1974 Florida Blazers Statistics
Team Record: 14-6
Finishing 1st in the WFL's East Division
Lost Championship
Coach: Jack Pardee (14-6-)
Location: Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 134,081, Avg. 14,898 in 9 home dates
1974 Florida Blazers Results
The Florida Blazers of the World Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 14 wins and 6 losses, finishing first in the WFL's East Division.
The Blazers ran up 419 points, and the defensive squad allowed 280. Tommy Reamon carried the ball for a team-best 1,576 yards for Florida.
Bob Davis threw for 3,079 yards. Jim Strong hauled in 47 passes, while Matt Maslowski accumulated 850 receiving yards. Greg Latta and Tommy Reamon contributed to the receiving game also.
Miller Farr and Billie Hayes each seized 6 opponent throws.
Jack Pardee coached the team. The 1974 Florida Blazers lost in the Championship.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Davis | 414 | 227 | 54.8 | 3079 | 7.4 | 21 | 5.1 | 23 | 5.6 | 62 | 27 | 222 | 72.5 |
Tommy Reamon | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 152 | 38.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 156.3 |
Eric Crone | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 34 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 10.0 |
Buddy Palazzo | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 31.7 |
Matt Maslowski | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 435 | 237 | 54.5 | 3288 | 7.6 | 23 | 5.3 | 25 | 5.7 | 62 | 29 | 237 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tommy Reamon | 386 | 1576 | 4.1 | 55 | 11 |
Jim Strong | 183 | 683 | 3.7 | 15 | 4 |
Dickie James | 73 | 344 | 4.7 | 64 | 5 |
A.D. Whitfield | 71 | 202 | 2.8 | 29 | 1 |
Bill Gatti | 45 | 161 | 3.6 | 17 | 1 |
Bob Davis | 28 | 94 | 3.4 | 14 | 2 |
Buddy Palazzo | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 15 | 1 |
Eddie Richardson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Greg Latta | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 12 | 0 |
Bill Hobbs | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Eric Crone | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
Cliff McClain | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Matt Maslowski | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
Lonnie Crittenden | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 6 | 0 |
Hubie Bryant | 4 | -18 | -4.5 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 812 | 3096 | 3.8 | 64 | 25 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Strong | 47 | 429 | 9.1 | 20 | 2 |
Matt Maslowski | 45 | 850 | 18.9 | 60 | 7 |
Greg Latta | 39 | 815 | 20.9 | 53 | 9 |
Tommy Reamon | 38 | 336 | 8.8 | 43 | 3 |
Hubie Bryant | 23 | 379 | 16.5 | 62 | 1 |
A.D. Whitfield | 15 | 146 | 9.7 | 24 | 0 |
John Hilton | 7 | 83 | 11.9 | 20 | 0 |
Bill Gatti | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 20 | 0 |
Dickie James | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 20 | 0 |
Eddie Richardson | 4 | 57 | 14.2 | 24 | 0 |
Richard Trapp | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
Gary Collins | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 19 | 1 |
Lonnie Crittenden | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Luther Palmer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 237 | 3288 | 13.9 | 62 | 23 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Hobbs | 56 | 2053 | 36.7 | 65 |
Dave Strock | 29 | 1157 | 39.9 | 53 |
Henry Brown | 12 | 410 | 34.2 | 55 |
Gary Collins | 4 | 137 | 34.2 | 43 |
Totals | 101 | 3757 | 37.2 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rod Foster | 25 | 280 | 11.2 | 86 | 1 |
Rickie Harris | 28 | 158 | 5.6 | 14 | 0 |
Billy Walik | 13 | 78 | 6.0 | 22 | 0 |
Leonard Bryant | 8 | 76 | 9.5 | 27 | 1 |
Larry Willis | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 |
Hubie Bryant | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Luther Palmer | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Bill Gatti | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Dickie James | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
Tommy Reamon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 82 | 644 | 7.9 | 86 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dickie James | 20 | 539 | 27.0 | 82 | 0 |
Rod Foster | 13 | 237 | 18.2 | 27 | 0 |
Tommy Reamon | 6 | 168 | 28.0 | 42 | 0 |
Bill Gatti | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 16 | 0 |
Larry Willis | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 26 | 0 |
A.D. Whitfield | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 22 | 0 |
Les Perry | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Henry Brown | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Ron Maree | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Eddie Richardson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Billy Walik | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
John Ricca | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Matt Maslowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 58 | 1228 | 21.2 | 82 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billie Hayes | 6 | 105 | 17.5 | 0 | |
Miller Farr | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 0 | |
Eddie Sheats | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 1 | |
Bill Hobbs | 4 | 97 | 24.2 | 1 | |
Rod Foster | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
Larry Grantham | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
Rickie Harris | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
John Ricca | 1 | 75 | 75.0 | 75 | 0 |
Larry Ely | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
Chuck Beatty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 30 | 519 | 17.3 | 75 | 2 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Tommy Reamon | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | |||
Greg Latta | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | |||
Matt Maslowski | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | |||
Jim Strong | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | |||
Dickie James | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
Les Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
Dave Strock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Bob Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||
Eddie Sheats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Gary Collins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Leonard Bryant | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Bill Hobbs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Buddy Palazzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
A.D. Whitfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Bill Gatti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
Rod Foster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Hubie Bryant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
Louis Ross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
John Hilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Eddie Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Luther Palmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Totals | 25 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 419 |