1974 Detroit Wheels (WFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches, Draft

Dave Brazil	Defensive Coordinator
Ed Chlebek	Offensive Coordinator
Owen DeJanovich	Defensive Line
Bobby Gill	Offensive Line
Chick Harris	Offensive Backs/Receivers
Tommy Vaughn	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Wed	7/10/1974	A	Memphis Southmen	15-34	L	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	31122
Wed	7/17/1974	H	Florida Blazers	14-18	L	Ypsilanti, MI	Rynearson Stadium	10631
Sun	7/21/1974	A	The Hawaiians	16-36	L	Honolulu, HI	Honolulu Stadium	10080
Wed	7/31/1974	H	Birmingham Americans	18-21	L	Ypsilanti, MI	Rynearson Stadium	14614
Wed	8/7/1974	A	Birmingham Americans	22-28	L	Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	40367
Wed	8/14/1974	H	Memphis Southmen	7-37	L	Ypsilanti, MI	Rynearson Stadium	14424
Thu	8/22/1974	H	Chicago Fire	23-35	L	Ypsilanti, MI	Rynearson Stadium	10300
Wed	8/28/1974	A	Philadelphia Bell	23-27	L	Philadelphia, PA	John F. Kennedy Stadium	15100
Mon	9/2/1974	H	Portland Storm	7-18	L	London, ON	Little Stadium	5105
Fri	9/6/1974	H	Southern California Sun	7-10	L	Ypsilanti, MI	Rynearson Stadium	6351
Wed	9/11/1974	A	Florida Blazers	15-14	W	Orlando, FL	Orlando Stadium	11511
Wed	9/18/1974	A	Southern California Sun	24-29	L	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	22143
Tue	9/24/1974	A	New York Stars	7-37	L	New York, NY	J.J. Downing Memorial Field	4220
Wed	10/2/1974	A	Shreveport Steamer	11-14	L	Shreveport, LA	Louisiana State Fair Stadium	22012
Wed	10/9/1974	A	Chicago Fire		-	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field
Wed	10/16/1974	H	The Hawaiians		-	Ypsilanti, MI	Rynearson Stadium
Wed	10/23/1974	A	Shreveport Steamer		-	Shreveport, LA	Louisiana State Fair Stadium
Wed	10/30/1974	A	Jacksonville Sharks		-	Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl
Wed	11/6/1974	H	Charlotte Hornets		-	Ypsilanti, MI	Rynearson Stadium
Wed	11/13/1974	H	Philadelphia Bell		-	Ypsilanti, MI	Rynearson Stadium

Schedule Notes
9/2/1974	Portland Storm	Moved from Detroit
9/24/1974	New York Stars	Moved from 9/25
10/2/1974	Shreveport Steamer	Moved from Detroit
10/9/1974	Chicago Fire	Canceled
10/16/1974	The Hawaiians	Canceled
10/23/1974	Shreveport Steamer	Canceled
10/30/1974	Jacksonville Sharks	Canceled
11/6/1974	Charlotte Hornets	Canceled
11/13/1974	Philadelphia Bell	Canceled

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Henry Adolfi	58	MLB	6-3	220	24	Amherst
Phil Allen	39	RB	6-2	215	22	Harvard
Charlie Battle	64	LLB	6-4	237	21	Colorado; Grambling State
Dick Blanchard	59	LLB-MLB	6-3	225	25	Tulsa
Sam Britts	55	MLB	6-0	215	24	Missouri	3
Hubie Bryant	2	WR	5-10	168	28	Minnesota
Chuck Collins	14/11	K-P	6-0	175	23	Michigan State		0
Jim Coode	75	LOT	6-4	260	23	Michigan
Lewis Cook	44	RCB	5-11	180	28	Arizona Western JC; Idaho State
Bruce Cullen	82	TE	6-3	230	27	Illinois State
Norm Davis	63	ROG	6-3	247	29	Grambling State
Bennett Edwards	61	LOT	6-1	240	25	Eastern Michigan
John Embree	89	LB	6-4	201	30	none
Phil Engle	63	DT-DE	6-2	265	24	South Dakota State
Mark Ferguson	64	C-OG	6-2	245	23	Western Carolina
Ron Fernandes	79	DE	6-5	248	23	Eastern Michigan
Lee Fobbs	42	RB	5-11	197	24	Grambling State	1	1
Clyde Glosson	30	WR-RCB	5-11	175	27	Texas-El Paso
Garry Grady	32	DB	5-11	180	28	Eastern Michigan
Eric Guthrie	12	QB-K-P	6-1	200	27	Boise State
Ted Hand	52	C	6-2	250	23	Eastern Michigan
Nat Hawkins	36	WR	6-1	190	24	Nevada-Las Vegas
Charlie Hayes	75	OT	6-4	270	27	Weber State
George Haynes	47	CB	6-2	185	23	Tulsa
Jon Henderson	10	WR	6-0	198	30	Colorado State
Terry Hoeppner	38	WS	6-2	200	26	Franklin
Reggie Holmes	44	RCB	6-1	190	29	Wisconsin-Stout
Clark Hoss	80	TE	6-8	235	25	Oregon State
Gary Hudson	34	DB	5-11	180	23	Boston College
Eddie Johnson	86	RDE	6-5	230	22	Southern Methodist
Sheldon Joppru	82	TE	6-4	235	23	North Dakota
Dennis Kemp	73	ROG	6-2	250	28	Tulsa
Mike Kleinhenz		LB	6-2	231	23	Cincinnati
Mike Kuhn	57	LLB-RLB	6-3	220	25	Kansas State
Andy Kupp	74	OG	6-3	250	25	Idaho
John Levanti	63	OG	6-2	240	22	Illinois
Dave Limebrook	52	C-OG	6-2	235	24	Saddleback JC; San Diego State
Dan Lintner	39	WS	6-2	190	23	Indiana
Dale Livingston	9	K-P	6-0	210	29	Eastern Michigan; Western Michigan	1	0
Rocky Long	22	SS	5-10	175	24	New Mexico
Booth Lusteg		K	5-11	190	37	Connecticut		0
Dennis Macholz	80	TE	6-3	230	23	Michigan State
Herb Marshall		DB	6-3	204	25	Cameron	1
Rocky Martin	54	MLB	6-0	233	27	Colorado	1	1
Mickey McCarty	88	TE-K	6-5	255	28	Texas Christian
Charlie McKee	8	WR	6-3	190	24	Arizona
Jesse Mims	33	RB	5-11	203	26	Laney JC; New Mexico State
Darrell Mossburg	39	WS	5-11	175	24	Eastern Michigan
Jim O'Connor	74	OG-OT	6-4	265	24	Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona
Jessie Parks	72	LDE	6-4	250	24	Jackson State
Ken Pengitore	14	QB	5-11	194	22	Clemson
Renard Perkins	65	LDT	6-3	250	22	UC Riverside
Terry Phillips	41	WR	6-3	170	23	Northeastern State
Floyd Priester	20	LCB-RCB	6-1	195	25	Northeastern JC; Wyoming; Boston University
Tom Ramsey	84	LDT-RDE	6-5	250	24	Northern Arizona
Larry Ratcliff	23	RB	6-2	200	26	Eastern Michigan
Jim Rathje	43	WR-FB	6-0	218	22	Northern Michigan
Don Ratliff	83	RDE	6-5	250	24	Maryland	7
Bo Renfrow	74	DT	6-5	260	25	none
Dominic Riggio	60	MLB	6-0	225	23	Western Michigan
Billy Sadler	32/36	RB	5-11	205	25	Texas Christian	13
Dan Sartin	72	ROG	6-1	245	28	Mississippi
Joe Scales	85	TE	6-2	210	25	Tennessee State	3
Sam Scarber	35	FB	6-2	232	25	Northeastern JC; New Mexico	14
Bruce Shaw	12	QB	6-2	190	22	North Carolina State
John Skladany	75	DT	6-4	250	24	Central Connecticut State
Bennie Smith		DB	5-11	184	23	Arizona Western JC; Brigham Young
Brian Stenger	55	LB	6-4	233	27	Notre Dame
Carl Taibi	76	RDT	6-4	255	24	Colorado
Mike Taylor	50	RLB	6-1	230	25	Michigan	14
Eugene Teague	30	RB	6-0	195	23	Eastern Arizona JC; San Jose State
Gene Trosch	83	RDE	6-7	277	29	Miami (Florida)
Dave Walker	42	LCB	6-0	195	25	Utah
Mike Walker	77	LDE	6-4	235	25	Tulane
Bob Wallace	88	TE	6-3	211	29	Texas-El Paso
Phil Webb	36/44	DB	6-3	209	26	Colorado State
Ted Wheeler	78	ROT-OG	6-3	240	29	West Texas A&M
Bill Wideman		DE	6-3	265	23	North Carolina A&T State
Terry Williams	85	TE	6-3	225	27	Grambling State
Mike Wilson	62	LOG	6-1	243	27	Dayton
Wimpy Winther	53	C	6-4	260	27	Mississippi
James Wright	70	ROG	6-1	250	23	Southern University
Bubba Wyche	18	QB	6-0	190	28	Tennessee	12

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	12	Paul Seal	TE	Michigan
2	13	Rick Middleton	LB	Ohio State
3	36	Ed Jones	DE	Tennessee State
4	37	Ed Shuttlesworth	RB	Michigan
5	60	Peil Pennington	QB	Massachusetts
6	61	Clint Haslerig	WR	Michigan
7	84	Bill Simpson	DB	Michigan State
8	85	Tony Bell	DB	Bowling Green State
9	108	Jim Pietrzak	C	Eastern Michigan
10	109	Marvin Williams	WR	Western Illinois
11	132	Jim Coode	OG	Michigan
12	133	Dennis Morgan	RB	Western Illinois
13	156	Dan Dixon	OG	Boise State
14	157	Ray Nester	LB	Michigan State
15	180	Andy Andrade	RB	Northern Michigan
16	181	Walt Williamson	DE	Michigan
17	204	Al Davis	OT	Boise State
18	205	Freddie Scott	WR	Amherst
19	228	Dominic Riggio	LB	Western Michigan
20	229	Eddie Johnson	DT	Southern Methodist
21	252	Larry Cipa	QB	Michigan
22	253	Doug Neuendorf	OG	Toledo
23	276	George Spanish	RB	Minnesota State-Moorhead
24	277	Dave Boone	DE	Eastern Michigan
25	300	Jack Stebbins	QB	Jersey City State
26	301	Earl Garrett	DB	Massachusetts-Boston
27	324	Mike Kleinhenz	LB	Cincinnati
28	325	Loren Ducett	WR	Trinity (Connecticut)
29	348	Gary Yeoman	DB	Texas
30	349	Jessie Parks	DE	Jackson State
31	372	Larry Cates	DB	Western Michigan
32	373	Jim Rathje	RB	Northern Michigan
33	396	Howard Ebow	DB	Houston
34	397	Randy Walker	K	Northwestern State (Louisiana)
35	420	Rick Murphy	DB	Indiana State
36	421	Randy Grossman	TE	Temple

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	26	60	51	72	209
Opponents Totals	64	110	56	128	209

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		192										64	553
Opponents Totals		248										76	632

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	PTS
Bubba Wyche	8	0			0	56
Terry Phillips	4	1			0	29
Jim Rathje	3	2			0	23
Sam Scarber	3	1			0	22
Jon Henderson	3	0			0	21
Jesse Mims	2	1			0	15
Hubie Bryant	2	0			0	14
Billy Sadler	1	5			0	12
Eric Guthrie	0	0			3	9
Bruce Cullen	1	0			0	7
Joe Scales	0	1			0	1
Team Totals	27	11	27	40.7	3	209
Opponents Totals	45	13	45	28.9	10	358

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Sam Scarber	138	606	4.4	24	3
Jesse Mims	88	417	4.7	64	2
Billy Sadler	101	321	3.2	24	1
Bubba Wyche	51	265	5.2	27	8
Jim Rathje	28	80	2.9	17	1
Don Ratliff	19	56	2.9	21	0
Eric Guthrie	4	35	8.8	22	0
Bruce Shaw	6	22	3.7	13	0
Hubie Bryant	1	13	13.0	13	0
Dale Livingston	1	9	9.0	9	0
Lee Fobbs	8	6	0.8	7	0
Eugene Teague	1	3	3.0	3	0
Terry Phillips	3	1	0.3	10	0
Team Totals	449	1834	4.1	64	15
Opponents Totals	582	3172	5.5		22

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bubba Wyche	304	156	51.3	129	1869	6.1	12.0	68	10	3.3	19	6.3	37	364	1505	55.4
Eric Guthrie	21	7	33.3	12	79	3.8	11.3	22	1	4.8	2	9.5	6	52	27	21.8
Bruce Shaw	17	7	41.2	10	66	3.9	9.4	16t	1	5.9	0	0.0	9	56	10	72.2
Billy Sadler	1	1	100.0	0	33	33.0	33.0	33	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	5	28	118.8
Team Totals	343	171	49.9	151	2047	6.0	12.0	68	12	3.5	21	6.1	53	477	1570	54.6
Opponents Totals	296	147	49.7	131	2308	7.8	15.7		19	6.4	18	6.1	17	136	2172	72.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jon Henderson	30	406	13.5	49t	3
Sam Scarber	29	266	9.2	28	0
Terry Phillips	20	274	13.7	34	4
Hubie Bryant	19	328	17.3		2
Billy Sadler	18	156	8.7	68	0
Jesse Mims	16	109	6.8	17	0
Mickey McCarty	8	129	16.1	34	0
Charlie McKee	6	91	15.2	46	0
John Embree	4	63	15.8	31	0
Jim Rathje	4	53	13.3	41t	2
Joe Scales	4	46	11.5	16	0
Lee Fobbs	3	23	7.7	15	0
Dennis Macholz	3	19	6.3	7	0
Terry Williams	2	26	13.0	24	0
Sheldon Joppru	2	10	5.0	8	0
Terry Hoeppner	1	22	22.0	22	0
Bruce Cullen	1	20	20.0	20t	1
Clark Hoss	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	171	2047	12.0	68	12
Opponents Totals	147	2308	15.7		19

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Terry Hoeppner	5	64	12.8	35	0
Rocky Long	3	38	12.7	38	0
Dan Lintner	2	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Walker	2	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Kuhn	1	32	32.0	32	0
Mike Taylor	1	31	31.0	31	0
George Haynes	1	14	14.0	14	0
Charlie Battle	1	9	9.0	9	0
Renard Perkins	1	7	7.0	7	0
Reggie Holmes	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	18	195	10.8	38	0
Opponents Totals	21	263	12.5		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Chuck Collins	38	1428	37.6	53	0
Bubba Wyche	4	150	37.5	46	0
Eric Guthrie	29	984	33.9	53
Dale Livingston	4	132	33.0	40	0
Team Totals	75	2964	39.5
Opponents Totals	63	2477	39.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rocky Long	20	217	10.9	56	0
Billy Sadler	17	165	9.7	43	0
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Sadler	30	751	25.0	62	0
Rocky Long	14	402	28.7	51	0
Charlie McKee	2	43	21.5	26	0
Jon Henderson	1	21	21.0	21	0
Lee Fobbs	3	61	20.3	22	0
Larry Ratcliff	5	86	17.2	25	0
Jim Rathje	3	51	17.0	22	0
Terry Hoeppner	2	34	17.0	22	0
Jesse Mims					0
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals	29	18	11	18	29		0
Opponents Totals	28	18	10	18	28		1