1968 Dallas Rockets (TFL)

3rd place Eastern Division 4-8-0 .333

Head Coach: Joe Verret

Bob Hudson	Assistant Coach
Arnold Wimberly	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/3/1968	A	Twin City Panthers	20-12	W	Rayville, LA
Sun	8/11/1968	A	Arkansas Diamonds	20-10	W	Little Rock, AR	Quigley Stadium	500
Sat	8/17/1968	N	Shreveport Trojans	57-12	W	Ennis, TX	Ennis High School Stadium
Sat	8/24/1968	A	Beaumont Golden Vikings	23-24	L	Beaumont, TX	Greenie Stadium	7248
Sat	8/31/1968	A	Tulsa Thunderbirds	13-27	L	Tulsa, OK	Skelly Stadium	4516
Sun	9/8/1968	H	Texarkana Titans	36-21	W	Dallas, TX	Jesuit High School Field	2000
Sun	9/15/1968	A	Fort Worth Braves	24-52	L	Fort Worth, TX	Farrington Field	4250
Sat	9/21/1968	H	San Antonio Toros	23-27	L	Dallas, TX	Jesuit High School Field	2350
Sat	9/28/1968	H	Odessa Comets	35-15	W	Dallas, TX	Jesuit High School Field
Sun	10/6/1968	A	San Antonio Toros	7-61	L	San Antonio, TX	Alamo Stadium	3655
Sun	10/13/1968	A	Orange County Ramblers		-	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium
Sat	10/19/1968	A	Texarkana Titans	24-28	L	Texarkana, TX	Grim Stadium	4099
Sat	10/26/1968	H	Fort Worth Braves	3-41	L	Dallas, TX	Jesuit High School Field	250
Sat	11/2/1968	H	Beaumont Golden Vikings	31-7	W	Dallas, TX	Jesuit High School Field
Sat	11/16/1968	A	West Texas Rufneks	17-45	L	Odessa, TX	W.T. Barrett Stadium	1000
Sat	11/23/1968	H	Tulsa Thunderbirds	13-6	W	Dallas, TX	Jesuit High School Field

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

Game Score Notes
10/13/1968	Orange County Ramblers	Canceled

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
	Jerry Allen	G	6-0	220		Arlington State JC; Louisiana-Lafayette
	Johnny Antonisse	K	5-11	185	22	none
	Al Brewer	C	5-11	260		Northeastern A&M JC
	Lewis Cager	DE	6-4	230	24	North Texas; Bishop
	Ray Campbell	C	6-2	250		Texarkana JC; Lamar
	Ken Chenault	C	6-0	220		North Texas
	Mitch Clark	T	6-1	265		Wiley
	Phil Cody	LB	6-0	210		North Texas
	Ronnie Daum	TE	6-2	236		Navarro JC; Howard Payne
	Tommy Edwards	FL	6-0	185		Wiley
	Larry Fairchild	LB	6-2	235	26	Kansas
	Charles Fields	T	6-3	260		Jarvis Christian
	Jim Ford	G	5-11	220		Bishop
	Hugh Grady	LB	6-1	220	24	Texas Tech
	Paul Green	OT	6-0	238		Texas A&M-Commerce
	Larry Henry	DB	5-10	182		Bishop
	Tony Higgins	OE	5-11	182		Langston
	Curt Jefferson	DB	6-0	200		Navarro JC
	Ron Kee	QB	5-10	180		Maryland
	Rod Keeling	OE	6-1	205		none
	Dennis Kelly	OT	6-4	235		Missouri
	Bruce Land	RB	5-10	185		Navarro JC; Lamar
	Rickey Marshall	DB	5-11	180		Kilgore JC
	Mel Meyers	QB-DB	5-11	197	28	Illinois
	Ken Mulford	DB	5-11	185	24	Texas-Arlington
	Pat Murphy	LB	6-0	198		none
	Bill Neal	DT	6-2	240		none
	Ivan Philpot	LB	5-11	213	25	Texas A&M-Commerce
	Andy Pipkins	T	6-1	267		Texas Southern
	Vic Poe	LB	6-4	233	21	Oklahoma
	Jim Prda	RB	6-0	192	27	Navarro JC
	Willie Price	OG	6-1	260		Prairie View A&M
	Dave Ransopher	T	6-3	221	26	Navarro JC
	Emmett Richey	FL	5-10	171		Wiley
	Ken Riley	OT	6-2	250	22	Texas Tech; Texas-Arlington
	Jimmy Rowe	DT	6-0	260	24	Tarleton State
	Larry Rumsey	G	6-0	220	25	Texas-El Paso
	Royce Shelton	RB	6-0	190	31	Texas A&M; Arlington State JC; Stephen F. Austin State
	Barry Smith	SE	6-1	202		Texas-Arlington
	Steve Stephenson	DE	6-2	230		Texas A&M-Commerce
	Jerry Taylor	P	6-1	200	27	San Angelo JC; Texas-El Paso
	Ray Toole	QB	6-3	210	32	Tyler JC; North Texas
	Joe Wilhoite	SS	6-0	190	27	Howard Payne
	Joe Williams	DB	5-10	180		none
	Tommy Winn	RB	5-10	181	23	Lamar; Tarleton State
	Ed Wright	DB	5-11	185	24	Texarkana JC

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	67	64	56	62
Opponents Totals	81	84	60	129

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	SAF	PTS
Johnny Antonisse	0	28				9		-	0	55
Tommy Edwards	6	0				0		-	0	36
Emmett Richey	6	0				0		-	0	36
Rod Keeling	5	0				0		-	0	30
Mel Meyers	4	0				0		-	0	24
Tony Higgins	3	0				0		-	0	18
Ray Toole	3	0				0		-	0	18
Barry Smith	2	0				0		-	0	12
Jim Prda	1	0				0		-	0	6
Steve Stephenson	1	0				0		-	0	6
Tommy Winn	1	0				0		-	0	6
(Team)	0	0			0	1	2
Team Totals	32	28	32	87.5		9		-	1	249
Opponents Totals	48	40	48	83.3		8		-	1	354

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Tommy Edwards	96	450	4.7	2
Mel Meyers				3
Ray Toole				3
Jim Prda				1
Tommy Winn				1
Team Totals				10
Opponents Totals				17

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	TD	TD%
Ray Toole	233	92	39.5	1612	6.9	17.5	9	3.9
Mel Meyers							4
Tommy Edwards							1
Ron Kee							1
Team Totals							15
Opponents Totals							25

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Barry Smith	48	829	17.3	2
Rod Keeling				5
Tommy Edwards				4
Tony Higgins				2
Emmett Richey				2
Team Totals				15
Opponents Totals				25

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	TD
Ken Mulford	5	0
Mel Meyers		1
Steve Stephenson		1
Team Totals		2
Opponents Totals		4

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Jerry Taylor			42.4
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals						0+
Opponents Totals						0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	TD
Emmett Richey	22	674	30.6	3
Tony Higgins				1
Team Totals				4
Opponents Totals				1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals							0+
Opponents Totals							1