1974 Detroit Wheels: 1-13-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 0-6-0 (76 points scored, 139 allowed) Road record: 1-7-0 (133 points scored, 219 allowed) Head Coach: Dan Boisture 209 points scored (12th of 12 teams), 358 points allowed (4th) 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: 171 343 1,603 (10) 4.07 12 21 449 1,834 ( 9) 4.1 15 3,437 (11) 39 Defense: 147 296 2,308 ( 5) 7.80 19 18 582 3,172 (12) 5.5 22 5,480 (12) 36
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 58 Henry Adolfi LB 6'3 220 24 0 Amherst 39 Phil Allen RB 6'2 215 22 0 Harvard 64 Charles Battle LB 6'4 234 21 0 Grambling 59 Dick Blanchard LB 6'3 225 25 1 Tulsa 55 Sam Britts LB 6'0 235 24 0 Missouri 2 Hubie Bryant WR 5'10 175 28 3 Minnesota 14 Chuck Collins K 6'0 175 23 0 Michigan State 75 Jim Coode OT 6'4 260 23 0 Michigan 44 Lewis Cook DB 5'11 180 27 0 Idaho State 82 Bruce Cullen TE 6'3 230 27 0 Illinois State 63 Norman Davis OG 6'3 250 29 3 Grambling 61 Bennett Edwards OG 6'1 240 24 0 Eastern Michigan 89 John Embree WR 6'5 200 30 2 Compton C.C. 63 Phil Engle DT 6'3 265 24 0 South Dakota State 64 Mark Ferguson C 6'2 245 22 0 Western Carolina 79 Ron Fernandes DE 6'5 248 23 0 Eastern Michigan 42 Lee Fobbs RB 6'0 200 24 0 Grambling 30 Clyde Glossen WR 6'1 180 27 1 Texas-El Paso 32 Gary Grady DB 6'0 190 28 0 Eastern Michigan 12 Eric Guthrie P 6'1 200 27 0 Boise State 52 Ted Hand C 6'2 250 23 0 Eastern Michigan 36 Nate Hawkins WR 6'2 195 24 0 Nevada-Las Vegas 75 Charles Hayes OT 6'4 270 26 0 Weber State 47 George Haynes DB 6'0 185 23 0 Tulsa 10 Jon Henderson WR 6'1 190 29 3 Colorado State 38 Terry Hoeppner DB 6'3 200 26 0 Franklin 44 Reggie Holmes DB 6'1 190 28 0 Wisconsin-Stout 80 Clark Hoss TE 6'8 235 25 1 Oregon State 34 Gary Hudson DB 5'11 180 23 0 Boston College 86 Eddie Johnson DE 6'5 230 22 0 Southern Methodist 82 Sheldon Joppru TE 6'4 235 23 0 North Dakota 73 Dennis Kemp OT 6'3 250 28 0 Tulsa 57 Mike Kuhn LB 6'3 220 25 0 Kansas State 74 Andy Kupp OG 6'3 250 24 0 Idaho 63 John Levanti OG 6'3 240 22 0 Illinois 52 David Limebrook C 6'2 235 23 0 San Diego State 39 Dan Lintner DB 6'2 190 23 0 Indiana 9 Dale Livingston K 6'0 220 29 3 Western Michigan 22 Rocky Long S 5'10 180 24 0 New Mexico Booth Lusteg K 5'10 175 35 4 Connecticut 80 Dennis Macholz TE 6'3 230 23 0 Michigan State Herb Marshall DB 6'3 204 25 0 Cameron State 54 Rocky Martin LB 6'0 230 27 0 Colorado 88 Mickey McCarty TE 6'5 250 27 0 Texas Christian 8 Charlie McKee WR 6'3 190 24 0 Arizona Warren McVea RB 5'11 194 28 5 Houston 33 Jesse Mims RB 5'11 203 26 0 New Mexico State 39 Darrel Mossberg DB 5'11 175 24 0 Eastern Michigan 74 Jim O'Connor OT 6'4 265 24 0 Arizona 72 Jessie Parks DE 6'4 250 24 0 Jackson State 14 Ken Pengitore QB 5'11 194 22 0 Clemson 65 Renard Perkins DT 6'3 250 22 0 California-Riverside 41 Terry Phillips WR 6'3 175 23 0 Northeastern Oklahoma 20 Floyd Priester DB 6'1 195 29 0 Boston University 84 Tom Ramsey DE 6'5 250 24 0 Northern Arizona 23 Larry Ratcliff RB 6'2 200 26 0 Eastern Michigan 43 Jim Rathje RB 6'0 218 22 0 Northern Michigan 83 Don Ratliff DE 6'5 240 24 0 Maryland 74 Bo Renfrow DT 6'5 260 25 0 None 60 Dominic Riggio LB 6'0 225 23 0 Western Michigan 32 Billy Sadler RB 5'11 200 25 0 Texas Christian 72 Dan Sartin OT 6'2 250 28 0 Mississippi 85 Joe Scales TE 6'3 210 25 0 Tennessee State 35 Sam Scarber RB 6'3 230 25 0 New Mexico 12 Bruce Shaw QB 6'2 190 22 0 North Carolina State 75 John Skladany DT 6'4 250 24 0 Central Connecticut 55 Brian Stenger LB 6'4 235 27 5 Notre Dame 76 Mike Taibi DE 6'4 258 24 0 Colorado 50 Mike Taylor LB 6'3 225 25 2 Michigan 83 Gene Trosch DE 6'7 260 29 0 Miami 42 Dave Walker DB 6'0 190 25 0 Utah 77 Mike Walker DE 6'4 240 24 1 Tulane 88 Bob Wallace TE 6'3 220 29 5 Texas-El Paso 78 Ted Wheeler OT 6'4 260 29 3 West Texas State Bill Wideman DE 6'3 265 23 0 North Carolina A&T 85 Terry Williams TE 6'3 225 27 0 Grambling 62 Mike Wilson OG 6'2 250 27 3 Dayton 53 Wimpy Winther C 6'6 261 27 2 Mississippi 70 James Wright OG 6'1 250 23 0 Southern 18 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 Bubba Wyche 303 156 51.5 1,864 6.15 11.9 10 3.3 20 6.6 36 336 54.1 Eric Guthrie 21 7 33.3 79 3.76 11.3 1 4.8 2 9.5 6 52 21.8 Bruce Shaw 17 7 41.2 66 3.88 9.4 1 5.9 0 0.0 9 56 72.2
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Jon Henderson 30 406 13.5 2 Sam Scarber 29 266 9.2 0 Terry Phillips 20 274 13.7 4 Billy Sadler 18 156 8.7 0 Jesse Mims 16 109 6.8 0 Mickey McCarty 8 129 16.1 0 Charlie McKee 6 91 15.2 0 John Embree 4 63 15.8 0 Jim Rathje 4 53 13.2 2 Joe Scales 4 46 11.5 0 Lee Fobbs 3 23 7.7 0 Dennis Macholz 3 19 6.3 0 Terry Williams 2 26 13.0 0 Sheldon Joppru 2 10 5.0 0 Bruce Cullen 1 20 20.0 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Sam Scarber 138 606 4.4 3 Billy Sadler 101 321 3.2 1 Jim Rathje 28 80 2.9 1 Larry Ratcliff 19 56 2.9 0 Eric Guthrie 4 35 8.8 0 Bruce Shaw 6 22 3.7 0 Dale Livingston 1 9 9.0 0 Lee Fobbs 8 6 0.8 0 Terry Phillips 3 -1 -0.3 0 Bubba Wyche 15 -15 -1.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Billy Sadler 30 751 25.0 0 Rocky Long 14 402 28.7 0 Larry Ratcliff 5 86 17.2 0 Lee Fobbs 3 61 20.3 0 Jim Rathje 3 51 17.0 0 Charlie McKee 2 43 21.5 0 Terry Hoeppner 2 34 17.0 0 Jon Henderson 1 21 21.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Rocky Long 20 217 10.8 0 Billy Sadler 17 165 9.7 0 |
1974 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 12 TE Paul Seal 85 Michigan 2 13 LB Rick Middleton 64 Ohio State 3 36 DE Too Tall Jones 224 Tennessee State 4 37 RB Ed Shuttlesworth Michigan 5 60 QB Neil Pennington Massachusetts 6 61 WR Clint Haselrig Michigan 7 84 DB Bill Simpson 108 Michigan State 8 85 DB Tony Bell Bowling Green 9 108 C Jim Pietrzak 140 Eastern Michigan 10 109 WR Marvin Williams Western Illinois 11 132 OG Jim Coode Michigan 12 133 RB Dennis Morgan 17 Western Illinois 13 156 OG Dan Dixon Boise State 14 157 LB Ray Nester Michigan State 15 180 RB Andrean Andrade Northern Michigan 16 181 DE Walt Williamson Michigan 17 204 OT Al Davis Boise State 18 205 WR Freddie Scott 132 Amherst 19 228 LB Dominic Riggio Western Michigan 20 229 DT Eddie Johnson SMU 21 252 QB Larry Cipa 8 Michigan 22 253 OG Doug Neuendorf Toledo 23 276 RB George Spanish Moorehead State 24 277 DE Dave Boone 5 Eastern Michigan 25 300 QB Jack Stebbins Jersey City State 26 301 DB Earl Garrett Boston State 27 324 LB Mike Kleinhenz Cincinnati 28 325 WR Loren Ducett Trinity (CT) 29 348 DB Gary Yeoman Texas 30 349 DE Jessie Parks Jackson State 31 372 DB Larry Cates Western Michigan 32 373 RB Jim Rathje Northern Michigan 33 396 DB Howard Ebow Houston 34 397 K Randy Walker 14 NW Louisiana State 35 420 DB Rick Murphy Indiana 36 421 TE Randy Grossman 118 Temple
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 at Memphis Southmen L 15-34 0-1-0 07/17/74 vs Florida Blazers L 14-18 0-2-0 07/21/74 at The Hawaiians L 16-36 0-3-0 07/31/74 vs Birmingham Americans L 18-21 0-4-0 08/07/74 at Birmingham Americans L 22-28 0-5-0 08/14/74 vs Memphis Southmen L 7-37 0-6-0 08/22/74 vs Chicago Fire L 23-35 0-7-0 08/28/74 at Philadelphia Bell L 23-27 0-8-0 09/02/74 vs Portland Storm L 7-18 0-9-0 09/06/74 vs Southern California Sun L 7-10 0-10-0 09/11/74 at Florida Blazers W 15-14 1-10-0 09/18/74 at Southern California Sun L 24-29 1-11-0 09/24/74 at New York Stars L 7-37 1-12-0 10/02/74 at Shreveport Steamer L 11-14 1-13-0