2001 Nashville Kats (Arena) |
| 1st place • National Conference • Southern Division • 10-4-0 .714 |
| Head Coach: Pat Sperduto |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 3/30/2001 | H | Los Angeles Avengers | 18-40 | L | Nashville, TN | Gaylord Entertainment Center | 7851 | |
| Fri | 4/6/2001 | A | Grand Rapids Rampage | 41-60 | L | Grand Rapids, MI | Van Andel Arena | 5423 | |
| Fri | 4/13/2001 | H | Orlando Predators | 50-25 | W | Nashville, TN | Gaylord Entertainment Center | 9368 | |
| Sat | 4/21/2001 | A | Tampa Bay Storm | 40-45 | L | Tampa, FL | Ice Palace | 10530 | |
| Sat | 4/28/2001 | A | Florida Bobcats | 46-26 | W | Sunrise, FL | National Car Rental Center | 2268 | |
| Thu | 5/3/2001 | H | New Jersey Gladiators | 38-28 | W | Nashville, TN | Gaylord Entertainment Center | 8804 | |
| Sun | 5/13/2001 | A | Orlando Predators | 30-34 | L | Orlando, FL | TD Waterhouse Centre | 10798 | |
| Fri | 5/18/2001 | H | Los Angeles Avengers | 64-27 | W | Nashville, TN | Gaylord Entertainment Center | 10009 | |
| Sat | 5/26/2001 | A | Houston ThunderBears | 49-26 | W | Bismarck, ND | Bismarck Civic Center | 2417 | |
| Fri | 6/1/2001 | H | Florida Bobcats | 51-41 | W | Nashville, TN | Gaylord Entertainment Center | 10882 | |
| Fri | 6/8/2001 | H | Grand Rapids Rampage | 54-60 | L | Nashville, TN | Gaylord Entertainment Center | 10936 | |
| Sat | 6/16/2001 | A | San Jose SaberCats | 57-58 | L | OT | San Jose, CA | Compaq Center | 14001 |
| Fri | 6/22/2001 | H | Buffalo Destroyers | 87-48 | W | Nashville, TN | Gaylord Entertainment Center | 11669 | |
| Sat | 6/30/2001 | A | Oklahoma Wranglers | 73-47 | W | Oklahoma City, OK | Myriad Convention Center | 7814 | |
| Sat | 7/7/2001 | A | Los Angeles Avengers | 40-27 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Staples Center | 8752 | |
| Fri | 7/13/2001 | H | Tampa Bay Storm | 45-38 | W | Nashville, TN | Gaylord Entertainment Center | 13441 | |
| Quarterfinal Playoff | |||||||||
| Fri | 8/3/2001 | H | Toronto Phantoms | 45-38 | W | Nashville, TN | Gaylord Entertainment Center | 13722 | |
| Semifinal Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 8/11/2001 | H | San Jose SaberCats | 71-47 | W | Nashville, TN | Gaylord Entertainment Center | 11208 | |
| Arena Bowl XV | |||||||||
| Sun | 8/19/2001 | A | Grand Rapids Rampage | 42-64 | L | Grand Rapids, MI | Van Andel Arena | 11217 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Hunter Adams | 99 | OL/DL | 6-5 | 283 | 25 | Bucknell | 1 | |
| Jim Baron | 95 | TE/NT | 6-4 | 255 | 28 | Virginia Tech | 14 | |
| James Brown | 4 | QB | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Texas | 10 | |
| Ron Carpenter | 23 | DB | 6-1 | 188 | 31 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | |
| Ben Crosland | 90 | OL/DL | 6-4 | 273 | 27 | Utah State | 9 | |
| Dan Curran | 34 | FB | 6-0 | 240 | 25 | New Hampshire | 1 | |
| Rob Davis | 24 | WR/DB | 5-9 | 195 | 29 | Vanderbilt | 2 | |
| Pat Downey | 51 | C/DL | 6-2 | 300 | 27 | New Hampshire | 14 | |
| Cory Fleming | 12 | WR/LB | 6-1 | 207 | 30 | Tennessee | 5 | |
| Robert Gaddy | 75 | OL/DL | 6-4 | 295 | 30 | Alcorn State | 14 | |
| William Gaines | 96 | OG/DE | 6-5 | 318 | 30 | Florida | 14 | |
| Rupert Grant | 33 | FB/LB | 6-1 | 233 | 28 | Howard | 13 | |
| Cliff Green | 2 | DB | 5-8 | 185 | 26 | Tennessee State | 10 | |
| Aaron Hamilton | 93 | OL/DL | 6-5 | 280 | 28 | Westmar | 9 | |
| Darryl Hammond | 7 | WR/LB | 6-4 | 225 | 34 | Ferrum; Virginia | 12 | |
| Anthony Hicks | 45 | FB/LB | 6-1 | 246 | 27 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | |
| Jarrick Hillery | 1 | WR/DB | 5-10 | 200 | 25 | Tennessee State | 14 | |
| Steve Johnson | DB | 5-10 | 178 | 25 | Tennessee | 2 | ||
| Tyronne Jones | 6 | WR | 5-9 | 170 | 30 | Grambling State | 12 | |
| Andy Kelly | 8 | QB | 6-3 | 211 | 33 | Tennessee | 14 | |
| Adrian Lunsford | 21 | DB | 5-10 | 180 | 31 | Iowa Wesleyan | 14 | |
| Bruce McClure | 73 | FB | 6-5 | 305 | 27 | Oklahoma | 13 | |
| Dell McGee | WR/DB | 5-8 | 185 | 28 | Auburn | 1 | ||
| C.J. McLain | 42 | OL/DE | 6-3 | 260 | 24 | Arkansas | 13 | |
| Steve McLaughlin | 15 | K | 6-0 | 167 | 30 | Arizona | 14 | 0 |
| Kirk Pointer | 19 | OL/DL | 5-11 | 178 | 27 | Austin Peay State | 1 | |
| Travis Reece | 35 | FB/LB | 6-3 | 251 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | |
| Freddie Scott | 9 | WR | 5-10 | 189 | 27 | Penn State | 5 | |
| L.C. Stevens | WR/LB | 6-4 | 218 | 27 | North Carolina | 6 | ||
| Scott Thomas | 22 | WR/DB | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Long Beach CC; Cerritos JC; Azusa Pacific | 6 | |
| John Williams | 11 | DB | 5-7 | 180 | 27 | Southern University | 2 | |
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