1974 Philadelphia Bell Statistics
World Football League (WFL)
Team Record: 9-11
Finishing 3rd in the WFL's East Division
Lost First Round
Coach: Ron Waller (9-11-)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 194,879, Avg. 19,488 in 10 home dates
1974 Philadelphia Bell RosterTeam Record: 9-11
Finishing 3rd in the WFL's East Division
Lost First Round
Coach: Ron Waller (9-11-)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 194,879, Avg. 19,488 in 10 home dates
1974 Philadelphia Bell Results
The Philadelphia Bell of the World Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 9 wins and 11 losses, finishing third in the WFL's East Division.
The Bell piled up points with 493 points, and the defense surrendered 413. King Corcoran directed the offense, passing for 3,631 yards. John Land topped pass catchers, snagging 54 passes, while Donnie Shanklin added 842 receiving yards, while Claude Watts contributed to the receiving game, too.
John Land carried the ball for a team-leading 1,136 yards for Philadelphia, and Claude Watts also contributed to the rushing attack.
Ron Mabra seized 9 opponent throws.
Ron Waller coached the team. The 1974 Philadelphia Bell lost in the First Round.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Corcoran | 545 | 280 | 51.4 | 3631 | 6.7 | 31 | 5.7 | 30 | 5.5 | 90 | 20 | 149 | 68.7 |
| Frank Dimaggio | 27 | 11 | 40.7 | 240 | 8.9 | 2 | 7.4 | 2 | 7.4 | 51 | 7 | 71 | 66.9 |
| Mike Yancheff | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 98 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 33.3 | 29 | 2 | 25 | 17.5 |
| John Land | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 |
| Willie Franklin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 592 | 297 | 50.2 | 4015 | 6.8 | 33 | 5.6 | 37 | 6.2 | 90 | 29 | 245 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Land | 243 | 1136 | 4.7 | 46 | 8 |
| Claude Watts | 199 | 927 | 4.7 | 48 | 9 |
| Alan Thompson | 76 | 370 | 4.9 | 32 | 1 |
| Donnie Shanklin | 17 | 139 | 8.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Frank McGuigan | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 25 | 1 |
| Cecil Bowens | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 10 | 0 |
| King Corcoran | 23 | 26 | 1.1 | 8 | 3 |
| Mike Carter | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jimmy Joe | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 9 | 1 |
| Frank Dimaggio | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 9 | 1 |
| Mike Yancheff | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Dunn | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Vince Papale | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| LeVell Hill | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Ron Holliday | 7 | -10 | -1.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 594 | 2727 | 4.6 | 48 | 24 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Land | 54 | 621 | 11.5 | 74 | 4 |
| Donnie Shanklin | 49 | 842 | 17.2 | 52 | 4 |
| Claude Watts | 46 | 584 | 12.7 | 64 | 9 |
| Ron Holliday | 26 | 348 | 13.4 | 32 | 3 |
| Mike Carter | 19 | 351 | 18.5 | 36 | 1 |
| Linzy Cole | 18 | 237 | 13.2 | 43 | 2 |
| Paul Dunn | 18 | 234 | 13.0 | 34 | 1 |
| Alan Thompson | 18 | 145 | 8.1 | 19 | 2 |
| LeVell Hill | 15 | 144 | 9.6 | 34 | 3 |
| Willie Franklin | 13 | 225 | 17.3 | 90 | 0 |
| Len Izzo | 10 | 105 | 10.5 | 18 | 2 |
| Vince Papale | 9 | 121 | 13.4 | 36 | 1 |
| Jimmy Joe | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Cecil Bowens | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Totals | 297 | 4015 | 13.5 | 90 | 33 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Warren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | ||
| Rich Szaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Dan Torzala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Carter | 51 | 1789 | 35.1 | 58 |
| Jonnie Knoble | 13 | 454 | 34.9 | 49 |
| Rich Szaro | 12 | 473 | 39.4 | 62 |
| Jack Simcsak | 5 | 188 | 37.6 | 49 |
| Ron Holliday | 4 | 123 | 30.8 | 32 |
| Don Warner | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 40 |
| Frank Dimaggio | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 33 |
| Henry Brown | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 |
| Tom Laputka | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 |
| Totals | 93 | 3276 | 35.2 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Mabra | 37 | 468 | 12.6 | 86 | 1 |
| Donnie Shanklin | 21 | 161 | 7.7 | 43 | 0 |
| Marv Pettaway | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Mike Shaw | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Bernie Chapman | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Linzy Cole | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 74 | 809 | 10.9 | 86 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Joe | 20 | 529 | 26.4 | 67 | 0 |
| Marv Pettaway | 17 | 420 | 24.7 | 47 | 0 |
| Ron Mabra | 14 | 277 | 19.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Mike Shaw | 9 | 206 | 22.9 | 30 | 0 |
| Donnie Shanklin | 7 | 159 | 22.7 | 34 | 0 |
| Alan Thompson | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Frank McGuigan | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Linzy Cole | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Bernie Chapman | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Ed Hayes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Ellenbogen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bryan Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 82 | 1811 | 22.1 | 67 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Mabra | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Don Vallery | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 0 | |
| Tim Rossovich | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Tom Laputka | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bryan Marshall | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Craven | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| George Chatlos | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| John Sodaski | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Ken Scott | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bernie Chapman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Benny Johnson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Zaven Yaralian | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Kral | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 268 | 8.6 | 22 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Claude Watts | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | |||
| John Land | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | |||
| Alan Thompson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | ||
| Donnie Shanklin | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |||
| Ron Holliday | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |||
| King Corcoran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |||
| LeVell Hill | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |||
| Jerry Warren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||
| Linzy Cole | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Len Izzo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Frank Dimaggio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Bernie Chapman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Vince Papale | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Rich Szaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| George Chatlos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Skip Parmenter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| John Sodaski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Jimmy Joe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Mike Carter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Cecil Bowens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Ron Mabra | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Paul Dunn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Frank McGuigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Dan Torzala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Don Ratliff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Willie Franklin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 24 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 491 |
