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1974 Portland Storm: 7-12-1
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Home record: 4-5-1 (151 points scored, 206 allowed) Road record: 3-7-0 (113 points scored, 220 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Coury

264 points scored (9th of 12 teams), 426 points allowed (10th)

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:   229   479   2,159   (12)   4.17   14   25    714   2,707   ( 8)    3.8   17    4,866    (12)      46
Defense:   297   527   3,715   ( 9)   7.05   28   20    741   2,876   ( 6)    3.9   22    6,591    ( 8)      34

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
34  Frank Andruski       CB         6'2   190   31    0   Utah
61  Mike Askea           OT     9   6'4   260   23    1   Stanford
24  Hise Austin          CB         6'4   205   24    1   Prairie View A&M
45  Jeff Baker           WR         5'11  180   26    0   U.S. International
 8  Greg Barton          QB         6'2   220   28    0   Tulsa
    Sylvester Bates      DT         6'3   268         0   Grambling
11  Pete Beathard        QB         6'1   210   32   10   Southern California
70  Bruce Bergey         DE         6'4   245   28    1   UCLA
    Ron Billingsley      DT         6'8   282   29    6   Wyoming
23  Ed Bishop            DB         6'0   182   23    0   Southern
32  Phil Borjas          S          5'10  190   23    0   Fresno State
77  Buzz Brazeau         OT         6'4   255   25    0   Washington State
61  Lee Brock            DE         6'2   240   27    0   Washington
57  Dave Brown           C          6'0   230   24    0   Southern California
55  Steve Brown          LB         6'3   230   23    0   Oregon State
28  Leon Burns           RB         6'1   224   34    2   Long Beach State
74  Levert Carr          OT         6'3   265   30    5   North Central
89  Bob Christiansen     TE         6'4   230   25    1   UCLA
64  Lenny Ciufo          LB         6'1   210   22    0   Colorado
20  Ken Clark            P          6'1   180   26    0   St. Mary's (Canada)
81  Glen Condren         DT         6'3   251   32    7   Oklahoma
    Henry Copeland       FB         6'1   220   26    0   Virginia
81  Craig Cotton         TE         6'4   215   27    5   Youngstown State
52  Don Crtalic          LB         6'1   210   25    0   Fullerton State
53  George Dames         LB         6'1   220   28    0   Oregon
83  Ben Davidson         DE         6'8   270   34   11   Washington
45  Sam Dickerson        WR         6'3   198   25    0   Southern California
73  Glen Ellis           DT         6'4   250   22    0   Elon
65  Gene Ferguson        OT         6'8   290   27    4   Norfolk State
46  Rufus Ferguson       RB         5'6   193   23    0   Wisconsin
85  Leland Glass         WR         6'0   185   23    2   Oregon
62  Allan Graf           OG         6'3   243   24    0   Southern California
59  Paul Guidry          LB         6'2   230   30    8   McNeese State
54  Jim Hann             LB         6'2   215   23    0   Montana
35  Charles Hinton       DB         5'11  195   23    0   Southern California
41  Robert Holmes        RB         5'9   221   29    6   Southern
    Jeff Horsley         RB         6'1   211   25    0   North Carolina Central
82  Clark Hoss           TE         6'8   235   25    1   Oregon State
39  Cleo House           FB         5'10  228   24    0   Southern Arkansas State
41  John Hughes          S          6'1   195   23    0   Ohio State
79  Jerry Inman          DT         6'2   256   34    7   Oregon
30  Flemming Jensen      K          5'11  175   25    0   Utah
63  Carl Johnson         OG         6'4   252   24    2   Nebraska
14  Ken Johnson          QB         6'1   190   23    0   Colorado
40  Nathaniel Jones      FB         5'9   205   24    0   Houston
42  Ray Jones            DB         5'11  187   26    4   Southern
64  Mike Keller          LB         6'4   225   24    1   Michigan
38  Marv Kendricks       RB         6'0   205   25    0   UCLA
22  Jim Krieg            WR         5'9   185   25    1   Washington
    Joe Larkin           S          5'11  195   23    0   Boise State
30  Booth Lusteg         K          5'10  175   35    4   Connecticut
84  Kurt Matter          DE         6'7   230   23    0   Washington
80  Ken Matthews         WR         6'0   181   23    0   Long Beach State
    Ben Mayes            DE         6'5   255   28    0   Drake
58  Mike McConnell       LB         6'1   225   24    0   Oregon
48  Willie McKelton      CB         5'11  185   25    0   Southern
36  Dennis Meyer         DB         5'11  188   24    1   Arkansas State
33  Jesse Mims           RB         5'11  203   26    0   New Mexico State
33  Darrell Mitchell     RB         5'11  185   23    0   Idaho
44  Leroy Mitchell       DB         6'1   180   30    6   Texas Southern
60  Ken Muhlbeier        OG         6'2   235   23    0   Idaho
47  Tom Oberg            DB         6'0   185   29    0   Portland State
48  Clancy Oliver        DB         6'1   184   26    3   San Diego State
26  Jim Ousley           QB         6'2   210   27    0   Cincinnati
39  Wayne Patrick        RB         6'1   240   28    5   Louisville
78  Remi Prudhomme       OG         6'4   260   32    6   Louisiana State
55  Rick Redman          LB         6'1   220   31    9   Washington
62  Marv Roberts         OG         6'3   245   23    0   Michigan State
50  Bob Schmit           LB         6'1   215   24    0   Nebraska
55  Marty Schottenheimer LB         6'3   225   31    6   Pittsburgh
48  Ray Sherman          S          6'1   195   22    0   Fresno State
    Randy Shipley        OG         6'1   250   24    0   Pacific Lutheran
72  Sam Silas            DT         6'3   245   34    8   Southern Illinois
23  Robin Sinclair       DB         5'11  185   22    0   Washington State
36  Russ Smith           RB         6'1   204   30    4   Miami
88  Greg Specht          WR         6'3   194   24    0   Oregon
71  Chris Stecher        DT         6'6   260   23    0   Hawaii
86  Drew Taylor          OT         6'5   227   24    0   San Jose State
73  Mike Taylor          OT         6'5   260   29    5   Southern California
74  Tony Terry           DT         6'4   250   27    0   Southern California
86  Steve Thompson       DE         6'5   247   29    5   Washington
44  Clem Turner          RB         6'2   230   29    4   Cincinnati
12  Don Van Galder       QB         6'2   195   23    0   Utah
    Chris Veit           OT         6'5   250   24    0   Oregon State
    Chris Vella          TE         6'2   220   22    0   Southern California
53  Clyde Warehime       LB         6'2   217   23    0   Washington State
42  R.C. Washington      CB         5'11  190   24    0   Long Beach State
41  Clancy Williams      CB         6'2   194   32    0   Washington State
 9  Porter Williams      WR         5'11  168   23    0   Western Kentucky
76  Wallace Williams     OG         6'2   251   24    0   Washington State
25  Joe Wylie            RB         6'1   190   23    0   Oklahoma
75  John Zadigian        DT         6'5   250   25    0   Colorado State

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Pete Beathard        236  115   48.7  1,247   5.28  10.8   6   2.5   11   4.7    23   178    53.8
Greg Barton          165   78   47.3    820   4.97  10.5   6   3.6   10   6.1     7    74    49.1
Ken Johnson           55   22   40.0    313   5.69  14.2   1   1.8    4   7.3     9    46    34.9
Don Van Galder        21   13   61.9     77   3.67   5.9   1   4.8    0   0.0     0     0    84.8
Ken Clark              1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Rufus Ferguson         1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Rufus Ferguson         49    369    7.5    3
Jim Krieg              23    346   15.0    1
Jeff Baker             22    320   14.5    2
Greg Specht            21    383   18.2    1
Marv Kendricks         18     76    4.2    0
Sam Dickerson          16    290   18.1    2
Joe Wylie              16    209   13.1    0
Bob Christiansen       13    157   12.1    2
Wayne Patrick           9     55    6.1    0
Craig Cotton            8     94   11.8    0
Ken Matthews            7    110   15.7    1
Nathaniel Jones         4     23    5.8    0
Darrell Mitchell        2     18    9.0    1
Robert Holmes           2     14    7.0    1
Russ Smith              2      7    3.5    0
Cleo House              1      1    1.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Rufus Ferguson        260  1,086    4.2    6
Marv Kendricks        172    551    3.2    7
Wayne Patrick          59    202    3.4    0
Leon Burns             51    193    3.8    0
Ken Johnson            38    156    4.1    2
Darrell Mitchell       22    122    5.5    0
Jim Krieg               8     88   11.0    1
Pete Beathard          22     58    2.6    1
Cleo House             11     50    4.5    0
Nathaniel Jones         4     28    7.0    0
Robert Holmes          13     23    1.8    0
Russ Smith              6      9    1.5    0
Jeff Baker              1      3    3.0    0
Jeff Horsley            1      2    2.0    0
Don Van Galder          2     -1   -0.5    0
Bob Christiansen        1     -9   -9.0    0
Greg Barton             4    -12   -3.0    0
Porter Williams         1    -13  -13.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Rufus Ferguson         27    612   22.7    0
Joe Wylie              10    209   20.9    0
Jeff Horsley            4     94   23.5    0
Clancy Oliver           4     72   18.0    0
Hise Austin             3     82   27.3    0
Marv Kendricks          3     61   20.3    0
John Hughes             2     74   37.0    0
Jim Krieg               2     39   19.5    0
Robin Sinclair          2     31   15.5    0
Nathaniel Jones         1     40   40.0    0
Robert Holmes           1     22   22.0    0
Chris Vella             1     16   16.0    0
Remi Prudhomme          1     12   12.0    0
Kurt Matter             1      6    6.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Joe Wylie              18    206   11.4         1
Robin Sinclair         11     72    6.5         0
Phil Borjas            10    134   13.4         0
Tom Oberg               5     11    2.2         0
Jim Krieg               3     12    4.0         0
Dennis Meyer            2     11    5.5         0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Ken Clark 123 5,146 41.8 41.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Booth Lusteg 5/ 0/ 0 15 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Frank Andruski 1 14 0 Hise Austin 1 22 0 Don Crtalic 1 18 0 Charles Hinton 1 0 0 John Hughes 2 58 0 Ray Jones 1 12 0 Leroy Mitchell 1 13 0 Tom Oberg 1 22 0 Rick Redman 3 10 0 Bob Schmit 1 18 0 Robin Sinclair 4 83 1 Clyde Warehime 1 10 0

1974 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 6 QB Mike Boryla 23 Stanford 2 19 LB Ed O'Neill 100 Penn State 3 30 RB Carlester Crumpler East Carolina 4 43 OG Daryl White 10 Nebraska 5 54 TE J.V. Cain 55 Colorado 6 67 DB Carl Capria 13 Purdue 7 78 DE Monte Doris Southern California 8 91 DT Richard Bishop 89 Louisville 9 102 DT Billy Howard 38 Alcorn A&M 10 115 LB Godwin Turk 56 Southern 11 126 OG Robert Pratt 170 North Carolina 12 139 DB Doug Nettles 73 Vanderbilt 13 150 WR Harrison Davis 12 Virginia 14 163 OT Bob Wolfe Nebraska 15 174 OG Phil Laporta 20 Penn State 16 187 DL Dave Smith Oklahoma 17 198 RB Willie Burden North Carolina State 18 211 OT Darrell Austin 69 South Carolina 19 222 DT Glen Ellis Elon College 20 235 DB Ed Bishop Southern 21 246 TE T.C. Blair 11 Tulsa 22 259 WR John Winesberry Stanford 23 270 OT Richard Mason Baylor 24 283 C Brad Bush New Mexico State 25 294 RB Eric Torkelson 93 Connecticut 26 307 K Berl Simmons Texas Christian 27 318 DB Mike Stover Illinois State 28 331 TE Willie Brister 24 Southern 29 342 DE Lee Pearson Richmond 30 355 RB Rich Dillard New Mexico 31 366 LB John Hardin Wake Forest 32 379 DB Darryl Stewart Oklahoma 33 390 DE Cliff Greenfield Oregon State 34 403 QB Ken Johnson Colorado 35 414 RB Gary Lacy Baylor 36 427 WR Porter Williams Western Kentucky

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 at Philadelphia Bell L 8-33 0-1-0 07/18/74 at Memphis Southmen L 8-16 0-2-0 07/24/74 vs Chicago Fire L 22-29 0-3-0 07/31/74 vs Philadelphia Bell L 7-25 0-4-0 08/07/74 vs Houston Texans T 15-15 0-4-1 08/14/74 at New York Stars L 16-38 0-5-1 08/21/74 at Florida Blazers L 7-11 0-6-1 08/28/74 at Southern California Sun L 15-45 0-7-1 09/02/74 at Detroit Wheels W 18-7 1-7-1 09/06/74 vs The Hawaiians W 15-8 2-7-1 09/11/74 vs New York Stars L 15-34 2-8-1 09/18/74 at Jacksonville Sharks W 19-17 3-8-1 09/25/74 vs Birmingham Americans W 26-21 4-8-1 10/02/74 vs Southern California Sun L 22-26 4-9-1 10/09/74 at Birmingham Americans L 8-30 4-10-1 10/16/74 vs The Hawaiians W 3-0 5-10-1 10/24/74 vs Memphis Southmen W 26-25 6-10-1 10/31/74 at Shreveport Steamer W 14-0 7-10-1 11/07/74 vs Florida Blazers L 0-23 7-11-1 11/13/74 at The Hawaiians L 0-23 7-12-1

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