1965 Mobile Tarpons (NAFL) |
| 1st place • Southern Division • 5-4-1 .556 |
| Head Coach: Ed Baker |
| Charlie Coleman | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/7/1965 | A | Annapolis Sailors | 6-7 | L | Annapolis, MD | Panther Stadium | ||
| Sat | 8/14/1965 | A | Florida Brahmans | 21-13 | W | Lakeland, FL | Bryant Stadium | 4236 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1965 | H | Florida Brahmans | 0-9 | L | Mobile, AL | Ladd Stadium | 4107 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | H | Wilmington Comets | 14-14 | T | Mobile, AL | Ladd Stadium | 3410 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1965 | H | Baltimore Broncos | 16-13 | W | Mobile, AL | Ladd Stadium | ||
| Sat | 9/11/1965 | H | Annapolis Sailors | 20-23 | L | Mobile, AL | Ladd Stadium | 4837 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1965 | A | Florida Brahmans | 23-14 | W | Lakeland, FL | Bryant Stadium | 3385 | |
| Sat | 9/25/1965 | A | Wilmington Comets | 29-27 | W | Wilmington, DE | Baynard Stadium | 8458 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1965 | A | Huntsville Rockets | 28-36 | L | Huntsville, AL | Goldsmith-Schiffman Field | ||
| Sat | 10/16/1965 | A | Annapolis Sailors | 7-50 | L | Annapolis, MD | Panther Stadium | 1154 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1965 | A | Pennsylvania Mustangs | 7-34 | L | Washington, PA | Washington High School Stadium | 2000 | |
| Sat | 10/30/1965 | H | Pennsylvania Mustangs | 31-21 | W | Mobile, AL | Ladd Stadium | ||
| Sat | 11/13/1965 | H | Florida Brahmans | 16-7 | W | Mobile, AL | Ladd Stadium | 6700 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Wed | 11/24/1965 | H | Annapolis Sailors | 13-40 | L | Mobile, AL | Ladd Stadium | 11000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Norman Addison | 32 | DB | 5-9 | 190 | West Alabama | |||
| Barry Bolson | RB | 6-1 | 181 | 23 | none | |||
| B.W. Cheeks | 40 | HB | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | Texas Southern | ||
| Hanson Churchwell | T | 6-1 | 253 | 29 | Mississippi | |||
| George Clarke | 23 | DB | 5-9 | 193 | 22 | none | ||
| Tennie Coats | 40 | DB | 6-1 | 195 | Southern Mississippi | |||
| Charlie Coleman | 74 | DE-LB-DT | 6-1 | 245 | 29 | Alabama | ||
| Wayne Coleman | 12 | QB | 6-4 | 220 | Mississippi State | |||
| Dick Compton | S | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | McMurry | |||
| Joe Dean | 60 | G | 6-3 | 220 | 23 | Mississippi | ||
| Dennis Duncan | 81 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Northwestern State (Louisiana); Louisiana Christian | ||
| Bobby Evans | DT-DE | 6-3 | 237 | 23 | Texas A&M | |||
| Norm Harris | 33 | LB | 5-11 | 215 | 23 | Texas-Arlington | ||
| Henry Holligan | K-FB | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Bishop | |||
| Don Jennings | 83 | OE | 6-0 | 183 | Southern Mississippi | |||
| Rich Johnson | LB | 6-2 | 238 | Southern Mississippi | ||||
| Jim Kayhe | 21 | HB-K | 6-0 | 200 | ||||
| Jim Keaney | HB | 5-11 | 220 | none | ||||
| Dan Kearley | DT-LB | 6-0 | 235 | 21 | Alabama | |||
| Rich Koeper | OT | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | San Mateo JC; Oregon State | |||
| Monte Lee | OLB | 6-4 | 221 | 27 | Texas | |||
| Vernon Lindsey | 71 | T | 6-1 | 235 | 26 | Pearl River CC | ||
| Jackie Lovell | 20 | HB | 5-10 | 202 | 22 | West Alabama | ||
| Larry McGill | HB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Alabama | |||
| Hugh McInnis | TE-K | 6-3 | 219 | 27 | Southern Mississippi | |||
| Mike McKean | LB | 6-3 | 230 | Auburn | ||||
| Charles Mitchell | HB | 5-9 | 185 | West Alabama | ||||
| Tommy Morrow | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Southern Mississippi | |||
| Rudy Myers | DB | 6-1 | 205 | 20 | Southern University | |||
| Jim Netherly | 65 | OG | 5-10 | 207 | none | |||
| Reuben Nichols | 41 | FL | ||||||
| Bill Nolfe | 73 | T | 6-3 | 245 | Southern Mississippi | |||
| Henry Postma | 10 | K | 6-1 | 177 | 26 | Samford | ||
| Dan Richardson | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 185 | Southern Mississippi | |||
| Roland Rogers | 86 | OE-DE | 6-3 | 245 | 23 | Texas Southern | ||
| Larry Rowley | DB | 6-2 | 210 | Southern University | ||||
| Ed Shelwood | 84 | SE | 6-3 | 190 | Dillard | |||
| Butch Stallings | 50 | C | 6-0 | 220 | Arkansas State | |||
| Doug Stallings | 22 | DB | 5-11 | 189 | Jacksonville State | |||
| Art Strahan | DE | 6-5 | 265 | 22 | Texas Southern | |||
| Johnny Tardy | DB | 6-0 | 192 | 22 | Texas Southern | |||
| John Torok | QB | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | El Camino JC; Arizona State | |||
| John Wetzel | 66 | G | 5-11 | 228 | Mississippi State | |||
| Tom Williams | 51 | LB | 6-0 | 187 | Tennessee | |||
| Collins Woods | 72 | OT | 6-1 | 245 | Arkansas-Monticello | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 44 | 63 | 41 | 43 | 191 |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 62 | 41 | 75 | 239 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh McInnis | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 55 | ||||
| B.W. Cheeks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Henry Holligan | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | ||||
| Dick Compton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| John Torok | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Barry Bolson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Roland Rogers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Wayne Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jim Kayhe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 26 | 20 | 26 | 76.9 | 5 | 0 | 191 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 26 | 33 | 78.8 | 5 | 0 | 239 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.W. Cheeks | 5 | ||||
| John Torok | 3 | ||||
| Henry Holligan | 2 | ||||
| Wayne Coleman | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 11 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Torok | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Wayne Coleman | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 15 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 17 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh McInnis | 6 | ||||
| Dick Compton | 3 | ||||
| Barry Bolson | 2 | ||||
| B.W. Cheeks | 2 | ||||
| Roland Rogers | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 15 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| 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 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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