Running and Shooting with the 2013 Coyotes

With Sunday’s 40-8 playoff victory, the 2013 Coyotes have scored 340 points, 89 more than the 2012 version, and with one game (the WWFL championship) to play, and have become among the most popular new Mouse-Davis-engineered Run ‘n’ Shoot teams of all time.

For those keeping score at home:

The Coyotes are enjoying their first 10-win season, which started with the Catalina Kickoff Classic December 8 …

— The 2013 Coyotes have amassed 3,854 total yards, and are the only team in the nation to have a quarterback throw for more than 500 yards twice (Nate Lewis); or run for 100 and pass for 200 in a single game (Mondo Delgado Jr.) …

— Lewis has now thrown for 5,544 yards and 63 touchdowns in 12 games of work over 2012-13, and averages a touchdown every seven attempts …

— Over the same number of games, in all-time Mouse Davis Run ‘n’ Shoot quarterbacks, Lewis leads the pack, ahead of the Houston Gambler version of Jim Kelly in completions, yards and touchdowns, and third behind Jim Kelly and Portland State’s Neil Lomax in interceptions …

— Lewis is the first-ever Run ‘n’ Shoot quarterback to win a league championship as an expansion franchise (Pac West, 2012) and compete for a second (WWFL) in back-to-back seasons …

— Lewis has two touchdowns out of his own end zone of 97 and 98 yards, tying him with Jim Kelly …

— David “The Diesel” Cathcart’s 2013 average of 5.8 yards a carry has been surpassed by his trusty backup, James “Big Game” Allison, who averages 6.3 ..

— Receiver Rashad “The Franchise” Roberts continues his record-setting assault with 24 touchdowns, while averaging 18.6 yards a catch …

— “The Triplets” of Roberts, Cathcart and Lewis are responsible for 88.6-percent of the Coyotes total Run ‘n’ Shoot production, making them the most formidable attack in AAA football over the games in which they’ve appeared …