1975 Charlotte Hornets (WFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern 6-5-0 .545 |
| Head Coach: Bob Gibson |
| Tom Beer | Receivers |
| Jimmy Clark | Offensive Line |
| Joe Clark | Offensive Line |
| Lindy Infante | Defensive Backs |
| Herb Paterra | Linebackers |
| Jim Vechiarella | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/12/1975 | A | The Hawaiians | 14-32 | L | Honolulu, HI | Halawa Stadium | 16000 | |
| Sat | 7/19/1975 | H | Chicago Winds | 22-21 | W | Winston-Salem, NC | Groves Stadium | 2231 | |
| Sat | 7/26/1975 | A | San Antonio Wings | 10-27 | L | San Antonio, TX | Alamo Stadium | 12325 | |
| Sat | 8/9/1975 | A | Memphis Southmen | 11-23 | L | Memphis, TN | Liberty Bowl | 19729 | |
| Sat | 8/16/1975 | H | San Antonio Wings | 27-20 | W | Charlotte, NC | American Legion Memorial Stadium | 8447 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1975 | A | Jacksonville Express | 33-14 | W | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 16428 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1975 | H | Philadelphia Bell | 10-0 | W | Charlotte, NC | American Legion Memorial Stadium | 10564 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1975 | A | Southern California Sun | 30-22 | W | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 13405 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1975 | A | Birmingham Vulcans | 16-22 | L | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 18500 | |
| Sat | 9/27/1975 | H | Southern California Sun | 17-24 | L | Charlotte, NC | American Legion Memorial Stadium | 17000 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1975 | A | Chicago Winds | - | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | |||
| Sun | 10/5/1975 | A | Shreveport Steamer | 39-14 | W | Shreveport, LA | Louisiana State Fair Park | 20470 | |
| Sat | 10/12/1975 | H | Jacksonville Express | 22-15 | W | Charlotte, NC | American Legion Memorial Stadium | 7468 | |
| Sat | 10/18/1975 | A | Philadelphia Bell | 10-18 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Stadium | 1293 | |
| Sat | 10/25/1975 | H | The Hawaiians | - | Charlotte, NC | American Legion Memorial Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/2/1975 | H | Shreveport Steamer | - | Charlotte, NC | American Legion Memorial Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/9/1975 | H | Portland Thunder | - | Charlotte, NC | American Legion Memorial Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/16/1975 | H | Birmingham Vulcans | - | Charlotte, NC | American Legion Memorial Stadium | |||
| Sat | 11/29/1975 | H | Shreveport Steamer | - | Charlotte, NC | American Legion Memorial Stadium | |||
| Sun | 12/7/1975 | H | Memphis Southmen | - | Charlotte, NC | American Legion Memorial Stadium | |||
| Sat | 12/13/1975 | A | Portland Thunder | - | Portland, OR | Civic Stadium | |||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/5/1975 | Chicago Winds | Canceled |
| 10/25/1975 | The Hawaiians | Canceled |
| 11/2/1975 | Shreveport Steamer | Canceled |
| 11/9/1975 | Portland Thunder | Canceled |
| 11/16/1975 | Birmingham Vulcans | Canceled |
| 11/29/1975 | Shreveport Steamer | Canceled |
| 12/7/1975 | Memphis Southmen | Canceled |
| 12/13/1975 | Portland Thunder | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bennie Barbour | 86 | RDE | 6-2 | 235 | 22 | Winston-Salem State | 3 | 2 |
| Dave Benson | 45 | LLB-RLB | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | Weber State | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Blake | 47 | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Ball State | 4 | 0 |
| Bracy Bonham | 60 | OG | 6-2 | 242 | 25 | North Carolina Central | 2 | 0 |
| Jere Brown | 51 | WLB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Villanova | 11 | 11 |
| Darrel Bunge | 70 | LOT-ROG | 6-2 | 253 | 23 | Minnesota | 10 | 10 |
| John Bushong | 60 | DE | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Butler | 66 | ROG | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Appalachian State | 10 | 8 |
| Carter Campbell | 77 | RDE | 6-3 | 234 | 28 | Treasure Valley JC; Weber State | 2 | 2 |
| Dana Carpenter | 61 | MLB | 5-11 | 235 | 24 | South Carolina | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Chandler | 50 | SLB | 6-2 | 224 | 25 | Minnesota | 11 | 10 |
| Randy Cobb | 17 | WR | 6-1 | 180 | 22 | Golden West JC; Duke | 10 | 1 |
| Carl Collins | 73 | LOT-RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | North Carolina A&T State | 8 | 4 |
| John Culpepper | 64 | LOG | 6-2 | 248 | 22 | California | 11 | 9 |
| David Douglas | 74 | RDT | 6-1 | 240 | 24 | Morgan State | 11 | 10 |
| Brian Dowling | 10 | QB | 6-2 | 207 | 28 | Yale | 8 | 1 |
| Greg Dubinetz | 59 | ROG | 6-4 | 260 | 21 | Yale | 1 | 1 |
| Jerry Ellison | 67 | RDE-LDE | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Ranger JC; North Texas | 8 | 3 |
| Tom Embrey | 45 | LB | 6-2 | 212 | 23 | North Carolina | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Ford | 46 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Texas Southern | 4 | 0 |
| Jerome Gantt | 76 | ROT | 6-4 | 266 | 27 | North Carolina Central | 11 | 11 |
| Tim George | 36 | WR | 6-5 | 218 | 24 | Carson-Newman | 4 | 3 |
| Cliff Greenfield | 82 | LDE | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Morgan State | 7 | 6 |
| Sonny Hicks | 9 | RCB | 6-1 | 192 | 24 | North Carolina A&T State | 11 | 11 |
| Don Highsmith | 32 | HB | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | Michigan State | 11 | 11 |
| Terry Hoeppner | 28 | FS-SS | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | Franklin | 9 | 0 |
| Marty Huff | 54 | MLB | 6-2 | 234 | 27 | Michigan | 11 | 11 |
| Glenn Hyde | 77 | OT-OG | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 |
| John Jacquot | 65 | LOG | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Bowling Green State | 5 | 1 |
| Lewis Jolley | 44 | FB | 5-11 | 210 | 26 | North Carolina | 11 | 11 |
| Kreg Kapitan | 25 | WR | 6-3 | 203 | 26 | Minnesota State | 7 | 7 |
| Greg Lens | 69 | LDT | 6-5 | 261 | 30 | Trinity (Texas) | 11 | 11 |
| Dave Margavage | 65 | ROG | 6-4 | 240 | 24 | Kentucky | 4 | 0 |
| Molly McGee | 27 | RB | 5-10 | 184 | 23 | Rhode Island | 3 | 0 |
| Lee McGriff | 11 | WR | 5-9 | 163 | 22 | Florida | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Montgomery | 67 | OT | 6-2 | 245 | 24 | William & Mary | 1 | 0 |
| Zennie Parker | 72 | OT | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Northeastern State | 1 | 0 |
| Ray Parson | 83 | TE | 6-4 | 250 | 28 | McCook CC; Minnesota | 9 | 7 |
| Pete Rajecki | 3 | K | 5-9 | 170 | 26 | Georgia | 11 | 0 |
| Art Reynolds | 55 | SLB | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Tennessee | 1 | 1 |
| Robby Reynolds | 15 | P | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | South Carolina | 11 | 0 |
| Randy Rhino | 8 | FS | 5-9 | 185 | 22 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 4 |
| Dave Richards | RB-WR | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Wilson JC; Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 0 | |
| Len St. Jean | 60 | LOG | 6-1 | 244 | 34 | Northern Michigan | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Shears | 23 | LCB | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 11 | 11 |
| Tom Sherman | 19 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | Penn State | 11 | 10 |
| Marty Smith | 72 | LDT-RDT | 6-3 | 250 | 22 | Louisville | 8 | 0 |
| Rollen Smith | DB | 6-1 | 186 | 24 | Garden City CC; Arkansas | 2 | 0 | |
| John Sykes | 21 | HB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Morgan State | 9 | 0 |
| Ike Thomas | 22 | SS | 6-2 | 193 | 28 | Bishop | 11 | 11 |
| James Thompson | 48 | WR | 6-0 | 178 | 22 | Memphis | 9 | 3 |
| Charlie Tiblom | 52 | C | 6-2 | 245 | 26 | Central Connecticut State | 11 | 11 |
| J.T. Turner | 85 | LDE-RDE-LDT | 6-3 | 250 | 22 | Duke | 11 | 9 |
| Bryan White | 24 | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 192 | 30 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 8 | 0 |
| Ed White | 36 | FB | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | Tulsa | 1 | 0 |
| Danny Whyte | 80 | TE | 6-1 | 245 | 24 | Johnson C. Smith | 11 | 4 |
| Matt Williams | 36 | FB | 5-10 | 205 | 24 | Baylor; Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Woodcock | 20 | FS | 6-1 | 180 | 23 | Kentucky | 7 | 7 |
| Al Young | 29 | WR | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | South Carolina State | 9 | 9 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 37 | 75 | 28 | 85 | 225 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 36 | 37 | 83 | 225 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 159 | 61 | 69 | 19 | 70 | 529 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals | 186 | 93 | 79 | 14 | 70 | 575 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Highsmith | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | |||
| Lewis Jolley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |||
| Pete Rajecki | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 0 | 27 | ||
| Kreg Kapitan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |||
| Tim George | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Danny Whyte | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Randy Cobb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| James Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Brian Dowling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Randy Rhino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Ike Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| J.T. Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Ray Parson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Tom Sherman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Al Young | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Team Totals | 26 | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 0 | 225 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 10 | 24 | 41.7 | 7 | 0 | 199 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Highsmith | 211 | 550 | 2.6 | 39 | 11 |
| Lewis Jolley | 118 | 403 | 3.4 | 45 | 3 |
| John Sykes | 26 | 132 | 5.1 | 47 | 0 |
| Molly McGee | 17 | 99 | 5.8 | 43 | 0 |
| Tom Sherman | 34 | 53 | 1.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Brian Dowling | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 13 | 1 |
| Dave Blake | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Ford | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Ed White | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Matt Williams | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lee McGriff | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 429 | 1285 | 3.0 | 47 | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 422 | 1834 | 4.3 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Sherman | 193 | 96 | 49.7 | 88 | 1378 | 7.1 | 14.4 | 57t | 7 | 3.6 | 9 | 4.7 | 11 | 203 | 1175 | 65.9 |
| Brian Dowling | 55 | 30 | 54.5 | 19 | 383 | 7.0 | 12.8 | 27 | 1 | 1.8 | 6 | 10.9 | 1 | 4 | 379 | 43.0 |
| John Sykes | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 118.8 |
| Team Totals | 249 | 127 | 51.0 | 107 | 1781 | 7.2 | 14.0 | 57t | 8 | 3.2 | 15 | 6.0 | 13 | 120 | 1661 | 60.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 306 | 141 | 46.1 | 146 | 1737 | 5.7 | 12.3 | 9 | 2.9 | 19 | 6.2 | 7 | 63 | 1674 | 48.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Thompson | 19 | 277 | 14.6 | 29 | 1 |
| Don Highsmith | 18 | 177 | 9.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Danny Whyte | 13 | 252 | 19.4 | 57t | 1 |
| Al Young | 13 | 198 | 15.2 | 37 | 0 |
| Lewis Jolley | 13 | 134 | 10.3 | 51 | 1 |
| Tim George | 11 | 175 | 15.9 | 53 | 2 |
| Kreg Kapitan | 11 | 150 | 13.6 | 27 | 2 |
| Ray Parson | 10 | 136 | 13.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Randy Cobb | 7 | 112 | 16.0 | 23 | 1 |
| Lee McGriff | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 44 | 0 |
| John Sykes | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Ed White | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Randy Rhino | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Matt Williams | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Molly McGee | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 127 | 1781 | 14.0 | 8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 141 | 1737 | 12.3 | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Shears | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 43 | 0 |
| Randy Rhino | 3 | 109 | 36.3 | 84t | 1 |
| Ike Thomas | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Jere Brown | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Marty Huff | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Chandler | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Jeff Woodcock | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Terry Hoeppner | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Sonny Hicks | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bryan White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 331 | 17.4 | 84t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 133 | 8.9 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robby Reynolds | 65 | 2556 | 39.3 | 59 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 67 | 2635 | 39.3 | 59 | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 2506 | 41.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Rhino | 23 | 214 | 9.3 | 50 | 0 |
| J.T. Turner | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| James Thompson | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 15 | 0 |
| John Sykes | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Randy Cobb | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Ike Thomas | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 320 | 8.2 | 50 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 144 | 3.7 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ike Thomas | 16 | 397 | 24.8 | 92t | 1 |
| Randy Rhino | 10 | 264 | 26.4 | 50 | 0 |
| White | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 42 | 0 |
| John Sykes | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Matt Williams | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Lewis Jolley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Carl Collins | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Blake | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Ray Parson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 930 | 22.7 | 92t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 1092 | 23.2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
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