1971 Texarkana Titans (TAFL) |
| 1st place • 5-0-0 1.000 |
| Head Coach: Durwood Merrill (1-0-0); Billy Brockhouse (5-0-0); Jimmy Cobb (3-0-0 |
| Tommy Boutwell | Offensive Backs/Receivers |
| Billy Brockhouse | Defensive Line |
| Sammie Clifton | Secondary |
| Dick Colbey | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 4/27/1971 | N | Dallas Rockets | 55-9 | W | Commerce, TX | Memorial Stadium | 600 | |
| Sun | 5/2/1971 | A | San Antonio Toros | 24-35 | L | San Antonio, TX | 2020 | ||
| Sat | 5/8/1971 | H | Fort Worth Braves | 63-6 | W | Texarkana, TX | |||
| Sat | 5/15/1971 | H | Dallas Rockets | 26-0 | W | Texarkana, TX | 3142 | ||
| Sat | 5/22/1971 | A | Fort Worth Braves | 20-12 | W | Fort Worth, TX | Handley Field | 300 | |
| Sat | 5/29/1971 | H | San Antonio Toros | 28-24 | W | Texarkana, TX | 2500 | ||
| Sat | 6/5/1971 | A | Dallas Rockets | 48-21 | W | Dallas, TX | P.C. Cobb Stadium | ||
| Sat | 6/12/1971 | H | Fort Worth Braves | 49-14 | W | Texarkana, TX | 1194 | ||
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sat | 6/19/1971 | A | San Antonio Toros | 19-20 | L | San Antonio, TX | 4500 | ||
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Kip Agee | LDT | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Henderson State | |||
| John Bailey | RDT | 6-7 | 280 | 28 | Prairie View A&M | |||
| W.T. Banks | RDT | 305 | ||||||
| Tommy Boutwell | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Mississippi Gulf Coast CC; Southern Mississippi | |||
| Don Braddock | LLB | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Henderson State | |||
| Ed Brantley | OT | 6-5 | 255 | 26 | North Texas | |||
| Billy Brockhouse | MLB-TE-ROT-LOT | 6-2 | 240 | 28 | Western Illinois | |||
| Charles Causey | FS-CB | 5-11 | 165 | Southern University | ||||
| Sammie Clifton | S | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | |||
| Bobby Crenshaw | LOT | 6-3 | 240 | 27 | New Mexico State | |||
| Warren Desadier | DE | 6-3 | 262 | 31 | Grambling State | |||
| Gene Dunn | SS | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Arkansas | |||
| Ron Dupree | RB | 5-10 | 190 | 27 | Highland CC; South Dakota; Emporia State | |||
| Fred Ekmark | RDT | 6-3 | 237 | 24 | Texas A&M-Kingsville; Louisiana Christian | |||
| Larry Elkins | TE | 6-1 | 193 | 28 | Baylor | |||
| Al Gonzales | OG | 6-0 | 235 | 25 | New Mexico State | |||
| Jim Greer | LDE-RDE-OT | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Baylor; Stephen F. Austin State | |||
| Faubus Griffin | LDT-LDE-RDE-OT | 6-4 | 229 | 24 | none | |||
| Mark Henderson | ROG-DE | 5-11 | 217 | Henderson State | ||||
| Jimmy Hopkins | RCB | 5-8 | 166 | 29 | Texarkana JC | |||
| Paul Hyche | LCB | 6-0 | 177 | none | ||||
| Art James | RB | 5-10 | 177 | 23 | East Texas A&M | |||
| Warren Johnson | DE | 250 | ||||||
| Floyd Jones | RCB | 6-1 | 190 | none | ||||
| Ken Liberto | SE | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Louisiana Tech | |||
| Jack Mills | TE | 6-0 | 197 | 27 | Ouachita Baptist | |||
| Stan Mitchell | RDE-LB-OG | 6-2 | 217 | Arkansas | ||||
| Jim Morgan | FL-SE | 6-5 | 220 | Morgan State | ||||
| Gary Owen | ROT-ROG-K | 6-2 | 248 | 24 | Tyler JC | |||
| Keith Parker | TE | 6-3 | 220 | Kilgore JC; East Texas A&M | ||||
| Stan Parris | FS-CB | 6-4 | 190 | 22 | Henderson State | |||
| Roland Reichardt | FL | 6-3 | 193 | 23 | Blinn JC; West Texas A&M | |||
| Ward Richardson | ROG-LOG | 6-0 | 224 | Texarkana JC; East Texas A&M | ||||
| Rich Ridings | C | 6-0 | 235 | 24 | New Mexico State | |||
| Billy Sanders | RB | |||||||
| Jim Scott | SE | 150 | ||||||
| Leroy Scott | RLB | 175 | ||||||
| Lloyd Speck | OT-OG | 6-3 | 235 | Henderson State | ||||
| Gerry Swift | ROT-ROG-LOG | 6-3 | 255 | none | ||||
| Don Underwood | RLB-LLB | 6-2 | 220 | 27 | Cameron JC; Tulsa | |||
| Bobby Webb | OG | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Southern Mississippi | |||
| Marty Whelan | RB | 5-10 | 190 | 24 | Texas Christian | |||
| John Whitecotton | DB | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Stephen F. Austin State | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 20 | 35 | 58 | 58 | 171 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 71 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Whelan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||
| Roland Reichardt | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Gary Owen | 0 | 20 | 21 | 95.2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Keith Parker | 3 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Art James | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Tommy Boutwell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Larry Elkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Billy Sanders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jim Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Paul Hyche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 24 | 22 | 24 | 91.7 | 1 | 1 | 171 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 1 | 0 | 71 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Whelan | 54 | 305 | 5.6 | 4 | |
| Art James | 60 | 301 | 5.0 | 2 | |
| Tommy Boutwell | 9 | 55 | 6.1 | 2 | |
| Billy Sanders | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 0 | |
| Ron Dupree | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Boutwell | 146 | 70 | 47.9 | 66 | 960 | 6.6 | 13.7 | 15 | 10.3 | 10 | 6.8 | 10 | 75.1 | |||
| Sammie Clifton | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 15 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roland Reichardt | 15 | 258 | 17.2 | 6 | |
| Keith Parker | 15 | 213 | 14.2 | 3 | |
| Marty Whelan | 13 | 174 | 13.4 | 3 | |
| Jim Morgan | 13 | 156 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Art James | 8 | 86 | 10.8 | 1 | |
| Jim Scott | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 1 | |
| Larry Elkins | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11t | 1 |
| Billy Sanders | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Sanders | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Whelan | 15 | 497 | 33.1 | 0 | ||||||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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