1974 Southern California Sun: 13-7-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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