1965 Des Moines Warriors (PFLA) |
| 4th place • 3-7-0 .300 |
| Head Coach: Gale Gibson |
| Randy Duncan | Assistant Coach |
| Pete Goeser | Defensive Backfield |
| Ed Muelhaupt | Assistant Coach |
| Bill Reichardt | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/29/1965 | H | Rock Island Raiders | 17-7 | W | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 5196 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1965 | A | Grand Rapids Blazers | 7-40 | L | Wyoming, MI | Kimble Field | 3035 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1965 | H | Lincoln Comets | 20-16 | W | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 6008 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1965 | H | Omaha Mustangs | 20-21 | L | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 6340 | |
| Sat | 9/25/1965 | A | Joliet Explorers | 7-56 | L | Joliet, IL | Memorial Stadium | 6582 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1965 | A | Rock Island Raiders | 20-28 | L | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 1100 | |
| Sat | 10/9/1965 | H | Grand Rapids Blazers | 7-47 | L | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1965 | A | Lincoln Comets | 17-6 | W | Lincoln, NE | Seacrest Field | 1017 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1965 | A | Omaha Mustangs | 7-35 | L | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 4408 | |
| Sat | 10/30/1965 | H | Joliet Explorers | 0-34 | L | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 4517 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tony Andreano | OT | 6-1 | 240 | Iowa State | ||||
| Dick Bates | 34 | MLB | 6-3 | 225 | Drake | |||
| Eldon Blanchard | LLB-RLB | 5-8 | 190 | 28 | none | |||
| Rick Boals | FB | 5-11 | 207 | 22 | none | |||
| Larry Burnett | SE | 6-0 | 180 | Simpson | ||||
| Lon Butts | DE | 5-10 | 220 | none | ||||
| Mel Butts | LOT | 6-0 | 260 | none | ||||
| Willie Carter | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 247 | Marquette; Drake | ||||
| Dave Clayberg | RS | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Iowa State | |||
| Riley Cook | RB | 5-11 | 214 | none | ||||
| Gus Dascalos | DT | 5-10 | 250 | 26 | Drake | |||
| Rick DeHeck | RCB-OE | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Morningside | |||
| Vern Dickey | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 21 | Kansas | |||
| Randy Duncan | QB | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | Iowa | |||
| Larry Durham | OE-RB | 6-1 | 225 | none | ||||
| Gary Ellis | DB | 5-8 | 170 | 24 | Iowa State | |||
| Gale Gibson | TE | 6-2 | 220 | 31 | Iowa State | |||
| Pete Goeser | LS | 5-11 | 170 | 27 | Iowa State | |||
| Billy Harper | QB | 5-10 | 185 | Drake; Washburn | ||||
| Harvey Jackson | RB | 6-2 | 230 | Parsons | ||||
| Primas Jones | LB-RS | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | Trinidad State JC; Drake | |||
| Jon Kleemeier | K-OL | 5-9 | 180 | 19 | none | |||
| Mark Manders | ROG | 6-1 | 219 | 27 | Iowa | |||
| Gary Mitskoff | FB | 5-5 | 185 | 20 | Truman State | |||
| Ed Nelson | C | 6-2 | 275 | Parsons | ||||
| Keith Olson | RDT | 6-1 | 270 | none | ||||
| Lowell Olson | DB | 6-0 | 190 | Luther | ||||
| Al Paone | RLB-LLB | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | Simpson | |||
| Claude Piggee | ROT | 6-1 | 260 | 27 | none | |||
| Lou Proctor | RCB | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Drake | |||
| Dave Readinger | QB | 6-1 | 200 | 30 | Drake | |||
| Tom Renda | P | 5-11 | 190 | 28 | Loras | |||
| Forrest Routh | LB | 5-10 | 175 | none | ||||
| Jack Sandy | C | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Drake | |||
| Gene Schultz | DE | 235 | Drake | |||||
| Dick Shively | 53 | LDE-RDE | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Northern Iowa; Ellsworth CC; Simpson | ||
| John Skipper | TE | 6-2 | 214 | 22 | none | |||
| Steve Souder | HB | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | Coe | |||
| Tony Spencer | QB-SE | 6-2 | 180 | Simpson | ||||
| Bruce Stephens | LDT | 290 | none | |||||
| Mose Stephens | DT-LDE | 6-2 | 220 | none | ||||
| Bruce Stephenson | RDE | 5-9 | 222 | 25 | none | |||
| Bob Stifel | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Central (Iowa) | |||
| Wayne Teague | DB | 6-2 | 190 | Oklahoma State | ||||
| Chuck Tempfer | DE | 250 | Arkansas; Mississippi | |||||
| Lonnie Timmerman | LOG | 5-10 | 220 | 28 | Northwest Missouri State | |||
| Steve Valasek | FL | 5-10 | 170 | 22 | Wright JC; Drake | |||
| Charles Woods | 21 | LCB | 5-10 | 165 | none | |||
| Bernie Wyatt | LCB | 5-10 | 170 | 26 | Iowa | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 17 | 40 | 10 | 55 | 122 |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 137 | 23 | 81 | 290 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Kleemier | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Larry Burnett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Larry Durham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Gary Mitskoff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Tony Spencer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Rick Boals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Rick DeHeck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Gale Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dave Readinger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| John Skipper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Steve Valasek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 16 | 14 | 16 | 87.5 | 4 | 0 | 122 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 36 | 42 | 85.7 | 31 | 1 | 290 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Souder | 274 | 0 | |||
| Rick Boals | 157 | 1 | |||
| Gary Mitskoff | 123 | 1 | |||
| Billy Harper | 116 | 0 | |||
| Dave Readinger | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Readinger | 189 | 80 | 42.3 | 1023 | 5.4 | 12.8 | 8 | 4.2 | ||||||||
| Tony Spencer | 79 | 28 | 35.4 | 637 | 8.1 | 22.8 | 4 | 5.1 | ||||||||
| Billy Harper | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 71 | 6.5 | 11.8 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Randy Duncan | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 55 | 5.0 | 7.9 | 1 | 9.1 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | 13 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 21 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Valasek | 44 | 672 | 15.3 | 1 | |
| Larry Burnett | 22 | 284 | 12.9 | 4 | |
| Tony Spencer | 12 | 200 | 16.7 | 2 | |
| Larry Durham | 10 | 160 | 16.0 | 2 | |
| Rick DeHeck | 9 | 146 | 16.2 | 1 | |
| Steve Souder | 9 | 119 | 13.2 | 0 | |
| John Skipper | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 1 | |
| Gary Mitskoff | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 1 | |
| Rick Boals | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| Gale Gibson | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 13 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick DeHeck | 6 | 0 | |||
| Dave Clayberg | 5 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 4 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Renda | 30 | 991 | 33.0 | |||||||
| Tony Spencer | 4 | 123 | 30.8 | |||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Durham | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Valasek | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| Rick DeHeck | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Harper | 11 | 225 | 20.5 | 0 | ||
| Rick DeHeck | 20 | 370 | 18.5 | 0 | ||
| Larry Durham | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | ||
| Primas Jones | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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