1997 Albany Firebirds (Arena) |
| 3rd place • National Conference • Eastern Division • 6-8-0 .428 |
| Head Coach: Mike Dailey |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| 5/4/1997 | A | Florida Bobcats | 45-26 | W | West Palm Beach, FL | West Palm Beach Auditorium | 3400 | ||
| 5/10/1997 | H | Milwaukee Mustangs | 34-23 | W | Albany, NY | Knickerbocker Arena | 12848 | ||
| 5/17/1997 | A | San Jose SaberCats | 37-41 | L | San Jose, CA | San Jose Arena | 14269 | ||
| 5/24/1997 | H | Iowa Barnstormers | 57-68 | L | Albany, NY | Knickerbocker Arena | 11413 | ||
| 5/30/1997 | A | New Jersey Red Dogs | 52-53 | L | OT | East Rutherford, NJ | Continental Airlines Arena | 8677 | |
| 6/7/1997 | H | Tampa Bay Storm | 53-31 | W | Albany, NY | Knickerbocker Arena | 9384 | ||
| 6/14/1997 | H | New York Cityhawks | 41-62 | L | Albany, NY | Knickerbocker Arena | 9723 | ||
| 6/20/1997 | A | Nashville Kats | 51-66 | L | Nashville, TN | Nashville Arena | 12802 | ||
| 6/28/1997 | H | Texas Terror | 35-63 | L | Albany, NY | Knickerbocker Arena | 10052 | ||
| 7/7/1997 | A | New York Cityhawks | 71-50 | W | New York, NY | Madison Square Garden | 5723 | ||
| 7/12/1997 | H | Nashville Kats | 47-57 | L | Albany, NY | Knickerbocker Arena | 11123 | ||
| 7/19/1997 | H | New Jersey Red Dogs | 70-49 | W | Albany, NY | Knickerbocker Arena | 11232 | ||
| 7/26/1997 | A | Ariziona Rattlers | 60-77 | L | Phoenix, AZ | America West Arena | 16923 | ||
| 8/2/1997 | A | Iowa Barnstormers | 64-76 | L | Des Moines, IA | Veterans Memorial Auditorium | 11250 | ||
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Donta Abron | WR/DB | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | Pasadena CC; Northern Arizona | 4 | ||
| Ernest Allen | OL/DL | 6-3 | 280 | 24 | Cincinnati | 8 | ||
| Mike Baker | WR/DB | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | West Virginia | 14 | ||
| Sebastian Barrie | OL/DL | 6-2 | 270 | 27 | Prairie View A&M; Liberty | |||
| Tony Blockett | WR/DB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Baylor; Grambling State | 1 | ||
| Tony Bowick | OL/DL | 6-2 | 265 | 31 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 11 | ||
| Steve Brannon | OL/DL | 6-4 | 280 | 29 | Hampton | 5 | ||
| Eddie Brown | WR/DB | 5-11 | 192 | 28 | Fort Scott CC; Louisiana Tech | 14 | ||
| Jerome Brown | OL/DL | 6-5 | 270 | 32 | Mississippi State | 10 | ||
| Jean-Agnes Charles | WR/DB | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Michigan | 6 | ||
| Charlie Davidson | WR/DB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Mississippi State | 8 | ||
| Chris Drennan | K | 5-11 | 205 | 30 | Nebraska | 1 | 0 | |
| Chad Dukes | FB/LB | 6-0 | 230 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 14 | ||
| Pete Elezovic | K | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Michigan | 6 | 0 | |
| Greg Hopkins | WR/LB | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Slippery Rock | 14 | ||
| Joe Jacobs | OL/DL | 6-4 | 265 | 27 | Utah State | 8 | ||
| Steven Jerry | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | North Carolina | 4 | ||
| Larry Jones | DB | 6-1 | 194 | 26 | Maine | 13 | ||
| Jon Krick | OL/DL | 6-2 | 283 | 23 | Purdue | 3 | ||
| David McLeod | WR/DB | 5-11 | 175 | 26 | James Madison | 7 | ||
| Kyle Moore-Brown | OL/DL | 6-4 | 306 | 26 | Kansas | 14 | ||
| Jorge Munoz | QB | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Southwestern JC; Utah State; Bethany | 9 | ||
| Mike Pawlawski | QB | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | California | 14 | ||
| Dion Powell | OL/DL | 6-2 | 295 | 24 | Western Michigan | 1 | ||
| John Roberts | QB | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | Northern Colorado | 5 | ||
| C.J. Rose | FB/LB | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Northern Illinois | 4 | ||
| Steve Shine | OL/DL | 6-6 | 232 | 27 | Northwestern | 11 | ||
| Rodney Smith | OL/DL | 6-0 | 235 | 30 | Towson | 5 | ||
| Derek Stingley | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Purdue; Triton | 13 | ||
| Anthony Stinnett | WR/DB | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Texas Tech | 9 | ||
| Alan Symonette | OL/DL | 6-2 | 295 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 7 | ||
| LeRoy Thompson | LB | 6-2 | 270 | 26 | Delaware State | 12 | ||
| Mark Valvo | OL/DL | 6-5 | 300 | 27 | Buffalo State | 13 | ||
| Tom Whelihan | K | 5-10 | 198 | 31 | Missouri | 7 | 0 | |
| Tony Williams | WR/DB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Massachusetts | 5 | ||
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