1975 Charlotte Hornets: 6-5-0
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Home record: 3-1-0 (76 points scored, 59 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (149 points scored, 140 allowed) Head Coach: Bob Gibson
225 points scored (7th of 11 teams), 199 points allowed (3rd)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 127 249 1,781 ( 7) 7.15 8 15 429 1,285 (10) 3.0 15 3,066 (10) 27
Defense: 141 306 1,737 ( 2) 5.68 9 19 422 1,834 ( 9) 4.3 15 3,571 ( 6) 33
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 70 Bennie Barbour DE 6'2 255 22 0 Winston-Salem State Rodrigo Barnes LB 2 6'1 215 25 3 Rice Carl Bartles RB 6'1 212 26 0 Lenoir-Rhyne 45 Dave Benson LB 6'3 235 23 0 Weber State 47 David Blake RB 6'0 210 23 0 Ball State 60 Bracey Bonham OG 6'2 242 25 0 North Carolina Central Mike Botts C 6'3 250 25 0 Penn State 51 Jere Brown LB 6'2 225 23 0 Villanova 70 Darrel Bunge OT 6'2 253 23 0 Minnesota 60 John Bushong DE 6'4 250 22 0 Western Kentucky 66 Larry Butler OG 6'2 250 23 0 Appalachian State Carter Campbell DE 6'4 235 28 4 Weber State 61 Dana Carpenter LB 5'11 230 23 0 South Carolina 50 Tom Chandler LB 6'2 225 25 0 Minnesota 17 Randy Cobb WR 6'1 180 22 0 Duke 73 Carl Collins OT 6'4 265 22 0 North Carolina A&T 64 John Culpepper OG 6'2 248 22 0 California 74 David Douglas DT 6'1 240 24 0 Morgan State 10 Brian Dowling QB 6'1 205 28 2 Yale 59 Greg Dubinetz OG 6'2 250 21 0 Yale 67 Jerry Ellison DE 6'3 250 25 0 North Texas State 45 Tom Embrey LB 6'2 212 22 0 North Carolina 46 James Ford RB 6'0 205 26 2 Texas Southern 76 Jerry Gantt OT 6'4 268 27 1 North Carolina Central Gary Gennerich OT 6'4 256 24 0 Clemson 36 Tim George WR 6'5 210 24 2 Carson-Newman 82 Cliff Greenfield DE 6'3 250 23 0 Morgan State 9 Sonny Hicks DE 6'1 192 24 0 North Carolina A&T 32 Don Highsmith RB 6'1 210 27 4 Michigan State 28 Terry Hoeppner S 6'1 190 27 0 Franklin Harry Howard DB 6'1 190 26 0 Ohio State 54 Marty Huff LB 6'3 235 26 1 Michigan 77 Glenn Hyde OG 6'3 253 24 0 Pittsburgh Joey Jackson DT 6'4 260 26 2 New Mexico State 65 John Jacquot G 6'2 240 24 0 Bowling Green 44 Lewis Jolley RB 6'0 210 25 2 North Carolina 25 Kreg Kapitan WR 6'2 203 26 0 Mankato State 12 Chris Kupec QB 6'3 200 22 0 North Carolina 69 Greg Lens DT 6'4 260 30 2 Trinity (TX) 65 Dave Margavage OG 6'4 240 23 0 Kentucky 11 Molly McGee RB 5'11 205 23 1 Rhode Island Lee McGriff WR 5'9 170 22 0 Florida 83 Ray Parson TE 6'6 240 28 1 Minnesota 3 Pete Rajecki K 5'9 160 25 0 Georgia Art Reynolds LB 6'1 215 23 0 Tennessee 15 Robbie Reynolds P 6'0 210 23 0 South Carolina 8 Randy Rhino DB 5'10 180 21 0 Georgia Tech Dave Richards WR 5'10 185 25 0 Miami 23 Larry Shears CB 5'11 185 26 2 Lincoln (Mo.) 19 Tom Sherman QB 6'1 190 29 0 Penn State 72 Marty Smith DT 6'2 260 22 0 Louisville Rollen Smith DB 6'1 188 24 0 Arkansas Len St. Jean OG 5'11 250 34 10 Northern Michigan 21 John Sykes RB 6'0 195 26 1 Morgan State 22 Ike Thomas DB 6'3 207 27 3 Bishop 48 James Thompson WR 6'2 190 22 0 Memphis 52 Charles Tiblom C 6'2 250 26 0 Central Connecticut 85 J.T. Turner DE 6'3 250 22 0 Duke 24 Bryan White CB 6'0 195 28 0 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Ed White DT 6'1 220 24 0 Tulsa 80 Danny Whyte TE 6'1 245 24 0 Johnson C. Smith Matthew Williams RB 5'10 205 24 0 Northeast Louisiana 20 Jeff Woodcock DB 6'1 180 23 0 Kentucky 29 Al Young WR 6'2 190 26 2 South Carolina State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Tom Sherman 193 96 49.7 1,378 7.14 14.4 7 3.6 9 4.7 65.9
Brian Dowling 55 30 54.5 383 6.96 12.8 1 1.8 6 10.9 43.0
John Sykes 1 1 100.0 20 20.00 20.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD James Thompson 19 277 14.6 1 Don Highsmith 18 177 9.8 0 Danny Whyte 13 252 19.4 1 Al Young 13 198 15.2 0 Lewis Jolley 13 134 10.3 1 Tim George 11 175 15.9 2 Kreg Kapitan 11 150 13.6 2 Ray Parson 10 136 13.6 0 Randy Cobb 7 112 16.0 1 John Sykes 3 34 11.3 0 Lee McGriff 2 50 25.0 0 Bryan White 2 13 6.5 0 Randy Rhino 1 36 36.0 0 Matthew Williams 1 20 20.0 0 Molly McGee 1 2 2.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Don Highsmith 211 550 2.6 11 Lewis Jolley 118 403 3.4 3 John Sykes 26 132 5.1 0 Molly McGee 17 99 5.8 0 Tom Sherman 34 53 1.6 0 Brian Dowling 7 13 1.9 1 James Ford 5 12 2.4 0 David Blake 5 12 2.4 0 Bryan White 2 10 5.0 0 Matthew Williams 3 3 1.0 0 Lee McGriff 1 -2 -2.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Ike Thomas 16 397 24.8 1 Randy Rhino 10 264 26.4 0 John Sykes 5 105 21.0 0 David Blake 3 29 9.7 0 Bryan White 2 51 25.5 0 Matthew Williams 2 40 20.0 0 Lewis Jolley 1 20 20.0 0 Carl Collins 1 14 14.0 0 Ray Parson 1 8 8.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Randy Rhino 23 214 9.3 0 James Thompson 7 54 7.7 0 Randy Cobb 7 38 5.4 0 J.T. Turner 1 10 10.0 0 John Sykes 1 7 7.0 0 Ike Thomas 1 4 4.0 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 07/26/75 at San Antonio Wings L 10-27 0-1-0 08/09/75 at Memphis Southmen L 11-23 0-2-0 08/16/75 vs San Antonio Wings W 27-20 1-2-0 08/30/75 at Jacksonville Express W 33-14 2-2-0 09/06/75 vs Philadelphia Bell W 10-0 3-2-0 09/14/75 at Southern California Sun W 30-22 4-2-0 09/21/75 at Birmingham Vulcans L 16-22 4-3-0 09/27/75 vs Southern California Sun L 17-24 4-4-0 10/05/75 at Shreveport Steamer W 39-14 5-4-0 10/12/75 vs Jacksonville Express W 22-15 6-4-0 10/18/75 at Philadelphia Bell L 10-18 6-5-0
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