1974 Memphis Southmen roster and stats

1974 Memphis Southmen: 17-3-0
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Home record: 10-0-0 (375 points scored, 133 allowed) Road record: 7-3-0 (254 points scored, 232 allowed) Head Coach: John McVay 629 points scored (1st of 12 teams), 365 points allowed (5th) 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: 242 468 3,409 ( 5) 6.74 37 26 838 3,871 ( 1) 4.6 37 7,280 ( 1) 46 Defense: 330 610 4,212 (12) 6.90 29 38 610 2,194 ( 1) 3.6 16 6,406 ( 7) 69

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 56 Al Andrews LB 6'3 225 29 2 New Mexico State 76 Sylvester Bates DT 6'3 268 0 Grambling 22 Tim Beamer WR 5'11 190 26 1 Illinois 99 Tom Beckman DE 6'6 250 24 1 Michigan 50 Tom Beutler LB 6'1 215 28 2 Toledo 63 Bracey Bonham OG 6'2 242 24 0 North Carolina Central 81 Steve Booras DE 6'5 225 26 0 Mesa (CO) J.C. 2 David Boyd DB 6'1 165 22 0 Fisk 58 Charlie Bray OG 6'0 255 29 0 Central State (Okla.) 81 Dick Bumpas TE 6'2 225 24 0 Arkansas 66 Jake Burkhardt LB 6'0 205 23 0 Dayton 73 Justin Canale OG 6'2 250 31 0 Mississippi State 41 Merl Code DB 6'0 190 26 0 North Carolina A&T 77 Fest Cotton DT 6'3 258 25 0 Dayton Wally Dempsey LB 6'1 235 30 0 Washington State 81 Ben Ellegood DE 6'4 237 25 0 Kutztown State 3 Bob Etter K 5'11 181 29 0 Georgia 23 Jack Ettinger WR 6'3 185 24 0 Arkansas 14 Jim Ettinger QB 6'3 195 26 0 Kansas 83 Rick Ferguson WR 6'1 195 24 0 Kansas State 71 Mike Gibbons OT 6'4 250 23 0 Southwestern Oklahoma State 30 John Harvey RB 6'1 185 24 0 Texas-Arlington 47 Emery Hicks LB 6'6 230 27 0 Kansas 20 Sonny Hicks DB 6'1 192 23 0 North Carolina A&T 61 Buzz Highsmith OT 6'5 250 31 3 Florida A&M 53 Ralph Hill C 6'0 233 24 0 Florida A&M 88 Bob Houmard TE 6'3 230 27 0 Ohio 7 John Huarte QB 6'1 190 30 6 Notre Dame John Hughes DB 6'1 196 23 0 Ohio State 60 Herman Jackson LB 5'10 220 22 0 Miami (Ohio) 74 John Jacquot OG 6'2 235 23 0 Bowling Green 36 J.J. Jennings RB 6'1 220 22 0 Rutgers 68 Willie Jones LB 6'1 220 32 4 Kansas State 64 Tom Kruyer OG 6'2 245 24 0 Washington 59 Bob Lally LB 6'3 225 22 0 Cornell 67 John LeHeup DT 6'2 250 23 0 South Carolina Brent Longwell TE 6'3 225 23 0 Nebraska 44 Bobby Majors DB 6'1 192 25 1 Tennessee 89 Ed Marshall WR 6'5 200 27 1 Cameron 62 Ron Mikolajczyk OT 6'4 285 24 0 Tampa 25 Paul Miles RB 6'0 188 22 0 Bowling Green 40 Seth Miller DB 6'4 210 26 0 Arizona State Chris Morris OT 6'3 251 25 2 Indiana 17 Gary Powell WR 6'0 180 22 0 Indiana 90 Cecil Pryor DE 6'5 227 27 0 Michigan Tom Roussel LB 6'3 230 29 6 Southern Mississippi 75 Dan Sartin DT 6'2 250 28 0 Mississippi 85 William Schlegel TE 6'1 212 22 0 Lehigh 43 Tony Schmid RB 6'1 200 22 0 Ball State 98 Lucious Selmon DE 5'11 235 23 0 Oklahoma 87 Gary Shirk TE 6'1 212 24 0 Morehead State Larry Smiley DE 6'6 255 24 0 Texas Southern 31 Willie Spencer RB 6'4 225 21 0 None 94 Bill Stevenson DE 6'4 273 24 0 Duke 42 Billy Taylor RB 5'10 200 25 0 Michigan 24 Dave Thomas DB 5'11 175 23 0 Texas Southern 45 Dick Thornton DB 6'0 185 34 0 Northwestern 52 Charles Tiblom C 6'2 245 25 0 Central Connecticut Mike Townsend DB 6'3 205 22 0 Notre Dame 84 Roger Wallace WR 5'11 180 22 0 Bowling Green 11 Danny White QB 6'3 180 22 0 Arizona State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating John Huarte 296 154 52.0 2,416 8.16 15.7 23 7.8 16 5.4 30 297 82.8 Danny White 155 79 51.0 1,190 7.68 15.1 12 7.7 9 5.8 6 78 78.2 Jim Ettinger 14 7 50.0 133 9.50 19.0 1 7.1 1 7.1 2 16 77.4 John Harvey 3 2 66.7 61 20.33 30.5 1 33.3 0 0.0 0 0 149.3

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Ed Marshall            60  1,159   19.3   19
J.J. Jennings          46    431    9.4    2
Roger Wallace          39    674   17.3    5
Gary Shirk             34    675   19.9    7
John Harvey            21    275   13.1    1
Paul Miles             15    123    8.2    0
Willie Spencer         11    139   12.6    0
Jack Ettinger           7    167   23.9    1
Tim Beamer              4     52   13.0    0
Dick Bumpas             3     36   12.0    0
Gary Powell             2     65   32.5    2
Bob Houmard             1      9    9.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
J.J. Jennings         322  1,524    4.7   11
John Harvey           192    945    4.9    6
Willie Spencer        178    788    4.4   15
Paul Miles             92    325    3.5    3
Danny White            24    103    4.3    0
John Huarte            19     75    3.9    0
Jim Ettinger            3     34   11.3    1
Ed Marshall             3     33   11.0    0
Bracey Bonham           2      8    4.0    1
Tony Schmid             1      6    6.0    0
Tim Beamer              1      5    5.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Tim Beamer             20    573   28.6    1
Dave Thomas            17    397   23.4    0
John Harvey            10    247   24.7    0
Bobby Majors            5     51   10.2    0
Willie Spencer          4     85   21.2    0
J.J. Jennings           4     80   20.0    0
Roger Wallace           4     76   19.0    0
Paul Miles              2     58   29.0    0
David Boyd              2     33   16.5    0
Mike Townsend           1     17   17.0    0
Gary Shirk              1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Dave Thomas            43    224    5.2         0
Roger Wallace          26    144    5.5         0
Tim Beamer              2     42   21.0         0
Bobby Majors            2     -5   -2.5         0
Bill Stevenson          1     31   31.0         0
Sonny Hicks             1     16   16.0         0
Willie Jones            1     15   15.0         0
John Hughes             1      4    4.0         0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Danny White 80 3,271 40.9 0 40.9 Bobby Majors 6 223 37.2 2 27.9 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Bob Etter 12/ 0/ 0 36 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Tom Beckman 1 18 0 Jake Burkhardt 3 10 0 Merl Code 1 0 0 Sonny Hicks 3 14 0 Bob Lally 3 18 0 Bobby Majors 1 55 1 Seth Miller 9 159 0 Bill Stevenson 1 23 0 Dave Thomas 10 161 1 Dick Thornton 5 156 1

1974 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 4 RB Bo Matthews 101 Colorado 2 21 QB Kim McQuilken 26 Lehigh 3 28 QB Norris Weese 57 Mississippi 4 38 OT Gordon Browne 23 Boston College 4 45 WR Steve Odom 81 Utah 5 52 RB Benny Malone 82 Arizona State 6 69 DT Lucious Selmon Oklahoma 7 76 DB Clyde Powers 57 Oklahoma 8 93 RB Harold Hart 30 Texas Southern 9 100 LB Bob Lally 2 Cornell 10 117 RB J.J. Jennings Rutgers 11 124 LB Matt Blair 160 Iowa State 12 141 C Bill McDonald Colorado 13 148 OG David Brooks Brigham Young 14 165 OT Gene Killian 7 Tennessee 15 172 WR Don Clune 28 Pennsylvania 16 189 DB Ned Guillett Boston College 17 196 DE Rex Humbarger North Texas State 18 213 DT Larry Hunt Iowa State 19 220 DT Sylvester Bates Grambling 20 237 WR Jack Ettinger Arkansas 21 244 DB Bobby Brooks 32 Bishop (TX) 22 261 RB John Harvey Texas-Arlington 23 268 RB Al Holmes Hawaii 24 285 TE Gary Pinkel Kent State 25 292 TE Bill Schlegel Lehigh 26 309 DT Mike Phillips Cornell 27 316 LB Charles Anthony 13 Southern California 28 333 OG Billy Corbett Johnson C. Smith 29 340 DB Artimus Parker 53 Southern California 30 357 RB Paul Miles Bowling Green 31 364 RB Phil Polak Bowling Green 32 381 QB Steve Joachim 1 Temple 33 388 WR Bryan Rollins Iowa 34 405 DB David Thomas Texas Southern 35 412 DT Barry Price Oklahoma State 36 429 K Efren Herrera 106 UCLA

Traded draft picks: none

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

Date        Opponent                   Result
11/29/74    vs Florida Blazers         L 15-18

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

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
07/10/74    vs Detroit Wheels          W 34-15       1-0-0
07/18/74    vs Portland Storm          W 16-8        2-0-0
07/24/74    at Birmingham Americans    L 33-58       2-1-0
08/01/74    vs Southern California Sun W 25-15       3-1-0
08/07/74    at Philadelphia Bell       L 15-46       3-2-0
08/14/74    at Detroit Wheels          W 37-7        4-2-0
08/21/74    vs The Hawaiians           W 60-8        5-2-0
08/28/74    at Florida Blazers         W 26-18       6-2-0
09/02/74    at Jacksonville Sharks     W 16-13       7-2-0
09/06/74    vs Houston Texans          W 45-0        8-2-0
09/11/74    vs Birmingham Americans    W 46-7        9-2-0
09/18/74    at Chicago Fire            W 25-7        10-2-0
09/25/74    at Shreveport Steamer      W 17-3        11-2-0
10/02/74    vs Jacksonville Sharks     W 47-19       12-2-0
10/09/74    at Charlotte Hornets       W 27-23       13-2-0
10/16/74    vs Florida Blazers         W 25-15       14-2-0
10/24/74    at Portland Storm          L 25-26       14-3-0
10/30/74    at The Hawaiians           W 33-31       15-3-0
11/07/74    vs Chicago Fire            W 49-24       16-3-0
11/13/74    vs Charlotte Hornets       W 28-22       17-3-0

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