AFL Quick Hitters

Published on April 10, 2003 under Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release

HEADING TOWARD 70 WINS: Chicago Rush head coach MIKE HOHENSEE is attempting to win his 70th career AFL contest this weekend. With a win, Hohensee would become the sixth member of the 70-win club. Last season, he recorded his 60th career victory with an overtime win over the Dallas Desperados on July 13.

ALL-TIME AFL VICTORIES
COACH TEAM VICTORIES
TIM MARCUM Tampa Bay 152
DANNY WHITE Arizona 119
Perry Moss 86
John Gregory 72
MICHAEL TRIGG Grand Rapids 72
MIKE HOHENSEE Chicago 69
* Includes postseason; active coaches in CAPS.

THE GO-TO GUY: Las Vegas quarterbacks throw to OS MIKE HORACEK a League-leading 38-percent of the time. The former Offensive Player of the Year (2000) is No. 2 in the League with 88 receptions helping Las Vegas (6-4) to the Eastern Division lead.

TOP 5 GO TO PERCENTAGE LEADERS
RECEIVER REC CHANCES TD GO-TO PCT.
Mike Horacek, Las Vegas 88 51 25 38.0
Chris Jackson, Los Angeles 77 40 28 37.0
Mike Furrey, New York 92 41 38 35.0
Damian Harrell, Colorado 72 43 27 34.0
James Roe, San Jose 67 29 17 34.0

FIRST DOWN! New York QB AARON GARCIA connects on 73.1-percent of passing attempts on first down. He leads the League in first-down passing percentage having completed 155-of-212 attempts for 36 touchdowns. Despite feeling the pressure by getting sacked 19 times, Garcia has only thrown two interceptions on first down situations.

TOP 5 FIRST DOWN PASSING PERCENTAGE LEADERS
QUARTERBACK ATT-COMP COMP PCT. TD INT
Aaron Garcia, New York 212-155 73.1 36 2
Jim Kubiak, Dallas 206-148 71.8 34 3
Clint Dolezel, Grand Rapids 169-116 68.6 29 6
Mark Grieb, San Jose 161-107 66.5 26 8
Donnie Davis, Georgia 149-98 65.8 13 4

RUSHING TO PAYDIRT: San Jose has scored at least one rushing touchdown in each of its 10 games this season and leads the League with 34 on the year. The SaberCats scored two times on the ground at Dallas last week and matched the League single-game record with six rushing touchdowns in a game this season -- twice. They are on pace to score 54 rush touchdowns which would shatter St. Louis' 1996 record (41) and make them League leaders for a fifth consecutive season.

MOST RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS (SINGLE-SEASON)
TEAM YEAR RUSHING TD
St. Louis Stampede 1996 41
Orlando Predators 1996 37
San Jose SaberCats 1999 36
Milwaukee Mustangs 1997 35
San Jose SaberCats 2003 34
San Jose SaberCats 2000 34
San Jose SaberCats 2002 34

HOT TICKET: Five of the six largest crowds to see the Avengers play have come within L.A.'s last 11 regular-season games, dating back to the end of the 2002 campaign. In consecutive games (Feb. 16, at Colorado and Feb. 23, at Chicago), the Avengers played before their two largest crowds ever. The Avengers are averaging 14,099 fans at home this season in four games at STAPLES Center and are close to selling out this weekend's game vs. Arizona (3 p.m. ET, NBC).

DATE OPPONENT ATTENDANCE
2/16/03 At Colorado 17,417 (Pepsi Center)
2/23/03 At Chicago 16,132 (Allstate Arena)
5/4/02 At Dallas 15,196 (American Airlines)
2/9/03 San Jose 14,992 (STAPLES Center)
2/2/03 Las Vegas 14,827 (STAPLES Center)
7/20/02 Buffalo 14,427 (STAPLES Center)

PICKIN' IT: With his next interception, Buffalo DS DWAINE CARPENTER will become the Destroyers' all-time leader in interceptions – currently tied with former teammate and current New York Dragons WR/DB CARLOS JAMES (8).

DYNAMITE DUO: Through 10 games this season, Grand Rapids' duo of TERRILL SHAW and STEVE SMITH have combined to catch an impressive 127 passes for 1,605 yards and 44 touchdowns. The speedy receivers could become the first Rampage duo to catch 100 passes apiece since the THOMAS BAILEY (133) and MICHAEL BAKER (102) did it during the 1999 season.

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