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

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
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.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
61	Bo Aldridge	ROG	6-3	230	23	Mississippi
73	T.W. Alley	LOT-LDE	6-3	235	23	William & Mary
44	Dave Ames	RCB-P	6-0	185	28	Richmond
82	Gene Appler	RDE	6-3	227	23	Catawba
	Gary Arnold	RB	6-1	190	22	Emory & Henry
14	Rich Badar	QB	6-1	190	22	Indiana
60	Chester Baker	LB	5-11	207	26	Virginia Tech
84	Bill Barber	OE	6-3	209	29	Florida A&M
27	Cleveland Barrett	HB	6-0	210	21	Tennessee State
41	Bob Batts	DB	6-1	197	25	Texas Southern
	Frank Batts	DB	6-1	195	25	Palo Verde JC; Los Angeles State
	Wallace Bennett	RB	5-10	200		Virginia Union
	Stu Christhilf	RDE	6-3	220	22	Virginia
50	Don Christman	LLB-MLB	6-0	215	29	Richmond
27	Ozzie Clay	DB	6-0	190	24	Iowa State
21	Bobby Currington	HB	6-0	205	24	North Carolina Central
25	Wally Davenport	RB	6-0	195	23	Frederick
81	Monte Day	DE	6-5	265	24	Bakersfield CC; Fresno State
46	Jack Dean	FL	6-0	185	22	Northern Illinois
35	Gene Donaldson	FB	6-2	225	23	Purdue
25	Bob Dunnington	HB	6-1	198	29	Richmond
75	Bill Early	ROT	6-2	245	23	East Tennessee State
	Paul Forester	DE	6-4	242	31	Georgia
46	Jim Gatzke	FL	6-1	195	22	Cal Poly (Pomona)
72	Tony Gibbons	DT	6-4	255	22	John Carroll
74	Gary Guertin	OT	6-3	285	23	Louisville
65	Jerry Hatcher	LOT	6-2	237	23	Virginia Tech
00	Earl Hawkins	HB	6-3	220	24	Florida State; Emory & Henry
12	Merv Holland	QB	6-3	190	23	George Washington
70	Ken Honea	LB	6-1	220	22	Tennessee
73	John Housel	OT	6-4	230	23	Wofford
63	Fred Hubbs	LOG	6-2	253	22	Miami (Florida)
80	Lew Irvin	LDT-RDT	5-11	247	24	Virginia State
62	Bill Joyner	OG-K	5-11	227	23	Johnson C. Smith
24	Tony Koszarsky	HB	5-8	177	22	North Carolina State
42	Carl Kuhn	RS	5-11	185	23	Virginia
55	Fred Mancuso	C	6-4	236	23	Richmond
89	Maurice McDonald	TE	6-2	223	22	Tennessee State
85	Jim McGinnis	TE	6-0	210	27	Ferrum JC; Richmond
85	Owen McKay	DT	6-2	225	23	Florida A&M
51	Andy Moran	C	6-0	235	23	Virginia
64	Luther Morris	OG	6-2	220		Alcorn State
14	Bruce Nunnally	S	6-1	185	30	Wake Forest
	Sammy Odom	LB	6-2	235	24	Northwestern State (Louisiana)
55	Oscar Overcash	C	6-2	241	24	North Carolina State
60	Woody Peoples	OG	6-2	247	22	Grambling State
23	Junior Powell	SE	5-10	174	23	Penn State
71	Charlie Rieves	LB	6-0	217	26	Alabama; Houston
26	Jim Rossi	LS	5-10	181	22	North Carolina State
	Art Smith	OT	6-3	255	23	Virginia Union
14	Len Stream	QB	6-1	212		Minnesota
61	Avery Sumner	LB	6-2	235	23	Florida State
64	Tom Tatem	OG	5-10	235	22	none
52	George Thomas	LB	6-1	216	22	Oklahoma State
72	Larry Thompson	ROT	6-1	235	26	Tulane
81	Jim Townes	DE	6-3	255	23	Johnson C. Smith
28	Bob Tyus	DB	5-10	188	21	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
31	Eddie Versprille	RLB	6-0	205	25	Alabama
28	Claude Ward	DB	5-11	188	23	New Mexico
10	Jerry Ward	QB	6-1	190	23	Bowling Green State
	Wardell Ward	DB	6-1	190	24	Virginia Union
20	Charlie Weaver	FL-LCB	5-7	155	24	William & Mary
54	John Wheeler	LB	5-11	215	23	Murray State
	Tony Wheeler	LLB	6-1	215	26	Nevada-Reno
83	Argle Whitfield	TE	6-3	240	22	Elizabeth City State
32	Tommy Wilson	FB	6-0	203	33	none
77	Luther Woodruff	RDT-LDT	6-3	255	27	North Carolina A&T State

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	36.3	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
Bob Currington	3	65	21.7	27	0
Dave Ames	1	24	24.0	24	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