1971 Norfolk Neptunes - Pro Football Archives

1971 Norfolk Neptunes (ACFL)

1st place 9-3-0 .750

Head Coach: Ron Waller

George Hughes	Assistant Coach
Phil Morgan	Assistant Coach
Andy Nelson	Assistant Coach

Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/7/1971	H	Augusta Eagles	89-0	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	6609
Sun	8/15/1971	H	Columbia All-Stars	61-0	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	5314
Sat	8/21/1971	H	Malden Suburban Colts	84 -0	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	4441
Fri	8/27/1971	A	Bridgeport Jets	10-7	W	OT	Bridgeport, CT	John F. Kennedy Stadium	750
Sat	9/4/1971	H	Roanoke Buckskins	23-14	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	9651
Sat	9/11/1971	A	Hartford Knights	13-44	L		Hartford, CT	Dillon Stadium	6100
Sun	9/19/1971	A	Roanoke Buckskins	33-14	W		Roanoke, VA
Sat	9/25/1971	H	Bridgeport Jets	30-10	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	15000
Sat	10/2/1971	H	Hartford Knights	6-17	L		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field
Fri	10/8/1971	A	Bridgeport Jets	34-20	W		Bridgeport, CT	John F. Kennedy Stadium	7000
Sat	10/16/1971	H	Roanoke Buckskins	30-0	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field
Sat	10/23/1971	A	Hartford Knights	12-16	L		Hartford, CT	Dillon Stadium	9800
Sat	10/30/1971	A	Roanoke Buckskins	30-16	W		Roanoke, VA
Sat	11/6/1971	H	Bridgeport Jets	31-28	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	8134
Sat	11/13/1971	H	Hartford Knights	37-0	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	10656
Sat	11/20/1971	A	Hartford Knights	24-13	W		Hartford, CT	Dillon Stadium	8494	League Championship

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

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College
62	Ernie Adams	OG	5-11	263	26	Central State (Ohio)
	Ty Albert	QB	6-4	210		Cincinnati
79	Roger Anderson	DE	6-5	263	29	Virginia Union
46	Greg Berger	S-FL	6-1	185		Bloomsburg
74	Charlie Brandon	OT	6-3	255	28	Shaw
	Mike Capshaw	OT	6-4	255	27	Abilene Christian
9	King Corcoran	QB	6-0	200	29	Maryland
60	Ron Davis	OG	6-1	245		Norfolk State
63	Roy Davis	LB	6-2	230	26	Prairie View A&M
78	Tommy Davis	DE	6-0	255	26	Tennessee State
	Ray Fratarcangelo	FB	5-8	215	27	Memphis
	Jim Haynie	QB	6-2	195	25	West Chester
	Dick Hill	TE	6-3	230	23	Texas-Arlington
8	Ron Holliday	WR	5-9	168	23	Pittsburgh
	Hardy King	RB	5-11	195	25	Georgia
26	John Land	HB	5-9	195	27	Delaware State
	Leo Levandowski	C	6-1	245	28	none
28	Bryan Marshall	DB	6-2	195	23	Oakwood
31	Frank McGuigan	FB	6-1	210	23	Ricks JC; Arkansas State
	Henry McKay	WR	6-0	194	24	Guilford
	Herschel McLeod	WR	6-1	185	28	none
82	Roland Merritt	WR	6-2	185	25	Maryland
56	John Montes	LB	6-1	232	27	Hartnell JC; Idaho State
55	Kevin Moran	OG	6-0	225	25	East Carolina
	John Mosley	RB	6-0	210	22	Texas Southern
20	Nelson Munsey	CB	6-1	188	23	Wyoming; Hiram Scott
73	Bill Nagy	DE	6-3	255	22	Bloomsburg
13	Herb Nauss	TE-DB	6-1	205	25	Albright
	Buster O'Brien	QB	6-1	195	25	Notre Dame; Richmond
45	John Parker	DB	5-10	174	21	Johnson C. Smith
85	Mike Rowe	DL-LB	6-2	240	23	Frostburg State
87	Rick Saathoff	DE	6-6	270	25	Phoenix JC; Texas-El Paso; Northern Arizona
61	Ken Serck	C	6-2	248	22	Brigham Young
77	Otis Sistrunk	DT-DE	6-4	265	24	none
	R.B. Smith	WR	6-2	210		none
71	Steve Smith	OT	6-3	256	29	none
51	Ron Stephonic	LB	6-0	205		Baldwin-Wallace
70	Bill Stetz	DE	6-3	250	26	Boston College
	Terry Stump	DB	5-10	190	20	Penn State
44	Jesse Taylor	RB	6-0	200	23	Cincinnati
64	Rod Tiesing	DT	6-2	264	26	Washburn
	Faddie Tillman	DT	6-5	230	23	Arizona Western JC; Boise State
	Tom Unninger	OT	6-4	265		Hawaii
21	Don Vallery	CB	6-0	175	25	Oregon; Grays Harbor JC; Central Washington
	Jerry Warren	K-P	5-11	175	24	North Carolina State
30	Claude Watts	FB	6-0	215	31	Bluefield State
86	Dave Williams	WR	6-1	200		Western Colorado
81	Erwin Williams	WR	6-5	215	24	Maryland-Eastern Shore
22	Monk Williams	RB	5-7	155	26	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
	Earl Wood	LB	6-1	230	27	West Texas A&M
84	Harris Wood	WR	6-1	193	25	Washington
12	Mike Yancheff	QB	6-4	217	22	Rutgers
42	Art Zachary	PS-LB	6-4	216	26	Miami (Florida)

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	73	93	32	78	3
Opponents Totals	36	48	64	37	0

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	SAF	PTS
Jerry Warren	0	30			15	0	75
John Land	9	0			0	0	54
Claude Watts	7	0			0	0	42
Harris Wood	7	0			0	0	42
Ron Holliday	5	0			0	0	30
Monk Williams	4	0			0	0	24
Don Vallery	1	0			0	1	8
Henry McKay	1	0			0	0	6
Tommy Davis	0	0			0	1	2
John Montes	0	0			0	1	2
Earl Wood	0	0			0	1	2
Team Totals	34	30	34	88.2	15	5	289
Opponents Totals	23	20	23	87.0	9	0	185

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Claude Watts	123	790	6.4	3
John Land	114	424	3.7	8
Monk Williams				2
Team Totals				13
Opponents Totals				7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%
1971 Norfolk Neptunes (ACFL)	247	130	52.6	101	1713	6.9	13.2	77	17	6.9	16	6.5	70.8
1971 Norfolk Neptunes (ACFL)									2
Team Totals									19
Opponents Totals									12

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Don Vallery	9	114	12.7	1
Herb Nauss	7	196	28.0	0
Art Zachary	4	13	3.3	0
Team Totals				1
Opponents Totals				0

PUNTING	NO	AVG	LG
Art Zachary	56	38.6	55
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Parker	6	56	9.3	22	0
Frank McGuigan	15	80	5.3	21	0
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Monk Williams	21	536	25.5	95	1
Team Totals					1
Opponents Totals					1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals							0
Opponents Totals							2

RECEIVING	YDS	LG	TD
1971 Norfolk Neptunes (ACFL)	46	750	16.3	51	7
1971 Norfolk Neptunes (ACFL)					5
1971 Norfolk Neptunes (ACFL)					4
1971 Norfolk Neptunes (ACFL)					1
1971 Norfolk Neptunes (ACFL)					1
1971 Norfolk Neptunes (ACFL)					1
Team Totals			19
Opponents Totals			12