1974 Philadelphia Bell roster and stats

1974 Philadelphia Bell: 9-11-0
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Home record: 6-5-0 (283 points scored, 232 allowed) Road record: 3-6-0 (210 points scored, 181 allowed) Head Coach: Ron Waller 493 points scored (3rd of 12 teams), 413 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: 297 593 3,777 ( 2) 6.07 33 37 596 2,727 ( 7) 4.6 24 6,504 ( 2) 58 Defense: 267 531 3,378 ( 7) 6.36 22 31 745 2,899 ( 7) 3.9 27 6,277 ( 6) 51

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 36 Don Aleskiewicz RB 5'11 200 22 0 Hobart 78 Mike Ballew DE 6'5 250 27 0 Hawaii 88 Mike Bartik WR 6'1 200 22 0 Furman 33 Cecil Bowens RB 6'3 235 23 0 Kentucky 47 Lorenzo Brinkley DB 6'0 180 25 0 Missouri 38 Henry Brown P 6'1 190 27 0 Missouri 65 Cliff Burnett OT 6'7 250 24 0 Montana 84 Mike Carter WR 6'2 210 26 2 San Francisco State 78 Rick Cash DE 6'5 245 29 5 Northeast Missouri State 39 Bernie Chapman CB 6'0 170 25 0 Texas-El Paso 62 George Chatlos LB 6'0 220 28 0 Michigan State 72 Steve Chomyszak DT 6'6 270 30 7 Syracuse Merl Code DB 6'0 190 26 0 North Carolina A&T 85 Linzy Cole WR 5'11 170 26 3 Texas Christian 9 King Corcoran QB 6'0 205 31 0 Maryland 44 Bill Craven S 6'0 190 22 0 Harvard 73 Tommy Davis DT 6'1 255 29 0 Tennessee State 54 Wally Dempsey LB 6'1 235 30 0 Washington State 61 Frank DiLieto OG 6'2 235 22 0 Purdue 10 Frank DiMaggio QB 6'1 210 24 0 Temple 86 Paul Dunn TE 6'1 200 26 1 U.S. International 73 Bill Ellenbogen OT 6'5 260 23 0 Virginia Tech 87 Willie Franklin WR 6'2 205 25 1 Oklahoma 68 Frank Gallagher OG 6'2 248 31 7 North Carolina 29 Willie Germany DB 6'0 195 26 2 Morgan State 50 Bob Grant LB 6'2 225 28 4 Wake Forest 58 Gary Gray C 6'0 215 24 0 Penn State Eric Guthrie K 6'1 200 27 0 Boise State 41 Ed Hayes DB 5'11 170 28 1 Morgan State 82 LeVell Hill TE 6'2 225 26 0 Langston 8 Ron Holliday WR 5'11 185 26 1 Pittsburgh 70 Pete Horoszko OT 6'3 250 22 0 Virginia Tech 61 Walt Hughes OG 5'11 244 28 0 Grambling 81 Len Izzo WR 5'11 185 25 0 C.W. Post 89 James Jackson DE 6'5 240 25 0 Norfolk State 32 Jimmy Joe RB 6'0 200 22 0 Morgan State 38 Benny Johnson DB 5'11 182 26 4 Johnson C. Smith 57 Ted Jornov LB 6'1 220 23 0 Iowa State 63 Dave Joyner OG 6'1 245 24 0 Penn State 59 Ron Kecman C 6'2 245 24 0 Maryland 57 Jonnie Knoble LB 6'5 230 24 0 Weber State 53 Curt Kral LB 6'2 225 22 0 Slippery Rock 20 John Land RB 5'9 190 29 0 Delaware State 60 Tom Laputka DT 6'3 255 26 0 Southern Illinois 50 Leo Levandowski C 6'1 245 31 0 None Dale Livingston K 6'0 220 29 3 Western Michigan 71 Dennis Lozzi OT 6'3 255 22 0 Notre Dame 48 Ron Mabra DB 5'11 170 23 0 Howard 58 Mike Mansfield LB 6'1 225 24 0 North Carolina 45 Bryan Marshall S 6'2 195 28 0 Oakwood 40 Frank McGuigan RB 6'1 210 26 0 Arkansas State Paul Miles RB 6'0 188 22 0 Bowling Green 73 Walt Mitchell DE 6'1 245 27 0 South Carolina State 34 Larry Monsilovich RB 5'10 180 24 0 Indiana (Pa.) 76 Doug Olson DE 6'1 245 22 0 West Chester 83 Vince Papale WR 6'2 195 28 0 St. Joseph's (PA) 77 Skip Parmenter DE 6'3 250 25 0 Massachusetts 52 Bob Paschall C 6'1 235 22 0 Temple 55 Bill Peterson LB 6'2 230 29 5 San Jose State 36 Marv Pettaway DB 5'7 160 29 0 Los Angeles C.C. 89 Len Pettigrew DE 6'4 240 26 0 Ashland 78 Leon Pettigrew DE 6'6 255 24 0 Northridge State 52 John Phillips LB 6'2 215 0 Xavier 40 Frank Polito S 5'11 170 22 0 Villanova 86 Don Ratliff DE 6'5 240 24 0 Maryland 39 Rudy Redmond S 6'0 180 27 4 Pacific 74 Bob Rickenbach OG 6'4 255 24 0 Penn State 55 Mike Riley LB 6'2 220 24 0 Miami 82 Tim Rossovich LB 6'4 240 28 6 Southern California 64 Carl Schaukowitch OG 6'3 240 23 0 Penn State 72 Ken Scott DT 6'2 250 22 0 Maryland 80 Donnie Shanklin WR 5'9 175 27 0 Kansas 46 Mike Shaw DB 6'2 185 22 0 San Diego State 8 Jack Simcsak K 6'0 195 26 0 Virginia Tech Sonny Sixkiller QB 5'11 200 23 0 Washington 52 John Sodaski LB 6'2 225 26 3 Villanova 75 Ralph Sonntag OT 6'3 255 26 0 Maryland 79 Jeff Steinberger LB 6'4 250 29 0 Monmouth (IL) 81 Jim Sullivan DT 6'4 250 30 1 Lincoln (Mo.) 14 Rich Szaro K 5'11 198 26 0 Harvard 22 Alan Thompson RB 6'0 205 25 0 Wisconsin 50 Bob Thomson DE 6'6 245 21 0 Pennsylvania Dennis Torzala K 5'11 185 25 0 Arizona 38 Don Vallery DB 6'0 175 28 0 Central Washington State 14 Jerry Warren K 5'11 175 27 0 North Carolina State 30 Claude Watts RB 6'0 215 30 0 Bluefield State (WV) Mike Webb LB 6'1 225 24 0 Notre Dame 78 Skip Williams DE 6'3 250 22 0 Grambling Mike Wilson OG 6'2 250 27 3 Dayton 65 Vern Winfield OG 6'3 248 25 2 Minnesota Bubba Wyche QB 6'0 185 28 0 Tennessee 12 Mike Yancheff QB 6'4 210 24 0 Rutgers 41 Zaven Yaralian DB 6'1 190 22 0 Nebraska

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating King Corcoran 545 280 51.4 3,631 6.66 13.0 31 5.7 24 4.4 20 149 73.3 Frank DiMaggio 27 11 40.7 240 8.89 21.8 2 7.4 2 7.4 7 71 66.9 Mike Yancheff 15 5 33.3 104 6.93 20.8 0 0.0 6 40.0 2 25 19.2 John Land 4 1 25.0 46 11.50 46.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 75.0 Willie Franklin 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
John Land              57    634   11.1    4
Donnie Shanklin        49    842   17.2    4
Claude Watts           46    584   12.7    9
Ron Holliday           26    348   13.4    3
Mike Carter            19    351   18.5    1
Linzy Cole             18    237   13.2    2
Paul Dunn              18    234   13.0    1
Alan Thompson          17    129    7.6    2
LeVell Hill            15    144    9.6    3
Willie Franklin        13    225   17.3    0
Vince Papale            9    121   13.4    1
Len Izzo                9     92   10.2    2
Jimmy Joe               1     33   33.0    0
Cecil Bowens            1     25   25.0    1

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
John Land             243  1,136    4.7    8
Claude Watts          199    927    4.7    9
Alan Thompson          76    370    4.9    1
Donnie Shanklin        17    139    8.2    0
Frank McGuigan          3     50   16.7    1
Cecil Bowens            9     31    3.4    0
King Corcoran          23     26    1.1    3
Mike Carter             2     18    9.0    0
Jimmy Joe               5     16    3.2    1
Frank DiMaggio          4     13    3.2    1
Mike Yancheff           2      6    3.0    0
Paul Dunn               1      4    4.0    0
Vince Papale            1      0    0.0    0
LeVell Hill             1     -2   -2.0    0
Ron Holliday            7    -10   -1.4    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Jimmy Joe              20    529   26.4    0
Marv Pettaway          17    420   24.7    0
Mike Shaw               9    206   22.9    0
Donnie Shanklin         7    159   22.7    0
Alan Thompson           6     64   10.7    0
Ron Mabra               3     40   13.3    0
Frank McGuigan          2     55   27.5    0
Linzy Cole              2     46   23.0    0
Bernie Chapman          2     39   19.5    0
Ed Hayes                1     11   11.0    0
Bill Ellenbogen         1      5    5.0    0
Bryan Marshall          1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Ron Mabra              37    468   12.6         1
Donnie Shanklin        19    117    6.2         0
Marv Pettaway           8     72    9.0         0
Linzy Cole              4      6    1.5         0
Bernie Chapman          3     89   29.7         0
Mike Shaw               3     57   19.0         0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Mike Carter 51 1,790 35.1 35.1 Jonnie Knoble 13 454 34.9 34.9 Rich Szaro 12 473 39.4 39.4 Jack Simcsak 5 188 37.6 37.6 Ron Holliday 4 123 30.8 30.8 Jerry Warren 3 96 32.0 32.0 Frank DiMaggio 3 95 31.7 31.7 Henry Brown 1 40 40.0 40.0 Tom Laputka 1 18 18.0 18.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jerry Warren 5/ 0/ 0 15 Rich Szaro 2/ 0/ 0 6 Dennis Torzala 1/ 0/ 0 3 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bernie Chapman 1 14 0 George Chatlos 2 5 0 Bill Craven 2 17 0 Ed Hayes 1 0 0 Benny Johnson 1 9 0 Curt Kral 1 0 0 Ron Mabra 9 33 0 Bryan Marshall 2 24 0 Tim Rossovich 2 5 0 Ken Scott 1 17 0 John Sodaski 1 22 1 Don Vallery 4 82 0

1974 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 8 RB John Cappelletti 105 Penn State 2 17 QB Joe Pisarcik 61 New Mexico State 3 32 WR John Stallworth 165 Alabama A&m 4 41 OG Mark Markovich 41 Penn State 5 56 TE Marty Woolbright South Carolina 6 65 LB Jack Lambert 146 Kent State 7 80 RB Alan Chadwick East Tennessee State 8 89 DE Ezil Bibbs Grambling 9 104 OT Tim Guy Oregon 10 113 OT Tom Wickert 27 Washington State 11 128 C Paul Ryczek 99 Virginia 12 137 OG Bon Boatwright 10 Oklahoma State 13 152 DT Charles Davis 74 Texas Christian 14 161 LB Tom Hull 25 Penn State 15 176 WR Gary Hayman 15 Penn State 16 185 DT Randy Crowder 71 Penn State 17 200 DT Mark Sens Colorado 18 209 DE John Ricca Duke 19 224 DB Randy Poltl 44 Stanford 20 233 OT Dave Wannstedt Pittsburgh 21 248 OG Barry Beers William & Mary 22 257 LB Rod Kirby Pittsburgh 23 272 RB Cecil Bowens Kentucky 24 281 WR Kent Merritt Virginia 25 296 OT Dave Margavage Kentucky 26 305 RB Alan Dixon Harding 27 320 WR Tom Gooden Harding 28 329 DB Randy Borg Nebraska 29 344 DB Zaven Yaralian Nebraska 30 353 TE Jimmie Kennedy 37 Colorado State 31 368 RB Molly McGee 10 Rhode Island 32 377 RB Don Calhoun 114 Kansas State 33 392 DT Gary Keller Utah 34 401 DB Randy Hall 27 Idaho 35 416 DT John Givens Villanova 36 425 DB Tim Rudnick 14 Notre Dame

Traded draft picks: none

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

Date        Opponent                   Result
11/22/74    at Florida Blazers         L 3-18

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

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
07/10/74    vs Portland Storm          W 33-8        1-0-0
07/17/74    at Houston Texans          L 0-11        1-1-0
07/25/74    vs New York Stars          L 15-17       1-2-0
07/31/74    at Portland Storm          W 25-7        2-2-0
08/07/74    vs Memphis Southmen        W 46-15       3-2-0
08/14/74    at Chicago Fire            L 29-32       3-3-0
08/21/74    vs Southern California Sun L 28-31       3-4-0
08/28/74    vs Detroit Wheels          W 27-23       4-4-0
09/02/74    at New York Stars          L 16-24       4-5-0
09/05/74    at Jacksonville Sharks     L 30-34       4-6-0
09/11/74    vs Jacksonville Sharks     W 41-22       5-6-0
09/18/74    at Florida Blazers         L 21-24       5-7-0
09/25/74    at The Hawaiians           W 21-16       6-7-0
10/02/74    vs Florida Blazers         L 7-30        6-8-0
10/09/74    vs The Hawaiians           L 22-25       6-9-0
10/16/74    vs Shreveport Steamer      L 25-30       6-10-0
10/23/74    at Southern California Sun W 45-7        7-10-0
10/30/74    vs Chicago Fire            W 37-31       8-10-0
11/06/74    at Birmingham Americans    L 23-26       8-11-0
11/13/74    vs Chicago Fire            W 2-0         9-11-0

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