1968 Orlando Panthers (COFL) |
| 1st place • Atlantic Division • 10-2-0 .833 |
| Head Coach: Dick Pesonen |
| Jim Garrett | Assistant Coach |
| Bill Muir | Assistant Coach |
| Bob Windish | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/17/1968 | H | Indianapolis Capitols | 28-21 | W | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 6624 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1968 | A | Norfolk Neptunes | 7-13 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 13486 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1968 | A | Arkansas Diamonds | 54-20 | W | Little Rock, AR | Quigley Stadium | 3000 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1968 | H | Alabama Hawks | 38-14 | W | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 8243 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1968 | H | Charleston Rockets | 28-14 | W | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 10084 | |
| Sat | 9/21/1968 | A | Alabama Hawks | 28-10 | W | Huntsville, AL | Milton Frank Stadium | 2627 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1968 | H | Arkansas Diamonds | 55-17 | W | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 6734 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1968 | A | Charleston Rockets | 10-14 | L | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 4550 | |
| Sat | 10/12/1968 | A | Norfolk Neptunes | 31-16 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 16604 | |
| Sat | 10/19/1968 | H | Michigan Arrows | 31-3 | W | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 5074 | |
| Sat | 10/26/1968 | H | Ohio Valley Ironmen | 52-7 | W | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 9874 | |
| Sat | 11/2/1968 | A | Omaha Mustangs | 21-14 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 4593 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1968 | H | Norfolk Neptunes | 21-17 | W | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 7843 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1968 | A | Ohio Valley Ironmen | 9-14 | L | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 4320 | |
| Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/23/1968 | H | Indianapolis Capitols | 28-14 | W | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 5916 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/30/1968 | H | Orange County Ramblers | 30-23 | W | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 10134 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Pete Athas | 44 | LCB | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | Tennessee | ||
| Tom Bailey | 72 | ROT-LOT | 6-5 | 249 | 28 | Alcorn State | ||
| Terry Best | 20 | FL | 6-1 | 180 | 24 | none | ||
| Harry Blackney | 35 | FB | 6-0 | 202 | 21 | Maryland; Wesley JC | ||
| Bob Blakely | 31 | RB | 5-11 | 197 | 33 | Minnesota | ||
| Tom Bland | 42 | FL | 5-11 | 170 | 28 | Oklahoma; West Liberty | ||
| Gene Bowen | 22 | FB | 5-7 | 190 | 23 | Tennessee State | ||
| Cornell Champion | 28 | RB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Trinidad State JC; UCLA | ||
| Charlie Cook | 81 | RLB | 6-2 | 215 | 28 | Grambling State | ||
| Darrell Cox | 1 | WS | 5-9 | 173 | 27 | Kentucky | ||
| Ed Cretens | 51 | MLB | 6-0 | 230 | 23 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | ||
| Mike Currie | 55 | C | 6-0 | 225 | 27 | Michigan State | ||
| Harvey Dixon | 61 | LOG | 6-0 | 240 | 21 | Tennessee State | ||
| Jay Donovan | OT | 6-3 | 235 | 28 | Boston College | |||
| Sid Ellis | 34 | RCB | 6-1 | 180 | 22 | Jackson State | ||
| Terry Fernandez | 54 | C | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | Pearl River CC; Louisiana-Lafayette | ||
| Larry Gergley | 84 | LDT-RDT | 6-1 | 232 | 26 | Buffalo | ||
| Bob Green | 83 | RLB | 6-3 | 239 | 27 | Miami (Florida) | ||
| Henry Harris | 65 | DT | 6-0 | 235 | 23 | Bethune-Cookman | ||
| Dick Hermann | 52 | MLB | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | Florida State | 12 | 12 |
| Johnny Holmes | 86 | LDE | 6-2 | 254 | 25 | Florida A&M | 12 | 12 |
| Dave Hoppmann | 27 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | Iowa State | ||
| Bill Jenkins | 56 | LLB | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Kentucky | ||
| Bill Johnson | 33 | SE-P | 6-4 | 208 | 24 | West Alabama | ||
| Don Jonas | 13 | QB-K | 5-11 | 195 | 30 | Penn State | ||
| Dick Keenan | 70 | DE | 6-1 | 250 | 25 | Montclair State | ||
| Chuck Keneipp | 50 | C | 6-3 | 275 | 26 | East Central | ||
| Jim Lawson | 45 | RCB-LCB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | San Francisco State | ||
| Dick Leftridge | 31 | FB | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | West Virginia | ||
| Arnie Lewis | 33 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Arizona State | ||
| Wilton Manley | 71 | LOT | 6-4 | 247 | 26 | West Texas A&M | ||
| Tony Manzonelli | 60 | LOG | 6-0 | 235 | 24 | Kentucky | ||
| Bob McAdams | 77 | RDE | 6-3 | 250 | 29 | North Carolina Central | 12 | 12 |
| Sam McDowell | 70 | LDT | 6-7 | 335 | 21 | Missouri State | ||
| Freddie Miller | 30 | RB | 6-0 | 211 | 26 | Florida A&M | ||
| Ruben Munoz | 73 | ROG-ROT-LOT | 6-2 | 245 | 26 | Los Angeles Pierce JC | ||
| Tim Murphy | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 175 | 26 | Air Force | ||
| Lamar Richardson | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 207 | 24 | Fisk | ||
| Al Rogers | 74 | RDT-LDT | 6-5 | 260 | 25 | Florida A&M | ||
| Wes Skidgel | 24 | SS | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Oklahoma | 12 | |
| Steve Smith | 48 | TE | 6-2 | 245 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | ||
| John Vignone | 46 | SS | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Susquehanna | ||
| John Walker | 40 | RCB-LCB | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | Ball State | ||
| Sammy Weir | 3 | SE | 5-9 | 170 | 27 | Arkansas State | ||
| Max Wettstein | 82 | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Florida State | ||
| Argle Whitfield | 62 | DE | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Elizabeth City State | ||
| Sam Works | 63 | LOG-ROG | 5-11 | 250 | 25 | Contra Costa JC; Oregon Tech | 12 | 12 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 69 | 105 | 85 | 119 | 378 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 81 | 40 | 49 | 160 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 208 | 66 | 126 | 16 | 54 | 678 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Bland | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | ||
| Don Jonas | 1 | 50 | 51 | 98.0 | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 74 |
| Sammy Weir | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Bob Blakley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Cornell Champion | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Dave Hoppman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Harry Blackney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Leftridge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Max Wettstein | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Terry Best | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gene Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Darrell Cox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sid Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Freddie Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lamar Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Vignone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Gergley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (Unidentified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 51 | 50 | 51 | 98.0 | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 2 | 378 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 19 | 21 | 90.5 | 5 | 0 | 160 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Blackney | 99 | 507 | 5.1 | 50 | 1 |
| Bob Blakely | 63 | 210 | 3.3 | 17 | 4 |
| Gene Bowen | 51 | 204 | 4.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Dave Hoppmann | 52 | 172 | 3.3 | 17 | 3 |
| Cornell Champion | 37 | 130 | 3.5 | 21 | 2 |
| Don Jonas | 13 | 30 | 2.3 | 7 | 1 |
| Tim Murphy | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Dick Leftridge | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 17 | 2 |
| Darrell Cox | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Freddie Miller | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 327 | 1296 | 4.0 | 50 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 1017 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Jonas | 275 | 151 | 54.9 | 110 | 2636 | 9.6 | 17.5 | 99 | 28 | 10.2 | 14 | 5.1 | 100.5 | |||
| Tim Murphy | 35 | 16 | 45.7 | 16 | 306 | 8.7 | 19.1 | 39 | 4 | 11.4 | 3 | 8.6 | 79.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 310 | 167 | 53.9 | 126 | 2942 | 9.5 | 17.6 | 99 | 32 | 10.3 | 17 | 5.5 | 8 | 82 | 2860 | 98.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 1923 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Bland | 71 | 1422 | 20.0 | 99 | 17 |
| Sammy Weir | 37 | 625 | 16.9 | 53 | 7 |
| Bill Johnson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Lamar Richardson | 11 | 148 | 13.5 | 22 | 1 |
| Harry Blackney | 10 | 168 | 16.8 | 59 | 1 |
| Dave Hoppmann | 8 | 88 | 11.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bob Blakely | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Max Wettstein | 5 | 121 | 24.2 | 37 | 2 |
| Cornell Champion | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 43 | 1 |
| Gene Bowen | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Terry Best | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 1 | |
| Freddie Miller | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 38 | 1 |
| Darrell Cox | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Sid Ellis | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 167 | 2942 | 17.6 | 99 | 32 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Athas | 10 | 116 | 11.6 | 31 | 0 |
| John Vignone | 6 | 152 | 25.3 | 48 | 1 |
| Darrell Cox | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 52 | 1 |
| Charlie Cook | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Green | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Wes Skidgel | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dick Hermann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 370 | 14.8 | 52 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Johnson | 25 | 1043 | 41.7 | 67 | 0 | |||||
| Darrell Cox | 20 | 792 | 39.6 | 51 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 45 | 1835 | 40.8 | 67 | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell Champion | 14 | 184 | 13.1 | 32 | 0 | |
| Sid Ellis | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 84 | 1 | |
| Darrell Cox | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Gene Bowen | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| John Vignone | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| Jim Lawson | 7 | 45 | 6.4 | 22 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 417 | 11.9 | 84 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell Champion | 12 | 420 | 35.0 | 94 | 2 | |
| Sid Ellis | 8 | 225 | 28.1 | 53 | 0 | |
| Jim Lawson | 4 | 112 | 28.0 | 45 | 0 | |
| Darrell Cox | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Gene Bowen | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Lamar Richardson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Blackney | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Charlie Cook | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Bob McAdams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Max Wettstein | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 841 | 24.7 | 94 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 13 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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