| 1969 Alabama Hawks (COFL) | 
| 4th place • Atlantic Division • 6-6-0 .500 | 
| Head Coach: Dave Sington | 
| Max Burleson | Assistant Coach | 
| Freck League | Defensive | 
| Tommy Lewis | Offensive | 
| Billy Lumpkin | Assistant Coach | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/2/1969 | H | Atlanta Falcons Rookies | 0-55 | L | Huntsville, AL | Milton Frank Stadium | 9300 | |
| Sat | 8/16/1969 | H | Indianapolis Capitols | 21-33 | L | Huntsville, AL | Milton Frank Stadium | 1500 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1969 | A | Tri-Cities Apollos | 31-17 | W | Midland, MI | Midland Stadium | 2777 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1969 | H | Chicago Owls | 28-26 | W | Huntsville, AL | Milton Frank Stadium | 8300 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1969 | A | Omaha Mustangs | 31-7 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 7602 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1969 | H | Norfolk Neptunes | 7-20 | L | Huntsville, AL | Milton Frank Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1969 | H | Tri-Cities Apollos | 17-13 | W | Huntsville, AL | Milton Frank Stadium | 2107 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1969 | A | Orlando Panthers | 10-49 | L | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 6315 | |
| Sat | 10/11/1969 | A | Arkansas Diamonds | 28-31 | L | Conway, AR | Estes Field | 800 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1969 | A | Orlando Panthers | 3-7 | L | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 12769 | |
| Sat | 10/25/1969 | H | Arkansas Diamonds | 21-7 | W | Birmingham, AL | Fair Park Stadium | 1661 | |
| Sat | 11/1/1969 | A | Norfolk Neptunes | 7-24 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Stadium | 14409 | |
| Sat | 11/8/1969 | H | Omaha Mustangs | 32-10 | W | Birmingham, AL | Fair Park Stadium | 2004 | |
| Fri | 11/14/1969 | A | Jersey Jays | 6-35 | L | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | ||
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Jim Anderson | 52 | C | 6-2 | 255 | Jackson State | |||
| Amos Ayers | 46 | CB | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | ||
| Terry Belvin | 86 | DT | 6-5 | 270 | 20 | none | ||
| Eddie Bolden | 64 | OG | 6-0 | 255 | 23 | Tennessee State | ||
| Tom Bryan | 19 | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Auburn | ||
| Henry Burnette | 63 | OT | 6-2 | 246 | 21 | Lincoln (Missouri) | ||
| Bob Byrd | 54 | LB | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Snead State JC; Jacksonville State | ||
| Mac Byrd | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | Southern California | |||
| Tyrone Caldwell | 76 | DT | 6-5 | 265 | 22 | South Carolina State | ||
| Jim Callahan | 84 | WR | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Temple | ||
| Joe Cooper | 30 | FL | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Tennessee State | ||
| Ken Corbin | 36 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | ||
| Ken Deckard | 82 | FL | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | McMurry | ||
| Chuck Detwiler | 42 | S | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Utah State | ||
| Woodrow Dixon | 26 | CB | 6-2 | 197 | 23 | Stillman | ||
| Jimmy Dye | DB | 5-10 | 163 | 24 | Missouri Southern JC; Miami (Florida) | |||
| Eddie Edwards | 20 | RB | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | Lincoln (Missouri) | ||
| Don Fitzgerald | 44 | RB | 6-0 | 215 | 23 | Kent State | ||
| Ted Franklin | 24 | RB | 5-9 | 175 | 30 | Alabama A&M | ||
| Frank Fuder | 71 | OT | 6-4 | 255 | 23 | Memphis | ||
| Allen Green | 39 | K | 6-2 | 216 | 31 | Mississippi | ||
| Larry Groce | 60 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 22 | Memphis; Troy | ||
| Andy Gross | 66 | OG | 6-0 | 232 | 24 | Auburn | ||
| Mike Hall | 60 | LB | 5-11 | 230 | 22 | Alabama | ||
| Doyle Hill | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | North Alabama | ||
| Fred Hubbs | 70 | OT | 6-2 | 253 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | ||
| Eddie Hughes | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Prairie View A&M; Texas Southern | |||
| Onree Jackson | 12 | QB | 6-5 | 208 | 22 | Alabama A&M | ||
| Ray Jeffords | 80 | TE | 6-4 | 218 | 24 | Georgia | ||
| Jim Judd | 81 | TE | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | Missouri | ||
| Ricky Lindsey | 30 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | North Alabama | ||
| Dean Lotz | 50 | C | 6-3 | 245 | 23 | Memphis | ||
| Bobby Lowery | 85 | SE | 6-1 | 212 | 22 | New Mexico State | ||
| Garth Morgan | 34 | DB | 5-11 | 174 | 22 | Columbia Basin JC; Montana | ||
| Gene Mosley | TE | 6-4 | 240 | 23 | Jackson State | |||
| Mike O'Dell | 83 | DT | 6-7 | 275 | 24 | Memphis | ||
| Wally Oyler | 39 | P-S | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Louisville | ||
| Lonnie Paige | 73 | DT | 6-1 | 255 | 23 | North Carolina Central | ||
| Tony Pleviak | 83 | DT | 6-3 | 245 | 22 | Illinois | ||
| H.K. Reeves | 75 | OT | 6-2 | 240 | 25 | Arkansas State | ||
| Denver Samples | 54/74 | DE | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Phoenix JC; Texas-El Paso | ||
| Greg Soulds | 40 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | Utah | ||
| Terry Southall | 13 | QB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Baylor | ||
| Lynn Swinford | 40 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Georgia; Jacksonville State | ||
| Louie Thompson | 72 | DE | 6-2 | 245 | 24 | Alabama | ||
| Hank Urbanowicz | 75 | DT | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Southern Missouri JC; Miami (Florida) | ||
| Jeff Van Note | 52 | C | 6-2 | 247 | 23 | Kentucky | ||
| Rod Verkey | 71 | LB | 6-4 | 235 | 22 | Cortland State | ||
| Ray Vinson | 22 | S | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Jacksonville State | ||
| Roger Whitehead | 65 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 23 | South Carolina State | ||
| Paul Williams | 82 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | Benedict; California | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 221 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 246 | 
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | |||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Cooper | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Allan Green | 0 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 5 | 16 | 31.3 | 0 | 43 | 
| Don Fitzgerald | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Eddie Edwards | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ray Jeffords | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ken Deckard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ted Franklin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ed Hughes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Paul Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Chuck Detwiler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Groce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 29 | 28 | 29 | 96.6 | 5 | 16 | 31.3 | 2 | 221 | 
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 10 | 3 | 246 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Fitzgerald | 113 | 439 | 3.9 | 28 | 5 | 
| Eddie Hughes | 67 | 355 | 5.3 | 55 | 2 | 
| Tom Bryan | 54 | 209 | 3.9 | 26 | 0 | 
| Eddie Edwards | 32 | 135 | 4.2 | 44 | 3 | 
| Ted Franklin | 16 | 77 | 4.8 | 17 | 0 | 
| Wally Oyler | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 23 | 0 | 
| Terry Southall | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 12 | 0 | 
| Jim Callahan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Paul Williams | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Onree Jackson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Chuck Detwiler | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 
| Lynn Swinford | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 297 | 1305 | 4.4 | 55 | 10 | 
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Southall | 241 | 114 | 47.3 | 106 | 1400 | 5.8 | 12.3 | 68 | 13 | 5.4 | 21 | 8.7 | 47.4 | |||
| Tom Bryan | 61 | 21 | 34.4 | 32 | 316 | 5.2 | 15.0 | 61 | 4 | 6.6 | 8 | 13.1 | 34.6 | |||
| Doyle Hill | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Onree Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 305 | 135 | 44.3 | 141 | 1716 | 5.6 | 12.7 | 68 | 17 | 5.6 | 29 | 9.5 | 22 | 241 | 1466 | 41.4 | 
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Jeffords | 30 | 294 | 9.8 | 25 | 3 | 
| Joe Cooper | 27 | 444 | 16.4 | 68 | 8 | 
| Paul Williams | 21 | 286 | 13.6 | 32 | 2 | 
| Eddie Hughes | 15 | 98 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 | 
| Tom Bryan | 12 | 155 | 12.9 | 29 | 0 | 
| Ted Franklin | 10 | 172 | 17.2 | 33 | 2 | 
| Ken Deckard | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 30 | 2 | 
| Don Fitzgerald | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 9 | 0 | 
| Jim Callahan | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 12 | 0 | 
| Bobby Lowery | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 10 | 0 | 
| Eddie Edwards | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 | 
| Gene Mosley | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 135 | 1707 | 12.6 | 68 | 17 | 
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Detwiler | 8 | 102 | 12.8 | 33 | 1 | 
| Ray Vinson | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 30 | 0 | 
| Wally Oyler | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 32 | 0 | 
| Woodrow Dixon | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 47 | 0 | 
| Amos Ayers | 3 | 48 | 56.0 | 20 | 0 | 
| Mac Byrd | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 36 | 0 | 
| Larry Groce | 1 | 83 | 83.0 | 83t | 1 | 
| Rod Verkey | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 
| Mike Hall | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 
| Lonnie Paige | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 27 | 480 | 17.8 | 83 | 2 | 
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Oyler | 56 | 2428 | 43.4 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 56 | 2428 | 43.4 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Vinson | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Ray Jeffords | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Chuck Detwiler | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Ted Franklin | 11 | 83 | 7.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Lynn Swinford | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 13 | 0 | |
| Greg Soulds | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 23 | 5 | 183 | 8.0 | 26 | 0 | 
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Lowery | 20 | 537 | 26.9 | 52 | 0 | |
| Ted Franklin | 11 | 197 | 17.9 | 30 | 0 | |
| Chuck Detwiler | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Ray Jeffords | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Garth Morgan | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Jeff Van Note | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Eddie Edwards | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Lynn Swinford | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 881 | 22.0 | 52 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 
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