1998 Houston Thunderbears (Arena) |
| 1st place • American Conference • Central Division • 8-6-0 .571 |
| Head Coach: Steve Thonn |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 5/1/1998 | A | Nashville Kats | 40-64 | L | Nashville, TN | Nashville Arena | 10080 | |
| Sat | 5/9/1998 | H | Florida Bobcats | 41-35 | W | Houston, TX | Compaq Center | 4629 | |
| Sat | 5/16/1998 | A | Tampa Bay Storm | 25-56 | L | Tampa, FL | Ice Palace | 10009 | |
| Fri | 5/22/1998 | H | Arizona Rattlers | 57-58 | L | Houston, TX | Compaq Center | 3812 | |
| Sat | 5/30/1998 | H | Iowa Barnstormers | 55-21 | W | Houston, TX | Compaq Center | 3606 | |
| Mon | 6/8/1998 | A | Florida Bobcats | 36-83 | L | West Palm Beach, FL | West Palm Beach Auditorium | 2795 | |
| Fri | 6/12/1998 | A | Grand Rapids Rampage | 80-36 | W | Grand Rapids, MI | Van Andel Arena | 9105 | |
| Sat | 6/20/1998 | H | Milwaukee Mustangs | 61-55 | W | OT | Houston, TX | Compaq Center | 3879 |
| Sat | 6/27/1998 | A | Iowa Barnstormers | 62-65 | L | Des Moines, IA | Veterans Memorial Auditorium | 9286 | |
| Thu | 7/2/1998 | H | Tampa Bay Storm | 46-62 | L | Houston, TX | Compaq Center | 3691 | |
| Fri | 7/10/1998 | H | Grand Rapids Rampage | 63-49 | W | Houston, TX | Compaq Center | 3532 | |
| Sat | 7/18/1998 | A | Milwaukee Mustangs | 39-27 | W | Milwaukee, WI | Bradley Center | 14265 | |
| Thu | 7/23/1998 | A | Portland Forest Dragons | 64-56 | W | Portland, OR | Rose Garden | 10293 | |
| Fri | 7/31/1998 | H | San Jose SaberCats | 55-65 | L | Houston, TX | Compaq Center | 9734 | |
| First Round Playoff | |||||||||
| Fri | 8/7/1998 | A | Arizona Rattlers | 36-50 | L | Phoenix, AZ | America West Arena | 13151 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Mitchell Benson | OL/DL | 6-3 | 302 | 31 | Texas Christian | 13 | ||
| Rodney Blackshear | WR/DB | 5-11 | 189 | 29 | Texas Tech | 14 | ||
| Ben Bronson | WR/DB | 5-10 | 165 | 26 | Tyler JC; Baylor | 11 | ||
| Kyle Bryant | K | 5-9 | 165 | 24 | Texas A&M | 6 | 0 | |
| Joe Carollo | OL/DL | 6-2 | 305 | 25 | Sacramento CC; Oklahoma | 10 | ||
| Terence Davis | WR/LB | 5-10 | 195 | 25 | McNeese State | 4 | ||
| Richard DeFelice | K | 6-1 | 160 | 29 | South Alabama; North Texas | 4 | 0 | |
| Clint Dolezel | QB | 6-4 | 202 | 28 | Cisco JC; East Texas A&M | 14 | ||
| Rich Fall | K | 6-0 | 170 | 31 | none | 4 | 0 | |
| Chris Ford | WR/LB | 6-1 | 185 | 31 | Lamar | 11 | ||
| Carlos Fowler | OL/DL | 6-3 | 280 | 26 | Wisconsin | 7 | ||
| Murray Garrett | OL/DL | 6-5 | 300 | 29 | Eastern New Mexico | 14 | ||
| Robert Hall | WR | 6-0 | 170 | 28 | Texas Tech | 10 | ||
| Mike Harrison | OL/DL | 6-2 | 294 | 24 | North Carolina State | 5 | ||
| Lloyd Hill | WR/DB | 6-1 | 189 | 26 | Texas Tech | 14 | ||
| Mike Hold | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 35 | Mesa CC; South Carolina | 14 | ||
| Bernard Holmes | WR | 6-0 | 172 | 25 | Sequoias JC; Texas A&M-Kingsville | 7 | ||
| Edwin Howard | WR/LB | 6-4 | 195 | 25 | Rice | 1 | ||
| Deryl Lane | OL/DL | 6-5 | 280 | 30 | Langston | 14 | ||
| Lawann Latson | WR/DB | 5-7 | 180 | 27 | Tyler JC; Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 1 | ||
| Thomas McGaughey | WR/LB | 6-0 | 207 | 25 | Houston | 11 | ||
| Verone McKinley | DB | 6-0 | 191 | 25 | Texas Tech | 3 | ||
| Jeff Mitchell | OL/DL | 6-3 | 260 | 26 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 14 | ||
| Rodney Ray | WR/DB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Northwestern | 7 | ||
| Walter Shelton | OL/DL | 6-2 | 270 | 23 | Angelo State | 3 | ||
| Maurice Smith | WR/DB | 5-9 | 175 | 32 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 7 | ||
| Junior Soli | OL/DL | 6-2 | 290 | 24 | Arkansas | 14 | ||
| Fernando Thomas | WR/DB | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 3 | ||
| Lance Thomas | WR/LB | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Fresno State | 7 | ||
| Carlos Timmons | FB/LB | 6-1 | 242 | 26 | Eastern Kentucky | 1 | ||
| Dwayne Ware | DB | 5-10 | 195 | 29 | Michigan | 6 | ||
| Shawn Washington | FB/LB | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | Baylor | 14 | ||
| Luke Yarnell | OL/DL | 6-3 | 285 | 24 | Coffeyville CC; Louisiana-Lafayette | 12 | ||
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