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1975 Shreveport Steamer: 5-7-0
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Home 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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Dave Strock 54 2,037 37.7 37.7 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Dave Strock 7/ 0/ 0 21 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Garland Boyette 2 8 0 Melvin Daniels 1 77 1 Richmond Flowers 3 35 0 Leon Jenkins 6 156 0 Daryle Johnson 4 93 0 John Mallory 4 43 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

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