1967 Orlando Panthers (COFL) |
| 1st place • Atlantic South Division • 11-3-0 .786 |
| Head Coach: Perry Moss |
| Tom Bland | Receivers |
| Herbert Brackett | Chief Assistant |
| Wallace Dickey | Offensive Line |
| Don Fuell | Linebackers |
| Bob McAdams | Defensive Line |
| Dick Pesonen | Defensive |
| Bill Tobin | Offensive Backfield |
| Sammy Weir | Offensive |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/29/1967 | A | Charleston Rockets | 21-24 | L | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 7500 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1967 | A | Akron Vulcans | 42-17 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 14753 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1967 | H | Wheeling Ironmen | 35-14 | W | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 6112 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1967 | A | Charleston Rockets | 13-10 | W | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 9336 | |
| Thu | 8/31/1967 | A | Toronto Rifles | 28-14 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 3842 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1967 | H | Norfolk Neptunes | 42-17 | W | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 11000 | |
| Sat | 9/16/1967 | H | Montreal Beavers | 45-14 | W | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 5589 | |
| Sat | 9/23/1967 | A | Hartford Charter Oaks | 30-0 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 7240 | |
| Sat | 9/30/1967 | H | Akron Vulcans | - | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | |||
| Sat | 9/30/1967 | H | Norfolk Neptunes | 13-35 | L | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 10842 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1967 | A | Montreal Beavers | 16-13 | W | Verdun, QC | Beaver Stadium | 6392 | |
| Sat | 10/14/1967 | H | Toronto Rifles | - | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | |||
| Sat | 10/14/1967 | H | Hartford Charter Oaks | 38-24 | W | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 7188 | |
| Sat | 10/21/1967 | H | Charleston Rockets | 44-21 | W | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 7675 | |
| Sat | 10/28/1967 | A | Norfolk Neptunes | 31-35 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 19761 | |
| Sat | 11/4/1967 | H | Wheeling Ironmen | 24-31 | L | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 7688 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1967 | A | Akron Vulcans | - | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | |||
| Sun | 11/12/1967 | A | Charleston Rockets | 28-21 | W | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 3500 | |
| Sat | 11/18/1967 | H | Norfolk Neptunes | 28-14 | W | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 11129 | |
| Thu | 11/23/1967 | A | Wheeling Ironmen | 42-41 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 2353 | |
| Atlantic Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/3/1967 | A | Norfolk Neptunes | 21-17 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 10604 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/10/1967 | A | Orange County Ramblers | 38-14 | W | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 8730 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/30/1967 | Akron Vulcans | Canceled |
| 10/14/1967 | Toronto Rifles | Canceled |
| 10/14/1967 | Hartford Charter Oaks | Moved from 11/18 |
| 10/21/1967 | Charleston Rockets | Moved from 11/4 |
| 10/28/1967 | Norfolk Neptunes | Moved from 11/25 |
| 11/4/1967 | Wheeling Ironmen | Postponed from 10/21 |
| 11/12/1967 | Akron Vulcans | Canceled |
| 11/23/1967 | Wheeling Ironmen | Postponed from 10/29 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Coy Bacon | 88 | RDE | 6-4 | 269 | 24 | Jackson State | ||
| Pat Batten | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | Drake; Hardin-Simmons | ||
| Tom Bland | 42 | FL | 5-11 | 170 | 27 | Oklahoma; West Liberty | ||
| Charlie Bray | 62 | LOG-MLB | 6-0 | 255 | 22 | Pratt CC; Central Oklahoma | ||
| Donnie Bruce | 56 | LB | 6-4 | 220 | 22 | Virginia Tech | ||
| Chat Clark | 21 | RCB | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | Arkansas-Monticello | 12 | |
| Charlie Cook | 81 | RLB | 6-2 | 215 | 27 | Grambling State | 10 | |
| Darrell Cox | 22 | FS-FL | 5-9 | 173 | 26 | Kentucky | ||
| Mike Currie | 55 | C | 6-0 | 225 | 26 | Michigan State | ||
| Wallace Dickey | 71 | LOT | 6-3 | 260 | 26 | Victoria JC; Texas State | ||
| Jay Donovan | 73 | ROT | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Boston College | ||
| Terry Fernandez | 56 | C-LB | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Pearl River CC; Louisiana-Lafayette | ||
| Don Fuell | 10 | S | 6-2 | 200 | 29 | Auburn; Southern Mississippi | ||
| Larry Gergley | 84 | MLB-DT | 6-1 | 232 | 25 | Buffalo | ||
| Billy Gray | 33 | LCB-RCB | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | ||
| Bob Green | 83 | LLB | 6-3 | 239 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | ||
| Henry Harris | 36 | LB | 6-0 | 235 | 22 | Bethune-Cookman | 4 | |
| Dick Hermann | 52 | MLB | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Florida State | 7 | |
| Norm Hobbs | LB | 6-3 | 220 | 25 | Virginia Union | 1 | ||
| Johnny Holmes | 88 | RDE | 6-2 | 254 | 24 | Florida A&M | 12 | |
| Dave Hoppmann | 27 | HB-FB-LB | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | Iowa State | ||
| Robbie Hucklebridge | 61 | LB | 5-11 | 221 | 25 | Louisiana State | 1 | |
| Bill Jenkins | 82 | MLB | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Kentucky | 6 | |
| Bill Johnson | 28 | P-FL | 6-4 | 208 | 23 | West Alabama | ||
| Don Jonas | 13 | QB-K | 5-11 | 195 | 29 | Penn State | ||
| Jim Jordan | 69 | OT | 6-0 | 256 | 26 | Florida A&M | ||
| Jim Leo | 84 | LB-DE | 6-1 | 222 | 30 | Cincinnati | ||
| Hal Lewis | 32 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Arizona State | 2 | |
| Tony Manzonelli | 72 | OG | 6-0 | 235 | 23 | Kentucky | ||
| Bob McAdams | 77 | RDT | 6-3 | 250 | 28 | North Carolina Central | ||
| Freddie Miller | 30 | HB | 6-0 | 211 | 25 | Florida A&M | 12 | |
| Ron Miller | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Wisconsin | 9 | |
| Dick Pesonen | 25 | LCB-LS | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Minnesota; Minnesota-Duluth | ||
| Roger Pettee | 51 | LB | 6-5 | 235 | 25 | Florida | ||
| Lamar Richardson | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 207 | 23 | Fisk | ||
| Al Rogers | 74 | LDT-OT | 6-5 | 260 | 24 | Florida A&M | ||
| Carvel Rowell | 12 | QB | 6-3 | 202 | 23 | West Alabama | 5 | |
| Jackie Simpson | 45 | S-CB | 5-10 | 183 | 33 | Florida | ||
| Wes Skidgel | 24 | SS-CB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Oklahoma | 13 | |
| Marshall Starks | 34 | LCB | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Illinois | ||
| Art Strahan | 86 | LDE | 6-5 | 265 | 24 | Texas Southern | ||
| John Sykes | 43 | HB-DB | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Florida A&M | 5 | |
| Bill Tobin | 48 | HB-K | 5-11 | 210 | 26 | Missouri | ||
| Sammy Weir | 3 | SE | 5-9 | 170 | 26 | Arkansas State | ||
| Max Wettstein | 84 | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Florida State | 6 | |
| Sam Works | 63 | ROG | 5-11 | 250 | 24 | Contra Costa JC; Oregon Tech | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 119 | 162 | 58 | 80 | 422 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 86 | 73 | 97 | 290 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Jonas | 3 | 48 | 48 | 100.0 | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 0 | 102 |
| Tom Bland | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||
| Sammy Weir | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||
| Bill Tobin | 4 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 0 | 37 |
| Lamar Richardson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Pat Batten | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Darrell Cox | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Bob Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Freddie Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Sykes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dave Hoppmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 54 | 53 | 54 | 98.1 | 15 | 25 | 57.7 | 0 | 422 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 38 | 39 | 97.4 | 6 | 0 | 290 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Batten | 140 | 550 | 3.9 | 20 | 2 |
| Bill Tobin | 121 | 514 | 4.2 | 30 | 2 |
| John Sykes | 46 | 208 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Freddie Miller | 37 | 176 | 4.8 | 25 | 2 |
| Don Jonas | 34 | 159 | 4.7 | 28 | 3 |
| Dave Hoppmann | 13 | 135 | 10.4 | 84 | 1 |
| Darrell Cox | 26 | 115 | 4.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Carvel Rowell | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Ron Miller 4/3/3 | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 424 | 1883 | 4.4 | 84 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Jonas | 407 | 203 | 49.9 | 183 | 3446 | 8.5 | 17.0 | 80 | 41 | 10.1 | 21 | 5.2 | 91.0 | |||
| Ron Miller | 28 | 5 | 17.9 | 22 | 61 | 2.2 | 12.2 | 1 | 3.6 | 1 | 3.6 | 36.6 | ||||
| Carvel Rowell | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 7 | 52 | 5.2 | 17.3 | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 48.8 | |||
| Dave Hoppmann | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Team Totals | 446 | 212 | 47.5 | 212 | 3580 | 8.0 | 16.9 | 80t | 42 | 9.4 | 22 | 4.9 | 86.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 19 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Weir | 62 | 1251 | 20.2 | 74 | 13 |
| Tom Bland | 62 | 881 | 14.2 | 49 | 13 |
| Lamar Richardson | 30 | 394 | 13.1 | 33 | 6 |
| Bill Tobin | 13 | 168 | 12.9 | 31 | 2 |
| Pat Batten | 12 | 155 | 12.9 | 36 | 2 |
| Darrell Cox | 9 | 257 | 28.6 | 67 | 3 |
| John Sykes | 9 | 172 | 19.1 | 80t | 2 |
| Bill Johnson | 8 | 205 | 25.6 | 44 | 1 |
| Max Wettstein | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Freddie Miller | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Hoppmann | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 212 | 3580 | 16.9 | 80t | 42 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Green | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 21 | 1 |
| Dick Hermann | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Jackie Simpson | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Marshall Starks | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Dick Pesonen | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Gray | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Wes Skidgel | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Al Rogers | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bill Jenkins | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Darrell Cox | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Fuell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 293 | 12.7 | 38 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Johnson | 57 | 2251 | 39.5 | 71 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 57 | 2251 | 39.5 | 71 | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Gray | 15 | 5 | 204 | 13.6 | 44 | 0 |
| Art Strahan | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Hal Lewis | 2 | 1 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Darrell Cox | 4 | 2 | 51 | 12.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Jackie Simpson | 13 | 8 | 88 | 6.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Marshall Starsk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 36 | 16 | 402 | 11.2 | 44 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Cox | 25 | 430 | 17.2 | 52 | 0 | |
| Billy Gray | 10 | 343 | 34.3 | 82 | 0 | |
| Bill Jenkins | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Batten | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Lamar Richardson | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Sam Works | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dick Hermann | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Marshall Starks | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| John Sykes | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Freddie Miller | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bray | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 49 | 877 | 17.9 | 82 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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