1974 New York Stars / Charlotte Hornets: 10-10-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 6-5-0 (296 points scored, 190 allowed) Road record: 4-5-0 (172 points scored, 160 allowed) Head Coach: Babe Parilli 468 points scored (5th of 12 teams), 350 points allowed (2nd) 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: 213 456 2,471 ( 9) 5.06 18 21 831 3,272 ( 2) 3.9 37 5,743 ( 8) 47 Defense: 218 460 2,808 ( 1) 6.10 25 31 746 3,107 ( 9) 4.2 16 5,915 ( 3) 55
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 37 Lou Angelo S 6'0 180 24 0 North Carolina 83 Bert Askson TE 6'2 230 28 2 Texas Southern 6 Al Barnes WR 6'1 170 25 2 New Mexico State 26 Charley Boston CB 6'0 190 22 0 Western Illinois 26 Lee Bouggess RB 6'2 210 26 4 Louisville 51 Jere Brown LB 6'2 220 22 0 Villanova 60 Darrel Bunge OG 6'2 245 22 0 Minnesota 66 Larry Butler OG 20 6'3 240 22 0 Appalachian State 78 Carter Campbell DT 6'4 235 27 4 Weber State 59 Dana Carpenter LB 5'11 235 22 0 South Carolina 58 Gary Champagne LB 6'1 212 22 0 Louisiana State 50 Tom Chandler LB 6'2 224 24 0 Minnesota 8 Gary Danielson QB 6'2 192 23 0 Purdue 71 Bill DeFlavio DT 5'9 230 24 0 Massachusetts 17 Steve Dennis CB 6'4 185 23 0 Grambling 29 John Dockery CB 6'0 185 30 4 Harvard 10 Brian Dowling QB 6'2 200 27 2 Yale 80 John Elliott DT 6'4 245 30 8 Texas 75 Jerry Ellison DE 6'3 250 24 0 North Texas State 84 Larry Estes DE 6'6 260 27 3 Alcorn State 28 James Ford RB 6'0 205 25 2 Texas Southern 11 Don Gault QB 6'1 197 28 1 Hofstra 35 Bob Gladieux RB 5'10 195 27 4 Notre Dame 61 Bob Grant LB 6'2 225 28 4 Wake Forest 82 Cliff Greenfield DE 6'3 250 22 0 Morgan State 64 Dick Hart OG 6'2 250 31 5 None 70 Matt Herkenhoff OT 6'5 265 23 0 Minnesota 7 Bob Hermanni WR 5'7 160 22 0 Montclair State 32 Don Highsmith RB 6'0 200 26 4 Michigan State 28 Terry Hoeppner S 6'3 200 26 0 Franklin 30 Andy Huff RB 5'11 210 23 0 Notre Dame 54 Marty Huff LB 6'2 234 25 1 Michigan 86 Joey Jackson DT 6'4 257 25 2 New Mexico State 55 Bill Janssen C 2 6'4 240 24 0 Nebraska 44 Lewis Jolley RB 6'0 210 24 2 North Carolina 25 Kreg Kapitan WR 6'3 198 25 0 Mankato State 44 John King RB 6'1 225 22 0 Minnesota 52 Bob Kuziel C 6'5 255 24 1 Pittsburgh 5 Moses Lajterman K 5'9 170 21 0 Montclair State 69 Greg Lens DE 6'5 261 29 2 Trinity (TX) 58 John Moss LB 6'4 233 24 0 Pittsburgh 85 Ray Parson TE 6'6 240 27 1 Minnesota 81 Gerry Philbin DE 6'2 245 33 10 Buffalo 3 Pete Rajecki K 5'9 180 24 0 Georgia 56 Art Reynolds LB 6'1 215 22 0 Tennessee 15 Robbie Reynolds P 6'0 200 22 0 South Carolina 48 Dave Richards WR 5'10 185 24 0 Miami 63 Ernie Richardson LB 6'5 220 24 1 Jackson State 9 George Sauer WR 6'2 195 30 6 Texas 74 Steve Setzler DE 6'4 250 24 0 St. John's (Minn.) 77 Dave Shaffer OT 6'4 255 23 0 Tennessee 72 Rick Sharp OT 6'4 235 26 3 Washington 23 Larry Shears CB 5'10 187 25 2 Lincoln (Mo.) 19 Tom Sherman QB 6'0 200 28 0 Penn State 45 Jimmy Sims LB 6'0 195 20 0 Southern California 21 Tommy Spinks WR 6'0 190 26 0 Louisiana Tech 67 Len St. Jean OG 5'11 250 33 10 Northern Michigan 22 Ike Thomas DB 6'2 193 26 3 Bishop 65 Lloyd Voss DT 6'4 255 32 9 Nebraska 24 Bryan White CB 6'1 190 27 0 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 36 Ed White RB 6'0 225 23 0 Tulsa Matthew Williams RB 5'10 210 23 0 Northeast Louisiana 29 Wendell Wilson CB 5'10 180 24 0 Yankton 20 Jeff Woodcock CB 6'1 185 22 0 Kentucky Dave Wooley RB 6'2 218 21 0 Central State (Okla.) 31 Al Young WR 6'1 195 25 2 South Carolina State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Tom Sherman 363 172 47.4 2,311 6.37 13.4 15 4.1 16 4.4 27 221 63.5 Gary Danielson 60 28 46.7 305 5.08 10.9 1 1.7 0 0.0 3 36 67.7 Brian Dowling 38 14 36.8 140 3.68 10.0 1 2.6 5 13.2 2 16 17.3
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD George Sauer 38 548 14.4 3 Kreg Kapitan 33 399 12.1 5 Al Young 30 352 11.7 1 Ray Parson 25 325 13.0 2 Don Highsmith 19 147 7.7 0 Al Barnes 10 190 19.0 1 James Ford 9 112 12.4 0 Bob Gladieux 9 99 11.0 1 Bert Askson 8 207 25.9 4 Tommy Spinks 7 72 10.3 0 Ed White 6 21 3.5 0 Lee Bouggess 4 20 5.0 0 Dave Richards 3 54 18.0 0 Andy Huff 3 22 7.3 0 Bob Hermanni 1 20 20.0 0 Lewis Jolley 1 14 14.0 0 John Dockery 1 6 6.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Bob Gladieux 177 690 3.9 6 Don Highsmith 142 686 4.8 13 Ed White 100 431 4.3 1 James Ford 103 383 3.7 3 Tom Sherman 100 347 3.5 6 Andy Huff 74 264 3.6 3 Dave Richards 51 143 2.8 1 Lee Bouggess 49 119 2.4 1 Bob Hermanni 4 66 16.5 0 Gary Danielson 10 51 5.1 3 John King 11 41 3.7 0 Brian Dowling 6 30 5.0 0 Lewis Jolley 1 3 3.0 0 Dave Wooley 1 -1 -1.0 0 Al Barnes 2 -1 -0.5 0 Matthew Williams 2 -2 -1.0 0 Bert Askson 1 -7 -7.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Dave Richards 28 611 21.8 0 Ike Thomas 24 671 28.0 0 Bob Gladieux 6 85 14.2 0 Bob Hermanni 5 89 17.8 0 James Ford 4 74 18.5 0 Jeff Woodcock 2 36 18.0 0 Andy Huff 1 17 17.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Dave Richards 42 193 4.6 0 Bob Hermanni 19 56 2.9 0 Jeff Woodcock 2 -1 -0.5 0 |
1974 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 2 QB Gary Marangi 19 Boston College 2 23 DT Carl Barzilauskas 70 Indiana 3 26 LB Randy Gradishar 145 Ohio State 4 47 DE Dave Gallagher 51 Michigan 5 50 OT Keith Fahnhorst 193 Minnesota 6 71 C Steve Corbett 14 Boston College 7 74 DB Jimmy Allen 110 UCLA 8 95 LB Steve Neils 88 Minnesota 9 98 OT Matt Herkenhoff 125 Minnesota 10 119 OG Tom Forrest 8 Cincinnati 11 122 DB Darryl Bishop Kentucky 12 143 RB Alvin Maxson 56 SMU 13 146 RB Monroe Eley 13 Arizona State 14 167 LB Ransom Terrell Arizona 15 170 DE Doug Troszak Michigan 16 191 LB Mark Gefert Purdue 17 194 OG Tom Condon 148 Boston College 18 215 RB Reggie Harrison 45 Cincinnati 19 218 RB Phil Bennett Boston College 20 239 DE Leroy Jones 111 Norfolk State 21 242 DB Rudy McClinton Xavier 22 263 OG Willie Viney Pacific 23 266 DB Chris Arnold Virginia State 24 287 OG John Robb Pittsburgh 25 290 LB Gary Champagne LSU 26 311 DB Greg Pemberton Boston University 27 314 DB Preston Anderson 14 Rice 28 335 LB Jeff Rouzie Alabama 29 338 OT Scott Marquis Tulsa 30 359 DB Dale Cangelosi LSU 31 362 LB Jim Hovey Kentucky 32 383 LB Daryl McGallian Houston 33 386 DB Dave McMaken Alabama 34 407 DE Riley Moore Tennessee State 35 410 OT Steve Frager Brown 36 431 RB Damond Mays Michigan
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 at Jacksonville Sharks L 8-14 0-1-0 07/17/74 vs Birmingham Americans L 29-32 0-2-0 07/25/74 at Philadelphia Bell W 17-15 1-2-0 07/31/74 vs Jacksonville Sharks W 24-16 2-2-0 08/07/74 at Southern California Sun W 11-8 3-2-0 08/14/74 vs Portland Storm W 38-16 4-2-0 08/21/74 vs Houston Texans W 43-10 5-2-0 08/28/74 at Houston Texans L 11-14 5-3-0 09/02/74 vs Philadelphia Bell W 24-16 6-3-0 09/06/74 vs Florida Blazers L 15-17 6-4-0 09/11/74 at Portland Storm W 34-15 7-4-0 09/18/74 at The Hawaiians L 14-17 7-5-0 09/24/74 vs Detroit Wheels W 37-7 8-5-0 10/03/74 at Chicago Fire W 41-30 9-5-0 10/09/74 vs Memphis Southmen L 23-27 9-6-0 10/16/74 vs Chicago Fire W 27-0 10-6-0 10/23/74 vs Florida Blazers L 11-15 10-7-0 10/30/74 vs Southern California Sun L 25-34 10-8-0 11/06/74 at Shreveport Steamer L 14-19 10-9-0 11/13/74 at Memphis Southmen L 22-28 10-10-0