1974 New York Stars Statistics
World Football League (WFL)
Team Record: 8-5
Finishing 2nd in the WFL's East Division
Coach: Babe Parilli (10-10-)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 75,142, Avg. 10,735 in 7 home dates
1974 New York Stars RosterTeam Record: 8-5
Finishing 2nd in the WFL's East Division
Coach: Babe Parilli (10-10-)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 75,142, Avg. 10,735 in 7 home dates
1974 New York Stars Results
The New York Stars of the World Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 8 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the WFL's East Division.
The Stars chalked up 304 points, while the solid defense conceded 197. Bob Gladieux ran for a team-leading 690 yards for New York, while Don Highsmith also buoyed the ground attack.
Tom Sherman tossed for 2,311 yards. George Sauer topped the receiving corps, hauling in 38 balls for 547 yards, while Kreg Kapitan and Al Young provided receiving help as well.
Jeff Woodcock intercepted 8 opponent throws.
Babe Parilli coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Sherman | 363 | 172 | 47.4 | 2311 | 6.4 | 15 | 4.1 | 16 | 4.4 | 63 | 27 | 221 | 63.5 |
| Gary Danielson | 54 | 27 | 50.0 | 293 | 5.4 | 1 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 3 | 36 | 72.5 |
| Brian Dowling | 38 | 14 | 36.8 | 140 | 3.7 | 1 | 2.6 | 5 | 13.2 | 27 | 2 | 16 | 17.3 |
| Lee Bouggess | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Dave Richards | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 457 | 213 | 46.6 | 2744 | 6.0 | 17 | 3.7 | 21 | 4.6 | 63 | 32 | 273 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Gladieux | 177 | 690 | 3.9 | 30 | 6 |
| Don Highsmith | 142 | 686 | 4.8 | 32 | 13 |
| Ed White | 100 | 431 | 4.3 | 25 | 1 |
| James Ford | 103 | 383 | 3.7 | 36 | 3 |
| Tom Sherman | 97 | 376 | 3.9 | 31 | 6 |
| Andy Huff | 74 | 264 | 3.6 | 25 | 3 |
| Dave Richards | 51 | 143 | 2.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Lee Bouggess | 49 | 119 | 2.4 | 17 | 1 |
| Bob Hermanni | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 18 | 3 |
| John King | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Brian Dowling | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Lewis Jolley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dave Wooley | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Barnes | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Williams | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bert Askson | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 831 | 3272 | 3.9 | 36 | 37 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Sauer | 38 | 547 | 14.4 | 34 | 3 |
| Al Young | 34 | 426 | 12.5 | 29 | 1 |
| Kreg Kapitan | 33 | 399 | 12.1 | 26 | 5 |
| Ray Parson | 25 | 325 | 13.0 | 32 | 2 |
| Don Highsmith | 19 | 147 | 7.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Al Barnes | 10 | 190 | 19.0 | 63 | 1 |
| James Ford | 9 | 112 | 12.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Gladieux | 9 | 99 | 11.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Bert Askson | 8 | 207 | 25.9 | 45 | 4 |
| Tommy Spinks | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Ed White | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Dave Richards | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Lee Bouggess | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Andy Huff | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Hermanni | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Lewis Jolley | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Dockery | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 213 | 2744 | 12.9 | 63 | 17 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moses Lajterman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | ||
| Pete Rajecki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 39 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robby Reynolds | 110 | 4195 | 38.1 | 54 |
| Totals | 110 | 4195 | 38.1 | 54 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Richards | 42 | 193 | 4.6 | 48 | 0 |
| Bob Hermanni | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Jeff Woodcock | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 53 | 248 | 4.7 | 48 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ike Thomas | 24 | 671 | 28.0 | 71 | 0 |
| Dave Richards | 28 | 611 | 21.8 | 42 | 0 |
| Bob Gladieux | 7 | 104 | 14.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Hermanni | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 28 | 0 |
| James Ford | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Jeff Woodcock | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Tommy Spinks | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Andy Huff | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Totals | 72 | 1629 | 22.6 | 71 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Woodcock | 8 | 137 | 17.1 | 0 | |
| Larry Shears | 7 | 124 | 17.7 | 1 | |
| Steve Dennis | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Sims | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Art Reynolds | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Tom Chandler | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Lou Angelo | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gary Champagne | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ike Thomas | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| John Dockery | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Huff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 442 | 13.8 | 21 | 2 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Don Highsmith | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | |||
| Bob Gladieux | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | |||
| Tom Sherman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | |||
| Kreg Kapitan | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Bert Askson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Moses Lajterman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |||
| George Sauer | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |||
| Andy Huff | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |||
| Gary Danielson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |||
| Pete Rajecki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| James Ford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |||
| Ray Parson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |||
| Al Young | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Lee Bouggess | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Jimmy Sims | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Ike Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Larry Shears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Dave Richards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Al Barnes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Ed White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Totals | 37 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 467 |
