
1974 Memphis Southmen Statistics
Team Record: 17-3
Finishing 1st in the WFL's Central Division
Lost Semifinal
Coach: John McVay (17-3-)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Attendance: 215,051, Avg. 21,505 in 10 home dates
1974 Memphis Southmen Results
The Memphis Southmen of the World Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 17 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the WFL's Central Division.
On offense, the Southmen topped the circuit with 629 points. On the other side of the ball, the defensive squad yielded 365 points. J.J. Jennings ran for a team-best 1,524 yards.
John Huarte threw for 2,416 yards. Ed Marshall snagged 60 passes for 1,159 yards. J.J. Jennings provided receiving help, too.
Dave Thomas picked off 10 opponent throws.
John McVay coached the team. The 1974 Memphis Southmen 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Huarte | 296 | 154 | 52.0 | 2416 | 8.2 | 23 | 7.8 | 16 | 5.4 | 57 | 30 | 297 | 82.8 |
Danny White | 155 | 79 | 51.0 | 1190 | 7.7 | 12 | 7.7 | 9 | 5.8 | 56 | 6 | 78 | 78.2 |
Jim Ettinger | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 133 | 9.5 | 1 | 7.1 | 1 | 7.1 | 45 | 2 | 16 | 77.4 |
John Harvey | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 61 | 20.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 149.3 |
Totals | 468 | 242 | 51.7 | 3800 | 8.1 | 37 | 7.9 | 26 | 5.6 | 57 | 38 | 391 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J.J. Jennings | 322 | 1524 | 4.7 | 21 | 11 |
John Harvey | 192 | 945 | 4.9 | 49 | 6 |
Willie Spencer | 178 | 788 | 4.4 | 30 | 15 |
Paul Miles | 92 | 325 | 3.5 | 19 | 3 |
Danny White | 24 | 103 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 |
John Huarte | 21 | 81 | 3.9 | 16 | 0 |
Jim Ettinger | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 25 | 1 |
Ed Marshall | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 40 | 0 |
Bracy Bonham | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 1 |
Tony Schmid | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Tim Beamer | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 839 | 3852 | 4.6 | 49 | 37 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Marshall | 60 | 1159 | 19.3 | 56 | 19 |
J.J. Jennings | 46 | 431 | 9.4 | 36 | 2 |
Roger Wallace | 37 | 674 | 18.2 | 51 | 5 |
Gary Shirk | 34 | 671 | 19.7 | 57 | 7 |
John Harvey | 21 | 275 | 13.1 | 41 | 1 |
Paul Miles | 15 | 123 | 8.2 | 25 | 0 |
Willie Spencer | 11 | 139 | 12.6 | 34 | 0 |
Jack Ettinger | 7 | 164 | 23.4 | 44 | 1 |
Tim Beamer | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
Dick Bumpas | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
Gary Powell | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 34 | 2 |
Bob Houmard | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Billy Taylor | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 242 | 3800 | 15.7 | 57 | 37 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Danny White | 80 | 3271 | 40.9 | 64 |
Bobby Majors | 6 | 223 | 37.2 | 47 |
Totals | 86 | 3494 | 40.6 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Thomas | 43 | 224 | 5.2 | 70 | 0 |
Roger Wallace | 26 | 144 | 5.5 | 21 | 0 |
Tim Beamer | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 32 | 0 |
Bill Stevenson | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
Emery Hicks | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Willie Lee Jones | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
John Hughes | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Bobby Majors | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | -1 | 0 |
Totals | 77 | 471 | 6.1 | 70 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tim Beamer | 20 | 573 | 28.6 | 82 | 1 |
Dave Thomas | 17 | 397 | 23.4 | 37 | 0 |
John Harvey | 10 | 247 | 24.7 | 33 | 0 |
Willie Spencer | 4 | 85 | 21.2 | 21 | 0 |
J.J. Jennings | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 |
Roger Wallace | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 31 | 0 |
Paul Miles | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 36 | 0 |
Bobby Majors | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 20 | 0 |
Dave Boyd | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 |
Mike Townsend | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Team | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Gary Shirk | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 71 | 1622 | 22.8 | 82 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Thomas | 10 | 161 | 16.1 | 1 | |
Seth Miller | 9 | 159 | 17.7 | 0 | |
Dick Thornton | 5 | 156 | 31.2 | 1 | |
Sonny Hicks | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | |
Bob Lally | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Jake Burkhardt | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
Bobby Majors | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 1 |
Bill Stevenson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Tom Beckman | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Merl Code | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 38 | 614 | 16.2 | 55 | 3 |
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 |
Ed Marshall | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | |||
Willie Spencer | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | |||
J.J. Jennings | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | |||
Gary Shirk | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | |||
John Harvey | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | |||
Bob Etter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
Roger Wallace | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |||
Paul Miles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |||
Gary Powell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||
Tim Beamer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
Jim Ettinger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Bobby Majors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Dick Thornton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Dave Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Bracy Bonham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Jack Ettinger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Tom Beckman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Dick Bumpas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Brent Longwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Totals | 37 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 629 |