Rookie Team   DS Cornelius Coe 2001 Indiana Statistics Rushing   Rush Yds TD Leroy Thompson 59 162 10 Eddie Brown 25 70 8 Umar Muhammad 12 35 3 Ray Philyaw 31 27 3 Jay Jones 1 24 0 Van Johnson 2 8 0 John Rayborn 4 7 0 Kevin Ingram 1 -10 0 Team 135 323 24 Passing   Comp Att % Yds TD INT QB Rat. Ray Philyaw 276 404 68.3 3518 68 3 131.8 John Rayborn 44 61 72.1 476 8 1 120.7 Eddie Brown 2 2 100.0 5 2 0 118.8 Team 322 467 69.0 3999 78 4 131.2 Receiving   Recept Yds TD Eddie Brown 118 1540 37 Greg Hopkins 100 1216 18 Jay Jones 50 719 13 Van Johnson 45 471 9 Carl Sacco 3 30 0 Cornelius Coe 2 10 0 Leroy Thompson 2 9 1 Kevin Ingram 1 9 0 Umar Muhammad 1 1 0 Team 322 4005 78 Kick Returns   Returns Yds TD Jay Jones 47 927 0 Van Johnson 33 765 2 Eddie Brown 9 63 0 Kevin Ingram 2 26 0 Team 91 1781 2 Kicking   FGM 4pt FGA % XPM 2pt XPA % Pts Nelson Garner 18 0 36 50.0 96 0 102 94.1 150 Team 18 0 36 50.0 96 0 102 94.1 150 Defensive Stats   Tack Ast Tot Sacks PB FF FR Blk Int Yds TDs Cornelius Coe 95 38 114 0.0 12 1 2 0 3 15 0 Greg Hopkins 34 22 45 0.5 3 4 1 0 2 19 0 Jay Jones 33 9 37.5 0.0 3 0 2 0 4 17 0 Cedric Walker 29 11 34.5 0.0 11 0 1 0 2 0 0 Lamar Grant 25 9 29.5 0.0 4 0 0 0 2 12 0 Carl Sacco 10 16 18 1.0 7 0 1 0 3 16 1 Van Johnson 14 5 16.5 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 Umar Muhammad 13 5 15.5 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Chris Snyder 8 9 12.5 1.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Greg Williams 7 8 11 0.0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 Leroy Thompson 7 7 10.5 2.5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Ricky Hall 2 8 6 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nelson Garner 4 2 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Gantous 3 4 5 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kyle Moore-Brown 4 1 4.5 1.5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Philyaw 3 0 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Jackson 2 2 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mark Valvo 1 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Sikora 1 2 2 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aaron Johnson 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kevin Ingram 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team 297 160 457 9.0 48 8 10 0 18 85 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