1975 Jacksonville Express Statistics
Team Record: 6-5
Finishing 4th in the WFL's East Division
Coach: Charlie Tate (6-5-)
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Attendance: 77,906, Avg. 12,984 in 6 home dates
1975 Jacksonville Express Results
The Jacksonville Express of the World Football League ended the 1975 season with a record of 6 wins and 5 losses, finishing fourth in the WFL's East Division.
The Express racked up 227 points, but the defensive squad conceded 247. Al Haywood rushed for a team-best 687 yards for Jacksonville.
George Mira passed for 1,643 yards. Dennis Hughes caught 36 passes for 545 yards, while Witt Beckman and Steve Barrios contributed to the receiving game, too.
Abb Ansley, Chip Myrtle and Dick Conn each snatched 3 errant tosses from the opposition.
Charlie Tate coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Mira | 254 | 123 | 48.4 | 1643 | 6.5 | 12 | 4.7 | 12 | 4.7 | 54 | 8 | 66 | 65.5 |
David Fowler | 42 | 18 | 42.9 | 225 | 5.4 | 1 | 2.4 | 2 | 4.8 | 28 | 2 | 12 | 48.2 |
Totals | 296 | 141 | 47.6 | 1868 | 6.3 | 13 | 4.4 | 14 | 4.7 | 54 | 10 | 78 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Haywood | 131 | 687 | 5.2 | 25 | 4 |
Tommy Reamon | 144 | 478 | 3.3 | 44 | 5 |
Brian Duncan | 43 | 127 | 3.0 | 12 | 2 |
Skip Johns | 22 | 74 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 |
Jimmy Poulos | 21 | 39 | 1.9 | 9 | 1 |
George Mira | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 18 | 0 |
David Fowler | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 19 | 0 |
Willie Jackson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Dan Callahan | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
Totals | 377 | 1460 | 3.9 | 44 | 12 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dennis Hughes | 36 | 545 | 15.1 | 39 | 4 |
Witt Beckman | 29 | 446 | 15.4 | 44 | 3 |
Steve Barrios | 27 | 483 | 17.9 | 54 | 4 |
Tommy Reamon | 16 | 94 | 5.9 | 17 | 0 |
Al Haywood | 12 | 131 | 10.9 | 37 | 2 |
Brian Duncan | 10 | 73 | 7.3 | 18 | 0 |
Mike Creaney | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 15 | 0 |
Jimmy Poulos | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 11 | 0 |
Skip Johns | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 |
Lee McGriff | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Totals | 141 | 1868 | 13.2 | 54 | 13 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dan Callahan | 60 | 2442 | 40.7 | 65 |
Totals | 60 | 2442 | 40.7 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willie Jackson | 15 | 148 | 9.9 | 34 | 0 |
John Osborne | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 |
Dick Conn | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 |
Tommy Reamon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Steve Foley | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Ken Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Canary Simmons | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Totals | 26 | 164 | 6.3 | 34 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willie Jackson | 28 | 573 | 20.5 | 40 | 0 |
Dick Conn | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 31 | 0 |
John Osborne | 4 | 85 | 21.2 | 27 | 0 |
Canary Simmons | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 25 | 0 |
Brian Duncan | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 44 | 0 |
Jimmy Poulos | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 21 | 0 |
Jeff Davis | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 |
Robbie Davis | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 22 | 0 |
Ken Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 50 | 1015 | 20.3 | 44 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chip Myrtle | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | |
Abb Ansley | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Dick Conn | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
Fletcher Smith | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
Steve Foley | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
John Osborne | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Glen Gaspard | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Ron Coppenbarger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 15 | 197 | 13.1 | 30 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Al Haywood | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |||
Charlie Durkee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | |||
Tommy Reamon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |||
Dennis Hughes | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
Steve Barrios | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |||
Witt Beckman | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |||
Brian Duncan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||
Jimmy Poulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
Mike Creaney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Skip Johns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Totals | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 220 |