1967 Akron Vulcans (COFL) |
| 5th place Atlantic North Division 1-3-0 .250 |
| Head Coach: Lou Rymkus |
| Ben Barber | Assistant Coach |
| Carl Taseff | Assistant Coach |
| Jack Zebkar | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/6/1967 | A | Wheeling Ironmen | 34-28 | W | Moundsville, WV | Moundsville High School Stadium | 5125 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1967 | H | Orlando Panthers | 17-42 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 14753 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1967 | A | Norfolk Neptunes | 20-33 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 8000 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1967 | H | Toronto Rifles | 7-22 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 6892 | |
| Sun | 9/3/1967 | H | Montreal Beavers | 14-7 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 8550 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1967 | A | Hartford Charter Oaks | 17-27 | L | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 8722 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1967 | A | Wheeling Ironmen | 21-28 | L | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 6369 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1967 | H | Charleston Rockets | - | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | |||
| Sat | 9/30/1967 | A | Orlando Panthers | - | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | |||
| Sun | 10/8/1967 | H | Wheeling Ironmen | - | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | |||
| Sat | 10/14/1967 | A | Norfolk Neptunes | - | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | |||
| Sun | 10/22/1967 | A | Montreal Beavers | - | Verdun, QC | Beaver Stadium | |||
| Sat | 10/28/1967 | H | Hartford Charter Oaks | - | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | |||
| Thu | 11/2/1967 | A | Toronto Rifles | - | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/12/1967 | H | Orlando Panthers | - | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | |||
| Sat | 11/18/1967 | H | Norfolk Neptunes | - | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | |||
| Sun | 11/26/1967 | A | Charleston Rockets | - | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | |||
| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 73 | Herm Alexander | OT | 6-3 | 272 | 31 | Findlay | ||
| 32 | Willie Beasley | FB | 5-11 | 222 | 24 | North Carolina A&T State | 3 | |
| Tom Bird | CB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Western Kentucky | |||
| 57 | Art Boyes | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 28 | Akron | 4 | |
| 36 | Mike Buckner | S | 6-2 | 203 | 22 | Northwestern | 4 | |
| 50 | Frank Coufalik | C | 6-1 | 250 | 23 | Indiana | 4 | |
| 82 | Tom Coughlin | TE | 6-4 | 215 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | |
| 41 | Gary Crain | FL | 6-0 | 196 | 22 | Western Michigan | 1 | |
| Jack Crangle | DE-OG | 6-4 | 240 | 28 | Western Kentucky | 4 | ||
| Roger Davis | OT | 6-3 | 236 | 29 | Syracuse | |||
| 20 | Rod Dingle | HB | 5-9 | 166 | 23 | Wooster | 4 | |
| 62 | Jim Edgerly | OG | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | New Mexico State | ||
| 14 | Billy Fletcher | S-K-P | 5-10 | 190 | 24 | Memphis | 4 | |
| Tom Gallagher | OT | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Indiana | 4 | ||
| 18 | Sonny Gibbs | QB | 6-7 | 230 | 28 | Texas Christian | 4 | |
| Fred Gissendaner | WR | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Kent State | |||
| 26 | Alvin Hall | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 34 | none | 4 | |
| 45 | Tom Hammonds | FL | 6-6 | 206 | 22 | Jackson State | 2 | |
| 45 | Tom Hammonds | FL | 6-6 | 206 | 22 | Jackson State | 2 | |
| 31 | Clay Hill | LB | 6-2 | 216 | 27 | Michigan State | 1 | |
| 35 | Skip Hoovler | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Ohio University | 4 | |
| 38 | Bob Horton | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Boston University | 4 | |
| Gary Hussion | TE | 6-2 | 224 | 23 | Dayton | |||
| Dick Keenan | DE | 6-1 | 250 | 24 | Montclair State | 4 | ||
| 83 | Clark Kellogg | DE | 6-4 | 228 | 29 | none | 4 | |
| Steve Mass | LM | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | Dayton; Detroit Mercy; Arizona | |||
| 44 | Chuck McElligott | SE | 6-0 | 180 | 27 | Dayton | 4 | |
| Mike McGraw | FB | 5-11 | 210 | 23 | Kentucky | 1 | ||
| 65 | Bob Meeker | OG-OT | 6-3 | 245 | 23 | Notre Dame | 4 | |
| 10 | Pete Mikolajewski | QB | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Kent State | 1 | |
| 47 | Sam Montgomery | CB | 6-2 | 208 | 25 | Southern University | 4 | |
| H.D. Murphy | WR | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | San Diego CC; Oregon | |||
| 84 | John Paglio | DT | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Syracuse | 4 | |
| Bob Pelkington | TE | 6-6 | 260 | 26 | Xavier (Ohio) | 1 | 1 | |
| Bobby Reed | FL | 5-11 | 187 | 28 | Solano CC; Pacific | 2 | ||
| 16 | Archie Roberts | QB | 6-1 | 193 | 25 | Columbia | ||
| 40 | Jerry Roberts | S | 6-4 | 205 | 24 | Baldwin-Wallace | 4 | |
| 77 | Cleveland Robinson | OT | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | South Carolina State | 3 | |
| 75 | Carmelo San Marco | DT | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | Edinboro | 4 | |
| 31 | Stan Sczurek | LLB | 5-11 | 229 | 30 | Purdue | 3 | |
| Joe Souliere | S | 5-9 | 180 | 22 | Bowling Green State | |||
| Dave Washington | SE | 6-4 | 228 | 28 | Santa Monica JC; Southern California | |||
| 30 | Claude Watts | FB | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | Bluefield State | 4 | |
| 76 | Erwin Will | DT | 6-5 | 287 | 24 | Dayton | 4 | |
| 54 | Don Williams | C | 6-4 | 235 | 24 | Grambling State | 1 | |
| 86 | Roy Winston | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | Youngstown State | 2 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 7 | 17 | 14 | 21 | |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 28 | 17 | 22 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | |||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Fletcher | 1 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 0 | 17 |
| Rod Dingle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Sonny Gibbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Hammonds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Pelkington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Claude Watts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roy Winston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 8 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 0 | 59 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 9 | 11 | 81.8 | 3 | 0 | 84 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Watts | 58 | 309 | 5.3 | 57 | 1 |
| Rod Dingle | 48 | 213 | 4.4 | 60 | 2 |
| Tom Hammonds | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 1 |
| Jerry Roberts | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Willie Beasley | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Fletcher | 63 | 1 | |||
| Sonny Gibbs | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 122 | 622 | 5.1 | 63 | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Gibbs | 102 | 49 | 48.0 | 49 | 640 | 6.3 | 13.1 | 70 | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 3.9 | 57 | 55.2 | ||
| Archie Roberts | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 6 | 159 | 8.8 | 14.5 | 62 | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 5.6 | 85.2 | |||
| Rod Dingle | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 41 | 20.5 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 95.8 | |||
| Team Totals | 122 | 61 | 50.0 | 56 | 829 | 6.8 | 13.6 | 70 | 2 | 1.6 | 5 | 4.1 | 60.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Reed | 19 | 366 | 19.3 | 0 | |
| Rod Dingle | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Chuck McElligott | 8 | 109 | 13.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Claude Watts | 8 | 55 | 6.9 | 0 | |
| Ed Hammonds | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 25 | 0 |
| H.D. Murphy | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Roy Winston | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Dave Washington | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Pelkington | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Fred Gissendaner | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Gary Crain | 1 | 70 | 70.0 | 70 | 0 |
| Tom Coughlin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 61 | 829 | 13.6 | 70 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Fletcher | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Jerry Roberts | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Mike Buckner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 54 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Fletcher | 20 | 700 | 35.0 | 51 | 2 | |||||
| Team Totals | 20 | 700 | 35.0 | 51 | 2 | |||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Gissendaner | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Rod Dingle | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Fletcher | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chuck McElligot | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2.4 | 5 | 0 |
| H.D. Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Souliere | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 10 | 3 | 37 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Watts | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 25 | 0 | |
| Rod Dingle | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 21 | 0 | |
| H.D. Murphy | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Mike McGraw | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Willie Beasley | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Fred Gissendaner | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bobby Reed | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 14 | 272 | 19.4 | 32 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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