1967 Charleston Rockets (COFL) |
| 2nd place • Atlantic South Division • 6-8-0 .429 |
| Head Coach: Sam Fernandez |
| Verlin Adams | Assistant Coach |
| Herb Fitzsimmons | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/29/1967 | H | Orlando Panthers | 24-21 | W | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 7500 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1967 | A | Hartford Charter Oaks | 44-28 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 5650 | |
| Thu | 8/17/1967 | A | Toronto Rifles | 35-7 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 3900 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1967 | H | Orlando Panthers | 10-13 | L | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 9336 | |
| Sun | 9/3/1967 | A | Wheeling Ironmen | 28-30 | L | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 7551 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1967 | A | Montreal Beavers | 7-9 | L | Verdun, QC | Beaver Stadium | 2866 | |
| Sat | 9/16/1967 | H | Norfolk Neptunes | 13-20 | L | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 6200 | |
| Sat | 9/23/1967 | A | Norfolk Neptunes | 3-20 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | ||
| Sun | 9/24/1967 | A | Akron Vulcans | - | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | |||
| Sat | 9/30/1967 | H | Montreal Beavers | 14-10 | W | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 4800 | |
| Sat | 10/7/1967 | A | Hartford Charter Oaks | 24-7 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 5017 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1967 | H | Montreal Beavers | - | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | |||
| Sun | 10/15/1967 | H | Wheeling Ironmen | 20-0 | W | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 5020 | |
| Sat | 10/21/1967 | A | Orlando Panthers | 21-44 | L | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 7675 | |
| Sat | 10/28/1967 | H | Toronto Rifles | - | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | |||
| Sun | 10/29/1967 | A | Wheeling Ironmen | 75-0 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 3955 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1967 | H | Hartford Charter Oaks | 0-17 | L | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 2712 | |
| Sat | 11/11/1967 | A | Toronto Rifles | - | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/12/1967 | H | Orlando Panthers | 21-28 | L | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 3500 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1967 | H | Wheeling Ironmen | 40-12 | W | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 2200 | |
| Sat | 11/25/1967 | A | Norfolk Neptunes | 16-14 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 9436 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1967 | H | Akron Vulcans | - | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | |||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/24/1967 | Akron Vulcans | Canceled |
| 10/7/1967 | Hartford Charter Oaks | Moved from 10/21 |
| 10/15/1967 | Montreal Beavers | Canceled |
| 10/21/1967 | Orlando Panthers | Moved from 11/4 |
| 10/28/1967 | Toronto Rifles | Canceled |
| 11/5/1967 | Hartford Charter Oaks | Postponed from 9/30 |
| 11/11/1967 | Toronto Rifles | Canceled |
| 11/25/1967 | Norfolk Neptunes | Postponed from 10/7 |
| 11/26/1967 | Akron Vulcans | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jeff Abrecht | 84 | OE | 6-1 | 208 | 26 | Michigan State | ||
| George Barron | 76 | ROT | 6-4 | 263 | 22 | Mississippi State | 13 | |
| Jon Brooks | 51 | OG | 6-1 | 262 | 23 | Kent State | 6 | |
| Jamie Caleb | 32 | RB-K | 6-1 | 210 | 31 | Grambling State | ||
| Bernie Carney | 62 | ROG | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | West Virginia | ||
| Pat Carter | 77 | OT | 6-3 | 265 | 30 | East Tennessee State | ||
| Dave Casinelli | 30 | HB | 5-10 | 210 | 27 | Memphis | ||
| Dennis Cooper | 51 | LB | 6-0 | 230 | 24 | Davis & Elkins | 2 | |
| Jack Crangle | 84 | DE-DT | 6-4 | 240 | 28 | Western Kentucky | 5 | |
| Joe Critchlow | 75 | LDT | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Southeast Missouri State | ||
| Eagle Day | 10 | QB | 6-0 | 183 | 35 | Mississippi | ||
| Benjy Dial | 9 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Eastern New Mexico | ||
| Darrell Elam | 85 | SE | 6-2 | 189 | 23 | West Virginia Tech | ||
| Sam Fernandez | 50 | MLB | 5-11 | 205 | 27 | Potomac State JC; Miami (Florida) | ||
| Millard Fleming | 25 | RCB | 6-1 | 197 | 27 | Marshall | ||
| Billy Fletcher | 32 | HB-K | 5-10 | 190 | 24 | Memphis | ||
| Frank Galloway | 61 | RLB | 5-10 | 208 | 25 | East Carolina | ||
| Sonny Gibbs | 18 | QB | 6-7 | 230 | 28 | Texas Christian | 7 | |
| Tony Golmont | 33 | LS | 6-0 | 183 | 23 | North Carolina State | ||
| Tom Good | 64 | LB | 6-0 | 230 | 23 | Marshall | 11 | |
| Tom Gunnoe | 23 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Glenville State | 10 | |
| Jim Hayes | 82 | LDE | 6-4 | 263 | 27 | Jackson State | 6 | |
| Wally Highsmith | 52 | C | 6-4 | 238 | 24 | Florida A&M | ||
| Jim Hollingsworth | 36 | P | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Mississippi; Louisiana Christian | ||
| Wilburn Hollis | 31 | HB | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | Iowa | ||
| Chuck Kinder | K | 5-9 | 195 | West Virginia | ||||
| Cal Lang | 38 | LCB | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Florida A&M | ||
| Steve Mass | 82 | LDE | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | Dayton; Detroit Mercy; Arizona | ||
| Allen McCune | 10 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | West Virginia | 9 | |
| Rodger McFarland | 24 | RS | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | Kansas | ||
| Ron Miller | 8 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Wisconsin | 5 | |
| Jim Moss | 83 | TE | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | West Virginia | ||
| Tom Munsey | 20 | FL | 6-1 | 175 | 26 | Concord | ||
| Pete O'Brien | 80 | RDE | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Xavier (Ohio) | 9 | |
| Ron Pennington | 9 | QB | 5-8 | 157 | 25 | Grambling State | ||
| Dayton Perry | 54 | LB | 6-0 | 240 | 26 | Iowa | ||
| Bruce Puterbaugh | 81 | RDT-DE | 6-3 | 245 | 26 | Kentucky | ||
| Ronnie Quillen | 37 | FB | 5-9 | 210 | 28 | East Tennessee State | ||
| Carl Robinson | 74 | LOT | 6-3 | 260 | 25 | Prairie View A&M | ||
| Cleveland Robinson | 73 | RDT | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | South Carolina State | 1 | |
| Roland Rogers | 73 | LDE-RDE | 6-3 | 245 | 25 | Texas Southern | 6 | |
| Jack Schinderle | 60 | OT-DT | 6-1 | 263 | 24 | Michigan State | 5 | |
| Harrison Strother | HB | 5-10 | 195 | 25 | Mississippi Valley State | |||
| John Thompson | 63 | LOG | 6-3 | 242 | 24 | Texas Southern | ||
| Jasper Wright | 31 | DB | 5-10 | 195 | 30 | Marshall | ||
| Fred Zimmerman | 65 | LLB | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | Toledo | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 77 | 66 | 59 | 90 | 292 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 66 | 44 | 61 | 224 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | |||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Casinelli | 8 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | |
| Billy Fletcher | 2 | 18 | 24 | 75.0 | 5 | 16 | 31.3 | 0 | 45 |
| Ronnie Quillen | 7 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | |
| Sonny Gibbs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jim Moss | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Arlen Elam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tom Munsey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jamie Caleb | 0 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 2 | 15 | 13.3 | 0 | 13 |
| Tom Gunnoe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Jeff Abrecht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Millard Fleming | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wilburn Hollis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Cal Lang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Carl Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Kinder | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (Unidentified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 39 | 31 | 39 | 79.5 | 7 | 32 | 21.9 | 3 | 292 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 23 | 26 | 88.5 | 15 | 0 | 224 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Quillen | 251 | 1065 | 4.2 | 74 | 7 |
| Dave Casinelli | 136 | 618 | 4.5 | 44 | 5 |
| Wilburn Hollis | 22 | 135 | 6.1 | 52 | 1 |
| Ron Pennington | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Millard Fleming | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Munsey | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ron Miller | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Moss | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Benjy Dial | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jamie Caleb | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Sonny Gibbs | 5 | ||||
| Billy Fletcher | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 462 | 2047 | 4.4 | 74 | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Gibbs | 219 | 98 | 44.7 | 113 | 1118 | 5.1 | 11.4 | 8 | 3.7 | 8 | 3.7 | 57.6 | ||||
| Ron Miller | 116 | 48 | 41.4 | 56 | 664 | 5.7 | 13.8 | 4 | 3.4 | 12 | 10.3 | 32.3 | ||||
| Ron Pennington | 40 | 16 | 40.0 | 22 | 242 | 6.1 | 15.1 | 27 | 2 | 5.0 | 2 | 5.0 | 56.5 | |||
| Benjy Dial | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 3 | 45 | 6.4 | 15.0 | 23 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 14.3 | 64.6 | |||
| Allen McCune | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 3 | -2 | -0.4 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Ronnie Quillen | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 28 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 33.3 | |||
| Billy Fletcher | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 82 | 27.3 | 41.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 109.7 | ||||
| Tom Munsey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 397 | 170 | 42.8 | 201 | 2188 | 5.5 | 12.9 | 67 | 16 | 4.0 | 26 | 6.5 | 46.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 13 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Elam | 66 | 852 | 12.9 | 63 | 3 |
| Jim Moss | 25 | 426 | 17.0 | 59 | 5 |
| Tom Munsey | 24 | 328 | 13.7 | 67 | 3 |
| Dave Casinelli | 22 | 164 | 7.5 | 24 | 3 |
| Ronnie Quillen | 19 | 257 | 13.5 | 58 | 0 |
| Tom Gunnoe | 7 | 102 | 14.6 | 25 | 1 |
| Wilburn Hollis | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Jeff Abrecht | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Jamie Caleb | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Fletcher | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| George Barron | 0 | 4 | 4L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 170 | 2188 | 12.9 | 67 | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Golmont | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Sam Fernandez | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 56 | 0 |
| Cal Lang | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Millard Fleming | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Rodger McFarland | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Good | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Schinderle | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Fred Zimmerman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Galloway | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 277 | 12.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hollingsworth | 70 | 2913 | 41.6 | 68 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 70 | 2913 | 41.9 | 68 | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millard Fleming | 19 | 8 | 153 | 8.1 | 59t | 1 |
| Cal Lang | 8 | 0 | 168 | 21.0 | 80 | 1 |
| Tony Golmont | 1 | 6 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tom Gunnoe | 13 | 9 | 115 | 8.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Tom Good | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jasper Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 43 | 23 | 453 | 10.5 | 80 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millard Fleming | 14 | 379 | 27.1 | 61 | 0 | |
| Tom Gunnoe | 18 | 448 | 24.9 | 35 | 0 | |
| Cal Lang | 7 | 116 | 16.6 | 32 | 0 | |
| Jasper Wright | 6 | 128 | 21.3 | 31 | 0 | |
| Bernie Carney | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Carl Robinson | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jeff Abrecht | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Good | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Zimmerman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 1155 | 21.0 | 61 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Robinson | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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