Wednesday August 14, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

All WFL game summaries for 08/14/1974:



Team1234F
The Hawaiians (1-5-0)00000
Birmingham Americans (6-0-0)8240739

( 0- 8) BIR Willie Smith 81 yard interception return (Dennis Homan pass from Matthew Reed) ( 0-15) BIR Jimmy Edwards 7 yard rush (pass failed) ( 0-18) BIR Earl Sark 24 yard field goal ( 0-25) BIR Alfred Jenkins 95 yard pass from George Mira (pass failed) ( 0-32) BIR Dennis Homan 26 yard pass from George Mira (pass failed) ( 0-39) BIR Art Cantrelle 1 yard rush (pass failed)
                     HAW             BIR
First Downs:         23              18
Rushes-yards:        27-147          39-253
Yards/rush:          5.4             6.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     22-47-256-4     6-20-222-1
Return yardage:      158             158
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             4-1
Turnovers:           4               2
Penalties-yards:     6-128           6-59

Attendance: 43,297


Team1234F
Philadelphia Bell (3-3-0)8701429
Chicago Fire (5-1-0)3157732

( 8- 0) PHI Claude Watts 6 yard rush (Alan Thompson run) ( 8- 3) CHI Chuck Ramsey 26 yard field goal ( 8-11) CHI Cyril Pinder 6 yard pass from Virgil Carter (Virgil Carter run) ( 8-18) CHI Mark Kellar 1 yard rush (pass failed) (15-18) PHI Alan Thompson 2 yard pass from King Corcoran (pass failed) (15-25) CHI Cyril Pinder 1 yard rush (pass failed) (22-25) PHI King Corcoran 1 yard rush (pass failed) (29-25) PHI Claude Watts 45 yard pass from King Corcoran (pass failed) (29-32) CHI Jack Dolbin 11 yard pass from Virgil Carter (pass failed)
                     PHI             CHI
First Downs:         15              23
Rushes-yards:        24-90           47-275
Yards/rush:          3.8             5.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     17-34-256-3     11-19-104-1
Return yardage:      61              0
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             2-1
Turnovers:           3               2
Penalties-yards:     10-79           5-41

Attendance: 27,607


Team1234F
Memphis Southmen (4-2-0)8157737
Detroit Wheels (0-6-0)70007

( 8- 0) MEM Willie Spencer 1 yard rush (Gary Shirk pass from John Huarte) ( 8- 7) DET Bubba Wyche 1 yard rush (pass failed) (15- 7) MEM Ed Marshall 12 yard pass from John Huarte (run failed) (23- 7) MEM Willie Spencer 1 yard rush (Shirk pass from Huarte) (30- 7) MEM Dave Thomas 39 yard interception return (run failed) (37- 7) MEM Gary Powell 31 yard pass from Danny White (pass failed)
                     MEM             DET
First Downs:         22              18
Rushes-yards:        50-279          27-134
Yards/rush:          5.6             5.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     7-17-101-2      19-35-233-1
Return yardage:      55              7
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             5-3
Turnovers:           2               4
Penalties-yards:     6-53            1-5

Attendance: 14,424


Team1234F
Jacksonville Sharks (2-4-0)11001526
Florida Blazers (5-1-0)1678233

( 0- 8) FLA Jim Strong 1 yard rush (Greg Latta pass from Bob Davis) ( 3- 8) JAX Grant Guthrie 23 yard field goal (11- 8) JAX Ron Coppenbarger 20 yard fumble return (Ricky Lake run) (11-16) FLA Bob Davis 1 yard rush (Matt Maslowski pass from Bob Davis) (11-23) FLA Matt Maslowski 51 yard pass from Tommy Reamon (pass failed) (11-31) FLA Jim Strong 1 yard rush (Tommy Reamon run) (19-31) JAX Reggie Oliver 9 yard rush (Reggie Oliver run) (19-33) FLA Safety, Reggie Oliver tackled in end zone by (26-33) JAX Tom Whittier 7 yard pass from Reggie Oliver (run failed)
                     JAX             FLA
First Downs:         16              16
Rushes-yards:        33-121          43-196
Yards/rush:          3.7             4.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-25-98-3       12-16-183-2
Return yardage:      185             211
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             4-4
Turnovers:           3               6
Penalties-yards:     7-50            10-156

Attendance: 23,890


Team1234F
Portland Storm (0-5-1)0001616
New York Stars (4-2-0)1677838

( 0- 8) NY Tom Sherman 5 yard rush (Al Young pass from Tom Sherman) ( 0-16) NY George Sauer 20 yard pass from Tom Sherman (Dave Richards pass from Tom Sherman) ( 0-23) NY Andy Huff 4 yard rush (pass failed) ( 0-30) NY George Sauer 3 yard pass from Tom Sherman (pass failed) ( 0-38) NY Gary Danielson 1 yard rush (Dave Richards run) ( 8-38) POR Jim Krieg 15 yard pass from Greg Barton (Darrell Mitchell run) (16-38) POR Ken Matthews 12 yard pass from Greg Barton (Marv Kendricks run)
                     POR             NY 
First Downs:         17              18
Rushes-yards:        36-140          36-133
Yards/rush:          3.9             3.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-25-180-2     13-23-175-0
Return yardage:      126             51
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             2-0
Turnovers:           3               0
Penalties-yards:     3-54            5-62

Attendance: 16,222


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