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 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| 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 | 7759 | |
| 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 | 5437 | |
| 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 | 5111 | |
| Sat | 11/13/1965 | H | Hartford Charter Oaks | 41-7 | W | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 6775 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/28/1965 | H | Toronto Rifles | 24-7 | W | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 7105 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Andy Alkire | 85 | TE | 6-3 | 227 | 24 | Washington | ||
| Coy Bacon | 81 | RDE-K | 6-4 | 269 | 22 | Jackson State | 14 | |
| Bruce Bausman | 80 | SE | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Minnesota State-Moorhead | ||
| Bernie Carney | 62 | ROG | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | West Virginia | ||
| Pat Carter | 75 | LOT | 6-3 | 265 | 28 | East Tennessee State | ||
| Dave Casinelli | 30 | FB | 5-10 | 210 | 25 | Memphis | ||
| Chat Clark | 22 | CB | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Arkansas-Monticello | ||
| A.B. Clevenger | RB | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | East Tennessee State | |||
| Joe Critchlow | 72 | LDT | 6-2 | 240 | 22 | Southeast Missouri State | ||
| Bill Crockett | 20 | FL | 5-10 | 170 | 22 | Minnesota | ||
| Sam Cromer | 31 | RB-S | 5-10 | 175 | 21 | Benedict | ||
| Arlen Cullors | 64 | LOG | 5-11 | 240 | 24 | Grambling State | ||
| Jim Curry | TE | 6-4 | 217 | 24 | Cincinnati | |||
| Sam Fernandez | 50 | LB | 5-11 | 205 | 25 | Potomac State JC; Miami (Florida) | ||
| Mike FitzGerald | 21 | LCB-WR | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Iowa State | 14 | |
| Herb Fitzsimmons | 63 | LB | 5-10 | 216 | 33 | Charleston | ||
| Millard Fleming | 25 | HB | 6-1 | 197 | 25 | Marshall | ||
| Frank Galloway | 61 | LB | 5-10 | 208 | 23 | East Carolina | ||
| Bob Green | 84 | LB | 6-3 | 239 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | ||
| Tom Gunnoe | 26 | RS-FL | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Glenville State | ||
| Wally Highsmith | 52 | C | 6-4 | 238 | 22 | Florida A&M | ||
| Jim Hollingsworth | 36 | P | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Mississippi; Louisiana Christian | ||
| Wilburn Hollis | 32 | FL | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Iowa | ||
| Robbie Hucklebridge | 60 | LB | 5-11 | 221 | 23 | Louisiana State | ||
| Jim Jordan | 71 | OT | 6-0 | 256 | 24 | Florida A&M | ||
| Dick Kaczor | 73 | RDT | 6-2 | 255 | 24 | none | ||
| Paul Krebs | 66 | OG | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Missouri State | ||
| John Lands | SE | 6-4 | 205 | 29 | Washington; Wenatchee Valley JC; Montana | 2 | ||
| Cal Lang | 38 | RCB | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Florida A&M | ||
| Rodger McFarland | 24 | LS | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Kansas | ||
| Bill Miller | 70 | LDE | 6-4 | 270 | 29 | New Mexico Highlands | ||
| Freddie Miller | 33 | SE-LB | 6-0 | 211 | 23 | Florida A&M | ||
| Ron Miller | 8 | QB-K | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Wisconsin | ||
| Eddie Mitchamore | 10 | K | 5-10 | 200 | 26 | Houston | ||
| Jim Moss | 83 | TE | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | West Virginia | ||
| Tom Munsey | SE | 6-1 | 175 | 24 | Concord | |||
| Bill Murphy | 65 | LB | 6-2 | 227 | 24 | Hillsdale | ||
| Ron Pennington | 9 | QB-K | 5-8 | 157 | 23 | Grambling State | ||
| Dayton Perry | 51 | C-LB | 6-0 | 240 | 24 | Iowa | ||
| Ronnie Quillen | 37 | FB | 5-9 | 210 | 26 | East Tennessee State | ||
| Carl Robinson | 74 | LOT | 6-3 | 260 | 23 | Prairie View A&M | ||
| Herm Urenda | 20 | OE | 6-0 | 182 | 27 | Pacific | ||
| Bob Walker | C | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Indiana | |||
| Clyde Williams | 76 | ROT | 6-2 | 252 | 25 | Southern University | ||
| Alex Zyskowski | 10 | QB | 6-2 | 192 | 24 | Wichita State | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 93 | 126 | 124 | 119 | 462 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 49 | 16 | 37 | 129 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | 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% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Miller | 269 | 133 | 49.4 | 125 | 1866 | 6.9 | 14.0 | 71 | 21 | 7.8 | 11 | 4.1 | 81.2 | |||
| Ron Pennington | 75 | 37 | 49.3 | 34 | 579 | 7.7 | 15.6 | 45 | 7 | 9.3 | 4 | 5.3 | 84.3 | |||
| Millard Fleming | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 39 | 13.0 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 81.9 | |||
| Freddie Miller | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millard Fleming | 42 | 520 | 12.4 | 62 | 4 |
| Jim Moss | 30 | 735 | 24.5 | 71 | 9 |
| Wilburn Hollis | 22 | 260 | 11.8 | 44 | 4 |
| Ronnie Quillen | 17 | 267 | 15.7 | 49 | 4 |
| Dave Casinelli | 16 | 239 | 14.9 | 56 | 1 |
| Tom Munsey | 16 | 184 | 11.5 | 44 | 2 |
| Bruce Bausman | 11 | 104 | 9.5 | 16 | 2 |
| Freddie Miller | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Bill Crockett | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 45 | 1 |
| Andy Alkire | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 19 | 1 |
| Bill Murphy | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Mike FitzGerald | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Lands | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Sam Cromer | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Gunnoe | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 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 | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hollingsworth | 73 | 3210 | 44.0 | 89 | 4 | |||||
| Team Totals | 73 | 44.0 | 89 | 4 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | 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 | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike FitzGerald | 10 | 279 | 27.9 | 91 | 1 | |
| Millard Fleming | 10 | 166 | 16.6 | 33 | 0 | |
| Cal Lang | 5 | 132 | 26.4 | 56 | 0 | |
| Tom Gunnoe | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 21 | 0 | |
| Clyde Williams | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Cromer | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 37 | 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 | |
| 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 |
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