1987 Pittsburgh Gladiators season

1987 Pittsburgh Gladiators season
Head coach Joe Haering
Home field Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Results
Record 4-2
Division Place 1st
Playoff finish L ArenaBowl I vs. Denver Dynamite 45-16
Timeline
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N/A 1988

The 1987 Pittsburgh Gladiators season was the first season for the Gladiators. They finished 4-2 and lost ArenaBowl I to the Denver Dynamite.

Contents

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Home/Away Result
1 June 19 Washington Commandos Home W 48-46
2 June 26 Chicago Bruisers Away W 60-23
3 July 2 Chicago Bruisers Home W 49-14
4 July 10 Denver Dynamite Away W 49-32
5 July 17 Denver Dynamite Home L 32-31
6 July 23 Washington Commandos Away L 52-31

Playoffs

Round Date Opponent Home/Away Result
ArenaBowl I August 1 Denver Dynamite Home L 45-16

Stats

Offense

Quarterback

Player Comp. Att. Comp% Yards TD's INT's Rating
Brendan Folmar 119 205 58.0 1349 21 9 85.2
Mike Hohensee 32 55 58.2 483 7 1 111.4
Kevin Russell 2 3 66.7 11 0 0 72.9
Stan Yagiello 0 3 0.0 0 0 0 39.6

Running Backs

Player Car. Yards TD's
Creig Federico 10 21 1
Brendan Folmar 14 13 2
Mike Hohensee 3 11 1
Scott Dmitrenko 3 6 1
Mike Stoops 1 3 0
John McClennon 1 2 0
Ricky Mitchell 2 1 0
Mike Powell 1 -1 0
Stan Yagiello 2 -3 0

Wide Receivers

Player Rec. Yards TD's
Russell Hairston 67 1126 18
Joel Gueli 22 232 3
John McClennon 22 131 1
Jim Rafferty 20 170 2
Creig Federico 12 54 2
Mike Powell 5 81 2
Kevin Russell 2 11 0
Ricky Mitchell 1 21 0
Greg Best 1 11 0
George Miller 1 6 0

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Defense

Player Tackles Solo Assisted Sack INT Yards TD's
Joel Gueli 31 29 4 3 4 31 1
Craig Walls 19 15 8 13 0 0 0
Russell Hairston 17.5 16 0 0 4 50 1
Creig Federico 17 12 10 3 0 0 0
Scott Dmitrenko 15 13 4 3 0 0 0
Mike Stoops 14.5 11 7 0 1 0 0
John McClennon 12.5 9 7 0 1 5 0
Ricky Mitchell 11 10 2 2 0 0 0
Jim Rafferty 10.5 8 2 0 2 4 0
Thomas Weaver 9 7 4 3 1 2 0
Earnest Adams 8 6 4 5 0 0 0
Mike Powell 6 5 2 0 0 0 0
Greg Best 6 6 0 0 0 0 0
Willis Yates 5 4 2 6 0 0 0
Lee Larsen 2.5 2 1 0 0 0 0

Joel Gueli

Special Teams

Kick Return

Player Ret Yards TD's
Joel Gueli 24 464 2
Jim Rafferty 10 69 0
John McClennon 5 80 0
Scott Dmitrenko 1 26 0
Mike Stoops 1 5 0
Joel GUELI 10 500 1

Kicking

Player FGM 4pg FGA Pct. XPM 2pt XPA Pct. Pts.
Lee Larsen 6 0 21 28.6 13 0 28 46.4 31

Awards

Position Player Award All-Arena team
Wide Receiver/Defensive Back Russell Hairston Most Valuable Player 1st
Offensive/Defensive Lineman Craig Walls none 1st
Wide Receiver/Defensive Back Mike Stoops none 2nd

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