1965 Richmond Rebels - Pro Football Archives

1965 Richmond Rebels (COFL)

3rd place Western Division 6-8-0 .429

Head Coach: Pete Pihos

Bob Harrison	Linebackers
Pat Lamberti	Defensive Line
Bruce Nunnally	Defensive Backfield
Monte Williamson	Offensive Line
Carl Wise	Offensive Backfield

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/31/1965	H	Philadelphia Bulldogs	28-7	W	Richmond, VA	City Stadium	6857
Sun	8/8/1965	A	Wheeling Ironmen	35-28	W	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	8320
Sat	8/14/1965	H	Hartford Charter Oaks	10-17	L	Richmond, VA	City Stadium	10842
Sat	8/21/1965	A	Philadelphia Bulldogs	17-41	L	Philadelphia, PA	Temple Stadium	10659
Sat	8/28/1965	H	Charleston Rockets	17-33	L	Richmond, VA	City Stadium	10002
Sat	9/4/1965	A	Hartford Charter Oaks	27-21	W	Hartford, CT	Dillon Stadium	7904
Sat	9/11/1965	H	Wheeling Ironmen	23-20	W	Richmond, VA	City Stadium	18000
Sat	9/18/1965	H	Rhode Island Indians	17-37	L	Richmond, VA	City Stadium	7500
Sun	9/26/1965	A	Newark Bears	34-22	W	Newark, NJ	Schools Stadium	4500
Sat	10/2/1965	H	Fort Wayne Warriors	10-33	L	Richmond, VA	City Stadium	7500
Sat	10/9/1965	A	Charleston Rockets	7-33	L	Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	5500
Sun	10/17/1965	A	Norfolk Neptunes	21-17	W	Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	13097
Sat	10/23/1965	H	Toronto Rifles	21-45	L	Richmond, VA	City Stadium	6000
Sat	10/30/1965	A	Rhode Island Indians	38-14	W	Providence, RI	City Stadium	660
Sat	11/6/1965	H	Philadelphia Bulldogs	17-14	W	Richmond, VA	City Stadium	9498
Sun	11/14/1965	A	Fort Wayne Warriors	24-38	L	Fort Wayne, IN	Zollner Stadium	3246

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
61	Bo Aldridge	ROG	6-3	230	23	Mississippi	2
73	T.W. Alley	LOT-LDE	6-3	235	23	William & Mary	8
44	Dave Ames	RCB-P	6-0	185	28	Richmond	14
82	Gene Appler	RDE	6-3	227	23	Catawba	3
	Gary Arnold	RB	6-1	190	22	Emory & Henry	1
14	Rich Badar	QB	6-1	190	22	Indiana	6
60	Chester Baker	LB	5-11	207	26	Virginia Tech
84	Bill Barber	OE	6-3	209	29	Florida A&M	7
27	Cleveland Barrett	HB	6-0	210	21	Tennessee State	5
41	Bob Batts	DB	6-1	197	25	Texas Southern	11
	Frank Batts	DB	6-1	195	25	Palo Verde JC; Los Angeles State	3
	Wallace Bennett	RB	5-10	200		Virginia Union
	Stu Christhilf	RDE	6-3	220	22	Virginia	2
50	Don Christman	LLB-MLB	6-0	215	29	Richmond	14
27	Ozzie Clay	DB	6-0	190	24	Iowa State	5
21	Bobby Currington	HB	6-0	205	24	North Carolina Central	4
25	Wally Davenport	RB	6-0	195	23	Frederick	3
81	Monte Day	DE	6-5	265	24	Bakersfield CC; Fresno State	11
46	Jack Dean	FL	6-0	185	22	Northern Illinois	5
35	Gene Donaldson	FB	6-2	225	23	Purdue
25	Bob Dunnington	HB	6-1	198	29	Richmond	9
75	Bill Early	ROT	6-2	245	23	East Tennessee State	5
	Paul Forester	DE	6-4	242	31	Georgia	1
46	Jim Gatzke	FL	6-1	195	22	Cal Poly (Pomona)	9
72	Tony Gibbons	DT	6-4	255	22	John Carroll	10
74	Gary Guertin	OT	6-3	285	23	Louisville	10
65	Jerry Hatcher	LOT	6-2	237	23	Virginia Tech	14
00	Earl Hawkins	HB	6-3	220	24	Florida State; Emory & Henry	4
12	Merv Holland	QB	6-3	190	23	George Washington	14
70	Ken Honea	LB	6-1	220	22	Tennessee	5
73	John Housel	OT	6-4	230	23	Wofford	10
63	Fred Hubbs	LOG	6-2	253	22	Miami (Florida)	13
80	Lew Irvin	LDT-RDT	5-11	247	24	Virginia State	14
62	Bill Joyner	OG-K	5-11	227	23	Johnson C. Smith	14
24	Tony Koszarsky	HB	5-8	177	22	North Carolina State	14
42	Carl Kuhn	RS	5-11	185	23	Virginia	14
55	Fred Mancuso	C	6-4	236	23	Richmond	4
89	Maurice McDonald	TE	6-2	223	22	Tennessee State	6
85	Jim McGinnis	TE	6-0	210	27	Ferrum JC; Richmond	2
85	Owen McKay	DT	6-2	225	23	Florida A&M	12
51	Andy Moran	C	6-0	235	23	Virginia	2
64	Luther Morris	OG	6-2	220		Alcorn State	12
14	Bruce Nunnally	S	6-1	185	30	Wake Forest	6
	Sammy Odom	LB	6-2	235	24	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	1
55	Oscar Overcash	C	6-2	241	24	North Carolina State	10
60	Woody Peoples	OG	6-2	247	22	Grambling State	11
23	Junior Powell	SE	5-10	174	23	Penn State	8
71	Charlie Rieves	LB	6-0	217	26	Alabama; Houston	7
26	Jim Rossi	LS	5-10	181	22	North Carolina State	14
	Art Smith	OT	6-3	255	23	Virginia Union	2
14	Len Stream	QB	6-1	212		Minnesota	3
61	Avery Sumner	LB	6-2	235	23	Florida State	11
52	George Thomas	LB	6-1	216	22	Oklahoma State	10
72	Larry Thompson	ROT	6-1	235	26	Tulane	5
81	Jim Townes	DE	6-3	255	23	Johnson C. Smith	3
28	Bob Tyus	DB	5-10	188	21	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	13
31	Eddie Versprille	RLB	6-0	205	25	Alabama	5
28	Claude Ward	DB	5-11	188	23	New Mexico	3
10	Jerry Ward	QB	6-1	190	23	Bowling Green State	12
	Wardell Ward	DB	6-1	190	24	Virginia Union	2
20	Charlie Weaver	FL-LCB	5-7	155	24	William & Mary
54	John Wheeler	LB	5-11	215	23	Murray State	2
83	Argle Whitfield	TE	6-3	240	22	Elizabeth City State	6
32	Tommy Wilson	FB	6-0	203	33	none	13
77	Luther Woodruff	RDT-LDT	6-3	255	27	North Carolina A&T State	12

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	62	115	34	72
Opponents Totals	88	93	81	123

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

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bill Joyner	0	34	34	100.0	15	30	50.0	0	79
Tommy Wilson	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Bill Barber	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Tony Koszarsky	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Merv Holland	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Jim Gatzke	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Junior Powell	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Charlie Weaver	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Ozzie Clay	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Gene Donaldson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Dunnington	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Lou Irvin	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jim Rossi	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Tyus	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	34	34	34	100.0	15	30	50.0	0	283
Opponents Totals	49	45	49	91.8	14			2	385

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tony Koszarsky	107	398	3.7	32	3
Tommy Wilson	93	283	3.0	19	2
Merv Holland	26	186	7.2	20	4
Bob Dunnington	37	90	2.4	7	1
Earl Hawkins	25	82	3.3	9	0
Bobby Currington	16	53	3.3	12	0
Gene Donaldson	23	38	1.7	8	1
Rich Badar	9	38	4.2	8	0
Cleveland Barrett	19	37	1.9	10	0
Jerry Ward	3	12	4.0	6	0
Charlie Weaver	2	5	2.5	9	0
Junior Powell	1	3	3.0	3	0
Jim Rossi	3	-8	-2.7	0	0
Team Totals	364	1217	3.3	32	11
Opponents Totals					20

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Merv Holland	294	133	45.2	147	1834	6.2	13.8	73	13	4.4	14	4.8	60.7
Jerry Ward	80	26	32.5	50	365	4.6	14.0	43	1	1.3	4	5.0	31.5
Rich Badar	46	19	41.3	22	266	5.8	14.0	45	2	4.3	5	10.9	35.5
Jim Rossi	5	3	60.0	1	67	13.4	22.3	34	2	40.0	1	20.0	104.2
Tommy Wilson	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Jack Dean	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Earl Hawkins	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Len Stream	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0.0
Team Totals	430	181	42.1	224	2532	5.9	14.0	73	18	4.2	25	5.8	51.4
Opponents Totals									26

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tony Koszarsky	43	426	9.9	49	0
Bill Barber	26	610	23.5	73	6
Tommy Wilson	25	308	12.3	71	5
Jim Gatzke	24	369	15.4	37	2
Junior Powell	18	323	17.9	43	2
Charlie Weaver	9	188	20.9	34	2
Maurice McDonald	9	92	10.2	49	0
Jack Dean	8	78	9.8	29	0
Bob Dunnington	6	48	8.0	19	0
Gene Donaldson	6	24	4.0	10	0
Earl Hawkins	2	15	7.5	11	0
Len Stream	1	20	20.0	20	0
Jim Rossi	1	16	16.0	16t	1
Bobby Currington	1	14	14.0	14	0
Wally Davenport	1	10	10.0	10	0
Argle Whitfield	1	-9	-9.0	-9	0
Team Totals	181	2532	14.0	73	18
Opponents Totals					26

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Rossi	5	95	19.0	26	0
Don Christman	2	12	6.0	8	0
Ozzie Clay	1	45	45.0	45	0
Frank Batts	1	32	32.0	32	0
George Thomas	1	10	10.0	10	0
Carl Kuhn	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bob Tyus	2	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	13	194	14.9	45	0
Opponents Totals					2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Dave Ames	76	2757	37.8	65	3
Jim Rossi	2	84	42.0	44	0
Team Totals	78	2841	36.4	65	3
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Rossi	25	367	14.7	41	0
Tony Koszarsky	14	188	13.4	61	1
Carl Kuhn	2	62	31.0	39	0
Avery Sumner	1	5	5.0	5	0
Bob Tyus	0	20		20Lt	1
Team Totals	42	642	15.3	61	2
Opponents Totals					0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tony Koszarsky	22	645	29.3	95t	2
Jim Rossi	35	689	19.7	47	0
Ozzie Clay	9	229	25.4	40	0
Dave Ames	1	24	24.0	24	0
Bob Currington	3	65	21.7	27	0
Jack Dean	1	20	20.0	20	0
Gary Guertin	1	10	10.0	10	0
Tony Gibbons	1	8	8.0	8	0
John Housel	1	0	0.0	0	0
Maurice McDonald	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	75	1690	22.5	95t	2
Opponents Totals					0

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