1965 Omaha Mustangs (PFLA) |
| 3rd place • 7-3-0 .700 |
| Head Coach: Bernie Berigan |
| Don Leahy | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/21/1965 | A | Grand Rapids Blazers | 21-33 | L | Wyoming, MI | Kimble Field | 4800 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | H | Lincoln Comets | 48-21 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 13440 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1965 | H | Rock Island Raiders | 63-0 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 7460 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1965 | A | Joliet Explorers | 10-16 | L | Joliet, IL | Memorial Stadium | 6816 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1965 | A | Des Moines Warriors | 21-20 | W | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 6340 | |
| Sat | 9/25/1965 | H | Grand Rapids Blazers | 23-28 | L | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 6440 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1965 | A | Lincoln Comets | 48-6 | W | Lincoln, NE | Seacrest Field | 1503 | |
| Sat | 10/9/1965 | A | Rock Island Raiders | 28-14 | W | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | ||
| Sat | 10/16/1965 | H | Joliet Explorers | 21-17 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 7116 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1965 | H | Des Moines Warriors | 35-7 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 4408 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Carl Allison | LCB | 5-11 | 183 | 21 | Hastings | |||
| Morrie Bantner | LLB-RLB | 5-9 | 200 | 20 | Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Paul Blazevich | SE | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | Butler CC; Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Brian Bro | MLB | 5-9 | 225 | 21 | none | |||
| Max Broderson | C | 6-2 | 237 | 22 | Morningside | |||
| Charley Bryant | LOG | 6-0 | 215 | 32 | Nebraska | |||
| Dick Butolph | QB | 6-3 | 195 | 24 | Nebraska-Kearney | |||
| Ken Dostal | LOT | 6-6 | 235 | 25 | Nebraska; Peru State | |||
| Mike Dugan | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Notre Dame | |||
| Dallas Dyer | MLB-K | 5-10 | 210 | 25 | Nebraska | |||
| John Edmonds | LS-RCB-RS | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | none | |||
| Bob Eickholt | RLB | 6-3 | 220 | 23 | Nebraska; Creighton | |||
| Bob Evans | T | 6-2 | 243 | 25 | Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Gerald Gerths | ROT | 6-2 | 248 | 22 | none | |||
| Jim Hall | OE-FL | 225 | Peru State | |||||
| Glen Hansen | RDT | 6-0 | 247 | 25 | Parsons | |||
| John Haskell | ROG | 6-0 | 228 | 23 | Midland Lutheran | |||
| Phil Hayman | RDE-LDE | 5-11 | 227 | Iowa | ||||
| Glen Hepburn | LLB-RLB | 6-4 | 215 | 27 | Nebraska; Butler CC; Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Larry Jacobsen | FB | 5-10 | 195 | 26 | Nebraska-Kearney | |||
| Paul Limas | DT | 5-9 | 212 | 24 | Doane; Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Tom Luby | RDT-LDE | 6-3 | 232 | 24 | Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Larry McCord | TE | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Nebraska-Kearney | |||
| Joe McNulty | RS-RCB | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | Nebraska | |||
| George McVicker | FL | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Tarkio | |||
| Louie Miloni | RB | 5-5 | 145 | 25 | Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Jay Murrell | RDE | 6-5 | 245 | 22 | Iowa State | |||
| Lyle Nelson | DT | 6-6 | 255 | Midland Lutheran | ||||
| Lad Nemecek | C | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Arizona State | |||
| Dwane Novak | LB | 6-0 | 214 | 22 | Nebraska | |||
| Emil Radik | RB-K | 5-11 | 185 | 32 | Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Mike Ramirez | LOG | 5-11 | 230 | 25 | Peru State | |||
| Ray Rivera | LDT-RDT | 6-1 | 286 | 22 | Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Vic Shukis | HB | 6-1 | 210 | none | ||||
| John Simmons | FL | 6-3 | 200 | 26 | Nebraska-Omaha; Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Tulsa | |||
| Bill Stangarone | RCB-LS-RS-QB | 5-10 | 180 | 33 | Wichita State | |||
| Larry Stednitz | HB | 6-0 | 199 | 24 | Iowa; Midland Lutheran | |||
| Bob Stillmock | LOT | 6-1 | 232 | Nebraska-Kearney | ||||
| Don Sutton | LDE | 6-4 | 247 | 28 | none | |||
| Dean Taylor | LS-RS | 6-0 | 191 | 24 | Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Gary Welton | SE | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | Nebraska; Nebraska-Kearney | |||
| Clayton Williams | RB | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Fort Hays State | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 52 | 118 | 56 | 92 | 318 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 64 | 14 | 62 | 162 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Simmons | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||||
| Dallas Dyer | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 46 | ||||
| Larry Jacobsen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Paul Blazevich | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Louie Miloni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Larry Stednitz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Mike Dugan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Emil Radik | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Bill Stangarone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Carl Allison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dick Butoph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| John Edmonds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Larry McCord | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Gary Welton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 44 | 43 | 44 | 97.7 | 3 | 1 | 318 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 19 | 23 | 82.6 | 1 | 1 | 162 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Jacobsen | 113 | 461 | 4.1 | 5 | |
| Larry Stednitz | 102 | 330 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| Mike Dugan | 53 | 170 | 3.2 | 2 | |
| Louie Miloni | 19 | 141 | 7.4 | 0 | |
| Dick Butolph | 39 | 119 | 3.1 | 1 | |
| Emil Radik | 25 | 65 | 2.6 | 1 | |
| Clayton Williams | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Stangarone | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1283 | 10 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 791 | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Dugan | 182 | 94 | 51.6 | 1167 | 6.4 | 12.4 | 16 | 8.8 | ||||||||
| Dick Butolph | 111 | 59 | 53.2 | 774 | 7.0 | 13.1 | 13 | 11.7 | ||||||||
| Bill Stangarone | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 42 | 6.0 | 8.4 | 1 | 14.3 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | 300 | 158 | 52.7 | 129 | 1983 | 6.6 | 12.6 | 30 | 10.0 | 13 | 4.3 | 88.8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 278 | 122 | 43.9 | 132 | 1703 | 6.1 | 14.0 | 14 | 6.0 | 24 | 8.6 | 45.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Simmons | 64 | 944 | 14.8 | 16 | |
| Paul Blazevich | 34 | 397 | 11.7 | 5 | |
| Larry Stednitz | 18 | 117 | 6.5 | 2 | |
| Larry Jacobsen | 15 | 157 | 10.5 | 2 | |
| Larry McCord | 10 | 159 | 15.9 | 1 | |
| Gary Welton | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 1 | |
| Clayton Williams | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Louie Miloni | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 3 | |
| Glen Hepburn | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Hall | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gerald Gerths | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 158 | 1983 | 12.6 | 30 | |
| Opponents Totals | 122 | 1703 | 14.0 | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Allison | 10 | 1 | |||
| John Edmonds | 4 | 1 | |||
| Bill Stangarone | 3 | 1 | |||
| Dean Taylor | 3 | 0 | |||
| Dallas Dyer | 2 | 0 | |||
| Joe McNulty | 2 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Dyer | 17 | 606 | 35.6 | |||||||
| Larry Stednitz | 24 | 791 | 33.0 | |||||||
| Team Totals | 41 | 33.9 | ||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 37.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Stangarone | 5 | 137 | 27.4 | 1 | ||
| John Edmonds | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 0 | ||
| Louie Miloni | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| Emil Radik | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Stangarone | 18 | 424 | 23.6 | 0 | ||
| Louie Miloni | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 0 | ||
| John Edmonds | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Gerths | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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