1966 Charleston Rockets (COFL)

2nd place Western Division 10-4-0 .714

Verlin Adams	Assistant Coach
Sam Fernandez	Assistant Coach
Herb Fitzsimmons	Conditioning
Mike Kasap	Assistant Coach
Bill Miller	Assistant Coach
Ron Miller	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/6/1966	H	Montreal Beavers	13-21	L		Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	6006
Thu	8/11/1966	A	Toronto Rifles	33-27	W	OT	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	8447
Sat	8/20/1966	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	42-23	W		Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	8768
Sat	8/27/1966	H	Wheeling Ironmen	30-17	W		Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	8563
Sat	9/3/1966	A	Philadelphia Bulldogs	35-41	L	OT	Philadelphia, PA	Temple Stadium	2021
Sun	9/11/1966	A	Richmond Rebels	21-10	W		Richmond, VA	City Stadium	7589
Sun	9/18/1966	H	Orlando Panthers	24-27	L	OT	Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	10106
Sun	9/25/1966	A	Wheeling Ironmen	14-13	W		Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	2927
Sun	10/2/1966	H	Montreal Beavers	49-34	W		Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	4500
Sat	10/8/1966	A	Toronto Rifles	16-14	W		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	13105
Sat	10/15/1966	H	Richmond Rebels	26-0	W		Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	5211
Sat	10/22/1966	A	Orlando Panthers	13-17	L		Orlando, FL	Tangerine Bowl	12587
Sat	10/29/1966	A	Norfolk Neptunes	14-10	W		Norfolk, VA		13001
Sat	11/5/1966	H	Philadelphia Bulldogs	9-30	L		Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	2000
Sat	11/12/1966	A	Montreal Beavers	33-7	W		Montreal, QC	Autostade	3832
Sat	11/19/1966	H	Hartford Charter Oaks	31-24	W		Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	4000
Western Division Playoff
Sat	11/26/1966	A	Orlando Panthers	24-31	L		Orlando, FL	Tangerine Bowl	7857

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
21	Jeff Abrecht	SE	6-1	208	25	Michigan State
85	Andy Alkire	TE	6-3	227	25	Washington
23	Lenny Anderson	S	6-3	205	27	Morris Brown
81	Coy Bacon	RDE	6-4	269	23	Jackson State
86	Dave Brockmeyer	TE	6-1	235	26	Jones County JC; Louisiana College
62	Bernie Carney	ROG	6-2	235	24	West Virginia
	Pat Carter	OT	6-3	265	29	East Tennessee State
30	Dave Casinelli	HB-FB	5-10	210	26	Memphis
88	Joe Chapman	SE-P	6-1	190	23	Idaho
72	Joe Critchlow	LDT	6-2	240	23	Southeast Missouri State
31	Sam Cromer	DB	5-10	175	22	Benedict
33	Darrell Elam	SE	6-2	189	22	West Virginia Tech
50	Sam Fernandez	MLB	5-11	205	26	Potomac State JC; Miami (Florida)
73	Tony Fire	RDT	6-2	253	22	Bowling Green State
25	Millard Fleming	HB	6-1	197	26	Marshall
82	Jon Froberg	LOT-OG	6-2	245	26	Columbia Basin JC; Linfield
61	Frank Galloway	RLB	5-10	208	24	East Carolina
	Bill Giles	CB	6-1	200	21	North Carolina Central
78	Dick Glover	DT	6-5	285	23	Virginia State
64	Ron Goovert	LLB	5-11	225	22	Michigan State
84	Bob Green	LLB	6-3	239	25	Miami (Florida)
22	Terry Haddock	DB	5-11	175	24	Georgia Tech
52	Wally Highsmith	C	6-4	238	23	Florida A&M
36	Jim Hollingsworth	P	6-0	195	26	Mississippi; Louisiana College
23	Wilburn Hollis	HB	6-2	205	26	Iowa
71	Jim Jordan	ROG	6-0	256	25	Florida A&M
65/51	Cliff Kinney	LB	6-2	213	23	Modesto JC; Bakersfield CC; San Diego State
66	Paul Krebs	LB	6-2	240	24	Missouri State
38	Cal Lang	RCB-RS	6-0	195	24	Florida A&M
31	Sam Longmire	LCB	6-3	195	23	Purdue
26	Richie Martha	RS-LS	6-0	185	23	West Virginia
24	Rodger McFarland	LS-RCB	6-1	200	26	Kansas
70	Bill Miller	LDE	6-4	270	30	New Mexico Highlands
8	Ron Miller	QB	6-0	190	27	Wisconsin
10	Eddie Mitchamore	S-K	5-10	200	27	Houston
83	Jim Moss	TE-SE	6-1	205	25	West Virginia
20	Tom Munsey	FL	6-1	175	25	Concord
80	Pete O'Brien	RDT-DE	6-3	235	26	Xavier (Ohio)
	Ken Parsons	FB	6-0	190	26	Cameron JC; Tulsa
9	Ron Pennington	QB	5-8	157	24	Grambling State
	Eddie Pope	RDT	6-8	310	22	Jackson State
37	Ronnie Quillen	FB	5-9	210	27	East Tennessee State
74	Carl Robinson	LOT	6-3	260	24	Prairie View A&M
60	Jack Schinderle	LOG	6-1	263	23	Michigan State
51	Ron Snyder	RLB	6-3	210	21	Missouri
32	Harrison Strother	HB	5-10	195	24	Mississippi Valley State
63	John Thompson	ROG	6-3	242	23	Texas Southern
	John Watson	RCB-LCB	5-10	185	24	Alcorn State
76	Clyde Williams	ROT	6-2	252	26	Southern University

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	74	94	69	120	0
Opponents Totals	72	59	58	69	9

TEAM STATS	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	266	125	113	28	77	786

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Eddie Mitchamore	0	41	47	87.2	10	19	52.6	0	71
Jim Moss	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Ronnie Quillen	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Millard Fleming	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Dave Casinelli	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Ron Miller	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Tom Munsey	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Ron Pennington	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Harrison Strother	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jeff Abrecht	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Coy Bacon	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Sam Longmire	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Sam Cromer	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Darrel Elam	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Terry Haddock	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Cal Lang	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Joe Chapman	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	47	41	47	87.2	10	19	50.0	2	357
Opponents Totals	34	30	33	90.9	11			0	267

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ronnie Quillen	182	768	4.2	38	7
Millard Fleming	95	280	2.9	15	1
Dave Casinelli	67	237	3.5	26	2
Harrison Strother	43	203	4.7	20	1
Ron Pennington	33	189	5.7	23	3
Ron Miller	34	174	5.1	30	3
Ken Parsons	4	39	9.8	28	0
Wilburn Hollis	3	10	3.3	4	0
Joe Chapman	2	4	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	464	1817	3.9	30	17
Opponents Totals	423	1409	3.3

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Ron Miller	305	127	41.6	161	1743	5.7	13.7	52	16	5.2	17	5.6	146	1597	54.9
Ron Pennington	89	37	41.6	45	538	6.0	14.5	63	6	6.7	7	7.9	98	440	51.6
Millard Fleming	3	1	33.3	2	18	6.0	18.0	18	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	18	54.9
Ronnie Quillen	2	1	50.0	1	27	13.5	27.0	27	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	27	95.8
Dave Casinelli	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	400	166	41.5	210	2326	5.8	14.0	63	22	5.5	24	6.0	244	2082	54.2
Opponents Totals	427	190	44.5	209	2588	6.1	13.6				28	6.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Munsey	44	650	14.8	63	3
Jim Moss	29	410	14.1	32	8
Millard Fleming	28	419	15.0	52	5
Ronnie Quillen	25	310	12.4	49	1
Darrell Elam	20	241	12.1	52	1
Dave Casinelli	11	138	12.5	29	1
Jeff Abrecht	3	73	24.3	40	2
Wilburn Hollis	2	28	14.0	15	0
Joe Chapman	1	35	35.0	35	0
Harrison Strother	1	10	10.0	10t	1
Andy Alkire	1	10	10.0	10	0
Ken Parsons	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	166	2326	14.0	63	22
Opponents Totals	190	2588	13.6

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rodger McFarland	9	96	10.7	33	0
Sam Fernandez	5	72	14.4	28	0
Sam Longmire	3	74	24.7	32	1
Coy Bacon	3	61	20.3	40	2
Cal Lang	3	2	0.7	2	0
John Watson	2	0	0.0	0	0
Richie Martha	1	22	22.0	22	0
Ron Goovert	1	2	2.0	2	0
Sam Cromer	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	28	329	11.8	40	3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Jim Hollingsworth	58	2411	41.6	61	3
Joe Chapman	17	560	32.9	53	0
Team Totals	75	2986	39.8	61	3
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Harrison Strother	16	4	185	11.6	56	1
Sam Longmire	1	0	70	70.0	70t	1
Sam Cromer	6	0	133	21.2	85	1
Lenny Anderson	2	0	33	16.5	21	0
Richie Martha	3	1	45	15.0	25	0
Terry Haddock	12	6	101	8.4	24	0
Ken Parsons	2	1	12	6.0	11	0
Coy Bacon	1	0	5	5.0	5	0
Bill Giles	1	0	5	5.0	5	0
John Thompson	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Dick Groth	0	1	0			0
Team Totals	45	12	589	13.1	85	3
Opponents Totals						1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Harrison Strother	18	374	20.8	30	0
Terry Haddock	12	316	26.3	102	1
John Watson	9	158	17.6	38	0
	3	80	26.7		0
Richie Martha	2	36	18.0	19	0
Andy Alkire	2	8	4.0	7	0
Eddie Mitchamore	1	28	28.0	28	0
John Thompson	1	26	26.0	26	0
Ron Miller	1	25	25.0	25	0
Ken Parsons	1	19	19.0	19	0
Bernie Carney	1	8	8.0	8	0
Jack Schindele	1	8	8.0	8	0
Frank Galloway	1	2	2.0	2	0
Ron Goovert	1	2	2.0	2	0
Bob Green	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	55	1090	19.8	102	1
Opponents Totals					3

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	TD
Cal Lang			1
Team Totals	27	12	1
Opponents Totals			0