1975 Shreveport Steamer: 5-7-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-2-0 (178 points scored, 167 allowed) Road record: 0-5-0 (88 points scored, 146 allowed) Head Coach: Marshall Taylor 266 points scored (3rd of 11 teams), 313 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: 184 345 2,456 ( 3) 7.12 19 16 443 1,654 ( 6) 3.7 13 4,110 ( 4) 40 Defense: 184 347 2,433 (10) 7.01 12 20 424 1,779 ( 5) 4.2 21 4,212 (10) 0
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 83 Allen Aldridge DT 6'4 240 30 3 Prairie View A&M 84 Bob Barber DE 6'3 245 23 0 Grambling 53 Charles Battle LB 6'3 240 22 0 Grambling 86 Rory Best TE 6'2 235 24 0 Southern Methodist 71 Bon Boatwright DT 6'4 265 24 1 Oklahoma State 52 Garland Boyette LB 6'2 235 35 9 Grambling 36 Henry Brandon RB 5'11 215 26 0 Southern 51 Don Buck OG 6'2 240 21 0 Missouri 82 Mike Burnop TE 6'1 230 24 0 Virginia Tech 12 Roger Cox CB 5'11 177 22 0 Prairie View A&M 58 Bob Creech LB 6'4 220 26 3 Texas Christian 28 Melvin Daniels DB 5'11 179 23 0 Middle Tennessee State 88 Donnie Davis TE 6'4 230 35 2 Southern 76 Bill Dulin OT 6'6 250 23 0 Johnson C. Smith 33 Dennis Duncan RB 6'2 225 30 0 Northwestern Louisiana 15 Rick Eber WR 6'0 175 30 3 Tulsa 12 Jimmy Edwards RB 5'10 195 23 0 Northeast Louisiana 68 Bill Ellenbogen OT 6'4 265 24 0 Virginia Tech 44 Richmond Flowers S 6'0 190 28 5 Tennessee 42 Rene Garnett CB 5'10 175 22 0 Idaho State 0 Paul Gipson RB 6'0 200 29 4 Houston 10 Edd Hargett QB 6'1 190 28 5 Texas A&M 26 Steve Hatch DB 6'2 195 26 0 Akron 78 Kirk Heyer DT 6'5 260 22 0 Kearney State (Neb.) 79 Sam Holden OT 6'4 260 28 1 Grambling 61 Glenn Holloway OG 6'3 255 27 5 North Texas State 70 Rick Howe LB 6'3 245 23 0 Iowa State 57 Al Humphrey LB 6'3 230 22 0 Tulsa 81 Mark Ilgenfritz DT 6'5 255 23 1 Vanderbilt 19 Leon Jenkins DB 5'11 175 25 1 West Virginia 23 Daryle Johnson CB 5'11 180 29 3 Morgan State 72 Willie Jones DE 6'4 270 33 4 Kansas State 66 Sheldon Joppru DB 6'4 235 24 0 North Dakota 55 Kenny Lambert LB 6'3 200 24 0 Virginia Tech 20 John Mallory S 6'0 185 29 4 West Virginia 75 Joe Miller OT 6'5 258 23 0 Villanova 35 Jim Nance RB 6'1 245 32 8 Syracuse 3 D.C. Nobles QB 6'2 175 23 0 Houston 80 Johnny Odom WR 6'3 195 26 0 Texas Tech 74 Willie Parker DT 6'3 245 30 4 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 47 Virgil Robinson RB 6'0 198 27 2 Grambling 81 Ron Rydalch DT 6'4 260 23 0 Utah 1 Ricky Scales WR 6'0 180 22 0 Virginia Tech 6 George Smith RB 6'0 183 27 0 Texas Tech 00 Dave Strock P 6'3 220 27 0 Virginia Tech 73 Mike Taylor OT 6'6 272 30 5 Southern California 45 Durfey Thompson LB 6'1 235 23 0 Prairie View A&M 22 Rocky Thompson FB 5'11 190 27 3 West Texas State 62 Brian Vertefeuille OG 6'4 255 24 1 Idaho State 51 Cleo Walker LB 6'4 225 27 2 Louisville 77 Mike Walker DE 6'4 240 25 1 Tulane 63 Clyde Williams OG 6'3 248 35 5 Southern 21 Doug Winslow WR 6'0 185 24 1 Drake 18 Bubba Wyche QB 6'0 190 29 0 Tennessee
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Edd Hargett 288 158 54.9 2,100 7.29 13.3 15 5.2 11 3.8 79.6 D.C. Nobles 50 23 46.0 327 6.54 14.2 4 8.0 4 8.0 52.9 Bubba Wyche 7 3 42.9 29 4.14 9.7 0 0.0 1 14.3 15.5
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Johnny Odom 37 504 13.6 3 Rick Eber 25 445 17.8 4 Ricky Scales 24 505 21.0 4 Jim Nance 24 206 8.6 1 Doug Winslow 21 308 14.7 3 George Smith 14 142 10.1 1 Virgil Robinson 11 94 8.5 0 Donnie Davis 9 144 16.0 1 Mike Burnop 7 69 9.9 1 Henry Brandon 5 17 3.4 0 Jimmy Edwards 4 9 2.2 0 Rocky Thompson 1 8 8.0 0 Rory Best 1 3 3.0 1 Paul Gipson 1 2 2.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Jim Nance 190 767 4.0 7 Virgil Robinson 124 450 3.6 2 Jimmy Edwards 49 163 3.3 3 George Smith 33 124 3.8 0 D.C. Nobles 10 97 9.7 0 Henry Brandon 17 18 1.1 0 Edd Hargett 12 14 1.2 0 Rocky Thompson 5 12 2.4 0 Ricky Scales 2 8 4.0 0 Paul Gipson 1 1 1.0 1 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Doug Winslow 19 368 19.4 0 George Smith 14 247 17.6 0 Rene Garnett 6 115 19.2 0 Rocky Thompson 5 131 26.2 0 Jimmy Edwards 5 85 17.0 0 Leon Jenkins 3 57 19.0 0 Henry Brandon 2 42 21.0 0 Paul Gipson 1 73 73.0 1 Mike Burnop 1 10 10.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Doug Winslow 18 194 10.8 0 Leon Jenkins 11 68 6.2 0 Rene Garnett 5 -2 -0.4 0 Roger Cox 1 9 9.0 0 Daryle Johnson 1 5 5.0 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 at San Antonio Wings L 3-19 0-1-0 08/09/75 vs Chicago Winds W 28-18 1-1-0 08/16/75 vs Philadelphia Bell W 10-3 2-1-0 08/23/75 at Portland Thunder L 24-33 2-2-0 08/30/75 at Birmingham Vulcans L 8-21 2-3-0 09/06/75 vs Jacksonville Express L 15-22 2-4-0 09/14/75 at Memphis Southmen L 23-34 2-5-0 09/20/75 vs Southern California Sun W 38-29 3-5-0 09/28/75 vs The Hawaiians W 32-25 4-5-0 10/05/75 vs Charlotte Hornets L 14-39 4-6-0 10/12/75 at Southern California Sun L 30-39 4-7-0 10/19/75 vs San Antonio Wings W 41-31 5-7-0