1984 Arizona Wranglers Roster
United States Football League (USFL)
Team Record: 10-8
Finishing 2nd in the USFL's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Lost Championship
Coach: George Allen (10-8)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 230,115, Avg. 25,568 in 9 home dates
1984 Arizona Wranglers StatisticsTeam Record: 10-8
Finishing 2nd in the USFL's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Lost Championship
Coach: George Allen (10-8)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 230,115, Avg. 25,568 in 9 home dates
1984 Arizona Wranglers Results
The Arizona Wranglers of the United States Football League ended the 1984 season with a record of 10 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the USFL's Pacific Division of the Western Conference.
The Wranglers piled up points with 502 points, and the solid defense surrendered 284. Greg Landry directed the offense, passing for 3,534 yards. Trumaine Johnson paced all receivers, snagging 90 passes for 1,268 yards.
Tim Spencer carried the ball for a team-best 1,212 yards for Arizona, while Kevin Long also buoyed the ground attack.
Luther Bradley and Frank Minnifield each intercepted 4 opponent throws. John Lee topped pass rushers with 20 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 73 sacks.
George Allen coached the team. The 1984 Arizona Wranglers lost in the Championship.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Carl Allen | CB | December 21, 1955 | 6'0" | 185 | Southern Miss | Hattiesburg, MS USA | 11 | 11 |
| Robert Barnes | G/C | April 20, 1958 | 6'4" | 255 | Southern Methodist | Corpus Christi, TX | |||
| 43 | Mack Boatner | RB/TE | October 4, 1958 | 6'0" | 220 | SE Louisiana | White Castle, LA USA | 18 | 0 |
| 27 | Luther Bradley | S/CB | May 7, 1955 | 6'2" | 195 | Notre Dame | Florence, SC USA | 18 | 18 |
| 85 | Clay Brown | TE | September 20, 1958 | 6'3" | 223 | BYU | Los Angeles, CA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Eddie Brown | S | February 19, 1952 | 5'11" | 187 | Tennessee | Jasper, TN USA | 18 | 4 |
| 63 | Mark Buben | DT/DE | March 23, 1957 | 6'3" | 260 | Tufts | Auburn, MA USA | 18 | 1 |
| 88 | Wamon Buggs | WR | February 4, 1960 | 6'2" | 200 | Vanderbilt | Memphis, TN | 5 | 4 |
| 54 | Derrick Casey | LB | November 2, 1960 | 6'2" | 242 | San Francisco State | 1 | 0 | |
| 42 | Allan Clark | RB | June 8, 1957 | 5'10" | 186 | Northern Arizona | Grand Rapids, MN USA | 18 | 0 |
| 3 | Frank Corral | P/K | June 16, 1955 | 6'2" | 224 | UCLA | Chihuahua, Mexico | 18 | 0 |
| 87 | Doug Cozen | TE/T | July 9, 1957 | 6'4" | 241 | Illinois | Palatine, IL | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | Doug Dennison | RB | December 18, 1951 | 6'1" | 202 | Kutztown Pennsylvania | Lancaster, PA USA | 17 | 0 |
| 82 | Larry Douglas | WR | April 26, 1957 | 6'1" | 187 | Southern | Independence, LA | 16 | 0 |
| 20 | Selwyn Drain | S | August 23, 1961 | 6'0" | 190 | Ball State | East St. Louis, IL | 15 | 0 |
| 74 | Joe Ehrmann | DT | March 29, 1949 | 6'5" | 260 | Syracuse | Buffalo, NY USA | 14 | 9 |
| 91 | Nick Epps | DE | 6'3" | 247 | Illinois | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nick Eyre | T | June 16, 1959 | 6'5" | 276 | BYU | Las Vegas, NV USA | |||
| 55 | Jim Fahnhorst | LB | November 8, 1958 | 6'4" | 230 | Minnesota | St. Cloud, MN USA | 18 | 18 |
| 57 | Doak Field | LB | October 8, 1958 | 6'2" | 228 | Baylor | Burnet, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 58 | Bruce Gheesling | LB | April 5, 1960 | 6'1" | 212 | Furman | Atlanta, GA | 17 | 0 |
| 76 | Frank Giddens | T | January 20, 1959 | 6'7" | 300 | New Mexico | Lubbock, TX USA | 13 | 8 |
| 72 | Dallas Hickman | LB/DL | February 16, 1952 | 6'6" | 238 | California | Martinez, CA USA | 15 | 0 |
| Al Hill | WR | July 17, 1960 | 6'3" | 205 | Arizona | Kansas City, MO | |||
| 68 | Dave Huffman | G/C | April 4, 1957 | 6'6" | 280 | Notre Dame | Canton, OH USA | 18 | 18 |
| 24 | Randy Johnson | RB | April 11, 1960 | 5'11" | 209 | Texas - Arlington | 7 | 0 | |
| 2 | Trumaine Johnson | WR | November 16, 1960 | 6'1" | 196 | Grambling St. | Bogalusa, LA USA | 18 | 18 |
| Rick Kehr | G/C/T | June 18, 1959 | 6'3" | 285 | Carthage | Phoenixville, PA USA | |||
| Jeff Kiewel | T/G | September 27, 1960 | 6'4" | 270 | Arizona | Tucson, AZ USA | |||
| 40 | Bruce Laird | S | May 23, 1950 | 6'0" | 193 | American Int. | Lowell, MA USA | 13 | 13 |
| 11 | Greg Landry | QB | December 18, 1946 | 6'4" | 210 | Massachusetts | Nashua, NH USA | 16 | 15 |
| 70 | Kit Lathrop | DT | May 10, 1956 | 6'5" | 255 | Arizona St. | San Jose, CA USA | 18 | 18 |
| 64 | John Lee | DE/DT | February 17, 1953 | 6'2" | 255 | Nebraska | Fort Monmouth, NJ USA | 18 | 17 |
| 83 | Kerry Locklin | TE | September 9, 1959 | 6'3" | 230 | New Mexico St. | Las Cruces, NM USA | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Kevin Long | RB | January 20, 1955 | 6'1" | 212 | South Carolina | Clinton, SC USA | 18 | 18 |
| 71 | Karl Lorch | DE | June 14, 1950 | 6'3" | 258 | USC | Honolulu, HI USA | 18 | 18 |
| 53 | Andrew Melontree | LB | December 1, 1957 | 6'4" | 228 | Baylor | Tyler, TX USA | 18 | 0 |
| 1 | Frank Minnifield | CB | January 1, 1960 | 5'9" | 180 | Louisville | Lexington, KY USA | 15 | 14 |
| 50 | Dave Ohton | C | May 8, 1961 | 5'10" | 220 | Arizona State | 6 | 0 | |
| 59 | Tom Piette | C | August 29, 1960 | 6'4" | 250 | Michigan State | Detroit, MI | 17 | 0 |
| Tom Porras | QB | March 28, 1958 | 6'3" | 205 | Washington | Oxnard, CA | |||
| James Reed | LB | October 10, 1955 | 6'2" | 230 | California | Corpus Christi, TX USA | |||
| 86 | Paul Ricker | TE | September 23, 1956 | 6'3" | 243 | Norwich | Beverly, MA | 18 | 18 |
| 7 | Alan Risher | QB | May 6, 1961 | 6'2" | 190 | LSU | New Orleans, LA USA | 18 | 3 |
| 44 | Lupe Sanchez | CB/S | October 28, 1961 | 5'10" | 192 | UCLA | Tulare, CA USA | 9 | 4 |
| Don Schwartz | S | February 24, 1956 | 6'1" | 191 | Washington St. | Billings, MT USA | |||
| 22 | Lance Shields | CB | April 1, 1960 | 6'1" | 179 | Drake | Buffalo, NY | 18 | 7 |
| 56 | Ed Smith | LB | May 18, 1957 | 6'2" | 216 | Vanderbilt | Knoxville, TN USA | 18 | 18 |
| Robert Smith | DE | December 3, 1962 | 6'6" | 255 | Grambling St. | Bogalusa, LA USA | |||
| 46 | Tim Spencer | RB | December 10, 1960 | 6'1" | 224 | Ohio St. | Martins Ferry, OH USA | 18 | 18 |
| 67 | John Stadnik | T | February 18, 1959 | 6'4" | 273 | West. Illinois | Chicago, IL USA | 13 | 10 |
| Mark Stevenson | G/T/C | February 24, 1956 | 6'3" | 285 | Missouri | Waukegan, IL USA | |||
| 51 | Gerry Sullivan | C | January 15, 1952 | 6'4" | 250 | Illinois | Oak Park, IL USA | 18 | 18 |
| 75 | Rob Taylor | T | November 14, 1960 | 6'6" | 293 | Northwestern | St. Charles, IL USA | 18 | 18 |
| 61 | Tom Thayer | G | August 16, 1961 | 6'4" | 271 | Notre Dame | Joliet, IL USA | 18 | 18 |
| 77 | Todd Thomas | T | December 2, 1959 | 6'5" | 261 | North Dakota | Mankato, MN USA | 7 | 0 |
| 85 | Mark Tolbert | WR | February 15, 1959 | 5'9" | 175 | El Camino JC/Cal Poly (Pomona) | Kilgore, TX | 10 | 0 |
| 29 | Ted Walton | CB/S | August 11, 1957 | 5'10" | 200 | Connecticut | Robersonville, NC | 10 | 1 |
| 52 | Stan White | LB | October 24, 1949 | 6'1" | 225 | Ohio St. | Dover, OH USA | 18 | 18 |
| 89 | Lenny Willis | WR | March 4, 1953 | 5'11" | 183 | Ohio St. | Washington, DC USA | 18 | 14 |
| Tim Wrightman | TE | March 27, 1960 | 6'3" | 237 | UCLA | Los Angeles, CA USA | |||
| 99 | Wilbur Young | DT | April 20, 1949 | 6'6" | 285 | William Penn | New York, NY USA | 15 | 9 |
