Season 5
Code:
Year 2012
Record 8-8
Winning Pct. .500
All-Time 38-58
Winning Pct. .395
Playoffs 1-1
Playoff Visits 1
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Chester Webster
Record 50-48
Winning Pct. .510
Off. Coord. H. Small
Def. Coord. K. Rosalez
Mercury Cowboys Team Rank
Rushes per Game 33.3 3
Rushing Yards 158.2 1
Yards Per Carry 4.75 3
Pass Attempts 29.5 26
Completions 18.4 24 (T)
Completion Pct. 62.3 13
Passing Yards 221.6 15
Yards Per Attempt 7.51 5
Yards Per Catch 12.06 5
Total Yardage Gained 374.1 4
3rd Down Conversions 46.6 3
Points Per Game 25.4 6
Pass Rush Pct. 15.7 10
Pass Defense Pct. 57.7 13
Turnovers 21 7 (T)
Turnover Margin +1 13
Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 23.9 5
Rushing Yards 102.9 8
Yards Per Carry 4.31 25
Pass Attempts 35.1 26 (T)
Completions 20.2 18 (T)
Completion Pct. 57.5 10
Passing Yards 247.1 32
Yards Per Attempt 7.04 27
Yards Per Catch 12.24 31
Total Yardage Gained 330.3 19
3rd Down Conversions 41.8 25
Points Per Game 21.6 19
Pass Rush Pct. 14.1 19
Pass Defense Pct. 45.9 5
Turnovers 22 20 (T)
Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 34 JER 7
2 34 at CAL 13
3 31 at KEE 24
4 24 at CAR 14
5 35 at TBY 7
6 30 WAS 14
7 28 at JER 17
8 13 NOS 37
9 14 ATL 17
10 17 at PHI 30
12 24 PIT 27
13 22 GBY 38
14 16 at CIN 17
15 35 at WAS 14
16 36 CLE 43
17 14 PHI 27
Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
3 P. Briggs QB 471 293 3540 7.52 27 12 93.7
**Team --- 472 294 3546 7.51 27 12 93.8
$$Opp --- 562 323 3954 7.04 27 16 83.4
Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
30 O. Winters RB 375 1863 4.97 16 4
21 C. Hoffman RB 131 551 4.21 4 2
**Team --- 533 2531 4.75 21 16
$$Opp --- 382 1647 4.31 12 17
Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
30 O. Winters RB 84 67 566 8.45 6.74 1 6
83 S. Newman WR 127 61 948 15.54 7.46 13 7
88 J. Reeves WR 105 60 1083 18.05 10.31 3 6
81 W. Middleton TE 62 40 465 11.63 7.50 3 5
34 M. Maloney FB 27 22 118 5.36 4.37 1 0
Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
50 Z. Swift ILB 91 25 2.0 4 1 4 78.3
90 L. Murray OLB 83 18 3.5 2 0 2 71.2
35 J. Brammer S 57 32 0.5 0 1 6 78.3
36 J. Pancake CB 47 17 0.0 0 1 6 76.4
47 R. Barker CB 47 9 1.0 0 2 10 80.5
24 T. Gomez S 47 8 2.0 2 5 13 85.3
70 A. Whalen DE 41 24 15.0 17 0 0 81.2
77 M. Danek DT 39 15 8.0 17 0 1 81.2
91 C. Garrard DT 37 18 2.5 6 0 0 80.4
32 J. Buchanan CB 34 7 0.0 0 1 3 77.9
71 V. Schmidgall DE 30 9 9.5 15 0 1 82.7
33 B. Granados CB 27 9 1.0 0 1 11 82.4
44 C. Brady S 27 14 0.0 0 0 4 77.4
99 J. Krueger OLB 22 8 1.0 0 1 2 79.8
98 E. Meyer DT 20 5 2.5 3 0 0 79.4
25 F. Wilkins CB 19 3 1.0 0 3 2 84.6
52 L. Campbell OLB 17 1 1.0 0 0 0 57.2
Code:
Name Pos C F C +/- F +/-
Peter Briggs QB 58 58 6 4
Tony Snyder QB 15 45 0 0
Bill Berry QB 12 31 1 2
Aaron Ellard QB 6 37 0 -4
O.J. Winters RB 73 73 0 0
Cedric Hoffman RB 30 35 2 -1
Donnie Wolfe RB 27 31 1 1
Dean Buckner RB 15 20 -8 -7
Marcel Maloney FB 46 46 10 -6
Wes Middleton TE 57 57 1 1
Shannon Matos TE 33 38 3 1
Leon Reynolds TE 18 29 1 0
Jerry Reeves SE 62 62 0 0
Sammie Newman FL 60 60 1 1
Preston Turnbull SE 30 30 2 0
Preston Segraves SE 30 32 2 0
Lawrence Ramsey FL 19 34 2 -1
Marcus Hutchins C 44 44 1 1
Randy Wolfe C 39 43 4 0
Marcus Hauser LG 62 62 1 1
Lance Ramos RG 58 58 2 -8
Archie Tchaikovski LG 49 49 7 2
Emmitt Gidley LG 11 16 -9 -8
Lance Greene LT 50 50 4 0
Nate LaFleur RT 48 48 0 0
Dennis Norris RT 41 41 0 0
Brandon Blake K 64 64 2 2
Edward Tuggle P 86 86 1 1
Vince Schmidgall RDE 55 55 0 0
Allen Whalen LDE 46 46 0 0
Willie Malcomson RDE 30 35 0 -1
Omar Burton LDE 14 31 0 0
Marcus Danek LDT 69 69 1 1
Cedric Garrard RDT 43 43 0 0
Earnest Meyer LDT 35 42 6 0
Zach Fenno LDT 28 40 4 0
Zack Nichols LDT 8 12 1 1
Zack Swift MLB 39 39 1 1
Toby Houston MLB 29 37 4 0
Edgar Gunn MLB 13 22 -1 0
Lincoln Murray SLB 57 57 -2 -2
Jonathan Krueger WLB 43 43 1 1
Lorenzo Campbell WLB 27 35 2 0
Artie Bernhardt WLB 24 31 1 2
Bo Granados LCB 58 58 -6 -6
Roderick Barker RCB 50 50 1 1
Joel Pancake LCB 32 32 3 2
Jonathan Buchanan LCB 25 25 0 -4
Frankie Wilkins RCB 24 24 1 -1
Juan Brammer SS 41 41 -1 -1
Trevor Gomez FS 39 39 1 1
Charlie Brady FS 37 37 0 0
Kerry Andersen FS 25 25 -6 -6
For those paying attention, yes we started 7-0, despite playing five road games, and finished 1-8. What happened? The defense was ravaged by injuries with Danek, Granados, Krueger, and others all missing several games. With so little depth it was just too much to overcome.