1974 Jacksonville Sharks - The Pro Football Archives

Home	Teams	Players	Coaches
Drafts	Awards	Leaders	Email

1974 Jacksonville Sharks (WFL) 4th place Eastern Division 4-10-0 .286

Head Coach: Bud Asher (2-6); Charlie Tate (2-4)

Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Thu	7/11/1974	H	New York Stars	14-7	W		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	59112
Wed	7/17/1974	A	Chicago Fire	22-25	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	29508
Wed	7/24/1974	H	Southern California Sun	19-22	L		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	46780
Wed	7/31/1974	A	New York Stars	16-24	L		New York, NY	J.J. Downing Memorial Field	15648
Thu	8/8/1974	H	The Hawaiians	21-14	W		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	43869
Wed	8/14/1974	A	Florida Blazers	26-33	L		Orlando, FL	Orlando Stadium	23890
Wed	8/21/1974	H	Birmingham Americans	14-15	L		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	27140
Sun	8/25/1974	A	The Hawaiians	14-8	W		Honolulu, HI	Honolulu Stadium	10009
Mon	9/2/1974	H	Memphis Southmen	13-16	L		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	22169
Thu	9/5/1974	H	Philadelphia Bell	34-30	W		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	17851
Wed	9/11/1974	A	Philadelphia Bell	22-41	L	OT	Philadelphia, PA	John F. Kennedy Stadium	7230
Wed	9/18/1974	H	Portland Storm	17-19	L		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	16041
Wed	9/25/1974	A	Southern California Sun	7-57	L		Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	22017
Wed	10/2/1974	A	Memphis Southmen	19-47	L		Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	15016
Wed	10/9/1974	H	Florida Blazers		-		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl		Canceled
Wed	10/16/1974	A	Portland Storm		-		Portland, OR	Civic Stadium		Canceled
Wed	10/23/1974	A	Birmingham Americans		-		Birmingham, AL	Legion Field		Canceled
Wed	10/30/1974	H	Detroit Wheels		-		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl		Canceled
Wed	11/6/1974	A	Shreveport Steamer		-		Shreveport, LA	Louisiana State Fair Stadium		Canceled
Wed	11/13/1974	H	Chicago Fire		-		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl		Canceled

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
60	Fred Abbott	LLB	6-3	222	24	Florida	9	9
	Sam Baker	OG	6-4	245	25	Georgia
34/31	Solomon Brannan	S	6-1	188	33	Morris Brown
	Kerry Brown	WR	6-2	185	23	Princeton
41	Drew Buie	WR	6-2	182	27	Catawba
	Mike Burnop	TE	6-1	235	23	Virginia Tech
72	Bill Bushong	DT-DE	6-3	250	25	Kentucky
18	Duane Carrell	P-K	5-10	185	25	Florida State	14	0
67	Richard Cheek	ROG	6-3	266	26	Auburn
	Stan Cherry	LB	6-5	200	24	Morgan State
23	Ron Coppenbarger	SS	6-1	195	23	Kansas State	9
79	Frank Cornish	LOT	6-6	285	30	Grambling State
64	Mike Creaney	C-TE	6-4	245	23	Notre Dame
40/30	Jeff Davis	WR-RB-QB	5-11	202	24	Lees-McRae JC; Georgia; Mars Hill
22/33	Jerry Davis	RCB	5-11	182	23	Morris Brown	14
71	Jim Dunaway	DT	6-4	278	33	Mississippi
35	Tommy Durrance	RB	6-0	202	24	Florida	14
53	Glenn Ellison	RLB	6-1	215	27	Arkansas
78	Eddie Foster	ROT-OG	6-6	258	23	Oklahoma
79	Larry Gagner	LOG-ROT	6-3	240	31	Florida	14
51/65	Glen Gaspard	MLB	6-1	225	22	Texas
	John Gordon	DE-DT	6-6	260	26	New Mexico State; Hawaii
14	Grant Guthrie	K	6-0	210	26	Florida State	14	0
70	Mike Haggerty	OT	6-4	245	29	Miami (Florida)
9	Kim Hammond	QB	6-1	190	30	Florida State
	Alfred Haywood	HB	5-11	215	26	Bethune-Cookman	3
80	Dennis Hughes	TE	6-1	220	26	Georgia
53	Tom Johnson	C	6-2	235	24	Tennessee
	Wayne Jones	RB	5-11	200	23	Mississippi State
56	Howard Kindig	C	6-6	260	33	Moberly JC; Los Angeles State
86	Keith Krepfle	TE	6-3	226	22	Iowa State	14
37	Ricky Lake	RB	6-1	220	24	Georgia
44	Ronnie Lamb	RB	6-2	227	31	South Carolina
77	Ike Lassiter	LDE	6-5	270	34	St. Augustine's
81	Tony Lomax	WR	6-3	190	24	Laney JC; Washington State
55	Johnny Mack	LB	6-1	220	26	Central Missouri
84	Art May	RDE-DT	6-3	245	26	Tuskegee
88	Ben Mayes	RDT-DE	6-5	265	29	Drake
	Eddie McAshan	QB	6-2	204	23	Georgia Tech
74	Russ Melby	RDE-DT	6-4	260	29	Weber State
52	Mike Mullen	LB	6-2	220	24	Oklahoma; Tulane
68	Carleton Oats	DE	6-2	252	32	Florida A&M	3
12	Reggie Oliver	QB	6-2	185	23	Marshall
26	John Osborne	CB	5-10	170	22	Bethune-Cookman
	Dennis Pete	DB	6-2	180	25	Laney JC; Colorado State; San Francisco State
	Gary Potempa	LB	6-1	230	22	Notre Dame
6	Edgar Scott	RB-WR	6-2	200	25	Bethune-Cookman
54	Claud Simonton	LB	6-1	225	24	Tennessee
	Fletcher Smith	DB	6-2	182	31	Tennessee State
	Tom Smith	RB	6-1	216	25	Iowa; Miami (Florida)	3
10	Kay Stephenson	QB	6-1	208	30	Florida
15	John Stofa	QB	6-3	210	32	Buffalo
	Carl Swierc	WR	6-1	180	23	Rice
76	Bob Tatarek	LDT	6-4	260	28	Miami (Florida)
32	Rich Thomann	LB	6-0	230	24	Notre Dame
13	Bubba Thornton	WR	6-0	175	27	Navarro JC; Texas Christian
42/29	Mike Townsend	FS	6-3	205	22	Notre Dame	14
87	Vern Vanoy	DE	6-8	270	26	Kansas
63	Tom Walker	OT-OG	6-3	245	23	Northern Colorado
66	O.Z. White	LOG	6-2	245	25	California
83	Tom Whittier	WR	6-0	170	28	Texas Southern
41	Alvin Wyatt	LCB	5-9	184	27	Bethune-Cookman	14

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	60	44	45	108	0
Opponents Totals	82	84	103	70	19

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		220	93	104	22							70	651
Opponents Totals		238	114	110	14							93	811

SCORING	TD	X1	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Grant Guthrie	0	0	16	21	76.2	0	48
Tommy Durrance	5	3	0	0		0	38
Ricky Lake	3	2	0	0		0	23
Reggie Oliver	3	1	0	0		0	22
Alfred Haywood	2	1	0	0		0	15
Dennis Hughes	2	1	0	0		0	15
Drew Buie	2	0	0	0		0	14
Edgar Scott	2	0	0	0		0	14
Tom Whittier	2	0	0	0		0	14
Ron Coppenbarger	1	0	0	0		0	7
Tony Lomax	1	0	0	0		0	7
Eddie McAshan	1	0	0	0		0	7
Carl Swierc	1	0	0	0		0	7
Bubba Thornton	1	0	0	0		0	7
O.Z. White	1	0	0	0		0	7
Alvin Wyatt	1	0	0	0		0	7
Keith Krepfle	0	2	0	0		0	2
Ike Lassiter	0	0	0	0		1	2
Wayne Jones	0	1	0	0		0	1
Tom Smith	0	1	0	0		0	1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tommy Durrance	218	658	3.0	18	5
Ricky Lake	91	335	3.7	19	3
Jeff Davis	38	148	3.9	28	0
Alfred Haywood	20	111	5.6	30	0
Reggie Oliver	42	107	2.5	16	3
Wayne Jones	28	90	3.2	15	0
Edgar Scott	19	74	3.9	14	0
Ronnie Lamb	33	74	2.2	7	0
Eddie McAshan	11	52	4.7	14	1
Tom Smith	10	21	2.1	9	0
Tony Lomax	1	6	6.0	6	0
John Stofa	1	4	4.0	4	0
Kay Stephenson	14	3	0.2	6	0
Bubba Thornton	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Team Totals	527	1679	3.2	30	14
Opponents Totals	524	2193	4.2	31	25

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Reggie Oliver	198	101	51.0	85	1415	7.1	14.0	63	7	3.5	12	6.1	25	213	1202	60.9
Kay Stephenson	150	69	46.0	70	815	5.4	11.8	56t	4	2.7	11	7.3	13	102	713	41.4
Eddie McAshan	14	5	35.7	9	88	6.3	17.6	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	8	80	58.0
Jeff Davis	6	1	16.7	4	12	2.0	12.0	12	0	0.0	1	16.7	0	0	12	0.0
John Stofa	5	2	40.0	3	24	4.8	12.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	20	4	55.4
Grant Guthrie	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Kim Hammond	0	0			0				0		0		2	15	-15
Team Totals	374	178	47.6	171	2354	6.3	13.2	63	11	2.9	25	6.7	43	358	1996	49.9
Opponents Totals	376	174	46.3	186	2520	6.7	14.5	74	14	3.7	16	4.3	27	217	2303	63.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dennis Hughes	31	508	16.4	63	2
Drew Buie	29	421	14.5	37	2
Edgar Scott	27	469	17.4	46t	2
Tom Whittier	18	297	16.5	51t	2
Tommy Durrance	12	105	8.8	18	0
Ricky Lake	10	75	7.5	15	0
Jeff Davis	9	84	9.3	21	0
Ronnie Lamb	8	36	4.5	14	0
Wayne Jones	7	61	8.7	19	0
Alfred Haywood	7	35	5.0	15	0
Keith Krepfle	6	80	13.3	30	0
Tony Lomax	6	73	12.2	16t	1
Bubba Thornton	2	34	17.0	20t	1
Mike Burnop	2	32	16.0	19	0
Tom Smith	2	11	5.5	8	0
Carl Swierc	1	25	25.0	25t	1
Kerry Brown	1	15	15.0	15	0
Mike Creaney	1	7	7.0	7	0
Reggie Oliver	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	178	2354	13.2	63	11
Opponents Totals	174	2520	14.5	74	14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Alvin Wyatt	5	8	1.6	6
Mike Townsend	4	20	5.0	19
Solomon Brannan	2	39	19.5	23
Ron Coppenbarger	2	16	8.0	16
Jerry Davis	1	12	12.0	12
Glen Gaspard	1	9	9.0	9
Rich Thomann	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	16	104	6.5	23
Opponents Totals	25	360	14.4	60

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Duane Carrell	93	3816	41.0	71
Dennis Hughes	1	43	43.0	43
Team Totals	94	3902	41.5	71
Opponents Totals	77	2682	34.8	53

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Alvin Wyatt	33	197	6.0	87t	1
Solomon Brannan	1	42	42.0	42	0
Art May	1	15	15.0	15	0
John Osborne	2	15	7.5	14	0
Carl Swierc	2	15	7.5	14	0
Team Totals	39	284	7.3	87t	1
Opponents Totals	60	653	10.9	86	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Alvin Wyatt	28	596	21.3	72
John Osborne	20	421	21.1	57
Solomon Brannan	1	25	25.0	25
Bubba Thornton	4	95	23.8	27
Edgar Scott	1	23	23.0	23
Carl Swierc	3	68	22.7	23
Glenn Ellison	1	18	18.0	18
Ronnie Lamb	4	69	17.3	25
Ricky Lake	1	9	9.0	9
Team Totals	63	1032	16.4	72
Opponents Totals	56	1377	24.6	82

• •

•