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1974 Southern California Sun: 13-7-0
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Home record: 6-4-0 (284 points scored, 240 allowed) Road record: 7-3-0 (202 points scored, 201 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Fears

486 points scored (4th of 12 teams), 441 points allowed (11th)

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:   315   586   3,959   ( 1)   6.25   29   22    654   2,453   (10)    3.8   28    6,412    ( 3)      43
Defense:   270   520   3,365   ( 6)   6.47   26   31    721   2,818   ( 4)    3.9   26    6,183    ( 4)      54

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
11  Tony Adams           QB    20   6'1   195   24    0   Utah State
55  Jim Baker            LB         5'11  225   24    0   Arizona State
72  Mike Ballew          DE         6'5   250   27    0   Hawaii
89  Raymond Baylor       TE         6'4   258   27    1   Texas Southern
    Mike Biscotti        QB         6'0   190   23    0   Hawaii
26  Jim Bowman           CB         6'0   187   23    0   Kansas
53  Chuck Bradley        C          6'6   227   24    0   Oregon
24  Jimmy Bright         S          6'1   206   22    0   UCLA
70  Booker Brown         OT         6'1   268   22    0   Southern California
86  Jim Buckmon          LB         6'2   240   22    0   Pittsburgh
    Mike Burke           P          5'10  188   24    0   Miami
    Mike Burnop          TE         6'1   235   23    0   Virginia Tech
71  Joe Carollo          OT         6'1   267   34   12   Notre Dame
81  John Conley          OT         6'3   225   24    0   Hawaii
29  Jack Conners         DB         5'10  178   22    0   Oregon
79  Dennis Crane         DT         6'6   273   29    3   Southern California
33  Bruce Cullen         RB         6'3   230   27    0   Illinois State
75  Charles DeJurnett    DT         6'5   270   22    0   San Jose State
51  Mike Denimarck       LB         6'2   230   23    0   Emporia State (Kan.)
22  Keith Denson         WR         5'8   165   22    0   San Diego State
    Jim Donovan          DB         6'0   187         0   Kansas
    Nick Dzepina         P          6'2   190   30    0   Los Angeles State
41  Alonzo Emery         RB         6'0   188   23    0   Arizona State
16  Wayne Estabrook      QB         6'2   197   23    0   Whittier
    Mike Evans           C          6'5   250   28    6   Boston College
    Eddie Foster         OG         6'6   258   23    0   Oklahoma
 6  Rod Garcia           K          5'10  170   23    0   Stanford
62  Kevin Grady          OG         6'1   246   25    0   Oklahoma
82  Tim Guy              DE         6'6   248   22    0   Oregon
12  Norm Hainlen         K          6'4   230   22    0   Colorado State
83  Ike Harris           WR         6'5   206   21    0   Iowa State
39  Greg Herd            RB         6'0   258   22    0   Oregon
85  John Hoffman         DE         6'7   264   31    4   Hawaii
31  Gene Howard          DB         6'1   198   27    5   Langston
30  Grady Hurst          S          6'0   188   24    0   Arizona State
37  Clay Jeffries        RB         6'3   206   23    0   Cerritos J.C.
    Flemming Jensen      K          6'0   198   25    0   Utah
27  Eric Johnson         S          6'0   190   22    0   Washington State
47  Kermit Johnson       RB         6'1   204   22    0   UCLA
20  Durwood Keeton       DB         5'11  178   22    0   Oklahoma
76  Ed Kezirian          OT         6'4   248   22    0   UCLA
67  Younger Klippert     OG         6'3   235   24    0   Stanford
56  Ken Lee              LB         6'4   236   26    2   Washington
19  Terry Lindsey        WR         6'0   189   22    0   Fullerton State
    Bill Line            OT         6'7   270   26    1   Southern Methodist
88  Jacque MacKinnon     TE         6'4   234   35   10   Colgate
 6  Jim Martin           P          6'1   205   25    0   DePauw
32  Greg Mason           CB         5'11  174   23    0   San Diego State
42  James McAlister      RB         6'1   217   23    0   UCLA
36  Don McCall           RB         5'11  198   30    4   Southern California
84  Al McMichael         TE         6'4   232   25    0   Southern California
18  Greg Moses           WR         6'0   185   23    0   San Diego State
44  Ralph Nelson         RB         6'2   186   21    0   None
    Carleton Oats        DE         6'4   255   32    9   Florida A&M
81  Dave Parks           TE         6'2   235   32   10   Texas Tech
58  Eric Patton          LB         6'3   233   24    0   Notre Dame
60  Ed Philpott          LB         6'3   240   29    5   Miami (Ohio)
52  Dan Pride            LB         6'2   220   32    0   Jackson State
23  Rudy Redmond         DB         6'0   180   27    4   Pacific
63  Bill Reid            C          6'2   235   22    0   Stanford
    Marv Roberts         OG         6'3   245   23    0   Michigan State
74  Dave Roller          DT         6'2   272   25    1   Kentucky
69  Mike Ryan            OG         6'2   240   23    0   Southern California
12  Steve Schroder       K          6'0   174   27    0   Pennsylvania
59  Ted Seifert          C          6'2   232   22    0   California
77  Paul Seiler          C          6'4   260   28    5   Notre Dame
73  Neal Skarin          DT         6'4   249   22    0   Arizona State
50  Brian Stenger        LB         6'4   235   27    5   Notre Dame
    Ron Svarc            K          6'2   210   27    0   California-Riverside
72  Clovis Swinney       DE         6'3   245   29    2   Arkansas State
87  Dave Szymakowski     WR         6'2   188   28    0   West Texas State
 8  Gary Valbuena        QB         6'3   202   22    0   Tennessee
54  Cleveland Vann       LB         6'0   223   23    0   Oklahoma State
    Bruce Ward           OT         6'3   245   25    0   San Diego State
80  Dave Williams        WR         6'2   220   29    7   Washington
25  Jim Williams         CB         5'11  187   22    0   Arizona State
88  Dick Witcher         TE         6'3   209   30    8   UCLA

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Tony Adams           510  276   54.1  3,905   7.66  14.1  23   4.5   18   3.5    40   361    79.4
Gary Valbuena         75   29   38.7    577   7.69  19.9   6   8.0    4   5.3     6    51    70.8
Wayne Estabrook        1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Ralph Nelson           0    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     1     8     0.0
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
James McAlister        65    772   11.9    4
Dave Williams          59    979   16.6   11
Ike Harris             53    928   17.5    4
Kermit Johnson         44    393    8.9    1
Terry Lindsey          38    357    9.4    3
Dave Parks             21    386   18.4    0
Ralph Nelson           16    194   12.1    1
Keith Denson            9    222   24.7    4
Greg Moses              7    121   17.3    0
Alonzo Emery            5     19    3.8    0
Greg Herd               4     31    7.8    0
Dick Witcher            2     34   17.0    1
Jacque MacKinnon        1     37   37.0    0
Clay Jeffries           1      9    9.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Kermit Johnson        249  1,008    4.0    6
James McAlister       114    531    4.7    2
Ralph Nelson          115    412    3.6    5
Tony Adams             60    217    3.6    8
John Hoffman           35    179    5.1    1
Alonzo Emery           40     67    1.7    6
Clay Jeffries          12     51    4.2    0
Gary Valbuena          12     30    2.5    0
Keith Denson            4     10    2.5    0
Ike Harris              4      7    1.8    0
Wayne Estabrook         1     -1   -1.0    0
Dave Williams           1     -3   -3.0    0
Norm Hainlen            3     -3   -1.0    0
Mike Burke              2    -19   -9.5    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Alonzo Emery           35    695   19.9    1
Keith Denson           22    582   26.5    0
Ralph Nelson           13    326   25.1    0
Jim Buckmon             4     59   14.8    0
Clay Jeffries           2     36   18.0    0
Greg Herd               1     36   36.0    0
Eric Johnson            1     13   13.0    0
Ike Harris              1      9    9.0    0
Greg Moses              1      6    6.0    0
Terry Lindsey           1      5    5.0    0
Tim Guy                 1      2    2.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Keith Denson           34    378   11.1         0
Jack Conners           18    201   11.2         1
Greg Moses             11     14    1.3         0
Terry Lindsey           8     49    6.1         0
Jimmy Bright            3     12    4.0         0
Eric Johnson            1     -6   -6.0         0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Norm Hainlen 79 2,850 36.1 36.1 Steve Schroder 14 428 30.6 30.6 Nick Dzepina 8 317 39.6 39.6 Jim Martin 5 202 40.4 40.4 Mike Burke 5 183 36.6 36.6 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Rod Garcia 7/ 0/ 0 21 Flemming Jensen 1/ 0/ 0 3 Ron Svarc 1/ 0/ 0 3 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Jim Baker 5 56 0 Jim Bowman 3 63 0 Jimmy Bright 6 68 0 Jim Buckmon 1 0 0 Jack Conners 3 15 0 John Hoffman 1 19 0 Gene Howard 4 45 0 Durwood Keeton 1 66 1 Ken Lee 2 15 0 Eric Patton 2 14 0 Rudy Redmond 1 5 0 Cleveland Vann 3 5 0

1974 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 7 RB James McAllister 43 UCLA 2 18 RB Kermit Johnson 22 UCLA 3 31 OG Booker Brown 17 Southern California 4 42 QB Jesse Freitas 13 San Diego State 5 55 DT Bill Sandifer 46 UCLA 6 66 DB Jeris White 129 Hawaii 7 79 DB Durwood Keeton 12 Oklahoma 8 90 DT Mike Raines 2 Alabama 9 103 LB Cal Peterson 80 UCLA 10 114 LB Cleveland Vann Oklahoma State 11 127 DB Jim Bright UCLA 12 138 DT Neal Skarin Arizona State 13 151 DB Leonard Fairley 2 Alcorn A&M 14 162 DT Mike Seifert 12 Wisconsin 15 175 RB Dickie Morton Arkansas 16 186 QB Gary Valbuena Tennessee 17 199 LB Vic Koegel 6 Ohio State 18 210 OT Steve Gunther Arizona State 19 223 OT Ed Kezirian UCLA 20 234 C Bill Reid 13 Stanford 21 247 DB Greg Bailey Long Beach State 22 258 RB Alonzo Emery Arizona State 23 271 OT Steve Riley 138 Southern California 24 282 DB Jack Connors Oregon 25 295 OT Claudie Minor 125 San Diego State 26 306 DT Deke Ballard Arizona State 27 319 OG Ray Olson Pittsburgh 28 330 DB Jim Bowman Kansas 29 343 LB Bill Meyers Oregon 30 354 ? 31 367 LB Ted Jornov Iowa State 32 378 DE Jim Buckmon Pittsburgh 33 391 OG Mike Bollinger Oregon 34 402 WR Darold Nogle San Diego State 35 415 ? 36 426 WR Greg Moses San Diego State 36 433 LB Jim Baker Arizona State 36 434 DB Mike McCauley San Diego State

Traded draft picks: none


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
11/22/74    vs The Hawaiians           L 14-32


1974 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
07/10/74 at Birmingham Americans L 7-11 0-1-0 07/17/74 vs The Hawaiians W 38-31 1-1-0 07/24/74 at Jacksonville Sharks W 22-19 2-1-0 08/01/74 at Memphis Southmen L 15-25 2-2-0 08/07/74 vs New York Stars L 8-11 2-3-0 08/15/74 at Houston Texans W 18-7 3-3-0 08/21/74 at Philadelphia Bell W 31-28 4-3-0 08/28/74 vs Portland Storm W 45-15 5-3-0 09/02/74 vs Chicago Fire L 22-32 5-4-0 09/06/74 at Detroit Wheels W 10-7 6-4-0 09/11/74 at Chicago Fire W 31-28 7-4-0 09/18/74 vs Detroit Wheels W 29-24 8-4-0 09/25/74 vs Jacksonville Sharks W 57-7 9-4-0 10/02/74 at Portland Storm W 26-22 10-4-0 10/10/74 vs Shreveport Steamer W 25-23 11-4-0 10/16/74 vs Birmingham Americans W 29-25 12-4-0 10/23/74 vs Philadelphia Bell L 7-45 12-5-0 10/30/74 at Charlotte Hornets W 34-25 13-5-0 11/06/74 at The Hawaiians L 8-29 13-6-0 11/14/74 vs Florida Blazers L 24-27 13-7-0

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