1966 St. Petersburg Blazers (NAFL) |
| 1st place • Blue Division • 9-1-1 .900 |
| Head Coach: Forrest Page |
| Elmer Aldridge | Assistant Coach |
| Lamar Woodruff | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1966 | H | Jacksonville Jaguars | 31-23 | W | St. Petersburg, FL | Northeast Park | 5700 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1966 | A | Knoxville SOK | 28-27 | W | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 6288 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1966 | A | Huntsville Rockets | 34-28 | W | Huntsville, AL | Huntsville Stadium | 5201 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1966 | H | Knoxville SOK | 40-7 | W | St. Petersburg, FL | Northeast Park | 10981 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1966 | H | Chattanooga Redskins | 48-0 | W | St. Petersburg, FL | Northeast Park | 6860 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1966 | A | Chattanooga Redskins | 40-0 | W | Rossville, GA | Hutcheson Memorial Stadium | 582 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1966 | H | Lakeland Brahmans | 21-21 | T | St. Petersburg, FL | Northeast Park | 12862 | |
| Sat | 9/24/1966 | H | Jacksonville Jaguars | 32-10 | W | St. Petersburg, FL | Northeast Park | 6514 | |
| Sat | 10/1/1966 | A | Mobile Tarpons | 21-14 | W | Mobile, AL | Ladd Memorial Stadium | 3179 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1966 | H | Huntsville Rockets | 48-7 | W | St. Petersburg, FL | Northeast Park | 5289 | |
| Sat | 10/22/1966 | A | Lakeland Brahmans | 19-28 | L | Lakeland, FL | Bryant Stadium | 7382 | |
| Sat | 10/29/1966 | H | Savannah Chiefs | - | St. Petersburg, FL | Northeast Park | |||
| Sat | 10/29/1966 | H | Jacksonville Jaguars | 32-21 | W | St. Petersburg, FL | Northeast Park | 2318 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/12/1966 | N | Lakeland Brahmans | 40-9 | W | Clearwater, FL | Jack White Stadium | 5216 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/24/1966 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Moved from Jacksonville, FL |
| 10/29/1966 | Savannah Chiefs | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Lovett Adams | 65 | G | 6-0 | 270 | 24 | none | ||
| John Ashcraft | 64 | P | 6-1 | 185 | Southwestern (Tennessee) | |||
| Al Barnes | HB | 180 | 28 | Fort Valley State | ||||
| Mark Beaubien | 73 | ROT | 6-2 | 245 | 25 | Tampa | ||
| Bob Becker | 16 | QB | 6-0 | 185 | North Alabama | |||
| Don Becker | LOT | |||||||
| Vaughn Bell | 81 | FL | 6-0 | 197 | Troy | 4 | ||
| Ron Berger | DT | 6-8 | 278 | 24 | Wayne State (Michigan) | 8 | ||
| Max Bitiker | FB-LB | Missouri | ||||||
| Willie Booker | 44 | SE | 6-3 | 202 | 25 | Gibbs JC; New Mexico State | ||
| Charley Casey | 84 | SE | 6-1 | 192 | 22 | Florida | ||
| Frank Crayton | 83 | HB-DB | 6-0 | 205 | Bethune-Cookman | |||
| Bob Diem | OT | 6-3 | 270 | 21 | North Carolina | |||
| Mickey Dimouro | 51 | LB | 6-2 | 235 | Tennessee | |||
| Tom Doan | CB | 5-6 | 152 | 26 | Tampa | |||
| Jack Edwards | 55 | C | 6-1 | 235 | 23 | Florida State | ||
| John Felicione | 62 | OG | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Tampa | ||
| Charlie Foures | 77 | DE | 6-2 | 240 | Hardin-Simmons; Tampa | |||
| Paul Gore | C | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | Tampa | |||
| Ken Hall | 66 | DT-DE | 6-0 | 245 | none | |||
| Don Herndon | 67 | CB | 6-0 | 195 | 30 | Tampa | ||
| Ken Jones | 71 | OT | 6-1 | 240 | East Tennessee State | |||
| Jimmy Jordan | 23 | HB | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Florida | ||
| Lloyd Koehler | 32 | FB-HB | 6-1 | 200 | Richmond | |||
| Charlie Lyle | 21 | S | 5-11 | 182 | 26 | Tampa | ||
| Lynn Matthews | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Florida | |||
| Bill McDowell | LB | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | Florida State | |||
| Jim McNorton | 82 | TE | 6-4 | 225 | none | |||
| Wes Mitchell | 84 | S | 6-2 | 210 | Florida A&M | |||
| Bill Mooneyham | K | 6-2 | 230 | 30 | Auburn | |||
| Carl Nicks | 63 | K | 6-0 | 180 | 19 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 0 |
| Ed Owen | C | |||||||
| Lamar Payne | 85 | P | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | Tennessee; West Texas A&M | ||
| Frank Pennie | DT | 6-5 | 250 | 22 | Ohio State; Florida State | |||
| John Perry | 13 | FL | 5-10 | 180 | Tampa | |||
| Roger Pettee | LB | 6-5 | 235 | 24 | Florida | |||
| Ron Pitisci | 54 | ROG-LOG-LB | 5-11 | 205 | none | |||
| Jack Puglisi | 31 | FB | 5-11 | 247 | 25 | Minnesota; Wisconsin-Superior | ||
| Frank Reinhart | 87 | DE | 6-3 | 235 | 32 | Miami (Florida) | ||
| Chuck Robinson | 52 | LB | 6-0 | 222 | 24 | Florida State | ||
| Sam Rodriguez | 33 | FB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Tampa | ||
| Al Rogers | 74 | OT | 6-5 | 260 | 23 | Florida A&M | ||
| Jack Shinholser | 53 | LB | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Florida State | ||
| Bob Sign | 88 | DT | 6-1 | 270 | 23 | Cincinnati | ||
| Jim Stevens | 68 | OG | 6-0 | 190 | none | |||
| Billy Turner | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 187 | 28 | Tampa | ||
| Mike Vincent | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 200 | 21 | Hinds CC; Delta State | ||
| Frank Vining | 41 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | Coffeyville JC; Tampa | |||
| Ed Williams | 76 | DT | 6-2 | 310 | Florida A&M | |||
| John Yates | 72 | LOG | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Kentucky; Tampa | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 76 | 96 | 89 | 102 | 363 |
| Opponents Totals | 2130 | 49 | 63 | 23 | 163 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Jordan | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | ||||
| Willie Booker | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||
| Jack Puglisi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||
| John Perry | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Carl Nicks | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Bill Mooneyham | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Tom Doan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Jim McNorton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Al Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Don Herndon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Lloyd Koehler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Frank Reinhart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Mike Vincent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Frank Vining | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Team Totals | 52 | 37 | 52 | 71.2 | 4 | 1 | 363 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 22 | 23 | 95.7 | 1 | 0 | 163 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Jordan | 129 | 895 | 6.9 | 9 | |
| Jack Puglisi | 121 | 620 | 5.1 | 8 | |
| Al Barnes | 13 | 74 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Koehler | 21 | 65 | 3.1 | 1 | |
| Frank Vining | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike Vincent | 28 | 5 | 0.2 | 1 | |
| John Perry | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Billy Turner | 16 | -53 | -3.3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 330 | 1620 | 4.9 | 19 | |
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Turner | 143 | 81 | 56.6 | 48 | 1185 | 8.3 | 14.6 | 15 | 10.5 | 14 | 9.8 | 79.2 | ||||
| Mike Vincent | 151 | 57 | 37.7 | 86 | 777 | 5.1 | 13.6 | 7 | 4.6 | 8 | 5.3 | 48.4 | ||||
| Jimmy Jordan | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 4 | 61 | 8.7 | 20.3 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 113.7 | ||||
| Al Barnes | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 158.3 | |||
| Team Totals | 302 | 142 | 47.0 | 138 | 2041 | 6.8 | 14.4 | 24 | 7.9 | 22 | 7.3 | 65.6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 12 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Jordan | 42 | 495 | 11.8 | 4 | |
| Willie Booker | 40 | 765 | 19.1 | 11 | |
| John Perry | 29 | 376 | 13.0 | 6 | |
| Charley Casey | 12 | 151 | 12.6 | 0 | |
| Al Barnes | 7 | 116 | 16.6 | 1 | |
| Jim McNorton | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 2 | |
| Jack Puglisi | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 142 | 2041 | 14.4 | 24 | |
| Opponents Totals | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Lyle | 9 | 0 | |||
| Frank Vining | 9 | 0 | |||
| Tom Doan | 7 | 3 | |||
| Don Herndon | 4 | 1 | |||
| Chuck Robinson | 2 | 0 | |||
| Frank Creighton | 1 | 0 | |||
| Lynn Matthews | 1 | 0 | |||
| Frank Reinhart | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jack Shinholser | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 35 | 5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Ashcraft | 30 | 35.1 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | 42 | 36.3 | ||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Jordan | 2 | |||||
| Team Totals | 2 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Jordan | 2 | |||||
| Team Totals | 2 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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