1968 Norfolk Neptunes (COFL)

4th place Atlantic Division 7-5-0 .583

Ed Booth	Assistant Coach
Buddy Chandler	Assistant Coach
Ed Hargrove	Assistant Coach
Dick Tomlinson	Backfield

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/17/1968	H	Alabama Hawks	41-2	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	11011
Sat	8/24/1968	H	Orlando Panthers	13-7	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	13486
Sat	8/31/1968	H	Charleston Rockets	23-7	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	11046
Sun	9/8/1968	A	Ohio Valley Ironmen	33-35	L		Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	7852
Sat	9/14/1968	A	Alabama Hawks	23-17	W	OT	Huntsville, AL	Milton Frank Stadium	5471
Sat	9/21/1968	H	Ohio Valley Ironmen	45-7	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	16102
Sat	9/28/1968	H	Indianapolis Capitols	30-10	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	10721
Sat	10/5/1968	A	Michigan Arrows	38-6	W		Detroit, MI	University of Detroit Stadium	4701
Sat	10/12/1968	H	Orlando Panthers	16-31	L		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	16604
Sat	10/19/1968	A	Indianapolis Capitols	20-33	L		Indianapolis, IN	Owen J. Bush Stadium	7807
Sat	10/26/1968	H	Michigan Arrows	54-7	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	13338
Sat	11/2/1968	A	Charleston Rockets	28-31	L		Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	4750
Sun	11/10/1968	A	Orlando Panthers	17-21	L		Orlando, FL	Tangerine Bowl	7843
Sun	11/17/1968	H	Chicago Owls	34-17	W		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	11129

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
22	Ty Anthony	HB	5-11	195	23	Xavier (Ohio)
52	Don Bierowicz	LDE	6-1	235	24	Michigan State
88	Ray Blunk	TE	6-3	230	21	Xavier (Ohio)
23	Harry Bonner	HB	5-10	185	25	Huron
74	Charlie Brandon	RDT	6-3	255	25	Shaw
30	Ray Brown	FB	5-9	222	24	Drake
12	Eddie Buzzell	QB	6-0	190	24	Ottawa (Kansas)
70	Mike Capshaw	LOT	6-4	255	24	Abilene Christian
44	Fred Combs	LCB	5-10	196	22	North Carolina State
53	Tony Conti	LLB	6-0	235	22	Michigan State
20	Paul Duda	HB	5-11	196	25	Cortland State
14	Junior Edge	QB	6-2	220	28	North Carolina
42	Ron Edwards	RCB	6-0	190	22	Utah State
25	Don Floyd	FL	6-1	200	26	Florida State
31	Jerry Frericks	FB	5-10	214	25	Southern Illinois
33	Billy Gray	LCB	5-11	195	29	Maryland-Eastern Shore
63	Harold Gray	LOG	6-0	245	30	Maryland-Eastern Shore
87	Rex Harrison	TE	6-5	233	25	Elon
46	Joe Hightower	WS-K	6-1	217	26	Appalachian State
79	Bill House	LDT	6-5	270	22	Youngstown State
77	Gerald Johns	LDE	6-3	250	26	Los Angeles CC; Santa Monica JC; UCLA
45	Ronnie Killmon	LCB	5-11	190	28	William & Mary; Old Dominion
65	Alan Landmark	ROG	6-2	242	24	Eastern Washington
40	Dick Limerick	SE-FL	6-2	210	28	Iowa State
61	Frank Lollino	ROG	6-0	241	27	Illinois
84	Henry McKay	FL-SE	6-0	194	21	Guilford
56	John Montes	LLB	6-1	232	24	Hartnell JC; Idaho State
55	Kevin Moran	LOG-C	6-0	225	22	East Carolina
82	Phil Morgan	RLB	6-1	220	26	East Tennessee State
83	Ron Nery	RDE	6-6	236	34	Kansas State
78	Paul Phillips	RDT	6-4	276	23	South Carolina
54	Ted Putnam	RCB	5-11	195	24	Frederick
26	Willie Ross	HB-FB	5-10	200	27	Nebraska
37	Wayne Rusbuldt	DB-RLB	6-0	203	28	South Carolina
71	Steve Smith	ROT	6-3	256	26	none
75	Ted Torok	C	6-4	248	25	Virginia
58	Burl Wood	LB	6-2	230	24	Coffeyville CC; West Texas A&M
51	Earl Wood	MLB	6-1	230	24	Coffeyville CC; ; West Texas A&M
16	George Wooten	SE	6-0	183	28	Elon
43	Art Zachary	SS-P	6-4	216	23	Miami (Florida)

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

TEAM STATS	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	230	85	133	12	71	693
Opponents Totals

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Joe Hightower	1	42	45	93.3	15	30	50.0	0	93
Don Floyd	12	0	0		0	0		0	72
Dick Limerick	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Ray Brown	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Paul Duda	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
George Wooten	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Harry Bonner	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Rex Harrison	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Henry McKay	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Eddie Buzzell	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Junior Edge	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Charlie Brandon	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Unidentified)	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	45	42	45	93.3	15	30	50.0	2	361
Opponents Totals	28	27	28	96.4	9			0	222

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ray Brown	175	897	5.1	69	6
Paul Duda	59	203	3.4	20	3
Harry Bonner	44	129	2.9	15	1
Jerry Frericks	33	108	3.3	15	0
Junior Edge	10	78	7.8	19	1
Eddie Buzzell	4	36	9.0	18	1
Willie Ross	16	28	1.8	9	0
Ty Anthony	6	21	3.5	6	0
Fred Combs	1	11	11.0	11	0
Henry McKay	1	8	8.0	8	0
George Wooten	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Team Totals	350	1515	4.3	69	12
Opponents Totals		956			10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Junior Edge	359	183	51.0	161	2884	8.0	15.8	68	27	7.5	15	4.2				85.7
Eddie Buzzell	24	11	45.8	13	181	7.5	16.5	45	3	12.5	0	0.0				111.3
Ron Edwards	3	2	66.7	1	15	5.0	7.5	10	0	0.0	0	0.0				78.5
Paul Duda	4	0	0.0	3	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	25.0				0.0
Team Totals	390	196	50.3	178	3080	7.9	15.7	68	30	7.7	16	4.1	24	191	2889	85.4
Opponents Totals									17						2223

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Don Floyd	74	1542	20.8	68	12
Dick Limerick	39	527	13.5	30	7
Paul Duda	34	291	8.6	45	2
Rex Harrison	16	254	15.9	37	2
George Wooten	9	180	20.0	52	4
Henry McKay	7	146	20.9	32	2
Harry Bonner	5	45	9.0	17	1
Ray Brown	5	38	7.6	13	0
Ray Blunk	4	53	13.3	20	0
Joe Hightower	1	10	10.0	10	0
Fred Combs	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ty Anthony	1	-6	-6.0	-6	0
Team Totals	196	3080	15.7	68	30
Opponents Totals					17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ron Edwards	5	14	2.8	10	0
Joe Hightower	3	79	26.3	29	1
Art Zachary	2	72	36.0	43	0
Fred Combs	2	20	10.0	20	0
Phil Morgan	2	9	4.5	5	0
Burl Wood	1	9	9.0	9	0
Harold Gray	1	0	0.0	0	0
Rod Killmon	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	17	203	11.9	43	1
Opponents Totals					0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Art Zachary	35	1267	36.2	51
George Wooten	1	46	46.0	46	0
Joe Hightower	3	103	34.3	38
Team Totals	40	1416	35.4	51	1
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Henry Bonner	8	108	13.5	44
Paul Duda	10	90	9.0	32
Ronnie Killmon	1	9	9.0	9
Fred Combs	9	72	8.0	26
Henry McKay	1	8	8.0	8
Dick Limerick	1	5	5.0	5
George Wooten	1	2	2.0	2
Team Totals	31	294	9.5	44
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Henry Bonner	15	424	28.3	86	1
Paul Duda	25	518	20.7	44	0
Fred Combs	5	127	25.4	34	0
Henry McKay	3	53	17.7	21	0
Ty Anthony	2	50	25.0	26	0
Ron Nery	1	10	10.0	10	0
Jerry Frericks	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	52	1182	22.7	86	1
Opponents Totals					1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	TD
Rex Harrison			1
Team Totals	23	11	1
Opponents Totals			0