1968 Chicago Owls (COFL) |
| 3rd place • Central Division • 6-6-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Don Branby (1-4-0); Bob Webb (5-2-0) |
| Bill Duchon | Assistant Coach |
| Leon Mavity | Assistant Coach |
| John Powers | Assistant Coach |
| Len Rittof | Assistant Coach |
| Bob Webb | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/24/1968 | A | Arkansas Diamonds | 14-13 | W | Little Rock, AR | Quigley Stadium | 2000 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1968 | A | Seattle Rangers | 13-33 | L | Seattle, WA | Memorial Stadium | 7350 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1968 | A | Quad-City Raiders | 21-9 | W | Davenport, IA | Municipal Stadium | 1200 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1968 | H | Sacramento Capitols | 16-17 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 9946 | |
| Sat | 9/21/1968 | A | Indianapolis Capitols | 20-27 | L | Indianapolis, IN | Owen J. Bush Stadium | 6137 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1968 | H | Michigan Arrows | 9-22 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 4000 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1968 | H | Las Vegas Cowboys | 62-16 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 3300 | |
| Sat | 10/12/1968 | A | Michigan Arrows | 27-23 | W | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 4834 | |
| Sat | 10/19/1968 | H | Arkansas Diamonds | 28-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 5300 | |
| Sat | 10/26/1968 | H | Omaha Mustangs | 30-22 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 7200 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1968 | A | Ohio Valley Ironmen | 24-35 | L | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 3679 | |
| Sat | 11/9/1968 | H | Indianapolis Capitols | 17-3 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 6089 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1968 | A | Norfolk Neptunes | 17-34 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 11129 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| LeRoy Adams | 55 | LLB | 6-1 | 229 | 27 | Langston | ||
| Bruce Airheart | 23 | RB | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | North Dakota State | ||
| Mel Boehland | 76 | RDE | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | North Dakota | ||
| George Bork | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 177 | 26 | Northern Illinois | ||
| Bill Brooks | 62 | LB | 6-0 | 232 | 23 | Iowa State | ||
| Ollie Cromwell | 50 | C | 6-4 | 260 | 28 | Central Oklahoma | ||
| Ralph Fahey | 65 | DT | 6-4 | 287 | 29 | Everett CC | ||
| Larry Ferguson | 30 | HB | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | Iowa | ||
| Ed Francois | 40 | FL | 6-2 | 195 | 29 | Tennessee State | ||
| Bruce Green | 85 | TE | 6-4 | 240 | 22 | Midland Lutheran | ||
| Ron Halda | 50 | RLB-P | 5-11 | 207 | 25 | Iowa State | ||
| Frank Houk | 16 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | Ball State | |||
| Roger Jacobazzi | 73 | RDT | 6-3 | 250 | 26 | Wisconsin | ||
| Gene Johnson | 60 | OG | 6-2 | 231 | 30 | Cheyney | ||
| John Knight | 36 | RB | 6-0 | 196 | 22 | Bethune-Cookman | ||
| Don Logan | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 205 | Centerville JC; Missouri Southern State | |||
| Frank Lollino | 57 | OG | 6-0 | 241 | 27 | Illinois | ||
| Bob Long | 44 | K | 6-0 | 209 | 23 | Illinois Wesleyan | ||
| Tony Loukas | 66 | LOG | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Wisconsin | ||
| Larry Lukasik | 22 | RS | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Michigan State | ||
| Leon Mavity | 27 | LS | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Colorado | ||
| Bernie McCall | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Colorado | |||
| John McSwaney | 65 | OG | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Iowa; Parsons | ||
| Joe Milek | 61 | MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 25 | Wisconsin | ||
| Bobby Morgan | 18 | DB | 6-0 | 205 | 28 | Independence CC; New Mexico | ||
| Mike Neal | 20 | OE | 5-11 | 188 | 24 | Arizona State; Illinois Wesleyan | ||
| Walt Nichols | 72 | LOT | 6-2 | 250 | 27 | Mississippi Valley State | ||
| Torre Ossmo | 75 | ROT | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | Western Michigan | ||
| Ed Ost | 60 | C | 6-2 | 241 | 24 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Brigham Young | ||
| Ron Oswalt | 25 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Indian Hills-Centerville JC; Drake | ||
| Pat Owens | 21 | RCB | 6-0 | 188 | 26 | Virginia Union | ||
| Sam Parham | 43 | LCB | 6-0 | 196 | 25 | Lincoln (Missouri) | ||
| Jim Piggee | 49 | DB | 6-2 | 180 | 30 | St. Augustine's | ||
| John Powers | 83 | TE | 6-2 | 211 | 28 | Notre Dame | ||
| Cliff Ray | 24 | DB | 6-0 | 198 | 25 | Truman State | ||
| Dickie Ray | 20 | DB | 6-0 | 183 | 24 | Truman State | ||
| Reese | ||||||||
| Togo Silvani | 67 | LDE | 6-2 | 243 | 28 | Northeastern Colorado JC; Adams State | ||
| Len Simmons | 16 | RB | 5-11 | 235 | 23 | Edward Waters | ||
| Curt Sriver | 70 | OG | 6-3 | 247 | 23 | Memphis | ||
| Len Stream | 14 | QB | 6-1 | 212 | Minnesota | |||
| Tom Talaga | OT | 6-5 | 230 | 24 | Notre Dame | |||
| Paul Tomich | 74 | OT | 6-4 | 257 | 23 | Drake | ||
| Gary Townsend | 80 | SE | 6-2 | 199 | 22 | Dillard | ||
| Ernie Wade | 77 | LDT | 6-5 | 272 | 29 | Johnson C. Smith | ||
| Jim Washington | 78 | DE | 6-1 | 247 | 24 | Morgan State | ||
| Bob Webb | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 205 | 31 | St. Ambrose | 5 | |
| Jeff Williams | 42 | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Oklahoma State | ||
| Joe Williams | 32 | FB | 5-10 | 205 | 27 | Iowa | ||
| George Wilmot | 84 | LB | 6-1 | 250 | 23 | Southern Methodist | ||
| Otis Young | 63 | ROG | 6-1 | 254 | 25 | Jackson State | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 109 | 284 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 69 | 47 | 53 | 241 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 212 | 82 | 106 | 24 | 64 | 589 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Williams | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | |||
| Bob Long | 0 | 29 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 47 | ||
| Ed Francois | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| George Bork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Larry Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| John Powers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Clifton Ray | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Gary Townsend | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Jeff Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| John Knight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Don Logan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bobby Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Larry Lukasik | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bill Brooks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 38 | 31 | 38 | 81.6 | 7 | 18 | 38.9 | 2 | 284 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 26 | 29 | 89.7 | 11 | 4 | 241 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Williams | 139 | 788 | 5.7 | 71 | 15 |
| Larry Ferguson | 98 | 359 | 3.7 | 46 | 2 |
| John Knight | 61 | 256 | 4.2 | 21 | 1 |
| Jeff Williams | 27 | 177 | 6.6 | 50 | 2 |
| Don Logan | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Bobby Morgan | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Ed Francois | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Len Simmons | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Lukasik | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ron Halda | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Bernie McCall | 6 | -6 | -1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| George Bork | 13 | -37 | -2.8 | 4 | 3 |
| Team Totals | 372 | 1623 | 4.4 | 71 | 23 |
| Opponents Totals | 126 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Bork | 275 | 135 | 49.1 | 122 | 1834 | 6.7 | 13.6 | 62 | 11 | 4.0 | 18 | 6.5 | 56.8 | |||
| Bob Webb | 44 | 17 | 38.6 | 26 | 230 | 5.2 | 13.5 | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.3 | 46.6 | |||
| Bernie McCall | 33 | 12 | 36.4 | 17 | 159 | 4.8 | 13.3 | 45 | 1 | 3.0 | 4 | 12.1 | 23.0 | |||
| Joe Williams | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 4 | 31 | 6.2 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 52.9 | |||
| Larry Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 358 | 165 | 46.1 | 170 | 2254 | 6.3 | 13.7 | 62 | 12 | 3.4 | 23 | 6.4 | 16 | 137 | 2117 | 51.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 1113 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Townsend | 48 | 605 | 12.6 | 45 | 2 |
| Ed Francois | 37 | 432 | 11.7 | 37 | 4 |
| John Powers | 30 | 523 | 17.4 | 62 | 2 |
| Joe Williams | 20 | 240 | 12.0 | 44 | 3 |
| Larry Ferguson | 12 | 140 | 11.7 | 33 | 0 |
| Don Logan | 5 | 143 | 28.6 | 58 | 1 |
| Jeff Williams | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 30 | 0 |
| John Knight | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Ron Oswalt | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Bruce Green | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 165 | 2254 | 13.7 | 62 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton Ray | 8 | 110 | 13.8 | 45 | 2 |
| Pat Owens | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Bobby Morgan | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Larry Lukasik | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Leon Mavity | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| LeRoy Adams | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| John Powers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 217 | 10.9 | 45 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Halda | 50 | 1931 | 38.6 | 67 | 1 | |||||
| Don Logan | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 51 | 1980 | 38.8 | 67 | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reese | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Bobby Morgan | 9 | 114 | 12.7 | 62 | 1 | |
| Clifton Ray | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| John Knight | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jeff Williams | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Don Logan | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 21 | 206 | 9.8 | 62 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Morgan | 16 | 405 | 25.3 | 45 | 0 | |
| John Knight | 11 | 249 | 22.6 | 42 | 0 | |
| Don Logan | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 21 | 0 | |
| Jeff Williams | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Larry Ferguson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Bill Brooks | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Otis Young | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Gene Johnson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Bruce Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Wilmot | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 843 | 21.1 | 45 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 26 | 14 | 0 | ||||
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