1974 Jacksonville Sharks (WFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Thu	7/11/1974	H	New York Stars	14-7	W		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	59112
Wed	7/17/1974	A	Chicago Fire	22-25	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	29508
Wed	7/24/1974	H	Southern California Sun	19-22	L		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	46780
Wed	7/31/1974	A	New York Stars	16-24	L		New York, NY	J.J. Downing Memorial Field	15648
Thu	8/8/1974	H	The Hawaiians	21-14	W		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	43869
Wed	8/14/1974	A	Florida Blazers	26-33	L		Orlando, FL	Orlando Stadium	23890
Wed	8/21/1974	H	Birmingham Americans	14-15	L		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	27140
Sun	8/25/1974	A	The Hawaiians	14-8	W		Honolulu, HI	Honolulu Stadium	10009
Mon	9/2/1974	H	Memphis Southmen	13-16	L		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	22169
Thu	9/5/1974	H	Philadelphia Bell	34-30	W		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	17851
Wed	9/11/1974	A	Philadelphia Bell	22-41	L	OT	Philadelphia, PA	John F. Kennedy Stadium	7230
Wed	9/18/1974	H	Portland Storm	17-19	L		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	16041
Wed	9/25/1974	A	Southern California Sun	7-57	L		Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	22017
Wed	10/2/1974	A	Memphis Southmen	19-47	L		Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	15016
Wed	10/9/1974	H	Florida Blazers		-		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl
Wed	10/16/1974	A	Portland Storm		-		Portland, OR	Civic Stadium
Wed	10/23/1974	A	Birmingham Americans		-		Birmingham, AL	Legion Field
Wed	10/30/1974	H	Detroit Wheels		-		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl
Wed	11/6/1974	A	Shreveport Steamer		-		Shreveport, LA	Louisiana State Fair Stadium
Wed	11/13/1974	H	Chicago Fire		-		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl

Schedule Notes
10/9/1974	Florida Blazers	Canceled
10/16/1974	Portland Storm	Canceled
10/23/1974	Birmingham Americans	Canceled
10/30/1974	Detroit Wheels	Canceled
11/6/1974	Shreveport Steamer	Canceled
11/13/1974	Chicago Fire	Canceled

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Fred Abbott	55	LLB	6-3	222	24	Florida	9	9
Sam Baker		OG	6-4	245	25	Georgia
Solomon Brannan	34	FS-SS	6-1	188	33	Morris Brown
Kerry Brown		WR	6-2	185	23	Princeton
Drew Buie	24	WR	6-2	182	27	Catawba
Mike Burnop		TE	6-1	235	23	Virginia Tech
Bill Bushong	72	DT-DE	6-3	250	25	Kentucky
Duane Carrell	18	P-K	5-10	185	25	Florida State	14	0
Richard Cheek	67	ROG	6-3	266	26	Auburn
Stan Cherry		LB	6-5	200	24	Morgan State
Ron Coppenbarger	16	SS	6-1	195	23	Kansas State	9
Frank Cornish	70	LOT	6-6	285	30	Grambling State
Mike Creaney	56	C-TE	6-4	245	23	Notre Dame
Jeff Davis	40/30	WR-RB-QB	5-11	202	24	Lees-McRae JC; Georgia; Mars Hill
Jerry Davis	22	RCB	5-11	182	23	Morris Brown	14
Jim Dunaway	71	LDT-RDT	6-4	278	33	Mississippi
Tommy Durrance	20	RB	6-0	202	24	Florida	14
Glenn Ellison	53	RLB	6-1	215	27	Arkansas
Eddie Foster	78	ROT	6-6	258	23	Oklahoma
Larry Gagner	79	LOG-ROT	6-3	240	31	Florida	14
Glen Gaspard	51	MLB	6-1	225	22	Texas
John Gordon		RDE	6-6	260	26	New Mexico State; Hawaii
Grant Guthrie	14	K	6-0	210	26	Florida State	14	0
Mike Haggerty	70	LOT	6-4	245	29	Miami (Florida)
Kim Hammond	9	QB	6-1	190	30	Florida State
Alfred Haywood		HB	5-11	215	26	Bethune-Cookman	3
Dennis Hughes	80	TE	6-1	220	26	Georgia
Tom Johnson	53	C	6-2	235	24	Tennessee
Wayne Jones	32	RB	5-11	200	23	Mississippi State
Howard Kindig	56	C	6-6	260	33	Moberly JC; Los Angeles State
Keith Krepfle	86	TE	6-3	226	22	Iowa State	14
Ricky Lake	35	FB	6-1	220	24	Georgia
Ronnie Lamb	44	FB	6-2	227	31	South Carolina
Ike Lassiter	77	LDE	6-5	270	34	St. Augustine's
Tony Lomax	81	WR	6-3	190	24	Laney JC; Washington State
Johnny Mack	55	RLB	6-1	220	26	Joplin JC; Wichita State; Central Missouri
Art May	84	RDE	6-3	245	26	Tuskegee
Ben Mayes	88	RDT	6-5	265	29	Drake
Eddie McAshan		QB	6-2	204	23	Georgia Tech
Russ Melby	75	RDE-RDT	6-4	260	29	Weber State
Mike Mullen	52	LLB	6-2	220	24	Oklahoma; Tulane
Carleton Oats	68	RDE	6-2	252	32	Florida A&M	3
Reggie Oliver	12	QB	6-2	185	23	Marshall
John Osborne	26	SS	5-10	170	22	Bethune-Cookman
Dennis Pete		DB	6-2	180	25	Laney JC; Colorado State; San Francisco State
Gary Potempa		LB	6-1	230	22	Notre Dame
Edgar Scott	6	WR	6-2	200	25	Bethune-Cookman
Claud Simonton	54	RLB	6-1	225	24	Tennessee
Fletcher Smith	46	DB	6-2	182	31	Tennessee State
Tom Smith		RB	6-1	216	25	Iowa; Miami (Florida)	3
Kay Stephenson	10	QB	6-1	208	30	Florida
John Stofa	15	QB	6-3	210	32	Buffalo
Carl Swierc	87	WR	6-1	180	23	Rice
Bob Tatarek	76	LDT-RDT	6-4	260	28	Miami (Florida)
Rich Thomann	50	LB	6-0	230	24	Notre Dame
Bubba Thornton	13	WR	6-0	175	27	Navarro JC; Texas Christian
Mike Townsend	42	FS	6-3	205	22	Notre Dame	14
Vern Vanoy	87	DE	6-8	270	26	Kansas
Tom Walker	63	OT-OG	6-3	245	23	Northern Colorado
O.Z. White	66	LOG	6-2	245	25	California
Tom Whittier	46	WR	6-0	170	28	Texas Southern
Alvin Wyatt	41	LCB	5-9	184	27	Bethune-Cookman	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	3	Woody Green	RB	Arizona State
2	14	John Hicks	OT	Ohio State
3	27	John Dutton	DE	Nebraska
4	46	Wayne Wheeler	WR	Alabama
5	51	Nat Moore	RB	Florida
6	70	Mike Townsend	DB	Notre Dame
7	73	Henry Lawrence	OT	Florida A&M
7	75	Andy Johnson	RB	Georgia
8	94	Keith Krepfle	TE	Iowa State
8	96	Wayne Jones	RB	Mississippi State
9	99	Henry Childs	RB	Kansas State
10	118	Danny Rhodes	LB	Arkansas
11	123	Fred Rothwell	C	Kansas State
12	142	Eddie Brown	DB	Tennessee
13	147	Ken Hutcherson	LB	West Alabama
14	166	John Tate	LB	Jackson State
15	171	Carl Swierc	WR	Rice
16	190	Glen Gaspard	LB	Texas
17	195	Sam Baker	OG	Georgia
18	214	Doyle Orange	RB	Southern Mississippi
19	219	Steve Buchanan	RB	Holy Cross
20	238	Eddie Foster	OT	Oklahoma
21	243	Henry Lewis	OT	Iowa State
22	262	Morris Bradshaw	RB	Ohio State
23	267	Doug Allen	LB	Penn State
24	286	Charlie Johnson	DB	Southern University
25	291	Doug Lowrey	C	Arkansas State
26	310	Raymond Burke	TE	South Carolina State
27	315	Bruce Henley	TE	Rice
28	334	Hank Foldberg	OT	Florida
29	339	Jim Revels	DB	Florida
30	358	Dick Williams	WR	Abilene Christian
31	363	John Osborne	DB	Bethune-Cookman
32	382	Joel Parker	TE	Florida
33	387	Arthur Jones	TE	Florida
34	406	Glenn Hyde	OG	Pittsburgh
35	411	Vince Kendrick	RB	Florida
36	430	Lenny Lucas	DB	Nevada-Las Vegas

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	60	44	45	108	0	258
Opponents Totals	82	84	103	70	19	258

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		220	93	104	22							70	651
Opponents Totals		238	114	110	14							93	811

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Grant Guthrie	0	0			16	21	76.2	0	48
Tommy Durrance	5	3			0	0		0	38
Ricky Lake	3	2			0	0		0	23
Reggie Oliver	3	1			0	0		0	22
Alfred Haywood	2	1			0	0		0	15
Dennis Hughes	2	1			0	0		0	15
Drew Buie	2	0			0	0		0	14
Edgar Scott	2	0			0	0		0	14
Tom Whittier	2	0			0	0		0	14
Ron Coppenbarger	1	0			0	0		0	7
Tony Lomax	1	0			0	0		0	7
Eddie McAshan	1	0			0	0		0	7
Carl Swierc	1	0			0	0		0	7
Bubba Thornton	1	0			0	0		0	7
O.Z. White	1	0			0	0		0	7
Alvin Wyatt	1	0			0	0		0	7
Keith Krepfle	0	2			0	0		0	2
Ike Lassiter	0	0			0	0		1	2
Wayne Jones	0	1			0	0		0	1
Tom Smith	0	1			0	0		0	1
Team Totals	28	12	28	42.9	16	21	76.2	1	258
Opponents Totals	45	27	45	60.0	4			2	358

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tommy Durrance	218	658	3.0	18	5
Ricky Lake	91	335	3.7	19	3
Jeff Davis	38	148	3.9	28	0
Alfred Haywood	20	111	5.6	30	0
Reggie Oliver	42	107	2.5	16	3
Wayne Jones	28	90	3.2	15	0
Edgar Scott	19	74	3.9	14	0
Ronnie Lamb	33	74	2.2	7	0
Eddie McAshan	11	52	4.7	14	1
Tom Smith	10	21	2.1	9	0
Tony Lomax	1	6	6.0	6	0
John Stofa	1	4	4.0	4	0
Kay Stephenson	14	3	0.2	6	0
Bubba Thornton	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Team Totals	527	1679	3.2	30	14
Opponents Totals	524	2193	4.2	31	26

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Reggie Oliver	198	101	51.0	85	1415	7.1	14.0	63	7	3.5	12	6.1	25	213	1202	60.9
Kay Stephenson	150	69	46.0	70	815	5.4	11.8	56t	4	2.7	11	7.3	13	102	713	41.4
Eddie McAshan	14	5	35.7	9	88	6.3	17.6	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	8	80	58.0
Jeff Davis	6	1	16.7	4	12	2.0	12.0	12	0	0.0	1	16.7	0	0	12	0.0
John Stofa	5	2	40.0	3	24	4.8	12.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	20	4	55.4
Grant Guthrie	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Kim Hammond	0	0			0				0		0		2	15	-15
Team Totals	374	178	47.6	171	2354	6.3	13.2	63	11	2.9	25	6.7	43	358	1996	49.9
Opponents Totals	376	174	46.3	186	2520	6.7	14.5	74	14	3.7	16	4.3	27	217	2303	63.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dennis Hughes	31	508	16.4	63	2
Drew Buie	29	421	14.5	37	2
Edgar Scott	27	469	17.4	46t	2
Tom Whittier	18	297	16.5	51t	2
Tommy Durrance	12	105	8.8	18	0
Ricky Lake	10	75	7.5	15	0
Jeff Davis	9	84	9.3	21	0
Ronnie Lamb	8	36	4.5	14	0
Wayne Jones	7	61	8.7	19	0
Alfred Haywood	7	35	5.0	15	0
Keith Krepfle	6	80	13.3	30	0
Tony Lomax	6	73	12.2	16t	1
Bubba Thornton	2	34	17.0	20t	1
Mike Burnop	2	32	16.0	19	0
Tom Smith	2	11	5.5	8	0
Carl Swierc	1	25	25.0	25t	1
Kerry Brown	1	15	15.0	15	0
Mike Creaney	1	7	7.0	7	0
Reggie Oliver	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	178	2354	13.2	63	11
Opponents Totals	174	2520	14.5	74	14

Russ Faulkinberry	Defensive Line
Ray Greene	Receivers
Jim Niblack	Offensive Line
Johnny Robinson	Defensive Backs
John Stofa	Offensive Backs
Charlie Tate	Offensive Coordinator
Howard Tippett	Defensive Coordinator

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Duane Carrell	93	3816	41.0	71
Dennis Hughes	1	43	43.0	43
Team Totals	94	3902	41.5	71
Opponents Totals	77	2682	34.8	53

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Alvin Wyatt	33	197	6.0	87t	1
Solomon Brannan	1	42	42.0	42	0
Art May	1	15	15.0	15	0
John Osborne	2	15	7.5	14	0
Carl Swierc	2	15	7.5	14	0
Team Totals	39	284	7.3	87t	1
Opponents Totals	60	653	10.9	86	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Alvin Wyatt	28	596	21.3	72
John Osborne	20	421	21.1	57
Solomon Brannan	1	25	25.0	25
Bubba Thornton	4	95	23.8	27
Edgar Scott	1	23	23.0	23
Carl Swierc	3	68	22.7	23
Glenn Ellison	1	18	18.0	18
Ronnie Lamb	4	69	17.3	25
Ricky Lake	1	9	9.0	9
Team Totals	63	1032	16.4	72
Opponents Totals	56	1377	24.6	82