1965 Norfolk Neptunes (COFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/31/1965	H	Hartford Charter Oaks	17-21	L		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	10736
Sat	8/7/1965	H	Toronto Rifles	14-33	L		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	10551
Sat	8/14/1965	H	Fort Wayne Warriors	7-16	L		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	11685
Sat	8/21/1965	A	Charleston Rockets	25-35	L		Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	6324
Sun	8/29/1965	H	Wheeling Ironmen	13-7	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	7159
Sat	9/4/1965	A	Toronto Rifles	17-41	L		Toronto, ON	Maple Leaf Stadium	10283
Sun	9/12/1965	A	Rhode Island Indians	33-30	W	OT	Providence, RI	City Stadium	3360
Sat	9/18/1965	A	Hartford Charter Oaks	44-6	W		Hartford, CT	Dillon Stadium	7390
Sun	9/26/1965	H	Philadelphia Bulldogs	42-35	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	13543
Sun	10/3/1965	A	Newark Bears	10-7	W		Newark, NJ	Schools Stadium	3594
Sun	10/10/1965	H	Toronto Rifles	29-21	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	14118
Sun	10/17/1965	H	Richmond Rebels	17-21	L		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	13097
Sat	10/23/1965	A	Philadelphia Bulldogs	24-28	L		Philadelphia, PA	Temple Stadium	7248
Sun	10/31/1965	A	Wheeling Ironmen	26-9	W		Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	4172
Sun	11/7/1965	H	Hartford Charter Oaks	20-14	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	10660
Sat	11/13/1965	H	Newark Bears	19-10	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	15113

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
24	John Amos	RB	6-1	215	26	Long Beach CC; Colorado State	2
50	Bob Broughton	MLB	5-10	225	23	Utah State	14
42	Norm Burkette	DB	6-3	205	22	Trinidad State JC; Colorado State	2
54/53	Mickey Byrd	LB	6-1	235	22	Wofford	2
73	Don Carroll	DT	6-3	270	24	Miami (Florida)	7
	Jim Chandler	DB	6-4	210	23	Benedict	1
43	Carl Charon	LS	5-10	190	25	Michigan State	11
82/56	John Childress	RDT-DE-LB	6-2	220	25	Arkansas	13
12	Max Choboian	QB	6-4	205	23	Oregon; Northridge State	13
86	Billy Clay	RDE	6-4	231	24	Arkansas	14
81	Joe Cupido	WR	5-10	180	23	none	1
11	Gene Dahlquist	QB-P	5-10	192	23	Arizona	14
83	Bruce Day	LDE	6-3	235	24	Mount San Antonio JC; Utah	10
80	Herm Driver	SE	5-11	174	22	Texas Southern	14
20	Paul Duda	HB	5-11	196	22	Cortland State	13
56	Jack Edwards	C	6-1	235	22	Florida State	9
70	Terry Fernandez	OG-LB	6-1	225	23	Pearl River CC; Louisiana-Lafayette	7
25	Don Floyd	FL	6-1	200	23	Florida State	10
22	Al Ford	HB	6-2	210	27	Jackson State	10
83	Don Francis	TE	6-2	215	22	UCLA	4
31	Jerry Frericks	FB	5-10	214	22	Southern Illinois	14
60	Don Gleason	OG	6-4	253	23	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	1
54	Bill Grandstaff	C	6-1	241	26	none	4
62/70/63	Harold Gray	LOG	6-0	245	27	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14
76	Dennis Harvey	DT	6-2	245	23	Texas A&M-Kingsville	2
14/10	Dan Henning	QB	6-0	195	23	William & Mary	14
46	Joe Hightower	RS-K	6-1	217	23	Appalachian State	14
40/42	Don Holder	RCB	5-11	198	22	San Diego CC; Utah State	12
23	Andy Ireland	HB	6-0	195	22	Reedley JC; Utah	6
77	Gerald Johns	DE	6-3	250	23	Los Angeles CC; Santa Monica JC; UCLA	2
	Billy Jones	WR	6-2	202	22	Central Oklahoma	2
60/74	Gene Jordan	ROG-LOG	5-11	265	23	Frederick	12
35/44	Ronnie Killmon	LS-RS	5-11	190	25	William & Mary; Old Dominion	14
53	Joe Langston	LLB-RLB	6-1	215	24	Norfolk State	10
61	Frank Lollino	ROG	6-0	241	24	Illinois	14
	C.D. Lowery	DB	5-11	177	23	Utah	2
43	Milt Mason	DB	5-11	190	22	Norfolk State	1
	Howard McCowan	WR	5-10	183	26	Grambling State	1
	Lloyd McCoy	OG	6-1	245	23	Columbia Basin JC; San Diego State	1
88	Jim McKinstry	TE	6-4	217	23	Farmingdale State	2
33	Mel Meeks	FB	6-1	215	28	none	4
85	Don Montgomery	TE	6-2	215	24	North Carolina State
72	Ken Moore	LOT-ROT	6-3	286	24	Southern Illinois	6
32	Phil Morgan	FB	6-1	220	23	East Tennessee State	12
	Ron Nery	DE	6-6	236	31	Kansas State
60	George Newton	OG	6-1	242	23	Bakersfield CC; Palomar JC; West Texas A&M	2
87	Jim Norris	RDT-DE	6-4	235	26	Houston	12
42	Stan Penkunas	DB	5-9	200	23	William & Mary	3
33	Dick Pruitt	FB	6-1	220	22	Weber State	3
52	Wayne Rusbuldt	RLB	6-0	203	25	South Carolina	9
51	Rich Slobodnik	MLB	6-1	235	23	Southern Illinois	12
73	Dave Smith	OT	6-4	250		Miami (Ohio)	3
71	Steve Smith	ROT	6-3	256	23	none	14
55	Bill Somerville	LLB	6-2	224	23	Western Michigan	13
	Bob Suci	DB	5-10	182	26	Michigan State	2
	Tom Tatem	OG	5-10	235	22	none	4
36	George Thomas	LB	6-1	216	22	Oklahoma State	2
84	Doug Thompson	TE	6-4	215	21	Edward Waters	12
51	Rip Thompson	LB	6-2	215	22	Maryland-Eastern Shore	1
75	Ted Torok	LOT	6-4	248	22	Virginia	13
10	Jim Traficant	QB	6-1	194	24	Pittsburgh	1
24	Elbert Vaughn	SE-HB	6-1	185	21	Jackson State	12
41	Jim Wakefield	LCB	5-11	175	22	Western Illinois	13
82	Barry Weickel	SE	6-3	200	22	Springfield	2
45	Earl West	DB	6-3	205	22	West Texas A&M	1
32	Guy Whittaker	FB	6-0	225	23	Florida A&M	1
77	Lemmon Williams	LDT	6-3	265	22	San Diego CC; U.S. International	13
201/21	George Wooten	FL	6-0	183	25	Elon	14

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	55	104	70	94	3
Opponents Totals	55	120	55	50	0

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
Joe Hightower	2	33	39	84.6	13	32	40.6	0	84
Jerry Frericks	12	0	0		0	0		0	72
Herm Driver	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Phil Morgan	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Don Floyd	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Don Henning	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Paul Duda	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Mel Meeks	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Carl Charon	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Al Ford	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dan Holder	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Don Montgomery	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Doug Thompson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ted Torok	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jim Wakefield	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
George Wooten	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	42	33	42	78.6	13	32	40.6	1	326
Opponents Totals	39	35	39	89.7	3			1	280

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Duda	101	404	4.0	20	1
Jerry Frericks	121	352	2.9	14	12
Mel Meeks	51	185	3.6	14	2
Al Ford	36	146	4.1	59	1
Dan Henning	32	60	1.9	10	3
Don Floyd	4	59	14.8	35	0
Phil Morgan	27	58	2.1	9	3
Dick Pruitt	4	14	3.5	5	0
Jim Traficant	3	8	2.7	8	0
Andy Ireland	2	6	3.0	9	0
John Amos	2	3	1.5	4	0
Max Choboian	2	2	1.0	2	0
Don Holder	1	0	0.0	0	0
Guy Whittaker	1	0	0.0	0	0
Gene Dahlquist	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Elbert Vaughn	2	-12	-6.0	0	0
Team Totals	391	1259	3.2	59	22
Opponents Totals					8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Dan Henning	415	212	51.1	188	3007	7.2	14.2	70	13	3.1	15	3.6	70.2
Jim Traficant	18	8	44.4	8	71	3.9	8.9	46	0	0.0	2	11.1	16.0
Max Choboian	12	4	33.3	7	32	2.7	8.0	14	0	0.0	1	8.3	7.6
Gene Dahlquist	6	2	33.3	4	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	42.4
Paul Duda	1	1	100.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	79.2
Team Totals	452	227	50.2	207	3110	6.9	13.7	70	13	2.9	18	4.0	65.6
Opponents Totals									25

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Herm Driver	83	1305	15.7	56	6
Don Floyd	49	748	15.3	60	3
Paul Duda	26	378	14.5	48	1
George Wooten	20	229	11.5	46	1
Don Montgomery	15	215	14.3	47	1
Doug Thompson	11	108	9.8	17	1
Jerry Frericks	7	38	5.4	15	0
Al Ford	5	26	5.2	19	0
Don Francis	3	31	10.3	19	0
Phil Morgan	2	8	4.0	6	0
Mel Meeks	1	9	9.0	9	0
	1	9	9.0	9	0
Gene Dahlquist	1	6	6.0	6	0
Don Holder	1	6	6.0	6	0
Dick Pruitt	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Joe Hightower	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Team Totals	227	3110	13.7	70	13
Opponents Totals					25

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Carl Charon	9	172	19.1	50	1
Joe Hightower	6	174	29.0	97t	2
Dick Slobodnik	6	128	21.3	64	0
Jim Wakefield	5	48	9.6	28	1
Don Holder	4	23	5.8	17	1
Milt Mason	1	18	18.0	18	0
John Childress	1	10	10.0	10	0
Jim Norris	1	3	3.0	3	0
Ron Killmon	1	0	0.0	0	0
Earl West	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	35	576	16.5	97t	5
Opponents Totals					2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Gene Dahlquist	63	2532	40.2	65	0
Team Totals	63	2532	40.2	65	0
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dick Slobodnik	1	21	21.0	21	0
Elbert Vaughn	13	158	12.2	36	0
Andy Ireland	6	70	11.7	30	0
Paul Duda	12	128	10.7	21	0
Don Holder	3	24	8.0	21	0
Ronnie Killmon	1	5	5.0	5	0
Joe Hightower	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	37	406	11.0	36	0
Opponents Totals					2

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Elbert Vaughn	27	755	28.0	84
Paul Duda	10	161	16.1	31
Andy Ireland	8	171	21.4	33
Al Holder	4	69	17.3	28
Ronnie Killmon	3	55	18.3	20
Bill Grandstaff	1	37	37.0	37
Steve Smith	1	14	14.0	14
Don Floyd	1	10	10.0	10
Rip Thompson	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	56	1272	22.7	84
Opponents Totals

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ted Torok							1
Team Totals							1
Opponents Totals							2

Ed Booth	Receibers
George Hughes	Offensive Line
Bill Ralph	Defensive Line
Bob Tata	Defensive Backfield
Larry Weldon	Offensive Backfield