1975 Chicago Winds Statistics
World Football League (WFL)
Team Record: 1-4
Finishing 6th in the WFL's West Division
Coach: Abe Gibron (1-4-)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 3,470, Avg. 3,470 in 1 home dates
1975 Chicago Winds RosterTeam Record: 1-4
Finishing 6th in the WFL's West Division
Coach: Abe Gibron (1-4-)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 3,470, Avg. 3,470 in 1 home dates
1975 Chicago Winds Results
The Chicago Winds of the World Football League ended the 1975 season with a record of 1 wins and 4 losses, finishing sixth in the WFL's West Division.
On defense, the Winds yielded 125 points, fewest in the league. Chicago struggled to score 67 points, worst in the circuit. Pete Beathard threw for 886 yards. John Gilliam hauled in 20 balls for 390 yards.
Bob Wyatt rushed for a team-leading 188 yards, and Mark Kellar also aided the ground game.
Chuck Kogut and Ralph Anderson each picked off 2 opponent throws.
Abe Gibron coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Beathard | 145 | 73 | 50.3 | 886 | 6.1 | 3 | 2.1 | 7 | 4.8 | 49 | 6 | 38 | 56.3 |
| Gary Danielson | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 107 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 13.3 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 42.2 |
| Matt Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 161 | 82 | 50.9 | 993 | 6.2 | 3 | 1.9 | 9 | 5.6 | 49 | 7 | 42 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Wyatt | 45 | 188 | 4.2 | 16 | 1 |
| Mark Kellar | 62 | 179 | 2.9 | 27 | 2 |
| Cyril Pinder | 24 | 95 | 4.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Margene Adkins | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Pete Beathard | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Gagnon | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Matt Williams | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1t | 1 |
| Tim Gillespie | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
| Totals | 147 | 494 | 3.4 | 27 | 5 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Gilliam | 20 | 390 | 19.5 | 49 | 2 |
| Mark Kellar | 19 | 181 | 9.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Margene Adkins | 12 | 130 | 10.8 | 23 | 1 |
| Tim Gillespie | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Wyatt | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Dave Gagnon | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Fred Pagac | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Don Burchfield | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Cyril Pinder | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Matt Williams | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Jerry Broadnax | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Pete Beathard | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Totals | 82 | 993 | 12.1 | 56 | 3 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Haddox | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 6 | |
| Allan Watson | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 3 | |
| Earl Sark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 9 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Gillespie | 14 | 25 | 1.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Harry Howard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Williams | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 18 | 22 | 1.2 | 10 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Williams | 15 | 376 | 25.1 | 68 | 0 |
| Bob Wyatt | 6 | 143 | 23.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Tim Gillespie | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 578 | 23.1 | 68 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Anderson | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Chuck Kogut | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Harry Howard | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Tom Roussel | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Mark Kellar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||
| John Gilliam | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Margene Adkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Bob Wyatt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Cyril Pinder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Randy Haddox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Matt Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Allan Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jerry Broadnax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
