1997 Nashville Kats (Arena) |
| 1st place • National Conference • Eastern Division • 10-4-0 .714 |
| Head Coach: Ed Khayat |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| 5/2/1997 | H | San Jose SaberCats | 47 | 21 | W | Nashville, TN | Nashville Arena | 11582 | ||
| 5/10/1997 | H | New York Cityhawks | 42 | 39 | W | Nashville, TN | Nashville Arena | 11318 | ||
| 5/16/1997 | A | Texas Terror | 44 | 48 | L | Houston, TX | The Summit | 3429 | ||
| 5/23/1997 | H | Tampa Bay Storm | 26 | 42 | L | Nashville, TN | Nashville Arena | 11875 | ||
| 5/31/1997 | A | Orlando Predators | 46 | 36 | W | Orlando, FL | Orlando Arena | 13507 | ||
| 6/7/1997 | H | New Jersey Red Dogs | 55 | 59 | L | Nashville, TN | Nashville Arena | 12082 | ||
| 6/14/1997 | A | Anaheim Piranhas | 68 | 62 | W | Anaheim, CA | Arrowhead Pond | 9862 | ||
| 6/20/1997 | H | Albany Firebirds | 66 | 51 | W | Nashville, TN | Nashville Arena | 12802 | ||
| 6/30/1997 | A | New York Cityhawks | 59 | 58 | W | New York, NY | Madison Square Garden | 7533 | ||
| 7/6/1997 | H | Ariziona Rattlers | 56 | 49 | W | Nashville, TN | Nashville Arena | 10204 | ||
| 7/12/1997 | A | Albany Firebirds | 57 | 47 | W | Albany, NY | Knickerbocker Arena | 11123 | ||
| 7/18/1997 | A | Milwaukee Mustangs | 41 | 48 | L | Milwaukee, WI | Bradley Center | 14401 | ||
| 7/25/1997 | H | Orlando Predators | 74 | 55 | W | Nashville, TN | Nashville Arena | 16121 | ||
| 8/1/1997 | A | New Jersey Red Dogs | 59 | 45 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Continental Airlines Arena | 13977 | ||
| Quarterfinal Playoff | ||||||||||
| 8/10/1997 | H | Tampa Bay Storm | 49 | 52 | L | Nashville, TN | Nashville Arena | 10214 | ||
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Derrick Atterberry | WR/DB | 5-11 | 187 | 25 | Vanderbilt | 4 | ||
| Jim Baron | OL/DL | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | Virginia Tech | 14 | ||
| Joe Campbell | WR/RB | 5-9 | 180 | 27 | Middle Tennessee State | 10 | ||
| Jorge Cimadevilla | K | 6-0 | 195 | 32 | East Tennessee State | 14 | 0 | |
| Jamie Coleman | DB | 5-9 | 180 | 22 | Appalachian State | 13 | ||
| Charlie Davidson | WR/DB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Mississippi State | 4 | ||
| John DeWitt | OL/DL | 6-4 | 277 | 27 | Vanderbilt | 11 | ||
| Willie Fears | OL/DL | 6-3 | 278 | 33 | Holmes CC; Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 7 | ||
| Cory Fleming | WR/LB | 6-1 | 207 | 26 | Tennessee | 13 | ||
| Robert Gaddy | OL/DL | 6-4 | 295 | 26 | Alcorn State | 14 | ||
| Darryl Hammond | WR/LB | 6-4 | 225 | 31 | Ferrum; Virginia | 14 | ||
| Weyland Harding | DB | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Iowa State | 10 | ||
| Willie Harris | WR/LB | 6-1 | 198 | 27 | Mississippi State | 2 | ||
| Guy Howard | OL/DL | 6-4 | 280 | 27 | Kansas | 7 | ||
| Junior Ili | OL/DL | 6-2 | 280 | 34 | Colorado | 10 | ||
| Nate Johnson | FB/LB | 6-3 | 250 | 27 | South Dakota | 10 | ||
| Derek Jones | WR/DB | 5-9 | 180 | Mississippi | 1 | |||
| Andy Kelly | QB | 6-3 | 211 | 29 | Tennessee | 14 | ||
| Joe March | OL/DL | 6-2 | 265 | 30 | Murray State | 10 | ||
| Bronzell Miller | OL/DL | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Eastern Arizona JC; Utah | 1 | ||
| Mike Neu | QB | 6-5 | 220 | 27 | Ball State | 10 | ||
| Fran Papasedero | OL/DL | 6-3 | 285 | 28 | Springfield | 14 | ||
| Khevin Pratt | WR/DB | 5-10 | 170 | 27 | El Camino JC; Utah; Chico State | 6 | ||
| Mark Ricks | DB | 5-9 | 160 | 27 | Western Michigan | 12 | ||
| Billy Rutledge | WR/DB | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Memphis | 11 | ||
| Terry Samuels | FB/LB | 6-2 | 254 | 27 | Kentucky | 14 | ||
| Aaron Sparrow | QB | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Norfolk State | 4 | ||
| Peter Tuffo | FB/LB | 6-1 | 245 | 25 | Western Michigan | 14 | 14 | |
| Lonnie Turner | WR/DB | 5-7 | 164 | 38 | Los Angeles CC; Cal Poly (Pomona) | 7 | ||
| William Yarborough | WR/DB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Virginia Tech | 5 | ||
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