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April 6, 2004 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Tampa Bay Storm News Release


TAMPA BAY STORM (3-6)
at
CHICAGO RUSH (6-2)
April 11, 2004 3:00 pm NBC Sports
Allstate Arena (16,000)
Rosemont, Ill.
THE SERIES
Overall record: Storm lead, 1-0
Regular Season: Storm lead, 1-0
Playoffs: never met
Last Meeting: Tampa Bay won 66-53 (at Tampa Bay, May 10, 2002)

RADIO – 620 AM WDAE
Jack Harris, play-by-play
Jason Dixon, analyst
TV – NBC Sports (News Channel 8)
Tom Hammond, play-by-play
Pat Haden, analyst
Lewis Johnson, sideline reporter

2004 STORM SCHEDULE/RESULTS
DATE OPPONENT RESULT
Feb. 8 Orlando Predators W, 52-41
Feb. 13 Georgia Force L, 62-70
Feb. 22 at Austin Wranglers L, 48-56
Feb. 29 Philadelphia Soul W, 40-37
Mar. 7 at New Orleans VooDoo L, 43-55
Mar. 14 New York Dragons L, 35-40
Mar. 21 at Carolina Cobras L, 43-54
Mar. 27 at Georgia Force W, 53-24
Apr. 4 San Jose SaberCats L, 55-62
Apr. 11 at Chicago Rush 3:00 pm
Apr. 18 Austin Wranglers 3:00 pm
Apr. 25 at Columbus Destroyers noon
May 2 at Orlando Predators 3:00 pm
May 9 Los Angeles Avengers 3:00 pm
May 23 New Orleans VooDoo 3:00 pm
May 30 at Dallas Desperados 4:00 pm
All times Eastern and subject to change

DESPERATION NEARS FOR STORM AS THEY PREPARE FOR RUSH

With the 2004 AFL postseason on the horizon, the defending ArenaBowl champion Tampa Bay Storm find themselves in a critical situation. At 3-6 on the season, Tampa Bay can't continue to compile losses and expect to extend their streak of consecutive playoff appearances, which currently sits at 13 seasons. The Storm are on the outside looking in at the postseason, and need to put together an impressive run in the coming weeks to get back in the playoff hunt. But Tampa Bay is not in an enviable position, as it must begin that streak against a Chicago Rush team that has proven to be one of the toughest teams in the AFL this season. The Rush enter Sunday's contest with just two losses on the year and have an agenda of their own – to continue fighting for the No. 1 overall seed and home field advantage throughout the playoffs.

SECOND HALF COMEBACK BY SAN JOSE SINKS STORM

After thumping the Georgia Force by 29 points the week before, everything appeared to be heading in the right direction for the Storm after they opened up a 14-0 lead against San Jose and took a 38-21 lead into the locker room at halftime. But what started off as a masterpiece quickly blew up in the face of the defending champs, who were outscored 41-17 in the second half and lost their fourth straight game to San Jose, 62-55, last Sunday afternoon. San Jose WR/LB James Roe was the catalyst for the SaberCats' offense, as he set a San Jose team record with seven touchdown catches. Mark Grieb was nearly flawless, completing 27-of-34 passes for 351 yards and nine touchdowns. Two of Roe's touchdown catches came on fourth down, when the Storm needed defensive stops to regain control of the game. Instead, the SaberCats converted and handed the Storm their third home loss of the season.

A TALE OF TWO HALVES

It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times. All in the span of less than three hours. The Tampa Bay Storm went from dominating arguably the best team in the league and putting the misfortunes of the first half of the schedule behind them to returning to the mistake-filled habits of the early season and once again finding a way to lose a game which it had in its grasp.

Tampa Bay played its best half of football in the first 30 minutes against the San Jose SaberCats, jumping out to a 14-0 lead less than five minutes into the game and leading 38-21 at halftime. But San Jose reeled off 14 unanswered points to start the second half and turned the momentum in the game. Tampa Bay had two chances to stop the SaberCats on fourth down in the second half, but on both plays the SaberCats scored touchdowns, including a six-yard touchdown pass to James Roe in the fourth quarter that put San Jose on top 48-45. A Storm stop would have given the Storm, who scored on their next offensive possession, the ball back with a 45-41 lead and a chance to salt the game away.

After outscoring the SaberCats 38-21 in the first half, San Jose turned the tables on the Storm in the final 30 minutes, outscoring Tampa Bay 41-17 in the second half.

QUICK OUT OF THE GATE

Amazingly, last Sunday's 21-7 Storm lead after the first quarter of play marked just the first time this season that the Storm led after the game's first 15 minutes.

Traditionally, that's a good sign for the Storm, who entered the game with an 84-18 all-time record when leading after the first quarter.

The first quarter this season has been a tough one for Tampa Bay. The Storm have been outscored 98-80 in the first 15 minutes, but that pales in comparison to the third quarter, in which Tampa Bay has been outscored 134-87. The Storm were outscored 20-7 in the third quarter against San Jose.

GOOD FOR THE STAT SHEET, BUT THAT'S IT

In last Sunday's game against San Jose, Storm quarterback Shane Stafford threw for 309 yards, the most passing yards thrown for this season by a Storm quarterback. It marked the third time this season that Stafford has thrown for more than 300 yards in a game.

But as impressive as those numbers are, Stafford's 300-yard passing games have not predicated Storm victories. In fact, Tampa Bay is 0-3 this season when Stafford throws for 300 or more yards. This is a trend that has also transcended Storm history. Tampa Bay is 13-10 all-time in games in which the Storm have a 300-yard passer.

TERRIFIC TT

TT Toliver had one of the better games of his career last Sunday against the San Jose SaberCats. The game was by far his best offensive performance ever, as the Storm WR/DB recorded career highs in receptions (7), receiving yards (118), and receiving touchdowns (3). He added 98 kickoff return yards and 2.0 tackles and a forced fumble on defense. In all, Toliver had a game-high 216 all-purpose yards, the second-highest total of his career.

HOME LOSSES PILING UP

Tampa Bay's loss to San Jose marked the team's third home loss of the season. Last year the Storm were 9-2 at home, including three home playoff wins. Tampa Bay is 80-29 all-time at home. However, the Storm are just 2-5 at home in their last seven regular season home contests.

GAINING GROUND

Though he's struggled to keep up his torrid touchdown scoring pace in recent weeks, Storm offensive specialist Freddie Solomon continues to climb up the Tampa Bay Storm all-time charts. Solomon's 102 receiving yards against San Jose gave him 2,141 career receiving yards, allowing him to vault former Storm receiver James Bowden and move into fourth place on the Storm career receiving yards list. Solomon is now behind only Stevie Thomas, Lawrence Samuels, and George LaFrance.

In addition, Solomon also moved past Thomas on the Storm's all-time kickoff return yards list. Solomon currently sits in third place on the career list with 1,279 kickoff return yards. He is behind only LaFrance and Bowden in that category.

PLAYING ON EASTER WEEKEND

Sunday's game against Chicago will mark just the second time the Storm has played on Easter Sunday. The only other time the Storm played on Easter was last season, when Tampa Bay dropped a 49-45 decision to the expansion Colorado Crush. The win for Colorado was one of only two victories for Colorado that season.

The Storm have twice played on the Saturday before Easter and have had mixed success. In 2000, the Storm played at Florida the day before Easter and lost 31-30. In 2001, the Storm opened the season on the day before Easter, also against the Florida Bobcats, and won 63-41.

DÉJÀ VU

Last season the city of Tampa made history by becoming the first city to ever lay claim to the Super Bowl championship and the ArenaBowl championship in the same season. This season, the Storm would prefer to not follow so closely in the steps of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who suffered a disappointing 7-9 season and failed to make the playoffs. But to this point it appears that the Storm season could again follow a remarkably similar path to that of the Bucs, as the Storm have gotten off to a 3-6 start to the season.

FALLING ON HARD TIMES

At 3-6, the Storm are one loss away from matching their worst start to a season in club history. Tampa Bay started the 2002 season with a 3-7 record before winning three of its last four games to finish the regular season at 6-8. That season marked the first and only losing season ever suffered by the Storm, who are now in danger of suffering their second losing season in the last three years.

WRONG YEAR TO STRUGGLE

With the playoff field cut from 12 teams to eight this season, the Tampa Bay Storm picked the wrong season to go into a slump. The Storm currently own a league-record streak of 13 consecutive postseason appearances. But that streak is in jeopardy of being snapped if the Storm cannot pull out of its current tailspin and string together some victories.

The Storm have never missed out on the playoffs, and if you add the franchise's four years in Pittsburgh prior to moving to the Tampa Bay area, the streak is increased to 17 consecutive playoff appearances. Additionally, Storm head coach Tim Marcum, who is in his 16th season as a head coach in the Arena Football League, has never failed to lead his team into the playoffs.

GROUND GAME GROUNDED

Entering Sunday's game against the Chicago Rush, the Tampa Bay Storm are struggling mightily to move the ball on the ground. The Storm rank 18th in the 19- team league in rushing offense, averaging just 13.0 rushing yards per game. Last week the Storm had just one net rushing yard against San Jose, and the Storm's inability to run the ball in the red zone forced them to attempt a game-tying field goal with less than a minute to play instead of scoring the go-ahead touchdown.

Tampa Bay's inability to convert on crucial short-yardage plays on the ground is also a reason that the Storm have struggled in their red zone offense. Tampa Bay is 15th in the league in red zone offense, scoring on just 39-of-51 possessions inside the 10-yard line this season.

A NEW HOME

Former NFL quarterback Steve DeBerg, who began the season as the head coach of the Indiana Firebirds, has joined the Tampa Bay Storm coaching staff as an assistant coach. He is tutoring the quarterbacks and learning the game from Storm head coach Tim Marcum. DeBerg also coached quarterbacks in the NFL after his playing days and is known for his ability to mentor young quarterbacks. In fact, he brought current Indiana QB Adrian McPherson into the AFL. McPherson was recently named Rookie of the Month for the Firebirds and is a strong contender for Rookie of the Year honors.

STRONG UP FRONT

The Chicago Rush feature one of the stronger lines of scrimmage in the AFL this season. The Rush are second in the league with 14 quarterback sacks and are tied for first in the league in sacks against, having given up only three this season. Chicago is led by John Moyer, who is tied for third in the league with 4.0 sacks. James Baron is tied for sixth in the AFL with 3.0 sacks.

The Storm, on the other hand, are struggling to generate a consistent pass rush.

Saddled by injuries, Tampa Bay failed to record a sack against San Jose. The team has 11 sacks on the year, tied for fourth in the league. The Storm are tied for sixth in the league in sacks allowed with five.

ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER FORMER PLAYER

Last week, the Storm went head-to-head with Omarr Smith, one of the Storm's defensive specialists last season. This week the Storm will face Corey Sawyer, the other part of last season's DS tandem. In addition to Sawyer, who finished second on the team in tackles (56.5) and interceptions (6) last season, the Storm will also face Chicago WR/DB Hurley Tarver, who was a member of the Storm organization last season and during the 2004 training camp.

But facing former players and/or coaches is nothing new to Tampa Bay. In their previous nine games, the Storm have faced six teams that have featured players or coaches who have been with Tampa Bay in the past two seasons, including Austin (John Kaleo, Eric Thomas, Jahine Arnold, Eddie Vowell), Philadelphia (Keita Crespina, Gary Compton), New Orleans (BJ Cohen), New York (Lary Kuharich), Carolina (Sir Mawn Wilson), and San Jose (Smith). In fact, if the rosters remain the same, the Storm will face just three teams this season that do not include someone who has been with the Storm in the past two seasons (Orlando, Georgia, and Dallas).

FASTEST TO 2,000 -- ALMOST

Solomon eclipsed the 2,000 career receiving yards mark in Week 8 against Georgia after hauling in four passes for 65 yards. That gave him 2,039 career receiving yards in 23 games played. Solomon's race to 2,000 yards was well ahead of that of former Storm great George LaFrance, who didn't reach 2,000 receiving yards with the Storm until his 30th game.

The only player in Storm history to reach the 2,000 receiving yards mark faster than Solomon was Stevie Thomas, the Storm's all-time receiving leader. Thomas, whose No. 20 was retired earlier this season by Tampa bay, reached 2,,000 receiving yards in 22 games, just one game fewer than Solomon. Through 23 games Thomas had 2,120 yards, while Solomon was just 81 yards behind at 2,039.

RUSHING UP THE CHARTS

Tampa Bay FB/LB David White had a career day against the Georgia Force in Week 8. He scored three rushing touchdowns, tying a career-high in that category. He finished the game with 19 rushing yards on seven carries. White's three rushing touchdowns gave him 42 career rushing touchdowns and 21 rushing touchdowns as a member of the Storm. He moved ahead of Tony Jones into sole possession of fourth place on the Storm career rushing touchdowns list.

White also moved past Tony Jones into fifth place on the Storm's career rushing yards list.

GOING THE OTHER WAY

AFL veteran Carlos James, an off-season acquisition by the Storm, picked up his first interception of the season in Week 8 against Georgia. The interception marked James' first interception since the 2002 season, but his 35th career interception. That tied James with Chris Barber for sixth place on the AFL's alltime interceptions list.

O'HARA REACHES A MILESTONE

Making his first start ever as a member of the Storm and his first AFL start since the 2002 season, quarterback Pat O'Hara reached a couple of milestones in Week 6 against the New York Dragons. O'Hara threw for 264 yards in the contest, a total that pushed him over the 13,000 career passing yards plateau. He also had three touchdown passes in the game, giving him his 225th career touchdown pass.

JOINING ONE OF THE GREATS

With his interception on against Philadelphia in Week 4, Lawrence Samuels tied former Tampa Bay Storm defensive specialist Johnnie Harris for second place alltime on the Storm career interceptions list. Samuels, with 18 career interceptions, is now second to only Tracey Perkins, who finished his Storm playing days with 34 career interceptions. Samuels joins some pretty elite company, as Perkins is one of just four players whose jersey number has been retired by the Storm and ranks fifth in AFL career interceptions and Harris has been a safety in the NFL since leaving the Storm after the 1998 season.

At halftime of the Storm's Week 4 game against the Philadelphia Soul, the Tampa Bay Storm retired the No. 20 worn by WR/DB Stevie Thomas. Thomas is the Storm's all-time leader in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns. He is also second in all-purpose yards and missed field goal return yards, third in kickoff return yards and combined returned yards, fifth in interceptions, and ninth in tackles.

Thomas ranks fourth in AFL history in yards per catch, seventh in receiving yards, eighth in scoring, and eighth in receiving touchdowns.

Thomas played for the Storm from 1991-1999, winning four championships with Tampa Bay. He won a fifth championship with the Orlando Predators in 2000 and concluded his career in 2001 with the New Jersey Gladiators.

MORE MILESTONES FOR SAMUELS

Tampa Bay Storm wide receiver/linebacker Lawrence Samuels hit two career milestones in the Storm's Week 2 loss to the Georgia Force and inched closer to overtaking one of the Storm all-time greats on the team's career receiving yards list. Samuels hauled in seven catches for 79 yards and two touchdowns against Georgia. Those numbers allowed him to eclipse 400 career receptions and 5,000 career receiving yards. Samuels is second all-time in Storm history in receptions and ranks third in Storm history in receiving yards.

HALF A CENTURY

When Clif Dell hauled in his 22-yard touchdown reception in Week One against Orlando, he recorded his tenth receiving touchdown as a member of the Storm and his 50th career receiving touchdown. Dell, in his second season with Tampa Bay, scored the touchdown against his former team and the organization for which he scored 40 of those 50 touchdowns. Dell played with the Predators from 1999-2002, with his best career season coming in his final year in Orlando. That season he caught 76 passes for 995 yards and 22 touchdowns.

NEW FACES

Though the Storm return many of the impact players from last season's ArenaBowl champion team, there are a number of new faces on the Storm's opening night roster. Of the 29 players on the opening night roster (24-man roster and Injured Reserve), 13 of those players were not with the Storm for the ArenaBowl, including seven players who played in the game against Orlando. Those players who played last week but were not on the ArenaBowl roster include QB Shane Stafford, WR/DB Jonathan Ordway, OL/DLs Evan Pilgrim and Cyron Brown, DSs Shea Showers and Del Lee, and K Ian Howfield. Others new to the roster this season include QB Stoney Case, WR/DB Carlos James, OL/DLs Emil Ekiyor, Shawn King, and DJ Bleisath, and DS Antonio Langham.

TRUE IRONMAN

Tampa Bay Storm lineman Kelvin Kinney embodies the Ironman image that the Arena Football League has come known for. Kinney, who is one of the top pass rushers in the AFL and has become one of the Storm's top pass blockers, has spent precious little time away from the football field in the past few years.

From 2001-2003 Kinney played in 94 football games, an average of over 30 games per year. In 2001 Kinney was literally rushing the passer non-stop, beginning the year with the XFL's Las Vegas Outlaws.

After 10 games with them, Kinney moved on to the AFL, where he played in 11 games for the Detroit Fury. After the Fury's season was over in July, it was on to the Canadian Football League, where Kinney played in 13 games for the Toronto Argonauts. In 2002 Kinney played in 28 games, 14 with the Fury and 14 with the Edmonton Eskimos.

And in the 2003 calendar year Kinney added 32 more games played, 17 with the Tampa Bay Storm and 15 with Toronto and Edmonton of the CFL.

Kinney's year-round exploits have not slowed his production at all. In what will go down as his most successful year ever as a professional football player, Kinney recorded 6.0 sacks and won an AFL championship with the Storm in 2003 and then went north to wreak havoc in Canada. Splitting time between Toronto and Edmonton, Kinney recorded 12.0 sacks and won a Grey Cup championship with the Eskimos. The 2003 CFL championship game marked the third straight championship game that Kinney played in. He was with Edmonton in 2002 for their Grey Cup loss, and then followed that performance up with back-to-back championship game wins in Tampa Bay and again with Edmonton.

SUPER TIES

The 2004 Super Bowl pitted the New England Patriots and the Carolina Panthers, a matchup which featured some strong loyalties among members of the Storm. Tampa Bay's roster features three of players with ties to the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots.

Quarterback Shane Stafford was signed by the Patriots in January 2003 and allocated to NFL Europe by the Patriots, where he played the 2003 season. FB/LB Andre Bowden enjoyed a three-year stint from 1994-96. Antonio Langham played for the Patriots in 2000 and also played under current Patriots head coach Bill Belichick while with the Cleveland Browns in 1994 and 1995. And, while not having direct ties to the two Super Bowl teams, Storm defensive specialist Del Lee played for Belichick while both were with the New York Jets in 1999.

The Storm roster also features a pair of former Panthers in linemen Darion Conner and Shawn King. King was a second round draft choice by Carolina in the 1995 NFL draft, the 36th overall selection.

BACK-TO-BACK FACTS

It has proven to be extremely difficult to repeat as ArenaBowl champions, but there is a precedent for repeating, especially when Storm head coach Tim Marcum is involved. The last team to repeat as ArenaBowl champion was Tampa Bay, who under the guidance of Marcum won back-to-back ArenaBowls in 1995 and 1996. The only other team to repeat was the Detroit Drive, which actually won three straight ArenaBowl titles from 1988-90. In two of those seasons – 1988 and 1989 – Marcum was the Drive's head coach. The closest a team has come to repeating as of late was the Orlando Predators, which won two titles in three seasons. The Predators claimed the 1998 and 2000 championships, with Albany downing the Predators in 1999 to avoid a repeat champion.

ARENABOWL HANGOVER?

The Tampa Bay Storm have had mixed success in the years following ArenaBowl championships. Following the team's first title in 1991, the Storm advanced to the semifinals of the playoffs, only to lose in overtime to Orlando. Following the 1993 championship, the Storm put together what was then their worst season ever, finishing 7-6 overall and exiting the playoffs after a first-round loss to Massachusetts. The Storm followed up their 1995 championship with a repeat performance in 1996, but the 1997 season saw another average campaign, as the team finished with a 9-7 overall record.

PRESEASON PROGNOSTICATIONS

The Tampa Bay Storm placed one player on the first-ever Preseason All-AFL team and was selected to finish second in the league. The two preseason "polls" were taken by the newly-formed Arena Football League Writers Association. Lawrence Samuels was selected as the preseason All-AFL pick at the WR/LB position. Also on the team was former Storm lineman BJ Cohen, now of the New Orleans VooDoo. The Storm placed second in the AFLWA's preseason picks as the eventual ArenaBowl champion. San Jose finished first in the voting, followed by Tampa Bay, Arizona, Los Angeles, and Orlando.


AFL THIS WEEK
Friday, April 9
New Orleans at Orlando, 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 10
New York at Columbus, 7:00 pm
Grand Rapids at Detroit, 7:30 pm
San Jose at Dallas, 8:30 pm
Las Vegas at Arizona, 10:00 pm
Colorado at Los Angeles, 10:30 pm
Sunday, April 11
Tampa Bay at Chicago, 3:00 pm
Carolina at Indiana, 3:00 pm
Georgia at Austin, 3:00 pm
BYE: Philadelphia

STORM RECORD WHEN ...
ALL TIME 2004
Leading after 1st quarter 84-19 0-1
Trailing after 1st quarter 41-33 1-4
Tied after 1st quarter 19-10 2-1
Leading after 2nd quarter 119-16 3-2
Trailing after 2nd quarter 14-40 0-3
Tied after 2nd quarter 11-6 0-1
Leading after 3rd quarter 119-10 3-2
Trailing after 3rd quarter 20-48 0-3
Tied after 3rd quarter 6-4 0-1
Tampa Bay scores first 85-20 2-2
Opponent scores first 61-42 1-4
Tampa Bay more tot. yards 108-29 1-5
Opponent more tot. yards 37-33 2-1
Tampa Bay more pass yards 100-31 1-5
Opponent more pass yards 45-31 2-1
Tampa Bay more rush yards 103-21 2-2
Opponent more rush yards 43-40 1-4
Tampa Bay more turnovers 26-48 0-3
Opponent more turnovers 115-13 2-2
Tampa Bay 300 yd passer 13-10 0-3
Opponent 300 yd passer 14-9 0-1
Tampa Bay 30 yd rusher 34-3 0-0
Opponent 30 yd rusher 9-9 0-0
Tampa Bay 100 yd receiver 72-31 1-5
Opponent 100 yd receiver 43-32 1-3
Tampa Bay 200 yd receiver 0-0 0-0
Opponent 200 yd receiver 1-2 0-0
Tampa Bay two 30 yd rushers 4-1 0-0
Opponent two 30 yd rushers 1-1 0-0
Tampa Bay two 100 yd rec. 4-4 0-1
Opponent two 100 yd rec. 1-2 0-0
Tampa Bay 300+ pass yds 12-10 0-3
Opponent 300+ pass yds 15-9 0-1
Tampa Bay 50+ rush yds 24-2 0-0
Opponent 50+ rush yds 10-8 0-0
Tampa Bay 70+ points 8-0 0-0
Opponent 70+ points 0-2 0-1
Tampa Bay 60+ points 39-1 0-1
Opponent 60+ points 7-13 0-2
Tampa Bay 50+ points 83-10 2-2
Opponent 50+ points 31-31 0-5
Tampa Bay 40+ points 123-27 3-5
Opponent 40+ points 59-51 1-6
Games decided 17+ points 65-16 1-0
Games decided 3 pts or less 17-11 1-0
TB holds opp. under 20 pts 23-0 0-0
TB held under 40 points 25-33 0-1
TB held to 30 pts or less 8-9 0-0

Home 80-29 2-3
Away 65-33 1-3
Overtime 4-5 0-0
Thursday 3-3 0-0
Friday 35-14 0-1
Saturday 82-32 1-0
Sunday 18-13 2-5
Monday 6-1 0-0
January 1-0 0-0
February 3-4 2-2
March 6-3 1-3
April 7-8 0-1
May 29-12 0-0
June 36-14 0-0
July 40-12 0-0
August 22-8 0-0
September 1-0 0-0

WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF GAME
Week 1: Shane Stafford. TB
Week 2: Stafford, Solomon, TB
Week 3: John Kaleo, AUS
Week 4: Lawrence Samuels, TB
Week 5: Aaron Bailey, NO
Week 6: Lincoln Dupree, NYD
Week 7: Jarrick Hillery, CAR
Week 8: David White, TB
Week 9: James Roe, SJO
Week 10:
Week 11:
Week 12:
Week 13:
Week 14:
Week 15:
Week 16:
Week 17:

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF GAME
Week 1: Shea Showers, TB
Week 2: Rod Williams, TB
Week 3: Cedric Walker, AUS
Week 4: Nyle Wiren, TB
Week 5: Lamont Moore, TB
Week 6: Rodney Filer, NYD
Week 7: Jack Walker, CAR
Week 8: Ernest Certain, TB
Week 9: Omarr Smith, SJO
Week 10:
Week 11:
Week 12:
Week 13:
Week 14:
Week 15:
Week 16:
Week 17:

IRONMAN OF THE GAME
Week 1: TT Toliver, TB
Week 2: Markeith Cooper, GEO
Week 3: Darryl Hammond, AUS
Week 4: Lawrence Samuels, TB
Week 5: Lamont Moore, TB
Week 6: Lincoln Dupree, NYD
Week 7: Jarrick Hillery, CAR
Week 8: Lawrence Samuels, TB
Week 9: TT Toliver, TB
Week 10:
Week 11:
Week 12:
Week 13:
Week 14:
Week 15:
Week 16:
Week 17:

STORM INJURY REPORT
Player Injury Status
S. King Hamstring Questionable
T. Jones Wrist Questionable
D. White Hamstring Questionable
D. Saunders Ribs Quest. -- On IR
J. Diaz Hamstring Quest. – On IR
N. Wiren Shoulder Out – On IR

TALE OF THE TAPE
STORM RUSH
Category Rank Stat Rank Stat
Total Offense 7 267.7 13 251.8
Total Defense 1 236.7 4 245.9
Passing Offense 6 254.7 16 216.4
Passing Defense 5 224.3 1 208.0
Rushing Offense 18 13.0 2 35.4
Rushing Defense 3 12.3 19 37.9

TRACKING THE STORM
Following the week listed, the Storm ranked:
TOTAL TOTAL
OFF. DEF.
Week 1: 5 6
Week 2: 12 14
Week 3: 5 14
Week 4: 5 13
Week 5: 7 6
Week 6: 7 3
Week 7: 7 2
Week 8: 7 1
Week 9: 7 1
Week 10:
Week 11:
Week 12:
Week 13:
Week 14:
Week 15:
Week 16:
Week 17:

2004 STORM INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

SCORING
30, Freddie Solomon, vs Georgia, 2-13-04
PASSING YARDS
309, Shane Stafford, vs San Jose, 4-4-04
PASSING TOUCHDOWNS
8, Shane Stafford, vs Georgia, 2-13-04
RECEPTIONS
9, Lawrence Samuels, vs Philadelphia, 2-29-04, at
Carolina, 3-21-04
RECEIVING YARDS
149, Lawrence Samuels, vs Philadelphia, 2-29-04; at
Carolina, 3-21-04
RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS
5, Freddie Solomon, vs Georgia, 2-13-04
RUSHES
7, David White, at Georgia, 3-27-04
RUSHING YARDS
23, Shane Stafford, vs Orlando, 2-8-04; David White, at
Austin, 2-22-04
RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS
3, David White, at Georgia, 3-27-04
KICKOFF RETURN YARDS
109, TT Toliver, vs Carolina, 3-21-04
MFG RETURN YARDS
19, TT Toliver, vs Georgia, 2-13-04
ALL-PURPOSE YARDS
216, TT Toliver, vs San Jose, 4-4-04
TACKLES
9.5, Jonathan Ordway, vs San Jose, 4-4-04
FUMBLE RECOVERIES
1, numerous times
SACKS
1.5, Ernest Certain, at Georgia, 3-27-04
TACKLES FOR LOSS
1.5, David White, at Georgia, 3-27-04; Ernest Certain, at
Georgia, 3-27-04
INTERCEPTIONS
1, numerous times
PASS BREAK-UPS
3, Del Lee, at Austin, 2-22-04; Tramain Jones, vs New
York, 3-14-04

MOVING UP THE STORM CAREER CHARTS

Career Receptions
1. Stevie Thomas 519
2. Lawrence Samuels 450
3. George LaFrance 391
4. James Bowden 160
5. Freddie Solomon 154
6. David Saunders 107

Career Receiving Yards
1. Stevie Thomas 7,784
2. Lawrence Samuels 5,597
3. George LaFrance 5,392
4. Freddie Solomon 2,141
5. James Bowden 2,064
6. Wayne Walker 1,307
7. David Saunders 1,182

Career Receiving Touchdowns
2. George LaFrance 127
3. Lawrence Samuels 84
4. Freddie Solomon 47
5. James Bowden 35
6. Charles Wilson 30
7. David Saunders 25

Career Rushing Yards
4. Lynn Bradford 289
5. David White 230
5. Tony Jones 230
7. Ivan Caesar 200
8. Basil Proctor 193

Career Rushing TDs
3. Cedric McKinnon 25
4. David White 21
5. Tony Jones 18
6. Basil Proctor 15

Career Sacks
5. Sylvester Bembery 12.0
5. Joe March 12.0
5. Rod Williams 12.0
8. Nyle Wiren 11.5
9. Darion Conner 11.0

Career Pass Breakups
5. Antoine Worthman 34
6. Lawrence Samuels 30
7. Eddie Brown 28

Career Tackles
1. Tracey Perkins 348.0
2. Lawrence Samuels 292.5
3. Tommy Henry 204.0
4. Andre Bowden 190.0

Career Interceptions
1. Tracey Perkins 34
2. Johnnie Harris 18
2. Lawrence Samuels 18

Career Kickoff Return Yards
2. James Bowden 2,210
3. Freddie Solomon 1,279



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