2001 Rhein Fire Statistics

National Football League Europe (NFLE)
Team Record: 5-5
Finishing 3rd in NFLE
Coach: Pete Kuharchek (5-5)
Attendance: 175,132, Avg. 35,026 in 5 home dates

2001 Rhein Fire Roster
2001 Rhein Fire Results

The Rhein Fire of National Football League Europe ended the 2001 season with a record of 5 wins and 5 losses, finishing third in NFLE.

The defense proved to be a force, as the Fire topped the circuit with just 179 points allowed. Rhein chalked up 174 points. Phil Stambaugh threw for 1,166 yards. Eddie Hardaway topped the receiving corps, catching 33 balls for 398 yards.

Pepe Pearson rushed for a team-leading 597 yards.

Deke Cooper picked off 6 opponent throws. Kelly Gregg dropped quarterbacks 6 times.

Pete Kuharchek coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Phil Stambaugh	200	110	55.0	1166	5.8	2	1.0	7	3.5	45	17	94	61.0
Giovanni Carmazzi	71	42	59.2	448	6.3	4	5.6	4	5.6	27	7	42	73.0
Jim Arellanes	21	9	42.9	171	8.1	1	4.8	1	4.8	64t	2	6	67.8
Rodney Williams	0	0		0		0		0		0	1	5	0.0
Totals	292	161	55.1	1785	6.1	7	2.4	12	4.1	64	27	147

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Pepe Pearson	166	597	3.6	19	3
Giovanni Carmazzi	30	133	4.4	24	0
Jason Brookins	34	115	3.4	17	1
DeMario Brown	27	78	2.9	9	0
Phil Stambaugh	19	63	3.3	20	1
Rodney Williams	1	8	8.0	8	0
Eddie Hardaway	3	4	1.3	10	0
Totals	280	998	3.6	24	5

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Eddie Hardaway	33	398	12.1	45	2
Dwight Carter	21	222	10.6	27	0
Michael Lewis	20	262	13.1	64t	3
Andre Cooper	17	198	11.6	20	0
Johnny Huggins	16	167	10.4	38	0
Pepe Pearson	16	135	8.4	19	0
Akihito Amaya	14	148	10.6	23	1
Jason Brookins	7	104	14.9	37	0
DeMario Brown	6	49	8.2	18	0
Adam Newman	5	53	10.6	24	1
Shannon Myers	4	30	7.5	14	0
Joe Perez	3	39	13.0	20	0
Oyeniran Odunayo Ojo	1	13	13.0	13	0
Totals	163	1818	11.2	64	7

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
James Tuthill	0	0		12	7	58.3	21
Manfred Burgsmuller	14	13	92.9	7	6	85.7	31
Totals	14	13	92.9	19	13	68.4	52

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Rodney Williams	50	2014	40.3	74
Totals	50	2014	40.3	74

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	FC
Jordan Younger	24	242	10.1	36	3
Dwight Carter	2	20	10.0	13	0
Michael Lewis	2	1	0.5	1	1
Totals	28	263	9.4	36	4

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jordan Younger	21	448	21.3	46
Michael Lewis	9	185	20.6	33
Dwight Carter	8	143	17.9	22
Kelly Gregg	1	14	14.0	14
Brian Connolly	1	7	7.0	7
Totals	40	797	19.9	46

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Deke Cooper	6	30	5.0	18	0
Clarence LeBlanc	4	153	38.2	73t	3
Corey Harris	2	57	28.5	57t	1
Jordan Younger	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	13	240	18.5	73	4

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Kelly Gregg	6.0
Mark Word	5.0
Dan Greer	5.0
Julian Duncan	2.0
Scott Zimmerman	2.0
Terrell Jurineack	2.0
Bastian Lano	2.0
Masaki Tokimoto	1.0
DeShone Mallard	1.0
Totals	26.0	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Manfred Burgsmuller									6	13	0			31
James Tuthill									7	0	0			21
Michael Lewis		3	0	0					0	0	0			18
Pepe Pearson	3	0							0	0	0			18
Clarence LeBlanc						3			0	0	0			18
Eddie Hardaway	0	2							0	0	0			12
Phil Stambaugh	1								0	0	0			6
Corey Harris						1			0	0	0			6
Jason Brookins	1	0							0	0	0			6
Akihito Amaya		1							0	0	0			6
Adam Newman		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	5	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	13	13	0	0	0	148