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1974 Chicago Fire: 7-13-0
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Home record: 2-7-0 (177 points scored, 299 allowed) Road record: 5-6-0 (269 points scored, 303 allowed) Head Coach: Jim Spavital

446 points scored (7th of 12 teams), 602 points allowed (12th)

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:   292   594   3,545   ( 4)   5.52   33   30    645   2,738   ( 6)    4.2   24    6,283    ( 4)      57
Defense:   281   520   4,011   (11)   7.71   36   22    733   2,870   ( 5)    3.9   38    6,881    (11)      45

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
20  Ralph Anderson       DB         6'3   185   25    3   West Texas State
49  J.D. Armstrong       LB         6'1   230   24    0   Penn State
75  Chuck Bailey         DT         6'1   235   26    0   Michigan State
    Charles Battle       LB         6'4   234   21    0   Grambling
70  Earl Belgrave        OT         6'4   250   23    0   Ohio State
55  Keith Best           LB         6'3   220   24    1   Kansas State
52  Mike Botts           C          6'3   250   24    0   Penn State
64  Dave Bradley         OT         6'3   245   27    4   Penn State
88  Richard Brewer       LB         6'2   225   23    0   San Diego State
44  Jimmie Lee Brooks    S          5'10  180   25    0   Eastern Kentucky
83  Don Burchfield       TE         6'2   225   25    1   Ball State
24  Jimmie Calip         RB         5'10  185   24    0   Southwestern Oklahoma
17  Bill Cappleman       QB         6'3   210   27    2   Florida State
30  Mike Carter          CB         6'1   185   26    2   San Francisco State
 7  Virgil Carter        QB         6'1   195   28    5   Brigham Young
84  Lonnie Crittenden    WR         6'0   180   23    0   Texas-El Paso
47  Glenn D'Amato        WR         5'11  195   22    0   Indiana State
12  Maurie Daigneau      QB         6'1   195   24    0   Northwestern
22  Jack Dolbin          WR         5'10  185   26    0   Wake Forest
81  Dick Evey            DE         6'4   245   33    8   Tennessee
89  Jim Gessford         TE         6'3   235   23    0   Hastings (Neb.)
79  Dan Gleason          DE         6'3   245   22    0   Hillsdale
71  Dave Hale            DT         6'8   225   27    4   Ottawa (KS)
    Leo Hart             QB         6'4   205   25    2   Duke
18  Clayton Heath        RB     6   5'11  190   23    0   Wake Forest
71  Mike Heinrich        DE         6'4   230   22    0   Illinois
    Willie Holman        DE         6'4   250   29    6   South Carolina State
28  Harry Howard         S          6'1   190   25    0   Ohio State
76  Glenn Hyde           OG         6'3   245   23    0   Pittsburgh
44  Herb Ivory           CB         6'0   170   25    0   Cal State
89  Sherwin Jarmon       LB         6'2   220   26    0   Nebraska
60  Al Jenkins           OT         6'2   260   28    4   Tulsa
31  Mark Kellar          RB         6'0   220   22    0   Northern Illinois
44  Leroy Kelly          RB         6'0   205   32   10   Morgan State
86  Jimmie Kennedy       TE         6'3   230   22    0   Colorado State
49  Kevin Kiley          LB         6'2   215   24    0   Wyoming
48  Chuck Kogut          LB         6'2   220   22    0   Illinois
59  Rudy Kuechenberg     LB         6'2   230   31    5   Indiana
19  Dennis Lantz         CB         6'1   185   22    0   Kansas
66  Dave Malheiro        OG         6'2   250   27    0   Miami (Ohio)
81  Mickey McCarty       TE         6'5   250   27    0   Texas Christian
66  Tom McCreight        OG         6'2   250   24    0   Northwestern
21  Willie Miller        WR         5'11  180   24    0   Tampa
56  Guy Murdock          C          6'2   230   24    1   Michigan
32  Craig O'Sadnick      DB         5'11  190   23    0   Northeast Missouri State
80  Luther Palmer        TE         6'2   225   25    0   Virginia Union
10  Neil Pennington      QB         6'5   210   23    0   Massachusetts
17  Hal Phillips         CB         6'1   190   25    0   Michigan State
    Terry Phillips       WR         6'3   175   23    0   Northeastern Oklahoma
46  Cyril Pinder         RB         6'2   220   27    6   Illinois
86  Rex Pitts            OT         6'4   250   28    0   Los Angeles State
50  Ron Porter           LB         6'3   235   29    7   Idaho
15  Chuck Ramsey         P          6'1   185   22    0   Wake Forest
21  Charlie Reamon       DB         5'11  185   25    0   Maryland Eastern Shore
84  Tom Redmond          WR         6'0   180   23    0   Butler
82  Mike Reppond         WR         6'0   180   23    1   Washington
27  Walter Rhone         DB         6'0   180   23    0   Central State (Missouri)
72  Andy Rice            DT         6'2   265   34    8   Texas Southern
19  Randy Richardson     DB         5'11  180   24    0   Southwestern Oklahoma State
    Glenn Robinson       DE         6'7   245   23    0   Oklahoma State
24  Marv Robinson        RB         5'8   190   22    0   Northeast Missouri State
53  Tom Roussel          LB         6'3   230   29    6   Southern Mississippi
29  Bill Rudder          RB         6'1   225   22    0   Tennessee
32  Barry Ruffner        S          6'1   190   25    0   Indiana (Pa.)
24  Reggie Sanderson     RB         5'10  205   23    1   Stanford
74  Ken Sanduk           DT         6'4   250   24    0   Penn State
42  James Scott          WR     8   6'0   185   22    0   Trinity Valley C.C.
18  Drane Scrievener     DB         6'0   190   23    0   Tulsa
85  Jim Seymour          WR         6'0   185   27    3   Notre Dame
61  Mike Sikich          OT         6'4   245   25    1   Northwestern
25  Todd Snyder          WR         6'0   185   26    3   Ohio
87  Rob Spicer           LB         6'3   235   23    1   Indiana
25  Greg Stemrick        DB         6'0   180   23    0   Colorado State
20  Billy Taylor         RB         5'10  200   25    0   Michigan
    Ron Thomas           WR         6'2   185   23    0   San Diego State
79  Doug Troszak         DE         6'3   250   22    0   Michigan
29  George Uremovich     RB         6'1   190   23    0   Illinois
30  Allen Watson         K          5'10  170   29    1   Newport (Wales)
58  Wayne Whye           DT         6'3   250   24    0   Maryland Eastern Shore
47  Joe Womack           CB         6'1   185   25    0   Louisiana State
73  Steve Wright         OG         6'6   245   32    9   Alabama
35  Bob Wyatt            RB         6'0   215   25    0   North Texas State
12  Bubba Wyche          QB         6'0   185   28    0   Tennessee

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Virgil Carter        358  195   54.5  2,629   7.34  13.5  27   7.5   16   4.5    26   225    84.6
Bill Cappleman       112   44   39.3    650   5.80  14.8   4   3.6   11   9.8    10    93    31.3
Bubba Wyche           74   36   48.6    478   6.46  13.3   1   1.4    1   1.4     8    75    68.4
Leo Hart              37   12   32.4    176   4.76  14.7   1   2.7    1   2.7     4    34    46.7
Maurie Daigneau        9    4   44.4     17   1.89   4.2   0   0.0    1  11.1     0     0    12.0
Chuck Ramsey           2    1   50.0     22  11.00  22.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    89.6
Jimmie Calip           1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Joe Womack             1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Jack Dolbin            54    942   17.4    7
James Scott            52    755   14.5    8
Cyril Pinder           29    207    7.1    3
Mark Kellar            28    342   12.2    6
Don Burchfield         19    268   14.1    1
Jim Seymour            16    238   14.9    4
Bob Wyatt              16    151    9.4    1
Leroy Kelly             8    128   16.0    0
Reggie Sanderson        6     32    5.3    1
Terry Phillips          5     93   18.6    0
Bill Rudder             5     52   10.4    0
Jimmie Kennedy          5     39    7.8    0
Glenn D'Amato           4     32    8.0    0
Ron Thomas              2      8    4.0    0
Richard Brewer          1     22   22.0    0
Jimmie Calip            1     19   19.0    0
Willie Miller           1      6    6.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Cyril Pinder          179    925    5.2    8
Mark Kellar           189    778    4.1    9
Leroy Kelly            77    315    4.1    1
Bubba Wyche            46    302    6.6    3
Bob Wyatt              65    216    3.3    1
Reggie Sanderson       43    202    4.7    0
Virgil Carter          27    181    6.7    1
Bill Cappleman          8     45    5.6    0
Jimmie Calip           11     40    3.6    0
Jack Dolbin             2     26   13.0    0
Bill Rudder             8      9    1.1    0
Maurie Daigneau         2      4    2.0    0
Billy Taylor            1      2    2.0    0
Joe Womack              1      1    1.0    1
James Scott             1     -1   -1.0    0
Mike Botts              1     -3   -3.0    0
Chuck Ramsey            1    -10  -10.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Walter Rhone           28    645   23.0    1
Reggie Sanderson       14    285   20.4    0
Joe Womack              9    232   25.8    0
Charlie Reamon          7    157   22.4    0
Bob Wyatt               7    129   18.4    0
Herb Ivory              3     77   25.7    0
Mike Reppond            3     74   24.7    0
Harry Howard            3     64   21.3    0
Jimmie Calip            2     47   23.5    0
Ron Thomas              2     46   23.0    0
Lonnie Crittenden       2     31   15.5    0
Billy Taylor            1     26   26.0    0
Jack Dolbin             1     22   22.0    0
Willie Miller           1     15   15.0    0
Kevin Kiley             1     13   13.0    0
Dick Evey               1      3    3.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Harry Howard           41    206    5.0         0
Reggie Sanderson       14     63    4.5         0
Joe Womack              7     77   11.0         0
Walter Rhone            3      8    2.7         0
Ron Thomas              1      8    8.0         0
Charles Battle          1      7    7.0         0
Randy Richardson        1      3    3.0         0
Barry Ruffner           1      0    0.0         0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Chuck Ramsey 71 2,381 33.5 33.5 Lonnie Crittenden 20 693 34.6 34.6 Allen Watson 5 155 31.0 31.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Allen Watson 5/ 0/ 0 15 Chuck Ramsey 3/ 0/ 0 9 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Ralph Anderson 1 Harry Howard 7 42 0 Rudy Kuechenberg 2 46 0 Hal Phillips 1 1 0 Ron Porter 1 3 0 Tom Roussel 2 13 0 Joe Womack 6 81 0

1974 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 10 DE Bill Kollar 109 Montana State 2 15 QB Danny White 166 Arizona State 3 34 TE Dave Casper 147 Notre Dame 4 39 TE Steve Craig 72 Northwestern 5 58 OT Charlie Getty 134 Penn State 6 63 RB Charlie Davis 20 Colorado 7 82 RB Mark Kellar 33 Northern Illinois 8 87 DE Glenn Robinson 39 Oklahoma State 9 106 RB Isaac Jackson Kansas State 10 111 RB Ken Grandberry 14 Washington State 11 130 C Joe Montgomery William & Mary 12 135 OT Joe Miller Villanova 13 154 C Mike Webster 245 Wisconsin 14 159 DE John Teerlinck 20 Western Illinois 15 178 LB Octavius Morgan Illinois 16 183 OG Frank Pomerico Notre Dame 17 202 OT Gerry Sullivan 119 Illinois 18 207 RB Nate Anderson Eastern Illinois 19 226 LB Mike Varty 8 Northwestern 20 231 RB George Uremovich Illinois 21 250 OT Don Bryant Kansas 22 255 LB Mike Rogowski Illinois Benedictine 23 274 QB Tom Owen 26 Wichita State 24 279 K Chuck Ramsey 117 Wake Forest 25 298 RB Ken Starling Indiana 26 303 RB Clayton Heath 8 Wake Forest 27 322 TE Greg Meczka Bowling Green 28 327 TE Dave Grannell 9 Arizona State 29 346 RB Ron Willingham Wisconsin-Milwaukee 30 351 RB Marvin Robinson NE Missouri 31 370 WR Garvin Roberson Illinois 32 375 DE Mick Heinrich Illinois 33 394 WR Delorto Robinson Kansas 34 399 K Blair Conway Ohio State 35 418 LB Gordy Lofquist South Dakota State 36 423 DB Rick Sievers Wake Forest

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 vs Houston Texans W 17-0 1-0-0 07/17/74 at Jacksonville Sharks W 25-22 2-0-0 07/24/74 at Portland Storm W 29-22 3-0-0 07/28/74 at The Hawaiians W 53-29 4-0-0 08/07/74 vs Florida Blazers L 21-46 4-1-0 08/14/74 vs Philadelphia Bell W 32-29 5-1-0 08/22/74 at Detroit Wheels W 35-23 6-1-0 08/29/74 vs Birmingham Americans L 8-22 6-2-0 09/02/74 at Southern California Sun W 32-22 7-2-0 09/07/74 at Birmingham Americans L 40-41 7-3-0 09/11/74 vs Southern California Sun L 28-31 7-4-0 09/18/74 vs Memphis Southmen L 7-25 7-5-0 09/26/74 at Florida Blazers L 0-29 7-6-0 10/03/74 vs Charlotte Hornets L 30-41 7-7-0 10/09/74 vs Florida Blazers L 17-45 7-8-0 10/16/74 at Charlotte Hornets L 0-27 7-9-0 10/23/74 vs The Hawaiians L 17-60 7-10-0 10/30/74 at Philadelphia Bell L 31-37 7-11-0 11/07/74 at Memphis Southmen L 24-49 7-12-0 11/13/74 at Philadelphia Bell L 0-2 7-13-0

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