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1971 Dallas Rockets (TAFL)

4th place • 0-5-0 .000

1971 TAFL Previous Season

Roster Key • Stat Key

Head Coach: Joe Verret

Barry Smith	Assistant Coach
Joe Wilhoite	Assistant Coach
Arnold Wimberly	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Tue	4/27/1971	N	Texarkana Titans	9-55	L		Commerce, TX	Memorial Stadium	600
Sat	5/1/1971	H	Fort Worth Braves	31-24	W		Dallas, TX	P.C. Cobb Stadium
Sat	5/8/1971	A	San Antonio Toros	17-41	L		San Antonio, TX		2250
Sat	5/15/1971	A	Texarkana Titans	0-26	L		Texarkana, TX		3142
Sat	5/22/1971	A	San Antonio Toros	10-28	L		San Antonio, TX		2398
Tue	6/1/1971	H	Fort Worth Braves	22-28	L		Dallas, TX	P.C. Cobb Stadium	620
Sat	6/5/1971	H	Texarkana Titans	21-48	L		Dallas, TX	P.C. Cobb Stadium
Sat	6/12/1971	A	San Antonio Toros	3-42	L		San Antonio, TX		1000

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

Schedule Notes
6/1/1971	Fort Worth Braves	Postponed from 5/29

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Johnny Antonisse		K-P	5-11	185	25	none
Mike Arnold		RB	5-9	180		Bishop
Ben Bangs		LDE	6-1	225	23	Prairie View A&M
Bob Brocks		RDE	6-2	215		Bishop
Roy Buford		DB	6-0	185	22	Texas Southern
Eddie Buzzell		QB	6-0	190	27	Ottawa (Kansas)
Mitch Clark		LOT	6-1	265		Wiley
Charles Coach		DT	6-6	260		Oklahoma Christian
Jim Collins		LLB	6-2	225		Tyler JC
Bob Daniels		off	6-0	185		Bishop
Ronnie Daum		TE	6-2	236		Navarro JC; Howard Payne
Ken Fields		DE	6-2	240		Bishop
Paul Green		ROG	6-0	238		East Texas A&M
Sherrell Grubbs		OT	6-2	257	27	Tyler JC; Tarleton State
Tony Higgins		RB	5-11	182		Langston
Curt Jefferson		LCB	6-0	200		Navarro JC
Ron Kee		QB	5-10	180		Maryland
Bruce Land		RB	5-10	185		Navarro JC; Lamar
Verner Lewis		RDT	6-2	255		Washington
Larry Looper		OG	6-2	245		Tyler JC
Roy Maas		WR	6-0	175	23	Texas Lutheran
Rickey Marshall		DB	5-11	180		Kilgore JC
Clarence Mayberry		RLB	6-0	210		Langston
Bob Mayo		QB	6-2	200		Texas Tech
Art McCoy		RCB	5-9	185		Bishop
Bill McCoy		RS	5-11	180		Temple
Pat Murphy		MLB	6-0	198		none
Bill Neal		C	6-2	240		none
Bob Odom		SE	6-3	205	26	Mesa CC; Idaho State
Donnie Pechal		LOG	6-1	230	25	Kilgore JC
Emmett Richey		FL	5-10	171		Wiley
Bill Rivers		ROT	6-3	285		none
Jimmy Rowe		LDT	6-0	260	27	Tarleton State
Barry Smith		TE	6-1	202	27	Texas-Arlington
Frank Snodgrass		LB	5-11	195		Texarkana JC
Mike Stripling		QB	6-3	217	23	Tulsa
Joe Wilhoite		SS	6-0	190	30	Howard Payne

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	13	16	10	17	56
Opponents Totals	6	49	45	72	172

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Johnny Antonisse	0	6	6	100.0	4	6	66.7	0	18
Barry Smith	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Emmett Richey	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Teddy Taylor	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Frank Snodgrass	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	6	6	6	100.0	4			1	56
Opponents Totals	24	23	24	95.8	1			1	172

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tony Higgins	24	98	4.1		0
Bob Mayo	18	48	2.7		0
Teddy Taylor	12	38	3.2		1
Bruce Land	29	25	0.9		0
Barry Smith	4	19	4.8		0
Eddie Buzzell	4	11	2.8		0
Mike Arnold	2	2	1.0		0
Mike Stripling	3	-4	-1.3		0
Johnny Antonisse	2	-11	-5.5		0
Team Totals					2
Opponents Totals					9

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bob Mayo	143	43	30.1	87	543	3.8	12.6		3	2.1	13	9.1	4			12.1
Eddie Buzzell	27	7	25.9	18	230	8.5	32.9		1	3.7	2	7.4	1			44.1
Barry Smith	11	6	54.5	4	57	5.2	9.5		0	0.0	1	9.1	1			31.3
Ron Kee	4	1	25.0	3	3	0.8	3.0	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	2			39.6
Mike Stripling	2	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	50.0	1			0.0
Team Totals									4
Opponents Totals									13

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Emmett Richey	15	408	27.2		2
Bob Odom	14	195	13.9		0
Barry Smith	11	112	10.2		2
Ronnie Daum	7	71	10.1		0
Bob Daniels	4	25	6.3		0
Bruce Land	3	14	4.7		0
Tony Higgins	2	4	2.0		0
Ron Kee	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals					4
Opponents Totals					13

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Johnny Antonisse	25	979	39.2		1
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals						0
Opponents Totals						1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals						0
Opponents Totals						0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals							0
Opponents Totals							0

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