1975 Birmingham Vulcans (WFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches

Lynn Amedee	Offensive Coordinator
Wayne Grubb	Offensive Line/Special Teams
Pride Ratterree	Defensive Line
Billy Tohill	Defensive Backs
Ardell Wiegandt	Defensive Coordinator

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result	Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/12/1975	H	Portland Thunder	25-9	W		Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	18500
Sat	7/19/1975	A	Shreveport Steamer	31-30	W		Shreveport, LA	Louisiana State Fair Park	13214
Sat	8/2/1975	H	Chicago Winds	10-0	W		Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	28108
Sat	8/9/1975	H	Philadelphia Bell	23-17	W		Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	21234
Sat	8/16/1975	A	Jacksonville Express	11-22	L		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	16049
Sat	8/23/1975	H	Southern California Sun	25-35	L		Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	29390
Sat	8/30/1975	H	Shreveport Steamer	21-8	W		Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	19078
Sat	9/6/1975	A	Portland Thunder	26-8	W		Portland, OR	Civic Stadium	6342
Sat	9/13/1975	H	San Antonio Wings	33-24	W		Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	12500
Sun	9/21/1975	H	Charlotte Hornets	22-16	W		Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	18500
Sat	9/27/1975	A	Jacksonville Express	18-26	L		Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	10881
Sat	10/4/1975	A	The Hawaiians	29-16	W		Halawa, HI	Aloha Stadium	18894
Sat	10/11/1975	A	Chicago Winds		-		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field
Sun	10/12/1975	A	Memphis Southmen	18-14	W		Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	20192
Sun	10/19/1975	H	Memphis Southmen	21-0	W		Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	35000
Sun	10/26/1975	A	Southern California Sun		-		Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium
Sat	11/1/1975	A	Philadelphia Bell		-		Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Stadium
Sun	11/9/1975	H	Jacksonville Express		-		Birmingham, AL	Legion Field
Sun	11/16/1975	A	Charlotte Hornets		-		Charlotte, NC	American Legion Memorial Stadium
Sat	11/22/1975	A	San Antonio Wings		-		San Antonio, TX	Alamo Stadium
Sun	11/30/1975	A	Memphis Southmen		-		Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl
Sat	12/6/1975	H	The Hawaiians		-		Birmingham, AL	Legion Field
Sat	12/13/1975	H	San Antonio Wings		-		Birmingham, AL	Legion Field

Schedule Notes
10/11/1975	Chicago Winds	Canceled
10/26/1975	Southern California Sun	Canceled
11/1/1975	Philadelphia Bell	Canceled
11/9/1975	Jacksonville Express	Canceled
11/16/1975	Charlotte Hornets	Canceled
11/22/1975	San Antonio Wings	Canceled
11/30/1975	Memphis Southmen	Canceled
12/6/1975	The Hawaiians	Canceled
12/13/1975	San Antonio Wings	Canceled

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Art Allen	85	WR	5-10	160	23	Clark Atlanta
Tom Alward	62	LOG	6-4	255	23	Nebraska	5
Chris Arnold	32	SS	6-2	201	22	Virginia State	3
David Bailey		WR	6-1	190	25	Alabama	1
Mike Bartik	80	WR	6-1	200	23	Furman
Jim Bishop	84	TE	6-2	225	26	Tennessee Tech
Bob Brown	88	WR-TE	6-3	225	32	Alcorn State
Bill Bryant	23	SS-RCB-LCB	5-11	195	24	Grambling State	12
Willie Burkes	30	CB	5-11	190	24	Lincoln (Missouri)
Art Cantrelle	44	HB	6-0	203	27	Louisiana State	12
Warren Capone	55	MLB	6-1	218	24	Louisiana State	12
Paul Costa	79	OT	6-4	252	34	Notre Dame
Van DeCree	51	LB	6-1	220	22	Ohio State
Mark Doak	74	OT	6-4	265	24	Nebraska	4
Denny Duron	7	WR-QB	6-0	195	23	Louisiana Tech
Larry Estes	72	LDE-RDE	6-6	250	29	Alcorn State	12
Robert Evans	85	WR	6-3	205	24	Morris Brown
Nate Fergerson	43	WR	6-3	194	22	Merced JC; San Diego State	5
Eddie Foster	75	LOT	6-6	258	24	Oklahoma
Ron Foxx	40	LB	6-3	220	24	Alabama A&M
Leo Gasienica	18	QB	6-3	200	24	Rutgers
Harry Gooden	61	RDE-LDE	6-6	250	25	Alcorn State
Tom Gossom	9	WR	6-0	185	24	Auburn
Mike Hayes	78	ROG	6-3	253	22	Virginia State	4
George Haynes	21	SS-FS	6-2	185	24	Tulsa
Dennis Homan	25	WR	6-1	181	29	Alabama
Al Humphrey	52	LB	6-3	230	22	Tulsa
Rusty Jackson	10	P	6-2	190	25	Louisiana State	11	0
Al Jenkins	78	ROT	6-2	245	29	Southern Illinois; Tulsa	5
Pat Kelly	50	LB	6-2	223	24	Richmond	12
Jim Kregel	60	LOG	6-2	250	23	Ohio State	7
Steve Manstedt	59	SLB	6-2	218	24	Nebraska	12
Kerry Marbury		RB	5-10	183	23	West Virginia
John Matlock	53	C	6-4	250	31	Miami (Florida)	12
Jim McKinney	20	SS	6-1	185	22	Auburn
Calvin Miller	76	LDT	6-2	270	22	Mississippi Gulf Coast CC; Oklahoma State	12
Johnny Musso	22	FB	5-11	201	25	Alabama
Ted Powell	34	TE	6-1	220	23	Ferrum JC; Ohio State	12
Joe Profit	5	RB	6-0	210	26	Louisiana-Monroe
Matthew Reed	11	QB	6-4	225	24	Grambling State	12
Bill Rudder	36	FB	6-1	225	23	Tennessee
Al Sitterle		OT	6-4	265	23	North Carolina State
Ron Slovensky	9	K	5-7	160	23	Jacksonville State; West Alabama	12	0
Willie Smith	42	LCB	5-11	187	24	Morris Brown	12
Bob Tatarek	70	LDT-RDT	6-4	260	29	Miami (Florida)
Jimmy Teal	57	WLB	6-3	225	25	Purdue
Butch Troegel	58	P	6-2	208	28	Louisiana Tech	1	0
Dick Trower	77	LDE	6-3	250	26	Miami (Florida)
Cephus Weatherspoon	81	WR	6-1	182	27	Mesa CC; Fort Lewis
Wayne Wheeler	31	WR	6-2	180	25	Alabama
Gerard Williams	33	RCB	6-1	184	23	Langston	9
Larry Willingham	28	FS	6-0	198	27	Auburn
Wimpy Winther	66	C	6-4	260	28	Mississippi
Jessie Wolf	64	LDT-RDT	6-6	270	23	Prairie View A&M
Bob Wolfe	71	ROG-LOT	6-5	260	24	Nebraska	12

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	66	76	33	82	257
Opponents Totals	45	52	49	40	257

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		227	135	79	13							80	708
Opponents Totals		173	67	89	17							61	644

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Art Cantrelle	11	3			0	0		0	80
Matthew Reed	6	1			0	0		0	43
Ron Slovensky	0	0			13	18	72.2	0	39
Johnny Musso	5	0			0	0		0	35
Robert Evans	2	1			0	0		0	15
Joe Profit	1	2			0	0		0	9
Denny Duron	1	1			0	0		0	8
Gerard Williams	1	1			0	0		0	8
Nate Fergerson	1	0			0	0		0	7
Bill Rudder	1	0			0	0		0	7
Jim Bishop	0	3			0	0		0	3
Art Allen	0	1			0	0		0	1
Dennis Homan	0	1			0	0		0	1
Ted Powell	0	1			0	0		0	1
Team Totals	29	15	29	51.7	13	18	72.2	0	257
Opponents Totals	24	8	24	33.3	2			2	186

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Art Cantrelle	201	814	4.0	29	10
Johnny Musso	159	681	4.3	35	4
Matthew Reed	53	347	6.5	32t	6
Joe Profit	69	277	4.0	20	1
Bill Rudder	28	146	5.2	26	1
Ted Powell	20	80	4.0	12	0
Denny Duron	8	39	4.9	13	0
Bob Brown	3	19	6.3	15	0
Robert Evans	2	18	9.0	12	0
Leo Gasienica	1	5	5.0	5	0
Kerry Marbury	7	5	0.7	4	0
Team Totals	551	2431	4.4	35	22
Opponents Totals	389	1482	3.8		13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Matthew Reed	208	81	38.9	116	1252	6.0	15.5	72t	4	1.9	11	5.3	8	62	1190	44.0
Denny Duron	61	27	44.3	29	465	7.6	17.2	40	2	3.3	5	8.2	8	62	403	47.5
Team Totals	269	108	40.1	145	1717	6.4	15.9	72t	6	2.2	16	5.9	16	124	1593	44.8
Opponents Totals	313	147	47.0	145	2036	6.5	13.9		10	3.2	21	6.7	21	209	1827	51.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Art Cantrelle	19	202	10.6	27	1
Dennis Homan	18	277	15.4	39	0
Ted Powell	13	177	13.6	20	0
Nate Fergerson	12	226	18.8	54	1
Jim Bishop	10	198	19.8	51	0
Bob Brown	9	172	19.1	37	0
Art Allen	8	132	16.5	40	0
Robert Evans	7	151	21.6	72t	2
Johnny Musso	6	50	8.3	13t	1
Wayne Wheeler	3	57	19.0	24	0
Cephus Weatherspoon	1	53	53.0	53	0
Denny Duron	1	14	14.0	14t	1
Bill Rudder	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	108	1717	15.9		6
Opponents Totals	147	2036	13.9		10

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim McKinney	4	10	2.5	12	0
Gerard Williams	3	14	4.7	14	0
Warren Capone	3	9	3.0	6	0
Willie Smith	3	0	0.0	0	0
Larry Willingham	2	58	29.0	34	0
Steve Manstedt	2	2	1.0	2	0
Jimmy Teal	1	22	22.0	22	0
Willie Burkes	1	16	16.0	16	0
Chris Arnold	1	4	4.0	4	0
Bill Bryant	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	21	135	6.4	34	0
Opponents Totals	16	249	15.6

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Rusty Jackson	57	2355	41.3	63	2
Butch Troegel	6	158	26.3	42	1
Team Totals	63	2435	38.7	63	3
Opponents Totals	65	2677	41.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willie Smith	23	111	4.8	15	0
Robert Evans	1	9	9.0	9	0
Art Allen	1	5	5.0	5	0
Willie Burkes	8	24	3.0	9	0
Jim McKinney	2	6	3.0	6	0
Team Totals	38	147	3.9	15	0
Opponents Totals	38	269	7.1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willie Smith	6	143	23.8	32	0
Willie Burkes	9	197	21.9	23	0
Jim McKinney	2	37	18.5	28	0
Robert Evans	4	72	18.0	22	0
Art Allen	2	36	18.0	21	0
Ted Powell	5	83	16.6	26	0
Joe Profit	11	179	16.3	28	0
Team Totals	39	747	19.2	32	0
Opponents Totals	53	961	18.1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD