1974 Memphis Southmen (WFL)

1st place Central Division 17-3-0 .850

Head Coach: John McVay

Joe Eaglowski	Defensive Line
Jay Fry	Offensive Line
Joe Galat	Linebackers
Bob Gibson	Offensive Backs
Jim Rountree	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Wed	7/10/1974	H	Detroit Wheels	34-15	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	31122
Thu	7/18/1974	H	Portland Storm	16-8	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	31088
Wed	7/24/1974	A	Birmingham Americans	33-58	L	Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	61319
Thu	8/1/1974	H	Southern California Sun	25-15	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	25176
Wed	8/7/1974	A	Philadelphia Bell	15-46	L	Philadelphia, PA	John F. Kennedy Stadium	12396
Wed	8/14/1974	A	Detroit Wheels	37-7	W	Ypsilanti, MI	Rynearson Stadium	14424
Wed	8/21/1974	H	The Hawaiians	60-8	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	25123
Wed	8/28/1974	A	Florida Blazers	26-18	W	Orlando, FL	Orlando Stadium	17128
Mon	9/2/1974	A	Jacksonville Sharks	16-13	W	Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	22169
Sat	9/7/1974	H	Houston Texans	45-0	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	15219
Wed	9/11/1974	H	Birmingham Americans	46-7	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	30674
Wed	9/18/1974	A	Chicago Fire	25-7	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	26678
Wed	9/25/1974	A	Shreveport Steamer	17-3	W	Shreveport, LA	Louisiana State Fair Stadium	21357
Wed	10/2/1974	H	Jacksonville Sharks	47-19	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	15016
Wed	10/9/1974	A	Charlotte Hornets	27-23	W	Charlotte, NC	American Legion Memorial Stadium	25133
Wed	10/16/1974	H	Florida Blazers	25-15	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	15334
Thu	10/24/1974	A	Portland Storm	25-26	L	Portland, OR	Civic Stadium	13288
Wed	10/30/1974	A	The Hawaiians	33-31	W	Honolulu, HI	Honolulu Stadium	20544
Thu	11/7/1974	H	Chicago Fire	49-24	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	14085
Wed	11/13/1974	H	Charlotte Hornets	28-22	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	13339
Playoff
Fri	11/29/1974	H	Florida Blazers	15-18	L	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	9692

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

Game Score Notes
9/7/1974	Houston Texans	Postponed from 9/6
10/24/1974	Portland Storm	Postponed from 10/23
10/30/1974	The Hawaiians	Postponed from 10/27
11/7/1974	Chicago Fire	Postponed from 11/6

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
56	Al Andrews	RLB	6-3	216	29	New Mexico State
76	Sylvester Bates	DT	6-3	268		Grambling State
22	Tim Beamer	WR	5-11	185	26	Illinois; Johnson C. Smith
99	Tom Beckman	LDE	6-5	250	24	Michigan	20
50	Tom Beutler	RLB	6-1	232	28	Toledo
63	Bracy Bonham	OG-FB	6-2	242	24	North Carolina Central
82	Steve Booras	LDE	6-4	250	26	Mesa CC
2	David Boyd	RCB	6-1	165	22	Fisk
58	Charlie Bray	LOG	6-0	255	29	Pratt CC; Central Oklahoma	20
81	Dick Bumpas	TE-LB	6-2	225	25	Arkansas
66	Jake Burkhardt	LLB	6-0	205	23	Dayton
73	Justin Canale	ROG	6-2	242	31	Mississippi State
41	Merl Code	RCB	6-0	195	26	North Carolina A&T State
77	Fest Cotton	LDT	6-3	258	25	Dayton
54	Wally Dempsey	LB	6-1	230	30	Los Angeles Pierce JC; Washington State
81	Ben Ellegood	DE	6-4	237	25	Kutztown
3	Bob Etter	K	5-11	154	29	Georgia		0
23	Jack Ettinger	WR	6-3	185	24	Arkansas
14	Jim Ettinger	QB	6-3	195	26	Kansas
71	Mike Gibbons	OT	6-4	262	23	Southwestern Oklahoma State
30	John Harvey	RB	6-1	185	24	Texas-Arlington	20
47	Emery Hicks	MLB	6-0	230	27	Kansas
20	Sonny Hicks	RCB	6-1	192	23	North Carolina A&T State
61	Wally Highsmith	LOT	6-4	238	31	Florida A&M
53	Ralph Hill	C	6-1	245	25	Florida A&M
88	Bob Houmard	TE	6-3	230	27	Ohio University
7	John Huarte	QB	6-0	188	31	Notre Dame	17
	John Hughes	DB	6-1	195	24	Ohio State
60	Herman Jackson	LB	5-10	220	22	Miami (Ohio)
74	John Jacquot	OG	6-2	235	23	Bowling Green State
36	J.J. Jennings	FB	6-1	220	22	Rutgers	20
68	Willie Lee Jones	RLB	6-1	220	26	Tampa
64	Tom Kruyer	OG-OT	6-2	245	25	Indiana
58	Bob Lally	MLB-RLV	6-2	230	22	Cornell	20
67	John LeHeup	RDT	6-2	250	23	South Carolina
83	Brent Longwell	TE	6-3	225	23	Nebraska
44	Bobby Majors	SS-P	6-1	193	25	Tennessee
89	Ed Marshall	WR	6-5	200	27	Ranger JC; Cameron	20
62	Ron Mikolajczyk	ROT-ROG	6-3	280	24	Marshall; Tampa	20
25	Paul Miles	RB	6-0	188	22	Bowling Green State
40	Seth Miller	SS	6-4	207	26	Arizona State
78	Chris Morris	OT-OG	6-3	250	25	Indiana
17	Gary Powell	RCB-WR	6-0	180	22	Indiana
90	Cecil Pryor	RDE-LDE	6-5	227	27	Michigan
	Tom Roussel	LB	6-3	235	29	Southern Mississippi
75	Dan Sartin	DT	6-1	245	28	Mississippi
85	Bill Schlegel	TE	6-1	212	22	Lehigh
43	Tony Schmid	RB	6-1	200	22	Ball State
98	Lucious Selmon	DT-LB	5-11	235	23	Oklahoma
87	Gary Shirk	TE	6-1	220	24	Morehead State
88	Larry Smiley	DE	6-4	250	24	Texas Southern
31	Willie Spencer	HB	6-4	235	21	none	16
94	Bill Stevenson	RDE	6-4	270	24	Drake
42	Billy Taylor	RB	5-10	205	25	Michigan
24	David Thomas	LCB	5-10	175	23	Texas Southern
45	Dick Thornton	FS	6-0	185	35	Northwestern
52	Charlie Tiblom	C	6-2	245	25	Central Connecticut State
	Mike Townsend	S	6-3	205	22	Notre Dame	1
84	Roger Wallace	WR	5-11	180	22	Bowling Green State
11	Danny White	QB-P	6-3	195	22	Arizona State

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	4	Bo Matthews	RB	Colorado
2	21	Kim McQuilken	QB	Lehigh
3	28	Norris Weese	QB	Mississippi
4	45	Steve Odom	WR	Utah
5	52	Benny Malone	WR	Arizona State
6	69	Lucious Selmon	DT	Oklahoma
7	76	Clyde Powers	DB	Oklahoma
8	93	Harold Hart	RB	Texas Southern
9	100	Bob Lally	LB	Cornell
10	117	J.J. Jennings	RB	Rutgers
11	124	Matt Blair	LB	Iowa State
12	141	Bill McDonald	C	Colorado
13	148	Dave Brooks	OG	Brigham Young
14	165	Gene Killian	OT	Tennessee
15	172	Don Clune	WR	Pennsylvania
16	189	Ned Guillet	DB	Boston College
17	196	Rex Humbarger	DE	North Texas
18	213	Larry Hunt	DT	Iowa State
19	220	Sylvester Bates	DT	Grambling State
20	237	Jack Ettinger	WR	Arkansas
21	244	Bobby Brooks	DB	Bishop
22	261	John Harvey	RB	Texas-Arlington
23	268	Albert Holmes	RB	Hawaii
24	285	Gary Pinkel	TE	Kent State
25	292	Bill Schlegel	TE	Lehigh
26	309	Mike Phillips	DT	Cornell
27	316	Charles Anthony	LB	Southern California
28	333	Billy Corbett	OG	Johnson C. Smith
29	340	Artimus Parker	DB	Southern California
30	357	Paul Miles	RB	Bowling Green State
31	364	Phil Polak	RB	Bowling Green State
32	381	Steve Joachim	QB	Temple
33	388	Brian Rollins	WR	Iowa
34	405	David Thomas	DB	Texas Southern
35	412	Barry Price	DT	Oklahoma State
36	429	Efren Herrera	K	UCLA

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	147	181	113	188
Opponents Totals	89	23	62	123

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		396	202	165	29							128	1177
Opponents Totals		334										98	858

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Ed Marshall	19	11			0	0		0	144
Willie Spencer	15	4			0	0		0	109
J.J. Jennings	13	3			0	0		0	94
Gary Shirk	7	8			0	0		0	57
John Harvey	7	4			0	0		0	53
Roger Wallace	5	5			0	0		0	40
Bob Etter	0	0			12	19	63.2	0	36
Paul Miles	3	1			0	0		0	22
Tim Beamer	2	0			0	0		0	14
Gary Powell	2	0			0	0		0	14
Bracy Bonham	1	0			0	0		0	7
Jack Ettinger	1	0			0	0		0	7
Jim Ettinger	1	0			0	0		0	7
Bobby Majors	1	0			0	0		0	7
David Thomas	1	0			0	0		0	7
Dick Thornton	1	0			0	0		0	7
Tom Beckman	0	0			0	0		1	2
Dick Bumpas	0	1			0	0		0	1
Brent Longwell	0	1			0	0		0	1
Team Totals	79	38	79	48.1	12	19	63.2	1	629
Opponents Totals	45	24	45	53.3	8			1	365

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
J.J. Jennings	322	1524	4.7	21	11
John Harvey	192	945	4.9	49t	6
Willie Spencer	178	788	4.4	30	15
Paul Miles	92	325	3.5	19	3
Danny White	24	103	4.3	15	0
John Huarte	21	81	3.9	16	0
Jim Ettinger	3	34	11.3	25	1
Ed Marshall	3	33	11.0	40	0
Bracy Bonham	2	8	4.0	6t	1
Tony Schmid	1	6	6.0	6	0
Tim Beamer	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	839	3852	4.6	49t	37
Opponents Totals	610	2194	3.6	59	16

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
John Huarte	294	154	52.4	124	2416	8.2	15.7	57	23	7.8	16	5.4	30	297	2119	83.4
Danny White	155	79	51.0	67	1190	7.7	15.1	56	12	7.7	9	5.8	6	78	1112	78.2
Jim Ettinger	14	7	50.0	6	133	9.5	19.0	45	1	7.1	1	7.1	2	16	117	77.4
John Harvey	3	2	66.7	1	61	20.3	30.5	48	1	33.3	0	0.0	0	0	61	149.3
Team Totals	468	242	51.7	200	3800	8.1	15.7	57	37	7.9	26	5.6	38	391	3409	82.2
Opponents Totals	610	330	54.1	242	4212	6.9	12.8	74	29	4.8	38	6.2	57	542	3670	65.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ed Marshall	60	1159	19.3	56	19
J.J. Jennings	46	431	9.4	36	2
Roger Wallace	39	674	17.3	51t	5
Gary Shirk	34	675	19.9	57	7
John Harvey	21	275	13.1	41	1
Paul Miles	15	123	8.2	25	0
Willie Spencer	11	139	12.6	34	0
Jack Ettinger	7	167	23.9	44	1
Tim Beamer	4	52	13.0	18	0
Dick Bumpas	3	36	12.0	18	0
Gary Powell	2	65	32.5	34t	2
Bob Houmard	1	9	9.0	9	0
Billy Taylor	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	242	3800	15.7	57	37
Opponents Totals	330	4212	12.8	74	29

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
David Thomas	10	161	16.1	60	1
Seth Miller	9	159	17.7	44	0
Dick Thornton	5	156	31.2	54t	1
Sonny Hicks	4	14	3.5	11	0
Bob Lally	3	18	6.0	13	0
Jake Burkhardt	3	10	3.3	5	0
Bobby Majors	1	55	55.0	55t	1
Bill Stevenson	1	23	23.0	23	0
Tom Beckman	1	18	18.0	18	0
Merl Code	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	38	614	16.2	60	3
Opponents Totals	26	258	9.9	28	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Danny White	80	3271	40.9	64	0
Bobby Majors	8	241	30.1	47	1
Team Totals	88	3512	39.9	64	2
Opponents Totals	110	3916	35.6	60	1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Roger Wallace	26	144	5.5	21
David Thomas	43	224	5.2	70
Bill Stevenson	1	31	31.0	31
Tim Beamer	2	42	21.0	32
Emery Hicks	1	16	16.0	16
Willie Lee Jones	1	15	15.0	15
John Hughes	1	4	4.0	4
Bobby Majors	2	-5	-2.5	-1
Team Totals	76	461	6.1	70
Opponents Totals	60	283	4.7	62

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tim Beamer	20	573	28.7	82t	1
Paul Miles	2	58	29.0	36	0
John Harvey	10	247	24.7	33	0
David Thomas	17	397	23.4	37	0
Willie Spencer	4	85	21.3	21	0
J.J. Jennings	4	80	20.0	25	0
Roger Wallace	4	76	19.0	31	0
Mike Townsend	1	17	17.0	17	0
David Boyd	2	33	16.5	20	0
Bobby Majors	5	51	10.2	20	0
Smith	1	5	5.0	5	0
Gary Shirk	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	71	1572	22.1	82t	1
Opponents Totals	107	2368	22.1	62	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	TD
Tim Beamer						1
Team Totals	36	20	16	31	47	1
Opponents Totals	51	31	20	20	40	0