1965 Norfolk Neptunes (COFL)

3rd place Eastern Division 9-5-0 .643

Head Coach: Gary Glick

Ed Booth	Receibers
George Hughes	Offensive Line
Bill Ralph	Defensive Line
Bob Tata	Defensive Backfield
Larry Weldon	Offensive Backfield

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/31/1965	H	Hartford Charter Oaks	17-21	L		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	10736
Sat	8/7/1965	H	Toronto Rifles	14-33	L		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	10551
Sat	8/14/1965	H	Fort Wayne Warriors	7-16	L		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	11685
Sat	8/21/1965	A	Charleston Rockets	25-35	L		Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	6324
Sun	8/29/1965	H	Wheeling Ironmen	13-7	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	7159
Sat	9/4/1965	A	Toronto Rifles	17-41	L		Toronto, ON	Maple Leaf Stadium	10283
Sun	9/12/1965	A	Rhode Island Indians	33-30	W	OT	Providence, RI	City Stadium	3360
Sat	9/18/1965	A	Hartford Charter Oaks	44-6	W		Hartford, CT	Dillon Stadium	7368
Sun	9/26/1965	H	Philadelphia Bulldogs	42-35	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	13543
Sun	10/3/1965	A	Newark Bears	10-7	W		Newark, NJ	Schools Stadium	3594
Sun	10/10/1965	H	Toronto Rifles	29-21	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	14118
Sun	10/17/1965	H	Richmond Rebels	17-21	L		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	13097
Sat	10/23/1965	A	Philadelphia Bulldogs	24-28	L		Philadelphia, PA	Temple Stadium	7248
Sun	10/31/1965	A	Wheeling Ironmen	26-9	W		Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	4172
Sun	11/7/1965	H	Hartford Charter Oaks	20-14	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	10660
Sat	11/13/1965	H	Newark Bears	19-10	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	15113

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
24	John Amos	RB	6-1	215	26	Long Beach CC; Colorado State
50	Bob Broughton	MLB	5-10	225	23	Utah State
42	Norm Burkette	DB	6-3	205	22	Trinidad State JC; Colorado State
54/53	Mickey Byrd	LB	6-1	235	22	Wofford
73	Don Carroll	DT	6-3	270	24	Miami (Florida)
	Jim Chandler	DB	6-4	210	23	Benedict
43	Carl Charon	LS	5-10	190	25	Michigan State
82/56	John Childress	RDT-DE-LB	6-2	220	25	Arkansas
12	Max Choboian	QB	6-4	205	23	Oregon; Northridge State
86	Billy Clay	RDE	6-4	231	24	Arkansas
81	Joe Cupido	WR	5-10	180	23	none
11	Gene Dahlquist	QB-P	5-10	192	23	Arizona
83	Bruce Day	LDE	6-3	235	24	Mount San Antonio JC; Utah
80	Herm Driver	SE	5-11	174	22	Texas Southern
20	Paul Duda	HB	5-11	196	22	Cortland State
56	Jack Edwards	C	6-1	235	22	Florida State
70	Terry Fernandez	OG-LB	6-1	225	23	Pearl River CC; Louisiana-Lafayette
25	Don Floyd	FL	6-1	200	23	Florida State
22	Al Ford	HB	6-2	210	27	Jackson State
83	Don Francis	TE	6-2	215	22	UCLA
31	Jerry Frericks	FB	5-10	214	22	Southern Illinois
60	Don Gleason	OG	6-4	253	23	Northwestern State (Louisiana)
54	Bill Grandstaff	C	6-1	241	26	none
62/70/63	Harold Gray	LOG	6-0	245	27	Maryland-Eastern Shore
76	Dennis Harvey	DT	6-2	245	23	Texas A&M-Kingsville
14/10	Dan Henning	QB	6-0	195	23	William & Mary
46	Joe Hightower	RS-K	6-1	217	23	Appalachian State
40/42	Don Holder	RCB	5-11	198	22	San Diego CC; Utah State
23	Andy Ireland	HB	6-0	195	22	Reedley JC; Utah
77	Gerald Johns	DE	6-3	250	23	Los Angeles CC; Santa Monica JC; UCLA
	Billy Jones	WR	6-2	202	22	Central Oklahoma
60/74	Gene Jordan	ROG-LOG	5-11	265	23	Frederick
35/44	Ronnie Killmon	LS-RS	5-11	190	25	William & Mary; Old Dominion
53	Joe Langston	LLB-RLB	6-1	215	24	Norfolk State
61	Frank Lollino	ROG	6-0	241	24	Illinois
	C.D. Lowery	DB	5-11	177	23	Utah
43	Milt Mason	DB	5-11	190	22	Norfolk State
	Howard McCowan	WR	5-10	183	26	Grambling State
	Lloyd McCoy	OG	6-1	245	23	Columbia Basin JC; San Diego State
88	Jim McKinstry	TE	6-4	217	23	Farmingdale State
33	Mel Meeks	FB	6-1	215	28	none
85	Don Montgomery	TE	6-2	215	24	North Carolina State
72	Ken Moore	LOT-ROT	6-3	286	24	Southern Illinois
32	Phil Morgan	FB	6-1	220	23	East Tennessee State
	Ron Nery	DE	6-6	236	31	Kansas State
60	George Newton	OG	6-1	242	23	Bakersfield CC; Palomar JC; West Texas A&M
87	Jim Norris	RDT-DE	6-4	235	26	Houston
42	Stan Penkunas	DB	5-9	200	23	William & Mary
33	Dick Pruitt	FB	6-1	220	22	Weber State
52	Wayne Rusbuldt	RLB	6-0	203	25	South Carolina
51	Rich Slobodnik	MLB	6-1	235	23	Southern Illinois
73	Dave Smith	OT	6-4	250		Miami (Ohio)
71	Steve Smith	ROT	6-3	256	23	none
55	Bill Somerville	LLB	6-2	224	23	Western Michigan
	Bob Suci	DB	5-10	182	26	Michigan State
	Tom Tatem	OG	5-10	235	22	none
36	George Thomas	LB	6-1	216	22	Oklahoma State
84	Doug Thompson	TE	6-4	215	21	Edward Waters
51	Rip Thompson	LB	6-2	215	22	Maryland-Eastern Shore
75	Ted Torok	LOT	6-4	248	22	Virginia
10	Jim Traficant	QB	6-1	194	24	Pittsburgh
24	Elbert Vaughn	SE-HB	6-1	185	21	Jackson State
41	Jim Wakefield	LCB	5-11	175	22	Western Illinois
82	Barry Weickel	SE	6-3	200	22	Springfield
45	Earl West	DB	6-3	205	22	West Texas A&M
32	Guy Whittaker	FB	6-0	225	23	Florida A&M
77	Lemmon Williams	LDT	6-3	265	22	San Diego CC; U.S. International
201/21	George Wooten	FL	6-0	183	25	Elon

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	55	104	70	94	3
Opponents Totals	55	120	55	50	0

TEAM STATS	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	PEN	YDS
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Joe Hightower	2	33	39	84.6	13	32	40.6	0	84
Jerry Frericks	12	0	0		0	0		0	72
Herm Driver	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Phil Morgan	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Don Floyd	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Don Henning	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Paul Duda	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Mel Meeks	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Carl Charon	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Al Ford	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dan Holder	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Don Montgomery	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Doug Thompson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ted Torok	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jim Wakefield	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
George Wooten	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	42	33	42	78.6	13	32	40.6	1	326
Opponents Totals	39	35	39	89.7	3			1	280

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Duda	101	404	4.0	20	1
Jerry Frericks	121	352	2.9	14	12
Mel Meeks	51	185	3.6	14	2
Al Ford	36	146	4.1	59	1
Dan Henning	32	60	1.9	10	3
Don Floyd	4	59	14.8	35	0
Phil Morgan	27	58	2.1	9	3
Dick Pruitt	4	14	3.5	5	0
Jim Traficant	3	8	2.7	8	0
Andy Ireland	2	6	3.0	9	0
John Amos	2	3	1.5	4	0
Max Choboian	2	2	1.0	2	0
Don Holder	1	0	0.0	0	0
Guy Whittaker	1	0	0.0	0	0
Gene Dahlquist	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Elbert Vaughn	2	-12	-6.0	0	0
Team Totals	391	1259	3.2	59	22
Opponents Totals					8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Dan Henning	415	212	51.1	188	3007	7.2	14.2	70	13	3.1	15	3.6	70.2
Jim Traficant	18	8	44.4	8	71	3.9	8.9	46	0	0.0	2	11.1	16.0
Max Choboian	12	4	33.3	7	32	2.7	8.0	14	0	0.0	1	8.3	7.6
Gene Dahlquist	6	2	33.3	4	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	42.4
Paul Duda	1	1	100.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	79.2
Team Totals	452	227	50.2	207	3110	6.9	13.7	70	13	2.9	18	4.0	65.6
Opponents Totals									25

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Herm Driver	83	1305	15.7	56	6
Don Floyd	49	748	15.3	60	3
Paul Duda	26	378	14.5	48	1
George Wooten	20	229	11.5	46	1
Don Montgomery	15	215	14.3	47	1
Doug Thompson	11	108	9.8	17	1
Jerry Frericks	7	38	5.4	15	0
Al Ford	5	26	5.2	19	0
Don Francis	3	31	10.3	19	0
Phil Morgan	2	8	4.0	6	0
Mel Meeks	1	9	9.0	9	0
	1	9	9.0	9	0
Gene Dahlquist	1	6	6.0	6	0
Don Holder	1	6	6.0	6	0
Dick Pruitt	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Joe Hightower	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Team Totals	227	3110	13.7	70	13
Opponents Totals					25

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Carl Charon	9	172	19.1	50	1
Joe Hightower	6	174	29.0	97t	2
Dick Slobodnik	6	128	21.3	64	0
Jim Wakefield	5	48	9.6	28	1
Don Holder	4	23	5.8	17	1
Milt Mason	1	18	18.0	18	0
John Childress	1	10	10.0	10	0
Jim Norris	1	3	3.0	3	0
Ron Killmon	1	0	0.0	0	0
Earl West	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	35	576	16.5	97t	5
Opponents Totals					2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Gene Dahlquist	63	2532	40.2	65	0
Team Totals	63	2532	40.2	65	0
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dick Slobodnik	1	21	21.0	21	0
Elbert Vaughn	13	158	12.2	36	0
Andy Ireland	6	70	11.7	30	0
Paul Duda	12	128	10.7	21	0
Don Holder	3	24	8.0	21	0
Ronnie Killmon	1	5	5.0	5	0
Joe Hightower	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	37	406	11.0	36	0
Opponents Totals					2

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Elbert Vaughn	27	755	28.0	84
Paul Duda	10	161	16.1	31
Andy Ireland	8	171	21.4	33
Al Holder	4	69	17.3	28
Ronnie Killmon	3	55	18.3	20
Bill Grandstaff	1	37	37.0	37
Steve Smith	1	14	14.0	14
Don Floyd	1	10	10.0	10
Rip Thompson	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	56	1272	22.7	84
Opponents Totals

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ted Torok							1
Team Totals							1
Opponents Totals							2