2001 Indiana Firebirds (Arena) |
| 2nd place • American Conference • Central Division • 9-5-0 .643 |
| Head Coach: Mike Dailey |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 3/31/2001 | A | Orlando Predators | 27-22 | W | Orlando, FL | TD Waterhouse Centre | 12591 | |
| Sat | 4/7/2001 | H | Houston ThunderBears | 41-37 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Consesco Fieldhouse | 8192 | |
| Sat | 4/14/2001 | H | Grand Rapids Rampage | 59-60 | L | OT | Indianapolis, IN | Consesco Fieldhouse | 11379 |
| Thu | 4/19/2001 | A | Milwaukee Mustangs | 38-6 | W | Milwaukee, WI | Bradley Center | 6500 | |
| Fri | 4/27/2001 | H | Orlando Predators | 50-66 | L | Indianapolis, IN | Consesco Fieldhouse | 10322 | |
| Sat | 5/5/2001 | H | New York Dragons | 85-73 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Consesco Fieldhouse | 10027 | |
| Sat | 5/12/2001 | A | Chicago Rush | 64-72 | L | Rosemont, IL | Allstate Arena | 7341 | |
| Sun | 5/20/2001 | A | Arizona Rattlers | 43-37 | W | Phoenix, AZ | America West Arena | 12772 | |
| Fri | 5/25/2001 | H | Detroit Fury | 38-35 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Consesco Fieldhouse | 10509 | |
| Thu | 6/7/2001 | A | Toronto Phantoms | 45-34 | W | Toronto, ON | Air Canada Centre | 7003 | |
| Fri | 6/15/2001 | H | Chicago Rush | 58-30 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Consesco Fieldhouse | 11652 | |
| Sat | 6/23/2001 | A | Grand Rapids Rampage | 74-80 | L | Grand Rapids, MI | Van Andel Arena | 8204 | |
| Sat | 6/30/2001 | H | Milwaukee Mustangs | 59-49 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Consesco Fieldhouse | 11216 | |
| Sun | 7/8/2001 | A | New Jersey Gladiators | 61-62 | L | OT | East Rutherford, NJ | Continental Airlines Arena | 4361 |
| Sun | 7/15/2001 | H | San Jose SaberCats | 66-63 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Consesco Fieldhouse | 11921 | |
| Sun | 7/22/2001 | A | Detroit Fury | 58-66 | L | Auburn Hills, MI | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 8424 | |
| First Round Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 7/29/2001 | H | Carolina Cobras | 58-41 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Consesco Fieldhouse | 8240 | |
| Quarterfinal Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 8/5/2001 | A | Tampa Bay Storm | 68-31 | W | Tampa, FL | Ice Palace | 12454 | |
| Semifinal Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 8/12/2001 | A | Grand Rapids Rampage | 70-83 | L | Grand Rapids, MI | Van Andel Arena | 8629 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Eddie Brown | 17 | WR/DB | 5-11 | 192 | 32 | Fort Scott CC; Louisiana Tech | 14 | |
| Cornelius Coe | 22 | DB | 26 | Northern Michigan | 14 | |||
| Mike Gantous | 74 | DE | 6-2 | 285 | 24 | Louisville | 13 | |
| Nelson Garner | 4 | K | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | James Madison | 14 | 0 |
| Lamar Grant | 29 | WR/DB | 5-11 | 188 | 23 | Duke | 10 | |
| Ricky Hall | 99 | OL/NT | 6-3 | 290 | 25 | Marshall | 14 | |
| Greg Hopkins | 82 | WR/JLB | 6-2 | 205 | 30 | Slippery Rock | 14 | |
| Kevin Ingram | 28 | WR/DB | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | West Chester | 1 | |
| Ray Jackson | 26 | WR/DB | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Washington State | 3 | |
| Aaron Johnson | 49 | OL/DL | 6-3 | 323 | 24 | Ball State | 4 | |
| Van Johnson | 15 | WR/DB | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | Temple | 11 | |
| Jay Jones | 5 | WR/DB | 6-1 | 188 | 27 | James Madison | 14 | |
| John May | 52 | OL/DL | 6-3 | 275 | 24 | Northern Colorado | 11 | |
| Kyle Moore-Brown | 96 | C/DL | 6-4 | 306 | 30 | Kansas | 14 | |
| Umar Muhammad | 35 | MLB | 5-11 | 257 | 26 | North Texas | 14 | |
| Ray Philyaw | 1 | QB | 5-10 | 200 | 27 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13 | |
| John Rayborn | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 217 | 26 | Texas-El Paso | 4 | |
| Sunungura Rusununguko | 40 | DE | 6-3 | 270 | 23 | Ball State | 1 | |
| Karl Sacco | 3 | WR/LB | 6-2 | 215 | 27 | Long Island-Post | 14 | |
| John Sikora | 98 | OG/DL | 6-4 | 280 | 25 | Slippery Rock | 14 | |
| Chris Snyder | 54 | POL/DE | 6-3 | 275 | 27 | Penn State | 14 | |
| LeRoy Thompson | 33 | FB/LB | 6-2 | 270 | 30 | Delaware State | 14 | |
| Mark Valvo | 79 | TE/DL | 6-5 | 300 | 31 | Buffalo State | 11 | |
| Cedric Walker | 2 | DB | 6-0 | 205 | 30 | Stephen F. Austin State | 8 | |
| Greg Williams | 6 | WR/DB | 5-10 | 191 | 25 | North Carolina | 8 | |
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