1974 Memphis Southmen Statistics

World Football League (WFL)
Team Record: 17-3
Finishing 1st in the WFL's Central Division
Lost Semifinal
Coach: John McVay (17-3-)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Attendance: 215,051, Avg. 21,505 in 10 home dates

1974 Memphis Southmen Roster
1974 Memphis Southmen Results

The Memphis Southmen of the World Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 17 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the WFL's Central Division.

On offense, Memphis topped the circuit with 629 points. At the same time, the defensive squad yielded 365 points. J.J. Jennings ran for a team-best 1,524 yards for the Southmen.

John Huarte threw for 2,416 yards. Ed Marshall snagged 60 passes for 1,159 yards. J.J. Jennings was targeted regularly, too.

Dave Thomas picked off 10 errant tosses from the opposition.

John McVay coached the team. The 1974 Memphis Southmen lost in the Semifinal.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
John Huarte	296	154	52.0	2416	8.2	23	7.8	16	5.4	57	30	297	82.8
Danny White	155	79	51.0	1190	7.7	12	7.7	9	5.8	56	6	78	78.2
Jim Ettinger	14	7	50.0	133	9.5	1	7.1	1	7.1	45	2	16	77.4
John Harvey	3	2	66.7	61	20.3	1	33.3	0	0.0	48	0	0	149.3
Totals	468	242	51.7	3800	8.1	37	7.9	26	5.6	57	38	391

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
J.J. Jennings	322	1524	4.7	21	11
John Harvey	192	945	4.9	49	6
Willie Spencer	178	788	4.4	30	15
Paul Miles	92	325	3.5	19	3
Danny White	24	103	4.3	15	0
John Huarte	21	81	3.9	16	0
Jim Ettinger	3	34	11.3	25	1
Ed Marshall	3	33	11.0	40	0
Bracy Bonham	2	8	4.0	6	1
Tony Schmid	1	6	6.0	6	0
Tim Beamer	1	5	5.0	5	0
Totals	839	3852	4.6	49	37

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ed Marshall	60	1159	19.3	56	19
J.J. Jennings	46	431	9.4	36	2
Roger Wallace	37	674	18.2	51	5
Gary Shirk	34	671	19.7	57	7
John Harvey	21	275	13.1	41	1
Paul Miles	15	123	8.2	25	0
Willie Spencer	11	139	12.6	34	0
Jack Ettinger	7	164	23.4	44	1
Tim Beamer	4	52	13.0	18	0
Dick Bumpas	3	36	12.0	18	0
Gary Powell	2	65	32.5	34	2
Bob Houmard	1	9	9.0	9	0
Billy Taylor	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	242	3800	15.7	57	37

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bob Etter	0	0		0	12		36
Totals	0	0		0	12		36

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Danny White	80	3271	40.9	64
Bobby Majors	6	223	37.2	47
Totals	86	3494	40.6	64

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dave Thomas	43	224	5.2	70
Roger Wallace	26	144	5.5	21
Tim Beamer	2	42	21.0	32
Bill Stevenson	1	31	31.0	31
Emery Hicks	1	16	16.0	16
Willie Lee Jones	1	15	15.0	15
John Hughes	1	4	4.0	4
Bobby Majors	2	-5	-2.5	-1
Totals	77	471	6.1	70

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tim Beamer	20	573	28.6	82	1
Dave Thomas	17	397	23.4	37	0
John Harvey	10	247	24.7	33	0
Willie Spencer	4	85	21.2	21	0
J.J. Jennings	4	80	20.0	25	0
Roger Wallace	4	76	19.0	31	0
Paul Miles	2	58	29.0	36	0
Bobby Majors	5	51	10.2	20	0
Dave Boyd	2	33	16.5	20	0
Mike Townsend	1	17	17.0	17	0
Team	1	5	5.0	5	0
Gary Shirk	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	71	1622	22.8	82	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dave Thomas	10	161	16.1		1
Seth Miller	9	159	17.7		0
Dick Thornton	5	156	31.2		1
Sonny Hicks	4	14	3.5		0
Bob Lally	3	18	6.0	6	0
Jake Burkhardt	3	10	3.3		0
Bobby Majors	1	55	55.0	55	1
Bill Stevenson	1	23	23.0	23	0
Tom Beckman	1	18	18.0	18	0
Merl Code	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	38	614	16.2	55	3

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Ed Marshall	0	19	0	0		0			0	11	0	0	0	144
Willie Spencer	15	0	0	0		0			0	4	0	0	0	109
J.J. Jennings	11	2	0	0		0			0	3	0	0	0	94
Gary Shirk	0	7	0	0		0			0	8	0	0	0	57
John Harvey	6	1	0	0		0			0	4	0	0	0	53
Bob Etter	0	0	0	0		0			12	0	0	0	0	36
Roger Wallace	0	5	0	0		0			0	5	0	0	0	40
Paul Miles	3	0	0	0		0			0	1	0	0	0	22
Gary Powell	0	2	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	14
Tim Beamer	0	0	0	1		0		1	0	0	0	0	0	14
Jim Ettinger	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	7
Bobby Majors	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0	0	0	7
Dick Thornton	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0	0	0	7
Dave Thomas	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0	0	0	7
Bracy Bonham	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	7
Jack Ettinger	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	7
Tom Beckman	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	1	2
Dick Bumpas	0	0	0	0		0			0	1	0	0	0	1
Brent Longwell	0	0	0	0		0			0	1	0	0	0	1
Totals	37	37	0	1	0	3	0	1	12	0	0	0	1	629