1965 Joliet Explorers (PFLA)

1st place 8-1-1 .889

Head Coach: Jesse Vail

Bill Duchon	Assistant Coach
Len Rittof	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	8/29/1965	H	Grand Rapids Blazers	34-16	W	Joliet, IL	Memorial Stadium	5277
Sun	9/5/1965	A	Lincoln Comets	45-0	W	Lincoln, NE	Seacrest Field	4589
Sun	9/12/1965	H	Omaha Mustangs	16-10	W	Joliet, IL	Memorial Stadium	6816
Sat	9/18/1965	A	Rock Island Raiders	50-6	W	Rock Island, IL	Douglas Park	3555
Sat	9/25/1965	H	Des Moines Warriors	56-7	W	Joliet, IL	Memorial Stadium	6582
Sat	10/2/1965	A	Grand Rapids Blazers	10-10	T	Wyoming, MI	Kimball Stadium	6300
Sat	10/9/1965	H	Lincoln Comets	51-0	W	Joliet, IL	Memorial Stadium	5206
Sat	10/16/1965	A	Omaha Mustangs	17-21	L	Omaha, NE	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	7116
Sat	10/23/1965	H	Rock Island Raiders	52-0	W	Joliet, IL	Memorial Stadium	5066
Sat	10/30/1965	A	Des Moines Warriors	34-0	W	Des Moines, IA	Sec Taylor Stadium	4517
League Championship Series Game #1
Sun	11/7/1965	H	Grand Rapids Blazers	7-3	W	Joliet, IL	Memorial Stadium	4600
League Championship Series Game #2
Sun	11/14/1965	A	Grand Rapids Blazers	12-6	W	Wyoming, MI	Kimball Stadium	5000

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
	LeRoy Adams	LLB	6-1	229	24	Langston
	Dick Attreau	TE	6-3	227	29	none
	John Bauer	ROT	6-3	240	33	Illinois
	Chuck Billings	FB	6-2	251	22	Florida A&M
	Bob Borkwoski	G	6-0	232	22	Tennessee Tech
	Henry Brown	RS	6-1	190	25	North Central
	Levert Carr	RDT	6-5	258	21	Independence CC; North Central
	Tom Colbert	MLB-RLB	6-2	222	25	Murray State JC; Central Oklahoma
	Bruce Conhain	K	6-2	197	21	Hofstra
	Derril Corbett	LB	5-11	225	30	Northern Illinois
	Ollie Cromwell	C	6-4	260	25	Central Oklahoma
	Art Dillard	LDT	6-4	267	26	Edward Waters
	Ralph Fahey	DT	6-4	287	26	Everett CC
	Tom Farley	OE	6-1	225		Tennessee Tech
	Wylie Fox	LOG	6-1	235	22	Illinois
	Ed Francois	FL	6-2	195	26	Tennessee State
	Rheinhold Fritz	K	5-11	185	25	North Central
	Bob Fulk	T	6-3	239	29	Eastern Illinois
	Larry Howard	SE	6-3	215	23	Wisconsin
	John Hunter	RB	5-9	185		Lincoln (Missouri)
	Jack James	TE	6-3	230	22	Northern Arizona
	Bill Johnson	FB	6-3	213		Butler
	Gene Johnson	OE	6-2	231	27	Cheyney
	Clarence Jones	FB	5-11	190	23	Adams State
	Bob Lear	RB	5-11	190	33	Iowa
	Ken McGhie	HB	6-0	190	22	Wisconsin; Millikin
	Eural McLaughlin	RB	5-8	180	22	North Central
	Silver McQuarters	FB	6-0	220		Langston
	Dave Mulderink	T	6-0	230	24	Northern Illinois
	Bill Mundee	LS	5-11	181	24	Notre Dame
	Larry Nemmers	DB	6-0	185	24	Upper Iowa
	Walt Nichols	LOT	6-2	250	24	Mississippi Valley State
	Pat Owens	RCB	6-0	188	23	Virginia Union
	Ed Parham	P	6-0	200	22	Lincoln (Missouri)
	Sam Parham	LCB	6-0	196	22	Lincoln (Missouri)
	Ron Parr	RLB-MLB	6-0	225	24	Wisconsin
	Jim Piggee	DB	6-2	180	27	St. Augustine's
	Gene Polley	G	6-2	231	24	none
	Jim Robison	LDE	6-3	250	23	Arkansas
	Togo Silvani	RDE	6-2	243	25	Northeastern Colorado JC; Adams State
	Roger Stark	T	6-3	255	25	Northern Illinois
	Jim Van Gorden	QB	6-0	200	24	Wisconsin-Eau Claire
	Bob Webb	QB	6-0	205	28	St. Ambrose
	Gene Williams	DT	6-2	290	25	Southern Illinois
	Jeff Williams	RB	6-1	210	22	Oklahoma State
	Otis Young	ROG	6-1	254	22	Jackson State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	78	113	83	91
Opponents Totals				13

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	SAF	PTS
Ed Francois	12	0			0	0	72
Bruce Conhain	0	40			7	0	61
Chuck Billings	8	0			0	0	48
Clarence Jones	6	0			0	0	42
Ken McGhie	7	0			0	0	42
Larry Howard	6	0			0	0	36
Jeff Williams	4	0			0	0	24
Gene Johnson	2	0			0	0	12
Bob Lear	2	0			0	0	12
Dick Attreau	1	0			0	0	6
Larry Nemmers	0	2			0	0	2
(Team)	0	0			0	1	2
Team Totals	49	45	49	91.8	8	1	365
Opponents Totals	9	7	9	77.8	3	0	70

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Chuck Billings	100	718	7.2	7
Ken McGhie	89	631	7.1	6
Jeff Williams		303		4
Bob Lear		276		2
Clarence Jones		271		6
Team Totals
Opponents Totals				2

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	TD	TD%
Bob Webb	194	89	45.9	1345	6.9	15.1	16	8.2
Jim Van Gorden	82	31	37.8	518	6.3	16.7	5	6.1
Team Totals
Opponents Totals							7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Ed Francois	61	939	15.4	12
Larry Howard	16	270	16.9	5
Gene Johnson	8	157	19.6	2
Chuck Billings	7	65	9.3	1
Jeff Williams	6	83	13.8	0
Dean	4	47	11.8	0
Clarence Jones	2	75	37.5	0
Jim Piggee	2	41	20.5	0
Dick Attreau				1
Ken McGhie				1
Team Totals				22
Opponents Totals				7

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Mundee	4				0
Sam Parham	4				0
Henry Brown	3				0
Larry Nemmers	3				0
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG
Ed Parham	18	710	39.4
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG
Jeff Williams	6	94	15.7
James Piggee	2	27	13.5
Larry Nemmers	3	40	13.3
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG
Larry Nemmers	9	145	16.1
Jeff Williams	8	174	21.8
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

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