1974 Jacksonville Sharks: 4-10-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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