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 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| 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 | 33-20 | W | Roanoke, VA | Victory Stadium | 2000 | |
| 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 | 3500 | |
| 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 | 10369 | |
| 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 | Victory Stadium | 3016 | |
| 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 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/20/1971 | A | Hartford Knights | 24-13 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 8494 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ernie Adams | 62 | ROG | 5-11 | 263 | 26 | Central State (Ohio) | ||
| Ty Albert | QB | 6-4 | 210 | Cincinnati | ||||
| Roger Anderson | 79 | LDE | 6-5 | 263 | 29 | Virginia Union | ||
| Greg Berger | 46 | S-FL | 6-1 | 185 | Bloomsburg | |||
| Charlie Brandon | 74 | LOT | 6-3 | 255 | 28 | Shaw | ||
| Mike Capshaw | OT | 6-4 | 255 | 27 | Abilene Christian | |||
| King Corcoran | 9 | QB | 6-0 | 200 | 29 | Maryland | ||
| Ron Davis | 60 | LOG | 6-1 | 245 | Norfolk State | |||
| Roy Davis | 63 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Prairie View A&M | ||
| Tommy Davis | 78 | DE | 6-0 | 255 | 26 | Tennessee State | ||
| Ray Fratarcangelo | FB | 5-8 | 215 | 27 | Memphis | |||
| Bob Fultz | 5-10 | 175 | ||||||
| Calvin Hall | C | Texas State | ||||||
| Jim Haynie | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | West Chester | |||
| Dick Hill | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Texas-Arlington | |||
| Ron Holliday | 8 | WR | 5-9 | 168 | 23 | Pittsburgh | ||
| Hardy King | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Georgia | |||
| John Land | 26 | HB | 5-9 | 195 | 27 | Delaware State | ||
| Leo Levandowski | 51 | C | 6-1 | 245 | 28 | none | ||
| Bryan Marshall | 28 | DB | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Oakwood | ||
| Frank McGuigan | 31 | 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 | |||
| Roland Merritt | 82 | WR | 6-2 | 185 | 25 | Maryland | ||
| John Montes | 56 | LB | 6-1 | 232 | 27 | Hartnell JC; Idaho State | ||
| Kevin Moran | 55 | LOG | 6-0 | 225 | 25 | East Carolina | ||
| John Mosley | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 22 | Texas Southern | |||
| Nelson Munsey | 20 | LCB | 6-1 | 188 | 23 | Wyoming; Hiram Scott | ||
| Bill Nagy | 73 | DE | 6-3 | 255 | 22 | Bloomsburg | ||
| Herb Nauss | 13 | TE-DB | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Albright | ||
| Buster O'Brien | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Notre Dame; Richmond | |||
| John Parker | 45 | DB | 5-10 | 174 | 21 | Johnson C. Smith | ||
| Mike Rowe | 85 | DL-LB | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Frostburg State | ||
| Rick Saathoff | 87 | DE | 6-6 | 270 | 25 | Phoenix JC; Texas-El Paso; Northern Arizona | ||
| Ken Serck | 61 | C | 6-2 | 248 | 22 | Brigham Young | ||
| Otis Sistrunk | 77 | LDT-DE | 6-4 | 265 | 24 | none | ||
| R.B. Smith | WR | 6-2 | 210 | none | ||||
| Steve Smith | 71 | ROT | 6-3 | 256 | 29 | none | ||
| Ron Stephonic | 51 | LB | 6-0 | 205 | Baldwin-Wallace | |||
| Bill Stetz | 70 | DE | 6-3 | 250 | 26 | Boston College | ||
| Terry Stump | DB | 5-10 | 190 | 22 | Penn State | |||
| Jesse Taylor | 44 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Cincinnati | ||
| Rodger Tiesing | 64 | DT | 6-2 | 264 | 26 | Washburn | ||
| Faddie Tillman | DT | 6-5 | 230 | 23 | Arizona Western JC; Boise State | |||
| Tom Unninger | 73 | LOT | 6-4 | 265 | Hawaii | |||
| Don Vallery | 21 | CB | 6-0 | 175 | 25 | Oregon; Grays Harbor JC; Central Washington | ||
| Jerry Warren | K-P | 5-11 | 175 | 24 | North Carolina State | |||
| Claude Watts | 30 | FB | 6-0 | 215 | 31 | Bluefield State | ||
| Dave Williams | 86 | WR | 6-1 | 200 | Western Colorado | |||
| Erwin Williams | 81 | WR | 6-5 | 215 | 24 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | ||
| Monk Williams | 22 | RB | 5-7 | 155 | 26 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | ||
| Earl Wood | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | Coffeyville CC; ; West Texas A&M | |||
| Harris Wood | 84 | TE-WR | 6-1 | 193 | 25 | Washington | ||
| Mike Yancheff | 12 | QB | 6-4 | 217 | 22 | Rutgers | ||
| Art Zachary | 42 | P-S-LLB | 6-4 | 216 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 73 | 93 | 32 | 78 | 3 | 289 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 48 | 64 | 37 | 0 | 185 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | 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 | LG | 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% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Corcoran | 247 | 130 | 52.6 | 101 | 1713 | 6.9 | 13.2 | 77 | 17 | 6.9 | 16 | 6.5 | 70.8 | |||
| Mike Yancheff | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 19 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 12 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Wood | 46 | 750 | 16.3 | 51 | 7 |
| Ron Holliday | 5 | ||||
| Claude Watts | 4 | ||||
| John Land | 1 | ||||
| Henry McKay | 1 | ||||
| Monk Williams | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 19 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | 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 | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Zachary | 56 | 2162 | 38.6 | 55 | ||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | 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 | FC | 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 |
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