1975 Memphis Southmen - Pro Football Archives

1975 Memphis Southmen (WFL)

2nd place Eastern 7-4-0 .636

Head Coach: John McVay

Joe Eaglowski	Defensive Line
Jay Fry	Offensive Line
Joe Galat	Linebackers
Jim Rountree	Defensive Backs
Dave Skrien	Offensive Backs

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Mon	7/14/1975	A	Southern California Sun	16-47	L	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	22705
Sat	7/19/1975	A	San Antonio Wings	0-7	L	San Antonio, TX	Alamo Stadium	21248
Sat	7/26/1975	A	Shreveport Steamer	14-7	W	Shreveport, LA	Louisiana State Fair Park	20196
Sat	8/2/1975	H	Jacksonville Express	27-26	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	25166
Sat	8/9/1975	H	Charlotte Hornets	23-11	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	19729
Sat	8/23/1975	A	Philadelphia Bell	18-22	L	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Stadium	5051
Sat	8/30/1975	H	Chicago Winds	31-7	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	21515
Sun	9/7/1975	H	The Hawaiians	37-17	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	15132
Sun	9/14/1975	H	Shreveport Steamer	34-23	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	18033
Sun	9/21/1975	A	Portland Thunder	16-3	W	Portland, OR	Civic Stadium	14818
Sun	9/28/1975	A	San Antonio Wings	17-25	L	San Antonio, TX	Alamo Stadium	16283
Sun	10/5/1975	H	Southern California Sun	37-33	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	18129
Sun	10/12/1975	H	Birmingham Vulcans	14-18	L	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	20192
Sun	10/19/1975	A	Birmingham Vulcans	0-21	L	Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	35000
Sun	10/26/1975	H	Philadelphia Bell		-	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl		Canceled
Sun	11/2/1975	H	Portland Thunder		-	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl		Canceled
Sat	11/8/1975	A	Shreveport Steamer		-	Shreveport, LA	Louisiana State Fair Park		Canceled
Sat	11/15/1975	A	Chicago Winds		-	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field		Canceled
Sun	11/23/1975	H	The Hawaiians		-	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl		Canceled
Sun	11/30/1975	H	Birmingham Vulcans		-	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl		Canceled
Sun	12/7/1975	A	Charlotte Hornets		-	Charlotte, NC	American Legion Memorial Stadium		Canceled
Sat	12/13/1975	A	Jacksonville Express		-	Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl		Canceled

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

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
22	Tim Beamer	HB	5-11	185	27	Illinois; Johnson C. Smith
99	Tom Beckman	LDE	6-5	250	25	Michigan	11
	Steve Bograkos	DB	6-0	180	22	Central Michigan	5
98/43	Bracy Bonham	OG	6-2	242	25	North Carolina Central
58	Charlie Bray	LOG	6-0	255	30	Pratt CC; Central Oklahoma	11
81	Dick Bumpas	DT-LB	6-2	225	26	Arkansas
66	Jake Burkhardt	RLB	6-0	205	24	Dayton
41	Tommy Campbell	DB	6-0	188	26	Rochester JC; Iowa State
73	Justin Canale	OG-K	6-2	242	32	Mississippi State
31	Merl Code	CB	6-0	195	27	North Carolina A&T State
	Dave Costa	DT	6-2	257	34	Northeastern Colorado JC; Utah
77	Fest Cotton	LDT	6-3	258	26	Dayton
39	Larry Csonka	FB	6-3	238	29	Syracuse	7
	Dave Draudt	K	6-2	185	24	Miami (Ohio)
3	Bob Etter	K	5-11	154	30	Georgia		0
63	Bill Ferguson	LB	6-3	225	24	Washington; Grossmont JC; San Diego State
71	Mike Gibbons	OT	6-4	262	24	Southwestern Oklahoma State	10
46	Rickie Harris	FS	6-0	182	32	East Los Angeles JC; Arizona
30	John Harvey	RB	6-1	185	25	Texas-Arlington	8
61	Wally Highsmith	LOT	6-4	238	32	Florida A&M
53	Ralph Hill	C	6-1	245	26	Florida A&M	11
85	Charlie Hobbs	WR	6-3	225	22	Arizona State
7	John Huarte	QB	6-0	188	32	Notre Dame
9	Rusty Jackson	P-K	6-2	190	25	Louisiana State	1	0
20	Andre Johnson	CB	5-10	180	23	Fisk
75	John Jordan	LDT	6-4	265	23	Indiana	11
21	Jim Kiick	RB	5-11	215	29	Wyoming	11
64	Tom Kruyer	ROG	6-2	245	26	Indiana	11
59	Bob Lally	MLB	6-2	230	23	Cornell	10
67	John LeHeup	RDT	6-2	250	24	South Carolina	11
44	Larry Mallory	S	5-11	185	23	Tennessee State	10
54	Frank Marion	LB	6-3	238	24	Florida A&M
89	Ed Marshall	WR	6-5	200	28	Ranger JC; Cameron	11
47	Herb Marshall	S	6-3	204	26	Cameron
62	Ron Mikolajczyk	ROT	6-3	280	25	Marshall; Tampa	11
51	Richard Miller	LLB	6-3	225	22	Ashland
40	Seth Miller	SS	6-4	207	27	Arizona State
17	Gary Powell	RCB	6-0	180	23	Indiana
90	Cecil Pryor	RDE	6-5	227	28	Michigan
87	Gary Shirk	TE	6-1	220	25	Morehead State
63	Larry Shorty	LB	6-2	210	24	Arizona State
31	Willie Spencer	FB	6-4	235	22	none	11
94	Bill Stevenson	LDE	6-4	270	25	Edmonton Huskies Jrs.; Drake
8	Lonnie Stewart	QB	6-1	185	23	Tennessee State
50	Tom Surlas	LB	5-11	198	25	Alabama
	Rich Thomann	LB	6-0	230	25	Notre Dame
24	David Thomas	LCB	5-10	175	24	Texas Southern	11
8	Ricky Townsend	K-P	6-1	190	23	Tennessee	8	0
84	Roger Wallace	WR	5-11	180	23	Bowling Green State
42	Paul Warfield	WR	6-0	188	33	Ohio State	10
11	Danny White	QB-P	6-3	195	23	Arizona State	10

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	56	66	51	81
Opponents Totals	40	76	25	65

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		215	100	92	23							64	560
Opponents Totals		195	91	90	14							70	630

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	PTS
Jim Kiick	10	5			0	75
Ed Marshall	9	3			0	66
John Harvey	4	1			0	29
Paul Warfield	3	2			0	23
Willie Spencer	2	2			0	16
Ricky Townsend	0	0			5	15
Larry Csonka	2	0			0	14
Gary Shirk	1	0			0	7
Bob Etter	0	0			2	6
Roger Wallace	0	1			0	1
Danny White	0	1			0	1
Team Totals	31	16	31	51.6	7	254
Opponents Totals	25	10	25	40.0	7	206

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willie Spencer	100	581	5.8	33	2
Jim Kiick	121	462	3.8	16	9
Larry Csonka	99	421	4.3	13	1
Danny White	27	149	5.5	52	0
John Harvey	40	137	3.4	18t	4
Tim Beamer	7	44	6.3	14	0
John Huarte	6	24	4.0	15	0
Ed Marshall	3	21	7.0	18	0
Gary Shirk	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	405	1813	4.5	52	16
Opponents Totals	408	1533	3.8	30	13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Danny White	195	104	53.3	83	1445	7.4	13.9	36	10	5.1	8	4.1	25	231	1214	77.4
John Huarte	77	38	49.4	37	550	7.1	14.5	58t	4	5.2	2	2.6	7	58	492	79.5
John Harvey	2	1	50.0	0	49	24.5	49.0	49t	1	50.0	1	50.0	0	0	49	95.8
Team Totals	274	143	52.2	120	2044	7.5	14.3	58t	15	5.5	11	4.0	32	289	1755	78.2
Opponents Totals	305	167	54.8	123	1932	6.3	11.6		11	3.6	15	4.9	17	130	1802	65.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ed Marshall	31	582	18.8	58t	9
Paul Warfield	25	422	16.9	38	3
Jim Kiick	25	259	10.4	26	1
Willie Spencer	18	136	7.6	13	0
Gary Shirk	15	265	17.7	33	1
Roger Wallace	13	166	12.8	32	0
John Harvey	8	107	13.4	36	0
Larry Csonka	5	54	10.8	25	1
Charlie Hobbs	2	40	20.0	23	0
Dick Bumpas	1	13	13.0	13	0
Team Totals	143	2044	14.3		15
Opponents Totals	167	1932	11.6		11

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
David Thomas	5	66	13.2	30	0
Seth Miller	5	48	9.6	34	0
Andre Johnson	2	30	15.0	30	0
Rickie Harris	1	17	17.0	17	0
John LeHeup	1	2	2.0	2	0
Larry Mallory	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	15	165	11.0	30	0
Opponents Totals	11	119	10.8

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Danny White	41	1849	45.1	64
Rusty Jackson	2	78	39.0	40
Ricky Townsend	2	72	36.0	39
Team Totals	45	1999	44.4	64
Opponents Totals	45	1849	41.1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Roger Wallace	14	141	10.1	30
David Thomas	12	71	5.9	15
Gary Powell	1	16	16.0	16
Team Totals	27	228	8.4	30
Opponents Totals	32	189	5.9	35

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
David Thomas	13	293	22.5	37	0
John Harvey	12	229	19.1	25	0
Tim Beamer	13	244	18.8	32	0
Charlie Hobbs	1	13	13.0	13	0
Tommy Campbell	2	17	8.5	10	0
Team Totals	41	796	19.4	37	0
Opponents Totals	42	1171	27.9	93	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD