1965 Joliet Explorers (PFLA) |
| 1st place • 8-1-1 .889 |
| Head Coach: Jesse Vail |
| Bill Duchon | Assistant Coach |
| Len Rittof | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/7/1965 | A | Grand Rapids Blazers | 27-6 | W | Wyoming, MI | Kimble Field | 1400 | |
| Sun | 8/29/1965 | H | Grand Rapids Blazers | 34-16 | W | Joliet, IL | Memorial Stadium | 5277 | |
| Sun | 9/5/1965 | A | Lincoln Comets | 45-0 | W | Lincoln, NE | Seacrest Field | 4589 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1965 | H | Omaha Mustangs | 16-10 | W | Joliet, IL | Memorial Stadium | 6816 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1965 | A | Rock Island Raiders | 50-6 | W | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 3555 | |
| Sat | 9/25/1965 | H | Des Moines Warriors | 56-7 | W | Joliet, IL | Memorial Stadium | 6582 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1965 | A | Grand Rapids Blazers | 10-10 | T | Wyoming, MI | Kimble Field | 6300 | |
| Sat | 10/9/1965 | H | Lincoln Comets | 51-0 | W | Joliet, IL | Memorial Stadium | 5206 | |
| Sat | 10/16/1965 | A | Omaha Mustangs | 17-21 | L | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 7116 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1965 | H | Rock Island Raiders | 52-0 | W | Joliet, IL | Memorial Stadium | 5066 | |
| Sat | 10/30/1965 | A | Des Moines Warriors | 34-0 | W | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 4517 | |
| League Championship Series Game #1 | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/7/1965 | H | Grand Rapids Blazers | 7-3 | W | Joliet, IL | Memorial Stadium | 4600 | |
| League Championship Series Game #2 | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/14/1965 | A | Grand Rapids Blazers | 12-6 | W | Wyoming, MI | Kimble Field | 5000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| LeRoy Adams | LLB | 6-1 | 229 | 24 | Langston | |||
| Dick Attreau | TE | 6-3 | 227 | 29 | none | |||
| John Bauer | ROT | 6-3 | 240 | 33 | Illinois | |||
| Ron Beckham | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | Indiana State | |||
| Chuck Billings | FB | 6-2 | 251 | 22 | Florida A&M | |||
| Bob Borkwoski | G | 6-0 | 232 | 22 | Tennessee Tech | |||
| Henry Brown | RS | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | North Central | |||
| Levert Carr | RDT | 6-5 | 258 | 21 | Independence CC; North Central | |||
| Tom Colbert | MLB-RLB | 6-2 | 222 | 25 | Murray State JC; Central Oklahoma | |||
| Bruce Conhain | K | 6-2 | 197 | 21 | Hofstra | |||
| Derril Corbett | LB | 5-11 | 225 | 30 | Northern Illinois | |||
| Ollie Cromwell | C | 6-4 | 260 | 25 | Central Oklahoma | |||
| Art Dillard | LDT | 6-4 | 267 | 26 | Edward Waters | |||
| Ralph Fahey | DT | 6-4 | 287 | 26 | Everett CC | |||
| Tom Farley | OE | 6-1 | 225 | Tennessee Tech | ||||
| Wylie Fox | LOG | 6-1 | 235 | 22 | Illinois | |||
| Ed Francois | FL | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Tennessee State | |||
| Rheinhold Fritz | K | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | North Central | |||
| Bob Fulk | T | 6-3 | 239 | 29 | Eastern Illinois | |||
| Larry Howard | SE | 6-3 | 215 | 23 | Wisconsin | |||
| John Hunter | RB | 5-9 | 185 | Lincoln (Missouri) | ||||
| Jack James | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | Northern Arizona | |||
| Bill Johnson | FB | 6-3 | 213 | Butler | ||||
| Gene Johnson | OE | 6-2 | 231 | 27 | Cheyney | |||
| Clarence Jones | FB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Adams State | |||
| Bob Lear | RB | 5-11 | 190 | 33 | Iowa | |||
| Ken McGhie | HB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Wisconsin; Millikin | |||
| Eural McLaughlin | RB | 5-8 | 180 | 22 | North Central | |||
| Silver McQuarters | FB | 6-0 | 220 | Langston | ||||
| Dave Mulderink | T | 6-0 | 230 | 24 | Northern Illinois | |||
| Bill Mundee | LS | 5-11 | 181 | 24 | Notre Dame | |||
| Larry Nemmers | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Upper Iowa | |||
| Walt Nichols | LOT | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Mississippi Valley State | |||
| Pat Owens | RCB | 6-0 | 188 | 23 | Virginia Union | |||
| Ed Parham | P | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Lincoln (Missouri) | |||
| Sam Parham | LCB | 6-0 | 196 | 22 | Lincoln (Missouri) | |||
| Ron Parr | RLB-MLB | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | Wisconsin | |||
| Jim Piggee | DB | 6-2 | 180 | 27 | St. Augustine's | |||
| Gene Polley | G | 6-2 | 231 | 24 | none | |||
| Jim Robison | LDE | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Arkansas | |||
| Togo Silvani | RDE | 6-2 | 243 | 25 | Northeastern Colorado JC; Adams State | |||
| Roger Stark | T | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Northern Illinois | |||
| Jim Van Gorden | QB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | |||
| Bob Webb | QB | 6-0 | 205 | 28 | St. Ambrose | |||
| Gene Williams | DT | 6-2 | 290 | 25 | Southern Illinois | |||
| Jeff Williams | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Oklahoma State | |||
| Otis Young | ROG | 6-1 | 254 | 22 | Jackson State | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 78 | 113 | 83 | 91 | 365 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 70 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Francois | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||
| Bruce Conhain | 0 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 61 | ||||
| Chuck Billings | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||
| Clarence Jones | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Ken McGhie | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Larry Howard | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Jeff Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Gene Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Bob Lear | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Dick Attreau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Larry Nemmers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 49 | 45 | 49 | 91.8 | 8 | 1 | 365 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 3 | 0 | 70 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Billings | 100 | 718 | 7.2 | 7 | |
| Ken McGhie | 89 | 631 | 7.1 | 6 | |
| Jeff Williams | 303 | 4 | |||
| Bob Lear | 276 | 2 | |||
| Clarence Jones | 271 | 6 | |||
| Team Totals | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Webb | 194 | 89 | 45.9 | 1345 | 6.9 | 15.1 | 16 | 8.2 | ||||||||
| Jim Van Gorden | 82 | 31 | 37.8 | 518 | 6.3 | 16.7 | 5 | 6.1 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Francois | 61 | 939 | 15.4 | 12 | |
| Larry Howard | 16 | 270 | 16.9 | 5 | |
| Gene Johnson | 8 | 157 | 19.6 | 2 | |
| Chuck Billings | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 1 | |
| Jeff Williams | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 0 | |
| Dean | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | |
| Clarence Jones | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Piggee | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | |
| Dick Attreau | 1 | ||||
| Ken McGhie | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 22 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 7 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Mundee | 4 | 0 | |||
| Sam Parham | 4 | 0 | |||
| Henry Brown | 3 | 0 | |||
| Larry Nemmers | 3 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Parham | 18 | 710 | 39.4 | |||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Williams | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 0 | ||
| James Piggee | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | ||
| Larry Nemmers | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Nemmers | 9 | 145 | 16.1 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Williams | 8 | 174 | 21.8 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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