1975 Jacksonville Express: 6-5-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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