1974 Portland Storm Roster
World Football League (WFL)
Team Record: 7-12-1
Finishing 3rd in the WFL's West Division
Coach: Dick Coury (7-12-1 )
Location: Portland, Oregon
Attendance: 136,754, Avg. 15,195 in 9 home dates
1974 Portland Storm StatisticsTeam Record: 7-12-1
Finishing 3rd in the WFL's West Division
Coach: Dick Coury (7-12-1 )
Location: Portland, Oregon
Attendance: 136,754, Avg. 15,195 in 9 home dates
1974 Portland Storm Results
The Portland Storm of the World Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 7 wins and 12 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the WFL's West Division.
Portland chalked up 264 points, while the defensive squad yielded 426. Rufus Ferguson ran for a team-leading 1,086 yards for the Storm.
Pete Beathard threw for 1,247 yards. Rufus Ferguson topped all receivers, hauling in 49 balls for 369 yards. Jeff Baker, Jim Krieg and Greg Specht each were targeted regularly also.
Robin Sinclair intercepted 4 opponent throws.
Dick Coury coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Frank Andruski | CB | July 17, 1943 | 6'2" | 190 | Utah | |||
| 61 | Mike Askea | OT | January 7, 1951 | 6'4" | 260 | Stanford | Visalia, CA USA | 9 | 9 |
| 24 | Hise Austin | CB | September 8, 1950 | 6'4" | 191 | Prairie View | Houston, TX USA | 9 | |
| 45 | Jeff Baker | WR | August 29, 1948 | 5'11" | 180 | US International | Los Angeles, CA | ||
| 8 | Greg Barton | QB | July 14, 1946 | 6'2" | 195 | Tulsa | Denver, CO USA | 20 | |
| Sylvester Bates | DT | 6'3" | 268 | Grambling State | |||||
| 12/11 | Pete Beathard | QB | March 7, 1942 | 6'1" | 200 | USC | Hermosa Beach, CA USA | 10 | |
| 70 | Bruce Bergey | DE | August 8, 1946 | 6'2" | 240 | UCLA | South Dayton, NY USA | 15 | |
| 75 | Ron Billingsley | DT | April 6, 1945 | 6'8" | 290 | Wyoming | Florence, AL USA | ||
| 23 | Ed Bishop | CB | July 13, 1951 | 6'0" | 182 | Southern | Natchitoches, LA | ||
| 32 | Phil Borjas | S | January 6, 1951 | 5'10" | 190 | Fresno State | Clovis, CA | ||
| 77 | Buzz Brazeau | OT | September 10, 1949 | 6'4" | 255 | Washington State | Escanaba, MI | 20 | 20 |
| 61 | Lee Brock | DT/DE | March 23, 1947 | 6'2" | 240 | Washington | McKamie, AR | ||
| 57 | Dave Brown | C | June 8, 1950 | 6'0" | 230 | Southern California | Glendale, CA | 20 | |
| 55 | Steve Brown | LB/OG | June 28, 1951 | 6'3" | 230 | Oregon State | Sikeston, MO | ||
| 28 | Leon Burns | HB | September 15, 1940 | 6'2" | 228 | Long Beach St. | Oakland, CA USA | ||
| Charlie Burrell | DT/K | May 17, 1950 | 6'2" | 280 | Arkansas - Pine Bluff | ||||
| 74 | Levert Carr | OG/OT | June 30, 1944 | 6'2" | 273 | North Central | Birmingham, AL USA | ||
| 89 | Bob Christiansen | TE | May 8, 1949 | 6'4" | 230 | UCLA | Marshalltown, IA USA | 18 | |
| 64 | Lennie Ciufo | LB | March 2, 1952 | 6'1" | 210 | Colorado | Los Angeles, CA | ||
| 20 | Ken Clark | P/K | May 26, 1948 | 6'2" | 197 | St. Mary's (Canada) | Southampton, England | 20 | 0 |
| 81 | Glen Condren | DE/DT | June 10, 1942 | 6'4" | 251 | Oklahoma | Fort Smith, AR USA | ||
| 33 | Bob Cooper | K | January 28, 1952 | 6'1" | 185 | Tampa | Toledo, OH | 1 | |
| Henry Copeland | FB | August 11, 1948 | 6'1" | 220 | Parsons | Portsmouth, VA | |||
| 88/81 | Craig Cotton | TE | July 7, 1947 | 6'5" | 216 | Youngstown St. | Elizabeth, PA USA | ||
| 52 | Don Crtalic | LB | September 5, 1949 | 6'1" | 210 | Fullerton State | Billings, MT | ||
| 53 | George Dames | LB | August 9, 1946 | 6'1" | 220 | Oregon | Jamestown, ND | 1 | 1 |
| 78/83 | Ben Davidson | DE | June 14, 1940 | 6'8" | 275 | Washington | Los Angeles, CA USA | ||
| 45 | Sam Dickerson | WR | June 21, 1949 | 6'3" | 198 | Southern California | Commerce, TX | ||
| 73 | Glen Ellis | DT | February 29, 1952 | 6'4" | 250 | Elon | Eden, NC | ||
| 65 | Gene Ferguson | OT | June 5, 1947 | 6'8" | 300 | Norfolk St. | Lynchburg, VA USA | ||
| 46/22 | Rufus Ferguson | FB | April 28, 1951 | 5'6" | 193 | Wisconsin | Miami, FL | 20 | |
| 85 | Leland Glass | WR | November 5, 1950 | 6'0" | 185 | Oregon | Sacramento, CA USA | ||
| 63 | Allan Graf | OG | December 16, 1949 | 6'3" | 243 | Southern California | Wichita, KS | 10 | |
| 59 | Paul Guidry | LB | January 14, 1944 | 6'3" | 227 | LSU | Breaux Bridge, LA USA | ||
| 54 | Jim Hann | LB | October 15, 1951 | 6'2" | 215 | Montana | Vincennes, IN | 1 | |
| 35 | Charles Hinton | S/CB | January 3, 1951 | 5'11" | 195 | Southern California | East Orange, NJ | ||
| 41 | Robert Holmes | RB | October 5, 1945 | 5'9" | 221 | Southern | Huntsville, TX USA | 7 | |
| Jeff Horsley | RB | May 9, 1949 | 6'1" | 211 | North Carolina Central | Newark, NJ | |||
| 82 | Clark Hoss | TE | February 19, 1949 | 6'8" | 235 | Oregon St. | Portland, OR USA | ||
| 39 | Cleo House | FB | July 7, 1950 | 5'10" | 228 | Southern Arkansas | DeKalb, TX | ||
| 41 | John Hughes | S | December 8, 1950 | 6'1" | 195 | Ohio State | |||
| 79 | Jerry Inman | DT | February 4, 1940 | 6'2" | 256 | Boise St. | Manhattan, KS USA | 12 | 12 |
| 30 | Flemming Jensen | K | April 23, 1949 | 5'11" | 175 | Utah | Copenhagen, Denmark | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Carl Johnson | OG/OT | December 26, 1949 | 6'3" | 248 | Nebraska | Phoenix, AZ USA | ||
| 14 | Ken Johnson | QB | January 5, 1951 | 6'2" | 205 | Colorado | Lansing, MI | ||
| 40 | Nat Jones | FB | February 15, 1950 | 5'9" | 205 | Houston | Mason County, TX | ||
| 42 | Ray Jones | CB | December 24, 1947 | 5'11" | 187 | Southern | Lufkin, TX USA | ||
| 64 | Mike Keller | LB | December 13, 1949 | 6'4" | 221 | Michigan | Chicago, IL USA | ||
| 38 | Marv Kendricks | HB | March 5, 1949 | 6'0" | 205 | UCLA | Mount Vernon, IL | ||
| 22 | Jim Krieg | WR | May 29, 1949 | 5'9" | 172 | Washington | Buffalo, NY USA | 19 | 19 |
| 41 | Joe Larkin | S | July 8, 1951 | 5'11" | 195 | Boise State | Caldwell, ID | ||
| 30/27 | Booth Lusteg | K | May 8, 1939 | 5'11" | 190 | Connecticut | New Haven, CT USA | 0 | |
| 84 | Kurt Matter | DE | July 25, 1951 | 6'7" | 230 | Washington | Longview, WA | ||
| 80/10 | Ken Matthews | WR | March 27, 1951 | 6'0" | 181 | Long Beach State | Glendale, CA | 10 | |
| Ben Mayes | DE/DT | March 16, 1945 | 6'5" | 265 | Drake | St. Petersburg, FL USA | |||
| 58 | Mike McConnell | LB | August 21, 1950 | 6'1" | 225 | Oregon | Sterling, IL | 9 | |
| 48 | Willie McKelton | CB/S | July 3, 1949 | 5'11" | 185 | Southern | Auburn, NY | ||
| 36 | Dennis Meyer | S | April 8, 1950 | 5'11" | 186 | Arkansas St. | Jefferson City, MO USA | ||
| 33 | Jesse Mims | RB | August 27, 1948 | 5'11" | 203 | New Mexico State | Alameda, CA | ||
| 33 | Darrell Mitchell | RB | July 20, 1951 | 5'11" | 185 | Idaho | San Francisco, CA | ||
| 44 | Leroy Mitchell | CB | September 22, 1944 | 6'1" | 190 | Texas Southern | Wharton, TX USA | ||
| 60 | Ken Muhlbeier | OG/C | July 13, 1951 | 6'2" | 235 | Idaho | Billings, MT | 20 | |
| 47 | Tom Oberg | S/CB | August 7, 1945 | 6'0" | 185 | Oregon St. | Portland, OR USA | 16 | 16? |
| 48 | Clancy Oliver | DB | November 17, 1947 | 6'1" | 183 | San Diego St. | Bakersfield, CA USA | 7 | |
| 26 | Jim Ousley | QB | July 13, 1947 | 6'2" | 210 | Cincinnati | Ashborn, GA | ||
| 39 | Wayne Patrick | FB | September 1, 1946 | 6'2" | 254 | Louisville | Gainesville, FL USA | 8 | |
| 78 | Remi Prudhomme | OG/OT/C | April 24, 1942 | 6'4" | 250 | LSU | Opelousas, LA USA | ||
| 65/55 | Rick Redman | LB | March 7, 1943 | 6'1" | 220 | Washington | Portland, OR USA | ||
| 62 | Marv Roberts | OG/K | June 5, 1951 | 6'3" | 245 | Michigan State | Richwood, WV | 9 | |
| 50 | Bob Schmit | LB | June 28, 1950 | 6'1" | 220 | Nebraska | Queens, NY USA | 19 | |
| 55 | Marty Schottenheimer | LB | September 23, 1943 | 6'3" | 225 | Pittsburgh | Canonsburg, PA USA | ||
| 48 | Ray Sherman | S | November 27, 1951 | 6'1" | 195 | Fresno State | Berkeley, CA | ||
| Randy Shipley | OG | March 18, 1950 | 6'1" | 250 | Pacific Lutheran | Everett, WA | |||
| 72/73 | Sam Silas | DT | September 25, 1940 | 6'4" | 255 | Southern Illinois | Homeland, FL USA | ||
| 23 | Robin Sinclair | CB/S | November 21, 1951 | 5'11" | 185 | Washington State | Portland, OR | 8 | |
| 36 | Russ Smith | RB | August 4, 1944 | 6'0" | 212 | Miami (FL) | Bronxville, NY USA | 1 | 1 |
| 88 | Greg Specht | WR | April 14, 1950 | 6'3" | 194 | Oregon | Salem, OR | ||
| 71 | Chris Stecher | DT | October 7, 1951 | 6'6" | 260 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | St. Louis, MO | 9 | 8 |
| 86 | Drew Taylor | DE/DT | September 8, 1950 | 6'5" | 250 | San Jose State | Riverside, CA | 11 | |
| 73 | Mike Taylor | OT | May 5, 1945 | 6'4" | 255 | USC | San Francisco, CA USA | ||
| 74 | Tony Terry | DT | June 24, 1947 | 6'4" | 250 | Southern California | St. Louis, MO | ||
| 86 | Steve Thompson | DE | February 12, 1945 | 6'2" | 250 | Washington | Seattle, WA USA | ||
| 44 | Clem Turner | HB/TE | May 28, 1945 | 6'1" | 236 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH USA | ||
| 12 | Don Van Galder | QB | April 12, 1951 | 6'2" | 195 | Utah | La Crosse, WI | ||
| Chris Veit | OT | January 23, 1950 | 6'5" | 250 | Oregon State | ||||
| Chris Vella | TE | December 6, 1951 | 6'2" | 220 | Southern California | Cleveland, OH | |||
| 53/41 | Clyde Warehime | LB | October 22, 1951 | 6'2" | 217 | Washington State | Everett, WA | 10 | |
| 42 | Ed Washington | CB | April 14, 1950 | 5'11" | 190 | Long Beach State | Fresno, CA | ||
| 41 | Clancy Williams | CB | September 24, 1942 | 6'3" | 194 | Washington St. | Deweyville, TX USA | ||
| 9 | Porter Williams | WR | January 11, 1951 | 5'11" | 168 | Western Kentucky | Nashville, TN | ||
| 76 | Wallace Williams | OG/OT | July 4, 1950 | 6'2" | 251 | Washington State | Bakersfield, CA | ||
| 25 | Joe Wylie | S/WR/RB/P | January 31, 1951 | 6'1" | 190 | Oklahoma | Henderson, TX | 9 | 9 |
