1968 Omaha Mustangs (COFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/10/1968	N	Sheboygan Redwings	61-0	W				3000
Sat	8/17/1968	A	San Antonio Toros	3-30	L		San Antonio, TX	Alamo Stadium	3984
Sat	8/31/1968	H	Indianapolis Capitols	17-10	W		Omaha, NE	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	10156
Sat	9/7/1968	A	Michigan Arrows	20-17	W	OT	Detroit, MI	University of Detroit Stadium	3415
Sat	9/14/1968	H	Orange County Ramblers	3-45	L		Omaha, NE	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	8356
Sat	9/21/1968	A	Oklahoma City Plainsmen	31-34	L		Oklahoma City, OK	Taft Stadium	3500
Sat	9/28/1968	H	Alabama Hawks	21-14	W		Omaha, NE	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	6315
Sat	10/5/1968	A	Indianapolis Capitols	7-47	L		Indianapolis, IN	Owen J. Bush Stadium	5221
Sat	10/12/1968	H	Oklahoma City Plainsmen	17-7	W		Omaha, NE	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	4639
Sat	10/19/1968	A	Quad-City Raiders		-
Sun	10/20/1968	A	Las Vegas Cowboys	20-16	W		Las Vegas, NV	Cashman Field	1000
Sat	10/26/1968	A	Chicago Owls	22-30	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	7200
Sat	11/2/1968	H	Orlando Panthers	14-21	L		Omaha, NE	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	4593
Sat	11/9/1968	A	Arkansas Diamonds	34-7	W		Little Rock, AR	Quigley Stadium	2000
Sat	11/16/1968	H	Quad-City Raiders		-		Omaha, NE	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Sat	11/16/1968	H	Arkansas Diamonds	36-13	W		Omaha, NE	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	3546

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
60	Laverne Allers	RLB-MLB	6-0	213	25	Nebraska
10	Bud Allison	K	5-10	185	24	Tennessee-Chattanooga
47	Carl Allison	CB	5-11	183	24	Hastings
32	George Anderson	FL	5-10	175	25	Southern University
76	Bob Antulov	LDE	6-7	242	26	Columbia Basin JC; Nebraska
65	Ron Bailey	LOG	6-4	235	25	Southern Utah
88	Keith Browne	SE	6-5	215	24	College of Emporia; Central Missouri
79	Ken Carmann	OT-C	6-4	265	23	Nebraska-Kearney
15	Bob Churchich	QB	5-11	185	23	Nebraska
21	Fred Dawston	CB	6-1	190	25	South Carolina State
42	Vern Dickey	FL	5-11	195	24	Kansas
71	Ken Dostal	LOT	6-6	235	28	Nebraska; Peru State
62	Dallas Dyer	MLB	5-10	210	28	Nebraska
41	John Edmonds	WS	6-0	185	28	none
77	Dick Fitzgerald	ROT	6-3	245	24	Illinois; Nebraska
64	Gerald Gerths	ROG	6-2	248	25	none
80	Bill Haas	FL-SE-TE	6-4	212	22	Nebraska-Omaha
45	Jim Hageman	FB	6-0	214	24	South Dakota
81	Glen Hepburn	RLB	6-4	215	30	Nebraska; Butler CC; Nebraska-Omaha	2	2
48	Tandy Holmes	LCB	6-0	185	22	Ellsworth CC; Pepperdine
46	Lyle Johnston	RCB-P	5-10	182	24	Weber State
30	Ron Kirkland	HB	6-3	213	25	Nebraska
52	Dick Kolowski	C-OT	6-3	235	24	Lake Forest
	Doug Korver	C	6-3	222	26	Northern Iowa
31	Al Kuehl	FB	6-2	210	23	Nebraska
28	Gene Lawhead	S	6-1	210	31	Nebraska-Kearney
73	Tom Luby	RDE	6-3	232	27	Nebraska-Omaha
54	Bob Mabry	LB	6-2	210	22	Monmouth (Illinois)
89	Burt Matthies	TE	6-0	230	27	Wayne State (Nebraska)
72	Jim McCord	DE	6-2	250	22	Nebraska
87	Dennis Morrison	TE-FL	6-1	215	22	Nebraska
63	Dwane Novak	LOG	6-0	214	25	Nebraska
75	Jerry Patton	LDT	6-3	255	22	Nebraska
82	Don Purcell	LLB	6-1	215	28	Nebraska
78	Ray Rivera	DT	6-1	286	25	Nebraska-Omaha
	Lynn Senkbeil	LB	6-2	210	25	Nebraska
68	John Skipper	RRLB	6-2	214	25	none
29	Larry Stednitz	HB-SE	6-0	199	27	Iowa; Midland Lutheran
70	Don Sutton	RDT	6-4	247	31	none
33	Pete Tatman	FB	6-1	220	23	Nebraska
40	Dennis Thorell	SS	5-10	175	23	Nebraska
61	Rodger Tiesing	RDE	6-2	264	23	Washburn
11	Doug Tucker	QB	5-11	178	26	Nebraska
22	Ken Vaughn	FL	5-10	175	25	Texas-Arlington
55	Jerry Wilks	C	6-3	255	23	Nebraska

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	59	56	57	67	3
Opponents Totals			75	57	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	211	90	96	25	58	667
Opponents Totals

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bud Allison	0	27	31	87.1	9	23	39.1	0	54
Pete Tatman	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Bob Churchich	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Vern Dickey	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Ron Kirkland	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
George Anderson	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Keith Browne	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bill Haas	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Dennis Morrison	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Larry Stednitz	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Jim Hageman	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Gene Lawhead	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Doug Tucker	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	31	27	31	87.1	9	23	39.1	1	242
Opponents Totals	35	30	35	85.7	7			0	261

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Pete Tatman	132	559	4.2	39	7
Ron Kirkland	117	453	3.9	51	1
Larry Stednitz	89	295	3.3	23	1
Jim Hageman	54	226	4.2	15	1
Vern Dickey	15	52	3.5	22	0
Bob Churchich	31	40	1.3	14	4
Doug Tucker	9	12	1.3	7	1
Keith Browne	1	9	9.0	9	0
Gerald Gerths	1	9	9.0	9	0
George Anderson	1	3	3.0	3	0
Bud Allison	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	451	1655	3.7	51	15
Opponents Totals		1709			20

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bob Churchich	330	151	45.8	162	1781	5.4	11.8	58	12	3.6	17	5.2				53.4
Doug Tucker	47	14	29.8	27	272	5.8	19.4	47	2	4.3	6	12.8				25.8
Ron Kirkland	7	3	42.9	4	92	13.1	30.7	37	1	14.3	0	0.0				129.5
Team Totals	384	168	43.8	193	2145	5.6	12.8	58	15	3.9	23	6.0	25	236	1909	49.9
Opponents Totals									14						1845

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dennis Morrison	33	341	10.3	25	2
Larry Stednitz	29	306	10.6	24	1
Keith Browne	27	410	15.2	55	2
Vern Dickey	20	272	13.6	58	2
Bill Haas	17	161	9.5	30	2
Ron Kirkland	16	177	11.1	40	2
Pete Tatman	10	140	14.0	47	1
George Anderson	6	201	33.5	56	2
Jim Hageman	5	43	8.6	28	0
Burt Matthies	3	44	14.7	24	0
John Edmonds	1	36	36.0	36	0
Gene Lawhead	1	14	14.0	14t	1
Team Totals	168	2145	12.8	58	15
Opponents Totals					14

Don Benning	Assistant Coach
Al Caniglia	Assistant Coach
Don Leahy	Assistant Coach

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tandy Holmes	6	64	10.7	22	0
Lyle Johnston	4	81	20.3	50	0
John Edmonds	4	48	12.0	33	0
Dallas Dyer	2	8	4.0	8	0
Dennis Thorell	2	0	0.0	0	0
Tom Luby	1	18	18.0	18	0
Don Purcell	1	4	4.0	4	0
Fred Dawston	1	0	0.0	0	0
Gene Lawhead	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0
Team Totals	22	216	9.8	50	0
Opponents Totals					1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Bud Allison	57	2225	39.0	67	0
Lyle Johnston	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team Totals	58	2235	38.5	67	0
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Vern Dickey	25	580	23.2	90	1
Gene Lawhead	11	255	23.2	38	0
John Edmonds	2	25	12.5	15	0
Pete Tatman	1	31	31.0	31	0
Bob Churchich	1	19	19.0	19	0
Team Totals	40	910	22.8	90	1
Opponents Totals					0