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1975 Jacksonville Express: 6-5-0
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Home record: 5-1-0 (136 points scored, 120 allowed) Road record: 1-4-0 (91 points scored, 127 allowed) Head Coach: Charlie Tate

227 points scored (6th of 11 teams), 247 points allowed (7th)

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:   141   296   1,900   ( 6)   6.42   13   14    377   1,460   ( 7)    3.9   12    3,360    ( 7)      30
Defense:   138   276   1,779   ( 3)   6.45   13   15    453   1,933   (10)    4.3   12    3,712    ( 8)      34

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
55  Fred Abbott          LB     4   6'3   230   25    0   Florida
18  Abb Ansley           DB         6'1   185   21    0   Georgia
70  Buck Baker           OT         6'4   260   26    0   Georgia
 7  Steve Barrios        WR    11   6'0   185   25    0   Tulane
88  Witt Beckman         WR         6'4   200   23    0   Miami
56  Ricky Browne         LB         6'2   230   24    0   Florida
84  Don Brumm            DE         6'2   250   34   10   Purdue
 6  Dan Callahan         P          6'3   190   24    0   Rhode Island
51  Jay Casey            C          6'3   245   24    0   Auburn
22  Dick Conn            DB         6'1   190   24    1   Georgia
16  Ron Coppenbarger     DB         6'2   195   24    0   Kansas State
87  Mike Creaney         TE         6'4   240   24    0   Notre Dame
30  Jeff Davis           RB         6'0   190   25    0   Georgia
14  Robbie Davis         QB         6'2   195         0   Florida
32  Brian Duncan         RB         6'0   200   23    0   Southern Methodist
 5  Charlie Durkee       K          5'10  165   31    4   Oklahoma State
 8  Steve Foley          CB         6'2   190   21    0   Tulane
    Tom Forrest          OT         6'2   255   23    1   Cincinnati
12  David Fowler         QB         6'2   210   22    0   Memphis State
79  Larry Gagner         OG         6'2   260   31    5   Florida
52  Glen Gaspard         LB         6'0   225   23    0   Texas
83  Clint Griffith       DT         6'4   255   22    0   Florida
72  Mike Haggerty        OT         6'4   255   30    6   Miami
81  Charles Hall         DE         6'6   260   23    0   Tulane
23  Al Haywood           RB         6'2   220   27    0   Bethune-Cookman
80  Dennis Hughes        TE         6'3   234   27    2   Georgia
82  Charlie Hunt         TE         6'4   235   24    1   Florida State
77  Joey Jackson         DT         6'4   260   26    2   New Mexico State
46  Willie Jackson       RB         6'2   195   26    0   Florida
44  Skip Johns           RB         5'11  235   23    0   Carson-Newman
57  Ted Jornov           LB         6'1   234   24    0   Iowa State
38  Danny Kimble         WR         5'11  183   23    0   North Alabama
54  Howard Kindig        C          6'6   265   34    9   Los Angeles State
    Ricky Lake           RB         6'2   195   25    0   Georgia
    Rick Liddell         LB         6'1   215         0   Miami
 3  Lee McGriff          WR         5'9   165   22    0   Florida
59  Sherman Miller       OT         6'3   234   22    0   Iowa State
10  George Mira          QB         5'11  185   33    7   Miami
78  Kenny Moore          DT         6'2   255   23    0   East Carolina
58  Chip Myrtle          LB         6'3   230   30    7   Maryland
68  Carleton Oats        DE         6'4   260   33    9   Florida A&M
 2  John Osbourne        DB         5'10  175   23    0   Bethune-Cookman
    Fred Pagac           TE         6'1   220   23    1   Ohio State
24  Dennis Pete          CB         6'4   185   26    0   San Francisco State
20  Jimmy Poulos         RB         5'10  195   23    0   Georgia
21  Tommy Reamon         RB         5'10  192   23    0   Missouri
    Larry Shorty         LB         6'2   210   22    0   Arizona State
42  Marvel Simmons       DB         5'10  180   23    0   Texas Southern
31  Fletcher Smith       DB         5'10  190   32    6   Tennessee State
76  Mike Taibi           DT         6'4   255   25    0   Colorado
50  Rich Thomann         LB         6'0   230   25    0   Notre Dame
63  Tom Walker           OT         6'3   245   23    0   Northern Colorado
    Bill West            DB         5'11  180   28    1   Tennessee State
 3  Alvin Wyatt          DB         5'10  180   27    4   Bethune-Cookman

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
George Mira          254  123   48.4  1,675   6.59  13.6  12   4.7   12   4.7                66.0
David Fowler          42   18   42.9    225   5.36  12.5   1   2.4    2   4.8                48.2
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Dennis Hughes          36    552   15.3    4
Witt Beckman           29    471   16.2    3
Steve Barrios          27    483   17.9    4
Tommy Reamon           16     94    5.9    0
Al Haywood             12    131   10.9    2
Brian Duncan           10     73    7.3    0
Mike Creaney            5     52   10.4    0
Jimmy Poulos            3     29    9.7    0
Skip Johns              2     -1   -0.5    0
Lee McGriff             1     16   16.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Al Haywood            131    687    5.2    4
Tommy Reamon          144    278    1.9    5
Brian Duncan           43    127    3.0    2
Skip Johns             22     74    3.4    0
Jimmy Poulos           21     39    1.9    1
George Mira             8     38    4.8    0
David Fowler            6     26    4.3    0
Willie Jackson          1      3    3.0    0
Dan Callahan            1    -12  -12.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Willie Jackson         28    573   20.5    0
Dick Conn               5    113   22.6    0
John Osbourne           4     85   21.2    0
Marvel Simmons          3     65   21.7    0
Jimmy Poulos            3     49   16.3    0
Brian Duncan            2     52   26.0    0
Jeff Davis              2     39   19.5    0
Kenny Moore             1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Willie Jackson         14    128    9.1         0
John Osbourne           5      8    1.6         0
Dick Conn               2      4    2.0         0
Tommy Reamon            1      3    3.0         0
Steve Foley             1      2    2.0         0
Marvel Simmons          1     -1   -1.0         0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Dan Callahan 60 2,442 40.7 40.7 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Charlie Durkee 11/ 0/ 0 33 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Abb Ansley 3 33 0 Dick Conn 3 14 0 Ron Coppenbarger 1 0 0 Steve Foley 1 30 0 Glen Gaspard 1 6 0 Chip Myrtle 3 71 0 John Osbourne 1 18 0 Fletcher Smith 2 25 0

1975 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College

Traded draft picks: none


1975 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
08/02/75 at Memphis Southmen L 26-27 0-1-0 08/16/75 vs Birmingham Vulcans W 22-11 1-1-0 08/23/75 vs San Antonio Wings W 26-19 2-1-0 08/30/75 vs Charlotte Hornets L 14-33 2-2-0 09/06/75 at Shreveport Steamer W 22-15 3-2-0 09/14/75 at The Hawaiians L 15-33 3-3-0 09/20/75 vs Philadelphia Bell W 16-10 4-3-0 09/27/75 vs Birmingham Vulcans W 26-18 5-3-0 10/04/75 vs Portland Thunder W 32-29 6-3-0 10/12/75 at Charlotte Hornets L 15-22 6-4-0 10/19/75 at Portland Thunder L 13-30 6-5-0

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