1975 Portland Thunder Roster
Team Record: 4-7
Finishing 4th in the WFL's West Division
Coach: Greg Barton (1-5-)
Coach: Bob Brodhead (1-1-)
Coach: Joe Gardi (2-1-)
Location: Portland, Oregon
Attendance: 47,976, Avg. 7,996 in 6 home dates
1975 Portland Thunder Results
The Portland Thunder of the World Football League ended the 1975 season with a record of 4 wins and 7 losses, finishing fourth in the WFL's West Division.
Portland scored 213 points, while the defense gave up 239. Rufus Ferguson ran for a team-best 768 yards for the Thunder.
Don Horn passed for 1,742 yards. Rufus Ferguson paced the receiving corps, snagging 32 passes, while Bob Christiansen accumulated 456 receiving yards.
Phil Borjas picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition.
Greg Barton, Bob Brodhead and Joe Gardi coached the team.
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# | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP |
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55 | Al Andrews | LB | July 10, 1945 | 6'3" | 216 | Laney College (CA) | Oakland, CA USA | |
76 | Mike Askea | OT | January 7, 1951 | 6'4" | 260 | Stanford | Visalia, CA USA | |
72 | Tony Bachmann | OG | August 8, 1952 | 6'2" | 240 | San Diego State | Montreal, QC | |
88 | Bruce Bergey | DE | August 8, 1946 | 6'2" | 240 | UCLA | South Dayton, NY USA | 11 |
32 | Phil Borjas | S | January 6, 1951 | 5'10" | 190 | Fresno State | Clovis, CA | 10 |
31 | Bob Boustead | CB/S | March 19, 1953 | 5'11" | 175 | Washington | Pisgah, IA | 11 |
54 | Larry Brame | LB | July 20, 1948 | 6'1" | 225 | Western Kentucky | Hopkinsville, KY | 11 |
77 | Buzz Brazeau | OT | September 10, 1949 | 6'4" | 255 | Washington State | Escanaba, MI | |
57 | Dave Brown | C | June 8, 1950 | 6'0" | 230 | Southern California | Glendale, CA | |
89 | Bob Christiansen | TE | May 8, 1949 | 6'4" | 230 | UCLA | Marshalltown, IA USA | 11 |
70 | Dave Costa | DT | October 27, 1941 | 6'2" | 250 | Utah | Yonkers, NY USA | 8 |
50 | Larry Dean | LB | September 5, 1951 | 6'1" | 215 | Portland State | Tyler, TX | |
34 | Denny Draper | S/CB | April 4, 1950 | 6'0" | 190 | Oregon State | McMinnville, OR | 6 |
28 | Jim Evenson | FB | January 9, 1947 | 6'3" | 230 | Oregon | Hillsboro, OR | 7 |
46 | Rufus Ferguson | FB | April 28, 1951 | 5'6" | 193 | Wisconsin | Miami, FL | 11 |
64 | Allan Graf | OG | December 16, 1949 | 6'3" | 243 | Southern California | Wichita, KS | |
37 | Ira Hammon | FB/HB/TE | August 28, 1951 | 6'3" | 219 | Pacific Lutheran | Okmulgee, OK | 11 |
42 | J.J. Hartstein | RB | October 9, 1953 | 5'10" | 200 | Arizona State | Kokomo, IN | |
13 | Don Horn | QB | March 9, 1945 | 6'2" | 195 | Washington St. | South Gate, CA USA | 11 |
79 | Jerry Inman | DT | February 4, 1940 | 6'2" | 256 | Boise St. | Manhattan, KS USA | 11 |
52 | Jonnie Knoble | LB/P | December 2, 1949 | 6'5" | 230 | Weber State | Salt Lake City, UT | 5 |
59 | Kurt Knudsen | LB | March 19, 1953 | 6'0" | 215 | Simon Fraser | Burlington, WA | |
22 | Jim Krieg | WR | May 29, 1949 | 5'9" | 172 | Washington | Buffalo, NY USA | |
84 | Kurt Matter | DE | July 25, 1951 | 6'7" | 230 | Washington | Longview, WA | 11 |
18 | Ken Matthews | WR | March 27, 1951 | 6'0" | 181 | Long Beach State | Glendale, CA | |
58 | Mike McConnell | LB | August 21, 1950 | 6'1" | 225 | Oregon | Sterling, IL | 9 |
26 | Earl McCullouch | WR | January 10, 1946 | 5'11" | 175 | USC | Clarksville, TX USA | 8 |
60 | Ken Muhlbeier | OG/C | July 13, 1951 | 6'2" | 235 | Idaho | Billings, MT | |
29 | Darold Nogle | WR | August 19, 1952 | 5'11" | 187 | San Diego State | Whittier, CA | 2 |
47 | Tom Oberg | S/CB | August 7, 1945 | 6'0" | 185 | Oregon St. | Portland, OR USA | 11 |
48 | Clancy Oliver | DB | November 17, 1947 | 6'1" | 183 | San Diego St. | Bakersfield, CA USA | 11 |
12 | Jim Ousley | QB | July 13, 1947 | 6'2" | 210 | Cincinnati | Ashborn, GA | |
45 | Hal Phillips | CB | May 19, 1950 | 6'1" | 190 | Michigan State | Detroit, MI | 5 |
51 | Mike Popovich | LB | July 23, 1952 | 6'1" | 225 | Oregon | Eugene, OR | |
62 | Marv Roberts | OG/K | June 5, 1951 | 6'3" | 245 | Michigan State | Richwood, WV | |
30 | Frank Russell | WR | June 3, 1953 | 6'0" | 175 | Maryland | Wantagh, NJ | 2 |
24 | Robin Sinclair | CB/S | November 21, 1951 | 5'11" | 185 | Washington State | Portland, OR | 10 |
71 | Chris Stecher | DT | October 7, 1951 | 6'6" | 260 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | St. Louis, MO | 10 |
73 | Dave Taylor | OT/OG | February 15, 1950 | 6'4" | 255 | Weber State | Oneida, TN | |
83 | Drew Taylor | DE/DT | September 8, 1950 | 6'5" | 250 | San Jose State | Riverside, CA | 11 |
61 | John Taylor | OT/OG | October 25, 1953 | 6'4" | 255 | Pacific | Los Angeles, CA | 10 |
27 | Jim Thorpe | WR | January 10, 1946 | 6'2" | 185 | Hofstra | Manhasset, NY | |
53 | Clyde Warehime | LB | October 22, 1951 | 6'2" | 217 | Washington State | Everett, WA | |
11 | Don Warner | P/K | February 17, 1948 | 6'3" | 200 | Indiana | Chicago, IL | 11 |
74 | Billy Joe Winchester | DT | February 7, 1951 | 5'11" | 260 | Arizona State | Detroit, MI | 6 |
35 | Bob Wyatt | RB | September 21, 1949 | 6'0" | 215 | North Texas | Victoria, TX | 5 |
25 | Joe Wylie | S/WR/RB/P | January 31, 1951 | 6'1" | 190 | Oklahoma | Henderson, TX | 11 |
John Zadigian | DT | March 30, 1949 | 6'5" | 260 | Colorado State |