1975 Portland Thunder Statistics
Team Record: 4-7
Finishing 4th in the WFL's West Division
Coach: Greg Barton (1-5-)
Coach: Bob Brodhead (1-1-)
Coach: Joe Gardi (2-1-)
Location: Portland, Oregon
Attendance: 47,976, Avg. 7,996 in 6 home dates
1975 Portland Thunder Results
The Portland Thunder of the World Football League ended the 1975 season with a record of 4 wins and 7 losses, finishing fourth in the WFL's West Division.
Portland scored 213 points, while the defense gave up 239. Rufus Ferguson ran for a team-best 768 yards for the Thunder.
Don Horn passed for 1,742 yards. Rufus Ferguson paced the receiving corps, snagging 32 passes, while Bob Christiansen accumulated 456 receiving yards.
Phil Borjas picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition.
Greg Barton, Bob Brodhead and Joe Gardi coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Horn | 272 | 158 | 58.1 | 1742 | 6.4 | 11 | 4.0 | 12 | 4.4 | 54 | 9 | 48 | 72.3 |
Ira Hammon | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
Jim Ousley | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 275 | 159 | 57.8 | 1771 | 6.4 | 12 | 4.4 | 12 | 4.4 | 54 | 9 | 48 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rufus Ferguson | 187 | 768 | 4.1 | 61 | 7 |
Jim Evenson | 99 | 439 | 4.4 | 34 | 1 |
Bob Wyatt | 74 | 291 | 3.9 | 34 | 2 |
Ira Hammon | 48 | 134 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
Jim Krieg | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Joe Wylie | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
J.J. Hartstein | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
Don Horn | 11 | -7 | -0.6 | 17 | 1 |
Don Warner | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 424 | 1633 | 3.9 | 61 | 11 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rufus Ferguson | 32 | 269 | 8.4 | 34 | 0 |
Bob Christiansen | 29 | 456 | 15.7 | 32 | 5 |
Jim Krieg | 21 | 248 | 11.8 | 39 | 3 |
Jim Thorpe | 18 | 204 | 11.3 | 39 | 1 |
Jim Evenson | 18 | 108 | 6.0 | 19 | 0 |
Earl McCullouch | 12 | 219 | 18.2 | 54 | 3 |
Ira Hammon | 12 | 82 | 6.8 | 14 | 0 |
Joe Wylie | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 15 | 0 |
Bob Wyatt | 7 | 68 | 9.7 | 23 | 0 |
Frank Russell | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
Totals | 159 | 1771 | 11.1 | 54 | 12 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Don Warner | 59 | 2432 | 41.2 | 63 |
Totals | 59 | 2432 | 41.2 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Wylie | 28 | 322 | 11.5 | 78 | 3 |
Phil Borjas | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
Bob Boustead | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 37 | 340 | 9.2 | 78 | 3 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Wylie | 27 | 685 | 25.4 | 60 | 0 |
Rufus Ferguson | 6 | 125 | 20.8 | 29 | 0 |
Bob Wyatt | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 27 | 0 |
Al Andrews | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 36 | 0 |
Ira Hammon | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 28 | 0 |
Earl McCullouch | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Billy Joe Winchester | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Clyde Warehime | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 47 | 1045 | 22.2 | 60 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phil Borjas | 4 | 104 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
Clancy Oliver | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Robin Sinclair | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Tom Oberg | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Mike McConnell | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Clyde Warehime | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Hal Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Kurt Knudsen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 16 | 194 | 12.1 | 26 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Rufus Ferguson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | |||
Bob Christiansen | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
Don Warner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |||
Earl McCullouch | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |||
Jim Krieg | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |||
Joe Wylie | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |||
Bob Wyatt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||
Jim Evenson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
Don Horn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Jim Thorpe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Totals | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 213 |