
1975 Philadelphia Bell Statistics
Team Record: 4-7
Finishing 5th in the WFL's East Division
Coach: Willie Wood (4-7-)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 16,143, Avg. 3,229 in 5 home dates
1975 Philadelphia Bell Results
The Philadelphia Bell of the World Football League ended the 1975 season with a record of 4 wins and 7 losses, finishing fifth in the WFL's East Division.
The Bell floundered, tallying only 195 points, and the defensive unit conceded 237. John Land carried the ball for a team-leading 646 yards for Philadelphia.
Bob Davis passed for 1,114 yards. John Land snagged 32 passes, while Ben Hawkins added 412 receiving yards, while Ted Kwalick contributed to the receiving game, too.
Bill Craven picked off 5 opponent throws.
Willie Wood coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Davis | 194 | 95 | 49.0 | 1114 | 5.7 | 7 | 3.6 | 12 | 6.2 | 51 | 5 | 49 | 53.1 |
King Corcoran | 99 | 45 | 45.5 | 440 | 4.4 | 3 | 3.0 | 6 | 6.1 | 55t | 1 | 6 | 43.3 |
Mike Yancheff | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 2 | 23 | 89.6 |
Totals | 295 | 141 | 47.8 | 1576 | 5.3 | 10 | 3.4 | 18 | 6.1 | 55 | 8 | 78 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Land | 160 | 646 | 4.0 | 40 | 2 |
Claude Watts | 86 | 481 | 5.6 | 38 | 5 |
J.J. Jennings | 82 | 345 | 4.2 | 18 | 1 |
Jim Rackley | 14 | 100 | 7.1 | 44 | 0 |
Howard Strickland | 25 | 100 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
Alan Thompson | 20 | 68 | 3.4 | 13 | 0 |
Bob Davis | 23 | 12 | 0.5 | 16 | 2 |
Frank McGuigan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Ben Hawkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Kwalick | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 3 | 0 |
King Corcoran | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Holliday | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 419 | 1739 | 4.2 | 44 | 10 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Land | 32 | 193 | 6.0 | 23 | 0 |
Ted Kwalick | 29 | 400 | 13.8 | 46 | 4 |
Ben Hawkins | 28 | 412 | 14.7 | 51 | 3 |
Ron Holliday | 14 | 171 | 12.2 | 55 | 2 |
J.J. Jennings | 12 | 95 | 7.9 | 23 | 0 |
Claude Watts | 11 | 122 | 11.1 | 38 | 0 |
Len Izzo | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 16 | 0 |
Howard Strickland | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
Jim Rackley | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 12 | 0 |
Vince Papale | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 1 |
Totals | 141 | 1576 | 11.2 | 55 | 10 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Linc Welles | 56 | 2175 | 38.8 | 56 |
Totals | 56 | 2175 | 38.8 | 56 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marv Pettaway | 15 | 120 | 8.0 | 33 | 0 |
Alvin Wyatt | 12 | 60 | 5.0 | 30 | 0 |
Rod Foster | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 |
Jubilee Dunbar | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
Bill Craven | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Darold Nogle | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
Herb Lynch | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 |
Gregg Butler | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
Reggie Berry | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 53 | 276 | 5.2 | 33 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Howard Strickland | 11 | 366 | 33.3 | 82 | 1 |
Marv Pettaway | 12 | 303 | 25.2 | 61 | 0 |
Frank McGuigan | 6 | 157 | 26.2 | 37 | 0 |
Jim Rackley | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 26 | 0 |
Jubilee Dunbar | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 34 | 0 |
Don Willingham | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 26 | 0 |
Alan Thompson | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 16 | 0 |
Alvin Wyatt | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Rod Foster | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
Don Ratliff | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Reggie Berry | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
Ralph Perretta | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 48 | 1103 | 23.0 | 82 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Craven | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | |
Gregg Butler | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Polito | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
Steve Colavito | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Herb Lynch | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
Mel Rogers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Alvin Wyatt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 15 | 125 | 8.3 | 27 | 0 |
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 |
Bob Cooper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
Claude Watts | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |||
Ted Kwalick | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |||
Ben Hawkins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |||
Bob Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||
Ron Holliday | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||
John Land | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |||
Vince Papale | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Howard Strickland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
J.J. Jennings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
Len Pettigrew | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Frank McGuigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Alan Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Totals | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 195 |