1969 Omaha Mustangs (COFL)

2nd place Central Division 6-6-0 .500

Don Benning	Assistant Coach
Al Caniglia	Assistant Coach
Dallas Dyer	Assistant Coach
Don Leahy	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/16/1969	A	West Texas Rufneks	31-0	W	Midland, TX	Memorial Stadium	6000
Sun	8/24/1969	H	Oklahoma Thunderbirds	35-21	W	Omaha, NE	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	6940
Sat	8/30/1969	A	Arkansas Diamonds	17-21	L	Little Rock, AR	Quigley Stadium	6250
Sat	9/6/1969	H	Tri-Cities Apollos	33-7	W	Omaha, NE	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	6922
Sat	9/13/1969	H	Alabama Hawks	7-31	L	Omaha, NE	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	7602
Sun	9/21/1969	A	Fort Worth Braves	27-16	W	Fort Worth, TX	Farrington Field	6240
Sat	9/27/1969	A	Oklahoma Thunderbirds	30-14	W	Bartlesville, OK	Custer Stadium	2989
Sat	10/4/1969	H	Arkansas Diamonds	24-7	W	Omaha, NE	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	6922
Sat	10/11/1969	H	Ohio Valley Ironmen	24-14	W	Omaha, NE	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	6520
Sat	10/18/1969	A	Norfolk Neptunes	16-35	L	Norfolk, VA	Foreman Stadium	12015
Sat	10/25/1969	H	Chicago Owls	19-20	L	Omaha, NE	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	6933
Sat	11/1/1969	A	Indianapolis Capitols	23-28	L	Indianapolis, IN	Bush Stadium	7291
Sat	11/8/1969	A	Alabama Hawks	10-32	L	Birmingham, AL	Fair Park Stadium	2004

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

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
60	Laverne Allers	MLB	6-0	213	26	Nebraska
18	Bud Allison	P-K	5-10	185	25	Tennessee-Chattanooga
47	Carl Allison	DB	5-11	183	25	Hastings
32	George Anderson	WR	5-10	175	26	Southern University
76	Bob Antulov	LDE	6-7	242	27	Columbia Basin JC; Nebraska
89	Buddy Belitz	RLB	6-1	225	23	Nebraska-Omaha
79	Charles Bell	DT	6-5	240	25	Florida A&M
12	Bill Bevan	DB	6-0	185	25	Minnesota
22	Al Bream	WR	6-3	205	22	Iowa
63	Brian Bro	MLB	5-9	225	25	none
87	Bernie Brown	LLB	5-9	218		Peru State
88	Keith Browne	WR	6-5	215	25	College of Emporia; Central Missouri
78	Terry Christensen	OT	6-3	230		Wayne State (Nebraska)
15	Bob Churchich	QB	5-11	185	24	Nebraska
21	Fred Dawston	DB	6-1	190	26	South Carolina State
72	Mike Denney	OG	6-2	230	22	Dakota Wesleyan
54	John Dervin	LB	6-2	225	25	Nebraska
29	Vern Dickey	RB	5-11	195	25	Kansas
10	Dan Duskin	WR	5-10	185	23	Morningside
52	Dallas Dyer	LB	5-10	210	29	Nebraska
77	Dick Fitzgerald	ROT	6-3	245	25	Illinois; Nebraska
64	Gerald Gerths	ROG	6-2	248	26	none
80	Bill Haas	TE	6-4	212	23	Nebraska-Omaha
48	Tandy Holmes	LCB	6-0	185	23	Ellsworth CC; Pepperdine
31	Billy Hunt	RCB	5-11	180	22	Kansas
71	Dick Kolowski	LOT	6-3	235	25	Lake Forest
65	Doug Korver	LOG	6-3	222	27	Northern Iowa
73	Tom Luby	RDT-C	6-3	232	28	Nebraska-Omaha
43	Johnny Mack	LB	6-1	220	21	Joplin JC; Wichita State; Central Missouri
75	Jerry Patton	LDT	6-3	255	23	Nebraska
40	Bob Payne	RB	5-10	195	25	Southern University
82	Tom Penney	WR	6-1	200	23	Nebraska
22	Gary Pettit	WR	6-1	185	22	Morningside
46	Doug Robinson	S	6-1	190	23	Iowa State
45	Ken Rota	FB	6-0	200	24	Minnesota; North Dakota State
43	Al Rowe	FB	6-0	220		Coe
68	Dave Rupp	LB	6-2	195	23	Wyoming
60	Lynn Senkbeil	LB	6-2	210	26	Nebraska
42	Pat Smagacz	RS	6-1	185		Nebraska-Omaha
41	Jim Stankus	LS	6-1	200	22	Wyoming
11	Matt Stimac	QB	6-1	190		Wyoming; Bemidji State
70	Don Sutton	RDE	6-4	247	32	none
33	Pete Tatman	RB	6-1	220	24	Nebraska
61	Rodger Tiesing	DT	6-2	264	24	Washburn
30	Les Webster	RB	6-0	200	24	Iowa State
55	Jerry Wilks	C	6-3	255	24	Nebraska

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	46	115	47	57
Opponents Totals	83	38	59	66

TEAM STATS	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	PEN	YDS
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bud Allison	0	29	33	87.9	10	20	50.0	0	59
Al Bream	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Ken Rota	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Keith Browne	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Pete Tatman	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Vern Dickey	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Bob Churchich	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bill Haas	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Tandy Holmes	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bob Payne	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
George Anderson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bud Belitz	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jim Stankus	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	34	29	34	85.3	10	20	50.0	1	265
Opponents Totals	34	32	34	94.1	2			2	246

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ken Rota	103	347	3.4	23	5
Pete Tatman	144	326	2.3	14	2
Vern Dickey	37	110	3.0	17	0
Bob Churchich	24	87	3.6	19	2
Les Webster	37	87	2.4	15	0
Bob Payne	21	60	2.9	18	1
Bud Allison	2	22	11.0	13	0
Matt Stimac	2	10	5.0	10	0
Tom Penney	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Keith Browne	2	-6	-3.0	8	0
Team Totals	373	1040	2.8	23	10
Opponents Totals					17

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bob Churchich	320	161	50.3	145	2233	7.0	13.9	71	17	5.3	14	4.4				72.6
Matt Stimac	59	31	52.5	26	448	7.6	14.5	78	4	6.8	2	3.4				86.0
Vern Dickey	3	0	0.0	3	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Pete Tatman	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Team Totals	383	192	50.1	175	2681	7.0	14.0	78	21	5.5	16	4.2	23	217	2464	73.9
Opponents Totals									11

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Keith Browne	52	674	13.0	34	4
Al Bream	47	843	17.9	78	8
Bill Haas	29	390	13.4	38	2
Pete Tatman	24	219	9.1	49	2
Vern Dickey	10	100	10.0	20	3
George Anderson	8	164	20.5	43	1
Bob Payne	6	100	16.7	25	1
Tom Penney	4	50	12.5	19	0
Ken Rota	4	39	9.8	19	0
Carl Allison	1	11	11.0	11	0
Billy Hunt	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	192	2681	14.0	78	21
Opponents Totals					11

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Stankus	6	106	17.7	37	0
Tandy Holmes	4	40	10.0	28	1
Billy Hunt	4	9	2.3	9	0
Bud Belitz	2	80	40.0	56	0
Fred Dawston	2	0	0.0	0	0
Laverne Allers	1	22	22.0	22	0
Pat Smagacz	1	8	8.0	8	0
Doug Robinson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	21	247	11.8	56	1
Opponents Totals					1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Bud Allison	63	2402	38.1	62	0
Team Totals	63	2402	38.1	62	0
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Hunt	29		222	7.7	27	0
Pete Tatman	1		27	27.0	27	0
Doug Robinson	3		6	2.0	6	0
Vernon Dickey	5		9	1.8	13	0
Team Totals	38	3	264	6.9	27	0
Opponents Totals						2

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Hunt	12	235	19.6	35	0
Lee Webster	10	197	19.7	31	0
Vern Dickey	8	148	18.5	25	0
Pete Tatman	2	43	21.5	27	0
Johnny Mack	2	14	7.0	10	0
Bill Haas	1	8	8.0	8	0
Brian Bro	1	7	7.0	7	0
Bernie Brown	1	0	0.0	0	0
Gerald Gerths	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	38	652	17.2	35	0
Opponents Totals					1

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