1967 Norfolk Neptunes (COFL) |
| 1st place • Atlantic North Division • 11-3-0 .786 |
| Head Coach: Gary Glick |
| Ed Booth | Assistant Coach |
| Buddy Chandler | Assistant Coach |
| Freddy Glick | Assistant Coach |
| George Hughes | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/12/1967 | H | Wheeling Ironmen | 24-28 | L | OT | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 6313 |
| Sat | 8/19/1967 | H | Akron Vulcans | 33-20 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 8000 | |
| Sun | 8/27/1967 | A | Montreal Beavers | 48-26 | W | Verdun, QC | Beaver Stadium | 5532 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1967 | H | Hartford Charter Oaks | 39-21 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 11003 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1967 | A | Orlando Panthers | 17-42 | L | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 11000 | |
| Sat | 9/16/1967 | A | Charleston Rockets | 20-13 | W | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 6200 | |
| Sat | 9/23/1967 | H | Toronto Rifles | - | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | |||
| Sat | 9/23/1967 | H | Charleston Rockets | 20-3 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | ||
| Sat | 9/30/1967 | A | Orlando Panthers | 35-13 | W | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 10842 | |
| Sat | 10/7/1967 | H | Wheeling Ironmen | 34-14 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 11077 | |
| Sat | 10/14/1967 | H | Akron Vulcans | - | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | |||
| Sat | 10/14/1967 | H | Montreal Beavers | 45-21 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 11198 | |
| Thu | 10/19/1967 | A | Toronto Rifles | - | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | |||
| Sun | 10/22/1967 | A | Wheeling Ironmen | 37-27 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 4795 | |
| Sat | 10/28/1967 | H | Orlando Panthers | 35-31 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 19761 | |
| Sat | 11/4/1967 | H | Montreal Beavers | 21-13 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 10292 | |
| Sat | 11/11/1967 | A | Hartford Charter Oaks | 43-21 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 4496 | |
| Sat | 11/18/1967 | A | Akron Vulcans | - | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | |||
| Sat | 11/18/1967 | A | Orlando Panthers | 14-28 | L | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 11129 | |
| Sat | 11/25/1967 | H | Charleston Rockets | 14-16 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 9436 | |
| Atlantic Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/3/1967 | H | Orlando Panthers | 17-21 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 10604 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/23/1967 | Toronto Rifles | Canceled |
| 10/7/1967 | Wheeling Ironmen | Moved from 11/4 |
| 10/14/1967 | Akron Vulcans | Canceled |
| 10/19/1967 | Toronto Rifles | Canceled |
| 10/22/1967 | Wheeling Ironmen | Postponed from 10/1 |
| 10/28/1967 | Orlando Panthers | Moved from 11/25 |
| 11/4/1967 | Montreal Beavers | Postponed from 10/28 |
| 11/18/1967 | Akron Vulcans | Canceled |
| 11/25/1967 | Charleston Rockets | Postponed from 10/7 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ernie Allen | 41 | LCB-RCB | 6-1 | 191 | 24 | Utah | ||
| Charlie Brandon | DT | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Shaw | |||
| Bob Broughton | 55 | LB | 5-10 | 225 | 25 | Utah State | 3 | |
| Ray Brown | 30 | FB | 5-9 | 222 | 23 | Drake | 11 | |
| Mike Capshaw | 70 | LOT | 6-4 | 255 | 23 | Abilene Christian | ||
| Herm Driver | 80 | SE | 5-11 | 174 | 24 | Texas Southern | ||
| Paul Duda | 20 | HB | 5-11 | 196 | 24 | Cortland State | ||
| Junior Edge | 14 | QB | 6-2 | 220 | 27 | North Carolina | ||
| Ron Edwards | 10 | RCB | 6-0 | 190 | 21 | Utah State | ||
| Don Floyd | 25 | FL | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Florida State | ||
| Jerry Frericks | 31 | FB | 5-10 | 214 | 24 | Southern Illinois | 13 | |
| Rex Harrison | 87 | TE | 6-5 | 233 | 24 | Elon | 3 | |
| Art Hatfield | 81 | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | Santa Ana JC; Los Angeles State | 3 | |
| Dan Henning | 10 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | William & Mary | 11 | |
| Joe Hightower | 46 | SS-K | 6-1 | 217 | 25 | Appalachian State | ||
| Don Holder | 40 | DB | 5-11 | 198 | 24 | San Diego CC; Utah State | ||
| Ed Holler | 58 | LLB-P | 6-2 | 233 | 27 | South Carolina | 9 | |
| Bill House | 79 | LDT | 6-5 | 270 | 21 | Youngstown State | ||
| Bob Jesseau | 72 | DT | 6-4 | 260 | 24 | Trinidad State JC; Colorado State | ||
| Gerald Johns | 87/77 | RDT-LDE | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Los Angeles CC; Santa Monica JC; UCLA | ||
| Pat Killorin | 60 | C | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Syracuse | 10 | |
| Doug Korver | 57 | C-K | 6-3 | 222 | 25 | Northern Iowa | ||
| Alan Landmark | 65 | ROG | 6-2 | 242 | 23 | Eastern Washington | ||
| Charlie Leigh | 44 | FB | 5-11 | 203 | 22 | none | ||
| Dick Limerick | 84 | SE | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | Iowa State | 9 | |
| Frank Lollino | 61 | OG | 6-0 | 241 | 26 | Illinois | 1 | |
| Pete Manning | 45 | FS | 6-3 | 208 | 30 | Wake Forest | ||
| Mel Meeks | 33 | TE-FB | 6-1 | 215 | 30 | none | 5 | |
| John Montes | 56 | RLB | 6-1 | 232 | 23 | Hartnell JC; Idaho State | ||
| Phil Morgan | 82 | LLB-RLB | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | East Tennessee State | ||
| Ron Nery | 83 | RDE | 6-6 | 236 | 33 | Kansas State | ||
| Paul Phillips | 78 | LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 276 | 22 | South Carolina | ||
| Willie Ross | 26 | FB | 5-10 | 200 | 26 | Nebraska | ||
| Wayne Rusbuldt | LB | 6-0 | 203 | 27 | South Carolina | 1 | ||
| Steve Smith | 71 | ROT | 6-3 | 256 | 25 | none | ||
| Avery Sumner | 53 | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Florida State | ||
| Ted Torok | 75 | LOG | 6-4 | 248 | 24 | Virginia | ||
| Andy Walton | 33 | HB | 5-8 | 180 | 22 | Jackson State | ||
| Dave Washington | 86 | TE | 6-4 | 228 | 28 | Santa Monica JC; Southern California | 9 | |
| Les Wolff | 88 | LDE | 6-1 | 241 | 26 | St. Cloud State | ||
| Earl Wood | 51 | MLB-RLB | 6-1 | 230 | 23 | Coffeyville CC; ; West Texas A&M | ||
| Billy Woods | 47 | LCB | 6-1 | 200 | 21 | Murray JC; North Texas | ||
| George Wooten | 21 | FL | 6-0 | 183 | 27 | Elon | 4 | |
| Art Zachary | 43 | WS-P | 6-4 | 216 | 22 | Miami (Florida) | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 73 | 113 | 120 | 116 | 422 |
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 89 | 53 | 79 | 289 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Hightower | 0 | 49 | 54 | 90.7 | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 0 | 82 |
| Don Floyd | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Paul Duda | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Dave Washington | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Charlie Leigh | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Jerry Frericks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ray Brown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Herm Driver | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Limerick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| George Wooten | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ron Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Dan Henning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mel Meeks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Nery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Andy Walton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doug Korver | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team Totals | 56 | 51 | 56 | 91.1 | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 1 | 422 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 34 | 37 | 91.9 | 11 | 0 | 289 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Leigh | 110 | 453 | 4.1 | 44 | 8 |
| Paul Duda | 124 | 439 | 3.5 | 27 | 3 |
| Ray Brown | 55 | 212 | 3.9 | 18 | 3 |
| Jerry Frericks | 66 | 166 | 2.5 | 15 | 4 |
| Andy Walton | 17 | 63 | 3.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Dan Henning | 13 | 37 | 2.8 | 21 | 1 |
| Junior Edge | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Mel Meeks | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Art Zachary | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Willie Ross | 15 | 8 | 0.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Don Floyd | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| George Wooten | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 419 | 1395 | 3.3 | 44 | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Henning | 257 | 133 | 51.8 | 112 | 1929 | 7.5 | 14.5 | 73 | 19 | 7.4 | 12 | 4.7 | 81.7 | |||
| Junior Edge | 181 | 86 | 47.5 | 86 | 1280 | 7.1 | 14.9 | 55 | 15 | 8.3 | 9 | 5.0 | 78.1 | |||
| George Wooten | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 7 | 73 | 6.6 | 18.3 | 62 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 60.0 | |||
| Ron Edwards | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 42 | 10.5 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 87.5 | |||
| Paul Duda | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 66 | 22.0 | 33.0 | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 70.1 | |||
| Charlie Leigh | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 457 | 227 | 49.7 | 207 | 3390 | 7.4 | 14.9 | 73 | 34 | 7.4 | 23 | 5.0 | 78.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 21 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Floyd | 68 | 1154 | 17.0 | 73 | 12 |
| Paul Duda | 43 | 499 | 11.6 | 48 | 6 |
| Dick Limerick | 36 | 524 | 14.6 | 35 | 2 |
| Dave Washington | 26 | 569 | 21.9 | 55 | 9 |
| Charlie Leigh | 15 | 112 | 7.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Herm Driver | 10 | 145 | 14.5 | 40 | 2 |
| George Wooten | 8 | 109 | 13.6 | 26 | 2 |
| Art Hatfield | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Andy Walton | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Jerry Frericks | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Mel Meeks | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 22 | 1 |
| Rex Harrison | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Ray Brown | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Billy Woods | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Phil Morgan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Willie Ross | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 227 | 3390 | 14.9 | 73 | 34 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Hightower | 7 | 141 | 20.1 | 56 | 0 |
| Billy Woods | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Ron Edwards | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 32 | 1 |
| Art Zachary | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Ron Nery | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 90 | 1 |
| Ernie Allen | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Pete Manning | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Don Holder | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Phil Morgan | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Earl Wood | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Paul Phillips | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 603 | 18.8 | 90 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Holler | 42 | 1634 | 38.9 | 60 | 1 | |||||
| Art Zachary | 24 | 823 | 34.3 | 58 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 66 | 2477 | 37.5 | 60 | 2 | |||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Duda | 15 | 2 | 173 | 11.5 | 47 | 0 |
| Andy Walton | 9 | 1 | 177 | 19.7 | 45 | 0 |
| Willie Ross | 2 | 0 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul Phillips | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Charlie Leigh | 7 | 2 | 19 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Woods | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Zachary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 7 | 400 | 11.1 | 47 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Duda | 29 | 742 | 25.6 | 60 | 0 | |
| Andy Walton | 13 | 441 | 33.9 | 102 | 1 | |
| Charlie Leigh | 8 | 246 | 30.8 | 78 | 0 | |
| Willie Ross | 5 | 132 | 26.4 | 32 | 0 | |
| Earl Wood | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Brown | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Dave Washington | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 59 | 1581 | 26.8 | 102 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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