1968 Dallas Rockets (TFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 4-8-0 .333 |
| Head Coach: Joe Verret |
| Bob Hudson | Assistant Coach |
| Arnold Wimberly | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/3/1968 | A | Twin City Panthers | 20-12 | W | Rayville, LA | |||
| Sun | 8/11/1968 | A | Arkansas Diamonds | 20-10 | W | Little Rock, AR | Quigley Stadium | 500 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1968 | N | Shreveport Trojans | 57-12 | W | Ennis, TX | Ennis High School Stadium | ||
| Sat | 8/24/1968 | A | Beaumont Golden Vikings | 23-24 | L | Beaumont, TX | Greenie Stadium | 7248 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1968 | A | Tulsa Thunderbirds | 13-27 | L | Tulsa, OK | Skelly Stadium | 4516 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1968 | H | Texarkana Titans | 36-21 | W | Dallas, TX | Jesuit High School Field | 2000 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1968 | A | Fort Worth Braves | 24-52 | L | Fort Worth, TX | Farrington Field | 4250 | |
| Sat | 9/21/1968 | H | San Antonio Toros | 23-27 | L | Dallas, TX | Jesuit High School Field | 2350 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1968 | H | Odessa Comets | 35-15 | W | Dallas, TX | Jesuit High School Field | ||
| Sun | 10/6/1968 | A | San Antonio Toros | 7-61 | L | San Antonio, TX | Alamo Stadium | 3655 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1968 | A | Orange County Ramblers | - | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | |||
| Sat | 10/19/1968 | A | Texarkana Titans | 24-28 | L | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 4099 | |
| Sat | 10/26/1968 | H | Fort Worth Braves | 3-41 | L | Dallas, TX | Jesuit High School Field | 250 | |
| Sat | 11/2/1968 | H | Beaumont Golden Vikings | 31-7 | W | Dallas, TX | Jesuit High School Field | ||
| Sat | 11/16/1968 | A | West Texas Rufneks | 17-45 | L | Odessa, TX | W.T. Barrett Stadium | 1000 | |
| Sat | 11/23/1968 | H | Tulsa Thunderbirds | 13-6 | W | Dallas, TX | Jesuit High School Field | ||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/13/1968 | Orange County Ramblers | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jerry Allen | G | 6-0 | 220 | Arlington State JC; Louisiana-Lafayette | ||||
| Johnny Antonisse | K | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | none | |||
| Al Brewer | C | 5-11 | 260 | Northeastern A&M JC | ||||
| Lewis Cager | DE | 6-4 | 230 | 24 | North Texas; Bishop | |||
| Ray Campbell | C | 6-2 | 250 | Texarkana JC; Lamar | ||||
| Ken Chenault | C | 6-0 | 220 | North Texas | ||||
| Mitch Clark | T | 6-1 | 265 | Wiley | ||||
| Phil Cody | LB | 6-0 | 210 | North Texas | ||||
| Ronnie Daum | TE | 6-2 | 236 | Navarro JC; Howard Payne | ||||
| Tommy Edwards | FL | 6-0 | 185 | Wiley | ||||
| Larry Fairchild | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | Kansas | |||
| Charles Fields | T | 6-3 | 260 | Jarvis Christian | ||||
| Jim Ford | G | 5-11 | 220 | Bishop | ||||
| Hugh Grady | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | Texas Tech | |||
| Paul Green | OT | 6-0 | 238 | East Texas A&M | ||||
| Larry Henry | DB | 5-10 | 182 | Bishop | ||||
| Tony Higgins | OE | 5-11 | 182 | Langston | ||||
| Curt Jefferson | DB | 6-0 | 200 | Navarro JC | ||||
| Ron Kee | QB | 5-10 | 180 | Maryland | ||||
| Rod Keeling | OE | 6-1 | 205 | none | ||||
| Dennis Kelly | OT | 6-4 | 235 | Missouri | ||||
| Bruce Land | RB | 5-10 | 185 | Navarro JC; Lamar | ||||
| Rickey Marshall | DB | 5-11 | 180 | Kilgore JC | ||||
| Mel Meyers | QB-DB | 5-11 | 197 | 28 | Illinois | |||
| Ken Mulford | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Texas-Arlington | |||
| Pat Murphy | LB | 6-0 | 198 | none | ||||
| Bill Neal | DT | 6-2 | 240 | none | ||||
| Ivan Philpot | LB | 5-11 | 213 | 25 | East Texas A&M | |||
| Andy Pipkins | T | 6-1 | 267 | Texas Southern | ||||
| Vic Poe | LB | 6-4 | 233 | 21 | Oklahoma | |||
| Jim Prda | RB | 6-0 | 192 | 27 | Navarro JC | |||
| Willie Price | OG | 6-1 | 260 | Prairie View A&M | ||||
| Dave Ransopher | T | 6-3 | 221 | 26 | Navarro JC | |||
| Emmett Richey | FL | 5-10 | 171 | Wiley | ||||
| Ken Riley | OT | 6-2 | 250 | 22 | Texas Tech; Texas-Arlington | |||
| Jimmy Rowe | DT | 6-0 | 260 | 24 | Tarleton State | |||
| Larry Rumsey | G | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Texas-El Paso | |||
| Royce Shelton | RB | 6-0 | 190 | 31 | Texas A&M; Arlington State JC; Stephen F. Austin State | |||
| Barry Smith | SE | 6-1 | 202 | 24 | Texas-Arlington | |||
| Steve Stephenson | DE | 6-2 | 230 | East Texas A&M | ||||
| Jerry Taylor | P | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | San Angelo JC; Texas-El Paso | |||
| Ray Toole | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 32 | Tyler JC; North Texas | |||
| Joe Wilhoite | SS | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Howard Payne | |||
| Joe Williams | DB | 5-10 | 180 | none | ||||
| Tommy Winn | RB | 5-10 | 181 | 23 | Lamar; Tarleton State | |||
| Ed Wright | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Texarkana JC | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 67 | 64 | 56 | 62 | 249 |
| Opponents Totals | 81 | 84 | 60 | 129 | 354 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Antonisse | 0 | 28 | 9 | - | 0 | 55 | |||||||
| Tommy Edwards | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Emmett Richey | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Rod Keeling | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Mel Meyers | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Tony Higgins | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Ray Toole | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Barry Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Jim Prda | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Steve Stephenson | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Tommy Winn | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | 32 | 28 | 32 | 87.5 | 9 | - | 1 | 249 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 40 | 48 | 83.3 | 8 | - | 1 | 354 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Edwards | 96 | 450 | 4.7 | 2 | |
| Mel Meyers | 3 | ||||
| Ray Toole | 3 | ||||
| Jim Prda | 1 | ||||
| Tommy Winn | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 10 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Toole | 233 | 92 | 39.5 | 1612 | 6.9 | 17.5 | 9 | 3.9 | ||||||||
| Mel Meyers | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Tommy Edwards | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Ron Kee | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 15 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 25 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Smith | 48 | 829 | 17.3 | 2 | |
| Rod Keeling | 5 | ||||
| Tommy Edwards | 4 | ||||
| Tony Higgins | 2 | ||||
| Emmett Richey | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 15 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 25 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Mulford | 5 | 0 | |||
| Mel Meyers | 1 | ||||
| Steve Stephenson | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 4 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Taylor | 42.4 | |||||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0+ | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmett Richey | 22 | 674 | 30.6 | 3 | ||
| Tony Higgins | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 4 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0+ | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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