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1974 Philadelphia Bell: 9-11-0
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Home record: 6-5-0 (283 points scored, 232 allowed) Road record: 3-6-0 (210 points scored, 181 allowed) Head Coach: Ron Waller

493 points scored (3rd of 12 teams), 413 points allowed (7th)

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:   297   593   3,777   ( 2)   6.07   33   37    596   2,727   ( 7)    4.6   24    6,504    ( 2)      58
Defense:   267   531   3,378   ( 7)   6.36   22   31    745   2,899   ( 7)    3.9   27    6,277    ( 6)      51

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
36  Don Aleskiewicz      RB         5'11  200   22    0   Hobart
78  Mike Ballew          DE         6'5   250   27    0   Hawaii
88  Mike Bartik          WR         6'1   200   22    0   Furman
33  Cecil Bowens         RB         6'3   235   23    0   Kentucky
47  Lorenzo Brinkley     DB         6'0   180   25    0   Missouri
38  Henry Brown          P          6'1   190   27    0   Missouri
65  Cliff Burnett        OT         6'7   250   24    0   Montana
84  Mike Carter          WR         6'2   210   26    2   San Francisco State
78  Rick Cash            DE         6'5   245   29    5   Northeast Missouri State
39  Bernie Chapman       CB         6'0   170   25    0   Texas-El Paso
62  George Chatlos       LB         6'0   220   28    0   Michigan State
72  Steve Chomyszak      DT         6'6   270   30    7   Syracuse
    Merl Code            DB         6'0   190   26    0   North Carolina A&T
85  Linzy Cole           WR         5'11  170   26    3   Texas Christian
 9  King Corcoran        QB         6'0   205   31    0   Maryland
44  Bill Craven          S          6'0   190   22    0   Harvard
73  Tommy Davis          DT         6'1   255   29    0   Tennessee State
54  Wally Dempsey        LB         6'1   235   30    0   Washington State
61  Frank DiLieto        OG         6'2   235   22    0   Purdue
10  Frank DiMaggio       QB         6'1   210   24    0   Temple
86  Paul Dunn            TE         6'1   200   26    1   U.S. International
73  Bill Ellenbogen      OT         6'5   260   23    0   Virginia Tech
87  Willie Franklin      WR         6'2   205   25    1   Oklahoma
68  Frank Gallagher      OG         6'2   248   31    7   North Carolina
29  Willie Germany       DB         6'0   195   26    2   Morgan State
50  Bob Grant            LB         6'2   225   28    4   Wake Forest
58  Gary Gray            C          6'0   215   24    0   Penn State
    Eric Guthrie         K          6'1   200   27    0   Boise State
41  Ed Hayes             DB         5'11  170   28    1   Morgan State
82  LeVell Hill          TE         6'2   225   26    0   Langston
 8  Ron Holliday         WR         5'11  185   26    1   Pittsburgh
70  Pete Horoszko        OT         6'3   250   22    0   Virginia Tech
61  Walt Hughes          OG         5'11  244   28    0   Grambling
81  Len Izzo             WR         5'11  185   25    0   C.W. Post
89  James Jackson        DE         6'5   240   25    0   Norfolk State
32  Jimmy Joe            RB         6'0   200   22    0   Morgan State
38  Benny Johnson        DB         5'11  182   26    4   Johnson C. Smith
57  Ted Jornov           LB         6'1   220   23    0   Iowa State
63  Dave Joyner          OG         6'1   245   24    0   Penn State
59  Ron Kecman           C          6'2   245   24    0   Maryland
57  Jonnie Knoble        LB         6'5   230   24    0   Weber State
53  Curt Kral            LB         6'2   225   22    0   Slippery Rock
20  John Land            RB         5'9   190   29    0   Delaware State
60  Tom Laputka          DT         6'3   255   26    0   Southern Illinois
50  Leo Levandowski      C          6'1   245   31    0   None
    Dale Livingston      K          6'0   220   29    3   Western Michigan
71  Dennis Lozzi         OT         6'3   255   22    0   Notre Dame
48  Ron Mabra            DB         5'11  170   23    0   Howard
58  Mike Mansfield       LB         6'1   225   24    0   North Carolina
45  Bryan Marshall       S          6'2   195   28    0   Oakwood
40  Frank McGuigan       RB         6'1   210   26    0   Arkansas State
    Paul Miles           RB         6'0   188   22    0   Bowling Green
73  Walt Mitchell        DE         6'1   245   27    0   South Carolina State
34  Larry Monsilovich    RB         5'10  180   24    0   Indiana (Pa.)
76  Doug Olson           DE         6'1   245   22    0   West Chester
83  Vince Papale         WR         6'2   195   28    0   St. Joseph's (PA)
77  Skip Parmenter       DE         6'3   250   25    0   Massachusetts
52  Bob Paschall         C          6'1   235   22    0   Temple
55  Bill Peterson        LB         6'2   230   29    5   San Jose State
36  Marv Pettaway        DB         5'7   160   29    0   Los Angeles C.C.
89  Len Pettigrew        DE         6'4   240   26    0   Ashland
78  Leon Pettigrew       DE         6'6   255   24    0   Northridge State
52  John Phillips        LB         6'2   215         0   Xavier
40  Frank Polito         S          5'11  170   22    0   Villanova
86  Don Ratliff          DE         6'5   240   24    0   Maryland
39  Rudy Redmond         S          6'0   180   27    4   Pacific
74  Bob Rickenbach       OG         6'4   255   24    0   Penn State
55  Mike Riley           LB         6'2   220   24    0   Miami
82  Tim Rossovich        LB         6'4   240   28    6   Southern California
64  Carl Schaukowitch    OG         6'3   240   23    0   Penn State
72  Ken Scott            DT         6'2   250   22    0   Maryland
80  Donnie Shanklin      WR         5'9   175   27    0   Kansas
46  Mike Shaw            DB         6'2   185   22    0   San Diego State
 8  Jack Simcsak         K          6'0   195   26    0   Virginia Tech
    Sonny Sixkiller      QB         5'11  200   23    0   Washington
52  John Sodaski         LB         6'2   225   26    3   Villanova
75  Ralph Sonntag        OT         6'3   255   26    0   Maryland
79  Jeff Steinberger     LB         6'4   250   29    0   Monmouth (IL)
81  Jim Sullivan         DT         6'4   250   30    1   Lincoln (Mo.)
14  Rich Szaro           K          5'11  198   26    0   Harvard
22  Alan Thompson        RB         6'0   205   25    0   Wisconsin
50  Bob Thomson          DE         6'6   245   21    0   Pennsylvania
    Dennis Torzala       K          5'11  185   25    0   Arizona
38  Don Vallery          DB         6'0   175   28    0   Central Washington State
14  Jerry Warren         K          5'11  175   27    0   North Carolina State
30  Claude Watts         RB         6'0   215   30    0   Bluefield State (WV)
    Mike Webb            LB         6'1   225   24    0   Notre Dame
78  Skip Williams        DE         6'3   250   22    0   Grambling
    Mike Wilson          OG         6'2   250   27    3   Dayton
65  Vern Winfield        OG         6'3   248   25    2   Minnesota
    Bubba Wyche          QB         6'0   185   28    0   Tennessee
12  Mike Yancheff        QB         6'4   210   24    0   Rutgers
41  Zaven Yaralian       DB         6'1   190   22    0   Nebraska

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
King Corcoran        545  280   51.4  3,631   6.66  13.0  31   5.7   24   4.4    20   149    73.3
Frank DiMaggio        27   11   40.7    240   8.89  21.8   2   7.4    2   7.4     7    71    66.9
Mike Yancheff         15    5   33.3    104   6.93  20.8   0   0.0    6  40.0     2    25    19.2
John Land              4    1   25.0     46  11.50  46.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    75.0
Willie Franklin        1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
John Land              57    634   11.1    4
Donnie Shanklin        49    842   17.2    4
Claude Watts           46    584   12.7    9
Ron Holliday           26    348   13.4    3
Mike Carter            19    351   18.5    1
Linzy Cole             18    237   13.2    2
Paul Dunn              18    234   13.0    1
Alan Thompson          17    129    7.6    2
LeVell Hill            15    144    9.6    3
Willie Franklin        13    225   17.3    0
Vince Papale            9    121   13.4    1
Len Izzo                9     92   10.2    2
Jimmy Joe               1     33   33.0    0
Cecil Bowens            1     25   25.0    1
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
John Land             243  1,136    4.7    8
Claude Watts          199    927    4.7    9
Alan Thompson          76    370    4.9    1
Donnie Shanklin        17    139    8.2    0
Frank McGuigan          3     50   16.7    1
Cecil Bowens            9     31    3.4    0
King Corcoran          23     26    1.1    3
Mike Carter             2     18    9.0    0
Jimmy Joe               5     16    3.2    1
Frank DiMaggio          4     13    3.2    1
Mike Yancheff           2      6    3.0    0
Paul Dunn               1      4    4.0    0
Vince Papale            1      0    0.0    0
LeVell Hill             1     -2   -2.0    0
Ron Holliday            7    -10   -1.4    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Jimmy Joe              20    529   26.4    0
Marv Pettaway          17    420   24.7    0
Mike Shaw               9    206   22.9    0
Donnie Shanklin         7    159   22.7    0
Alan Thompson           6     64   10.7    0
Ron Mabra               3     40   13.3    0
Frank McGuigan          2     55   27.5    0
Linzy Cole              2     46   23.0    0
Bernie Chapman          2     39   19.5    0
Ed Hayes                1     11   11.0    0
Bill Ellenbogen         1      5    5.0    0
Bryan Marshall          1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Ron Mabra              37    468   12.6         1
Donnie Shanklin        19    117    6.2         0
Marv Pettaway           8     72    9.0         0
Linzy Cole              4      6    1.5         0
Bernie Chapman          3     89   29.7         0
Mike Shaw               3     57   19.0         0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Mike Carter 51 1,790 35.1 35.1 Jonnie Knoble 13 454 34.9 34.9 Rich Szaro 12 473 39.4 39.4 Jack Simcsak 5 188 37.6 37.6 Ron Holliday 4 123 30.8 30.8 Jerry Warren 3 96 32.0 32.0 Frank DiMaggio 3 95 31.7 31.7 Henry Brown 1 40 40.0 40.0 Tom Laputka 1 18 18.0 18.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jerry Warren 5/ 0/ 0 15 Rich Szaro 2/ 0/ 0 6 Dennis Torzala 1/ 0/ 0 3 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bernie Chapman 1 14 0 George Chatlos 2 5 0 Bill Craven 2 17 0 Ed Hayes 1 0 0 Benny Johnson 1 9 0 Curt Kral 1 0 0 Ron Mabra 9 33 0 Bryan Marshall 2 24 0 Tim Rossovich 2 5 0 Ken Scott 1 17 0 John Sodaski 1 22 1 Don Vallery 4 82 0

1974 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 8 RB John Cappelletti 105 Penn State 2 17 QB Joe Pisarcik 61 New Mexico State 3 32 WR John Stallworth 165 Alabama A&m 4 41 OG Mark Markovich 41 Penn State 5 56 TE Marty Woolbright South Carolina 6 65 LB Jack Lambert 146 Kent State 7 80 RB Alan Chadwick East Tennessee State 8 89 DE Ezil Bibbs Grambling 9 104 OT Tim Guy Oregon 10 113 OT Tom Wickert 27 Washington State 11 128 C Paul Ryczek 99 Virginia 12 137 OG Bon Boatwright 10 Oklahoma State 13 152 DT Charles Davis 74 Texas Christian 14 161 LB Tom Hull 25 Penn State 15 176 WR Gary Hayman 15 Penn State 16 185 DT Randy Crowder 71 Penn State 17 200 DT Mark Sens Colorado 18 209 DE John Ricca Duke 19 224 DB Randy Poltl 44 Stanford 20 233 OT Dave Wannstedt Pittsburgh 21 248 OG Barry Beers William & Mary 22 257 LB Rod Kirby Pittsburgh 23 272 RB Cecil Bowens Kentucky 24 281 WR Kent Merritt Virginia 25 296 OT Dave Margavage Kentucky 26 305 RB Alan Dixon Harding 27 320 WR Tom Gooden Harding 28 329 DB Randy Borg Nebraska 29 344 DB Zaven Yaralian Nebraska 30 353 TE Jimmie Kennedy 37 Colorado State 31 368 RB Molly McGee 10 Rhode Island 32 377 RB Don Calhoun 114 Kansas State 33 392 DT Gary Keller Utah 34 401 DB Randy Hall 27 Idaho 35 416 DT John Givens Villanova 36 425 DB Tim Rudnick 14 Notre Dame

Traded draft picks: none


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
11/22/74    at Florida Blazers         L 3-18


1974 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
07/10/74 vs Portland Storm W 33-8 1-0-0 07/17/74 at Houston Texans L 0-11 1-1-0 07/25/74 vs New York Stars L 15-17 1-2-0 07/31/74 at Portland Storm W 25-7 2-2-0 08/07/74 vs Memphis Southmen W 46-15 3-2-0 08/14/74 at Chicago Fire L 29-32 3-3-0 08/21/74 vs Southern California Sun L 28-31 3-4-0 08/28/74 vs Detroit Wheels W 27-23 4-4-0 09/02/74 at New York Stars L 16-24 4-5-0 09/05/74 at Jacksonville Sharks L 30-34 4-6-0 09/11/74 vs Jacksonville Sharks W 41-22 5-6-0 09/18/74 at Florida Blazers L 21-24 5-7-0 09/25/74 at The Hawaiians W 21-16 6-7-0 10/02/74 vs Florida Blazers L 7-30 6-8-0 10/09/74 vs The Hawaiians L 22-25 6-9-0 10/16/74 vs Shreveport Steamer L 25-30 6-10-0 10/23/74 at Southern California Sun W 45-7 7-10-0 10/30/74 vs Chicago Fire W 37-31 8-10-0 11/06/74 at Birmingham Americans L 23-26 8-11-0 11/13/74 vs Chicago Fire W 2-0 9-11-0

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