1975 Southern California Sun Statistics
World Football League (WFL)
Team Record: 7-5
Finishing 1st in the WFL's West Division
Coach: Tom Fears (7-5-)
Location: Anaheim, California
Attendance: 52,696, Avg. 13,174 in 4 home dates
1975 Southern California Sun RosterTeam Record: 7-5
Finishing 1st in the WFL's West Division
Coach: Tom Fears (7-5-)
Location: Anaheim, California
Attendance: 52,696, Avg. 13,174 in 4 home dates
1975 Southern California Sun Results
The Southern California Sun of the World Football League ended the 1975 season with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, finishing first in the WFL's West Division.
Southern California moved the ball well, scoring 354 points, while the shaky defensive squad allowed 341, most in the circuit. Anthony Davis spearheaded the running game, rushing for a 1,200 yards for the Sun.
Pat Haden passed for 1,404 yards, and Mike Ernst spent time under center, too. Terry Lindsey led pass catchers, hauling in 43 balls for 669 yards, while Anthony Davis was targeted regularly also.
Eric Johnson, Reggie Pierson and Rudy Holmes each intercepted 3 opponent throws.
Tom Fears coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Haden | 163 | 98 | 60.1 | 1404 | 8.6 | 11 | 6.7 | 9 | 5.5 | 76 | 11 | 124 | 87.6 |
| Mike Ernst | 157 | 84 | 53.5 | 1013 | 6.5 | 5 | 3.2 | 12 | 7.6 | 65 | 12 | 93 | 52.3 |
| Anthony Davis | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 120 | 10.9 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 108.1 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 90 | 4.7 | 1 | 5.3 | 3 | 15.8 | 31 | 2 | 14 | 39.3 |
| Alvin White | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Wayne Estabrook | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 352 | 196 | 55.7 | 2641 | 7.5 | 18 | 5.1 | 24 | 6.8 | 76 | 25 | 231 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Davis | 239 | 1200 | 5.0 | 33 | 16 |
| Gary Dixon | 51 | 222 | 4.4 | 12 | 3 |
| Greg Herd | 33 | 183 | 5.5 | 14 | 4 |
| Bob Ferrell | 36 | 149 | 4.1 | 13 | 2 |
| Bill Kramer | 27 | 102 | 3.8 | 9 | 1 |
| Mike Ernst | 10 | 101 | 10.1 | 39 | 0 |
| Pat Haden | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Don Shy | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Ken Grandberry | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Keith Denson | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Wayne Estabrook | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | -7 | 0 |
| Totals | 425 | 2040 | 4.8 | 39 | 26 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Lindsey | 43 | 669 | 15.6 | 76 | 4 |
| Anthony Davis | 40 | 381 | 9.5 | 41 | 1 |
| Chuck Bradley | 27 | 459 | 17.0 | 57 | 1 |
| Dave Williams | 21 | 327 | 15.6 | 51 | 9 |
| Keith Denson | 16 | 342 | 21.4 | 65 | 3 |
| John McKay | 11 | 139 | 12.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Ferrell | 11 | 61 | 5.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Shy | 8 | 59 | 7.4 | 33 | 0 |
| Bill Kramer | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 33 | 0 |
| Greg Herd | 7 | 70 | 10.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Gary Dixon | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Baker | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 196 | 2641 | 13.5 | 76 | 18 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benny Ricardo | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 72.7 | 24 | |
| Ron Ayala | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Ingmar Kauffeldt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Alvin White | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 24 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnie Walker | 14 | 110 | 7.9 | 40 | 0 |
| Marv Pettaway | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Keith Denson | 14 | 39 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Ed Weatherspoon | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Ron Smith | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Conners | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Wes Grant | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Stan Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 265 | 6.2 | 40 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marv Pettaway | 15 | 393 | 26.2 | 31 | 0 |
| Anthony Davis | 9 | 235 | 26.1 | 84 | 1 |
| Ron Smith | 8 | 125 | 15.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Stan Brown | 7 | 118 | 16.9 | 29 | 0 |
| Keith Denson | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Jack Conners | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Donnie Walker | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Gary Dixon | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Kevin Fletcher | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Gordon Riegel | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Ferrell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 56 | 1057 | 18.9 | 84 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Holmes | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| Eric Johnson | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Reggie Pierson | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Tim Guy | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Jack Conners | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Ed Weatherspoon | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Lee | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Cleveland Vann | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Donnie Walker | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Charles DeJurnett | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 173 | 9.1 | 22 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Anthony Davis | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | |||
| Dave Williams | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | |||
| Terry Lindsey | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | |||
| Benny Ricardo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Greg Herd | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |||
| Keith Denson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |||
| Gary Dixon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |||
| Bob Ferrell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |||
| Chuck Bradley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Bill Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Mike Ernst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 26 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 354 |
