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1987The 1987 Arena Football League season was the 1st season, also known as the "demonstration season", of the Arena Football League. The league champions were the Denver Dynamite, who defeated the Pittsburgh Gladiators in ArenaBowl I.- Events :...
Pittsburgh GladiatorsThe Tampa Bay Storm are a member franchise of the Arena Football League. They are also one of the founding members of the league, then known as the Pittsburgh Gladiators. They are also the last of the original four Arena Football League teams to still exist, marking them as the oldest team in...
season was the first season for the Gladiators. They finished 4-2 and lost
ArenaBowl IArena Bowl '87 was the Arena Football League's very first Arena Bowl. In this match-up, it pitted the #2 Denver Dynamite against the #1 Pittsburgh Gladiators...
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1987The 1987 Arena Football League season was the 1st season, also known as the "demonstration season", of the Arena Football League. The league champions were the Denver Dynamite, who defeated the Pittsburgh Gladiators in ArenaBowl I.- Events :...
Pittsburgh GladiatorsThe Tampa Bay Storm are a member franchise of the Arena Football League. They are also one of the founding members of the league, then known as the Pittsburgh Gladiators. They are also the last of the original four Arena Football League teams to still exist, marking them as the oldest team in...
season was the first season for the Gladiators. They finished 4-2 and lost
ArenaBowl IArena Bowl '87 was the Arena Football League's very first Arena Bowl. In this match-up, it pitted the #2 Denver Dynamite against the #1 Pittsburgh Gladiators...
to the
Denver DynamiteDenver Dynamite could be either:* Denver Dynamite - a professional arena soccer team currently in the Professional Arena Soccer League ....
.
Schedule
| Week |
Date |
Opponent |
Home/Away |
Result |
| 1 |
June 19 |
Washington Commandos The Washington Commandos was an Arena football team that operated from 1987 to 1990.-Inaugural season :The Washington Commandos were a charter member of the Arena Football League, playing in the initial four-team "demonstration season" of 1987....
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Home |
W 48-46 |
| 2 |
June 26 |
Chicago Bruisers The Chicago Bruisers were a charter member of the Arena Football League, playing in the four-team "demonstration season" of 1987. They played their home games in the former Rosemont Horizon, now the Allstate Arena, home of the Chicago Rush.-History:...
|
Away |
W 60-23 |
| 3 |
July 2 |
Chicago Bruisers The Chicago Bruisers were a charter member of the Arena Football League, playing in the four-team "demonstration season" of 1987. They played their home games in the former Rosemont Horizon, now the Allstate Arena, home of the Chicago Rush.-History:...
|
Home |
W 49-14 |
| 4 |
July 10 |
Denver Dynamite Denver Dynamite could be either:* Denver Dynamite - a professional arena soccer team currently in the Professional Arena Soccer League ....
|
Away |
W 49-32 |
| 5 |
July 17 |
Denver Dynamite Denver Dynamite could be either:* Denver Dynamite - a professional arena soccer team currently in the Professional Arena Soccer League ....
|
Home |
L 32-31 |
| 6 |
July 23 |
Washington Commandos The Washington Commandos was an Arena football team that operated from 1987 to 1990.-Inaugural season :The Washington Commandos were a charter member of the Arena Football League, playing in the initial four-team "demonstration season" of 1987....
|
Away |
L 52-31 |
Playoffs
| Round |
Date |
Opponent |
Home/Away |
Result |
ArenaBowl IArena Bowl '87 was the Arena Football League's very first Arena Bowl. In this match-up, it pitted the #2 Denver Dynamite against the #1 Pittsburgh Gladiators...
|
August 1 |
Denver Dynamite Denver Dynamite could be either:* Denver Dynamite - a professional arena soccer team currently in the Professional Arena Soccer League ....
|
Home |
L 45-16 |
Quarterback
| Player |
Comp. |
Att. |
Comp% |
Yards |
TD's |
INT's |
Rating |
| Brendan Folmar |
119 |
205 |
58.0 |
1349 |
21 |
9 |
85.2 |
| Mike Hohensee Michael Louis Hohensee is an American Arena Football League coach for the Chicago Rush and has been since the team's inception. Under his leadership, the Rush have made the AFL playoffs every year of their existence and won ArenaBowl XX in 2006...
|
32 |
55 |
58.2 |
483 |
7 |
1 |
111.4 |
| Kevin Russell Kevin Richard Russell is a German musician and belongs to the three founding members of the German rock band Böhse Onkelz . He was their singer from 1980 until the breakup of the band in 2005.- Biography :...
|
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 Michael Louis Hohensee is an American Arena Football League coach for the Chicago Rush and has been since the team's inception. Under his leadership, the Rush have made the AFL playoffs every year of their existence and won ArenaBowl XX in 2006...
|
3 |
11 |
1 |
| Scott Dmitrenko |
3 |
6 |
1 |
| Mike Stoops Michael J. Stoops is the head football coach at the University of Arizona, his first head coaching position. He previously served as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University and the University of Oklahoma...
|
1 |
3 |
0 |
| John McClennon |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Ricky Mitchell |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Mike Powell |
1 |
| 0 |
| Stan Yagiello |
2 |
| 0 |
Wide Receivers
| Player |
Rec. |
Yards |
TD's |
| Russell Hairston |
67 |
1126 |
18 |
| Mike Stoops Michael J. Stoops is the head football coach at the University of Arizona, his first head coaching position. He previously served as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University and the University of Oklahoma...
|
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 Kevin Richard Russell is a German musician and belongs to the three founding members of the German rock band Böhse Onkelz . He was their singer from 1980 until the breakup of the band in 2005.- Biography :...
|
2 |
11 |
0 |
| Ricky Mitchell |
1 |
21 |
0 |
| Greg Best Gregory Alan 'Greg' Best is an equestrian competitor and coach in the sport of show jumping. Best known for winning two silver medals for the United States in the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea riding the famous Gem Twist. Mr...
|
1 |
11 |
0 |
| George Miller George Miller may refer to:in the arts:*George Miller , Australian film and television screenwriter, film director and producer *George T...
|
1 |
6 |
0 |
Defense
| Player |
Tackles |
Solo |
Assisted |
Sack |
INT |
Yards |
TD's |
| Rock Richmond |
31 |
29 |
4 |
0 |
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 Michael J. Stoops is the head football coach at the University of Arizona, his first head coaching position. He previously served as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University and the University of Oklahoma...
|
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 Gregory Alan 'Greg' Best is an equestrian competitor and coach in the sport of show jumping. Best known for winning two silver medals for the United States in the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea riding the famous Gem Twist. Mr...
|
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 |
Kick Return
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
TD's |
| Ricky Mitchell |
24 |
464 |
0 |
| Jim Rafferty |
10 |
69 |
0 |
| John McClennon |
5 |
80 |
0 |
| Scott Dmitrenko |
1 |
26 |
0 |
| Mike Stoops Michael J. Stoops is the head football coach at the University of Arizona, his first head coaching position. He previously served as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University and the University of Oklahoma...
|
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 |
Mike Stoops Michael J. Stoops is the head football coach at the University of Arizona, his first head coaching position. He previously served as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University and the University of Oklahoma...
|
none |
2nd |
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