1974 Detroit Wheels (WFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Wed	7/10/1974	A	Memphis Southmen	15-34	L	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	31122
Wed	7/17/1974	H	Florida Blazers	14-18	L	Ypsilanti, MI	Rynearson Stadium	10631
Sun	7/21/1974	A	The Hawaiians	16-36	L	Honolulu, HI	Honolulu Stadium	10080
Wed	7/31/1974	H	Birmingham Americans	18-21	L	Ypsilanti, MI	Rynearson Stadium	14614
Wed	8/7/1974	A	Birmingham Americans	22-28	L	Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	40367
Wed	8/14/1974	H	Memphis Southmen	7-37	L	Ypsilanti, MI	Rynearson Stadium	14424
Thu	8/22/1974	H	Chicago Fire	23-35	L	Ypsilanti, MI	Rynearson Stadium	10300
Wed	8/28/1974	A	Philadelphia Bell	23-27	L	Philadelphia, PA	John F. Kennedy Stadium	15100
Mon	9/2/1974	H	Portland Storm	7-18	L	London, ON	Little Stadium	5105
Fri	9/6/1974	H	Southern California Sun	7-10	L	Ypsilanti, MI	Rynearson Stadium	6351
Wed	9/11/1974	A	Florida Blazers	15-14	W	Orlando, FL	Orlando Stadium	11511
Wed	9/18/1974	A	Southern California Sun	24-29	L	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	22143
Tue	9/24/1974	A	New York Stars	7-37	L	New York, NY	J.J. Downing Memorial Field	4220
Wed	10/2/1974	A	Shreveport Steamer	11-14	L	Shreveport, LA	Louisiana State Fair Stadium	22012
Wed	10/9/1974	A	Chicago Fire		-	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field
Wed	10/16/1974	H	The Hawaiians		-	Ypsilanti, MI	Rynearson Stadium
Wed	10/23/1974	A	Shreveport Steamer		-	Shreveport, LA	Louisiana State Fair Stadium
Wed	10/30/1974	A	Jacksonville Sharks		-	Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl
Wed	11/6/1974	H	Charlotte Hornets		-	Ypsilanti, MI	Rynearson Stadium
Wed	11/13/1974	H	Philadelphia Bell		-	Ypsilanti, MI	Rynearson Stadium

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
58	Henry Adolfi	MLB	6-3	220	24	Amherst
39	Phil Allen	RB	6-2	215	22	Harvard
64	Charlie Battle	LLB	6-4	237	21	Colorado; Grambling State
59	Dick Blanchard	LLB-MLB	6-3	225	25	Tulsa
55	Sam Britts	MLB	6-0	215	24	Missouri	3
2	Hubie Bryant	WR	5-10	168	28	Minnesota
14/11	Chuck Collins	K-P	6-0	175	23	Michigan State		0
75	Jim Coode	LOT	6-4	260	23	Michigan
44	Lewis Cook	RCB	5-11	180	28	Arizona Western JC; Idaho State
82	Bruce Cullen	TE	6-3	230	27	Illinois State
63	Norm Davis	ROG	6-3	247	29	Grambling State
61	Bennett Edwards	LOT	6-1	240	25	Eastern Michigan
89	John Embree	LB	6-4	201	30	none
63	Phil Engle	DT-DE	6-2	265	24	South Dakota State
64	Mark Ferguson	C-OG	6-2	245	23	Western Carolina
79	Ron Fernandes	DE	6-5	248	23	Eastern Michigan
42	Lee Fobbs	RB	5-11	197	24	Grambling State	1	1
30	Clyde Glosson	WR-RCB	5-11	175	27	Texas-El Paso
32	Garry Grady	DB	5-11	180	28	Eastern Michigan
12	Eric Guthrie	QB-K-P	6-1	200	27	Boise State
52	Ted Hand	C	6-2	250	23	Eastern Michigan
36	Nat Hawkins	WR	6-1	190	24	Nevada-Las Vegas
75	Charlie Hayes	OT	6-4	270	27	Weber State
47	George Haynes	CB	6-2	185	23	Tulsa
10	Jon Henderson	WR	6-0	198	30	Colorado State
38	Terry Hoeppner	WS	6-2	200	26	Franklin
44	Reggie Holmes	RCB	6-1	190	29	Wisconsin-Stout
80	Clark Hoss	TE	6-8	235	25	Oregon State
34	Gary Hudson	DB	5-11	180	23	Boston College
86	Eddie Johnson	RDE	6-5	230	22	Southern Methodist
82	Sheldon Joppru	TE	6-4	235	23	North Dakota
73	Dennis Kemp	ROG	6-2	250	28	Tulsa
	Mike Kleinhenz	LB	6-2	231	23	Cincinnati
57	Mike Kuhn	LLB-RLB	6-3	220	25	Kansas State
74	Andy Kupp	OG	6-3	250	25	Idaho
63	John Levanti	OG	6-2	240	22	Illinois
52	Dave Limebrook	C-OG	6-2	235	24	Saddleback JC; San Diego State
39	Dan Lintner	WS	6-2	190	23	Indiana
9	Dale Livingston	K-P	6-0	210	29	Eastern Michigan; Western Michigan	1	0
22	Rocky Long	SS	5-10	175	24	New Mexico
	Booth Lusteg	K	5-11	190	37	Connecticut		0
80	Dennis Macholz	TE	6-3	230	23	Michigan State
	Herb Marshall	DB	6-3	204	25	Cameron	1
54	Rocky Martin	MLB	6-0	233	27	Colorado	1	1
88	Mickey McCarty	TE-K	6-5	255	28	Texas Christian
8	Charlie McKee	WR	6-3	190	24	Arizona
33	Jesse Mims	RB	5-11	203	26	Laney JC; New Mexico State
39	Darrell Mossburg	WS	5-11	175	24	Eastern Michigan
74	Jim O'Connor	OG-OT	6-4	265	24	Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona
72	Jessie Parks	LDE	6-4	250	24	Jackson State
14	Ken Pengitore	QB	5-11	194	22	Clemson
65	Renard Perkins	LDT	6-3	250	22	UC Riverside
41	Terry Phillips	WR	6-3	170	23	Northeastern State
20	Floyd Priester	LCB-RCB	6-1	195	25	Northeastern JC; Wyoming; Boston University
84	Tom Ramsey	LDT-RDE	6-5	250	24	Northern Arizona
23	Larry Ratcliff	RB	6-2	200	26	Eastern Michigan
43	Jim Rathje	WR-FB	6-0	218	22	Northern Michigan
83	Don Ratliff	RDE	6-5	250	24	Maryland	7
74	Bo Renfrow	DT	6-5	260	25	none
60	Dominic Riggio	MLB	6-0	225	23	Western Michigan
32/36	Billy Sadler	RB	5-11	205	25	Texas Christian	13
72	Dan Sartin	ROG	6-1	245	28	Mississippi
85	Joe Scales	TE	6-2	210	25	Tennessee State	3
35	Sam Scarber	FB	6-2	232	25	Northeastern JC; New Mexico	14
12	Bruce Shaw	QB	6-2	190	22	North Carolina State
75	John Skladany	DT	6-4	250	24	Central Connecticut State
	Bennie Smith	DB	5-11	184	23	Arizona Western JC; Brigham Young
55	Brian Stenger	LB	6-4	233	27	Notre Dame
76	Carl Taibi	RDT	6-4	255	24	Colorado
50	Mike Taylor	RLB	6-1	230	25	Michigan	14
30	Eugene Teague	RB	6-0	195	23	Eastern Arizona JC; San Jose State
83	Gene Trosch	RDE	6-7	277	29	Miami (Florida)
42	Dave Walker	LCB	6-0	195	25	Utah
77	Mike Walker	LDE	6-4	235	25	Tulane
88	Bob Wallace	TE	6-3	211	29	Texas-El Paso
36/44	Phil Webb	DB	6-3	209	26	Colorado State
78	Ted Wheeler	ROT-OG	6-3	240	29	West Texas A&M
	Bill Wideman	DE	6-3	265	23	North Carolina A&T State
85	Terry Williams	TE	6-3	225	27	Grambling State
62	Mike Wilson	LOG	6-1	243	27	Dayton
53	Wimpy Winther	C	6-4	260	27	Mississippi
70	James Wright	ROG	6-1	250	23	Southern University
18	Bubba Wyche	QB	6-0	190	28	Tennessee	12

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	12	Paul Seal	TE	Michigan
2	13	Rick Middleton	LB	Ohio State
3	36	Ed Jones	DE	Tennessee State
4	37	Ed Shuttlesworth	RB	Michigan
5	60	Peil Pennington	QB	Massachusetts
6	61	Clint Haslerig	WR	Michigan
7	84	Bill Simpson	DB	Michigan State
8	85	Tony Bell	DB	Bowling Green State
9	108	Jim Pietrzak	C	Eastern Michigan
10	109	Marvin Williams	WR	Western Illinois
11	132	Jim Coode	OG	Michigan
12	133	Dennis Morgan	RB	Western Illinois
13	156	Dan Dixon	OG	Boise State
14	157	Ray Nester	LB	Michigan State
15	180	Andy Andrade	RB	Northern Michigan
16	181	Walt Williamson	DE	Michigan
17	204	Al Davis	OT	Boise State
18	205	Freddie Scott	WR	Amherst
19	228	Dominic Riggio	LB	Western Michigan
20	229	Eddie Johnson	DT	Southern Methodist
21	252	Larry Cipa	QB	Michigan
22	253	Doug Neuendorf	OG	Toledo
23	276	George Spanish	RB	Minnesota State-Moorhead
24	277	Dave Boone	DE	Eastern Michigan
25	300	Jack Stebbins	QB	Jersey City State
26	301	Earl Garrett	DB	Massachusetts-Boston
27	324	Mike Kleinhenz	LB	Cincinnati
28	325	Loren Ducett	WR	Trinity (Connecticut)
29	348	Gary Yeoman	DB	Texas
30	349	Jessie Parks	DE	Jackson State
31	372	Larry Cates	DB	Western Michigan
32	373	Jim Rathje	RB	Northern Michigan
33	396	Howard Ebow	DB	Houston
34	397	Randy Walker	K	Northwestern State (Louisiana)
35	420	Rick Murphy	DB	Indiana State
36	421	Randy Grossman	TE	Temple

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	26	60	51	72
Opponents Totals	64	100	56	126

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		192										64	553
Opponents Totals		248										76	632

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	PTS
Bubba Wyche	8	0			0	56
Terry Phillips	4	1			0	29
Jim Rathje	3	2			0	23
Sam Scarber	3	1			0	22
Jon Henderson	3	0			0	21
Jesse Mims	2	1			0	15
Hubie Bryant	2	0			0	14
Billy Sadler	1	5			0	12
Eric Guthrie	0	0			3	9
Bruce Cullen	1	0			0	7
Joe Scales	0	1			0	1
Team Totals	27	11	27	40.7	3	209
Opponents Totals	45	13	45	28.9	10	358

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Sam Scarber	138	606	4.4	24	3
Jesse Mims	88	417	4.7	64	2
Billy Sadler	101	321	3.2	24	1
Bubba Wyche	51	265	5.2	27	8
Jim Rathje	28	80	2.9	17	1
Don Ratliff	19	56	2.9	21	0
Eric Guthrie	4	35	8.8	22	0
Bruce Shaw	6	22	3.7	13	0
Hubie Bryant	1	13	13.0	13	0
Dale Livingston	1	9	9.0	9	0
Lee Fobbs	8	6	0.8	7	0
Eugene Teague	1	3	3.0	3	0
Terry Phillips	3	1	0.3	10	0
Team Totals	449	1834	4.1	64	15
Opponents Totals	582	3172	5.5		22

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bubba Wyche	304	156	51.3	129	1869	6.1	12.0	68	10	3.3	19	6.3	37	364	1505	55.4
Eric Guthrie	21	7	33.3	12	79	3.8	11.3	22	1	4.8	2	9.5	6	52	27	21.8
Bruce Shaw	17	7	41.2	10	66	3.9	9.4	16t	1	5.9	0	0.0	9	56	10	72.2
Billy Sadler	1	1	100.0	0	33	33.0	33.0	33	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	5	28	118.8
Team Totals	343	171	49.9	151	2047	6.0	12.0	68	12	3.5	21	6.1	53	477	1570	54.6
Opponents Totals	296	147	49.7	131	2308	7.8	15.7		19	6.4	18	6.1	17	136	2172	72.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jon Henderson	30	406	13.5	49t	3
Sam Scarber	29	266	9.2	28	0
Terry Phillips	20	274	13.7	34	4
Hubie Bryant	19	328	17.3		2
Billy Sadler	18	156	8.7	68	0
Jesse Mims	16	109	6.8	17	0
Mickey McCarty	8	129	16.1	34	0
Charlie McKee	6	91	15.2	46	0
John Embree	4	63	15.8	31	0
Jim Rathje	4	53	13.3	41t	2
Joe Scales	4	46	11.5	16	0
Lee Fobbs	3	23	7.7	15	0
Dennis Macholz	3	19	6.3	7	0
Terry Williams	2	26	13.0	24	0
Sheldon Joppru	2	10	5.0	8	0
Terry Hoeppner	1	22	22.0	22	0
Bruce Cullen	1	20	20.0	20t	1
Clark Hoss	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	171	2047	12.0	68	12
Opponents Totals	147	2308	15.7		19

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Terry Hoeppner	5	64	12.8	35	0
Rocky Long	3	38	12.7	38	0
Dan Lintner	2	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Walker	2	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Kuhn	1	32	32.0	32	0
Mike Taylor	1	31	31.0	31	0
George Haynes	1	14	14.0	14	0
Charlie Battle	1	9	9.0	9	0
Renard Perkins	1	7	7.0	7	0
Reggie Holmes	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	18	195	10.8	38	0
Opponents Totals	21	263	12.5		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Chuck Collins	38	1428	37.6	53	0
Bubba Wyche	4	150	37.5	46	0
Eric Guthrie	29	984	33.9	53
Dale Livingston	4	132	33.0	40	0
Team Totals	75	2964	39.5
Opponents Totals	63	2477	39.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rocky Long	20	217	10.9	56	0
Billy Sadler	17	165	9.7	43	0
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Sadler	30	751	25.0	62	0
Rocky Long	14	402	28.7	51	0
Charlie McKee	2	43	21.5	26	0
Jon Henderson	1	21	21.0	21	0
Lee Fobbs	3	61	20.3	22	0
Larry Ratcliff	5	86	17.2	25	0
Jim Rathje	3	51	17.0	22	0
Terry Hoeppner	2	34	17.0	22	0
Jesse Mims					0
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals	29	18	11	18	29		0
Opponents Totals	28	18	10	18	28		1

Dave Brazil	Defensive Coordinator
Ed Chlebek	Offensive Coordinator
Owen DeJanovich	Defensive Line
Bobby Gill	Offensive Line
Chick Harris	Offensive Backs/Receivers
Tommy Vaughn	Defensive Backs