1968 Orlando Panthers (COFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches

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
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
44	Pete Athas	LCB	5-11	185	22	Tennessee
72	Tom Bailey	ROT-LOT	6-5	249	28	Alcorn State
20	Terry Best	FL	6-1	180	24	none
35	Harry Blackney	FB	6-0	202	21	Maryland; Wesley JC
31	Bob Blakely	RB	5-11	197	33	Minnesota
42	Tom Bland	FL	5-11	170	28	Oklahoma; West Liberty
22	Gene Bowen	FB	5-7	190	23	Tennessee State
28	Cornell Champion	RB	5-11	190	23	Trinidad State JC; UCLA
81	Charlie Cook	RLB	6-2	215	28	Grambling State
1	Darrell Cox	WS	5-9	173	27	Kentucky
51	Ed Cretens	MLB	6-0	230	23	Wisconsin-La Crosse
55	Mike Currie	C	6-0	225	27	Michigan State
61	Harvey Dixon	LOG	6-0	240	21	Tennessee State
	Jay Donovan	OT	6-3	235	28	Boston College
34	Sid Ellis	RCB	6-1	180	22	Jackson State
54	Terry Fernandez	C	6-1	225	26	Pearl River CC; Louisiana-Lafayette
84	Larry Gergley	LDT-RDT	6-1	232	26	Buffalo
83	Bob Green	RLB	6-3	239	27	Miami (Florida)
65	Henry Harris	DT	6-0	235	23	Bethune-Cookman
52	Dick Hermann	MLB	6-1	215	26	Florida State	12	12
86	Johnny Holmes	LDE	6-2	254	25	Florida A&M	12	12
27	Dave Hoppmann	RB	6-1	205	28	Iowa State
56	Bill Jenkins	LLB	6-2	220	25	Kentucky
33	Bill Johnson	SE-P	6-4	208	24	West Alabama
13	Don Jonas	QB-K	5-11	195	30	Penn State
70	Dick Keenan	DE	6-1	250	25	Montclair State
50	Chuck Keneipp	C	6-3	275	26	East Central
45	Jim Lawson	RCB-LCB	6-0	190	25	San Francisco State
31	Dick Leftridge	FB	6-2	240	24	West Virginia
33	Arnie Lewis	DB	5-11	185	23	Arizona State
71	Wilton Manley	LOT	6-4	247	26	West Texas A&M
60	Tony Manzonelli	LOG	6-0	235	24	Kentucky
77	Bob McAdams	RDE	6-3	250	29	North Carolina Central	12	12
70	Sam McDowell	LDT	6-7	335	21	Missouri State
30	Freddie Miller	RB	6-0	211	26	Florida A&M
73	Ruben Munoz	ROG-ROT-LOT	6-2	245	26	Los Angeles Pierce JC
12	Tim Murphy	QB	6-0	175	26	Air Force
87	Lamar Richardson	TE	6-3	207	24	Fisk
74	Al Rogers	RDT-LDT	6-5	260	25	Florida A&M
24	Wes Skidgel	SS	6-0	190	25	Oklahoma	12
48	Steve Smith	TE	6-2	245	24	Miami (Florida)
46	John Vignone	SS	6-0	190	24	Susquehanna
40	John Walker	RCB-LCB	5-11	180	26	Ball State
3	Sammy Weir	SE	5-9	170	27	Arkansas State
82	Max Wettstein	TE	6-3	230	24	Florida State
62	Argle Whitfield	DE	6-3	240	25	Elizabeth City State
63	Sam Works	LOG-ROG	5-11	250	25	Contra Costa JC; Oregon Tech	12	12

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	69	105	85	119
Opponents Totals	30	81

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

Jim Garrett	Assistant Coach
Bill Muir	Assistant Coach
Bob Windish	Assistant Coach

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
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

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

PUNT RETURNS	NO	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	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