1965 Chattanooga Cherokees (SFL) |
| 6th place • 3-8-0 .273 |
| Head Coach: Ben Boulware |
| Carey Henley | Assistant Coach |
| Cotton Letner | Assistant Coach |
| Dave McInturff | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Sat | 7/3/1965 | H | Atlanta Mustangs | 10 | 6 | W | 7061 | |||
| Sat | 7/10/1965 | A | Knoxville Bears | 7 | 10 | L | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 7557 | |
| Sat | 7/17/1965 | H | Charlotte Vikings | 0 | 6 | L | Chattanooga, TN | Chamberlain Field | 3897 | |
| Sat | 7/24/1965 | A | Charlotte Vikings | 7 | 10 | L | Charlotte, NC | Memorial Stadium | 2000 | |
| Sat | 7/31/1965 | H | Knoxville Bears | 14 | 7 | W | Chattanooga, TN | Chamberlain Field | 5546 | |
| Sat | 8/14/1965 | H | Charlotte Vikings | 27 | 21 | W | Chattanooga, TN | Chamberlain Field | 5420 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | H | Columbus Mustangs | 14 | 20 | L | Rossville, GA | Hutcheson Memorial Field | 5112 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1965 | H | Orlando Thunderbirds | 13 | 24 | L | Chattanooga, TN | Chamberlain Field | 4780 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1965 | A | Jacksonville Robins | 0 | 38 | L | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 5000 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1965 | A | Orlando Thunderbirds | 13 | 54 | L | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | ||
| Sat | 10/2/1965 | H | Jacksonville Robins | L | Chattanooga, TN | |||||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/2/1965 | Jacksonville Robins | Forfeit |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bill Arnold | 77 | DT | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | Wofford | ||
| Jimmy Baker | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | East Tennessee State | |||
| Hunter Bradley | 86 | TE | 6-1 | 206 | 25 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | ||
| Larry Brooks | 62 | MLB | 6-0 | 247 | 23 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | ||
| Joe Cash | FB | 6-3 | 217 | 28 | Georgia | |||
| Paul Chapman | 72 | ROG | 6-0 | 230 | 24 | none | ||
| Johnny Daher | RB | 5-9 | 227 | 25 | Georgia Military JC; Hinds CC | |||
| Jimmy East | 40 | S-FL-K | 5-11 | 188 | 26 | West Alabama | ||
| Jim Elliott | 53 | C | 5-10 | 197 | Samford | |||
| Doug Flury | 42 | HB | 5-9 | 180 | ||||
| Ken Frost | T | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Tennessee | |||
| Ken Fults | 44 | FB | 6-2 | 205 | Tennessee Tech | |||
| Tommy Green | 65 | LOG | 6-0 | 225 | Georgia | |||
| Carlton Guthrie | 14 | LCB | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | Georgia | ||
| Jerry Harris | 22 | RS | 5-11 | 165 | 22 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | ||
| Ronnie Haushalter | 11 | QB | 5-11 | 195 | 30 | St. Vincent; Tennessee-Chattanooga | ||
| Carey Henley | B | 5-10 | 188 | 29 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | |||
| George Henley | 33 | RCB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | ||
| Jim Hodnett | 17 | QB | 5-11 | 170 | none | |||
| George Hogan | 24 | FL | 5-11 | 180 | 27 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | ||
| Bobby Hoppe | 32 | S | 6-0 | 190 | 31 | Auburn | ||
| Bill Howard | 63 | T | 6-2 | 222 | none | |||
| Ronald Hubbard | E | 5-10 | 195 | none | ||||
| Billy Hull | 60 | MLB | 6-2 | 250 | 22 | Tennessee Tech | ||
| Sherman Jolly | HB | 5-10 | 170 | Knoxville | ||||
| Mickey King | DE | 6-4 | 225 | 31 | Mississippi State | |||
| Randy Kunka | 50 | C | 5-11 | 208 | 25 | Alabama; Tennessee-Chattanooga | ||
| Cotton Letner | 81 | LDE-K | 6-1 | 215 | 28 | Tennessee | ||
| Bobby Locke | 70 | ROT | 6-4 | 263 | 24 | Mississippi State; Middle Tennessee State | ||
| Ronnie McClurg | 88 | SE-K | 6-0 | 217 | 25 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | ||
| Dave McInturff | 61 | DL | 6-0 | 270 | 33 | East Tennessee State; Tennessee-Chattanooga | ||
| Don Patterson | 66 | ROG | 6-2 | 217 | 27 | Tennessee | ||
| Dave Phillips | 74 | LOT | 6-0 | 232 | 26 | Vanderbilt; Tennessee-Chattanooga | ||
| Charlie Pounders | 24 | RB | 5-10 | 173 | 26 | East Mississippi CC; Tennessee-Chattanooga | ||
| J.C. Schultz | 75 | DT | 6-2 | 255 | 27 | Tennessee; Tennessee-Chattanooga | ||
| LeBron Shields | 76 | DT | 6-4 | 245 | 28 | Tennessee | ||
| Jim Tanara | 83 | OT-E | 6-5 | 220 | 33 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | ||
| Paul Vandergriff | 30 | FB | 6-0 | 221 | 25 | Tennessee | ||
| Tom Weathers | 89 | DE | 6-2 | 203 | 25 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 27 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 105 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 54 | 48 | 50 | 193 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JImmy Baker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Paul Vandergriff | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Cotton Letner | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Ron McClurg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Doug Flury | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Ken Fults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| George Hogan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Charlie Pounders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jim Tanara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jimmy East | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 15 | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 1 | 0 | 105 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 21 | 27 | 77.8 | 3 | 1 | 193 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JImmy Baker | 4 | ||||
| Paul Vandergriff | 3 | ||||
| Doug Flury | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Baker | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Ronnie Haushalter | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 13 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron McClurg | 2 | ||||
| Doug Flury | 1 | ||||
| Ken Fults | 1 | ||||
| George Hogan | 1 | ||||
| Charlie Pounders | 1 | ||||
| Jim Tanara | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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