1974 The Hawaiians Statistics
World Football League (WFL)
Team Record: 9-11
Finishing 2nd in the WFL's West Division
Lost Semifinal
Coach: Mike Giddings (9-11-)
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Attendance: 130,399, Avg. 13,040 in 10 home dates
1974 The Hawaiians RosterTeam Record: 9-11
Finishing 2nd in the WFL's West Division
Lost Semifinal
Coach: Mike Giddings (9-11-)
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Attendance: 130,399, Avg. 13,040 in 10 home dates
1974 The Hawaiians Results
The The Hawaiians of the World Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 9 wins and 11 losses, finishing second in the WFL's West Division.
The Hawaiians scored 413 points, but the defensive squad allowed 422. Norris Weese threw for 1,847 yards, and Randy Johnson played quarterback, too. Tim Delaney paced pass catchers, hauling in 89 passes for 1,232 yards.
Sonny Davis rushed for a team-best 680 yards for Hawaii, while Ernie O'Leary also buoyed the ground attack.
Willie Williams and Jim Sniadecki each intercepted 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Mike Giddings coached the team. The 1974 The Hawaiians lost in the Semifinal.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norris Weese | 280 | 142 | 50.7 | 1847 | 6.6 | 14 | 5.0 | 17 | 6.1 | 49 | 30 | 231 | 63.2 |
| Randy Johnson | 197 | 113 | 57.4 | 1368 | 6.9 | 11 | 5.6 | 11 | 5.6 | 42 | 7 | 54 | 74.2 |
| Edd Hargett | 110 | 51 | 46.4 | 563 | 5.1 | 5 | 4.5 | 7 | 6.4 | 68 | 5 | 46 | 50.7 |
| Jim Fassel | 36 | 15 | 41.7 | 195 | 5.4 | 1 | 2.8 | 3 | 8.3 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 33.9 |
| Dennis Dummit | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 72 | 14.4 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 158.3 |
| Bill Donckers | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 41 | 5.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 65.1 |
| Totals | 636 | 329 | 51.7 | 4086 | 6.4 | 33 | 5.2 | 38 | 6.0 | 68 | 46 | 365 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Davis | 183 | 680 | 3.7 | 38 | 4 |
| Ernie O'Leary | 129 | 555 | 4.3 | 42 | 1 |
| Vince Clements | 75 | 258 | 3.4 | 18 | 2 |
| Norris Weese | 37 | 240 | 6.5 | 23 | 3 |
| Derrick Williams | 65 | 214 | 3.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Clem Turner | 26 | 113 | 4.3 | 61 | 1 |
| Clayton Heath | 25 | 80 | 3.2 | 10 | 3 |
| Ron Preston | 12 | 72 | 6.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Dave Buchanan | 28 | 61 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Pete Taggares | 14 | 50 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Henry Copeland | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tim Boyer | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Randy Johnson | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 14 | 0 |
| George Smith | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Edd Hargett | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 10 | 0 |
| John Isenbarger | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Larry Brice | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Hutt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jerry Powell | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | -15 | 0 |
| Bill Donckers | 1 | -16 | -16.0 | -16 | 0 |
| Totals | 632 | 2399 | 3.8 | 61 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Delaney | 89 | 1232 | 13.8 | 42 | 8 |
| John Kelsey | 37 | 505 | 13.6 | 27 | 6 |
| John Isenbarger | 33 | 368 | 11.2 | 29 | 7 |
| Vince Clements | 28 | 270 | 9.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Sonny Davis | 24 | 284 | 11.8 | 45 | 3 |
| Ernie O'Leary | 22 | 261 | 11.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Jerry Powell | 16 | 192 | 12.0 | 28 | 2 |
| Derrick Williams | 16 | 187 | 11.7 | 68 | 0 |
| Grady Richardson | 14 | 228 | 16.3 | 36 | 3 |
| Tim Boyer | 11 | 207 | 18.8 | 49 | 2 |
| Don Hutt | 11 | 104 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Pete Taggares | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 18 | 1 |
| Clem Turner | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Clayton Heath | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| George Smith | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ron Preston | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Buchanan | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Norris Weese | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Henry Copeland | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 329 | 4086 | 12.4 | 68 | 33 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.A. Coppedge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | ||
| Willie Viney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Baccus | 63 | 2232 | 35.4 | 60 |
| Jerry Powell | 21 | 855 | 40.7 | 63 |
| Norris Weese | 15 | 540 | 36.0 | 50 |
| Keith Bailey | 2 | 92 | 46.0 | 52 |
| Totals | 101 | 3719 | 36.8 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Moseley | 39 | 421 | 10.8 | 66 | 1 |
| Tim Boyer | 14 | 99 | 7.1 | 31 | 0 |
| Jerry Powell | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Derrick Williams | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Grady Richardson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Dave Atkinson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Willie Williams | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 63 | 621 | 9.9 | 66 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Williams | 36 | 757 | 21.0 | 83 | 1 |
| Ernie O'Leary | 11 | 250 | 22.7 | 39 | 0 |
| Jerry Powell | 11 | 215 | 19.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Grady Richardson | 7 | 195 | 27.9 | 72 | 0 |
| John Moseley | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Ron Preston | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Clayton Heath | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 28 | 0 |
| George Smith | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Willie Viney | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Tom Poe | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jeff Sevy | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Olerich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 82 | 1662 | 20.3 | 83 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Williams | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 0 | |
| Jim Sniadecki | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 0 | |
| Phil Andre | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 0 | |
| John Moseley | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 1 | |
| Otto Brown | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| Jewell McCullar | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| John Douglas | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dave Atkinson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Louie Fiatoa | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Steve Conley | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Adrian Young | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Derrick Williams | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gary Baccus | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 407 | 14.0 | 20 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Tim Delaney | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | |||
| Sonny Davis | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | |||
| John Isenbarger | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | |||
| John Kelsey | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |||
| Grady Richardson | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | |||
| R.A. Coppedge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Clayton Heath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |||
| Norris Weese | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | |||
| Vince Clements | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||
| Jerry Powell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Tim Boyer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||
| John Moseley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Derrick Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |||
| Pete Taggares | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Clem Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Ernie O'Leary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Dave Buchanan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Willie Viney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| George Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jim Fassel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Larry Brice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Chris Vella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 15 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 413 |
