1965 Grand Rapids Blazers (PFLA) |
| 2nd place • 8-1-1 .889 |
| Head Coach: Steve Sucic |
| Chuck DeShane | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/7/1965 | H | Joliet Explorers | 6-27 | L | Wyoming, MI | Kimble Field | 1400 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1965 | H | Omaha Mustangs | 33-21 | W | Wyoming, MI | Kimble Field | 4800 | |
| Sun | 8/29/1965 | A | Joliet Explorers | 16-34 | L | Joliet, IL | Memorial Stadium | 5277 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1965 | H | Des Moines Warriors | 40-7 | W | Wyoming, MI | Kimble Field | 3035 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1965 | H | Rock Island Raiders | 39-7 | W | Wyoming, MI | Kimble Field | 5218 | |
| Sat | 9/25/1965 | A | Omaha Mustangs | 28-23 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 6440 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1965 | H | Joliet Explorers | 10-10 | T | Wyoming, MI | Kimble Field | 6300 | |
| Sat | 10/9/1965 | A | Des Moines Warriors | 47-7 | W | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sat | 10/16/1965 | A | Rock Island Raiders | 27-3 | W | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | ||
| Sat | 10/23/1965 | H | Lincoln Comets | 53-7 | W | Wyoming, MI | Kimble Field | 2300 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1965 | H | Canton Centaurs | 68-0 | W | Wyoming, MI | Kimble Field | 2000 | |
| League Championship Series Game #1 | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/7/1965 | A | Lincoln Comets | W | Lincoln, NE | Seacrest Field | |||
| Sun | 11/7/1965 | A | Joliet Explorers | 3-7 | L | Joliet, IL | Memorial Stadium | 4600 | |
| League Championship Series Game #2 | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/14/1965 | H | Joliet Explorers | 6-12 | L | Wyoming, MI | Kimble Field | 5000 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/7/1965 | Lincoln Comets | Forfeit; Postponed from 9/19 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Troy Allen | LCB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Colorado State; Western Michigan | |||
| Rahn Bently | LOG-MLB | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Michigan State | |||
| Jim Bougard | T | 6-1 | 280 | 25 | Central State (Ohio) | |||
| Clarence Bouknight | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 30 | none | |||
| Leon Burton | HB | 5-9 | 172 | 30 | Arizona State | |||
| Doug Byrd | WR | 6-3 | 190 | Hillsdale | ||||
| Gene Byrd | RDT | 6-3 | 255 | 27 | Western Michigan | |||
| Lex Byrd | LLB | 6-0 | 235 | 27 | Ventura JC; Drake | |||
| Sonny DuBose | LB | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Presbyterian | |||
| Junior Edge | QB | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | North Carolina | |||
| Jim Edwards | LS | 5-11 | 175 | 27 | Huron; Adams State | |||
| Eddie Fletcher | FL | 5-9 | 170 | 23 | Navarro JC; Tulsa | |||
| Dan Fuller | C | 5-11 | 228 | 29 | Purdue | |||
| Vern Hansen | SE | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Ferris State | |||
| Joe Henze | RLB | 6-1 | 237 | 25 | Detroit Mercy | |||
| Ken Hines | FB-K | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Colorado State | |||
| Mike Hudnut | ROG | 205 | Western Michigan | |||||
| Orville Hudson | C | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | East Texas A&M | |||
| George Ihler | WR-P | 6-3 | 180 | 22 | Western Michigan | |||
| Bob Jewett | SE | 6-2 | 198 | 31 | Michigan State | |||
| Rolando Jones | DB | 5-10 | 195 | 24 | Colorado | |||
| Will Kellogg | LDT | 6-2 | 279 | 30 | Lincoln (Missouri) | |||
| Sherlock Knight | LOT | 6-1 | 250 | 27 | Central State (Ohio) | |||
| John Lomakoski | 73 | RDE | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Western Michigan | ||
| Wally Mahle | DB | 6-2 | 197 | 22 | Syracuse | |||
| Mel Meyers | RCB | 5-11 | 197 | 25 | Illinois | |||
| Dave Molhoek | TE | 6-1 | 202 | 24 | Michigan | |||
| Jerry O'Neil | RB | 5-9 | 170 | 26 | Central Michigan | |||
| Jim Russell | 74 | LDT-LOT | 6-4 | 246 | 22 | none | ||
| Bill Schlee | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Western Michigan | |||
| John Slafkosky | ROT | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | Notre Dame | |||
| Lloyd Swelnis | RS | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | Western Michigan | |||
| Dave Swenson | LDE-ROT | 6-6 | 255 | 26 | Luther | |||
| Dave Taylor | ROG | 6-0 | 228 | 24 | Ferris State | |||
| Jim Wacker | MLB | 5-11 | 210 | Otterbein | ||||
| Jimmy Webster | RLB | 5-11 | 204 | 29 | Marquette | |||
| Guy Whitaker | FB-K | 6-0 | 225 | 23 | San Francisco CC | |||
| Bob White | LB | 6-0 | 216 | 26 | Western Michigan | |||
| Cecil Young | DB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Illinois | |||
| Alex Zyskowski | QB | 6-2 | 192 | 24 | Wichita State | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 293 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 30 | 119 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Fletcher | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||
| Leon Burton | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Guy Whitaker, Jr. | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 32 | ||||
| Junior Edge | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Dave Molhoek | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Ken Hines | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Lloyd Swelnis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Gene Ihlers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jerry O'Neil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Bill Schlee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Alex Zyskowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jim Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Vern Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 42 | 29 | 42 | 69.0 | 4 | 0 | 293 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 15 | 15 | 100.0 | 4 | 1 | 119 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Hines | 314 | 3 | |||
| Bill Schlee | 277 | 2 | |||
| Leon Burton | 40 | 270 | 6.8 | 2 | |
| Jerry O'Neil | 100 | 1 | |||
| Junior Edge | 4 | ||||
| Alex Zyskowski | 2 | ||||
| Guy Whitaker, Jr. | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 15 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Edge | 213 | 106 | 49.8 | 1536 | 7.2 | 14.5 | 15 | 7.0 | ||||||||
| Alex Zyskowski | 56 | 24 | 42.9 | 375 | 6.7 | 15.6 | 5 | 8.9 | ||||||||
| Mel Meyers | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 21 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Fletcher | 57 | 838 | 14.7 | 9 | |
| Bob Jewett | 22 | 283 | 12.9 | 0 | |
| Dave Molhoek | 11 | 280 | 25.5 | 4 | |
| Vern Hansen | 9 | 123 | 13.7 | 1 | |
| Ken Hines | 9 | 110 | 12.2 | 1 | |
| Jerry O'Neil | 7 | 96 | 13.7 | 1 | |
| Leon Burton | 6 | 135 | 22.5 | 3 | |
| Gene Ihlers | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 2 | |
| Team Totals | 21 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Swelnis | 7 | 3 | |||
| Mel Meyers | 4 | 0 | |||
| Troy Allen | 3 | 0 | |||
| Jim Edwards | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Molhoek | 32 | 1183 | 37.0 | |||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry O'Neill | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Edwards | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | ||
| Ken Hines | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | ||
| Leon Burton | 8 | 83 | 10.4 | 1 | ||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Burton | 9 | 259 | 28.8 | 1 | ||
| Jerry O'Neil | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 0 | ||
| Roland Jones | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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