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1975 Birmingham Vulcans Statistics
Team Record: 9-3
Finishing 1st in the WFL's East Division
Coach: Marvin Bass (9-3-)
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Attendance: 166,730, Avg. 23,819 in 7 home dates
1975 Birmingham Vulcans Results
The Birmingham Vulcans of the World Football League ended the 1975 season with a record of 9 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the WFL's East Division.
Birmingham racked up 257 points, while the rigid defensive squad yielded 186. Art Cantrelle carried the ball for a team-best 814 yards for the Vulcans, while Johnny Musso also contributed to the rushing attack.
Matthew Reed passed for 1,252 yards. Art Cantrelle grabbed 19 passes, while Dennis Homan accumulated 277 receiving yards.
Jim McKinney picked off 4 opponent throws.
Marvin Bass coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matthew Reed | 208 | 81 | 38.9 | 1252 | 6.0 | 4 | 1.9 | 11 | 5.3 | 72 | 8 | 62 | 44.0 |
Denny Duron | 61 | 27 | 44.3 | 465 | 7.6 | 2 | 3.3 | 5 | 8.2 | 40 | 8 | 62 | 47.5 |
Totals | 269 | 108 | 40.1 | 1717 | 6.4 | 6 | 2.2 | 16 | 5.9 | 72 | 16 | 124 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Art Cantrelle | 201 | 814 | 4.0 | 29 | 10 |
Johnny Musso | 159 | 681 | 4.3 | 35 | 4 |
Matthew Reed | 53 | 347 | 6.5 | 32 | 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 |
Robert 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 |
Totals | 551 | 2431 | 4.4 | 35 | 22 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Art Cantrelle | 19 | 202 | 10.6 | 27 | 1 |
Dennis Homan | 18 | 277 | 15.4 | 39 | 0 |
Ted Powell | 13 | 177 | 13.6 | 28 | 0 |
Nate Fergerson | 12 | 226 | 18.8 | 54 | 1 |
Jim Bishop | 10 | 198 | 19.8 | 51 | 0 |
Robert Brown | 9 | 172 | 19.1 | 37 | 0 |
Art Allen | 8 | 132 | 16.5 | 40 | 0 |
Robert Evans | 7 | 151 | 21.6 | 72 | 2 |
Johnny Musso | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 13 | 1 |
Wayne Wheeler | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 24 | 0 |
Cephus Weatherspoon | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 0 |
Denny Duron | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 1 |
Bill Rudder | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 108 | 1717 | 15.9 | 72 | 6 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rusty Jackson | 57 | 2355 | 41.3 | 63 |
Butch Troegel | 6 | 158 | 26.3 | 42 |
Totals | 63 | 2513 | 39.9 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willie Smith | 23 | 111 | 4.8 | 15 | 0 |
Willie Burkes | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
Robert Evans | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Jim McKinney | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Art Allen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 35 | 155 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willie Smith | 6 | 143 | 23.8 | 32 | 0 |
Ted Powell | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 26 | 0 |
Robert Evans | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 |
Joe Profit | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 26 | 0 |
Willie Burkes | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 32 | 0 |
Jim McKinney | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 28 | 0 |
Art Allen | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 21 | 0 |
Totals | 27 | 509 | 18.9 | 32 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim McKinney | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
Gerard Williams | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
Warren Capone | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Willie Smith | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Willingham | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
Steve Manstedt | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Jim 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 |
Totals | 21 | 135 | 6.4 | 29 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Art Cantrelle | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | |||
Ron Slovensky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | |||
Matthew Reed | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | |||
Johnny Musso | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |||
Robert Evans | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |||
Joe Profit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
Bill Rudder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Nate Fergerson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Denny Duron | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
Gerard Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
Dennis Homan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Jim Bishop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Ted Powell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Art Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Totals | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 257 |