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1974 Portland Storm: 7-12-1
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Home record: 4-5-1 (151 points scored, 206 allowed) Road record: 3-7-0 (113 points scored, 220 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Coury 264 points scored (9th of 12 teams), 426 points allowed (10th) 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: 229 479 2,159 (12) 4.17 14 25 714 2,707 ( 8) 3.8 17 4,866 (12) 46 Defense: 297 527 3,715 ( 9) 7.05 28 20 741 2,876 ( 6) 3.9 22 6,591 ( 8) 34


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 34 Frank Andruski CB 6'2 190 31 0 Utah 61 Mike Askea OT 9 6'4 260 23 1 Stanford 24 Hise Austin CB 6'4 205 24 1 Prairie View A&M 45 Jeff Baker WR 5'11 180 26 0 U.S. International 8 Greg Barton QB 6'2 220 28 0 Tulsa Sylvester Bates DT 6'3 268 0 Grambling 11 Pete Beathard QB 6'1 210 32 10 Southern California 70 Bruce Bergey DE 6'4 245 28 1 UCLA Ron Billingsley DT 6'8 282 29 6 Wyoming 23 Ed Bishop DB 6'0 182 23 0 Southern 32 Phil Borjas S 5'10 190 23 0 Fresno State 77 Buzz Brazeau OT 6'4 255 25 0 Washington State 61 Lee Brock DE 6'2 240 27 0 Washington 57 Dave Brown C 6'0 230 24 0 Southern California 55 Steve Brown LB 6'3 230 23 0 Oregon State 28 Leon Burns RB 6'1 224 34 2 Long Beach State 74 Levert Carr OT 6'3 265 30 5 North Central 89 Bob Christiansen TE 6'4 230 25 1 UCLA 64 Lenny Ciufo LB 6'1 210 22 0 Colorado 20 Ken Clark P 6'1 180 26 0 St. Mary's (Canada) 81 Glen Condren DT 6'3 251 32 7 Oklahoma Henry Copeland FB 6'1 220 26 0 Virginia 81 Craig Cotton TE 6'4 215 27 5 Youngstown State 52 Don Crtalic LB 6'1 210 25 0 Fullerton State 53 George Dames LB 6'1 220 28 0 Oregon 83 Ben Davidson DE 6'8 270 34 11 Washington 45 Sam Dickerson WR 6'3 198 25 0 Southern California 73 Glen Ellis DT 6'4 250 22 0 Elon 65 Gene Ferguson OT 6'8 290 27 4 Norfolk State 46 Rufus Ferguson RB 5'6 193 23 0 Wisconsin 85 Leland Glass WR 6'0 185 23 2 Oregon 62 Allan Graf OG 6'3 243 24 0 Southern California 59 Paul Guidry LB 6'2 230 30 8 McNeese State 54 Jim Hann LB 6'2 215 23 0 Montana 35 Charles Hinton DB 5'11 195 23 0 Southern California 41 Robert Holmes RB 5'9 221 29 6 Southern Jeff Horsley RB 6'1 211 25 0 North Carolina Central 82 Clark Hoss TE 6'8 235 25 1 Oregon State 39 Cleo House FB 5'10 228 24 0 Southern Arkansas State 41 John Hughes S 6'1 195 23 0 Ohio State 79 Jerry Inman DT 6'2 256 34 7 Oregon 30 Flemming Jensen K 5'11 175 25 0 Utah 63 Carl Johnson OG 6'4 252 24 2 Nebraska 14 Ken Johnson QB 6'1 190 23 0 Colorado 40 Nathaniel Jones FB 5'9 205 24 0 Houston 42 Ray Jones DB 5'11 187 26 4 Southern 64 Mike Keller LB 6'4 225 24 1 Michigan 38 Marv Kendricks RB 6'0 205 25 0 UCLA 22 Jim Krieg WR 5'9 185 25 1 Washington Joe Larkin S 5'11 195 23 0 Boise State 30 Booth Lusteg K 5'10 175 35 4 Connecticut 84 Kurt Matter DE 6'7 230 23 0 Washington 80 Ken Matthews WR 6'0 181 23 0 Long Beach State Ben Mayes DE 6'5 255 28 0 Drake 58 Mike McConnell LB 6'1 225 24 0 Oregon 48 Willie McKelton CB 5'11 185 25 0 Southern 36 Dennis Meyer DB 5'11 188 24 1 Arkansas State 33 Jesse Mims RB 5'11 203 26 0 New Mexico State 33 Darrell Mitchell RB 5'11 185 23 0 Idaho 44 Leroy Mitchell DB 6'1 180 30 6 Texas Southern 60 Ken Muhlbeier OG 6'2 235 23 0 Idaho 47 Tom Oberg DB 6'0 185 29 0 Portland State 48 Clancy Oliver DB 6'1 184 26 3 San Diego State 26 Jim Ousley QB 6'2 210 27 0 Cincinnati 39 Wayne Patrick RB 6'1 240 28 5 Louisville 78 Remi Prudhomme OG 6'4 260 32 6 Louisiana State 55 Rick Redman LB 6'1 220 31 9 Washington 62 Marv Roberts OG 6'3 245 23 0 Michigan State 50 Bob Schmit LB 6'1 215 24 0 Nebraska 55 Marty Schottenheimer LB 6'3 225 31 6 Pittsburgh 48 Ray Sherman S 6'1 195 22 0 Fresno State Randy Shipley OG 6'1 250 24 0 Pacific Lutheran 72 Sam Silas DT 6'3 245 34 8 Southern Illinois 23 Robin Sinclair DB 5'11 185 22 0 Washington State 36 Russ Smith RB 6'1 204 30 4 Miami 88 Greg Specht WR 6'3 194 24 0 Oregon 71 Chris Stecher DT 6'6 260 23 0 Hawaii 86 Drew Taylor OT 6'5 227 24 0 San Jose State 73 Mike Taylor OT 6'5 260 29 5 Southern California 74 Tony Terry DT 6'4 250 27 0 Southern California 86 Steve Thompson DE 6'5 247 29 5 Washington 44 Clem Turner RB 6'2 230 29 4 Cincinnati 12 Don Van Galder QB 6'2 195 23 0 Utah Chris Veit OT 6'5 250 24 0 Oregon State Chris Vella TE 6'2 220 22 0 Southern California 53 Clyde Warehime LB 6'2 217 23 0 Washington State 42 R.C. Washington CB 5'11 190 24 0 Long Beach State 41 Clancy Williams CB 6'2 194 32 0 Washington State 9 Porter Williams WR 5'11 168 23 0 Western Kentucky 76 Wallace Williams OG 6'2 251 24 0 Washington State 25 Joe Wylie RB 6'1 190 23 0 Oklahoma 75 John Zadigian DT 6'5 250 25 0 Colorado State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Pete Beathard 236 115 48.7 1,247 5.28 10.8 6 2.5 11 4.7 23 178 53.8 Greg Barton 165 78 47.3 820 4.97 10.5 6 3.6 10 6.1 7 74 49.1 Ken Johnson 55 22 40.0 313 5.69 14.2 1 1.8 4 7.3 9 46 34.9 Don Van Galder 21 13 61.9 77 3.67 5.9 1 4.8 0 0.0 0 0 84.8 Ken Clark 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Rufus Ferguson 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Rufus Ferguson         49    369    7.5    3
Jim Krieg              23    346   15.0    1
Jeff Baker             22    320   14.5    2
Greg Specht            21    383   18.2    1
Marv Kendricks         18     76    4.2    0
Sam Dickerson          16    290   18.1    2
Joe Wylie              16    209   13.1    0
Bob Christiansen       13    157   12.1    2
Wayne Patrick           9     55    6.1    0
Craig Cotton            8     94   11.8    0
Ken Matthews            7    110   15.7    1
Nathaniel Jones         4     23    5.8    0
Darrell Mitchell        2     18    9.0    1
Robert Holmes           2     14    7.0    1
Russ Smith              2      7    3.5    0
Cleo House              1      1    1.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Rufus Ferguson        260  1,086    4.2    6
Marv Kendricks        172    551    3.2    7
Wayne Patrick          59    202    3.4    0
Leon Burns             51    193    3.8    0
Ken Johnson            38    156    4.1    2
Darrell Mitchell       22    122    5.5    0
Jim Krieg               8     88   11.0    1
Pete Beathard          22     58    2.6    1
Cleo House             11     50    4.5    0
Nathaniel Jones         4     28    7.0    0
Robert Holmes          13     23    1.8    0
Russ Smith              6      9    1.5    0
Jeff Baker              1      3    3.0    0
Jeff Horsley            1      2    2.0    0
Don Van Galder          2     -1   -0.5    0
Bob Christiansen        1     -9   -9.0    0
Greg Barton             4    -12   -3.0    0
Porter Williams         1    -13  -13.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Rufus Ferguson         27    612   22.7    0
Joe Wylie              10    209   20.9    0
Jeff Horsley            4     94   23.5    0
Clancy Oliver           4     72   18.0    0
Hise Austin             3     82   27.3    0
Marv Kendricks          3     61   20.3    0
John Hughes             2     74   37.0    0
Jim Krieg               2     39   19.5    0
Robin Sinclair          2     31   15.5    0
Nathaniel Jones         1     40   40.0    0
Robert Holmes           1     22   22.0    0
Chris Vella             1     16   16.0    0
Remi Prudhomme          1     12   12.0    0
Kurt Matter             1      6    6.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Joe Wylie              18    206   11.4         1
Robin Sinclair         11     72    6.5         0
Phil Borjas            10    134   13.4         0
Tom Oberg               5     11    2.2         0
Jim Krieg               3     12    4.0         0
Dennis Meyer            2     11    5.5         0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Ken Clark 123 5,146 41.8 41.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Booth Lusteg 5/ 0/ 0 15 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Frank Andruski 1 14 0 Hise Austin 1 22 0 Don Crtalic 1 18 0 Charles Hinton 1 0 0 John Hughes 2 58 0 Ray Jones 1 12 0 Leroy Mitchell 1 13 0 Tom Oberg 1 22 0 Rick Redman 3 10 0 Bob Schmit 1 18 0 Robin Sinclair 4 83 1 Clyde Warehime 1 10 0
1974 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 6 QB Mike Boryla 23 Stanford 2 19 LB Ed O'Neill 100 Penn State 3 30 RB Carlester Crumpler East Carolina 4 43 OG Daryl White 10 Nebraska 5 54 TE J.V. Cain 55 Colorado 6 67 DB Carl Capria 13 Purdue 7 78 DE Monte Doris Southern California 8 91 DT Richard Bishop 89 Louisville 9 102 DT Billy Howard 38 Alcorn A&M 10 115 LB Godwin Turk 56 Southern 11 126 OG Robert Pratt 170 North Carolina 12 139 DB Doug Nettles 73 Vanderbilt 13 150 WR Harrison Davis 12 Virginia 14 163 OT Bob Wolfe Nebraska 15 174 OG Phil Laporta 20 Penn State 16 187 DL Dave Smith Oklahoma 17 198 RB Willie Burden North Carolina State 18 211 OT Darrell Austin 69 South Carolina 19 222 DT Glen Ellis Elon College 20 235 DB Ed Bishop Southern 21 246 TE T.C. Blair 11 Tulsa 22 259 WR John Winesberry Stanford 23 270 OT Richard Mason Baylor 24 283 C Brad Bush New Mexico State 25 294 RB Eric Torkelson 93 Connecticut 26 307 K Berl Simmons Texas Christian 27 318 DB Mike Stover Illinois State 28 331 TE Willie Brister 24 Southern 29 342 DE Lee Pearson Richmond 30 355 RB Rich Dillard New Mexico 31 366 LB John Hardin Wake Forest 32 379 DB Darryl Stewart Oklahoma 33 390 DE Cliff Greenfield Oregon State 34 403 QB Ken Johnson Colorado 35 414 RB Gary Lacy Baylor 36 427 WR Porter Williams Western Kentucky

Traded draft picks: none


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

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
07/10/74    at Philadelphia Bell       L 8-33        0-1-0
07/18/74    at Memphis Southmen        L 8-16        0-2-0
07/24/74    vs Chicago Fire            L 22-29       0-3-0
07/31/74    vs Philadelphia Bell       L 7-25        0-4-0
08/07/74    vs Houston Texans          T 15-15       0-4-1
08/14/74    at New York Stars          L 16-38       0-5-1
08/21/74    at Florida Blazers         L 7-11        0-6-1
08/28/74    at Southern California Sun L 15-45       0-7-1
09/02/74    at Detroit Wheels          W 18-7        1-7-1
09/06/74    vs The Hawaiians           W 15-8        2-7-1
09/11/74    vs New York Stars          L 15-34       2-8-1
09/18/74    at Jacksonville Sharks     W 19-17       3-8-1
09/25/74    vs Birmingham Americans    W 26-21       4-8-1
10/02/74    vs Southern California Sun L 22-26       4-9-1
10/09/74    at Birmingham Americans    L 8-30        4-10-1
10/16/74    vs The Hawaiians           W 3-0         5-10-1
10/24/74    vs Memphis Southmen        W 26-25       6-10-1
10/31/74    at Shreveport Steamer      W 14-0        7-10-1
11/07/74    vs Florida Blazers         L 0-23        7-11-1
11/13/74    at The Hawaiians           L 0-23        7-12-1

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