1968 Charleston Rockets (COFL) |
| 3rd place • Atlantic Division • 8-3-0 .727 |
| Head Coach: Billy Ray Barnes |
| Verlin Adams | Line |
| Sam Fernandez | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/24/1968 | H | Ohio Valley Ironmen | 20-21 | L | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 8500 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1968 | A | Norfolk Neptunes | 7-23 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 11046 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1968 | H | Indianapolis Capitols | 13-7 | W | OT | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 6200 |
| Sat | 9/14/1968 | A | Orlando Panthers | 14-28 | L | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 10084 | |
| Sat | 9/21/1968 | H | Michigan Arrows | 56-14 | W | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 6500 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1968 | A | Ohio Valley Ironmen | 17-28 | L | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 6413 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1968 | H | Orlando Panthers | 14-10 | W | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 4550 | |
| Sat | 10/12/1968 | H | Ohio Valley Ironmen | 37-17 | W | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 8155 | |
| Sat | 10/19/1968 | A | Alabama Hawks | 14-6 | W | Huntsville, AL | Milton Frank Stadium | 4100 | |
| Sat | 10/26/1968 | H | Arkansas Diamonds | 50-13 | W | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 4350 | |
| Sat | 11/2/1968 | H | Norfolk Neptunes | 31-28 | W | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 4750 | |
| Sat | 11/9/1968 | A | Quad-City Raiders | - | |||||
| Sat | 11/9/1968 | A | Las Vegas Cowboys | 34-6 | W | Las Vegas, NV | Cashman Field | 1000 | |
| Sat | 11/16/1968 | A | Oklahoma City Plainsmen | - | Oklahoma City, OK | Taft Stadium | |||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/9/1968 | Quad-City Raiders | Canceled |
| 11/16/1968 | Oklahoma City Plainsmen | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jeff Abrecht | 84 | TE | 6-1 | 208 | 27 | Michigan State | ||
| George Barron | 76 | ROT | 6-4 | 263 | 23 | Mississippi State | ||
| Bernie Carney | 62 | ROG | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | West Virginia | ||
| Dave Casinelli | 30 | HB-FB | 5-10 | 210 | 28 | Memphis | ||
| Phil Cerullo | 9 | SE | 5-8 | 172 | 26 | none | ||
| Al Coleman | 31 | LCB | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Jackson State; Tennessee State | ||
| Joe Critchlow | 75 | LDT | 6-2 | 240 | 25 | Southeast Missouri State | ||
| Roy Davis | 81 | LB-RDE | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Prairie View A&M | ||
| Wayne Davis | 80 | TE | 6-0 | 215 | 24 | Louisiana Tech | ||
| Darrell Elam | 85 | SE | 6-2 | 189 | 24 | West Virginia Tech | ||
| Sam Fernandez | 50 | MLB | 5-11 | 205 | 28 | Potomac State JC; Miami (Florida) | ||
| Herb Fitzsimmons | 82 | RLB-LLB | 5-10 | 216 | 36 | Charleston | ||
| Frank Galloway | 61 | RLB | 5-10 | 208 | 26 | East Carolina | ||
| Ralph Galloway | 65 | K-P-LB | 6-1 | 248 | 22 | Southern Illinois | ||
| Tony Golmont | 33 | SS | 6-0 | 183 | 24 | North Carolina State | ||
| Tom Good | 64 | LLB | 6-0 | 230 | 24 | Marshall | ||
| Rodger Grooms | 51 | LB | 6-3 | 215 | 26 | Cincinnati | ||
| Tom Gunnoe | 23 | FS-SS | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Glenville State | ||
| Jim Hollingsworth | 36 | P | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | Mississippi; Louisiana Christian | ||
| Jim Jackson | 73 | RDT | 6-4 | 270 | 22 | Jackson State | ||
| Jimmy Ray Jones | 81 | FL | 6-0 | 220 | 24 | Louisiana Tech | ||
| Billy Laird | 18 | QB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Louisiana Tech | ||
| Ron Miller | 8 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Wisconsin | ||
| Tom Munsey | 20 | FL | 6-1 | 175 | 27 | Concord | ||
| Bruce Puterbaugh | 52 | C | 6-3 | 245 | 27 | Kentucky | ||
| Ronnie Quillen | 37 | FB | 5-9 | 210 | 29 | East Tennessee State | ||
| Taft Reed | 38 | RCB | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | Jackson State | ||
| Carl Robinson | 74 | LOT | 6-3 | 260 | 26 | Prairie View A&M | ||
| Roland Rogers | 71 | LDE | 6-3 | 245 | 26 | Texas Southern | ||
| Leroy Rutledge | 70 | LOT-ROT | 6-5 | 260 | 23 | Alabama A&M | ||
| Greg Schultz | 9 | K | 6-1 | 210 | Auburn | 2 | 0 | |
| Sharon Stallworth | 60 | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 243 | 23 | Florida A&M | ||
| Jeff Steinberger | 83 | RDE | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Rockland CC; Monmouth (Illinois) | ||
| John Thompson | 63 | LOG | 6-3 | 242 | 25 | Texas Southern | ||
| Claude Watts | 24 | HB | 6-0 | 215 | 28 | Bluefield State | ||
| Edgar Whipps | 25 | FB | 6-0 | 220 | 22 | Jackson State | ||
| Jasper Wright | 32 | FS | 5-10 | 195 | 31 | Marshall | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 81 | 112 | 45 | 43 | 6 | 287 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 54 | 37 | 66 | 180 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 179 | 82 | 84 | 13 | 72 | 737 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Watts | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Edgar Whipps | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Ralph Galloway | 0 | 31 | 37 | 83.8 | 4 | 14 | 28.6 | 0 | 43 |
| Darrell Elam | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Tom Munsey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dave Casinelli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Wayne Davis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Phil Cerulo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ronnie Quillen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Frank Galloway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Gunnoe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jimmy Ray Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Schultz | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| (Unidentified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 40 | 33 | 39 | 84.6 | 4 | 17 | 23.5 | 1 | 287 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 21 | 22 | 95.5 | 9 | 0 | 180 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Watts | 136 | 726 | 5.3 | 50 | 10 |
| Edgar Whipps | 85 | 396 | 4.7 | 34 | 8 |
| Dave Casinelli | 66 | 260 | 3.9 | 19 | 3 |
| Ronnie Quillen | 62 | 198 | 3.2 | 19 | 2 |
| Jimmy Ray Jones | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Sam Fernandez | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jeff Abrecht | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Billy Laird | 8 | -14 | -1.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Ron Miller | 9 | -19 | -2.1 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 375 | 1582 | 4.2 | 50 | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 930 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Laird | 190 | 96 | 50.5 | 78 | 1435 | 7.6 | 14.9 | 60 | 9 | 4.7 | 16 | 8.4 | 56.4 | |||
| Ron Miller | 68 | 30 | 44.1 | 30 | 419 | 6.2 | 14.0 | 51 | 2 | 2.9 | 8 | 11.8 | 34.7 | |||
| Claude Watts | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 3 | 154 | 22.0 | 51.3 | 66 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 14.3 | 89.9 | |||
| Dave Casinelli | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 266 | 129 | 48.5 | 112 | 2108 | 7.9 | 16.3 | 66 | 14 | 5.3 | 25 | 9.4 | 13 | 132 | 1976 | |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 1660 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Davis | 33 | 463 | 14.0 | 40 | 3 |
| Darrell Elam | 24 | 478 | 19.9 | 51 | 5 |
| Tom Munsey | 18 | 452 | 25.1 | 66 | 4 |
| Claude Watts | 12 | 137 | 11.4 | 32 | 0 |
| Edgar Whipps | 10 | 186 | 18.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Ronnie Quillen | 10 | 104 | 10.4 | 30 | 0 |
| Dave Casinelli | 9 | 126 | 14.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Phil Cerulo | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 35 | 2 |
| Jeff Abrecht | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jimmy Ray Jones | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Jim Hollingsworth | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 129 | 2108 | 16.3 | 66 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Gunnoe | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Tony Golmont | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Al Coleman | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Taft Reed | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Frank Galloway | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Tom Good | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Sam Fernandez | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Critchlow | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jasper Wright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 183 | 9.2 | 35 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hollingsworth | 35 | 1632 | 46.6 | 63 | 0 | |||||
| Ralph Galloway | 6 | 247 | 41.2 | 59 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 41 | 1879 | 45.8 | 63 | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Cerulo | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Golmont | 9 | 125 | 13.9 | 57 | 0 | |
| Tom Gunnoe | 10 | 91 | 9.1 | 32 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 22 | 258 | 11.7 | 57 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Cerulo | 14 | 333 | 23.8 | 43 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Ray Jones | 7 | 160 | 22.9 | 40 | 0 | |
| Edgar Whipps | 6 | 135 | 22.5 | 37 | 0 | |
| Jasper Wright | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bernie Carney | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Frank Galloway | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Carl Robinson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Sharon Stallworth | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Wayne Davis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 826 | 21.7 | 43 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 21 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
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