1974 Birmingham Americans: 15-5-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 11-1-0 (349 points scored, 210 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (151 points scored, 184 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Gotta 500 points scored (2nd of 12 teams), 394 points allowed (6th) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 234 505 3,366 ( 6) 6.32 28 27 723 2,879 ( 5) 4.0 28 6,245 ( 5) 49 Defense: 293 587 3,860 (10) 6.58 25 37 710 2,905 ( 8) 4.1 23 6,765 (10) 57
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 70 John Andrews DT 6'5 265 22 0 Morgan State 32 Chris Arnold CB 6'2 203 21 0 Virginia State 62 John Baker DT 6'3 255 32 1 Norfolk State 80 Steve Barrios WR 1 6'0 180 24 0 Tulane 33 Carl Bartles RB 6'1 212 25 0 Lenoir-Rhyne 72 Eddie Biggs DT 6'3 245 24 0 Appalachian State 84 Jim Bishop TE 6'5 229 25 0 Tennessee Tech 61 Butch Brezina DE 6'5 245 24 0 Houston 88 Bob Brown TE 6'3 225 31 5 Alcorn State 73 Buddy Brown OT 6'1 250 24 0 Alabama 74 Ross Brupbacher LB 6'3 215 26 3 Texas A&M 34 Bill Bryant CB 5'10 192 23 0 Grambling 33 Cannonball Butler RB 5'10 202 31 8 Edward Waters 22 Art Cantrelle RB 6'0 210 26 0 Louisiana State 55 Warren Capone LB 6'1 215 23 0 Louisiana State 57 Jay Casey C 6'1 234 23 0 Auburn 50 Gary Champagne LB 6'1 212 22 0 Louisiana State 51 Edgar Chandler LB 6'3 222 28 6 Georgia 88 Steve Conley TE 6'3 225 25 1 Kansas 79 Paul Costa OT 6'4 245 32 8 Notre Dame 62 Dennis Crane DT 6'4 255 29 3 Southern California Ron Curl DT 6'2 250 25 0 Michigan State 66 Grant Cvitanich DT 6'3 252 24 0 San Francisco State 66 Nate Dorsey DE 6'4 248 23 1 Mississippi Valley State 7 Denny Duron QB 6'1 195 22 0 Louisiana Tech 20 Jimmy Edwards RB 5'9 180 22 0 Northeast Louisiana 67 Phil Engle OT 6'3 265 24 0 South Dakota State 72 Larry Estes DE 6'6 260 27 3 Alcorn State 40 Ron Foxx LB 6'3 205 23 0 Alabama A&M 68 Gary Gennerich OG 6'4 256 23 0 Clemson 35 Grant Guthrie K 6'1 225 26 2 Florida State 31 Charlie Harraway RB 6'2 220 30 8 San Jose State 21 George Haynes DB 6'0 185 23 0 Tulsa 66 Mel Holmes OG 6'3 265 24 3 North Carolina A&T 25 Dennis Homan WR 6'0 166 28 5 Alabama 23 Charles Hummings WR 6'1 175 21 0 Morris Brown 80 Alfred Jenkins WR 6'2 161 22 0 Morris Brown 60 Jim Kregel OG 6'2 250 22 0 Ohio State 23 Randy Lee S 6'3 195 23 0 Tulane 32 Cecil Leonard DB 6'0 170 28 2 Tuskegee 35 Dicky Lyons S 6'0 192 27 1 Kentucky 59 Steve Manstedt LB 6'2 213 22 0 Nebraska 53 John Matlock C 6'3 248 30 5 Miami 10 George Mira QB 5'11 195 32 7 Miami 51 Mike Mullen LB 6'2 220 24 0 Tulane 67 Joe O'Donnell OG 6'3 250 33 7 Michigan 85 Jim Owings TE 6'2 220 22 0 Georgia Tech 82 Ted Powell TE 6'2 220 22 0 Ohio State 5 Joe Profit RB 6'0 212 25 3 Northeast Louisiana 45 Charlie Reamon CB 5'11 185 25 0 Maryland Eastern Shore 11 Matthew Reed QB 6'4 225 22 0 Grambling 18 Paul Robinson RB 5'10 195 29 6 Arizona 9 Earl Sark K 6'0 180 22 0 New Mexico State 34 Drane Scrievener CB 6'0 190 23 0 Tulsa 68 Al Sitterle OG 6'4 265 22 0 North Carolina State 68 John Skladany DT 6'5 250 24 0 Central Connecticut 42 Willie Smith CB 5'11 181 23 0 Morris Brown 70 Bob Tatarek DT 6'4 270 28 3 Miami 58 Jim Teal LB 6'3 210 24 1 Purdue 77 Dick Trower DT 6'4 245 25 0 Miami 58 Mike Truax LB 6'2 217 22 0 Tulane 63 Clarence Washington DT 6'3 270 27 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 70 Bill Wideman DT 6'3 265 23 0 North Carolina A&T 30 Gerard Williams CB 6'1 185 22 0 Langston 30 Steve Williams CB 5'11 175 24 0 Alabama 28 Larry Willingham S 6'0 181 25 2 Auburn 72 Wimpy Winther C 6'6 261 27 2 Mississippi 68 Jessie Wolf DT 6'6 265 22 0 Prairie View A&M 71 Bob Wolfe OT 6'6 260 23 0 Nebraska 76 James Wright OG 6'1 250 23 0 Southern
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating George Mira 313 155 49.5 2,248 7.18 14.5 17 5.4 14 4.5 21 204 72.7 Matthew Reed 188 77 41.0 1,345 7.15 17.5 11 5.9 12 6.4 6 42 58.9 Denny Duron 5 2 40.0 29 5.80 14.5 0 0.0 1 20.0 1 10 20.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Dennis Homan 61 930 15.2 8 Alfred Jenkins 60 1,326 22.1 12 Paul Robinson 23 237 10.3 2 Art Cantrelle 20 229 11.4 1 Jim Bishop 17 228 13.4 2 Bob Brown 16 266 16.6 0 Ted Powell 14 206 14.7 1 Jimmy Edwards 11 128 11.6 2 Charlie Harraway 7 20 2.9 0 Joe Profit 2 11 5.5 0 Carl Bartles 1 15 15.0 0 Steve Barrios 1 15 15.0 0 Denny Duron 1 11 11.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Paul Robinson 167 599 3.6 2 Jimmy Edwards 99 575 5.8 5 Art Cantrelle 120 504 4.2 6 Charlie Harraway 138 496 3.6 8 Joe Profit 84 378 4.5 1 Matthew Reed 40 176 4.4 3 Carl Bartles 39 101 2.6 2 Cannonball Butler 7 16 2.3 0 George Mira 13 13 1.0 1 Earl Sark 1 11 11.0 0 Alfred Jenkins 3 8 2.7 0 Denny Duron 4 -5 -1.2 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Charlie Reamon 23 645 28.0 0 Jimmy Edwards 20 492 24.6 0 Joe Profit 12 232 19.3 0 Willie Smith 7 143 20.4 0 Cecil Leonard 6 167 27.8 0 Ron Foxx 3 21 7.0 0 Drane Scrievener 1 28 28.0 0 Mike Mullen 1 14 14.0 0 John Baker 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Alfred Jenkins 30 262 8.7 0 Willie Smith 26 331 12.7 1 Warren Capone 1 22 22.0 0 Butch Brezina 1 1 1.0 0 |
1974 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 5 RB Wilbur Jackson 94 Alabama 2 22 QB Denny Duron Louisiana Tech 3 29 DE Don Reese 88 Jackson State 4 44 DE Jim Cagle 14 Georgia 5 53 WR Roger Carr 115 Louisiana Tech 6 68 K Greg Gantt 28 Alabama 7 77 C Steve Taylor Auburn 8 92 CB Roscoe Word 37 Jackson State 9 101 OG Jim Kregel Ohio State 10 116 LB Frank Lemaster 129 Kentucky 11 125 OG Dave Lapham 140 Syracuse 12 140 DT Mark Ilgenfritz 14 Vanderbilt 13 149 OT Al Sitterle North Carolina State 14 164 OG Buddy Brown Alabama 15 173 RB Jim Poulos Georgia 16 188 TE Ted Powell Ohio State 17 197 DT Skip Kubelius Alabama 18 212 C Scott Anderson 7 Missouri 19 221 DB Mike Holt Michigan State 20 236 WR Norm Hodgins 14 LSU 21 245 LB Steve Manstedt Nebraska 22 260 RB Bill Rudder Tennessee 23 269 LB Mike Truax Tulane 24 284 LB Sam Johnson Arizona State 25 293 RB Dexter Bussey 150 Texas-Arlington 26 308 DT Charles Dejurnett 118 San Jose State 27 317 QB Steve Mikez Western Illinois 28 332 DB Stan Rebsch Miami (OH) 29 341 RB Sammy Johnson 62 North Carolina 30 356 TE Ed McCartney NE Oklahoma 31 365 WR Bob Gaddis 2 Mississippi Valley 32 380 LB Ronald Foxx Alabama A&M 33 389 QB Frank Kolch Eastern Michigan 34 404 LB Mike Monos Miami (OH) 35 413 WR Ken Payne 60 Langston (OK) 36 428 DB Mo Spencer 56 North Carolina Central
Traded draft picks: none
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 11/27/74 vs The Hawaiians W 22-19 World Bowl 12/05/74 vs Florida Blazers W 22-21
1974 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 07/10/74 vs Southern California Sun W 11-7 1-0-0 07/17/74 at New York Stars W 32-29 2-0-0 07/24/74 vs Memphis Southmen W 58-33 3-0-0 07/31/74 at Detroit Wheels W 21-18 4-0-0 08/07/74 vs Detroit Wheels W 28-22 5-0-0 08/14/74 vs The Hawaiians W 39-0 6-0-0 08/21/74 at Jacksonville Sharks W 15-14 7-0-0 08/29/74 at Chicago Fire W 22-8 8-0-0 09/02/74 vs Florida Blazers W 8-7 9-0-0 09/07/74 vs Chicago Fire W 41-40 10-0-0 09/11/74 at Memphis Southmen L 7-46 10-1-0 09/19/74 vs Shreveport Steamer W 42-14 11-1-0 09/25/74 at Portland Storm L 21-26 11-2-0 10/02/74 at The Hawaiians L 8-14 11-3-0 10/09/74 vs Portland Storm W 30-8 12-3-0 10/16/74 at Southern California Sun L 25-29 12-4-0 10/23/74 vs Shreveport Steamer L 0-31 12-5-0 10/30/74 vs Florida Blazers W 26-18 13-5-0 11/06/74 vs Philadelphia Bell W 26-23 14-5-0 11/13/74 vs Shreveport Steamer W 40-7 15-5-0