1975 Jacksonville Express (WFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern 6-5-0 .545 |
| Head Coach: Charlie Tate |
| Bobby Carlton | Offensive Line |
| Ray Greene | Backs/Receivers |
| Ronnie Lamb | Assistant Coach |
| Jim Niblack | Defensive Coordinator |
| Johnny Robinson | Defensive Backs |
| Howard Tippett | Linebackers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/12/1975 | A | Chicago Winds | 34-23 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 2627 | |
| Sat | 7/26/1975 | H | The Hawaiians | 19-7 | W | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 8822 | |
| Sat | 8/2/1975 | A | Memphis Southmen | 26-27 | L | Memphis, TN | Liberty Bowl | 25166 | |
| Sat | 8/16/1975 | H | Birmingham Vulcans | 22-11 | W | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 16049 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1975 | H | San Antonio Wings | 26-19 | W | OT | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 16133 |
| Sat | 8/30/1975 | H | Charlotte Hornets | 14-33 | L | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 16428 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1975 | A | Shreveport Steamer | 22-15 | W | Shreveport, LA | Louisiana State Fair Park | 13638 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1975 | A | The Hawaiians | 15-33 | L | Halawa, HI | Aloha Stadium | 18479 | |
| Sat | 9/20/1975 | H | Philadelphia Bell | 16-10 | W | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 10269 | |
| Sat | 9/27/1975 | H | Chicago Winds | - | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | |||
| Sat | 9/27/1975 | H | Birmingham Vulcans | 26-18 | W | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 10881 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1975 | H | Portland Thunder | 32-29 | W | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 8119 | |
| Sat | 10/12/1975 | A | Charlotte Hornets | 15-22 | L | Charlotte, NC | American Legion Memorial Stadium | 7468 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1975 | A | Portland Thunder | 13-30 | L | Portland, OR | Civic Stadium | 8713 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1975 | A | San Antonio Wings | - | San Antonio, TX | Alamo Stadium | |||
| Sat | 11/1/1975 | H | Southern California Sun | - | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | |||
| Sun | 11/9/1975 | A | Birmingham Vulcans | - | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | |||
| Sun | 11/16/1975 | A | Southern California Sun | - | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | |||
| Sat | 11/22/1975 | A | Philadelphia Bell | - | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Stadium | |||
| Sat | 12/6/1975 | H | Philadelphia Bell | - | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | |||
| Sat | 12/13/1975 | H | Memphis Southmen | - | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | |||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/27/1975 | Chicago Winds | Canceled |
| 10/26/1975 | San Antonio Wings | Canceled |
| 11/1/1975 | Southern California Sun | Canceled |
| 11/9/1975 | Birmingham Vulcans | Canceled |
| 11/16/1975 | Southern California Sun | Canceled |
| 11/22/1975 | Philadelphia Bell | Canceled |
| 12/6/1975 | Philadelphia Bell | Canceled |
| 12/13/1975 | Memphis Southmen | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Fred Abbott | 55 | MLB | 6-3 | 222 | 25 | Florida | 4 | |
| Abb Ansley | 18 | WS | 6-1 | 185 | 22 | Georgia | ||
| Sam Baker | 70 | ROT | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Georgia | ||
| Steve Barrios | 7 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Tulane | 11 | |
| Witt Beckman | 88 | WR | 6-4 | 200 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | |
| Rickey Browne | 56 | RLB-LLB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Florida | ||
| Don Brumm | 86/84 | RDE | 6-3 | 243 | 34 | Purdue | ||
| Dan Callahan | 6 | P | 6-3 | 190 | 24 | Denver; Rhode Island | 11 | 0 |
| Jay Casey | 51 | C | 6-1 | 245 | 24 | Auburn | ||
| Dick Conn | 22 | S | 6-0 | 180 | 24 | Georgia | 5 | |
| Ron Coppenbarger | 16 | SS | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Kansas State | ||
| Mike Creaney | 87 | TE-C | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Notre Dame | ||
| Jeff Davis | 30 | RB-WR | 5-11 | 202 | 25 | Lees-McRae JC; Georgia; Mars Hill | ||
| Robbie Davis | 14 | QB-S | 6-2 | 192 | South Carolina; Florida | |||
| Brian Duncan | 32 | FB | 6-0 | 201 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 11 | |
| Charlie Durkee | 5 | K | 5-11 | 165 | 31 | Oklahoma State | 0 | |
| Steve Foley | 8 | RCB-LCB | 6-2 | 190 | 22 | Tulane | 10 | |
| Dave Fowler | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | Memphis | 9 | |
| Larry Gagner | 79 | LOG | 6-3 | 240 | 32 | Florida | ||
| Glen Gaspard | 52 | MLB | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | Texas | ||
| Clint Griffith | 83 | DT | 6-6 | 255 | 23 | Florida | 1 | |
| Mike Haggerty | 72 | LOT | 6-4 | 245 | 30 | Miami (Florida) | ||
| Charles Hall | 81 | LDE | 6-6 | 260 | 23 | Tulane | ||
| Alfred Haywood | 23 | FB | 5-11 | 215 | 27 | Bethune-Cookman | 11 | |
| Dennis Hughes | 80 | TE | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | Georgia | ||
| Charlie Hunt | 82 | TE | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Florida State | 4 | |
| Joey Jackson | 77 | LDE-RDT | 6-4 | 255 | 26 | New Mexico State | ||
| Willie Jackson | 46 | RB-WR | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | Florida | ||
| Skip Johns | 44 | FB | 5-11 | 235 | 23 | Carson-Newman | ||
| Ted Jornov | 57 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | Iowa State | ||
| Danny Kimble | 38 | WR | 5-11 | 183 | 23 | North Alabama | ||
| Howard Kindig | 54 | C | 6-6 | 260 | 34 | Moberly JC; Los Angeles State | ||
| Lee McGriff | 3 | WR | 5-9 | 163 | 22 | Florida | ||
| Sherman Miller | 59 | OT | 6-3 | 234 | 22 | Iowa State | ||
| George Mira | 10 | QB | 5-11 | 190 | 33 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | |
| Kenny Moore | 78 | RDT | 6-2 | 250 | 23 | East Carolina | ||
| Chip Myrtle | 58 | LLB-RLB | 6-4 | 225 | 30 | Maryland | ||
| Carleton Oats | 68 | LDT | 6-2 | 252 | 33 | Florida A&M | ||
| John Osborne | 2 | RCB-SS | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | Bethune-Cookman | ||
| Dennis Pete | 24 | CB | 6-2 | 180 | 26 | Laney JC; Colorado State; San Francisco State | 1 | |
| Jimmy Poulos | 20 | RB | 5-10 | 195 | 23 | Georgia | ||
| Tommy Reamon | 21 | RB | 5-10 | 192 | 23 | Fort Scott CC; Missouri | 9 | |
| Canary Simmons | 42 | CB | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | Kentucky State; Texas Southern | ||
| Fletcher Smith | 31 | LCB-RCB | 6-2 | 182 | 32 | Tennessee State | ||
| Carl Taibi | 76 | RDT | 6-4 | 255 | 25 | Colorado | ||
| Rich Thomann | 50 | LLB-RLB | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | Notre Dame | ||
| Tom Walker | 63 | ROG | 6-3 | 245 | 24 | Northern Colorado | ||
| Alvin Wyatt | 3 | CB | 5-9 | 184 | 28 | Bethune-Cookman | 1 | 1 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 42 | 58 | 25 | 95 | 7 | 227 |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 82 | 58 | 42 | 0 | 227 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 184 | 73 | 90 | 21 | 53 | 426 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals | 197 | 94 | 90 | 13 | 72 | 575 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Haywood | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44 | ||||
| Tommy Reamon | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 | ||||
| Charlie Durkee | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 33 | ||||
| Dennis Hughes | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Steve Barrios | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | ||||
| Witt Beckman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Brian Duncan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Jimmy Poulos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Glen Gaspard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Mike Creaney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Skip Johns | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 26 | 12 | 25 | 48.0 | 11 | 0 | 227 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 17 | 29 | 58.6 | 9 | 0 | 247 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Haywood | 131 | 687 | 5.2 | 25 | 4 |
| Tommy Reamon | 144 | 278 | 1.9 | 44 | 5 |
| Brian Duncan | 43 | 127 | 3.0 | 12 | 2 |
| Skip Johns | 22 | 74 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Jimmy Poulos | 21 | 39 | 1.9 | 9 | 1 |
| George Mira | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Dave Fowler | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Willie Jackson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dan Callahan | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 377 | 1460 | 3.9 | 44 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 453 | 1933 | 4.3 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Mira | 254 | 123 | 48.4 | 119 | 1675 | 6.6 | 13.6 | 54 | 12 | 4.7 | 12 | 4.7 | 7 | 60 | 1615 | 66.0 |
| Dave Fowler | 42 | 18 | 42.9 | 22 | 225 | 5.4 | 12.5 | 28 | 1 | 2.4 | 2 | 4.8 | 3 | 18 | 207 | 48.2 |
| Team Totals | 296 | 141 | 47.6 | 141 | 1900 | 6.4 | 13.5 | 54 | 13 | 4.4 | 14 | 4.7 | 10 | 78 | 1822 | 63.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 276 | 138 | 50.0 | 123 | 1779 | 6.4 | 12.9 | 13 | 4.7 | 15 | 5.4 | 15 | 107 | 1672 | 63.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Hughes | 36 | 552 | 15.3 | 30 | 4 |
| Witt Beckman | 29 | 471 | 16.2 | 44t | 3 |
| Steve Barrios | 27 | 483 | 17.9 | 54 | 4 |
| Tommy Reamon | 16 | 94 | 5.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Alfred Haywood | 12 | 131 | 10.9 | 37t | 2 |
| Brian Duncan | 10 | 73 | 7.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Mike Creaney | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Jimmy Poulos | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Skip Johns | 2 | -1 | -.5.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lee McGriff | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 141 | 1900 | 13.5 | 13 | |
| Opponents Totals | 138 | 1779 | 12.9 | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chip Myrtle | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 65 | 0 |
| Abb Ansley | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Dick Conn | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Fletcher Smith | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Steve Foley | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| John Osborne | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Glen Gaspard | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ron Coppenbarger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 197 | 13.1 | 65 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 274 | 19.6 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Callahan | 60 | 2442 | 40.7 | 65 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 60 | 2442 | 40.7 | 65 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 40.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Jackson | 14 | 128 | 9.1 | 34 | 0 |
| Tommy Reamon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dick Conn | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Foley | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Osborne | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 |
| Canary Simmons | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 45 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 340 | 9.2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Jackson | 28 | 573 | 20.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Brian Duncan | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Dick Conn | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Canary Simmons | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 25 | 0 |
| John Osborne | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Jeff Davis | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Jimmy Poulos | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Kenny Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 48 | 959 | 20.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 941 | 20.5 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
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