1965 Knoxville Bears (SFL) |
| 2nd place 7-3-2 .700 |
| Head Coach: Bert Rechichar |
| Ray Elkas | Line |
| Gordon Polofsky | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 6/19/1965 | H | Charlotte Vikings | 10-6 | W | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 7500 | |
| Sat | 7/3/1965 | A | Jacksonville Robins | 7-0 | W | Jacksonville, FL | Hutcheson Memorial Field | 4500 | |
| Sat | 7/10/1965 | H | Chattanooga Cherokees | 10-7 | W | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 7557 | |
| Sat | 7/17/1965 | A | Orlando Thunderbirds | 14-17 | L | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | ||
| Sat | 7/24/1965 | H | Jacksonville Robins | 14-14 | T | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 6041 | |
| Sat | 7/31/1965 | A | Chattanooga Cherokees | 7-14 | L | Rossville, GA | Hutcheson Memorial Field | 5546 | |
| Sat | 8/7/1965 | H | Orlando Thunderbirds | 14-14 | T | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 1500 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1965 | H | Jacksonville Robins | 31-14 | W | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 4500 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | H | Charlotte Vikings | 17- 3 | W | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 3222 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1965 | H | Columbus Mustangs | 21-14 | W | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 4963 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1965 | A | Columbus Mustangs | 21-40 | L | Columbus, GA | Memorial Stadium | ||
| Sat | 9/25/1965 | A | Charlotte Vikings | 21-14 | W | Charlotte, NC | Memorial Stadium | 300 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1965 | H | Orlando Thunderbirds | 24-14 | W | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 6082 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 82 | Don Baskette | SE | 6-3 | 200 | Kentucky | |||
| Jim Beard | T | 220 | Tennessee | |||||
| Ken Berry | FB-HB | 6-1 | 205 | Maryville | ||||
| 51 | Rich Bridges | DB | 210 | Memphis | ||||
| 72 | Dave Caldwell | T | 6-4 | 240 | Mississippi | |||
| 61 | Jim Cole | G | 225 | Tennessee | ||||
| 22 | Charlie Covington | DB-HB | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Fisk | ||
| 75 | Jerry Daniels | T | 6-1 | 230 | 35 | Tennessee Tech | ||
| 11 | Fred Davis | DB | 6-0 | 203 | Knoxville | |||
| 23 | Mallon Faircloth | HB | 6-0 | 194 | 22 | Tennessee | ||
| 62 | Ken Flynn | G | 195 | none | ||||
| 20 | Calvin Frazier | FL-DB | 6-0 | 200 | Knoxville | |||
| 85 | Jim Grubb | DB | 5-10 | 215 | Tennessee | |||
| 41 | Phil Hatcher | DB | 5-10 | 190 | none | |||
| 50 | Lon Herzbrun | MLB | 5-11 | 230 | 29 | Tennessee | ||
| 60 | Bryant Jarnigan | LB | 6-2 | 207 | 24 | none | ||
| Tom Johnson | T | 6-1 | 270 | 22 | Tennessee | |||
| Frank Kolinsky | G | 6-0 | 198 | 30 | Tennessee | |||
| Mike LaSorsa | LB | 5-11 | 195 | 31 | Tennessee | |||
| Mike Leinenweber | DB | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | Purdue | |||
| 14 | Gordon Mason | QB | 6-5 | 223 | 26 | Tennessee Tech | ||
| 84 | John McCauley | TE | 6-1 | 202 | Maryville | |||
| 31 | Jack Nichols | FB-FL-MLB | 6-2 | 233 | 24 | Tennessee | ||
| Doug Norman | ||||||||
| 10 | Grant Owens | DB-QB | 200 | Colorado Mines | ||||
| 73 | Jim Passons | OT | 6-2 | 235 | 32 | Southern Methodist; Tennessee Tech | ||
| 21 | Mitchell Patterson | FL | 184 | none | ||||
| Matt Payne | E | Tennessee | ||||||
| 40 | Sonny Payne | P-HB | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Tennessee | ||
| Bert Rechichar | DB | 6-1 | 209 | 35 | Tennessee | |||
| 71 | Teddy Rivers | C | 6-3 | 235 | 19 | none | ||
| 30 | Jim Scott | FB | 220 | Memphis | ||||
| 65 | Bo Shafer | OG-T | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Tennessee | ||
| 52 | Martin Shafer | G | 230 | none | ||||
| 32 | Jim Shelton | FB | 220 | Auburn; Memphis | ||||
| 81 | Jim Smelcher | DE | 6-0 | 225 | 30 | Tennessee | ||
| 42 | Mickey Snyder | DB | 215 | none | ||||
| 83 | Jack Stokes | DE | 6-1 | 213 | East Tennessee State | |||
| Ned Sullivan | T | 5-11 | 215 | 23 | Tennessee | |||
| 12 | Phil Troutman | QB | 5-11 | 180 | East Central CC; Louisiana College | |||
| 64 | John Warwick | OG | 6-1 | 250 | 28 | Tennessee | ||
| 80 | Billie Watts | SE | 220 | Shaw | ||||
| 70 | Charlie Weaver | K | 200 | none | ||||
| 74 | Lee White | OT-G | 245 | Knoxville | ||||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 49 | 69 | 20 | 63 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 56 | 41 | 45 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Weaver | 0 | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 39 | ||
| Mallon Faircloth | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Cal Frazier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| John McCauley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Jack Nichols | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Phil Troutman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Don Basektte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Ken Berry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Charlie Covington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Grant Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Billie Watts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Team Totals | 27 | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 201 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 21 | 23 | 91.3 | 2 | 0 | 165 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mallon Faircloth | 3 | ||||
| Jack Nichols | 3 | ||||
| Ken Berry | 2 | ||||
| Phil Troutman | 2 | ||||
| Charlie Covington | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 11 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Troutman | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Gordon Mason | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal Frazier | 4 | ||||
| Jack Nichols | 4 | ||||
| Don Basektte | 2 | ||||
| Mallon Faircloth | 2 | ||||
| Phil Troutman | 1 | ||||
| Billie Watts | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 14 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Owens | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mallon Faircloth | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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