1974 Houston Texans/Shreveport Steamer (WFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches, Draft

Larry Catuzzi	Offensive Backs
Ralph Cavalucci	Defensive Line
George Miles	Special Teams
Bill Muir	Offensive Line
Dick Pesonen	Defensive Backs
Joe Robb	Defensive Line
Marshall Taylor	Receivers
Don Trull	Quarterbacks
Bob Windish	Linebackers
Garland Boyette	Linebackers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result	Location	Venue	Attendance
Wed	7/10/1974	A	Chicago Fire	0-17	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	36150
Wed	7/17/1974	H	Philadelphia Bell	11-0	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	26227
Wed	7/24/1974	A	Florida Blazers	3-15	L		Orlando, FL	Orlando Stadium	15729
Wed	7/31/1974	H	Florida Blazers	7-6	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	16268
Wed	8/7/1974	A	Portland Storm	15-15	T	OT	Portland, OR	Civic Stadium	15686
Thu	8/15/1974	H	Southern California Sun	7-18	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	31227
Wed	8/21/1974	A	New York Stars	10-43	L		New York, NY	J.J. Downing Memorial Field	12042
Wed	8/28/1974	H	New York Stars	14-11	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	10126
Sun	9/1/1974	A	The Hawaiians	15-33	L		Honolulu, HI	Honolulu Stadium	10248
Sat	9/7/1974	A	Memphis Southmen	0-45	L		Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	15219
Wed	9/11/1974	H	The Hawaiians	17-24	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	9861
Thu	9/19/1974	A	Birmingham Americans	14-42	L		Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	33619
Wed	9/25/1974	H	Memphis Southmen	3-17	L		Shreveport, LA	Louisiana State Fair Stadium	21357
Wed	10/2/1974	H	Detroit Wheels	14-11	W		Shreveport, LA	Louisiana State Fair Stadium	22012
Wed	10/10/1974	A	Southern California Sun	23-25	L		Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	24223
Wed	10/16/1974	A	Philadelphia Bell	30-25	W		Philadelphia, PA	John F. Kennedy Stadium	750
Wed	10/23/1974	H	Detroit Wheels		-		Shreveport, LA	Louisiana State Fair Stadium
Wed	10/23/1974	H	Birmingham Americans	31-0	W		Shreveport, LA	Louisiana State Fair Stadium	24617
Wed	10/31/1974	H	Portland Storm	0-14	L		Shreveport, LA	Louisiana State Fair Stadium	20614
Wed	11/6/1974	H	Jacksonville Sharks		-		Shreveport, LA	Louisiana State Fair Stadium
Wed	11/6/1974	H	Charlotte Hornets	19-14	W		Shreveport, LA	Louisiana State Fair Stadium	10697
Wed	11/13/1974	A	Birmingham Americans	7-40	L		Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	14794

Schedule Notes
9/7/1974	Memphis Southmen	Postponed from 9/6
10/2/1974	Detroit Wheels	Moved from Detroit
10/10/1974	Southern California Sun	Postponed from 10/9
10/23/1974	Detroit Wheels	Canceled
10/31/1974	Portland Storm	Potsponed 10/30
11/6/1974	Jacksonville Sharks	Canceled

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Tom Bailey	75	OT	6-5	249	34	Alcorn State
John Baker	87	DE	6-5	260	32	Virginia Union; Norfolk State
Sonny Bishop	66	C-OG	6-2	243	35	Riverside CC; Fresno State
Harry Blackney	34	FB	6-0	202	27	Maryland; Wesley JC
Sid Blanks	42	RB	6-0	206	33	Texas A&M-Kingsville
Garland Boyette	52	MLB	6-1	237	34	Grambling State
Chad Brown	89	DE	6-5	245	27	East Texas A&M
Don Brumm	86	RDE	6-3	243	33	Purdue
Joe Carroll	57	WLB	6-1	220	24	Pittsburgh
Cornell Champion	40	RB	5-11	190	29	Trinidad State JC; UCLA
Terry Cole	32	RB	6-1	220	29	Indiana
Bob Creech	58	SLB	6-3	228	25	Texas Christian
Donnie Davis	88	TE	6-4	220	34	Southern University
Norm Davis	75	LOG-ROT	6-3	247	29	Grambling State
Al Dotson	71	RDT	6-4	258	31	Grambling State
Charlie Durkee	11	K	5-11	165	30	Oklahoma State		0
Rick Eber	15	WR	6-0	181	29	El Camino JC; Tulsa
Richmond Flowers	44	SS	6-0	183	27	Tennessee
Charley Frazier	28	WR	6-0	177	35	Texas Southern
Willie Frazier	83	TE	6-4	230	32	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Pat Gibbs	7	LCB-RCB	5-10	188	24	Lamar
Paul Gipson	0	RB	6-0	210	28	Houston
Rich Glover	71/79	LDE	6-1	240	24	Nebraska	8
Bart Goforth	54	C	6-3	235	24	Rice
B. Green
Joe Green	33	SS-FS	5-11	195	26	Bowling Green State
Charlie Hayes	77	OT-OG	6-4	270	27	Weber State
Glen Ray Hines	76	ROT	6-5	258	31	Arkansas
Sam Holden	78	ROT-LOT-LOG	6-3	258	27	Southern Illinois; Grambling State
Bruce Jankowski	28	WR	5-11	185	25	Ohio State
Daryl Johnson	23	RCB-LCB	5-11	190	28	Morgan State
Willie Jones	72	LDE	6-2	265	32	Kansas State
Jim Kanicki	73	LDT-RDT	6-4	270	33	Michigan State
Andy Kupp	70	LOG	6-3	250	25	Idaho
Chuck Latourette	14	P-K-WR	6-0	190	29	Rice
John Mallory	29	FS	6-0	188	28	West Virginia
John Matuszak	87	DE	6-8	290	24	Iowa Central CC; Missouri; Tampa	1
Don Maynard	13	WR	6-0	180	39	Rice; Texas-El Paso
Dave Mays	12	QB-P	6-1	204	25	Texas Southern
Mike McConnell	50	SLB	6-1	225	24	Fullerton JC; Oregon	7	3
Art McMahon	29	SS	5-11	188	28	North Carolina State
Warren McVea	6	RB	5-10	182	28	Houston
Dave Middendorf	68	OG	6-3	258	29	Washington State
Joe Miller	75	LOT-LOG	6-5	258	22	Villanova
Ed Mooney	62	WLB	6-2	230	29	Western Nebraska CC; Texas Tech
Jim Nance	35	FB	6-1	241	32	Syracuse	20
D.C. Nobles	3	QB	6-2	177	23	Houston
Johnny Odom	20	WR-P	6-3	195	25	Texas Tech	20
Willie Parker	74	LDT-RDT-LDE	6-2	266	29	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Bubba Pena	68	OG	6-2	250	25	Dean JC; Massachusetts
Rex Pitts	66	LOT	6-4	255	28	North Texas; Los Angeles State
Kenny Price	59	SLB-WLB	6-1	220	24	Iowa
Tom Regner	60	ROG-LOG	6-1	255	30	Notre Dame
Mike Richardson	24	FB	5-11	196	28	Southern Methodist
Jack Rizzo		RB	5-10	200	25	Lehigh
Joe Robb	84	LDE	6-3	238	37	Texas Christian
Virgil Robinson	47	RB	5-11	195	27	Grambling State
Ron Rydalch	81	RDT	6-4	250	22	Utah
Jim Shorter	21	CB	5-11	184	36	Detroit Mercy
Don Talbert	70	LOT-ROT	6-5	248	35	Texas
Mike Taliaferro	19	QB	6-2	205	33	Illinois
Harry Theofiledes	17	QB	5-10	180	30	Waynesburg
Durfey Thompson	45	MLB	6-0	228	23	Prairie View A&M
Rocky Thompson	22	HB	5-11	200	27	Hartnell JC; West Texas A&M
Don Trull	10	QB	6-1	189	33	Baylor
Dave Urie		C	6-5	240	27	Montana
John Vignone	13	S	6-0	190	30	Susquehanna
John Villapiano	41	LB	5-11	205	23	Bowling Green State
Loyd Wainscott	55	LB	6-1	235	28	Texas
Billy Walik	9	WR	5-11	180	27	Villanova
Cleo Walker	51	C	6-3	219	26	Louisville
Mike Walker	77	RDE	6-4	235	25	Tulane
Sammy Weir		WR	5-9	170	33	Arkansas State	1	0
Bob Wells	77	LOT	6-4	270	29	Johnson C. Smith
Warren Wells	26	WR	6-1	191	32	Texas Southern
Dick Westmoreland	25	CB	6-1	191	33	North Carolina A&T State
Clyde Williams	63	ROG-LOG-LOT-ROT	6-2	252	34	Southern University
Doug Winslow	21	WR	5-11	181	23	Drake
Billy Yoest	64	LOG-OT	6-0	251	23	North Carolina State
Paul Zaeske	82	WR	6-2	200	29	North Park

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	1	Dave Jaynes	QB	Kansas
2	24	Lynn Swann	WR	Southern California
3	25	Fred Cook	DE	Southern Mississippi
4	48	Haskel Stanback	RB	Tennessee
5	49	Cliff Taylor	RB	Memphis
6	72	Butch Veazey	TE	Mississippi
9	97	Greg Hare	RB	Ohio State
10	120	Noe Gonzales	QB	Texas State
11	121	Dan Scott	OT	Ohio State
12	144	Dan Dickel	LB	Iowa
13	145	Alvin Brown	DB	Oklahoma State
14	168	Ray Rhodes	RB	Tulsa
15	169	Don Woods	RB	New Mexico
16	192	John Holland	WR	Tennessee State
17	193	Scott Garske	TE	Eastern Washington
18	216	Robert Woods	LB	Howard Payne
19	217	Eddie Collins	WR	Rice
20	240	Keith Benson	WR	San Diego State
21	241	Shawney Wynn	DT	Tennessee State
22	264	Gerry Roberts	DT	UCLA
23	265	Mike Denimarck	LB	Emporia State
24	288	Frosty Anderson	WR	Nebraska
25	289	Billy Brittain	C	Kansas State
26	312	Pete Wessel	DB	Northwestern
27	313	Harry Holton	OT	Texas-El Paso
28	336	Ron Rydalch	DT	Utah
29	337	Rick Dvorak	LB	Wichita State
30	360	Bob Van Duyne	TE	Idaho
31	361	Dave Means	DT	Southeast Missouri State
32	384	LeFrancis Arnold	DT	Oregon
33	385	Bill Bryant	DB	Grambling State
34	408	Rick Hayes	OT	Washington
35	409	Ken Pettiford	QB	Tennessee State
36	432	Randy Woodfield	WR	Portland State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	76	51	37	69	7	240
Opponents Totals	113	98	97	100	7	240

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		304										132	1109
Opponents Totals		317										125	1202

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	PTS
Jim Nance	8	1			0	57
Rick Eber	5	0			0	35
Willie Frazier	4	1			0	29
Doug Winslow	3	1			0	22
Charlie Durkee	0	0			7	21
Paul Gipson	2	1			0	15
Johnny Odom	2	1			0	15
Mike Richardson	2	0			0	14
Daryl Johnson	1	0			0	7
John Mallory	1	0			0	7
Dave Mays	1	0			0	7
Warren McVea	1	0			0	7
D.C. Nobles	0	3			0	3
Donnie Davis	0	1			0	1
Team Totals	30	9	30	30.0	7	240
Opponents Totals	51	22	51	43.1	12	415

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Nance	300	1240	4.1	27	8
Paul Gipson	106	404	3.8	20	2
Mike Richardson	98	334	3.4	13	2
Warren McVea	70	219	3.1	20	0
D.C. Nobles	43	186	4.3	40	0
Rocky Thompson	44	183	4.2	24	0
Dave Mays	21	138	6.6	40	1
Virgil Robinson	31	100	3.2	16	0
Harry Blackney	17	54	3.2	9	0
Sid Blanks	11	28	2.5	9	0
Harry Theofiledes	4	21	5.3	16	0
Mike Taliaferro	7	21	3.0	12	0
Terry Cole	20	16	0.8	4	0
Doug Winslow	1	13	13.0	13t	1
Johnny Odom	1	6	6.0	6	0
Bruce Jankowski	1	4	4.0	4	0
Rick Eber	2	3	1.5	3	0
Don Trull	2	2	1.0	2	0
Chuck Latourette	1	-10	-10.0	-10	0
Frazier	1	-19	-19.0	-19	0
Team Totals	781	2945	3.8	40	14
Opponents Totals	717	2652	3.7		18

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Dave Mays	174	98	56.3	71	997	5.7	10.2	49	5	2.9	5	2.9	9	70	927	70.5
Mike Taliaferro	143	74	51.7	61	833	5.8	11.3	51t	5	3.5	8	5.6	16	139	694	57.8
D.C. Nobles	122	54	44.3	58	669	5.5	12.4	63t	4	3.3	10	8.2	15	156	513	38.6
Don Trull	31	16	51.6	13	117	3.8	7.3	15	0	0.0	2	6.5	4	35	82	33.9
Harry Theofiledes	17	6	35.3	10	32	1.9	5.3	16	0	0.0	1	5.9	3	22	10	19.5
Warren McVea	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Mike Richardson	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	489	238	48.7	225	2667	5.5	11.2	63t	14	2.9	26	5.3	47	422	2245	52.8
Opponents Totals	524	246	46.9	256	3239	6.2	13.2		27	5.2	22	4.2	28	50	3189	66.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rick Eber	66	771	11.7	63t	5
Johnny Odom	42	545	13.0	51t	2
Willie Frazier	24	262	10.9	29t	4
Mike Richardson	19	158	8.3	19	0
Donnie Davis	18	280	15.6	30	0
Jim Nance	14	84	6.0	23	0
Paul Gipson	10	59	5.9	23	0
Doug Winslow	8	67	8.4	15t	2
Bruce Jankowski	5	152	30.4	52	0
Don Maynard	5	62	12.4	17	0
Charley Frazier	5	59	11.8	24	0
Warren McVea	5	44	8.8	19t	1
Rocky Thompson	4	38	9.5	14	0
Virgil Robinson	4	9	2.3	16	0
Harry Blackney	3	20	6.7	11	0
Sid Blanks	3	9	3.0	11	0
Paul Zaeske	2	12	6.0	6	0
Terry Cole	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	238	2667	11.2	63t	14
Opponents Totals	246	3239	13.2		27

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Pat Gibbs	8	126	15.8	30	0
John Mallory	5	98	19.6	59	0
Daryl Johnson	4	60	15.0	57	1
Garland Boyette	2	9	4.5	9	0
Joe Green	1	3	3.0	3	0
Art McMahon	1	3	3.0	3	0
Richmond Flowers	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	22	299	13.6	59	1
Opponents Totals	26	415	16.0		3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Johnny Odom	114	4313	37.8	58
Chuck Latourette	12	432	36.0	51	0
Dave Mays	13	445	34.2	47
Team Totals	139
Opponents Totals	122

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Garland Boyette	1	16	16.0	16	0
Doug Winslow	16	207	12.9	22	0
Paul Gipson	1	12	12.0	12	0
Billy Walik	11	98	8.9		0
Pat Gibbs	2	13	6.5	8	0
Mike Richardson	14	84	6.0	26	0
Daryl Johnson	1	6	6.0	6	0
John Vignone	2	11	5.5	6	0
Sid Blanks	3	16	5.3	10	0
John Mallory	10	44	4.4	17	0
Joe Green	3	13	4.3	10	0
Rocky Thompson	3	5	1.7	7	0
Chuck Latourette	6	6	1.0	5	0
Bruce Jankowski	2	2	1.0	2	0
Jack Rizzo	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					2

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Virgil Robinson	3	76	25.3	35	0
Richmond Flowers	17	385	22.6	36	0
Rocky Thompson	14	294	21.0	31	0
Terry Cole	5	97	19.4	25	0
Sid Blanks	2	33	16.5	24	0
Billy Walik	9	148	16.4	27	0
Joe Green	13	213	16.4	29	0
Mike Richardson	7	113	16.1	27	0
Jack Rizzo	1	15	15.0	15	0
Donnie Davis	4	43	10.8	25	0
Harry Blackney	1	9	9.0	9	0
John Villapiano	1	9	9.0	9	0
Paul Gipson	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	TD
John Mallory						1
Team Totals	48	25	23	23	46	1
Opponents Totals	36	23	13	25	38	0