1967 Joliet Chargers (PFLA) |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 10-2-0 .833 |
| Head Coach: Jesse Vail |
| Bill Duchon | Assistant Coach |
| Larry Kane | Assistant Coach |
| Len Rittof | Assistant Coach |
| Bob Zeman | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/20/1967 | H | Des Moines Warriors | 17-14 | W | Joliet, IL | West Jefferson Stadium | 2670 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1967 | A | Omaha Mustangs | 49-0 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 8141 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1967 | A | Alabama Hawks | 17-20 | L | Huntsville, AL | Milton Frank Stadium | 7492 | |
| Sat | 9/16/1967 | A | Chicago Owls | 24-19 | W | Niles, IL | Notre Dame High School Stadium | ||
| Sat | 9/23/1967 | H | Quad-City Raiders | 35-16 | W | Joliet, IL | West Jefferson Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sat | 9/30/1967 | A | Oklahoma City Plainsmen | 17-13 | W | Oklahoma City, OK | Taft Stadium | 2318 | |
| Sat | 10/7/1967 | A | Des Moines Warriors | 0-7 | L | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 3000 | |
| Sat | 10/14/1967 | H | Omaha Mustangs | 24-17 | W | Joliet, IL | West Jefferson Stadium | 6100 | |
| Sat | 10/21/1967 | H | Alabama Hawks | 31-20 | W | Joliet, IL | West Jefferson Stadium | 4100 | |
| Sat | 11/4/1967 | H | Chicago Owls | 38-14 | W | Joliet, IL | West Jefferson Stadium | 5899 | |
| Sat | 11/11/1967 | A | Quad-City Raiders | 36-0 | W | Davenport, IA | Municipal Stadium | ||
| Sat | 11/18/1967 | H | Oklahoma City Plainsmen | 35-0 | W | Joliet, IL | West Jefferson Stadium | 5800 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/25/1967 | A | Alabama Hawks | 31-20 | W | Huntsville, AL | Milton Frank Stadium | 4307 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| LeRoy Adams | LLB | 6-1 | 229 | 26 | Langston | |||
| Darryl Allen | LB | 6-0 | 240 | 22 | Cincinnati | |||
| Chuck Anderson | TE | 6-4 | 220 | 22 | Detroit Mercy; Texas-El Paso | |||
| Eric Avery | OT | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | North Central | |||
| Paul Becton | WR | 6-0 | 169 | 22 | Baylor | |||
| Bob Briggs | DT | 6-4 | 265 | 22 | Heidelberg | |||
| Levert Carr | LDT | 6-5 | 258 | 23 | Independence CC; North Central | |||
| Dewey Chester | RB | 6-1 | 206 | 22 | Pittsburgh | |||
| Fred Custardo | QB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Illinois | |||
| Jack Dean | OE | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Northern Illinois | |||
| Art Dillard | DT | 6-4 | 267 | 28 | Edward Waters | |||
| Charles Durden | RDE | 6-6 | 240 | 27 | Delaware | |||
| Ralph Fahey | RDT | 6-4 | 287 | 28 | Everett CC | |||
| Jim Finley | SE | 6-1 | 180 | 22 | Purdue | |||
| Wylie Fox | LOG | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | Illinois | |||
| Ed Francois | FL | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | Tennessee State | |||
| Bruce Green | TE | 6-4 | 240 | 21 | Midland Lutheran | |||
| Al Greer | OE | 6-3 | 197 | 27 | Jackson State | |||
| Steve Hodoway | C | 6-2 | 250 | 23 | Iowa | |||
| Bucky Hood | OG | 6-4 | 225 | 26 | none | |||
| Dick Horyna | C | 6-3 | 245 | 23 | College of Idaho | |||
| Paul Hudson | FB | 5-11 | 225 | 22 | Ohio State | |||
| John Johnson | DB | 6-3 | 180 | 25 | Lincoln | |||
| Dave Katt | T | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | Western Michigan | |||
| Woody Kelley | OE | 6-1 | 204 | 22 | Indiana State | |||
| John Knight | HB | 6-0 | 196 | 21 | Bethune-Cookman | |||
| Mitch Krawczyk | G | 5-10 | 225 | 28 | Southern Illinois | |||
| Bob Long | K | 6-0 | 209 | 22 | Illinois Wesleyan | |||
| Larry Lukasik | S | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Michigan State | |||
| Eural McLaughlin | RB | 5-8 | 180 | 24 | North Central | |||
| Joe Milek | RLB | 6-2 | 228 | 24 | Wisconsin | |||
| Jack Milks | MLB | 6-0 | 222 | 24 | Cerritos JC; San Diego State | |||
| John Mullen | QB | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Michigan State | |||
| Lincoln Murphy | DB | 5-9 | 188 | 22 | Michigan | |||
| Walt Nichols | LOT | 6-2 | 250 | 26 | Mississippi Valley State | |||
| Torre Ossmo | ROT | 6-4 | 270 | 23 | Western Michigan | |||
| Pat Owens | RCB | 6-0 | 188 | 25 | Virginia Union | |||
| Ed Parham | P | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Lincoln (Missouri) | |||
| Sam Parham | LCB | 6-0 | 196 | 24 | Lincoln (Missouri) | |||
| Pat Shea | LOG | 6-1 | 241 | 28 | San Diego CC; Southern California | |||
| Togo Silvani | DE | 6-2 | 243 | 27 | Northeastern Colorado JC; Adams State | |||
| John Smedley | RS | 5-10 | 174 | 24 | Cincinnati | |||
| John Stusek | RB | 6-0 | 215 | 26 | Macalester | |||
| Will Thomas | RB | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | Ohio State | |||
| Ray Vinson | LS | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | Jacksonville State | |||
| Tom Walker | LDE | 6-0 | 270 | 22 | Texas Southern | |||
| Jeff Williams | HB-FB | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Oklahoma State | |||
| John Williams | T | 6-4 | 280 | Purdue | ||||
| George Wilmot | LB | 6-1 | 250 | 22 | Southern Methodist | |||
| Donnie Witwiski | QB | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Wharton County JC; Trinity (Texas) | |||
| Otis Young | ROG | 6-1 | 254 | 24 | Jackson State | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 41 | 100 | 100 | 82 | 323 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 40 | 47 | 34 | 140 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Long | 0 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 64 | ||||
| Paul Hudson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||
| John Knight | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||
| Ed Francois | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Bruce Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Donnie Witwiski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Paul Becton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Jim Finley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| LeRoy Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Chuck Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dewey Chester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Sam Parham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| John Stusek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jeff Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 43 | 41 | 43 | 95.3 | 8 | 0 | 323 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 14 | 17 | 82.4 | 7 | 0 | 140 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hudson | 202 | 1201 | 5.9 | 10 | |
| John Knight | 113 | 585 | 5.2 | 5 | |
| Jeff Williams | 30 | 147 | 4.9 | 1 | |
| Dewey Chester | 25 | 92 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Will Thomas | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| John Stusek | 15 | 43 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| Ed Parham | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| John Mullen | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Donnie Witwiski | 41 | -1 | 0.0 | 4 | |
| Chuck Anderson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnie Witwiski | 248 | 98 | 39.5 | 1585 | 6.4 | 16.2 | 18 | 7.3 | ||||||||
| Fred Custardo | 31 | 10 | 32.3 | 222 | 7.2 | 22.2 | 2 | 6.5 | ||||||||
| John Mullen | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 63 | 6.3 | 21.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Dewey Chester | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Team Totals | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 20 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Becton | 27 | 531 | 19.7 | 3 | |
| Ed Francois | 22 | 262 | 11.9 | 5 | |
| Bruce Green | 17 | 295 | 17.4 | 4 | |
| John Knight | 10 | 210 | 21.0 | 4 | |
| Dewey Chester | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 1 | |
| Jim Finley | 7 | 135 | 19.3 | 2 | |
| Paul Hudson | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Jeff Williams | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | |
| Chuck Anderson | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 1 | |
| John Stusek | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| John Smedley | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Will Thomas | 2 | 1 | .5.0 | 0 | |
| Woody Kelley | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Parham | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Parham | 57 | 2067 | 36.3 | |||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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