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 | 15 | WR/DB | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | Pasadena CC; Northern Arizona | 4 | |
| Ernest Allen | 91 | OL/DL | 6-3 | 280 | 24 | Cincinnati | 8 | |
| Mike Baker | 2 | 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 | 17 | WR/DB | 5-11 | 192 | 28 | Fort Scott CC; Louisiana Tech | 14 | |
| Jerome Brown | 55 | OL/DL | 6-5 | 270 | 32 | Mississippi State | 10 | |
| Jean-Agnes Charles | 32 | 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 | 44 | FB/LB | 6-0 | 230 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 14 | |
| Pete Elezovic | K | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Michigan | 6 | 0 | |
| Greg Hopkins | 82 | WR/LB | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Slippery Rock | 14 | |
| Joe Jacobs | 56 | OL/DL | 6-4 | 265 | 27 | Utah State | 8 | |
| Steven Jerry | 4 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | North Carolina | 4 | |
| Larry Jones | 26 | DB | 6-1 | 194 | 26 | Maine | 13 | |
| Jon Krick | OL/DL | 6-2 | 283 | 23 | Purdue | 3 | ||
| David McLeod | 3 | WR/DB | 5-11 | 175 | 26 | James Madison | 7 | |
| Kyle Moore-Brown | OL/DL | 6-4 | 306 | 26 | Kansas | 14 | ||
| Jorge Munoz | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Southwestern JC; Utah State; Bethany | 9 | |
| Mike Pawlawski | 9 | QB | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | California | 14 | |
| Dion Powell | OL/DL | 6-2 | 295 | 24 | Western Michigan | 1 | ||
| John Roberts | 7 | QB | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | Northern Colorado | 5 | |
| C.J. Rose | 89 | FB/LB | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Northern Illinois | 4 | |
| Steve Shine | 99 | OL/DL | 6-6 | 232 | 27 | Northwestern | 11 | |
| Rodney Smith | OL/DL | 6-2 | 238 | 30 | Towson | 5 | ||
| Derek Stingley | 1 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Purdue; Triton | 13 | |
| Anthony Stinnett | 20 | WR/DB | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Texas Tech | 9 | |
| Alan Symonette | OL/DL | 6-2 | 295 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 7 | ||
| LeRoy Thompson | 33 | LB | 6-2 | 270 | 26 | Delaware State | 12 | |
| Mark Valvo | 79 | OL/DL | 6-5 | 300 | 27 | Buffalo State | 13 | |
| Tom Whelihan | 4 | K | 5-10 | 198 | 31 | Missouri | 7 | 0 |
| Tony Williams | WR/DB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Massachusetts | 5 | ||
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