1970 Fort Worth Braves (TFL) |
| 3rd place 6-4-0 .600 |
| Head Coach: Dunc McCauley |
| Ronnie Ehrig | Secondary |
| Jim Gibson | Linebackers |
| Steve Jamail | Receivers |
| Earl Lattimer | Line |
| Obert Logan | Defense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/1/1970 | N | Texarkana Titans | 21-21 | T | Longview, TX | Pine Tree High School Stadium | 3000 | |
| Sat | 8/8/1970 | A | San Antonio Toros | 21-24 | L | San Antonio, TX | North East Stadium | 8975 | |
| Sat | 8/15/1970 | H | Bartlesville Quickicks | 26-27 | L | Fort Worth, TX | Farrington Field | 9661 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1970 | N | Texarkana Titans | 21-7 | W | Weatherford, TX | |||
| Sun | 8/30/1970 | A | Dallas Rockets | 34-10 | W | Dallas, TX | Roffino Stadium | 3972 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1970 | A | Omaha Mustangs | 21-31 | L | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 4023 | |
| Thu | 9/10/1970 | H | San Antonio Toros | 30-18 | W | Fort Worth, TX | Farrington Field | 4629 | |
| Sat | 9/19/1970 | A | Texarkana Titans | 28-32 | L | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 6620 | |
| Sat | 9/26/1970 | H | Bartlesville Quickicks | 35-38 | L | Fort Worth, TX | Farrington Field | 3500 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1970 | H | Dallas Rockets | 53-13 | W | Fort Worth, TX | Farrington Field | 1000 | |
| Sat | 10/17/1970 | A | Bartlesville Quickicks | 54-13 | W | Bartlesville, OK | Custer Field | 4500 | |
| Sat | 10/24/1970 | A | San Antonio Toros | 30-55 | L | San Antonio, TX | Harlandale Memorial Stadium | 5252 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1970 | H | Texarkana Titans | 49-42 | W | Fort Worth, TX | Farrington Field | 1000 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1970 | H | Omaha Mustangs | 31-14 | W | Fort Worth, TX | Farrington Field | 3474 | |
| Semifinal Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/14/1970 | A | Bartlesville Quickicks | - | Bartlesville, OK | Custer Field | |||
| Sat | 11/14/1970 | A | Texarkana Titans | 31-21 | W | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 6211 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/21/1970 | A | San Antonio Toros | 17-21 | L | San Antonio, TX | Harlandale Memorial Stadium | 5523 | |
| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Wes Ballou | DT | 6-2 | 245 | 22 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; North Texas | |||
| Bernie Barbour | WLB-SS | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | North Texas | |||
| Woody Bedford | RLB | 5-10 | 214 | 31 | North Texas | |||
| Casey Boyett | SE-FL | 6-1 | 188 | 29 | Louisiana-Lafayette; Brigham Young | |||
| Dennis Bramlett | C | 6-6 | 262 | 23 | Texas-El Paso | |||
| Doug Broadus | SE | 5-8 | 162 | 28 | Prairie View A&M | |||
| Eddie Buzzell | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Ottawa (Kansas) | |||
| Ernest Byrd | FS | 5-11 | 174 | 33 | Howard County JC | |||
| Lewis Cager | DE | 6-4 | 230 | 26 | North Texas; Bishop | |||
| Ted Davis | LDE | 6-6 | 241 | 24 | Navarro JC | |||
| Bub Deerinwater | RB | 6-0 | 218 | 22 | Texas Christian; Oklahoma State | |||
| Ronnie Ehrig | SS-LCB | 6-2 | 190 | 23 | Texas | |||
| Jim Fabish | CB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Texas-El Paso | |||
| Paul Fry | RCB-FS | 5-9 | 178 | 25 | Wharton County JC; Texas Christian | |||
| Donnie Gibbs | QB-P | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Texas Christian | |||
| Frank Goodish | OG | 6-4 | 251 | 24 | Iowa State; West Texas A&M | |||
| Frank Grimm | OG-DE | 6-3 | 248 | 25 | Tulsa | |||
| Bob Halbert | MLB | 6-0 | 222 | West Texas A&M | ||||
| Billy Hall | CB | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Prairie View A&M | |||
| Bob Helterbran | LB | 6-2 | 223 | 23 | North Texas | |||
| Jeff Hill | TE | 6-1 | 212 | Washburn | ||||
| Bill Hodges | RB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Bishop | |||
| Sam Holden | WR | 6-1 | 213 | 22 | Southern Methodist | |||
| Steve Jamail | TE | 6-0 | 213 | 24 | Texas Christian | |||
| Jerry Jolley | SS | 5-10 | 175 | 27 | Texas A&M-Commerce | |||
| George Kebe | LB | 6-2 | 223 | West Texas A&M | ||||
| Dennis Kemp | OT | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Tulsa | |||
| Earl Lattimer | LOG-DL | 6-1 | 215 | 30 | Michigan State | |||
| Obert Logan | FS | 5-10 | 180 | 29 | Trinity (Texas) | |||
| Roy Maas | WR | 6-0 | 175 | 22 | Texas Lutheran | |||
| Mike Marr | OG-C | 6-1 | 237 | North Texas | ||||
| J.D. McMahon | QB | 6-0 | 188 | 23 | Tarleton State | |||
| Tom Moody | RB | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; West Texas A&M | |||
| Barry Moore | CB | 5-10 | 176 | Cisco JC; North Texas | ||||
| Jimmy Murphy | K | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Washington State; Utah State | |||
| Howard Mwikuta | K | 5-8 | 170 | 29 | none | |||
| Monty Nunn | P | 6-1 | 202 | Tarrant County JC | ||||
| Bill Nunnallee | LOT | 6-5 | 252 | 23 | Angelo State | |||
| Ronnie Patterson | ROG-DL | 6-4 | 262 | 22 | Texas Tech | |||
| Fred Polser | LDT | 6-5 | 235 | 29 | Texas A&M-Commerce | |||
| Ted Polser | DT | 6-5 | 269 | 29 | Texas A&M-Commerce | |||
| Tom Rainey | DE | 6-4 | 240 | Philander Smith | ||||
| Roger Reeder | RDT-DE | 6-6 | 297 | Rice | ||||
| Terry Rice | ROT | 265 | ||||||
| Kirby Straughter | DB | 6-2 | 190 | Texas Southern | ||||
| Bill Sweeney | C | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | West Texas A&M | |||
| Gene Thomas | HB | 6-1 | 210 | 28 | Northern Oklahoma JC; Florida A&M | |||
| Ken Thompson | OT | 6-5 | 267 | 25 | Lamar | |||
| Bubba Thornton | DB-WR | 6-0 | 175 | 23 | Navarro JC; Texas Christian | |||
| Bob Tucker | LLB | 6-0 | 223 | 24 | Coffeyville JC; North Texas | |||
| Brice Ury | LB | 6-0 | 223 | 26 | Butler CC | |||
| Tim Van Galder | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; Iowa State | |||
| James Walker | FB | 6-0 | 207 | 24 | UC Santa Barbara | |||
| Bill Witcher | OT | 6-0 | 242 | 24 | Baylor | |||
| H.F. Wurzbach | OT | 6-4 | 252 | 28 | Texas-Arlington | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 73 | 114 | 74 | 104 | |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 116 | 36 | 52 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Walker | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||
| Roy Maas | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||
| Gene Thomas | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||
| Howard Mwikuta | 0 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 46 | ||||
| J.D. McMahon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Steve Jamail | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Casey Boyette | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Doug Broadus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Bill Hodges | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Sam Holden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jimmy Murphy | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Billy Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Obert Logan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Barry Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bubba Thornton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ted Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Monty Nunn | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Team Totals | 50 | 47 | 50 | 94.0 | 4 | 3 | 365 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 32 | 36 | 88.9 | 5 | 0 | 266 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Walker | 9 | ||||
| J.D. McMahon | 6 | ||||
| Gene Thomas | 2 | ||||
| Doug Broadus | 1 | ||||
| Bill Hodges | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 19 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.D. McMahon | 253 | 127 | 50.2 | 2267 | 9.0 | 17.9 | 20 | 7.9 | 91.1 | |||||||
| Donnie Gibbs | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Eddie Buzzell | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 29 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 20 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Maas | 35 | 549 | 15.7 | 8 | |
| Sam Holden | 15 | 259 | 17.3 | 2 | |
| Steve Jamail | 14 | 228 | 16.3 | 4 | |
| Gene Thomas | 6 | ||||
| Casey Boyett | 3 | ||||
| Doug Broadus | 2 | ||||
| Bill Hodges | 1 | ||||
| Barry Moore | 1 | ||||
| Bubba Thornton | 1 | ||||
| James Walker | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 29 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Hall | 1 | ||||
| Obert Logan | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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