1975 Philadelphia Bell: 5-6-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 4-1-0 (116 points scored, 106 allowed) Road record: 1-5-0 (82 points scored, 120 allowed) Head Coach: Willie Wood 198 points scored (10th of 11 teams), 226 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: 141 295 1,576 (10) 5.34 10 18 419 1,739 ( 4) 4.2 10 3,315 ( 8) 35 Defense: 112 245 1,509 ( 1) 6.16 12 15 438 1,719 ( 8) 3.9 16 3,228 ( 2) 27
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 45 Reggie Berry DB 5'11 185 25 3 Long Beach State 47 Gregg Butler DB 5'10 175 22 0 Howard Steve Colavito LB 6'0 225 24 0 Wake Forest 89 Steve Conley LB 6'2 218 26 1 Kansas 35 Bob Cooper K 6'2 190 23 0 Tampa 9 King Corcoran QB 6'1 195 32 0 Maryland 58 Tom Costello LB 6'2 222 23 0 Richmond 33 Bill Craven DB 6'0 190 23 0 Harvard 75 Willie Cullars DE 6'5 250 24 1 Kansas State 12 Bob Davis QB 6'2 202 30 7 Virginia 83 Jubilee Dunbar WR 6'0 195 26 2 Southern 38 Rod Foster DB 6'0 196 24 0 Harvard 74 Tom Gipson DT 6'8 290 27 1 North Texas State 79 Jose Gonzalez DE 6'4 260 23 0 Miami 25 Ben Hawkins WR 6'1 180 31 9 Arizona State 8 Ron Holliday WR 5'11 185 27 1 Pittsburgh 62 Walt Hughes OG 6'1 245 29 0 Grambling 84 Len Izzo WR 5'11 185 26 0 C.W. Post 36 J.J. Jennings RB 6'1 220 23 0 Rutgers 59 Ron Kecman C 6'2 245 25 0 Maryland 60 Steve Kinney OT 6'6 265 26 2 Utah State 82 Ted Kwalick TE 6'4 226 28 7 Penn State 20 John Land RB 5'10 195 30 0 Delaware State 71 Dennis Lozzi OT 6'3 225 23 0 Notre Dame 32 Herb Lynch CB 5'11 180 0 Morgan State Mike McDaniel C 6'2 242 23 0 Kansas 40 Frank McGuigan RB 6'1 210 27 0 Arkansas State 54 Steve Myers OG 6'0 250 22 0 Ohio State 80 Darold Nogle WR 5'11 187 23 0 San Diego State 76 Doug Olson DE 6'2 240 23 0 West Chester 44 Vince Papale WR 6'2 190 29 0 St. Joseph's (PA) 54 Bob Paschall C 6'1 241 23 0 Temple 58 Ralph Perretta C 6'2 245 22 0 Purdue 29 Marv Pettaway DB 5'7 160 30 0 Los Angeles C.C. 89 Len Pettigrew DE 6'4 240 27 0 Ashland 25 Frank Polito DB 5'11 170 23 0 Villanova 50 Ron Porter LB 6'3 232 30 7 Idaho 32 Jim Rackley RB 5'10 205 23 0 Florida A&M Don Ratliff DE 6'6 255 25 0 Maryland 45 Marion Reeves DB 6'1 187 23 1 Clemson 63 Bob Rickenbach OG 6'4 255 24 0 Penn State 53 Mel Rogers LB 6'3 225 28 3 Florida A&M 64 John Roman OG 6'4 240 23 0 Idaho State 81 Louis Ross DE 6'7 259 28 2 South Carolina State 88 Tim Rossovich LB 6'4 240 29 6 Southern California 73 Ken Sanduk DT 6'4 250 25 0 Penn State Tom Shuman QB 6'2 194 21 0 Penn State 57 Skip Singletary LB 6'2 215 24 0 Temple 48 Howard Strickland RB 5'11 189 22 0 California 22 Alan Thompson RB 6'0 205 26 0 Wisconsin 55 Andy Tighe OT 6'0 250 23 0 Rutgers Mark Wakefield WR 6'4 190 25 0 Tampa 30 Claude Watts RB 6'0 215 31 0 Bluefield State (WV) 28 Linc Welles P 5'11 170 23 0 Bloomsburg State Donald Westbrook WR 5'10 188 22 0 Nebraska 23 Don Willingham RB 5'11 200 25 0 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 68 Mike Wilson OG 6'2 250 28 3 Dayton 65 Vern Winfield OG 6'3 248 26 2 Minnesota 70 Pete Woodward LB 6'3 230 0 Rhode Island 14 Alvin Wyatt CB 5'10 185 27 4 Bethune-Cookman 10 Mike Yancheff QB 6'4 215 25 0 Rutgers
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bob Davis 194 95 49.0 1,114 5.74 11.7 7 3.6 12 6.2 53.1 King Corcoran 99 45 45.5 440 4.44 9.8 3 3.0 6 6.1 43.3 Mike Yancheff 2 1 50.0 22 11.00 22.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 89.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD John Land 32 193 6.0 0 Ted Kwalick 29 400 13.8 4 Ben Hawkins 28 412 14.7 3 Ron Holliday 14 171 12.2 2 J.J. Jennings 12 95 7.9 0 Claude Watts 11 122 11.1 0 Len Izzo 6 67 11.2 0 Howard Strickland 4 38 9.5 0 Jim Rackley 4 29 7.2 0 Vince Papale 1 49 49.0 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD John Land 160 646 4.0 2 Claude Watts 86 481 5.6 5 J.J. Jennings 82 345 4.2 1 Jim Rackley 14 100 7.1 0 Howard Strickland 25 100 4.0 0 Alan Thompson 20 68 3.4 0 Bob Davis 23 12 0.5 2 Frank McGuigan 1 2 2.0 0 Ben Hawkins 1 0 0.0 0 Ted Kwalick 2 -3 -1.5 0 King Corcoran 3 -4 -1.3 0 Ron Holliday 2 -8 -4.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Howard Strickland 11 366 33.3 1 Frank McGuigan 6 157 26.2 0 Jim Rackley 5 117 23.4 0 Alan Thompson 3 42 14.0 0 Jubilee Dunbar 2 43 21.5 0 Don Willingham 2 43 21.5 0 Rod Foster 2 7 3.5 0 Alvin Wyatt 1 16 16.0 0 Don Ratliff 1 6 6.0 0 Ralph Perretta 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Alvin Wyatt 12 84 7.0 0 Rod Foster 8 24 3.0 0 Gregg Butler 5 10 2.0 0 Herb Lynch 4 11 2.8 0 Jubilee Dunbar 2 18 9.0 0 Darold Nogle 2 11 5.5 0 Reggie Berry 2 3 1.5 0 Bill Craven 1 12 12.0 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 vs The Hawaiians W 24-15 1-0-0 08/09/75 at Birmingham Vulcans W 17-12 2-0-0 08/16/75 at Shreveport Steamer L 3-10 2-1-0 08/23/75 vs Memphis Southmen W 22-18 3-1-0 08/29/75 at Southern California Sun L 39-58 3-2-0 09/06/75 at Charlotte Hornets L 0-10 3-3-0 09/13/75 vs Portland Thunder L 10-25 3-4-0 09/20/75 at Jacksonville Express L 10-16 3-5-0 10/04/75 vs San Antonio Wings W 42-38 4-5-0 10/12/75 at The Hawaiians L 13-14 4-6-0 10/18/75 vs Charlotte Hornets W 18-10 5-6-0