1975 Charlotte Hornets (WFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches

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

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
86	Bennie Barbour	RDE	6-2	235	22	Winston-Salem State	3	2
45	Dave Benson	LLB-RLB	6-3	235	24	Weber State	8	0
47	Dave Blake	RB	6-0	210	23	Ball State	4	0
60	Bracy Bonham	OG	6-2	242	25	North Carolina Central	2	0
51	Jere Brown	WLB	6-2	220	23	Villanova	11	11
70	Darrel Bunge	LOT-ROG	6-2	253	23	Minnesota	10	10
60	John Bushong	DE	6-4	250	23	Western Kentucky	3	0
66	Larry Butler	ROG	6-3	250	23	Appalachian State	10	8
77	Carter Campbell	RDE	6-3	234	28	Treasure Valley JC; Weber State	2	2
61	Dana Carpenter	MLB	5-11	235	24	South Carolina	11	0
50	Tom Chandler	SLB	6-2	224	25	Minnesota	11	10
17	Randy Cobb	WR	6-1	180	22	Golden West JC; Duke	10	1
73	Carl Collins	LOT-RDT	6-4	250	23	North Carolina A&T State	8	4
64	John Culpepper	LOG	6-2	248	22	California	11	9
74	David Douglas	RDT	6-1	240	24	Morgan State	11	10
10	Brian Dowling	QB	6-2	207	28	Yale	8	1
59	Greg Dubinetz	ROG	6-4	260	21	Yale	1	1
67	Jerry Ellison	RDE-LDE	6-3	250	25	Ranger JC; North Texas	8	3
45	Tom Embrey	LB	6-2	212	23	North Carolina	4	0
46	Jim Ford	RB	6-0	205	26	Texas Southern	4	0
76	Jerome Gantt	ROT	6-4	266	27	North Carolina Central	11	11
36	Tim George	WR	6-5	218	24	Carson-Newman	4	3
82	Cliff Greenfield	LDE	6-3	250	23	Morgan State	7	6
9	Sonny Hicks	RCB	6-1	192	24	North Carolina A&T State	11	11
32	Don Highsmith	HB	6-0	205	27	Michigan State	11	11
28	Terry Hoeppner	FS-SS	6-2	200	27	Franklin	9	0
54	Marty Huff	MLB	6-2	234	27	Michigan	11	11
77	Glenn Hyde	OT-OG	6-3	255	24	Pittsburgh	2	0
65	John Jacquot	LOG	6-2	235	24	Bowling Green State	5	1
44	Lewis Jolley	FB	5-11	210	26	North Carolina	11	11
25	Kreg Kapitan	WR	6-3	203	26	Minnesota State	7	7
69	Greg Lens	LDT	6-5	261	30	Trinity (Texas)	11	11
65	Dave Margavage	ROG	6-4	240	24	Kentucky	4	0
27	Molly McGee	RB	5-10	184	23	Rhode Island	3	0
11	Lee McGriff	WR	5-9	163	22	Florida	3	0
67	Joe Montgomery	OT	6-2	245	24	William & Mary	1	0
72	Zennie Parker	OT	6-3	255	25	Northeastern State	1	0
83	Ray Parson	TE	6-4	250	28	McCook CC; Minnesota	9	7
3	Pete Rajecki	K	5-9	170	26	Georgia	11	0
55	Art Reynolds	SLB	6-1	215	23	Tennessee	1	1
15	Robby Reynolds	P	6-0	205	23	South Carolina	11	0
8	Randy Rhino	FS	5-9	185	22	Georgia Tech	9	4
	Dave Richards	RB-WR	5-10	185	25	Wilson JC; Miami (Ohio)	1	0
60	Len St. Jean	LOG	6-1	244	34	Northern Michigan	1	1
23	Larry Shears	LCB	5-10	185	26	Lincoln (Missouri)	11	11
19	Tom Sherman	QB	6-0	190	30	Penn State	11	10
72	Marty Smith	LDT-RDT	6-3	250	22	Louisville	8	0
	Rollen Smith	DB	6-1	186	24	Garden City CC; Arkansas	2	0
21	John Sykes	HB	5-11	195	25	Morgan State	9	0
22	Ike Thomas	SS	6-2	193	28	Bishop	11	11
48	James Thompson	WR	6-0	178	22	Memphis	9	3
52	Charlie Tiblom	C	6-2	245	26	Central Connecticut State	11	11
85	J.T. Turner	LDE-RDE-LDT	6-3	250	22	Duke	11	9
24	Bryan White	LCB-RCB	6-0	192	30	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	8	0
36	Ed White	FB	6-0	225	24	Tulsa	1	0
80	Danny Whyte	TE	6-1	245	24	Johnson C. Smith	11	4
36	Matt Williams	FB	5-10	205	24	Baylor; Louisiana-Monroe	1	0
20	Jeff Woodcock	FS	6-1	180	23	Kentucky	7	7
29	Al Young	WR	6-1	195	26	South Carolina State	9	9

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	37	75	28	85
Opponents Totals	43	36	37	83

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	PTS
Don Highsmith	11	3			0	0		80
Lewis Jolley	4	0			0	0		28
Pete Rajecki	0	0			9	10	90.0	27
Kreg Kapitan	2	2			0	0		16
Tim George	2	0			0	0		14
Danny Whyte	1	2			0	0		9
Randy Cobb	1	1			0	0		8
James Thompson	1	1			0	0		8
Brian Dowling	1	0			0	0		7
Randy Rhino	1	0			0	0		7
Ike Thomas	1	0			0	0		7
J.T. Turner	1	0			0	0		7
Ray Parson	0	4			0	0		4
Tom Sherman	0	2			0	0		2
Al Young	0	1			0	0		1
Team Totals	26	16	26	61.5	9	10	90.0	225
Opponents Totals	24	10	24	41.7	7			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
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

Tom Beer	Receivers
Jimmy Clark	Offensive Line
Joe Clark	Offensive Line
Lindy Infante	Defensive Backs
Herb Paterra	Linebackers
Jim Vechiarella	Defensive Line