1974 Chicago Fire: 7-13-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 2-7-0 (177 points scored, 299 allowed) Road record: 5-6-0 (269 points scored, 303 allowed) Head Coach: Jim Spavital 446 points scored (7th of 12 teams), 602 points allowed (12th) 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: 292 594 3,545 ( 4) 5.52 33 30 645 2,738 ( 6) 4.2 24 6,283 ( 4) 57 Defense: 281 520 4,011 (11) 7.71 36 22 733 2,870 ( 5) 3.9 38 6,881 (11) 45
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 20 Ralph Anderson DB 6'3 185 25 3 West Texas State 49 J.D. Armstrong LB 6'1 230 24 0 Penn State 75 Chuck Bailey DT 6'1 235 26 0 Michigan State Charles Battle LB 6'4 234 21 0 Grambling 70 Earl Belgrave OT 6'4 250 23 0 Ohio State 55 Keith Best LB 6'3 220 24 1 Kansas State 52 Mike Botts C 6'3 250 24 0 Penn State 64 Dave Bradley OT 6'3 245 27 4 Penn State 88 Richard Brewer LB 6'2 225 23 0 San Diego State 44 Jimmie Lee Brooks S 5'10 180 25 0 Eastern Kentucky 83 Don Burchfield TE 6'2 225 25 1 Ball State 24 Jimmie Calip RB 5'10 185 24 0 Southwestern Oklahoma 17 Bill Cappleman QB 6'3 210 27 2 Florida State 30 Mike Carter CB 6'1 185 26 2 San Francisco State 7 Virgil Carter QB 6'1 195 28 5 Brigham Young 84 Lonnie Crittenden WR 6'0 180 23 0 Texas-El Paso 47 Glenn D'Amato WR 5'11 195 22 0 Indiana State 12 Maurie Daigneau QB 6'1 195 24 0 Northwestern 22 Jack Dolbin WR 5'10 185 26 0 Wake Forest 81 Dick Evey DE 6'4 245 33 8 Tennessee 89 Jim Gessford TE 6'3 235 23 0 Hastings (Neb.) 79 Dan Gleason DE 6'3 245 22 0 Hillsdale 71 Dave Hale DT 6'8 225 27 4 Ottawa (KS) Leo Hart QB 6'4 205 25 2 Duke 18 Clayton Heath RB 6 5'11 190 23 0 Wake Forest 71 Mike Heinrich DE 6'4 230 22 0 Illinois Willie Holman DE 6'4 250 29 6 South Carolina State 28 Harry Howard S 6'1 190 25 0 Ohio State 76 Glenn Hyde OG 6'3 245 23 0 Pittsburgh 44 Herb Ivory CB 6'0 170 25 0 Cal State 89 Sherwin Jarmon LB 6'2 220 26 0 Nebraska 60 Al Jenkins OT 6'2 260 28 4 Tulsa 31 Mark Kellar RB 6'0 220 22 0 Northern Illinois 44 Leroy Kelly RB 6'0 205 32 10 Morgan State 86 Jimmie Kennedy TE 6'3 230 22 0 Colorado State 49 Kevin Kiley LB 6'2 215 24 0 Wyoming 48 Chuck Kogut LB 6'2 220 22 0 Illinois 59 Rudy Kuechenberg LB 6'2 230 31 5 Indiana 19 Dennis Lantz CB 6'1 185 22 0 Kansas 66 Dave Malheiro OG 6'2 250 27 0 Miami (Ohio) 81 Mickey McCarty TE 6'5 250 27 0 Texas Christian 66 Tom McCreight OG 6'2 250 24 0 Northwestern 21 Willie Miller WR 5'11 180 24 0 Tampa 56 Guy Murdock C 6'2 230 24 1 Michigan 32 Craig O'Sadnick DB 5'11 190 23 0 Northeast Missouri State 80 Luther Palmer TE 6'2 225 25 0 Virginia Union 10 Neil Pennington QB 6'5 210 23 0 Massachusetts 17 Hal Phillips CB 6'1 190 25 0 Michigan State Terry Phillips WR 6'3 175 23 0 Northeastern Oklahoma 46 Cyril Pinder RB 6'2 220 27 6 Illinois 86 Rex Pitts OT 6'4 250 28 0 Los Angeles State 50 Ron Porter LB 6'3 235 29 7 Idaho 15 Chuck Ramsey P 6'1 185 22 0 Wake Forest 21 Charlie Reamon DB 5'11 185 25 0 Maryland Eastern Shore 84 Tom Redmond WR 6'0 180 23 0 Butler 82 Mike Reppond WR 6'0 180 23 1 Washington 27 Walter Rhone DB 6'0 180 23 0 Central State (Missouri) 72 Andy Rice DT 6'2 265 34 8 Texas Southern 19 Randy Richardson DB 5'11 180 24 0 Southwestern Oklahoma State Glenn Robinson DE 6'7 245 23 0 Oklahoma State 24 Marv Robinson RB 5'8 190 22 0 Northeast Missouri State 53 Tom Roussel LB 6'3 230 29 6 Southern Mississippi 29 Bill Rudder RB 6'1 225 22 0 Tennessee 32 Barry Ruffner S 6'1 190 25 0 Indiana (Pa.) 24 Reggie Sanderson RB 5'10 205 23 1 Stanford 74 Ken Sanduk DT 6'4 250 24 0 Penn State 42 James Scott WR 8 6'0 185 22 0 Trinity Valley C.C. 18 Drane Scrievener DB 6'0 190 23 0 Tulsa 85 Jim Seymour WR 6'0 185 27 3 Notre Dame 61 Mike Sikich OT 6'4 245 25 1 Northwestern 25 Todd Snyder WR 6'0 185 26 3 Ohio 87 Rob Spicer LB 6'3 235 23 1 Indiana 25 Greg Stemrick DB 6'0 180 23 0 Colorado State 20 Billy Taylor RB 5'10 200 25 0 Michigan Ron Thomas WR 6'2 185 23 0 San Diego State 79 Doug Troszak DE 6'3 250 22 0 Michigan 29 George Uremovich RB 6'1 190 23 0 Illinois 30 Allen Watson K 5'10 170 29 1 Newport (Wales) 58 Wayne Whye DT 6'3 250 24 0 Maryland Eastern Shore 47 Joe Womack CB 6'1 185 25 0 Louisiana State 73 Steve Wright OG 6'6 245 32 9 Alabama 35 Bob Wyatt RB 6'0 215 25 0 North Texas State 12 Bubba Wyche QB 6'0 185 28 0 Tennessee
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Virgil Carter 358 195 54.5 2,629 7.34 13.5 27 7.5 16 4.5 26 225 84.6 Bill Cappleman 112 44 39.3 650 5.80 14.8 4 3.6 11 9.8 10 93 31.3 Bubba Wyche 74 36 48.6 478 6.46 13.3 1 1.4 1 1.4 8 75 68.4 Leo Hart 37 12 32.4 176 4.76 14.7 1 2.7 1 2.7 4 34 46.7 Maurie Daigneau 9 4 44.4 17 1.89 4.2 0 0.0 1 11.1 0 0 12.0 Chuck Ramsey 2 1 50.0 22 11.00 22.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 89.6 Jimmie Calip 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Joe Womack 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Jack Dolbin 54 942 17.4 7 James Scott 52 755 14.5 8 Cyril Pinder 29 207 7.1 3 Mark Kellar 28 342 12.2 6 Don Burchfield 19 268 14.1 1 Jim Seymour 16 238 14.9 4 Bob Wyatt 16 151 9.4 1 Leroy Kelly 8 128 16.0 0 Reggie Sanderson 6 32 5.3 1 Terry Phillips 5 93 18.6 0 Bill Rudder 5 52 10.4 0 Jimmie Kennedy 5 39 7.8 0 Glenn D'Amato 4 32 8.0 0 Ron Thomas 2 8 4.0 0 Richard Brewer 1 22 22.0 0 Jimmie Calip 1 19 19.0 0 Willie Miller 1 6 6.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Cyril Pinder 179 925 5.2 8 Mark Kellar 189 778 4.1 9 Leroy Kelly 77 315 4.1 1 Bubba Wyche 46 302 6.6 3 Bob Wyatt 65 216 3.3 1 Reggie Sanderson 43 202 4.7 0 Virgil Carter 27 181 6.7 1 Bill Cappleman 8 45 5.6 0 Jimmie Calip 11 40 3.6 0 Jack Dolbin 2 26 13.0 0 Bill Rudder 8 9 1.1 0 Maurie Daigneau 2 4 2.0 0 Billy Taylor 1 2 2.0 0 Joe Womack 1 1 1.0 1 James Scott 1 -1 -1.0 0 Mike Botts 1 -3 -3.0 0 Chuck Ramsey 1 -10 -10.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Walter Rhone 28 645 23.0 1 Reggie Sanderson 14 285 20.4 0 Joe Womack 9 232 25.8 0 Charlie Reamon 7 157 22.4 0 Bob Wyatt 7 129 18.4 0 Herb Ivory 3 77 25.7 0 Mike Reppond 3 74 24.7 0 Harry Howard 3 64 21.3 0 Jimmie Calip 2 47 23.5 0 Ron Thomas 2 46 23.0 0 Lonnie Crittenden 2 31 15.5 0 Billy Taylor 1 26 26.0 0 Jack Dolbin 1 22 22.0 0 Willie Miller 1 15 15.0 0 Kevin Kiley 1 13 13.0 0 Dick Evey 1 3 3.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Harry Howard 41 206 5.0 0 Reggie Sanderson 14 63 4.5 0 Joe Womack 7 77 11.0 0 Walter Rhone 3 8 2.7 0 Ron Thomas 1 8 8.0 0 Charles Battle 1 7 7.0 0 Randy Richardson 1 3 3.0 0 Barry Ruffner 1 0 0.0 0 |
1974 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 10 DE Bill Kollar 109 Montana State 2 15 QB Danny White 166 Arizona State 3 34 TE Dave Casper 147 Notre Dame 4 39 TE Steve Craig 72 Northwestern 5 58 OT Charlie Getty 134 Penn State 6 63 RB Charlie Davis 20 Colorado 7 82 RB Mark Kellar 33 Northern Illinois 8 87 DE Glenn Robinson 39 Oklahoma State 9 106 RB Isaac Jackson Kansas State 10 111 RB Ken Grandberry 14 Washington State 11 130 C Joe Montgomery William & Mary 12 135 OT Joe Miller Villanova 13 154 C Mike Webster 245 Wisconsin 14 159 DE John Teerlinck 20 Western Illinois 15 178 LB Octavius Morgan Illinois 16 183 OG Frank Pomerico Notre Dame 17 202 OT Gerry Sullivan 119 Illinois 18 207 RB Nate Anderson Eastern Illinois 19 226 LB Mike Varty 8 Northwestern 20 231 RB George Uremovich Illinois 21 250 OT Don Bryant Kansas 22 255 LB Mike Rogowski Illinois Benedictine 23 274 QB Tom Owen 26 Wichita State 24 279 K Chuck Ramsey 117 Wake Forest 25 298 RB Ken Starling Indiana 26 303 RB Clayton Heath 8 Wake Forest 27 322 TE Greg Meczka Bowling Green 28 327 TE Dave Grannell 9 Arizona State 29 346 RB Ron Willingham Wisconsin-Milwaukee 30 351 RB Marvin Robinson NE Missouri 31 370 WR Garvin Roberson Illinois 32 375 DE Mick Heinrich Illinois 33 394 WR Delorto Robinson Kansas 34 399 K Blair Conway Ohio State 35 418 LB Gordy Lofquist South Dakota State 36 423 DB Rick Sievers Wake Forest
Traded draft picks: none
1974 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 07/10/74 vs Houston Texans W 17-0 1-0-0 07/17/74 at Jacksonville Sharks W 25-22 2-0-0 07/24/74 at Portland Storm W 29-22 3-0-0 07/28/74 at The Hawaiians W 53-29 4-0-0 08/07/74 vs Florida Blazers L 21-46 4-1-0 08/14/74 vs Philadelphia Bell W 32-29 5-1-0 08/22/74 at Detroit Wheels W 35-23 6-1-0 08/29/74 vs Birmingham Americans L 8-22 6-2-0 09/02/74 at Southern California Sun W 32-22 7-2-0 09/07/74 at Birmingham Americans L 40-41 7-3-0 09/11/74 vs Southern California Sun L 28-31 7-4-0 09/18/74 vs Memphis Southmen L 7-25 7-5-0 09/26/74 at Florida Blazers L 0-29 7-6-0 10/03/74 vs Charlotte Hornets L 30-41 7-7-0 10/09/74 vs Florida Blazers L 17-45 7-8-0 10/16/74 at Charlotte Hornets L 0-27 7-9-0 10/23/74 vs The Hawaiians L 17-60 7-10-0 10/30/74 at Philadelphia Bell L 31-37 7-11-0 11/07/74 at Memphis Southmen L 24-49 7-12-0 11/13/74 at Philadelphia Bell L 0-2 7-13-0