1998 Albany Firebirds (Arena) |
| 1st place • National Conference • Eastern Division • 10-4-0 .714 |
| Head Coach: Mike Dailey |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 5/2/1998 | H | Portland Forest Dragons | 65-58 | W | Albany, NY | Pepsi Arena | 10347 | |
| Mon | 5/11/1998 | A | New Jersey Red Dogs | 52-38 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Continental Airlines Arena | 8817 | |
| Sat | 5/16/1998 | H | San Jose SaberCats | 56-30 | W | Albany, NY | Pepsi Arena | 10140 | |
| Sat | 5/23/1998 | H | New York Cityhawks | 46-57 | L | Albany, NY | Pepsi Arena | 10121 | |
| Sun | 5/31/1998 | A | Portland Forest Dragons | 48-45 | W | Portland, OR | Rose Garden | 9683 | |
| Fri | 6/5/1998 | A | Nashville Kats | 52-49 | W | Nashville, TN | Nashville Arena | 13887 | |
| Sat | 6/13/1998 | H | Florida Bobcats | 66-49 | W | Albany, NY | Pepsi Arena | 11530 | |
| Sat | 6/20/1998 | A | Tampa Bay Storm | 42-63 | L | Tampa, FL | Ice Palace | 10297 | |
| Sat | 6/27/1998 | H | New Jersey Red Dogs | 48-55 | L | Albany, NY | Pepsi Arena | 9732 | |
| Thu | 7/2/1998 | A | Iowa Barnstormers | 48-55 | L | Des Moines, IA | Veterans Memorial Auditorium | 9173 | |
| Mon | 7/13/1998 | H | Arizona Rattlers | 58-34 | W | Albany, NY | Pepsi Arena | 10221 | |
| Fri | 7/17/1998 | A | San Jose SaberCats | 56-53 | W | San Jose, CA | San Jose Arena | 14799 | |
| Sat | 7/25/1998 | H | Orlando Predators | 79-70 | W | Albany, NY | Pepsi Arena | 12345 | |
| Fri | 7/31/1998 | A | New York Cityhawks | 77-36 | W | New York, NY | Madison Square Garden | 6617 | |
| First Round Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 8/8/1998 | H | New Jersey Red Dogs | 59-66 | L | Albany, NY | Pepsi Arena | 10636 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Steve Brannon | OL/DL | 6-4 | 280 | 30 | Hampton | 2 | ||
| Eddie Brown | WR/DB | 5-11 | 192 | 29 | Fort Scott CC; Louisiana Tech | 14 | ||
| Tim Brown | FB/LB | 5-11 | 225 | 27 | Hudson Valley CC; West Virginia | 14 | ||
| Matt Cravens | OL/DL | 6-3 | 285 | 24 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | ||
| Chad Dukes | FB/LB | 6-0 | 230 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 14 | ||
| Pete Elezovic | K | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | Michigan | 10 | 0 | |
| Greg Hopkins | WR/LB | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | Slippery Rock | 14 | ||
| Andy Jacobs | OL/DL | 6-3 | 249 | 24 | California | 10 | ||
| Joe Jacobs | OL/DL | 6-4 | 265 | 28 | Utah State | 12 | ||
| Carlton Johnson | WR/DB | 6-1 | 180 | 29 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 10 | ||
| Tommy Johnson | WR/DB | 5-10 | 180 | 27 | Alabama | 14 | ||
| Jay Jones | WR/DB | 6-1 | 188 | 24 | James Madison | 14 | ||
| Jon Krick | OL/DL | 6-2 | 283 | 24 | Purdue | 13 | ||
| Chris Lawson | WR/DB | 6-0 | 202 | 24 | Rhode Island | 4 | ||
| Jeff Loots | QB | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | Southwest Minnesota State | 13 | ||
| Emerson Martin | OL/DL | 6-2 | 297 | 28 | Catawba; Hampton | 2 | ||
| Kyle Moore-Brown | OL/DL | 6-4 | 306 | 27 | Kansas | 14 | ||
| Jose Munoz | OL/DL | 6-4 | 300 | 27 | Ball State | 9 | ||
| Mike Pawlawski | QB | 6-1 | 205 | 29 | California | 14 | ||
| Stan Petry | WR/DB | 5-11 | 174 | 32 | Texas Christian | 9 | ||
| Karl Sacco | WR/LB | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Long Island-Post | 7 | ||
| Don Silvestri | K | 6-4 | 205 | 40 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 0 | |
| Derek Stingley | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Purdue; Triton | 13 | ||
| LeRoy Thompson | LB | 6-2 | 270 | 27 | Delaware State | 6 | ||
| Sean Tremblay | OL/DL | 23 | Connecticut | 7 | ||||
| Mark Valvo | OL/DL | 6-5 | 300 | 28 | Buffalo State | 14 | ||
| Cedric White | OL/DL | 6-2 | 298 | 24 | Washington; North Carolina A&T State | 5 | ||
| Cornelius White | WR/LB | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Virginia Tech | 14 | ||
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