2001 Birmingham Bolts (XFL) |
| 4th place Eastern Division 2-8-0 .200 |
| Head Coach: Gerry DiNardo |
| Dave Arslanian | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks |
| Paul Arslanian | Linebackers |
| Mark Brady | Wide Receivers |
| Curley Hallman | Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs |
| Lionel James | Running Backs |
| Woodrow Lowe, Jr. | Defensive Assistant |
| Rick Rhoades | Offensive Line |
| Don Wnek | Co-Defensive Cooordinator/Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 2/4/2001 | H | Memphis Maniax | 20-22 | L | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 35321 | |
| Sun | 2/11/2001 | A | New York/New Jersey Hitmen | 19-12 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 36458 | |
| Sun | 2/18/2001 | H | Chicago Enforcers | 14-3 | W | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 17582 | |
| Sat | 2/24/2001 | A | Orlando Rage | 6-30 | L | Orlando, FL | Citrus Bowl | 21947 | |
| Sat | 3/3/2001 | A | San Francisco Demons | 10-39 | L | San Francisco, CA | Pacific Bell Park | 33403 | |
| Sun | 3/11/2001 | H | Los Angeles Xtreme | 26-35 | L | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 11197 | |
| Sat | 3/17/2001 | A | Las Vegas Outlaws | 12-34 | L | Las Vegas, NV | Sam Boyd Stadium | 23538 | |
| Sun | 3/25/2001 | A | Chicago Enforcers | 0-13 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 10593 | |
| Sat | 3/31/2001 | H | Orlando Rage | 24-29 | L | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 10163 | |
| Sun | 4/8/2001 | H | New York/New Jersey Hitmen | 0-22 | L | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 10749 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 32 | Curtis Alexander | RB | 6-0 | 204 | 27 | Alabama | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | Jay Barker | QB | 6-3 | 220 | 29 | Alabama | 9 | 2 |
| Eric Bateman | OT | 6-7 | 319 | 28 | Brigham Young | 2 | 0 | |
| 33 | James Bostic | RB | 5-11 | 225 | 29 | Auburn | 10 | 10 |
| 96 | Jimmy Brumbaugh | DT | 6-1 | 287 | 25 | Auburn | 10 | 5 |
| 31 | Duane Butler | RCB-NB | 6-1 | 203 | 28 | Eastern Michigan; Illinois State | 10 | 10 |
| 73 | Tim Conley | ROG | 6-4 | 305 | 24 | Santa Monica JC; Oklahoma; Sacramento State | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | Sedrick Curry | RCB-LCB | 6-1 | 197 | 25 | Texas A&M | 10 | 2 |
| 83 | Joe Douglass | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | Oregon State; Montana | 5 | 0 |
| 85 | Kevin Drake | TE | 6-3 | 187 | 26 | Alabama-Birmingham | 7 | 3 |
| 77 | Mike Edwards | ROT | 6-6 | 310 | 26 | Nevada-Reno | 10 | 10 |
| 63 | Antonio Fleming | LOG | 6-3 | 309 | 27 | Georgia | 10 | 6 |
| 57 | Dion Foxx | LLB | 6-3 | 250 | 30 | James Madison | 10 | 9 |
| 53 | Keith Franklin | RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 31 | Glendale CC; South Carolina | 9 | 2 |
| 4 | Damon Gourdine | WR | 5-7 | 165 | 23 | El Camino JC; San Diego State | 3 | 2 |
| 56 | Malcolm Hamilton | RLB | 6-1 | 236 | 29 | Baylor | 10 | 2 |
| 24 | Eric Hickson | RB | 5-8 | 203 | 27 | Kansas State | 7 | 0 |
| 66 | Matt Hogg | LOG | 6-5 | 306 | 27 | Youngstown State | 10 | 4 |
| 38 | Calvin Jackson | S | 5-9 | 195 | 29 | Auburn | 10 | 10 |
| 82 | Quincy Jackson | WR | 6-2 | 194 | 24 | East Mississippi CC; Alabama | 10 | 9 |
| 83 | Reggie Johnson | TE | 6-2 | 256 | 33 | Florida State | 9 | 0 |
| 13 | Toya Jones | S | 6-1 | 199 | 25 | Texas A&M | 10 | 0 |
| 99 | Eric Kerley | DT | 6-0 | 306 | 26 | Alabama | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | Ed King | OT | 6-4 | 303 | 32 | Auburn | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | David Knott | S | 6-1 | 201 | 29 | Hinds CC; Mississippi | 8 | 0 |
| 13 | Graham Leigh | QB | 6-1 | 212 | 26 | Pacific; New Mexico | 4 | 2 |
| 71 | Michael Lies | ROG | 6-3 | 300 | 26 | Trinity (Texas); Kansas | 10 | 9 |
| 90 | Jarett Loggins | RDT-LDT | 6-2 | 295 | 26 | Northern Arizona | 10 | 5 |
| 35 | Tony McCall | CB | 5-8 | 180 | 27 | North Carolina | 4 | 0 |
| 70 | Jason McDonald | OT | 6-4 | 324 | 24 | Alabama | 3 | 0 |
| 81 | Kaipo McGuire | WR | 5-10 | 174 | 27 | Brigham Young | 10 | 9 |
| 94 | Johnny Mitchell | LDT | 6-4 | 312 | 25 | Louisiana State | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | Brad Palazzo | P-K | 5-9 | 185 | 26 | Tulane | 10 | 0 |
| Chris Perkins | LB | 6-3 | 214 | 24 | Tennessee State | 2 | 0 | |
| 44 | Fred Perry | LB | 6-3 | 215 | 26 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Southern Arkansas | 3 | 0 |
| 98 | Cedric Pittman | LDE | 6-4 | 260 | 24 | San Jose CC; Nevada-Reno | 10 | 2 |
| 78 | Ozell Powell | LOT | 6-5 | 315 | 28 | Alabama | 9 | 5 |
| 58 | Charles Preston | RDE | 6-5 | 270 | 26 | Virginia; Hampton | 10 | 10 |
| 74 | Chase Raynock | LOT | 6-6 | 308 | 24 | Montana | 5 | 5 |
| 95 | Quinton Reese | LDE | 6-4 | 252 | 24 | Auburn | 10 | 7 |
| 88 | Nicky Savoie | TE | 6-5 | 253 | 28 | Gulf Coast JC; Louisiana State | 5 | 2 |
| 92 | Kyle Schroeder | RDT | 6-4 | 290 | 23 | Dartmouth | 7 | 2 |
| 55 | Patrick Scott | RLB-LLB | 6-5 | 265 | 30 | South Carolina State | 7 | 6 |
| 30 | Chris Shelling | S | 5-10 | 180 | 29 | Auburn | 10 | 10 |
| Kelvin Sigler | S | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Alabama | 2 | 0 | |
| 37 | Eric Sloan | LCB | 5-8 | 171 | 23 | Troy | 10 | 9 |
| 86 | Ed Smith | TE | 6-4 | 253 | 32 | none | 10 | 3 |
| 84 | Steve Smith | WR | 5-8 | 170 | 27 | Independence CC; Chaffey JC; Utah State | 10 | 2 |
| 65 | Ryan Thomassie | C | 6-2 | 290 | 24 | Louisiana State | 10 | 10 |
| 87 | Scott Thompson | TE | 6-3 | 245 | 25 | Fresno State | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | Mark Washington | QB | 6-2 | 212 | 24 | Jackson State | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Casey Weldon | QB | 6-1 | 206 | 32 | Florida State | 6 | 6 |
| 36 | Fred White | S | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Tennessee | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | Stepfret Williams | WR | 6-0 | 170 | 28 | Louisiana-Monroe | 10 | 9 |
| 50 | James Willis | MLB | 6-2 | 237 | 29 | Auburn | 10 | 10 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 19 | 48 | 20 | 44 | |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 77 | 43 | 72 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30:44 | 146 | 44 | 91 | 11 | 46 | 122 | 37.7 | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 71 | 509 |
| Opponents Totals | 29:16 | 157 | 69 | 76 | 12 | 40 | 100 | 40.0 | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 59 | 466 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy Jackson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||
| Brad Palazzo | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Stepfret Williams | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| James Bostic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||||
| Eric Sloan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Ed Smith | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Duane Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Keith Franklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Damon Gourdine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Curtis Alexander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kaipo McGuire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Steve Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 17 | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 0 | 131 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 14 | 33 | 42.4 | 9 | 14 | 64.3 | 0 | 239 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Bostic | 153 | 536 | 3.5 | 56 | 2 |
| Curtis Alexander | 18 | 81 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Casey Weldon | 20 | 30 | 1.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Jay Barker | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Graham Leigh | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Steve Smith | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Douglass | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 200 | 536 | 3.5 | 56 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 271 | 1214 | 4.5 | 73t | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casey Weldon | 164 | 102 | 62.2 | 57 | 1228 | 7.5 | 12.0 | 80t | 7 | 4.3 | 5 | 3.0 | 7 | 44 | 1184 | 86.6 |
| Graham Leigh | 97 | 44 | 45.4 | 47 | 499 | 5.1 | 11.3 | 36 | 1 | 1.0 | 6 | 6.2 | 8 | 62 | 437 | 39.0 |
| Jay Barker | 37 | 6 | 16.2 | 26 | 425 | 11.5 | 70.8 | 92t | 1 | 2.7 | 5 | 13.5 | 10 | 64 | 361 | 44.4 |
| Joe Douglass | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 158.3 |
| Team Totals | 327 | 184 | 56.3 | 127 | 2174 | 6.6 | 11.8 | 92t | 10 | 3.1 | 16 | 4.9 | 25 | 170 | 2004 | 66.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 225 | 129 | 57.3 | 88 | 1753 | 7.8 | 13.6 | 77t | 15 | 6.7 | 8 | 3.6 | 15 | 74 | 1679 | 89.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stepfret Williams | 51 | 828 | 16.2 | 92t | 2 |
| Quincy Jackson | 45 | 531 | 11.8 | 36t | 6 |
| Ed Smith | 25 | 195 | 7.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Kaipo McGuire | 23 | 181 | 7.9 | 23 | 0 |
| James Bostic | 12 | 172 | 14.3 | 50 | 0 |
| Joe Douglass | 10 | 114 | 11.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Steve Smith | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Reggie Johnson | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Damon Gourdine | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Kevin Drake | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Curtis Alexander | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Nicky Savoie | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 184 | 2174 | 11.8 | 92t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 129 | 1753 | 13.6 | 77t | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Sloan | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 70t | 2 |
| Duane Butler | 1 | 98 | 98.0 | 98t | 1 |
| Calvin Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toya Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 261 | 32.6 | 98t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 248 | 15.5 | 49 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Palazzo | 40 | 1447 | 36.2 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 406 | 1021 | 24.9 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 1447 | 35.3 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 406 | 1021 | 24.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 1448 | 41.4 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 186 | 1222 | 34.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stepfret Williams | 22 | 166 | 7.5 | 95t | 1 |
| Eric Sloan | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Quincy Jackson | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Calvin Jackson | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Toya Jones | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 186 | 6.0 | 95t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 406 | 11.0 | 60 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Alexander | 15 | 318 | 21.2 | 63 | 0 |
| Eric Sloan | 13 | 247 | 19.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Eric Hickson | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Quincy Jackson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Damon Gourdine | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Steve Smith | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Reggie Johnson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Cedric Pittman | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Kaipo McGuire | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Scott Thompson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 49 | 862 | 17.6 | 63 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 522 | 18.0 | 42t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Cedric Pittman | 3.0 | |
| Quinton Reese | 3.0 | |
| Johnny Mitchell | 2.0 | |
| Charles Preston | 2.0 | |
| Jimmy Brumbaugh | 1.0 | |
| Sedrick Curry | 1.0 | |
| Keith Franklin | 1.0 | |
| Fred Perry | 1.0 | |
| Patrick Scott | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 15.0 | 74.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 25.0 | 170.0 |
| DEFENSE | SOLO | AST | TT |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Willis | 70 | 52 | 18 |
| Chris Shelling | 53 | 43 | 10 |
| Duane Butler | 46 | 38 | 8 |
| Dion Foxx | 35 | 24 | 11 |
| Calvin Jackson | 35 | 28 | 7 |
| Eric Sloan | 32 | 26 | 6 |
| Charles Preston | 29 | 23 | 6 |
| Jimmy Brumbaugh | 22 | 17 | 5 |
| Patrick Scott | 21 | 12 | 9 |
| Quinton Reese | 16 | 12 | 4 |
| Keith Franklin | 14 | 10 | 4 |
| Jarett Loggins | 14 | 10 | 4 |
| Johnny Mitchell | 14 | 10 | 4 |
| Malcolm Hamilton | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| Cedric Pittman | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| Kyle Schroeder | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| David Knott | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Sedrick Curry | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Toya Jones | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Fred Perry | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Fred White | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Matt Hogg | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kaipo McGuire | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Stepfret Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Curtis Alexander | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Barker | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Bateman | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Bostic | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Conley | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Douglass | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Drake | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Edwards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Fleming | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damon Gourdine | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Hickson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quincy Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Kerley | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed King | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Graham Leigh | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Lies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony McCall | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason McDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Palazzo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Perkins | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ozell Powell | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Raynock | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicky Savoie | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelvin Sigler | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Thomassie | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Weldon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 469 | 359 | 110 |
| Opponents Totals | 474 | 358 | 116 |
| PENALTIES | Called | Declined | Accepted | Yards | Nullified Yards | First Downs | Stalled Drives |
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