1965 Charleston Rockets - Pro Football Archives

1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)

1st place Western Division 14-0-0 1.000

Head Coach: Perry Moss

Verlin Adams	Assistant Coach
Verlin Adams	Assistant Coach
Mike Kasap	Assistant Coach
Ron Miller	Assistant Coach
Dave Stephenson	Assistant Coach

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	7/31/1965	N	Newark Bears	34-14	W	Kingsport, TN	J. Fred Johnson Stadium	5000
Sat	8/7/1965	H	Fort Wayne Warriors	30-6	W	Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	8500
Sun	8/15/1965	A	Rhode Island Indians	27-16	W	Providence, RI	City Stadium	9217
Sat	8/21/1965	H	Norfolk Neptunes	35-25	W	Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	6324
Sat	8/28/1965	A	Richmond Rebels	33-17	W	Richmond, VA	City Stadium	10002
Sat	9/4/1965	H	Newark Bears	38-0	W	Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	9506
Sat	9/11/1965	A	Fort Wayne Warriors	28-3	W	Fort Wayne, IN	Zollner Stadium	4420
Sat	9/18/1965	H	Wheeling Ironmen	31-7	W	Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	6695
Sat	9/25/1965	A	Toronto Rifles	31-0	W	Toronto, ON	Maple Leaf Stadium	5428
Sat	10/2/1965	H	Rhode Island Indians	63-0	W	Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	7000
Sat	10/9/1965	H	Richmond Rebels	33-7	W	Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	5500
Sat	10/16/1965	A	Hartford Charter Oaks	9-6	W	Hartford, CT	Dillon Stadium	5178
Sun	10/24/1965	H	Fort Wayne Warriors	14-7	W	Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	5799
Sat	10/30/1965	A	Philadelphia Bulldogs	58-21	W	Philadelphia, PA	Temple Stadium	13239
Sun	11/7/1965	A	Wheeling Ironmen	21-13	W	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	3550
Sat	11/13/1965	H	Hartford Charter Oaks	41-7	W	Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	6775
Sun	11/28/1965	H	Toronto Rifles	24-7	W	Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	7105	League Championship

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP
85	Andy Alkire	TE	6-3	227	24	Washington
82	Coy Bacon	RDE-K	6-4	269	22	Jackson State	14
80	Bruce Bausman	SE	6-2	210	23	Minnesota State-Moorhead
62	Bernie Carney	ROG	6-2	235	23	West Virginia
77	Pat Carter	LOT	6-3	265	28	East Tennessee State
30	Dave Casinelli	FB	5-10	210	25	Memphis
22	Chat Clark	CB	6-0	195	27	Arkansas-Monticello
	A.B. Clevenger	RB	6-2	220	24	East Tennessee State
62	Joe Critchlow	LDT	6-2	240	22	Southeast Missouri State
	Bill Crockett	FL	5-10	170	22	Minnesota
31	Sam Cromer	RB-S	5-10	175	21	Benedict
	Arlen Cullors	LOG	5-11	240	24	Grambling State
	Jim Curry	TE	6-4	217	24	Cincinnati
50	Sam Fernandez	LB	5-11	205	25	Potomac State JC; Miami (Florida)
45	Mike FitzGerald	LCB-WR	5-10	180	24	Iowa State	14
63	Herb Fitzsimmons	LB	5-10	216	32	Charleston
25	Millard Fleming	HB	6-1	197	25	Marshall
61	Frank Galloway	LB	5-10	208	23	East Carolina
84	Bob Green	LB	6-3	239	24	Miami (Florida)
26	Tom Gunnoe	RS-FL	6-0	185	24	Glenville State
52	Wally Highsmith	C	6-4	238	22	Florida A&M
36	Jim Hollingsworth	P	6-0	195	25	Mississippi; Louisiana College
20	Wilburn Hollis	FL	6-2	205	25	Iowa
66	Robbie Hucklebridge	LB	5-11	221	23	Louisiana State
71	Jim Jordan	OT	6-0	256	24	Florida A&M
73	Dick Kaczor	RDT	6-2	255	24	none
66	Paul Krebs	OG	6-2	240	23	Missouri State
	John Lands	SE	6-4	205	29	Washington; Wenatchee Valley JC; Montana	2
38	Cal Lang	RCB	6-0	195	23	Florida A&M
24	Rodger McFarland	LS	6-1	200	25	Kansas
70	Bill Miller	LDE	6-4	270	29	New Mexico Highlands
36	Freddie Miller	SE-LB	6-0	211	23	Florida A&M
8	Ron Miller	QB-K	6-0	190	26	Wisconsin
10	Eddie Mitchamore	K	5-10	200	26	Houston
83	Jim Moss	TE	6-1	205	24	West Virginia
	Tom Munsey	SE	6-1	175	24	Concord
65	Bill Murphy	LB	6-2	227	24	Hillsdale
9	Ron Pennington	QB-K	5-8	157	23	Grambling State
51	Dayton Perry	C-LB	6-0	240	24	Iowa
37	Ronnie Quillen	FB	5-9	210	26	East Tennessee State
74	Carl Robinson	LOT	6-3	260	23	Prairie View A&M
20	Herm Urenda	OE	5-10	170	27	Pacific
	Bob Walker	C	6-2	230	27	Indiana
76	Clyde Williams	ROT	6-2	252	25	Southern University
10	Alex Zyskowski	QB	6-2	192	24	Wichita State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	93	126	124	119
Opponents Totals	27	49	16	37

TEAM STATS	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	PEN	YDS
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Eddie Mitchamore	0	54	56	96.4	12	19	63.2	0	90
Ronnie Quillen	10	0	0		0	0		0	60
Jim Moss	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Ron Miller	7	3	4	75.0	0	1	0.0	0	45
Millard Fleming	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Wilburn Hollis	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Ron Pennington	4	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	25
Dave Casinelli	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Mike FitzGerald	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Bruce Bausman	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Frank Galloway	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Tom Munsey	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Andy Alkire	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Coy Bacon	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bill Crockett	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Freddie Miller	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bill Murphy	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bill Miller	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	61	58	61	95.1	12	24	54.2	1	462
Opponents Totals	17	12	17	70.6	5			0	129

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ronnie Quillen	130	514	4.0	28	6
Millard Fleming	110	501	4.6	42	3
Dave Casinelli	126	440	3.5	18	3
Ron Miller	43	211	4.9	16	7
Wilburn Hollis	24	138	5.8	52	1
Ron Pennington	28	125	4.5	16	4
Freddie Miller	27	107	4.0	40	1
Sam Cromer	12	28	2.3	18	0
Bernie Carney	0	2		2L	0
Team Totals	500	2066	4.1	52	25
Opponents Totals					6

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)	269	133	49.4	125	1866	6.9	14.0	71	21	7.8	11	4.1			81.2
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)	75	37	49.3	34	579	7.7	15.6	45	7	9.3	4	5.3			84.3
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)	3	1	33.3	2	39	13.0	39.0	39	0	0.0	0	0.0		0	81.9
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)	1	1	100.0	0	33	33.0	33.0	33t	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	0	158.3
Team Totals	348	172	49.4	161	2517	7.2	14.6	71	29	8.3	15	4.3	83.2
Opponents Totals									11

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)		42		520	12.4	62	4
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)		30		735	24.5	71	9
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)		22		260	11.8	44	4
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)		17		267	15.7	49	4
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)		16		239	14.9	56	1
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)		16		184	11.5	44	2
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)		11		104	9.5	16	2	0	0
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)		5		44	8.8	19	0	0	0
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)		4		76	19.0	45	1
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)		4		45	11.3	19	1	0	0
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)		1		29	29.0	29t	1	1	0
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)		1		11	11.0	11	0	0	0
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)		1		4	4.0	4	0	0	0
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)		1		1	1.0	1	0	0	0
1965 Charleston Rockets (COFL)		1		-2	-2.0	-2	0	0	0
Team Totals	172	2517	14.6	71	29
Opponents Totals					11

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Gunnoe	11	150	13.6	44	0
Mike FitzGerald	6	184	30.7	70	1
Rodger McFarland	4	21	5.3	14	0
Coy Bacon	2	54	27.0	36	1
Ralph Galloway	2	2	1.0	2	1
Dave Casinelli	1	37	37.0	37	0
Sam Fernandez	1	17	17.0	17	0
Bob Green	1	14	14.0	14	0
Dick Kaczor	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	29	479	16.5	70	3
Opponents Totals					0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Jim Hollingsworth	73	3210	43.9	89	4
Team Totals	73		44.0	89	4
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike FitzGerald	14	255	18.2	92t	2
Cal Lang	1	29	29.0	29	0
Sam Cromer	2	22	11.0	18	0
Tom Gunnoe	11	86	7.8	16	0
Millard Fleming	11	79	7.2	43	0
Team Totals	39	471	12.1	92t	2
Opponents Totals					0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Sam Cromer	2	63	31.5	37	0
Mike FitzGerald	10	279	27.9	91	1
Cal Lang	5	132	26.4	56	0
Millard Fleming	10	166	16.6	33	0
Tom Gunnoe	3	41	13.7	21	0
Ronnie Quillen	1	10	10.0	10	0
Andy Alkire	1	6	6.0	6	0
Eddie Mitchamore	1	6	6.0	6	0
Bob Green	1	4	4.0	4	0
Clyde Williams	3	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	37	707	19.1	91	1
Opponents Totals					0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Frank Galloway							1
Team Totals							1
Opponents Totals							0