1965 Rock Island Raiders (PFLA) |
| 6th place • 1-9-0 .100 |
| Head Coach: Paul Suverkrup |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/29/1965 | A | Des Moines Warriors | 7-17 | L | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 5196 | |
| Sun | 9/4/1965 | A | Omaha Mustangs | 0-63 | L | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 7460 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1965 | A | Grand Rapids Blazers | 7-39 | L | Wyoming, MI | Kimble Field | 5218 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1965 | H | Joliet Explorers | 6-50 | L | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 3555 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1965 | H | Lincoln Comets | 21-27 | L | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | ||
| Sat | 10/2/1965 | H | Des Moines Warriors | 28-20 | W | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 1100 | |
| Sat | 10/9/1965 | H | Omaha Mustangs | 14-28 | L | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | ||
| Sat | 10/16/1965 | H | Grand Rapids Blazers | 3-27 | L | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | ||
| Sat | 10/23/1965 | A | Joliet Explorers | 0-52 | L | Joliet, IL | Memorial Stadium | 5066 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1965 | A | Lincoln Comets | 7-72 | L | Lincoln, NE | Pius X Stadium | 1008 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Don Austin | CB | 6-2 | 185 | Tennessee State | ||||
| Roger Bayless | DE | 6-1 | 240 | none | ||||
| Bill Bisby | QB | none | ||||||
| Osburn Branch | LB | 5-10 | 230 | none | ||||
| Bill Bump | DE | 6-5 | 237 | Coe | ||||
| John Burns | ROT | 6-0 | 217 | Illinois | ||||
| Jim Caldwell | HB | 5-11 | 195 | Northern Illinois | ||||
| Gary Cameron | SE | 6-1 | 210 | Iowa | ||||
| Don Carothers | TE | 6-5 | 225 | 31 | Iowa; Bradley | |||
| Denny Daniels | CB | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | none | |||
| Roscoe Davidson | TE | 6-1 | 220 | none | ||||
| Bill Elvidge | QB | 6-1 | 210 | 40 | none | |||
| Paul Fenn | DT | 6-1 | 250 | 32 | Iowa Wesleyan | |||
| Ron Gardner | DT | 6-1 | 240 | Monmouth (Illinois) | ||||
| Orbie Giles | FL | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | none | |||
| Warren Gleason | OLB-K | 6-0 | 240 | 28 | Alma | |||
| Gribons | QB | 6-2 | 195 | Palmer Chiropractic | ||||
| Wally Hauff | K | 5-9 | 170 | 22 | Augustana (Illinois) | |||
| Henry Heitman | LB | 5-9 | 210 | none | ||||
| Dean Hungate | DB | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Wartburg | |||
| John Hunter | HB | 5-9 | 185 | Lincoln (Missouri) | ||||
| Bill Johnson | HB | 6-3 | 213 | Butler | ||||
| Don Johnson | TE | 6-3 | 220 | none | ||||
| Klarkowski | RB | 6-0 | 200 | none | ||||
| Larry Kreuber | LB | 6-0 | 225 | none | ||||
| Lantz | OLB | 6-0 | 185 | none | ||||
| Jim Loula | ROG | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Notre Dame | |||
| Zeddie McDowell | DE | 6-1 | 227 | 26 | none | |||
| Jim McMillin | LOT | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | Wisconsin | |||
| Roger Meyers | DB | 6-1 | 190 | none | ||||
| Munson | FL | 6-0 | 200 | Southern Illinois | ||||
| Andy Nobles | DB | 6-2 | 210 | Florida State | ||||
| Tom Oliver | G | 6-2 | 230 | Western Illinois | ||||
| Rex Pakaza | WR | 6-2 | 230 | Bradley | ||||
| Dean Palmer | HB | 6-0 | 190 | none | ||||
| George Paquette | S | 6-0 | 180 | Arizona | ||||
| Wayne Paulson | FL | 6-0 | 194 | 21 | Pratt CC; Illinois | |||
| Lennie Pecaut | HB | 5-9 | 210 | none | ||||
| Al Perkins | C | 6-1 | 215 | none | ||||
| Alex Pikuza | DE | 6-2 | 240 | Northern Illinois | ||||
| Larry Queck | HB | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Iowa State; Black Hawk CC | |||
| Ken Reid | TE | 6-6 | 240 | Carthage | ||||
| Warren Rogers | C-MLB | 6-2 | 247 | Pratt CC; Hardin-Simmons | ||||
| Cliff Runyan | DE | 6-5 | 232 | none | ||||
| Paul Suverkrup | HB | 6-1 | 225 | 31 | Iowa; Western Illinois | |||
| Bob Taylor | FB-HB | 6-2 | 230 | none | ||||
| Chuck Tennant | LOG | 6-0 | 240 | Missouri State | ||||
| John Thomas | QB | 6-2 | 190 | 27 | Illinois State | |||
| Lou Underwood | RB | 6-2 | 213 | Tennessee State | ||||
| Angie Vallejo | QB | 5-9 | 170 | Western Illinois | ||||
| Van Klavern | S | 5-9 | 175 | none | ||||
| Lou Williams | HB | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Iowa | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 7 | 45 | 14 | 27 | 93 |
| Opponents Totals | 89 | 128 | 395 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obbie Giles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| John Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Wally Hauff | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Bill Elvidge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Ron Gardner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| John Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bill Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Wayne Paulson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bob Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Angie Vallejo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Warren Gleason | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| (Unidentified) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 13 | 12 | 13 | 92.3 | 1 | 0 | 93 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 44 | 56 | 78.6 | 5 | 0 | 395 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hunter | 192 | 1 | |||
| Angie Vallejo | 182 | 0 | |||
| Bill Johnson | 174 | 1 | |||
| John Thomas | 3 | ||||
| Bill Elvidge | 1 | ||||
| Bob Taylor | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Thomas | 111 | 39 | 35.1 | 638 | 5.7 | 16.4 | 4 | 3.6 | ||||||||
| Angie Vallejo | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 102 | 4.3 | 10.2 | 1 | 4.2 | ||||||||
| Lennie Pecaut | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 54 | 7.7 | 18.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Bill Bisby | 32 | 6 | 18.8 | 48 | 1.5 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orbie Giles | 18 | 262 | 14.6 | 2 | |
| Johnson | 10 | 120 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Johnson | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Don Carothers | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| John Hunter | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | |
| Gary Cameron | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | |
| Wayne Paulson | 2 | 107 | 53.5 | 1 | |
| Jim Caldwell | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 57t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angie Vallejo | 7 | 271 | 38.7 | |||||||
| Lennie Pecaut | 37 | 1275 | 34.5 | |||||||
| Don Carothers | 6 | 185 | 30.8 | |||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Underwood | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Lou Williams | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | ||
| John Hunter | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hunter | 12 | 248 | 20.7 | 0 | ||
| Lou Williams | 15 | 241 | 16.1 | 0 | ||
| Andy Nobles | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Gardner | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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