1974 Florida Blazers roster and stats

1974 Florida Blazers: 14-6-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (152 points scored, 105 allowed) Road record: 8-4-0 (267 points scored, 175 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Pardee 419 points scored (8th of 12 teams), 280 points allowed (1st) 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: 237 435 3,051 ( 7) 6.58 23 25 806 3,096 ( 3) 3.8 25 6,147 ( 6) 51 Defense: 219 497 3,062 ( 3) 6.16 15 29 686 2,448 ( 2) 3.6 19 5,510 ( 1) 55

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 73 Dick Amman DE 6'5 250 24 2 Florida State 71 Roger Anderson DT 6'3 268 31 0 Virginia Union 61 Rick Anthony OG 6'2 243 22 0 South Carolina 44 Chuck Beatty DB 6'1 199 28 4 North Texas State 58 Boice Best DT 6'0 245 23 0 Texas A&M 62 Tim Brannan OG 6'1 237 24 0 Maryland 23 Henry Brown WR 6'2 206 27 0 Missouri 2 Hubie Bryant WR 5'10 175 28 3 Minnesota 22 Leonard Bryant CB 6'0 180 24 0 Morris Brown 77 Rich Buzin OT 6'4 255 28 5 Penn State 78 Ernie Calloway DE 6'6 250 26 4 Texas Southern 86 Gary Collins WR 6'4 225 34 10 Maryland 47 Lonnie Crittenden WR 6'0 180 23 0 Texas-El Paso 10 Eric Crone QB 6'3 197 24 0 Harvard 12 Bob Davis QB 6'2 202 29 7 Virginia 73 Tommy Davis DE 6'0 259 29 0 Tennessee State 59 Larry Ely LB 6'2 220 26 2 Iowa 20 Miller Farr DB 6'2 192 31 9 Wichita State 39 Rod Foster S 6'0 200 23 0 Harvard 35 Bill Gatti RB 6'0 217 25 0 Louisville 60 Larry Grantham LB 6'0 207 36 13 Mississippi 46 Rickie Harris S 5'10 184 31 8 Arizona 15 Billie Hayes CB 6'1 181 27 1 San Diego State 33 W.K. Hicks S 6'0 203 32 9 Texas Southern 89 John Hilton TE 6'5 228 32 9 Richmond 55 Bill Hobbs LB 6'1 222 28 4 Texas A&M Walt Hughes OG 5'11 244 28 0 Grambling 40 Dickie James RB 6'2 196 23 0 Cincinnati 64 Mitch Johnson OT 6'4 250 32 6 UCLA 85 Mike Kaczmarek LB 6'4 230 23 1 Southern Illinois 57 Ted Lachowicz C 6'1 235 24 0 Syracuse 88 Greg Latta TE 6'2 226 22 0 Morgan State 74 Ron Maree OT 6'5 286 24 0 Purdue 83 Matt Maslowski WR 6'3 196 25 2 San Diego 76 Mike McBath DT 6'4 248 28 5 Penn State 42 Cliff McClain RB 6'0 217 26 4 South Carolina State 8 Buddy Palazzo QB 6'0 199 23 0 Southern Mississippi 38 Luther Palmer TE 6'2 225 25 0 Virginia Union 79 Mel Parker DE 6'2 228 23 0 Duke 52 Dan Peiffer C 6'3 254 23 0 Southeast Missouri State 36 Les Perry K 6'0 228 25 0 Concordia 85 Don Ratliff DE 6'5 240 24 0 Maryland 21 Tommy Reamon RB 5'9 191 22 0 Missouri 82 John Ricca DE 6'6 253 22 0 Duke 80 Eddie Richardson WR 6'3 195 22 0 Howard 67 Walt Rock DT 6'5 255 32 11 Maryland 81 Louis Ross DE 6'7 259 27 2 South Carolina State 53 Bob Rush TE 6'3 233 23 0 Boston College 84 Eddie Sheats LB 6'2 224 23 0 Kansas 9 Dave Strock P 6'1 200 26 0 Virginia Tech 28 Jim Strong RB 6'0 213 27 3 Houston 42 Richard Trapp WR 6'2 183 28 0 Florida Cecil Turner WR 5'10 176 30 6 Cal Poly-S.L.O. 72 Paul Vellano DT 6'3 250 22 0 Maryland 9 Billy Walik WR 5'11 181 26 3 Villanova 25 A.D. Whitfield RB 5'9 207 31 0 North Texas State 24 Clancy Williams CB 6'2 194 32 0 Washington State 70 Del Williams OG 6'2 250 28 7 Florida State 33 Larry Willis CB 6'0 175 26 1 Texas-El Paso 63 Billy Yoest OG 6'0 251 22 0 North Carolina State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bob Davis 413 232 56.2 2,977 7.21 12.8 21 5.1 23 5.6 27 222 72.7 Eric Crone 10 4 40.0 34 3.40 8.5 0 0.0 1 10.0 2 15 10.0 Buddy Palazzo 5 3 60.0 23 4.60 7.7 0 0.0 1 20.0 0 0 31.7 Tommy Reamon 4 3 75.0 152 38.00 50.7 2 50.0 0 0.0 0 0 156.3 Matt Maslowski 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Jim Strong             47    429    9.1    2
Matt Maslowski         45    800   17.8    7
Greg Latta             39    815   20.9    9
Tommy Reamon           38    236    6.2    3
A.D. Whitfield         15    146    9.7    0
John Hilton             7     83   11.9    0
Bill Gatti              7     76   10.9    0
Eddie Richardson        5     76   15.2    0
Dickie James            5     54   10.8    0
Richard Trapp           3     11    3.7    0
Gary Collins            2     34   17.0    1

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Tommy Reamon          386  1,576    4.1   11
Jim Strong            183    683    3.7    4
Dickie James           73    344    4.7    5
A.D. Whitfield         71    202    2.8    1
Bill Gatti             45    161    3.6    1
Bob Davis              28     77    2.8    2
Buddy Palazzo           7     18    2.6    1
Eddie Richardson        1     16   16.0    0
Bill Hobbs              1      5    5.0    0
Greg Latta              3      2    0.7    0
Eric Crone              4      2    0.5    0
Cliff McClain           1      1    1.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Dickie James           20    539   26.9    0
Rod Foster             13    237   18.2    0
Tommy Reamon            6    168   28.0    0
Bill Gatti              5     76   15.2    0
Larry Willis            4     69   17.2    0
Les Perry               1     25   25.0    0
Henry Brown             1     15   15.0    0
Ron Maree               1     14   14.0    0
Eddie Richardson        1     12   12.0    0
John Ricca              1      2    2.0    0
Matt Maslowski          1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Rickie Harris          28    158    5.6         0
Rod Foster             25    280   11.2         1
Leonard Bryant          8     82   10.2         1
Larry Willis            2     32   16.0         0
Dickie James            2      4    2.0         0
Luther Palmer           1      5    5.0         0
Bill Gatti              1      5    5.0         0
Tommy Reamon            1      0    0.0         0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Bill Hobbs 56 2,053 36.7 36.7 Dave Strock 29 1,157 39.9 39.9 Henry Brown 12 410 34.2 34.2 Gary Collins 4 137 34.2 34.2 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Les Perry 6/ 0/ 0 18 Dave Strock 4/ 0/ 0 12 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Chuck Beatty 1 0 0 Larry Ely 1 36 0 Miller Farr 6 86 0 Rod Foster 2 31 0 Larry Grantham 2 27 0 Rickie Harris 2 21 0 Billie Hayes 6 105 0 Bill Hobbs 4 97 0 John Ricca 1 75 0 Eddie Sheats 5 41 1

1974 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 11 RB Barty Smith 67 Richmond 2 20 LB Waymond Bryant 53 Tennessee State 3 35 DT Paul Vellano Maryland 5 59 C Bill Wyman Texas 6 62 WR Gerald Tinker 26 Kent State 7 83 OT Bart Purvis Maryland 8 86 OG Billy Yoest North Carolina State 9 107 QB Carl Summerell 10 East Carolina 10 110 TE Greg Latta 73 Morgan State 11 131 DB Ken Pope 4 Oklahoma 12 134 OT Rick Druschel 11 North Carolina State 13 155 WR Lonnie Crittenden UTEP 14 158 RB Mark Van Eeghen 137 Colgate 15 179 DT Bubba McCollum 11 Kentucky 16 182 DT Jessie Wolf Prairie View 17 203 OG Joe Sullivan Boston College 18 206 DB Ken Sawyer 12 Syracuse 19 227 DE Willie Cullars 13 Kansas State 20 230 DB Ron McNeil North Carolina Central 21 251 OG James Davis Alcorn A&M 22 254 DB Danny Colbert 32 Tulsa 23 275 RB Tommy Reamon 11 Missouri 24 278 LB Maury Damkroger 13 Nebraska 25 299 DB Mike McCoy Western Kentucky 26 302 OG Noah Jackson 131 Tampa 27 323 LB Evan Jolitz 12 Cincinnati 28 326 RB Fred Tabron SW Missouri State 29 347 TE Bob Rush Boston College 30 350 DE Jim Wolf 25 Prairie View 31 371 WR Mark Sheridan Holy Cross 32 374 OG Dave Parham Mississippi 33 395 OT Dave Simonson 29 Minnesota 34 398 LB Pat Kelly Richmond 35 419 DE Leroy Hegge South Dakota 36 422 WR Eddie Richardson Howard

Traded draft picks: none

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

Date        Opponent                   Result
11/22/74    vs Philadelphia Bell       W 18-3
11/29/74    at Memphis Southmen        W 18-15
World Bowl 
12/05/74    at Birmingham Americans    L 21-22

1974 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
07/10/74    vs The Hawaiians           W 8-7         1-0-0
07/17/74    at Detroit Wheels          W 18-14       2-0-0
07/24/74    vs Houston Texans          W 15-3        3-0-0
07/31/74    at Houston Texans          L 6-7         3-1-0
08/07/74    at Chicago Fire            W 46-21       4-1-0
08/14/74    vs Jacksonville Sharks     W 33-26       5-1-0
08/21/74    vs Portland Storm          W 11-7        6-1-0
08/28/74    vs Memphis Southmen        L 18-26       6-2-0
09/02/74    at Birmingham Americans    L 7-8         6-3-0
09/06/74    at New York Stars          W 17-15       7-3-0
09/11/74    vs Detroit Wheels          L 14-15       7-4-0
09/18/74    vs Philadelphia Bell       W 24-21       8-4-0
09/26/74    vs Chicago Fire            W 29-0        9-4-0
10/02/74    at Philadelphia Bell       W 30-7        10-4-0
10/09/74    at Chicago Fire            W 45-17       11-4-0
10/16/74    at Memphis Southmen        L 15-25       11-5-0
10/23/74    at Charlotte Hornets       W 15-11       12-5-0
10/30/74    at Birmingham Americans    L 18-26       12-6-0
11/07/74    at Portland Storm          W 23-0        13-6-0
11/14/74    at Southern California Sun W 27-24       14-6-0

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