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1975 Memphis Southmen: 7-4-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (203 points scored, 135 allowed) Road record: 1-3-0 (51 points scored, 71 allowed) Head Coach: John McVay

254 points scored (5th of 11 teams), 206 points allowed (4th)

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:   143   274   2,044   ( 5)   7.46   15   11    405   1,813   ( 3)    4.5   16    3,857    ( 2)      27
Defense:   167   305   1,932   ( 7)   6.33   11   15    408   1,533   ( 4)    3.8   13    3,465    ( 4)      31

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
22  Tim Beamer           RB         5'11  190   27    1   Illinois
99  Tom Beckman          DB         6'4   273   25    1   Michigan
    Steve Bograkos       DB         6'0   180   22    0   Central Michigan
98  Bracey Bonham        DE         6'2   240   25    0   North Carolina Central
58  Charlie Bray         OG         6'0   255   30    0   Central State (Okla.)
81  Dick Bumpas          DE         6'2   225   25    0   Arkansas
66  Jake Burkhardt       LB         6'0   205   24    0   Dayton
41  Tommy Campbell       DB         6'1   188   27    0   Iowa State
73  Justin Canale        OG         6'2   255   32    0   Mississippi State
31  Merl Code            CB         6'0   190   27    0   North Carolina A&T
    Dave Costa           DT         6'1   255   34   12   Utah
77  Fest Cotton          DT         6'3   258   26    0   Dayton
39  Larry Csonka         RB         6'2   238   28    7   Syracuse
 3  Bob Etter            K          5'11  181   30    0   Georgia
63  Bill Ferguson        LB         6'3   225   24    2   San Diego State
71  Mike Gibbons         OT         6'4   250   24    0   Southwestern Oklahoma State
46  Rickie Harris        DB         5'10  180   32    8   Arizona
30  John Harvey          RB         6'1   185   25    0   Texas-Arlington
61  Buzz Highsmith       OT         6'5   250   32    3   Florida A&M
53  Ralph Hill           C          6'0   233   25    0   Florida A&M
85  Charles Hobbs        WR         6'2   225   22    0   Arizona State
 7  John Huarte          QB         6'1   190   31    6   Notre Dame
79  Rusty Jackson        P          6'0   190   24    0   Louisiana State
20  Andre Johnson        DB         5'10  180   23    0   Fisk
75  John Jordan          DT         6'5   265   23    0   Indiana
21  Jim Kiick            RB         5'11  210   29    7   Wyoming
64  Tom Kruyer           OG         6'2   245   25    0   Washington
59  Bob Lally            LB         6'3   225   23    0   Cornell
67  John LeHeup          DT         6'2   260   24    0   South Carolina
44  Larry Mallory        DB         5'11  183   23    0   Tennessee State
54  Frank Marion         LB         6'3   222   24    0   Florida A&M
89  Ed Marshall          WR         6'5   200   28    1   Cameron
47  Herb Marshall        S          6'3   204   26    0   Cameron State
62  Ron Mikolajczyk      OT         6'4   284   25    0   Tampa
51  Richard Miller       LB         6'3   225   22    0   Ashland
40  Seth Miller          DB         6'4   215   27    0   Arizona State
17  Gary Powell          DB         6'0   180   23    0   Indiana
90  Cecil Pryor          DE         6'5   227   28    0   Michigan
87  Gary Shirk           TE         6'1   212   25    0   Morehead State
63  Larry Shorty         LB         6'2   200   22    0   Arizona State
31  Willie Spencer       RB         6'4   230   22    0   None
94  Bill Stevenson       DE         6'6   250   25    0   Duke
 8  Lonnie Stewart       QB         6'2   185   23    0   Tennessee State
50  Tom Surlas           LB         6'0   212   25    0   Alabama
    Rich Thomann         LB         6'0   230   25    0   Notre Dame
24  Dave Thomas          DB         5'11  175   24    0   Texas Southern
 8  Ricky Townsend       K          6'1   190   22    0   Tennessee
84  Roger Wallace        WR         5'11  180   23    0   Bowling Green
42  Paul Warfield        WR         6'0   185   32   11   Ohio State
11  Danny White          QB         6'3   185   23    0   Arizona State

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Danny White          195  104   53.3  1,445   7.41  13.9  10   5.1    8   4.1                77.4
John Huarte           77   38   49.4    550   7.14  14.5   4   5.2    2   2.6                79.5
John Harvey            2    1   50.0     49  24.50  49.0   1  50.0    1  50.0                95.8
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Ed Marshall            31    582   18.8    9
Paul Warfield          25    422   16.9    3
Jim Kiick              25    259   10.4    1
Willie Spencer         18    136    7.6    0
Gary Shirk             15    265   17.7    1
Roger Wallace          13    166   12.8    0
John Harvey             8    107   13.4    0
Larry Csonka            5     54   10.8    1
Charles Hobbs           2     40   20.0    0
Dick Bumpas             1     13   13.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Willie Spencer        101    581    5.8    2
Jim Kiick             121    462    3.8    9
Larry Csonka           99    421    4.3    1
Danny White            27    149    5.5    0
John Harvey            40    137    3.4    4
Tim Beamer              7     44    6.3    0
John Huarte             6     24    4.0    0
Ed Marshall             3     21    7.0    0
Gary Shirk              1      5    5.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Dave Thomas            12    265   22.1    0
John Harvey            12    229   19.1    0
Tim Beamer             10    185   18.5    0
Tommy Campbell          2     17    8.5    0
Charles Hobbs           1     13   13.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Roger Wallace          14    141   10.1         0
Dave Thomas            12     71    5.9         0
Gary Powell             1     16   16.0         0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Danny White 41 1,849 45.1 45.1 Ricky Townsend 2 72 36.0 36.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Ricky Townsend 5/ 0/ 0 15 Bob Etter 2/ 0/ 0 6 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Rickie Harris 1 17 0 Andre Johnson 2 30 0 John LeHeup 1 2 0 Larry Mallory 1 2 0 Seth Miller 5 48 0 Dave Thomas 5 66 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 vs Jacksonville Express W 27-26 1-0-0 08/09/75 vs Charlotte Hornets W 23-11 2-0-0 08/23/75 at Philadelphia Bell L 18-22 2-1-0 08/30/75 vs Chicago Winds W 31-7 3-1-0 09/07/75 vs The Hawaiians W 37-17 4-1-0 09/14/75 vs Shreveport Steamer W 34-23 5-1-0 09/21/75 at Portland Thunder W 16-3 6-1-0 09/28/75 at San Antonio Wings L 17-25 6-2-0 10/05/75 vs Southern California Sun W 37-33 7-2-0 10/12/75 vs Birmingham Vulcans L 14-18 7-3-0 10/19/75 at Birmingham Vulcans L 0-21 7-4-0

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