1987 Pittsburgh Gladiators season

1987 Pittsburgh Gladiators season
Head coach Joe Haering
Home field Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Results
Record 4–2
League place 1st
Playoff finish Lost ArenaBowl I (Dynamite) 16-45
Team MVP Russell Hairston

The 1987 Pittsburgh Gladiators season was the first season for the Gladiators. They finished 4–2 and lost a 45–16 game against the Denver Dynamite in ArenaBowl I.[1]

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Results Game site
Final score Team record
1 June 19 Washington Commandos W 48–46 1–0 Civic Arena
2 June 26 at Chicago Bruisers W 60–23 2–0 Rosemont Horizon
3 July 2 Chicago Bruisers W 49–14 3–0 Civic Arena
4 July 11 at Denver Dynamite W 49–32 4–0 McNichols Sports Arena
5 July 17 Denver Dynamite L 31–32 4–1 Civic Arena
6 July 23 at Washington Commandos L 31–52 4–2 Capital Centre

Standings

1987 Arena Football League standings
Team W L T PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK
y-Pittsburgh Gladiators 4 2 0 .667 268 199 44.6 33.1 L 2
x-Denver Dynamite 4 2 0 .667 261 252 43.5 42 W 2
Washington Commandos 2 4 0 .333 288 273 48 45.5 W 1
Chicago Bruisers 2 4 0 .333 217 310 36.1 51.6 L 1

y – clinched regular-season title

x – clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

Round Date Opponent Results Game site
Final score Team record
ArenaBowl I August 1 Denver Dynamite L 16–45 0–1 Civic Arena

Roster

1987 Pittsburgh Gladiators roster
Quarterbacks

Wide receivers/Defensive backs

 Running Backs/Linebackers
  • 45 Creig Federico
  • -- Mike Powell

Offensive Linemen/Defensive Linemen

  • 85 Earnest Adams
  • 9_ Scott Dmitrenko
  • -- George Miller
  • 54 Craig Walls
  • 67 Thomas Weaver
  • -- Willis Yates
 Wide Receivers/Linebackers
  • None

Kickers

  • -- Lee Larson

Rookies in italics
Roster updated February 4, 2013
20 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

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Stats

Offense

Quarterback

Player Comp. Att. Comp% Yards TD's INT's Rating
Brendan Folmar11920558.0134921985.2
Mike Hohensee325558.248371111.4
Kevin Russell2366.7110072.9
Stan Yagiello030.000039.6

Running Backs

Player Car. Yards TD's
Creig Federico10211
Brendan Folmar14132
Mike Hohensee3111
Scott Dmitrenko361
Mike Stoops130
John McClennon120
Ricky Mitchell210
Mike Powell1−10
Stan Yagiello2−30

Wide Receivers

Player Rec. Yards TD's
Russell Hairston67112618
Joel Gueli222323
John McClennon221311
Jim Rafferty201702
Creig Federico12542
Mike Powell5812
Kevin Russell2110
Ricky Mitchell1210
Greg Best1110
George Miller160

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

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

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 Joel Gueli none 2nd

References

  1. ↑ "Arena Football League Championship : Taylor Leads Dynamite, 45–16". Los Angeles Times. August 2, 1987. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
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