- Regular season Schedule Standings
- Playoffs
- Roster
- Stats Offense Quarterback Running Backs Wide Receivers Defense Special Teams Kick Return Kicking
- Awards
- References
- External links
{{Infobox NFL season
| team = Pittsburgh Gladiators
| logo =
| year = 1987
| record = 4–2
| league_place = 1st
| coach = Joe Haering
| stadium = Pittsburgh Civic Arena
| playoffs = Lost ArenaBowl I (Dynamite) 16-45
| MVP = Russell Hairston
| previous = none
| no_prevseason= true
| shortnavlink = Other seasons
}}The 1987 Pittsburgh Gladiators season was the first season for the Gladiators. They finished 4–2 and lost a 45–16 game against the Denver Dynamite in ArenaBowl I.[1] Regular seasonSchedule| Week | Date | Opponent | Results | Game site |
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| Final score | Team record |
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| 1 | June 19 | Washington Commandos | W 48–46 | 1–0 | Civic Arena |
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| 2 | June 26 | at Chicago Bruisers | W 60–23 | 2–0 | Rosemont Horizon |
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| 3 | July 2 | Chicago Bruisers | W 49–14 | 3–0 | Civic Arena |
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| 4 | July 11 | at Denver Dynamite | W 49–32 | 4–0 | McNichols Sports Arena |
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| 5 | July 17 | Denver Dynamite | L 31–32 | 4–1 | Civic Arena |
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| 6 | July 23 | at Washington Commandos | L 31–52 | 4–2 | Capital Centre |
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Standings{{1987 Arena Football League Standings|team=Gladiators}}y – clinched regular-season title x – clinched playoff spot Playoffs| Round | Date | Opponent | Results | Game site |
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| Final score | Team record |
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| ArenaBowl I | August 1 | Denver Dynamite | L 16–45 | 0–1 | Civic Arena |
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Roster| 1987 Pittsburgh Gladiators roster |
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Quarterbacks- 7 Brendan Folmar
- 9 Mike Hohensee
- -- Kevin Russell
- -- Stan Yagiello
Wide receivers/Defensive backs- 95 Greg Best
- 27 Joel Gueli
- 23 Russell Hairston
- 31 John McClennon
- 8 Ricky Mitchell
- 28 Jim Rafferty
- 29 Rodney Richmond
- 30 Mike Stoops
| Running Backs/Linebackers- 45 Creig Federico
- -- Mike Powell
Offensive Linemen/Defensive Linemen- 85 Earnest Adams
- 9_ Scott Dmitrenko
- -- George Miller
- 54 Craig Walls
- 67 Thomas Weaver
- -- Willis Yates
| Wide Receivers/LinebackersKickersRookies in italics
Roster updated February 4, 2013
20 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS→ More rosters | |
StatsOffenseQuarterback| Player | Comp. | Att. | Comp% | Yards | TD's | INT's | Rating |
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| Brendan Folmar | 119 | 205 | 58.0 | 1349 | 21 | 9 | 85.2 | | Mike Hohensee | 32 | 55 | 58.2 | 483 | 7 | 1 | 111.4 | | Kevin Russell | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 72.9 | | Stan Yagiello | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Running Backs| Player | Car. | Yards | TD's |
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| Creig Federico | 10 | 21 | 1 | | Brendan Folmar | 14 | 13 | 2 | | Mike Hohensee | 3 | 11 | 1 | | Scott Dmitrenko | 3 | 6 | 1 | | Mike Stoops | 1 | 3 | 0 | | John McClennon | 1 | 2 | 0 | | Ricky Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 0 | | Mike Powell | 1 | −1 | 0 | | Stan Yagiello | 2 | −3 | 0 |
Wide Receivers| Player | Rec. | Yards | TD's |
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| Russell Hairston | 67 | 1126 | 18 | | Joel Gueli | 22 | 232 | 3 | | John McClennon | 22 | 131 | 1 | | Jim Rafferty | 20 | 170 | 2 | | Creig Federico | 12 | 54 | 2 | | Mike Powell | 5 | 81 | 2 | | Kevin Russell | 2 | 11 | 0 | | Ricky Mitchell | 1 | 21 | 0 | | Greg Best | 1 | 11 | 0 | | George Miller | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Defense| Player | Tackles | Solo | Assisted | Sack | INT | Yards | TD's |
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| Joel Gueli | 31 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 1 | | Craig Walls | 19 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Russell Hairston | 17.5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 1 | | Creig Federico | 17 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Scott Dmitrenko | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Mike Stoops | 14.5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | John McClennon | 12.5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | | Ricky Mitchell | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jim Rafferty | 10.5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | | Thomas Weaver | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | | Earnest Adams | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Mike Powell | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Greg Best | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Willis Yates | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Lee Larsen | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Special TeamsKick Return| Player | Ret | Yards | TD's |
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| Joel Gueli | 24 | 464 | 2 | | Jim Rafferty | 10 | 69 | 0 | | John McClennon | 5 | 80 | 0 | | Scott Dmitrenko | 1 | 26 | 0 | | Mike Stoops | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Kicking| Player | FGM | 4pg | FGA | Pct. | XPM | 2pt | XPA | Pct. | Pts. |
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| Lee Larsen | 6 | 0 | 21 | 28.6 | 13 | 0 | 28 | 46.4 | 31 |
Awards| Position | Player | Award | All-Arena team |
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| Wide receiver/Defensive back | Russell Hairston | Most Valuable Player | 1st | | Offensive/Defensive lineman | Craig Walls | none | 1st | | Wide receiver/Defensive back | Joel Gueli | none | 2nd |
References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1987-08-02/sports/sp-944_1_arena-football-league-championship |title=Arena Football League Championship : Taylor Leads Dynamite, 45–16 |date=August 2, 1987 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=February 1, 2013}}
External links- 1987 Pittsburgh Gladiators season at arenafan.com
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