1991 Orlando Thunder (WLAF) |
| 2nd place • North American East 5-5-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Don Matthews |
| Pete Catan | Defensive Line/Strength and Conditioning |
| Dan Daniel | Defensive Coordinator |
| Galen Hall | Offensive Coordinator |
| Bill Macdermott | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 3/25/1991 | H | San Antonio Riders | 35-34 | W | Orlando, FL | Florida Citrus Bowl | 21174 | |
| Sat | 3/30/1991 | H | Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks | 58-20 | W | Orlando, FL | Florida Citrus Bowl | 22014 | |
| Sat | 4/6/1991 | A | London Monarchs | 12-35 | L | London, England | Wembley Stadium | 35327 | |
| Sun | 4/14/1991 | A | Barcelona Dragons | 13-33 | L | Barcelona, Spain | Montjuic Stadium | 40875 | |
| Sun | 4/21/1991 | H | Birmingham Fire | 6-31 | L | Orlando, FL | Florida Citrus Bowl | 21249 | |
| Sat | 4/27/1991 | A | New York/New Jersey Knights | 6-42 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 30046 | |
| Sat | 5/4/1991 | H | Frankfurt Galaxy | 14-17 | L | Orlando, FL | Florida Citrus Bowl | 11270 | |
| Sat | 5/11/1991 | H | Sacramento Surge | 45-33 | W | Orlando, FL | Florida Citrus Bowl | 20048 | |
| Mon | 5/20/1991 | A | Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks | 20-14 | W | Raleigh, NC | Carter-Finley Stadium | 4207 | |
| Mon | 5/27/1991 | A | Montreal Machine | 33-27 | W | OT | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 23493 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Doug Aronson | 65 | LOG | 6-3 | 290 | 27 | San Diego State | 10 | 10 |
| Charlie Baumann | 6 | K | 6-1 | 203 | 24 | West Virginia | 10 | 0 |
| Kerwin Bell | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Florida | 10 | 10 |
| Henry Brown | 92 | NG-DT | 6-3 | 265 | 26 | Florida | 10 | 2 |
| Winfred Bryant | 70 | LDE | 6-3 | 274 | 25 | Tulane; Nicholls State | 10 | 10 |
| Ivan Cook | 50 | LB | 6-2 | 243 | 25 | Washington State | 2 | 0 |
| Brian Covington | 26 | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 165 | 23 | Central Florida | 10 | 0 |
| Tim Crawford | 44 | RILB | 6-4 | 245 | 29 | Texas Tech | 4 | 3 |
| Ray Criswell | 2 | P | 6-0 | 189 | 28 | Florida | 10 | 0 |
| Richard Davis | 71 | DT | 26 | Oklahoma; Arizona State | 2 | 1 | ||
| Wayne Davis | 57 | LILB-RILB | 6-1 | 213 | 27 | Alabama | 10 | 8 |
| Matt Devine | 55 | RILB-LILB | 6-1 | 209 | 25 | UC Davis | 4 | 2 |
| Wayne Dickson | 56 | LILB | 6-3 | 253 | 24 | Oklahoma | 8 | 4 |
| John Durden | 73 | ROT-C | 6-6 | 294 | 24 | Florida | 9 | 7 |
| J.J. Flannigan | 22 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Colorado | 3 | 0 |
| Bobby Flenoid | 24 | RCB | 5-10 | 178 | 24 | Sequoias JC; Long Beach State | 4 | 4 |
| Mike Foust | 75 | LOG-ROG | 6-5 | 295 | 25 | Fresno State | 8 | 0 |
| Harvey Franklin | 38 | CB | 5-11 | 183 | 24 | none | 9 | 0 |
| John Guerrero | 61 | ROG | 6-3 | 325 | 26 | Southern California | 10 | 10 |
| Owen Hooven | 64 | OT | 6-8 | 302 | 25 | Redwoods JC; Oregon State | 10 | 6 |
| Charles Jackson | 94 | NG-DT | 6-4 | 280 | 25 | Jackson State | 10 | 8 |
| Chris Jackson | 22 | RB | 5-9 | 179 | 27 | Texas-Arlington; Boise State | 4 | 0 |
| Helmut Joder | 94 | LDE-RDE | 6-5 | 225 | 25 | none | 3 | 0 |
| Dewaine Jones | 27 | FB | 5-10 | 200 | 24 | Wyoming | 1 | 0 |
| Myron Jones | 25 | FB | 5-9 | 195 | 23 | Los Angeles Pierce JC; Los Angeles Valley JC; Fresno State | 10 | 10 |
| Bruce LaSane | 87 | WR | 6-3 | 209 | 24 | Florida State | 10 | 8 |
| Rod Lossow | 52 | C | 6-3 | 275 | 26 | Wisconsin | 7 | 7 |
| Tony Massey | 55 | RILB | 6-2 | 221 | 26 | Kentucky | 6 | 5 |
| John Massimiani | 95 | LONG | 6-1 | 227 | 24 | Kent State | 10 | 0 |
| Eric Mitchel | 21 | HB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Oklahoma | 10 | 9 |
| Steffen Nagurski | 82 | WR-TE | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Leipzig | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Nettles | 23 | SS | 5-10 | 289 | 24 | Memphis | 10 | 1 |
| Billy Owens | 42 | FS | 6-1 | 207 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 10 |
| Carl Painter | 27 | HB | 5-9 | 185 | 27 | Hampton | 9 | 1 |
| Tim Peterson | 5 | QB | 6-3 | 214 | 24 | Wisconsin-Stout | 6 | 0 |
| Rob Presbury | 72 | RDE | 6-3 | 260 | 26 | Delaware State | 10 | 10 |
| Dirk Reesing | 53 | LOLB-RIOLB | 6-2 | 245 | 25 | San Jose CC | 10 | 0 |
| Chris Roscoe | 89 | WR | 6-1 | 211 | 23 | Hawaii | 10 | 6 |
| John Simpson | 83 | WR | 6-0 | 172 | 25 | Baylor | 10 | 6 |
| Dennis Smith | 30 | RB | 6-0 | 230 | 24 | Utah | 3 | 0 |
| Richard Smith | 31 | CB | 5-11 | 194 | 25 | Clemson | 1 | 0 |
| Rob Sterling | 31 | SS | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Montgomery JC; Maine | 9 | 9 |
| Tommie Stowers | 37 | FB | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Missouri | 10 | 0 |
| Erroll Tucker | 20 | LCB | 5-9 | 170 | 27 | Long Beach CC; Utah | 10 | 10 |
| Willie Walker | 95 | LOLB | 6-1 | 243 | 24 | Garden City CC; North Carolina | 10 | 9 |
| Byron Williams | 88 | WR | 6-1 | 177 | 31 | Texas-Arlington | 10 | 10 |
| Curtis Williams | 52 | ROLB | 6-4 | 215 | 23 | Akron | 4 | 2 |
| Steve Williams | 24 | RCB | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Boston College | 6 | 6 |
| Mike Withycombe | 77 | LOT | 6-5 | 298 | 27 | West Hills CC; Fresno State | 10 | 10 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 54 | 57 | 72 | 63 | 6 | 242 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 81 | 48 | 103 | 0 | 286 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 26:59 | 177 | 54 | 111 | 12 | 35/116 30.2% | 3/9 33.3% | 57 | 505 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 33:01 | 202 | 73 | 116 | 13 | 53/134 39.6% | 6/13 46.2% | 80 | 656 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Williams | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Charlie Baumann | 0 | 24 | 26 | 92.3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 62.5 | 0 | 54 |
| Eric Mitchel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bruce Lasane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Myron Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Chris Roscoe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Simpson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Erroll Tucker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Winfred Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chris Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rob Sterling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tommie Stowers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kerwin Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 24 | 26 | 92.3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 62.5 | 0 | 242 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 29 | 34 | 85.3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 1 | 286 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myron Jones | 68 | 288 | 4.2 | 20 | 2 |
| Eric Mitchel | 42 | 281 | 6.7 | 58 | 3 |
| Tommie Stowers | 38 | 167 | 4.4 | 17 | 1 |
| Kerwin Bell | 25 | 55 | 2.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Carl Painter | 15 | 47 | 3.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Tim Peterson | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Byron Williams | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 203 | 901 | 4.4 | 58 | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 273 | 1046 | 3.8 | 34 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerwin Bell | 325 | 181 | 55.7 | 130 | 2214 | 6.8 | 12.2 | 75t | 17 | 5.2 | 14 | 4.3 | 38 | 925 | 1289 | 76.4 |
| Eric Mitchel | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 53 | 53.0 | 53.0 | 53t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 158.3 |
| Tim Peterson | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 11 | 99 | 5.0 | 11.0 | 21 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 21 | 78 | 76.9 |
| Team Totals | 346 | 191 | 55.2 | 141 | 2366 | 6.8 | 12.4 | 75 | 19 | 5.5 | 14 | 4.0 | 42 | 316 | 2050 | 78.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 357 | 190 | 53.2 | 159 | 2817 | 7.9 | 14.8 | 87t | 19 | 5.3 | 8 | 2.2 | 33 | 250 | 2567 | 87.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Williams | 59 | 811 | 13.7 | 52t | 11 |
| Eric Mitchel | 26 | 312 | 12.0 | 75t | 1 |
| Bruce LaSane | 23 | 333 | 14.5 | 53t | 3 |
| Chris Roscoe | 20 | 225 | 11.3 | 39t | 2 |
| John Simpson | 18 | 239 | 13.3 | 39 | 2 |
| Tommie Stowers | 18 | 156 | 8.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Myron Jones | 14 | 133 | 9.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Carl Painter | 13 | 157 | 12.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 191 | 2366 | 12.4 | 75 | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 190 | 2817 | 14.8 | 87t | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Nettles | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Erroll Tucker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Willie Walker | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Owens | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Sterling | 0 | 33 | 33Lt | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 34 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 251 | 17.9 | 77t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Criswell | 46 | 1827 | 39.7 | 56 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 208 | 1539 | 33.5 |
| Team Totals | 46 | 1827 | 39.7 | 56 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 208 | 1539 | 33.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 1919 | 36.2 | 52 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 373 | 1426 | 26.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erroll Tucker | 18 | 10 | 373 | 20.7 | 66t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 10 | 373 | 20.7 | 66t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 3 | 208 | 7.7 | 19 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Painter | 24 | 597 | 24.9 | 48 | 0 | |
| Erroll Tucker | 7 | 259 | 37.0 | 95t | 1 | |
| Eric Mitchel | 8 | 276 | 34.5 | 96t | 1 | |
| Mike Nettles | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Chris Jackson | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| J.J. Flannigan | 8 | 121 | 15.1 | 23 | 0 | |
| Dewaine Jones | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 11 | 0 | |
| Bruce LaSane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 1349 | 24.5 | 96t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 836 | 19.4 | 33 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Winfred Bryant | 6.0 | |
| Wayne Dickson | 5.0 | |
| Mike Nettles | 4.0 | |
| Billy Owens | 4.0 | |
| Willie Walker | 4.0 | |
| Charles Jackson | 3.0 | |
| Rob Presbury | 3.0 | |
| Brian Covington | 2.0 | |
| Henry Brown | 1.0 | |
| Richard Davis | 1.0 | |
| Tony Massey | 1.0 | |
| Curtis Williams | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 35.0 | 250.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 42.0 | 316.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerwin Bell | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henry Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winfred Bryant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | |
| Wayne Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | |
| Wayne Dickson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| J.J. Flannigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Foust | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Jackson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Myron Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce LaSane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Mitchel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Nettles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Painter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Peterson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob Presbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Roscoe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Erroll Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Byron Williams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 53 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 14 | 16 | 0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TT | TA | PD | QH | TFL | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Nettles | 55 | 45 | 10 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Billy Owens | 47 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Rob Sterling | 43 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Willie Walker | 43 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Erroll Tucker | 39 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Rob Presbury | 39 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Wayne Dickson | 35 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Charles Jackson | 28 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Wayne Davis | 28 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tony Massey | 26 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Steve Williams | 25 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Winfred Bryant | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Henry Brown | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Brian Covington | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Dirk Reesing | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Withycombe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harvey Franklin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Doug Aronson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Baumann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kerwin Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ivan Cook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tim Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Criswell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Matt Devine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Durden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J.J. Flannigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Flenoid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Foust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Guerrero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Owen Hooven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Helmut Joder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dewaine Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Myron Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bruce LaSane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rod Lossow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Massimiani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eric Mitchel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steffen Nagurski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carl Painter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tim Peterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Roscoe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dennis Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommie Stowers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Byron Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Curtis Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 517 | |||||||
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