1970 Norfolk Neptunes (ACFL) |
| 2nd place • Southern Division • 7-5-0 .583 |
| Head Coach: George Hughes |
| Ed Booth | Assistant Coach |
| Ed Hargrove | Assistant Coach |
| Dick Limerick | Assistant Coach |
| Ron Nery | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Sat | 8/15/1970 | H | Jersey Jays | 19 | 3 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | ||
| Sat | 8/22/1970 | H | Orlando Panthers | 23 | 14 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 12650 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1970 | H | Richmond Saints | 9 | 20 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 6482 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1970 | A | Orlando Panthers | 14 | 25 | L | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 5000 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1970 | H | Bridgeport Jets | 14 | 3 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 7744 | |
| Sat | 9/26/1970 | H | Roanoke Buckskins | 42 | 14 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 12533 | |
| Sat | 10/3/1970 | A | Richmond Saints | 28 | 7 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 4000 | |
| Sat | 10/10/1970 | H | Indianapolis Capitols | 14 | 7 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 9122 | |
| Fri | 10/16/1970 | A | Jersey Tigers | 10 | 7 | W | Elizabeth, NJ | Williams High School Field | 1500 | |
| Sat | 10/24/1970 | A | Roanoke Buckskins | 34 | 40 | L | OT | Roanoke, VA | Victory Stadium | 1000 |
| Sat | 10/31/1970 | H | Pennsylvania Firebirds | 24 | 35 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 10502 | |
| Sat | 11/7/1970 | A | Indianapolis Capitols | 24 | 27 | L | OT | Indianapolis, IN | Bush Stadium | 3819 |
| Sat | 11/14/1970 | H | Richmond Saints | 17 | 22 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 9042 | |
| Sat | 11/21/1970 | H | Orlando Panthers | 45 | 10 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 5358 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1970 | A | Pennsylvania Firebirds | 22 | 7 | W | Pottstown, PA | Grigg Memorial Field | 1500 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Roger Anderson | 78 | RDE-LDE | 6-5 | 263 | 28 | Virginia Union | ||
| Pete Athas | 44 | S | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Tennessee | ||
| Mike Becklund | 73 | DE | 6-2 | 240 | 22 | Cerritos JC; Utah State | ||
| Don Bierowicz | 52 | RDT-LDT | 6-1 | 235 | 26 | Michigan State | ||
| Mac Bledsoe | 87 | TE | 6-4 | 217 | 24 | Washington | ||
| Harry Bonner | 23 | RB | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | Huron | ||
| Charlie Brandon | 74 | LOG | 6-3 | 255 | 27 | Shaw | ||
| Ray Brown | 30 | FB | 5-9 | 222 | 26 | Drake | ||
| Mike Capshaw | 70 | LOT-ROT | 6-4 | 255 | 26 | Abilene Christian | ||
| Fred Combs | 44 | RCB-S | 5-10 | 196 | 24 | North Carolina State | ||
| Joe Cooper | 80 | WR | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Tennessee State | ||
| Charles Cox | 75 | DT | 6-3 | 260 | Shaw | |||
| Larry Cox | 75 | LDT-RDT | 6-2 | 250 | 27 | Abilene Christian | ||
| Roy Davis | 58 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Prairie View A&M | ||
| Junior Edge | 14 | QB | 6-2 | 220 | 30 | North Carolina | ||
| Pettus Farrar | 24 | RB | 6-3 | 220 | 24 | Norfolk State | ||
| Don Floyd | 25 | WR | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Florida State | ||
| Barney Harris | 86 | DB-WR | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Texas A&M | ||
| Win Hawkins | 37 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | Mississippi Valley State | |||
| Joe Hightower | 46 | WS-K | 6-1 | 217 | 28 | Appalachian State | ||
| Danny Holman | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 186 | 25 | Monterey Peninsula JC; San Jose State | ||
| Bill House | 79 | DT | 6-5 | 270 | 24 | Youngstown State | ||
| Gerald Jones | 77 | DE | 6-3 | 250 | 27 | UCLA | ||
| Thurman Jones | 31 | RB | 5-11 | 220 | 24 | North Carolina Central | ||
| Jimmie Jordan | 86 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Sacramento State | ||
| Alan Landmark | 65 | ROG | 6-2 | 242 | 26 | Eastern Washington | ||
| Hub Lindsey | 33 | WR | 5-11 | 196 | 25 | Wyoming | ||
| Roger Lopes | 32 | FB | 5-11 | 220 | 27 | Michigan State | ||
| Rich Lucka | 62 | LOG | 6-1 | 245 | 28 | Cincinnati | ||
| Wayne McDuffie | 57 | C | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Florida State | ||
| Henry McKay | 26 | WR | 6-0 | 194 | 23 | Guilford | ||
| John Montes | 56 | RLB-LLB | 6-1 | 232 | 26 | Hartnell JC; Idaho State | ||
| Ivie Moore | 42 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 21 | El Dorado JC: Wyoming | ||
| Kevin Moran | 55 | LOG-ROG | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | East Carolina | ||
| Phil Morgan | 82 | RLB-LLB-MLB | 6-1 | 220 | 28 | East Tennessee State | ||
| Leroy Motton | 22 | RB | 5-9 | 208 | 23 | Tennessee State | ||
| Nelson Munsey | 20 | LCB | 6-1 | 188 | 22 | Wyoming; Hiram Scott | ||
| Ron Nery | 83 | DE | 6-6 | 236 | 36 | Kansas State | ||
| Art Robinson | 81 | WR | 6-0 | 210 | 28 | Florida A&M | ||
| Otis Sistrunk | 76 | RDE-LDE | 6-4 | 265 | 23 | none | ||
| John Smith | 88 | LB | 6-4 | 225 | New Mexico Highlands | |||
| Steve Smith | 71 | ROT-LOT | 6-3 | 256 | 28 | none | ||
| Art Strahan | 79 | LDE | 6-5 | 265 | 27 | Texas Southern | ||
| Jim Todd | 64 | ROG | 6-3 | 242 | 26 | Grambling State | ||
| Don Vallery | 21 | RCB | 6-0 | 175 | 24 | Oregon; Grays Harbor JC; Central Washington | ||
| Monk Williams | 16 | HB | 5-7 | 155 | 25 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | ||
| Earl Wood | 51 | MLB-LLB | 6-1 | 230 | 26 | Coffeyville CC; ; West Texas A&M | ||
| Pete Wysocki | 53 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | Western Michigan | ||
| Art Zachary | 43 | SS-P | 6-4 | 216 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 288 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 47 | 44 | 55 | 9 | 204 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry McKay | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85 | ||||
| Joe Hightower | 0 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 61 | ||||
| Roger Lopes | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||
| Ray Brown | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||
| Monk Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Thurman Jones | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Mac Bledsoe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 37 | 36 | 37 | 97.3 | 10 | 0 | 288 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 22 | 23 | 95.7 | 9 | 2 | 204 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Brown | 165 | 603 | 3.7 | 45 | 8 |
| Monk Williams | 61 | 202 | 3.3 | 57 | 1 |
| Roger Lopes | 62 | 154 | 2.5 | 14 | 8 |
| Thurman Jones | 43 | 142 | 3.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Junior Edge | 12 | 60 | 5.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Danny Holman | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Hub Lindsey | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Art Zachary | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Leroy Motton | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Pettus Farrar | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Harry Bonner | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Holman | 141 | 70 | 49.6 | 62 | 1405 | 10.0 | 20.1 | 91 | 12 | 8.5 | 9 | 6.4 | 86.7 | |||
| Junior Edge | 192 | 98 | 51.0 | 88 | 1303 | 6.8 | 13.3 | 57 | 6 | 3.1 | 6 | 3.1 | 70.3 | |||
| Harry Bonner | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 91.7 | |||
| Team Totals | 18 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 13 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry McKay | 61 | 1253 | 20.5 | 91 | 14 |
| Don Floyd | 29 | 424 | 14.6 | 32 | 0 |
| Mac Bledsoe | 19 | 382 | 20.1 | 48 | 2 |
| Thurman Jones | 16 | 173 | 10.8 | 31 | 1 |
| Monk Williams | 12 | 155 | 12.9 | 66 | 1 |
| Ray Brown | 10 | 85 | 8.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Hub Lindsey | 8 | 110 | 13.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Roger Lopes | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 38 | 1 |
| Barney Harris | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Art Robinson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Phil Morgan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Harry Bonner | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Zachary | 3 | 98 | 32.7 | 98 | 0 |
| Earl Wood | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Nelson Munsey | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| Don Vallery | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Phil Morgan | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Roger Anderson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Pete Athas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Combs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Zachary | 55 | 2176 | 39.6 | 53 | ||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivie Moore | 15 | 100 | 6.7 | 33 | 0 | |
| Barney Harris | 8 | 94 | 11.8 | 26 | 0 | |
| Monk Williams | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 | |
| Henry Bonner | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 17 | 0 | |
| Pettus Farrar | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monk Williams | 19 | 535 | 28.2 | 99 | 1 | |
| Henry Bonner | 8 | 176 | 22.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Pettus Farrar | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| Thurman Jones | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Ray Brown | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Roger Lopes | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| John Montes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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