1998 Tampa Bay Storm Statistics

Arena Football League (Arena League)
Team Record: 12-2
Finishing 1st in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Tim Marcum (12-2)
Location: Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 79,724, Avg. 11,389 in 7 home dates

1998 Tampa Bay Storm Roster
1998 Tampa Bay Storm Results

The Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League ended the 1998 season with a record of 12 wins and 2 losses, finishing first in the Arena League's South Division of the National Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.

Offensively, the Storm led the league with 794 points. Defensively, Tampa Bay surrendered 513 points, lowest in the league. Peter Willis triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,411 yards. Stevie Thomas topped pass catchers, hauling in 76 balls, while George LaFrance added 994 receiving yards.

Les Barley ran for a team-leading 232 yards.

Johnnie Harris intercepted 11 opponent throws. Les Barley blasted quarterbacks 8 times, helping propel the defense to an overall total of 29 sacks.

Tim Marcum coached the team. The 1998 Tampa Bay Storm lost in the Championship.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Peter Willis	425	255	60.0	3411	8.0	70	16.5	10	2.4	45	115.3
Ron Adams	13	8	61.5	127	9.8	4	30.8	0	0.0	30	133.7
Bryan Martin	11	8	72.7	79	7.2	2	18.2	0	0.0	22	132.2
Stevie Thomas	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	450	271	60.2	3617	8.0	76	16.9	10	2.2	45

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Les Barley	61	232	3.8		15
Andre Bowden	49	110	2.2		7
Bryan Martin	2	14	7.0		0
Stevie Thomas	1	3	3.0		0
Cedric McKinnon	3	-2	-0.7		0
Peter Willis	7	-8	-1.1		0
Totals	123	349	2.8	0	22

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Stevie Thomas	76	912	12.0		16
George LaFrance	65	994	15.3		35
Lawrence Samuels	55	667	12.1		14
Wayne Walker	27	448	16.6		8
Wayne Williams	17	250	14.7		0
Antoine Worthman	13	198	15.2		2
Les Barley	8	55	6.9		0
Alvoid Mays	5	57	11.4		0
Lynn Rowland	2	19	9.5		0
Tony Woods	2	15	7.5		0
Andre Bowden	1	2	2.0		0
Totals	271	3617	13.3	0	75

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bjorn Nittmo	90	84	93.3	30	13	43.3	123
Rich Fall	6	5	83.3	2	0	0.0	5
Totals	96	89	92.7	32	13	40.6	128

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
George LaFrance	65	1168	18.0		1
Wayne Walker	12	201	16.8		0
Wayne Williams	2	31	15.5		0
Stevie Thomas	2	11	5.5		1
Lawrence Samuels	1	1	1.0		0
Les Barley	2	1	0.5		0
Totals	84	1413	16.8	0	2

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Johnnie Harris	11	121	11.0		1
Tracey Perkins	3	62	20.7		0
Lawrence Samuels	3	58	19.3		2
Lynn Rowland	1	16	16.0		0
Antoine Worthman	1	0	0.0		0
Wayne Williams	1	0	0.0		0
Totals	20	257	12.8	0	3

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Les Barley	8.0
Lynn Rowland	7.0
Andre Bowden	6.0
Robert Goff	3.0
Willie Wyatt	2.0
Cedric McKinnon	1.0
Keo Coleman	1.0
Steve Houghton	1.0
Totals	29.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF	K Blk
Johnnie Harris	62.5	48	29	33		0			3	0
Tracey Perkins	50	44	12	18		2			2	0
Andre Bowden	33.5	28	11	2		3			1	0
Antoine Worthman	30	26	8	7		0			1	0
Lawrence Samuels	33	23	20	6		3			2	0
Les Barley	24.5	19	11	1		3			3	0
Stevie Thomas	22	18	8	3		0			0	0
Wayne Williams	21	17	8	4		0			0	0
Lynn Rowland	15.5	11	9	1		1			4	1
Tony Woods	13.5	11	5	4		1			0	0
Alvoid Mays	10.5	7	7	1		1			0	0
Steve Houghton	9	6	6	2		1			0	0
Nyle Wiren	7.5	4	7	1		1			1	0
Sylvester Bembery	5.5	4	3	1		0			0	0
Bjorn Nittmo	5.5	4	3	0		0			1	0
Mel Agee	5	4	2	1		0			0	0
Keo Coleman	6	3	6	0		0			0	0
Robert Goff	4.5	3	3	0		0			1	0
Cedric McKinnon	3.5	3	1	1		0			0	0
Wayne Walker	3	3	0	0		0			0	0
Willie Wyatt	5	2	6	2		1			0	2
Corey Dowden	3.5	2	3	2		0			0	0
Cornell Parker	2.5	2	1	1		0			0	0
Peter Willis	2	2	0	0		0			0	0
Tony Jones	2.5	1	3	0		0			0	0
Tracy Sanders	1	1	0	1		0			0	0
George LaFrance	1	1	0	0		0			0	0
Wilky Bazile	0.5	0	1	0		0			0	0
Terry Beauford	0.5	0	1	1		0			0	0
Rich Fall	0.5	0	1	0		0			0	0
Totals	384.5	297	175	93	0	17	0	0	19	3

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
George LaFrance		35		1		0			0	0	0			216
Bjorn Nittmo						0			13	84	0			123
Stevie Thomas	0	16		1		0			0	0	0			102
Lawrence Samuels		14		0		2			0	0	0			96
Les Barley	15	0		0		0			0	0	0			90
Wayne Walker		8		0		0			0	0	0			48
Andre Bowden	7	0				0			0	0	0			42
Antoine Worthman		2				0			0	0	0			12
Johnnie Harris						1			0	0	0			6
Rich Fall						0			0	5	0			5
Totals	22	75	0	2	0	3	0	0	13	89	0	0	0	740