1975 Memphis Southmen roster and stats

1975 Memphis Southmen: 7-4-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (203 points scored, 135 allowed) Road record: 1-3-0 (51 points scored, 71 allowed) Head Coach: John McVay 254 points scored (5th of 11 teams), 206 points allowed (4th) 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: 143 274 2,044 ( 5) 7.46 15 11 405 1,813 ( 3) 4.5 16 3,857 ( 2) 27 Defense: 167 305 1,932 ( 7) 6.33 11 15 408 1,533 ( 4) 3.8 13 3,465 ( 4) 31

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 22 Tim Beamer RB 5'11 190 27 1 Illinois 99 Tom Beckman DB 6'4 273 25 1 Michigan Steve Bograkos DB 6'0 180 22 0 Central Michigan 98 Bracey Bonham DE 6'2 240 25 0 North Carolina Central 58 Charlie Bray OG 6'0 255 30 0 Central State (Okla.) 81 Dick Bumpas DE 6'2 225 25 0 Arkansas 66 Jake Burkhardt LB 6'0 205 24 0 Dayton 41 Tommy Campbell DB 6'1 188 27 0 Iowa State 73 Justin Canale OG 6'2 255 32 0 Mississippi State 31 Merl Code CB 6'0 190 27 0 North Carolina A&T Dave Costa DT 6'1 255 34 12 Utah 77 Fest Cotton DT 6'3 258 26 0 Dayton 39 Larry Csonka RB 6'2 238 28 7 Syracuse 3 Bob Etter K 5'11 181 30 0 Georgia 63 Bill Ferguson LB 6'3 225 24 2 San Diego State 71 Mike Gibbons OT 6'4 250 24 0 Southwestern Oklahoma State 46 Rickie Harris DB 5'10 180 32 8 Arizona 30 John Harvey RB 6'1 185 25 0 Texas-Arlington 61 Buzz Highsmith OT 6'5 250 32 3 Florida A&M 53 Ralph Hill C 6'0 233 25 0 Florida A&M 85 Charles Hobbs WR 6'2 225 22 0 Arizona State 7 John Huarte QB 6'1 190 31 6 Notre Dame 79 Rusty Jackson P 6'0 190 24 0 Louisiana State 20 Andre Johnson DB 5'10 180 23 0 Fisk 75 John Jordan DT 6'5 265 23 0 Indiana 21 Jim Kiick RB 5'11 210 29 7 Wyoming 64 Tom Kruyer OG 6'2 245 25 0 Washington 59 Bob Lally LB 6'3 225 23 0 Cornell 67 John LeHeup DT 6'2 260 24 0 South Carolina 44 Larry Mallory DB 5'11 183 23 0 Tennessee State 54 Frank Marion LB 6'3 222 24 0 Florida A&M 89 Ed Marshall WR 6'5 200 28 1 Cameron 47 Herb Marshall S 6'3 204 26 0 Cameron State 62 Ron Mikolajczyk OT 6'4 284 25 0 Tampa 51 Richard Miller LB 6'3 225 22 0 Ashland 40 Seth Miller DB 6'4 215 27 0 Arizona State 17 Gary Powell DB 6'0 180 23 0 Indiana 90 Cecil Pryor DE 6'5 227 28 0 Michigan 87 Gary Shirk TE 6'1 212 25 0 Morehead State 63 Larry Shorty LB 6'2 200 22 0 Arizona State 31 Willie Spencer RB 6'4 230 22 0 None 94 Bill Stevenson DE 6'6 250 25 0 Duke 8 Lonnie Stewart QB 6'2 185 23 0 Tennessee State 50 Tom Surlas LB 6'0 212 25 0 Alabama Rich Thomann LB 6'0 230 25 0 Notre Dame 24 Dave Thomas DB 5'11 175 24 0 Texas Southern 8 Ricky Townsend K 6'1 190 22 0 Tennessee 84 Roger Wallace WR 5'11 180 23 0 Bowling Green 42 Paul Warfield WR 6'0 185 32 11 Ohio State 11 Danny White QB 6'3 185 23 0 Arizona State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Danny White 195 104 53.3 1,445 7.41 13.9 10 5.1 8 4.1 77.4 John Huarte 77 38 49.4 550 7.14 14.5 4 5.2 2 2.6 79.5 John Harvey 2 1 50.0 49 24.50 49.0 1 50.0 1 50.0 95.8

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Ed Marshall            31    582   18.8    9
Paul Warfield          25    422   16.9    3
Jim Kiick              25    259   10.4    1
Willie Spencer         18    136    7.6    0
Gary Shirk             15    265   17.7    1
Roger Wallace          13    166   12.8    0
John Harvey             8    107   13.4    0
Larry Csonka            5     54   10.8    1
Charles Hobbs           2     40   20.0    0
Dick Bumpas             1     13   13.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Willie Spencer        101    581    5.8    2
Jim Kiick             121    462    3.8    9
Larry Csonka           99    421    4.3    1
Danny White            27    149    5.5    0
John Harvey            40    137    3.4    4
Tim Beamer              7     44    6.3    0
John Huarte             6     24    4.0    0
Ed Marshall             3     21    7.0    0
Gary Shirk              1      5    5.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Dave Thomas            12    265   22.1    0
John Harvey            12    229   19.1    0
Tim Beamer             10    185   18.5    0
Tommy Campbell          2     17    8.5    0
Charles Hobbs           1     13   13.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Roger Wallace          14    141   10.1         0
Dave Thomas            12     71    5.9         0
Gary Powell             1     16   16.0         0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Danny White 41 1,849 45.1 45.1 Ricky Townsend 2 72 36.0 36.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Ricky Townsend 5/ 0/ 0 15 Bob Etter 2/ 0/ 0 6 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Rickie Harris 1 17 0 Andre Johnson 2 30 0 John LeHeup 1 2 0 Larry Mallory 1 2 0 Seth Miller 5 48 0 Dave Thomas 5 66 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    vs Jacksonville Express    W 27-26       1-0-0
08/09/75    vs Charlotte Hornets       W 23-11       2-0-0
08/23/75    at Philadelphia Bell       L 18-22       2-1-0
08/30/75    vs Chicago Winds           W 31-7        3-1-0
09/07/75    vs The Hawaiians           W 37-17       4-1-0
09/14/75    vs Shreveport Steamer      W 34-23       5-1-0
09/21/75    at Portland Thunder        W 16-3        6-1-0
09/28/75    at San Antonio Wings       L 17-25       6-2-0
10/05/75    vs Southern California Sun W 37-33       7-2-0
10/12/75    vs Birmingham Vulcans      L 14-18       7-3-0
10/19/75    at Birmingham Vulcans      L 0-21        7-4-0

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