1991 Albany Firebirds season

Head coach| Rick Buffington
Home field| Knickerbocker Arena
Results
Record| 6–4
Division place| 4th
Playoff finish| Lost semi-finals (Drive) 35-37

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The 1991 Albany Firebirds season was the second season for the Firebirds. They finished 6–4.

## Regular season[edit]

### Schedule[edit]

Game  | Date  | Opponent  | Results  | Venue

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Score  | Record
1  | June 1  | New Orleans Night | W 45–20  | 1–0  | Knickerbocker Arena
2  | June 7  | at Denver Dynamite | L 27–51  | 1–1  | McNichols Sports Arena
3  | June 15  | Detroit Drive | L 42–43  | 1–2  | Knickerbocker Arena
4  | June 22  | at Columbus Thunderbolts | W 34–17  | 2–2  | Ohio Expo Center Coliseum
5  | June 29  | at Tampa Bay Storm | L 53–57  | 2–3  | Florida Suncoast Dome
6  | July 6  | Orlando Predators | W 44–36  | 3–3  | Knickerbocker Arena
7  | July 12  | at Orlando Predators | W 28–25  | 4–3  | Orlando Arena
8  | July 20  | Dallas Texans | W 48–26  | 5–3  | Knickerbocker Arena
9  | July 27  | at New Orleans Night | L 49–50  | 5–4  | Louisiana Superdome
10  | August 3  | Columbus Thunderbolts | W 57–17  | 6–4  | Knickerbocker Arena

### Standings[edit]

1991 Arena Football League standings

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Team  | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | PF (Avg.) | PA (Avg.) | STK
xy-Detroit Drive | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 437 | 262 | 43.7 | 26.2 | W 4
x-Tampa Bay Storm | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 421 | 309 | 42.1 | 30.9 | W 2
x-Denver Dynamite | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 389 | 365 | 38.9 | 36.5 | L 1
x-Albany Firebirds | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 427 | 342 | 42.7 | 34.2 | W 1
New Orleans Night | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 314 | 401 | 31.4 | 40.1 | L 1
Dallas Texans | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 286 | 334 | 28.6 | 33.4 | W 1
Orlando Predators | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 321 | 363 | 32.1 | 36.3 | L 2
Columbus Thunderbolts | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 241 | 460 | 24.1 | 46 | L 10

y – clinched regular-season title

x – clinched playoff spot

## Playoffs[edit]

Round  | Date  | Opponent  | Results  | Venue

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Score  | Record
Semi-finals  | August 9  | at Detroit Drive | L 35–37  | 0–1  | Joe Louis Arena

## Roster[edit]

1991 Albany Firebirds roster

Quarterbacks

*   * 8 Tom Porras
*   * \-- Ed Rubbert

Wide Receivers/Defensive Backs

*   * \-- Richard Huff
*   * \-- Myron Jefferson
*   * 27 Merv Mosely
*   * \-- Tony Slaton
*   * \-- Steve Thonn

| Running Backs/Linebackers

*   * \-- Jeff Blankenship
*   * 33 Alvin Blount
*   * \-- Dave Jakob

Offensive Linemen/Defensive Linemen

*   * 77 Sylvester Bembery
*   * \-- John Chaney
*   * \-- Rod Ferguson
*   * 75 Chuck Harris
*   * \-- John Levelis
*   * \-- Jeff Neal
*   * 73 Pete Porcelli
*   * \-- Rodney Smith
*   * \-- Jeff Sniffen
*   * \-- John Zinser

| Wide Receivers/Linebackers

*   * 84 Fred Gayles
*   * \-- Darryl Hammond
*   * \-- Garland Rivers
*   * 87 Curt Reed
*   * \-- Fred Smalls

Kickers

*   * \-- Gary Gussman
*   * \-- Chris Kolodziey

Rookies in italics
Roster updated March 20, 2013
27 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

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## Awards[edit]

Position  | Player  | Award  | All-Arena team

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Quarterback | Tom Porras | none | 1st
Offensive/Defensive Lineman | Sylvester Bembery | none | 1st
Wide Receiver/Defensive Back | Merv Mosely | none | 2nd
Wide Receiver/Defensive Back | Fred Gayles | none | 2nd

## External links[edit]

* 1991 Albany Firebirds on ArenaFan.com

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Indiana Firebirds

* Formerly the Albany Firebirds
* Founded in 1990
* Folded in 2004
* Based in Albany, New York (1990–2000) and Indianapolis, Indiana (2001–2004)

Franchise|

* Franchise
* Seasons
* Players

Arenas|

* Knickerbocker Arena/Pepsi Arena
* Conseco Fieldhouse

Head coaches|

* Buffington
* Hohensee
* Dailey
* DeBerg
* Wilpolt

Playoff appearances (11)|

* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002

Division championships (6)|

* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000

ArenaBowl appearances (1)|

* XIII

Hall of Fame members|

* Sylvester Bembery
* Eddie Brown
* Mike Dailey
* Fred Gayles
* Darryl Hammond
* Mike Hohensee
* Greg Hopkins
* Glenn Mazula
* Reggie Smith
* Durwood Roquemore

Seasons (15)

1990s|

* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999

2000s|

* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004

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1991 AFL season

Teams|

* Albany Firebirds
* Columbus Thunderbolts
* Dallas Texans
* Denver Dynamite
* Detroit Drive
* New Orleans Night
* Orlando Predators
* Tampa Bay Storm

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