1965 Knoxville Bears (SFL) |
| 2nd place • 7-3-2 .700 |
| Head Coach: Bert Rechichar |
| Ray Elkas | Line |
| Gordon Polofsky | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 6/19/1965 | H | Charlotte Vikings | 10-6 | W | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 7500 | |
| Sat | 7/3/1965 | A | Jacksonville Robins | 7-0 | W | Jacksonville, FL | Hutcheson Memorial Field | 4500 | |
| Sat | 7/10/1965 | H | Chattanooga Cherokees | 10-7 | W | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 7557 | |
| Sat | 7/17/1965 | A | Orlando Thunderbirds | 14-17 | L | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | ||
| Sat | 7/24/1965 | H | Jacksonville Robins | 14-14 | T | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 6041 | |
| Sat | 7/31/1965 | A | Chattanooga Cherokees | 7-14 | L | Rossville, GA | Hutcheson Memorial Field | 5546 | |
| Sat | 8/7/1965 | H | Orlando Thunderbirds | 14-14 | T | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 1500 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1965 | H | Jacksonville Robins | 31-14 | W | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 4500 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | H | Charlotte Vikings | 17- 3 | W | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 3222 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1965 | H | Columbus Mustangs | 21-14 | W | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 4963 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1965 | A | Columbus Mustangs | 21-40 | L | Columbus, GA | Memorial Stadium | ||
| Sat | 9/25/1965 | A | Charlotte Vikings | 21-14 | W | Charlotte, NC | Memorial Stadium | 300 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1965 | H | Orlando Thunderbirds | 24-14 | W | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 6082 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Don Baskette | 82 | SE | 6-3 | 200 | Kentucky | |||
| Jim Beard | T | 220 | Tennessee | |||||
| Ken Berry | FB-HB | 6-1 | 205 | Maryville | ||||
| Rich Bridges | 51 | DB | 210 | Memphis | ||||
| Dave Caldwell | 72 | T | 6-4 | 240 | Mississippi | |||
| Jim Cole | 61 | G | 225 | Tennessee | ||||
| Charlie Covington | 22 | DB-HB | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Fisk | ||
| Jerry Daniels | 75 | T | 6-1 | 230 | 35 | Tennessee Tech | ||
| Fred Davis | 11 | DB | 6-0 | 203 | Knoxville | |||
| Mallon Faircloth | 23 | HB | 6-0 | 194 | 22 | Tennessee | ||
| Ken Flynn | 62 | G | 195 | none | ||||
| Calvin Frazier | 20 | FL-DB | 6-0 | 200 | Knoxville | |||
| Jim Grubb | 85 | DB | 5-10 | 215 | Tennessee | |||
| Phil Hatcher | 41 | DB | 5-10 | 190 | none | |||
| Lon Herzbrun | 50 | MLB | 5-11 | 230 | 29 | Tennessee | ||
| Bryant Jarnigan | 60 | LB | 6-2 | 207 | 24 | none | ||
| Tom Johnson | T | 6-1 | 270 | 22 | Tennessee | |||
| Frank Kolinsky | G | 6-0 | 198 | 30 | Tennessee | |||
| Mike LaSorsa | LB | 5-11 | 195 | 31 | Tennessee | |||
| Mike Leinenweber | DB | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | Purdue | |||
| Gordon Mason | 14 | QB | 6-5 | 223 | 26 | Tennessee Tech | ||
| John McCauley | 84 | TE | 6-1 | 202 | Maryville | |||
| Jack Nichols | 31 | FB-FL-MLB | 6-2 | 233 | 24 | Tennessee | ||
| Doug Norman | ||||||||
| Grant Owens | 10 | DB-QB | 200 | Colorado Mines | ||||
| Jim Passons | 73 | OT | 6-2 | 235 | 32 | Southern Methodist; Tennessee Tech | ||
| Mitchell Patterson | 21 | FL | 184 | none | ||||
| Matt Payne | E | Tennessee | ||||||
| Sonny Payne | 40 | P-HB | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Tennessee | ||
| Bert Rechichar | DB | 6-1 | 209 | 35 | Tennessee | |||
| Teddy Rivers | 71 | C | 6-3 | 235 | 19 | none | ||
| Jim Scott | 30 | FB | 220 | Memphis | ||||
| Bo Shafer | 65 | OG-T | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Tennessee | ||
| Martin Shafer | 52 | G | 230 | none | ||||
| Jim Shelton | 32 | FB | 220 | Auburn; Memphis | ||||
| Jim Smelcher | 81 | DE | 6-0 | 225 | 30 | Tennessee | ||
| Mickey Snyder | 42 | DB | 215 | none | ||||
| Jack Stokes | 83 | DE | 6-1 | 213 | East Tennessee State | |||
| Ned Sullivan | T | 5-11 | 215 | 23 | Tennessee | |||
| Phil Troutman | 12 | QB | 5-11 | 180 | East Central CC; Louisiana Christian | |||
| John Warwick | 64 | OG | 6-1 | 250 | 28 | Tennessee | ||
| Billie Watts | 80 | SE | 220 | Shaw | ||||
| Charlie Weaver | 70 | K | 200 | none | 11 | 0 | ||
| Lee White | 74 | OT-G | 245 | Knoxville | ||||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 49 | 69 | 20 | 63 | 201 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 56 | 41 | 45 | 165 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Weaver | 0 | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 39 | ||
| Mallon Faircloth | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Cal Frazier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| John McCauley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Jack Nichols | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Phil Troutman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Don Basektte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Ken Berry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Charlie Covington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Grant Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Billie Watts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Team Totals | 27 | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 201 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 21 | 23 | 91.3 | 2 | 0 | 165 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mallon Faircloth | 3 | ||||
| Jack Nichols | 3 | ||||
| Ken Berry | 2 | ||||
| Phil Troutman | 2 | ||||
| Charlie Covington | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 11 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Troutman | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Gordon Mason | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal Frazier | 4 | ||||
| Jack Nichols | 4 | ||||
| Don Basektte | 2 | ||||
| Mallon Faircloth | 2 | ||||
| Phil Troutman | 1 | ||||
| Billie Watts | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 14 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Owens | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mallon Faircloth | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| 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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