1974 Memphis Southmen: 17-3-0
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Home record: 10-0-0 (375 points scored, 133 allowed) Road record: 7-3-0 (254 points scored, 232 allowed) Head Coach: John McVay
629 points scored (1st of 12 teams), 365 points allowed (5th)
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: 242 468 3,409 ( 5) 6.74 37 26 838 3,871 ( 1) 4.6 37 7,280 ( 1) 46
Defense: 330 610 4,212 (12) 6.90 29 38 610 2,194 ( 1) 3.6 16 6,406 ( 7) 69
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 56 Al Andrews LB 6'3 225 29 2 New Mexico State 76 Sylvester Bates DT 6'3 268 0 Grambling 22 Tim Beamer WR 5'11 190 26 1 Illinois 99 Tom Beckman DE 6'6 250 24 1 Michigan 50 Tom Beutler LB 6'1 215 28 2 Toledo 63 Bracey Bonham OG 6'2 242 24 0 North Carolina Central 81 Steve Booras DE 6'5 225 26 0 Mesa (CO) J.C. 2 David Boyd DB 6'1 165 22 0 Fisk 58 Charlie Bray OG 6'0 255 29 0 Central State (Okla.) 81 Dick Bumpas TE 6'2 225 24 0 Arkansas 66 Jake Burkhardt LB 6'0 205 23 0 Dayton 73 Justin Canale OG 6'2 250 31 0 Mississippi State 41 Merl Code DB 6'0 190 26 0 North Carolina A&T 77 Fest Cotton DT 6'3 258 25 0 Dayton Wally Dempsey LB 6'1 235 30 0 Washington State 81 Ben Ellegood DE 6'4 237 25 0 Kutztown State 3 Bob Etter K 5'11 181 29 0 Georgia 23 Jack Ettinger WR 6'3 185 24 0 Arkansas 14 Jim Ettinger QB 6'3 195 26 0 Kansas 83 Rick Ferguson WR 6'1 195 24 0 Kansas State 71 Mike Gibbons OT 6'4 250 23 0 Southwestern Oklahoma State 30 John Harvey RB 6'1 185 24 0 Texas-Arlington 47 Emery Hicks LB 6'6 230 27 0 Kansas 20 Sonny Hicks DB 6'1 192 23 0 North Carolina A&T 61 Buzz Highsmith OT 6'5 250 31 3 Florida A&M 53 Ralph Hill C 6'0 233 24 0 Florida A&M 88 Bob Houmard TE 6'3 230 27 0 Ohio 7 John Huarte QB 6'1 190 30 6 Notre Dame John Hughes DB 6'1 196 23 0 Ohio State 60 Herman Jackson LB 5'10 220 22 0 Miami (Ohio) 74 John Jacquot OG 6'2 235 23 0 Bowling Green 36 J.J. Jennings RB 6'1 220 22 0 Rutgers 68 Willie Jones LB 6'1 220 32 4 Kansas State 64 Tom Kruyer OG 6'2 245 24 0 Washington 59 Bob Lally LB 6'3 225 22 0 Cornell 67 John LeHeup DT 6'2 250 23 0 South Carolina Brent Longwell TE 6'3 225 23 0 Nebraska 44 Bobby Majors DB 6'1 192 25 1 Tennessee 89 Ed Marshall WR 6'5 200 27 1 Cameron 62 Ron Mikolajczyk OT 6'4 285 24 0 Tampa 25 Paul Miles RB 6'0 188 22 0 Bowling Green 40 Seth Miller DB 6'4 210 26 0 Arizona State Chris Morris OT 6'3 251 25 2 Indiana 17 Gary Powell WR 6'0 180 22 0 Indiana 90 Cecil Pryor DE 6'5 227 27 0 Michigan Tom Roussel LB 6'3 230 29 6 Southern Mississippi 75 Dan Sartin DT 6'2 250 28 0 Mississippi 85 William Schlegel TE 6'1 212 22 0 Lehigh 43 Tony Schmid RB 6'1 200 22 0 Ball State 98 Lucious Selmon DE 5'11 235 23 0 Oklahoma 87 Gary Shirk TE 6'1 212 24 0 Morehead State Larry Smiley DE 6'6 255 24 0 Texas Southern 31 Willie Spencer RB 6'4 225 21 0 None 94 Bill Stevenson DE 6'4 273 24 0 Duke 42 Billy Taylor RB 5'10 200 25 0 Michigan 24 Dave Thomas DB 5'11 175 23 0 Texas Southern 45 Dick Thornton DB 6'0 185 34 0 Northwestern 52 Charles Tiblom C 6'2 245 25 0 Central Connecticut Mike Townsend DB 6'3 205 22 0 Notre Dame 84 Roger Wallace WR 5'11 180 22 0 Bowling Green 11 Danny White QB 6'3 180 22 0 Arizona State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
John Huarte 296 154 52.0 2,416 8.16 15.7 23 7.8 16 5.4 30 297 82.8
Danny White 155 79 51.0 1,190 7.68 15.1 12 7.7 9 5.8 6 78 78.2
Jim Ettinger 14 7 50.0 133 9.50 19.0 1 7.1 1 7.1 2 16 77.4
John Harvey 3 2 66.7 61 20.33 30.5 1 33.3 0 0.0 0 0 149.3
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ed Marshall 60 1,159 19.3 19 J.J. Jennings 46 431 9.4 2 Roger Wallace 39 674 17.3 5 Gary Shirk 34 675 19.9 7 John Harvey 21 275 13.1 1 Paul Miles 15 123 8.2 0 Willie Spencer 11 139 12.6 0 Jack Ettinger 7 167 23.9 1 Tim Beamer 4 52 13.0 0 Dick Bumpas 3 36 12.0 0 Gary Powell 2 65 32.5 2 Bob Houmard 1 9 9.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD J.J. Jennings 322 1,524 4.7 11 John Harvey 192 945 4.9 6 Willie Spencer 178 788 4.4 15 Paul Miles 92 325 3.5 3 Danny White 24 103 4.3 0 John Huarte 19 75 3.9 0 Jim Ettinger 3 34 11.3 1 Ed Marshall 3 33 11.0 0 Bracey Bonham 2 8 4.0 1 Tony Schmid 1 6 6.0 0 Tim Beamer 1 5 5.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Tim Beamer 20 573 28.6 1 Dave Thomas 17 397 23.4 0 John Harvey 10 247 24.7 0 Bobby Majors 5 51 10.2 0 Willie Spencer 4 85 21.2 0 J.J. Jennings 4 80 20.0 0 Roger Wallace 4 76 19.0 0 Paul Miles 2 58 29.0 0 David Boyd 2 33 16.5 0 Mike Townsend 1 17 17.0 0 Gary Shirk 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Dave Thomas 43 224 5.2 0 Roger Wallace 26 144 5.5 0 Tim Beamer 2 42 21.0 0 Bobby Majors 2 -5 -2.5 0 Bill Stevenson 1 31 31.0 0 Sonny Hicks 1 16 16.0 0 Willie Jones 1 15 15.0 0 John Hughes 1 4 4.0 0 |
1974 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 4 RB Bo Matthews 101 Colorado 2 21 QB Kim McQuilken 26 Lehigh 3 28 QB Norris Weese 57 Mississippi 4 38 OT Gordon Browne 23 Boston College 4 45 WR Steve Odom 81 Utah 5 52 RB Benny Malone 82 Arizona State 6 69 DT Lucious Selmon Oklahoma 7 76 DB Clyde Powers 57 Oklahoma 8 93 RB Harold Hart 30 Texas Southern 9 100 LB Bob Lally 2 Cornell 10 117 RB J.J. Jennings Rutgers 11 124 LB Matt Blair 160 Iowa State 12 141 C Bill McDonald Colorado 13 148 OG David Brooks Brigham Young 14 165 OT Gene Killian 7 Tennessee 15 172 WR Don Clune 28 Pennsylvania 16 189 DB Ned Guillett Boston College 17 196 DE Rex Humbarger North Texas State 18 213 DT Larry Hunt Iowa State 19 220 DT Sylvester Bates Grambling 20 237 WR Jack Ettinger Arkansas 21 244 DB Bobby Brooks 32 Bishop (TX) 22 261 RB John Harvey Texas-Arlington 23 268 RB Al Holmes Hawaii 24 285 TE Gary Pinkel Kent State 25 292 TE Bill Schlegel Lehigh 26 309 DT Mike Phillips Cornell 27 316 LB Charles Anthony 13 Southern California 28 333 OG Billy Corbett Johnson C. Smith 29 340 DB Artimus Parker 53 Southern California 30 357 RB Paul Miles Bowling Green 31 364 RB Phil Polak Bowling Green 32 381 QB Steve Joachim 1 Temple 33 388 WR Bryan Rollins Iowa 34 405 DB David Thomas Texas Southern 35 412 DT Barry Price Oklahoma State 36 429 K Efren Herrera 106 UCLA
Traded draft picks: none
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 11/29/74 vs Florida Blazers L 15-18
1974 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 07/10/74 vs Detroit Wheels W 34-15 1-0-0 07/18/74 vs Portland Storm W 16-8 2-0-0 07/24/74 at Birmingham Americans L 33-58 2-1-0 08/01/74 vs Southern California Sun W 25-15 3-1-0 08/07/74 at Philadelphia Bell L 15-46 3-2-0 08/14/74 at Detroit Wheels W 37-7 4-2-0 08/21/74 vs The Hawaiians W 60-8 5-2-0 08/28/74 at Florida Blazers W 26-18 6-2-0 09/02/74 at Jacksonville Sharks W 16-13 7-2-0 09/06/74 vs Houston Texans W 45-0 8-2-0 09/11/74 vs Birmingham Americans W 46-7 9-2-0 09/18/74 at Chicago Fire W 25-7 10-2-0 09/25/74 at Shreveport Steamer W 17-3 11-2-0 10/02/74 vs Jacksonville Sharks W 47-19 12-2-0 10/09/74 at Charlotte Hornets W 27-23 13-2-0 10/16/74 vs Florida Blazers W 25-15 14-2-0 10/24/74 at Portland Storm L 25-26 14-3-0 10/30/74 at The Hawaiians W 33-31 15-3-0 11/07/74 vs Chicago Fire W 49-24 16-3-0 11/13/74 vs Charlotte Hornets W 28-22 17-3-0
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