1974 Florida Blazers (WFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches, Draft

Ray Callahan	Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Gary Collins	Receivers
Brad Ecklund	Defensive Line
Ross Fichtner	Defensive Backs
Wayne Millner	Special Teams
Fred O'Connor	Offensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Wed	7/10/1974	H	The Hawaiians	8-7	W	Orlando, FL	Orlando Stadium	18625
Wed	7/17/1974	A	Detroit Wheels	18-14	W	Ypsilanti, MI	Rynearson Stadium	10631
Wed	7/24/1974	H	Houston Texans	15-3	W	Orlando, FL	Orlando Stadium	15729
Wed	7/31/1974	A	Houston Texans	6-7	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	16268
Wed	8/7/1974	A	Chicago Fire	46-21	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	31193
Wed	8/14/1974	H	Jacksonville Sharks	33-26	W	Orlando, FL	Orlando Stadium	23890
Wed	8/21/1974	H	Portland Storm	11-7	W	Orlando, FL	Orlando Stadium	15451
Wed	8/28/1974	H	Memphis Southmen	18-26	L	Orlando, FL	Orlando Stadium	17128
Mon	9/2/1974	A	Birmingham Americans	7-8	L	Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	36529
Fri	9/6/1974	A	New York Stars	17-15	W	New York, NY	J.J. Downing Memorial Field	3830
Wed	9/11/1974	H	Detroit Wheels	14-15	L	Orlando, FL	Orlando Stadium	11511
Wed	9/18/1974	H	Philadelphia Bell	24-21	W	Orlando, FL	Orlando Stadium	10417
Thu	9/26/1974	H	Chicago Fire	29-0	W	Orlando, FL	Orlando Stadium	16679
Wed	10/2/1974	A	Philadelphia Bell	30-7	W	Philadelphia, PA	John F. Kennedy Stadium	7150
Wed	10/9/1974	A	Jacksonville Sharks		-	Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl
Wed	10/9/1974	A	Chicago Fire	45-17	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	23298
Wed	10/16/1974	A	Memphis Southmen	15-25	L	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	15334
Wed	10/23/1974	A	Charlotte Hornets	15-11	W	Charlotte, NC	American Legion Memorial Stadium	23613
Wed	10/30/1974	A	Birmingham Americans	18-26	L	Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	21872
Thu	11/7/1974	H	Portland Storm	23-0	W	Orlando, FL	Orlando Stadium	11672
Thu	11/14/1974	A	Southern California Sun	27-24	W	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	28213
Playoff
Thu	11/21/1974	H	Philadelphia Bell	18-3	W	Orlando, FL	Orlando Stadium	9712
Playoff
Fri	11/29/1974	A	Memphis Southmen	18-15	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	9692
World Bowl
Thu	12/5/1974	A	Birmingham Americans	21-22	L	Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	32376

Schedule Notes
9/26/1974	Chicago Fire	Postponed from 9/25
10/9/1974	Jacksonville Sharks	Canceled
10/23/1974	Charlotte Hornets	Moved from Orlando
10/30/1974	Birmingham Americans	Moved from Orlando
11/7/1974	Portland Storm	Moved from Portland; Postponed from 11/6
11/14/1974	Southern California Sun	Postponed from 11/13

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Dick Amman	73	DE-DT	6-5	242	24	Florida State	8
Roger Anderson	71	LDT	6-5	263	32	Virginia Union
Rick Anthony	61	ROG	6-2	244	23	South Carolina
Chuck Beatty	44	RS	6-2	203	28	North Texas	20
Boice Best	58	DT	6-0	245	23	Texas A&M
Tim Brannan	62	LOG	6-1	241	24	Maryland	20	20
Henry Brown	23	WR-P	6-2	206	27	Crowder JC; Missouri	2
Hubie Bryant	42	WR	5-10	168	28	Minnesota
Leonard Bryant	22	CB	6-0	180	25	Morris Brown
Rich Buzin	77	ROT	6-4	251	28	Penn State
Ernie Calloway	78	LDT-DE	6-6	241	26	Texas Southern
Gary Collins	86	WR-P	6-4	211	34	Maryland	3
Lonnie Crittenden	47	WR	6-0	185	23	Hutchinson CC; Texas-El Paso
Eric Crone	10	QB	6-3	197	24	Harvard
Bob Davis	12	QB	6-3	205	29	Virginia	20	20
Tommy Davis	73	DE-DT	6-0	255	29	Tennessee State
Larry Ely	59	MLB	6-1	230	27	Iowa	20
Miller Farr	20	LCB	6-1	190	31	Wichita State
Rod Foster	39	S	6-0	200	23	Harvard
Bill Gatti	35	RB	5-10	217	25	Louisville
Larry Grantham	60	RLB-MLB	6-0	204	36	Mississippi
Rickie Harris	46	LS	6-0	182	31	East Los Angeles JC; Arizona
Billie Hayes	15	RCB	6-1	175	27	Riverside CC; San Diego State	20
W.K. Hicks	33	RS	6-1	191	32	Texas Southern
John Hilton	89	TE	6-5	222	32	Richmond
Billy Hobbs	55	RLB-P	6-0	220	28	Texas A&M
Dickie James	40	RB	6-2	196	23	Cincinnati
Mitch Johnson	64	LOT	6-4	249	32	Los Angeles State; UCLA	20	20
Mike Kaczmarek	85	LB	6-4	235	23	Southern Illinois	12
Ted Lachowicz	57	C-OG	6-1	235	24	Syracuse
Greg Latta	88	TE	6-3	225	22	Morgan State	20
Ron Maree	74	ROT	6-6	275	25	Purdue
Matt Maslowski	83	WR	6-3	210	25	San Diego
Mike McBath	76	RDT	6-4	249	28	Penn State
Cliff McClain	42	RB	6-0	215	27	South Carolina State
Buddy Palazzo	8	QB	6-0	199	23	Southern Mississippi
Luther Palmer	38	TE	6-2	225	25	Virginia Union
Mel Parker	79	DE	6-2	228	23	Ellsworth CC; Duke
Dan Peiffer	62	C	6-3	251	23	Ellsworth CC; Southeast Missouri State	20	20
Les Perry	36	K	6-0	228	26	Concordia (Moorhead)		0
Don Ratliff	85	LDE	6-5	250	24	Maryland	7	3
Tommy Reamon	21	RB	5-10	192	22	Fort Scott CC; Missouri	20
John Ricca	82	RDE	6-6	252	22	Duke
Eddie Richardson	80	WR	6-3	195	22	Merritt JC; Howard	10
Walt Rock	67	OT	6-5	252	33	Maryland
Louis Ross	81	LDE	6-6	248	27	South Carolina State	17
Bob Rush	53	TE	6-3	233	23	Boston College
Eddie Sheats	84	LLB	6-2	224	23	Hutchinson CC; Kansas	20
Dave Strock	9	P-K	6-2	220	26	Virginia Tech	9	0
Jim Strong	28	RB	6-1	204	28	Houston	20
Richard Trapp	42	WR	6-1	175	28	Florida	3	2
Cecil Turner		WR	5-10	170	30	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
Paul Vellano	72	LDT	6-3	250	22	Maryland
Billy Walik	9	WR	5-11	180	27	Villanova	5	0
A.D. Whitfield	25	RB	5-10	200	31	North Texas
Clancy Williams	24	CB	6-2	197	32	Washington State
Del Williams	70	OG	6-2	250	29	Florida State
Larry Willis	33	CB	5-11	170	26	Phoenix JC; Texas-El Paso
Billy Yoest	63	ROG	6-0	251	23	North Carolina State

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	11	Barty Smith	RB	Richmond
2	20	Waymond Bryant	LB	Tennessee State
3	35	Paul Vellano	DT	Maryland
4	38	Gordie Browne	OT	Boston College
5	59	Bill Wyman	C	Texas
6	62	Gerald Tinker	WR	Kent State
7	83	Bart Purvis	OT	Maryland
8	86	Billy Yoest	OG	North Carolina State
9	107	Carl Summerell	QB	East Carolina
10	110	Greg Latta	TE	Morgan State
11	131	Ken Pope	DB	Oklahoma
12	134	Rick Druschel	OT	North Carolina State
13	155	Lonnie Crittenden	WR	Texas-El Paso
14	158	Mark van Eeghen	RB	Colgate
15	179	Jim McCollum	DT	Kentucky
16	182	Jessie Wolf	DT	Prairie View A&M
17	203	Joe Sullivan	DT	Boston College
18	206	Ken Sawyer	DB	Syracuse
19	227	Willie Cullars	DE	Kansas State
20	230	Ron McNeil	DE	North Carolina Central
21	251	Jimmie Davis	OG	Alcorn State
22	254	Danny Colbert	DB	Tulsa
23	275	Tommy Reamon	RB	Missouri
24	278	Maury Damkroger	RB	Nebraska
25	299	Mike McCoy	DB	Western Kentucky
26	302	Noah Jackson	OG	Tampa
27	323	Evan Jolitz	LB	Cincinnati
28	326	Fred Tabron	RB	Missouri State
29	347	Bob Rush	TE	Boston College
30	350	Jim Wolf	DE	Prairie View A&M
31	371	Mark Sheridan	WR	Holy Cross
32	374	Dave Parham	OG	Mississippi
33	395	Dave Simonson	OT	Minnesota
34	398	Pat Kelly	LB	Richmond
35	419	LeRoy Hegge	DE	South Dakota-Springfield
36	422	Eddie Richardson	WR	Howard

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	98	89	99	133	419
Opponents Totals	49	82	60	89	419

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		324	154	146	24							148	1365
Opponents Totals		309	142	138	29							135	910

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Tommy Reamon	14	3			0			0	101
Greg Latta	9	4			0			0	67
Matt Maslowski	7	4			0			0	53
Jim Strong	6	3			0			0	45
Dickie James	5	1			0			0	36
Les Perry	0	0			6			0	18
Bob Davis	2	0			0			0	14
Dave Strock	0	0			4	8	50.0	0	12
Hubie Bryant	1	2			0			0	9
Bill Gatti	1	1			0			0	8
Leonard Bryant	1	0			0			0	7
Gary Collins	1	0			0			0	7
Rod Foster	1	0			0			0	7
Billy Hobbs	1	0			0			0	7
Buddy Palazzo	1	0			0			0	7
Eddie Sheats	1	0			0			0	7
A.D. Whitfield	1	0			0			0	7
John Hilton	0	3			0			0	3
Louis Ross	0	0			0			1	2
Luther Palmer	0	1			0			0	1
Eddie Richardson	0	1			0			0	1
Team Totals	52	23	52	44.2	10	20	50.0	1	419
Opponents Totals	35	11	35	31.4	8	16	50.0	0	280

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tommy Reamon	386	1576	4.1	55	11
Jim Strong	183	683	3.7	15	4
Dickie James	73	344	4.7	64t	5
A.D. Whitfield	71	202	2.8	29t	1
Bill Gatti	45	161	3.6	17	1
Bob Davis	28	94	3.4	14	2
Buddy Palazzo	7	18	2.6	15t	1
Eddie Richardson	1	16	16.0	16	0
Greg Latta	5	14	2.8	12	0
Billy Hobbs	1	5	5.0	5	0
Eric Crone	4	2	0.5	3	0
Cliff McClain	1	1	1.0	1	0
Lonnie Crittenden	2	-1	-0.5	6	0
Matt Maslowski	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Hubie Bryant	4	-18	-4.5	0	0
Team Totals	811	3096	3.8	64t	25
Opponents Totals	686	2448	3.6	49	19

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bob Davis	414	227	54.8	164	3079	7.4	13.6	62	21	5.1	23	5.6	27	222	2857	72.5
Eric Crone	10	4	40.0	5	34	3.4	8.5	16	0	0.0	1	10.0	2	15	19	10.0
Buddy Palazzo	5	3	60.0	1	23	4.6	7.7	17	0	0.0	1	20.0	1	15	8	31.7
Tommy Reamon	4	3	75.0	1	152	38.0	50.7	60t	2	50.0	0	0.0	0	0	152	156.3
Matt Maslowski	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	435	237	54.5	173	3288	7.6	13.9	62	23	5.3	25	5.7	30	252	3036	72.7
Opponents Totals	497	219	44.1	249	3062	6.2	14.0	57	15	3.0	29	5.8	58	537	2525	50.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Strong	47	429	9.1	20	2
Matt Maslowski	45	850	18.9	60t	7
Greg Latta	39	815	20.9	53	9
Tommy Reamon	38	336	8.8	43t	3
Hubie Bryant	23	379	16.5	62	1
A.D. Whitfield	15	146	9.7	19	0
John Hilton	7	83	11.9	20	0
Bill Gatti	7	76	10.9	20	0
Dickie James	5	54	10.8	19	0
Eddie Richardson	4	57	14.3	24	0
Richard Trapp	3	11	3.7	7	0
Gary Collins	2	34	17.0	19t	1
Lonnie Crittenden	1	12	12.0	12	0
Luther Palmer	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	237	3288	13.9	62	23
Opponents Totals	219	3062	14.0	57	15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billie Hayes	6	105	17.5	36	0
Miller Farr	6	86	14.3	39	0
Eddie Sheats	5	41	8.2	32t	1
Billy Hobbs	4	97	24.3	39	0
Rod Foster	2	31	15.5	22	0
Larry Grantham	2	27	13.5	18	0
Rickie Harris	2	21	10.5	21	0
John Ricca	1	75	75.0	75	0
Larry Ely	1	36	36.0	36	0
Chuck Beatty	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	30	525	17.5	75	1
Opponents Totals	25	328	13.1	57	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Billy Hobbs	56	2053	36.7	65
Dave Strock	29	1157	39.9	53
Gary Collins	4	137	34.3	43	0
Henry Brown	12	410	34.2	55	0
Team Totals	103	3869	37.6	65
Opponents Totals	122	4587	37.6	63

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rod Foster	25	280	11.2	86t	1
Rickie Harris	28	158	5.6	14	0
Larry Willis	2	32	16.0	19	0
Hubie Bryant	8	76	9.5	27	0
Billy Walik	13	78	6.0	22	0
Leonard Bryant	1	6	6.0	6	0
Bill Gatti	1	5	5.0	5	0
Luther Palmer	1	5	5.0	5	0
Dickie James	2	4	2.0	3	0
Tommy Reamon	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	80	612	7.7	86t	2
Opponents Totals	55	201	3.7	30	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Dickie James	20	539	27.0	82
Tommy Reamon	6	168	28.0	42
Les Perry	1	25	25.0	25
A.D. Whitfield	3	61	20.3	22
Rod Foster	13	237	18.2	27
Larry Willis	4	69	17.3	26
Bill Gatti	5	76	15.2	16
Henry Brown	1	15	15.0	15
Ron Maree	1	14	14.0	14
Eddie Richardson	1	12	12.0	12
Billy Walik	1	10	10.0	10
John Ricca	1	2	2.0	2
Matt Maslowski	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	60	1235	20.6	82
Opponents Totals	81	1691	20.9	72

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals	46	26	20	26	46		0
Opponents Totals	39	26	13	26	39		1