1974 Detroit Wheels Statistics

World Football League (WFL)
Team Record: 1-13
Finishing 4th in the WFL's Central Division
Coach: Danny Boisture (1-13-)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 61,335, Avg. 10,223 in 6 home dates

1974 Detroit Wheels Roster
1974 Detroit Wheels Results

The Detroit Wheels of the World Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 1 wins and 13 losses, finishing fourth in the WFL's Central Division.

The Wheels ran up 209 points, and the defensive squad conceded 358. Sam Scarber carried the ball for a team-leading 606 yards for Detroit.

Bubba Wyche threw for 1,869 yards. Jon Henderson hauled in 30 passes for 406 yards. Sam Scarber contributed to the receiving game, too.

Terry Hoeppner intercepted 5 opponent throws.

Danny Boisture coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Bubba Wyche	304	156	51.3	1869	6.1	10	3.3	19	6.2	68	38	369	55.4
Eric Guthrie	21	7	33.3	79	3.8	1	4.8	2	9.5	22	6	52	21.8
Bruce Shaw	17	7	41.2	66	3.9	1	5.9	0	0.0	16	9	56	72.2
Billy Sadler	1	1	100.0	33	33.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	33	0	0	118.8
Totals	343	171	49.9	2047	6.0	12	3.5	21	6.1	68	53	477

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Sam Scarber	138	606	4.4	24	3
Jesse Mims	88	417	4.7	64	2
Billy Sadler	101	321	3.2	24	1
Bubba Wyche	51	265	5.2	27	8
Jim Rathje	28	80	2.9	17	1
Larry Radcliff	19	56	2.9	21	0
Eric Guthrie	4	35	8.8	22	0
Bruce Shaw	6	22	3.7	13	0
Hubie Bryant	1	13	13.0	13	0
Dale Livingston	1	9	9.0	9	0
Lee Fobbs	8	6	0.8	7	0
Eugene Teague	1	3	3.0	3	0
Terry Phillips	3	1	0.3	10	0
Totals	449	1834	4.1	64	15

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jon Henderson	30	406	13.5	49	3
Sam Scarber	29	266	9.2	28	0
Terry Phillips	20	274	13.7	34	4
Hubie Bryant	19	328	17.3		2
Billy Sadler	18	156	8.7	68	0
Jesse Mims	16	109	6.8	17	0
Mickey McCarty	8	129	16.1	34	0
Charlie McKee	6	91	15.2	46	0
John Embree	4	63	15.8	31	0
Jim Rathje	4	53	13.2	41	2
Joe Scales	4	46	11.5	16	0
Lee Fobbs	3	23	7.7	15	0
Dennis Macholz	3	19	6.3	7	0
Terry Williams	2	26	13.0	24	0
Sheldon Joppru	2	10	5.0	8	0
Terry Hoeppner	1	22	22.0	22	0
Bruce Cullen	1	20	20.0	20	1
Clark Hoss	1	6	6.0	6	0
Totals	171	2047	12.0	68	12

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Eric Guthrie	0	0		0	3		9
Totals	0	0		0	3		9

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Chuck Collins	38	1428	37.6	53
Eric Guthrie	29	984	33.9	53
Bubba Wyche	4	150	37.5	46
Dale Livingston	4	132	33.0	40
Totals	75	2694	35.9	53

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Rocky Long	20	217	10.8	56
Billy Sadler	17	165	9.7	43
Totals	37	382	10.3	56

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Billy Sadler	30	751	25.0	62
Rocky Long	14	402	28.7	51
Jesse Mims	11	242	22.0	36
Larry Radcliff	5	86	17.2	25
Lee Fobbs	3	61	20.3	22
Jim Rathje	3	51	17.0	22
Charlie McKee	2	43	21.5	26
Terry Hoeppner	2	34	17.0	22
Jon Henderson	1	21	21.0	21
Totals	71	1691	23.8	62

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Terry Hoeppner	5	64	12.8
Rocky Long	3	38	12.7
Dave Walker	2	0	0.0	0
Dan Lintner	2	0	0.0	0
Mike Kuhn	1	32	32.0	32
Michael Taylor	1	31	31.0	31
George Haynes	1	14	14.0	14
Charlie Battle	1	9	9.0	9
Renard Perkins	1	7	7.0	7
Reggie Holmes	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	18	195	10.8	32

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bubba Wyche	8	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	56
Terry Phillips	0	4	0	0		0			0	1	0	0	0	29
Sam Scarber	3	0	0	0		0			0	1	0	0	0	22
Jim Rathje	1	2	0	0		0			0	2	0	0	0	23
Jon Henderson	0	3	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	21
Jesse Mims	2	0	0	0		0			0	1	0	0	0	15
Hubie Bryant	0	2	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	14
Eric Guthrie	0	0	0	0		0			3	0	0	0	0	9
Bruce Cullen	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	7
Billy Sadler	1	0	0	0		0			0	5	0	0	0	12
Joe Scales	0	0	0	0		0			0	1	0	0	0	1
Totals	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	209