1975 Birmingham Vulcans: 8-4-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-2-0 (144 points scored, 100 allowed) Road record: 3-2-0 (102 points scored, 86 allowed) Head Coach: Marvin Bass 246 points scored (4th of 11 teams), 186 points allowed (2nd) 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: 108 269 1,717 (11) 6.38 6 16 551 2,431 ( 1) 4.4 22 4,148 ( 3) 38 Defense: 147 313 2,036 ( 4) 6.50 10 21 389 1,482 ( 3) 3.8 13 3,518 ( 1) 42
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 85 Art Allen WR 5'10 170 23 0 Clark Atlanta 62 Tom Alward OG 6'4 275 23 0 Nebraska 32 Chris Arnold CB 6'2 199 22 0 Virginia State David Bailey WR 1 6'1 190 25 0 Alabama 80 Mike Bartik WR 6'1 200 23 0 Furman 84 Jim Bishop TE 6'2 225 26 0 Tennessee Tech 88 Bob Brown TE 6'3 225 32 5 Alcorn State 23 Bill Bryant DB 5'9 195 24 0 Grambling 30 Willie Burkes DB 5'11 190 23 0 Lincoln 44 Art Cantrelle RB 6'0 200 27 0 Louisiana State 55 Warren Capone LB 6'1 216 24 0 Louisiana State 79 Paul Costa OT 6'4 260 33 8 Notre Dame 51 Van DeCree LB 6'1 220 22 0 Ohio State 74 Mark Doak OT 6'4 265 24 0 Nebraska 7 Denny Duron QB 6'0 188 23 0 Louisiana Tech 72 Larry Estes DE 6'6 260 28 3 Alcorn State 85 Robert Evans WR 6'3 205 24 0 Morris Brown 43 Nate Fergerson WR 6'3 194 22 0 San Diego State 75 Eddie Foster OG 6'4 235 24 0 Oklahoma 40 Ron Foxx LB 6'3 200 24 0 Alabama A&M 18 Leo Gascinca QB 6'3 200 24 0 Rutgers Tim Gillespie WR 5'11 175 22 0 St. Norbert's 61 Harry Gooden DE 6'6 250 25 0 Alcorn A&M 9 Tom Gossom WR 6'0 185 24 0 Auburn 78 Mike Hayes OG 6'3 253 22 0 Virginia State 21 George Haynes DB 6'2 185 24 0 Tulsa 25 Dennis Homan WR 6'0 180 29 5 Alabama 52 Al Humphrey LB 6'3 228 22 0 Tulsa Mark Ilgenfritz DT 6'5 250 23 1 Vanderbilt 10 Rusty Jackson P 6'1 190 24 0 Louisiana State 78 Al Jenkins OT 6'2 265 29 4 Tulsa 50 Pat Kelly LB 6'2 223 24 0 Richmond 60 Jim Kregel OG 6'2 250 23 0 Ohio State 59 Steve Manstedt LB 6'2 215 23 0 Nebraska Kerry Marbury RB 5'11 183 23 0 West Virginia Richard Marks DB 6'1 195 23 0 Northern Illinois 53 John Matlock C 6'3 248 31 5 Miami 20 James McKinney DB 6'1 185 22 0 Auburn 76 Calvin Miller DT 6'2 240 22 0 Oklahoma State 22 Johnny Musso FB 6'0 205 25 0 Alabama 34 Ted Powell TE 6'1 225 23 0 Ohio State 5 Joe Profit RB 6'0 213 26 3 Northeast Louisiana 11 Matthew Reed QB 6'4 235 23 0 Grambling 36 Bill Rudder RB 6'1 218 23 0 Tennessee Al Sitterle OT 6'4 265 23 0 North Carolina State 9 Ron Slovensky K 5'7 160 23 0 Livingston State 42 Willie Smith DB 5'11 185 24 0 Morris Brown 70 Bob Tatarek DT 6'4 255 29 3 Miami 57 Jim Teal LB 6'3 214 25 1 Purdue 10 Butch Troegel P 6'2 208 28 0 Louisiana Tech 77 Dick Trower DT 6'3 225 26 0 Miami 81 Cephus Weatherspoon WR 6'2 215 27 1 Fort Lewis 31 Wayne Wheeler WR 6'1 185 25 1 Alabama 33 Gerard Williams CB 6'1 185 23 0 Langston 28 Larry Willingham CB 6'0 185 26 2 Auburn 66 Wimpy Winther C 6'5 260 28 2 Mississippi 64 Jessie Wolf DT 6'6 275 23 0 Prairie View A&M 71 Bob Wolfe OT 6'5 265 24 0 Nebraska
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Matthew Reed 208 81 38.9 1,252 6.02 15.5 4 1.9 11 5.3 45.7 Denny Duron 61 27 44.3 465 7.62 17.2 2 3.3 5 8.2 47.5
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Art Cantrelle 19 202 10.6 1 Dennis Homan 18 277 15.4 0 Ted Powell 13 177 13.6 0 Nate Fergerson 12 226 18.8 1 Jim Bishop 10 198 19.8 0 Bob Brown 9 172 19.1 0 Art Allen 8 132 16.5 0 Robert Evans 7 151 21.6 2 Johnny Musso 6 50 8.3 1 Wayne Wheeler 3 57 19.0 0 Cephus Weatherspoon 1 53 53.0 0 Denny Duron 1 14 14.0 1 Bill Rudder 1 8 8.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Art Cantrelle 201 814 4.0 10 Johnny Musso 159 681 4.3 4 Matthew Reed 53 347 6.5 6 Joe Profit 69 277 4.0 1 Bill Rudder 28 146 5.2 1 Ted Powell 20 80 4.0 0 Denny Duron 8 39 4.9 0 Bob Brown 3 19 6.3 0 Robert Evans 2 18 9.0 0 Leo Gascinca 1 5 5.0 0 Kerry Marbury 7 5 0.7 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Willie Smith 6 143 23.8 0 Ted Powell 5 83 16.6 0 Joe Profit 5 72 14.4 0 Robert Evans 4 72 18.0 0 Willie Burkes 3 66 22.0 0 James McKinney 2 37 18.5 0 Art Allen 2 36 18.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Willie Smith 23 111 4.8 0 Willie Burkes 8 24 3.0 0 James McKinney 2 6 3.0 0 Robert Evans 1 9 9.0 0 Art Allen 1 5 5.0 0 |
1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College
Traded draft picks: none
1975 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 08/02/75 vs Chicago Winds W 10-0 1-0-0 08/09/75 vs Philadelphia Bell L 12-17 1-1-0 08/16/75 at Jacksonville Express L 11-22 1-2-0 08/23/75 vs Southern California Sun L 25-35 1-3-0 08/30/75 vs Shreveport Steamer W 21-8 2-3-0 09/06/75 at Portland Thunder W 26-8 3-3-0 09/13/75 vs San Antonio Wings W 33-24 4-3-0 09/21/75 vs Charlotte Hornets W 22-16 5-3-0 09/27/75 at Jacksonville Express L 18-26 5-4-0 10/04/75 at The Hawaiians W 29-16 6-4-0 10/12/75 at Memphis Southmen W 18-14 7-4-0 10/19/75 vs Memphis Southmen W 21-0 8-4-0