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1974 Jacksonville Sharks: 4-10-0
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Home record: 3-5-0 (154 points scored, 149 allowed) Road record: 1-5-0 (104 points scored, 210 allowed) Head Coaches: Bud Asher (2-4-0), Charlie Tate (2-6-0)

258 points scored (10th of 12 teams), 359 points allowed (3rd)

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:   178   374   2,021   ( 8)   4.86   11   25    529   1,674   (12)    3.2   14    3,695    ( 9)      39
Defense:   174   376   2,520   ( 8)   6.70   14   16    524   2,193   (10)    4.2   25    4,713    ( 9)      35

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
60  Fred Abbott          LB         6'3   230   24    0   Florida
    Buck Baker           OG         6'3   245   25    0   Georgia
34  Solomon Brannan      DB         6'1   190   30    0   Morris Brown
    Kerry Brown          WR         6'2   185   22    0   Princeton
41  Drew Buie            WR         6'2   189   27    4   Catawba
    Mike Burnop          TE         6'1   235   23    0   Virginia Tech
72  Bill Bushong         DT         6'3   250   25    0   Kentucky
18  Duane Carrell        P          5'11  190   25    0   Florida State
67  Richard Cheek        OG         6'3   255   26    1   Auburn
    Stan Cherry          LB         6'3   225   23    1   Morgan State
23  Ron Coppenbarger     DB         6'1   198   23    0   Kansas State
79  Frank Cornish        OT         6'3   282   30    7   Grambling
64  Mike Creaney         C          6'5   245   23    0   Notre Dame
40  Jeff Davis           RB         5'11  202   24    0   Georgia
22  Jerry Davis          DB         6'0   202   23    0   Morris Brown
71  Jim Dunaway          DT         6'4   280   33   10   Mississippi
35  Tommy Durrance       RB         6'0   202   24    0   Florida
53  Glenn Ellison        LB         6'2   225   27    1   Arkansas
78  Eddie Foster         OT         6'6   258   23    0   Oklahoma
79  Larry Gagner         OG         6'2   268   30    5   Florida
51  Glen Gaspard         LB         6'2   230   22    0   Texas
    John Gordon          DE         6'5   260   26    1   Hawaii
14  Grant Guthrie        K          6'1   225   26    2   Florida State
70  Mike Haggerty        OT         6'4   255   29    6   Miami
 9  Kim Hammond          QB         6'1   185   30    0   Florida State
    Al Haywood           RB         6'1   210   26    0   Bethune-Cookman
80  Dennis Hughes        TE         6'2   225   26    2   Georgia
53  Tom Johnson          C          6'1   235   24    0   Tennessee
    Wayne Jones          RB         5'11  200   23    0   Mississippi State
56  Howard Kindig        OL         6'6   260   33    9   Los Angeles State
86  Keith Krepfle        TE         6'3   222   22    0   Iowa State
37  Ricky Lake           RB         6'1   220   24    0   Georgia
44  Ron Lamb             RB         6'2   225   31    5   South Carolina
77  Ike Lassiter         DE         6'5   270   33   10   St. Augustine's
81  Tony Lomax           WR         6'3   190   24    0   Washington State
55  Johnny Mack          LB         6'1   220   26    0   Central Missouri State
84  Art May              DE         6'4   240   25    1   Tuskegee
88  Ben Mayes            DE         6'5   255   28    0   Drake
    Eddie McAshan        QB         6'2   204   23    0   Georgia Tech
74  Russ Melby           DT         6'4   260   27    0   Weber State
52  Mike Mullen          LB         6'2   220   24    0   Tulane
68  Carleton Oats        DE         6'4   255   32    9   Florida A&M
12  Reggie Oliver        QB         6'2   185   23    0   Marshall
26  John Osbourne        DB         5'9   165   22    0   Bethune-Cookman
    Dennis Pete          DB         6'3   186   25    0   San Francisco State
 6  Edgar Scott          RB         6'2   211   25    0   Bethune-Cookman
54  Claud Simonton       LB         6'1   225   24    0   Tennessee
    Fletcher Smith       DB         6'0   185   31    6   Tennessee State
    Tom Smith            RB         6'3   205   25    1   Miami
10  Kay Stephenson       QB         6'1   205   29    0   Florida
15  John Stofa           QB         6'2   205   32    5   Buffalo State
    Carl Swierc          WR         6'1   180   23    0   Rice
76  Bob Tatarek          DT         6'4   270   28    3   Miami
32  Rich Thomann         LB         6'2   235   24    0   Notre Dame
13  Bubba Thornton       WR         6'1   185   27    0   Texas Christian
43  Mike Townsend        DB         6'3   205   22    0   Notre Dame
87  Vern Vanoy           DE         6'7   265   27    3   Kansas
    Harmon Wages         RB         6'1   212   28    5   Florida
63  Tom Walker           DB         6'3   245   22    0   Northern Colorado
66  O.Z. White           DT         6'2   245   25    0   California
83  Tom Whittier         WR         6'2   185   26    0   Texas Southern
41  Alvin Wyatt          DB         5'10  181   26    4   Bethune-Cookman

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Reggie Oliver        198  101   51.0  1,415   7.15  14.0   7   3.5   12   6.1    24   191    60.9
Kay Stephenson       149   68   45.6    815   5.47  12.0   4   2.7   11   7.4    13    99    41.1
Eddie McAshan         14    5   35.7     88   6.29  17.6   0   0.0    0   0.0     1     8    58.0
John Stofa             5    2   40.0     24   4.80  12.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     2    20    55.4
Grant Guthrie          1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    1 100.0     0     0     0.0
Kim Hammond            0    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     2    15     0.0
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Dennis Hughes          31    498   16.1    2
Drew Buie              29    421   14.5    2
Edgar Scott            27    469   17.4    2
Tom Whittier           18    297   16.5    2
Tommy Durrance         12    105    8.8    0
Ricky Lake             10     75    7.5    0
Jeff Davis              9     84    9.3    0
Ron Lamb                8     36    4.5    0
Wayne Jones             7     61    8.7    0
Al Haywood              7     35    5.0    0
Keith Krepfle           6     80   13.3    0
Tony Lomax              5     61   12.2    1
Bubba Thornton          2     34   17.0    1
Mike Burnop             2     32   16.0    0
Tom Smith               2     11    5.5    0
Carl Swierc             1     25   25.0    1
Kerry Brown             1     15   15.0    0
Mike Creaney            1      7    7.0    0
Reggie Oliver           1     -2   -2.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Tommy Durrance        218    658    3.0    5
Ricky Lake             91    335    3.7    3
Jeff Davis             38    148    3.9    0
Al Haywood             20    111    5.5    2
Reggie Oliver          42    107    2.5    3
Wayne Jones            28     90    3.2    0
Ron Lamb               33     74    2.2    0
Edgar Scott            19     73    3.8    0
Eddie McAshan          11     52    4.7    1
Tom Smith              10     21    2.1    0
Tony Lomax              1      6    6.0    0
John Stofa              1      4    4.0    0
Kay Stephenson         14      3    0.2    0
Bubba Thornton          1     -4   -4.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Alvin Wyatt            28    596   21.3    0
John Osbourne          20    421   21.1    0
Bubba Thornton          4     95   23.8    0
Ron Lamb                4     69   17.2    0
Carl Swierc             3     68   22.7    0
Edgar Scott             1     29   29.0    0
Solomon Brannan         1     25   25.0    0
Glenn Ellison           1     18   18.0    0
Ricky Lake              1      9    9.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Alvin Wyatt            33    197    6.0         1
John Osbourne           2     15    7.5         0
Carl Swierc             2     15    7.5         0
Solomon Brannan         1     42   42.0         0
Art May                 1     15   15.0         0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Duane Carrell 93 3,819 41.1 41.1 Dennis Hughes 1 43 43.0 43.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Grant Guthrie 14/ 0/ 0 42 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Solomon Brannan 2 39 0 Ron Coppenbarger 2 16 0 Jerry Davis 1 12 0 Glen Gaspard 1 9 0 Rich Thomann 1 0 0 Mike Townsend 4 20 0 Alvin Wyatt 5 8 0

1974 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 3 RB Woody Green 28 Arizona State 2 14 OT John Hicks 52 Ohio State 3 27 DE John Dutton 185 Nebraska 4 46 WR Wayne Wheeler 12 Alabama 5 51 WR Nat Moore 183 Florida 6 70 DB Mike Townsend Notre Dame 7 73 OT Henry Lawrence 187 Florida A&M [pick acquired from HOU] 7 75 RB Andy Johnson 94 Georgia 8 94 TE Keith Krepfle 97 Iowa State 8 96 RB Wayne Jones Mississippi State [pick acquired from HOU] 9 99 TE Henry Childs 103 Kansas State 10 118 LB Danny Rhodes 14 Arkansas 11 123 C Fred Rothwell 14 Kansas State 12 142 DB Eddie Brown 72 Tennessee 13 147 LB Ken Hutcherson 22 Livingston State 14 166 LB John Tate 2 Jackson State 15 171 WR Carl Swierc Rice 16 190 LB Glen Gaspard Texas 17 195 OG Sam Baker Georgia 18 214 RB Doyle Orange Southern Mississippi 19 219 RB Steve Buchanan Holy Cross 20 238 OT Eddie Foster Oklahoma 21 243 OT Henry Lewis Iowa State 22 262 RB Morris Bradshaw 112 Ohio State 23 267 LB Doug Allen 28 Penn State 24 286 DB Charlie Johnson Southern 25 291 C Doug Lowrey Arkansas State 26 310 TE Raymond Burke South Carolina State 27 315 TE Bruce Henley Rice 28 334 OT Hank Foldberg Florida 29 339 DB Jim Revels Florida 30 358 WR Richard Williams 2 Abilene Christian 31 363 DB John Osborne Bethune Cookman 32 382 TE Joel Parker 22 Florida 33 387 TE Arthur Jones Florida 34 406 OG Glenn Hyde 115 Pittsburgh 35 411 RB Vince Hendricks Florida 36 430 DB Leonard Lucas UNLV

Traded draft picks: none


1974 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
07/11/74 vs New York Stars W 14-8 1-0-0 07/17/74 vs Chicago Fire L 22-25 1-1-0 07/24/74 vs Southern California Sun L 19-22 1-2-0 07/31/74 at New York Stars L 16-24 1-3-0 08/08/74 vs The Hawaiians W 21-14 2-3-0 08/14/74 at Florida Blazers L 26-33 2-4-0 08/21/74 vs Birmingham Americans L 14-15 2-5-0 08/25/74 at The Hawaiians W 14-8 3-5-0 09/02/74 vs Memphis Southmen L 13-16 3-6-0 09/05/74 vs Philadelphia Bell W 34-30 4-6-0 09/11/74 at Philadelphia Bell L 22-41 4-7-0 09/18/74 vs Portland Storm L 17-19 4-8-0 09/25/74 at Southern California Sun L 7-57 4-9-0 10/02/74 at Memphis Southmen L 19-47 4-10-0

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