1974 Jacksonville Sharks Statistics
World Football League (WFL)
Team Record: 4-10
Finishing 4th in the WFL's East Division
Coach: Bud Asher (2-4)
Coach: Charlie Tate (2-6)
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Attendance: 232,962, Avg. 33,280 in 7 home dates
1974 Jacksonville Sharks RosterTeam Record: 4-10
Finishing 4th in the WFL's East Division
Coach: Bud Asher (2-4)
Coach: Charlie Tate (2-6)
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Attendance: 232,962, Avg. 33,280 in 7 home dates
1974 Jacksonville Sharks Results
The Jacksonville Sharks of the World Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses, finishing fourth in the WFL's East Division.
The Sharks netted 258 points, and the defensive unit conceded 358. Reggie Oliver passed for 1,415 yards. Dennis Hughes grabbed 31 passes for 508 yards. Edgar Scott and Drew Buie contributed to the receiving game also.
Tommy Durrance carried the ball for a team-leading 658 yards for Jacksonville.
Alvin Wyatt picked off 5 opponent throws.
Bud Asher and Charlie Tate coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Reggie Oliver | 198 | 101 | 51.0 | 1415 | 7.1 | 7 | 3.5 | 12 | 6.1 | 63 | 24 | 191 | 60.9 | Kay Stephenson | 150 | 69 | 46.0 | 815 | 5.4 | 4 | 2.7 | 11 | 7.3 | 35 | 13 | 99 | 41.4 | Eddie McAshan | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 88 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 58.0 | John Stofa | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 2 | 20 | 55.4 | Jeff Davis | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | Kim Hammond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0.0 | Grant Guthrie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 374 | 178 | 47.6 | 2354 | 6.3 | 11 | 2.9 | 25 | 6.7 | 63 | 42 | 333 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tommy Durrance | 218 | 658 | 3.0 | 18 | 5 | Ricky Lake | 91 | 335 | 3.7 | 19 | 3 | Jeff Davis | 38 | 148 | 3.9 | 28 | 0 | Al Haywood | 20 | 111 | 5.6 | 30 | 2 | Reggie Oliver | 42 | 107 | 2.5 | 16 | 3 | Wayne Jones | 28 | 90 | 3.2 | 15 | 0 | Edgar Scott | 19 | 74 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 | Ron Lamb | 33 | 74 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 | Eddie McAshan | 11 | 52 | 4.7 | 14 | 1 | Thomas Smith | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 9 | 0 | Tony Lomax | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | John Stofa | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Kay Stephenson | 14 | 3 | 0.2 | 6 | 0 | Bubba Thornton | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 527 | 1679 | 3.2 | 30 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dennis Hughes | 31 | 508 | 16.4 | 63 | 2 | Drew Buie | 28 | 409 | 14.6 | 37 | 2 | Edgar Scott | 27 | 469 | 17.4 | 46 | 2 | Tom Whittier | 18 | 297 | 16.5 | 51 | 2 | Tommy Durrance | 12 | 105 | 8.8 | 18 | 0 | Ricky Lake | 10 | 75 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 | Jeff Davis | 9 | 84 | 9.3 | 21 | 0 | Wayne Jones | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 19 | 0 | Ron Lamb | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 14 | 0 | Al Haywood | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 | Keith Krepfle | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 30 | 0 | Tony Lomax | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 16 | 1 | Bubba Thornton | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 20 | 1 | Mike Burnop | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 | Thomas Smith | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 | Carl Swierc | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 1 | Kerry Brown | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Mike Creaney | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Reggie Oliver | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 178 | 2354 | 13.2 | 63 | 11 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Duane Carrell | 93 | 3819 | 41.1 | 71 | Dennis Hughes | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 94 | 3862 | 41.1 | 71 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Alvin Wyatt | 33 | 197 | 6.0 | 87 | 1 | Solomon Brannan | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | Art May | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Carl Swierc | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 14 | 0 | John Osborne | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 14 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 39 | 284 | 7.3 | 87 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Alvin Wyatt | 28 | 596 | 21.3 | 72 | 0 | John Osborne | 20 | 421 | 21.0 | 57 | 0 | Bubba Thornton | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 27 | 0 | Ron Lamb | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 27 | 0 | Carl Swierc | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 23 | 0 | Solomon Brannan | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | Edgar Scott | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 29 | 0 | Glenn Ellison | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | Ricky Lake | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 63 | 1324 | 21.0 | 72 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Alvin Wyatt | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | Mike Townsend | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Solomon Brannan | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | Ron Coppenbarger | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Jerry Davis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Glen Gaspard | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Rich Thomann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 16 | 104 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Grant Guthrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Tommy Durrance | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | Reggie Oliver | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | Ricky Lake | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | Edgar Scott | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | Dennis Hughes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | Al Haywood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | Tom Whittier | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | Drew Buie | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | Tony Lomax | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Alvin Wyatt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Eddie McAshan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Ron Coppenbarger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | O.Z. White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Carl Swierc | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Bubba Thornton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Ike Lassiter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Wayne Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Keith Krepfle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Thomas Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 258 |
