1968 Quad-City Raiders (COFL) |
| 7th place • Central Division • 0-2-0 .000 |
| Head Coach: John Thomas |
| Don Carothers | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/1/1968 | A | Ohio Valley Ironmen | 6-63 | L | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 6593 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1968 | H | Chicago Owls | 9-21 | L | Davenport, IA | Municipal Stadium | 1200 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1968 | A | Indianapolis Capitols | - | Indianapolis, IN | Owen J. Bush Stadium | |||
| Sat | 9/21/1968 | H | Arkansas Diamonds | - | |||||
| Sat | 9/28/1968 | H | Oklahoma City Plainsmen | - | |||||
| Sat | 10/5/1968 | A | Chicago Owls | - | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | |||
| Sat | 10/12/1968 | H | Indianapolis Capitols | - | |||||
| Sat | 10/19/1968 | H | Omaha Mustangs | - | |||||
| Sat | 10/26/1968 | A | Oklahoma City Plainsmen | - | Oklahoma City, OK | Taft Stadium | |||
| Sat | 11/2/1968 | A | Arkansas Diamonds | - | Little Rock, AR | Quigley Stadium | |||
| Sat | 11/9/1968 | H | Charleston Rockets | - | |||||
| Sat | 11/16/1968 | A | Omaha Mustangs | - | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | |||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/14/1968 | Indianapolis Capitols | Canceled |
| 9/21/1968 | Arkansas Diamonds | Canceled |
| 9/28/1968 | Oklahoma City Plainsmen | Canceled |
| 10/5/1968 | Chicago Owls | Canceled |
| 10/12/1968 | Indianapolis Capitols | Canceled |
| 10/19/1968 | Omaha Mustangs | Canceled |
| 10/26/1968 | Oklahoma City Plainsmen | Canceled |
| 11/2/1968 | Arkansas Diamonds | Canceled |
| 11/9/1968 | Charleston Rockets | Canceled |
| 11/16/1968 | Omaha Mustangs | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ernie Ames | DE-DT | 6-3 | 245 | 24 | Marion Military Institute JC; Kent State | |||
| Tom Barber | 82 | DE | 6-0 | 230 | Tulsa | |||
| Eddie Bolden | 61 | OG | 6-0 | 255 | 22 | Tennessee State | ||
| Marty Calhoun | 25 | RB | 6-2 | 185 | none | |||
| Dewey Chester | 42 | HB | 6-1 | 206 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 2 | |
| Jess Collier | off | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Illinois | |||
| Bob Corker | 31 | DB | 5-9 | 185 | Rhodes | |||
| Tom Coulter | RB | 5-10 | 222 | Los Angeles State | ||||
| Warren Desadier | 74 | DE | 6-3 | 262 | 28 | Grambling State | ||
| Bill Egbert | 60 | LB | 5-9 | 237 | 23 | West Alabama | ||
| Willie Eleby | 24 | S | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Wilberforce | ||
| Ed Farmer | TE | 6-3 | 235 | |||||
| Chuck Fulton | 81 | DE | 6-1 | 210 | Oklahoma | |||
| Orbie Giles | 84 | OE | 6-2 | 190 | 27 | none | 2 | |
| Ken Gorney | 10 | QB | 6-2 | 202 | 23 | Phoenix JC; Adams State | 2 | |
| Joe Harenza | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 188 | 22 | Marshall; Western Michigan | 2 | |
| Henry Harper | 33 | OE | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Alcorn State | ||
| Al Jones | 62 | OG | 5-11 | 240 | Western Illinois | 2 | ||
| Gene Leach | CB | 6-1 | 210 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Mondo Lounis | 71 | OT | 6-0 | 255 | 26 | Joplin JC; Missouri Southern State | 2 | |
| Fred Martin | 73 | DT | 6-2 | 260 | Iowa | |||
| Chuck McLeod | 80 | TE | 6-6 | 234 | 25 | Mississippi Valley State | ||
| Harold Murphy | 43 | LB | 6-0 | 233 | 28 | Texas Southern | ||
| Ed Ost | OG | 6-2 | 241 | 24 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Brigham Young | |||
| Dick Parks | 21 | K-P | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Illinois | ||
| Jim Parvin | 64 | LB-OG | 5-11 | 210 | Western Illinois | |||
| Ed Placek | 51 | C | 6-2 | 234 | McCook JC; Adams State | 2 | ||
| Don Porter | 30 | FL | 6-2 | 187 | 23 | Norfolk State | ||
| Joe Robinson | ||||||||
| Warren Rogers | 50 | C-LB | 6-2 | 247 | Pratt CC; Hardin-Simmons | 2 | ||
| Cliff Runyan | 72 | OT | 6-5 | 232 | none | |||
| Pete Seiler | 52 | LB | 5-9 | 220 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 2 | ||
| Len Simmons | FB | 5-11 | 235 | 23 | Edward Waters | 2 | ||
| Ray Smith | 70 | OT | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Norfolk State | 2 | |
| Jerry Thompson | 41 | DT | 6-5 | 275 | ||||
| Ed Tomberin | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Orville Townsend | 22 | HB | 5-10 | 205 | 26 | Iowa | 2 | |
| Jim Washington | DE | 245 | 1 | |||||
| Al Wells | 23 | SE | 6-2 | 205 | West Virginia State | |||
| Dennis Wiggins | SE | 215 | 1 | |||||
| Lou Williams | 32 | CB | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Iowa | 2 | |
| Rob Williams | off | |||||||
| Kurt Wilson | S | 6-2 | 210 | 2 | 2 | |||
| John Yerbic | 63 | OG | 6-0 | 235 | 24 | Western Illinois | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 84 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 152 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Desadier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Joe Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Dick Parks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| (Unidentified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 2 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orville Townsend | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Dewey Chester | 15 | 26 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Marty Calhoun | 4 | -11 | -2.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Ken Gorney | 0 | ||||
| Joe Harenza | 0 | ||||
| Len Simmons | 45 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 60 | 141 | 2.4 | 45 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 221 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Gorney | 35 | 16 | 45.7 | 18 | 123 | 3.5 | 7.7 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.9 | 42.9 | |||
| Joe Harenza | 10 | 1 | 10.0 | 8 | 17 | 1.7 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 45 | 17 | 37.8 | 26 | 140 | 3.1 | 8.2 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.4 | 4 | 44 | 96 | 28.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 421 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Farmer | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Porter | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Jess Collier | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Len Simmons | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Rob Williams | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dennis Wiggins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 140 | 8.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Corker | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Willie Eleby | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Parks | 14 | 493 | 35.2 | 56 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 14 | 493 | 35.2 | 56 | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Williams | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Bill Egbert | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Corker | 7 | 152 | 21.7 | 41 | 0 | |
| Lou Williams | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 23 | 0 | |
| Jess Collier | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 15 | 284 | 18.9 | 41 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||||
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