Season 10
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Year 2017
Record 11-6
Winning Pct. .647
All-Time 91-85
Winning Pct. .517
Playoffs 3-4
Playoff Visits 4
Bowl Wins 0
Head Coach Lorenzo Firebaugh
Record 11-6
Winning Pct. .647
Off. Coord. S. Griffith
Def. Coord. K. LaStarza
Mercury Cowboys Team Rank
Rushes per Game 29.6 7
Rushing Yards 116.1 16
Yards Per Carry 3.92 28
Pass Attempts 33.1 21 (T)
Completions 23.6 5
Completion Pct. 71.1 1
Passing Yards 284.6 4
Yards Per Attempt 8.59 1
Yards Per Catch 12.08 10
Total Yardage Gained 392.9 4
3rd Down Conversions 44.9 7
Points Per Game 24.6 12
Pass Rush Pct. 16.9 3
Pass Defense Pct. 58.0 7
Turnovers 33 24 (T)
Turnover Margin -11 29 (T)
Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 23.9 4
Rushing Yards 120.8 24
Yards Per Carry 5.04 32
Pass Attempts 36.4 27
Completions 20.5 13
Completion Pct. 56.3 2
Passing Yards 236.3 12
Yards Per Attempt 6.49 6
Yards Per Catch 11.53 13
Total Yardage Gained 342.2 15
3rd Down Conversions 38.5 11
Points Per Game 21.1 11 (T)
Pass Rush Pct. 12.4 6 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 32.4 2
Turnovers 22 27 (T)
Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 24 at PHI 20
2 34 SDO 7
3 10 at AWN 34
5 38 ARI 31
6 27 at JER 24
7 30 SFO 19
8 24 at KEE 40
9 38 at SCA 27
10 14 WAS 24
11 30 PHI 6
12 24 OAK 20
13 22 TBY 10
14 24 at KCY 21
15 16 JER 17
16 17 at DEN 14
17 21 at WAS 23
$$WC 18 at ATL 28
Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
3 P. Briggs QB 523 374 4495 8.59 30 13 106.2
**Team --- 530 377 4554 8.59 30 14 105.0
$$Opp --- 583 328 3781 6.49 19 14 76.8
Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
30 O. Winters RB 269 1045 3.88 6 7
45 D. Wolfe RB 175 699 3.99 9 6
**Team --- 474 1858 3.92 15 38
$$Opp --- 383 1932 5.04 14 17
Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
88 J. Reeves WR 148 101 1385 13.71 9.36 7 13
83 S. Newman WR 144 99 1501 15.16 10.42 9 9
81 W. Middleton TE 61 46 508 11.04 8.33 1 2
30 O. Winters RB 39 32 175 5.47 4.49 1 1
89 L. Ramsey WR 47 31 380 12.26 8.09 1 1
82 P. Turnbull WR 35 24 249 10.38 7.11 2 1
84 S. Matos TE 22 16 216 13.50 9.82 0 2
Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
90 L. Murray OLB 100 21 3.0 3 1 13 77.5
50 Z. Swift ILB 73 21 0.0 1 1 2 76.5
77 M. Danek DT 61 17 11.0 12 0 0 81.4
47 R. Barker CB 59 14 1.0 0 4 14 82.1
36 J. Pancake CB 50 27 0.0 0 2 7 78.7
44 C. Brady S 46 18 1.0 0 2 5 81.6
33 B. Granados CB 44 15 0.0 0 1 8 78.1
70 A. Whalen DE 41 15 6.5 31 0 0 80.7
71 V. Schmidgall DE 37 16 11.5 24 0 0 81.0
99 J. Krueger OLB 34 11 1.0 0 0 3 78.4
28 K. Andersen S 29 10 0.0 0 1 8 81.8
91 C. Garrard DT 28 16 1.0 10 0 0 81.6
24 T. Gomez S 26 11 0.0 0 1 5 79.9
35 J. Brammer S 25 8 0.0 0 1 4 80.9
57 T. Houston ILB 16 3 0.0 0 0 1 70.7
Four players retire at the end of the season:
RB O.J. Winters
TE Shannon Matos
TE Leon Reynolds
CB Jonathan Buchanan
Winters is obviously a huge hit as he was the undisputed star of the team. He finishes second all time in rushing yards, touchdowns, and all-purpose yards. He won the league MVP award in 2012 and 2013. He gained more than 1,200 yards in each of his first eight seasons and never once failed to get 1,000 yards.
He finishes with 14,456 yards rushing on 3,301 attempts (4.38 YPA) and 108 TD. He caught 571 out of 676 passes for 4,154 yards (6.14 YPT) and 21 TD. I don't see this team breaking 500 again without him.