New York Stars Football Network

Week 3 - July 25, 1974

Coaching Staffs

New York Stars

Philadelphia Bell

WFL Press Release(s)

Media Information

Scoring Summary

Offensive Statistics

Defensive Statistics

Special Teams Statistics

Game Photo(s)

WFL Films

New York Stars Radio Network

Game Articles

WFL Standings - Week 3

This Week in the WFL

HBO WFL Game of the Week

WFL on TVS Network Game of the Week

New York Stars Transactions

Head Coach

Babe Parilli

Assistant Coaches

Head Coach

Ron Waller

Assistant Coaches

Television:

Television Announcers:

Radio:

Radio Announcers:

Newspapers:

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Sunday, July 21, 1974

Wednesday, July 24, 1974

Wednesday, July 24, 1974

Thursday, July 25, 1974

July 22-28, 1974

Game Info

New York
Stars

AT

Philadelphia
Bell

Game Program

Game Ticket

Game Photo

Game Location

John F. Kennedy Stadium

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Game Facts

Stars number one offense.
Bell number one defense.
Nationally televised game.

Game Time: 9:05 PM (EST)

Attendance: 64,719

Steve Barber
Tom Beer
George Boutselis
Lamar Leachman
Tom Moore

Nick Cutro
Joe Gardi
Andy Nelson
Bob Pellegrini
Ernie Wright

New York Stars

Philadelphia Bell

WOR-TV 9 and WSNL-TV 67

Sal Marchiano (Play by Play), Matt Snell (Color), George Plimpton (Color)

WMCA-AM 570

John Sterling (Play by Play)

The New York Times, New York Post, New York Newsday, and New York Daily News

NOTE: The New York Stars-Philadelphia Bell was a nationally televised game on the TVS Sports Network. It aired on WOR-TV 9 as they were one of the TVS affiliates. The announcers on the WFL TVS Game of the Week were Merle Harmon (Play by Play), Alex Hawkins (Color) and guest commentator, Jane Chastain (Color). The Stars-Bell game was the first televised professional football game to have a woman broadcaster in the TV booth.

Starting Lineups

When the New York Stars are on Offense...
New York Stars			Philadelphia Bell
Pos.	No.	Player	Pos.	No.	Pos.
WR	9	George Sauer	DE	77	Skip Parmenter
TE	83	Bert Askon	DT	76	Doug Olson
LT	70	Matt Herkenhoff	DT	60	Tom Laputka
LG	64	Dick Hart	DE	79	Jeff Steinberger
C	52	Bob Kuziel	OLB	53	Curt Kral
RG	66	Larry Butler	MLB	54	Wally Dempsey
RT	72	Rick Sharp	OLB	50	Bob Grant
WR	31	Al Young	CB	47	Lorenzo Brinkley
QB	19	Tom Sherman	CB	38	Benny Johnson
RB	36	Ed White	SS	44	Bill Craven
RB	48	Dave Richards	FS	41	Ed Hayes

When the New York Stars are on Defense...
New York Stars			Philadelphia Bell
Pos.	No.	Player	Pos.	No.	Pos.
DE	81	Gerry Philbin	WR	83	Vince Papale
DT	65	Lloyd Voss	TE	82	Levell Hill
DT	80	John Elliott	LT	71	Dennis Lozzi
DE	78	Larry Estes	LG	74	Bob Richenbach
OLB	45	Jimmy Sims	C	59	Ron Kecman
MLB	56	Art Reynolds	RG	64	Carl Schaukowitch
OLB	50	Tom Chandler	RT	70	Pete Horoszko
CB	23	Larry Shears	WR	84	Mike Carter
CB	17	Steve Dennis	QB	9	Jim "King" Corcoran
SS	37	Lou Angelo	RB	30	Claude Watts
FS	20	Jeff Woodcock	RB	20	John Land

Special Teams
New York Stars			Philadelphia Bell
Pos.	No.	Player	Pos.	No.	Pos.
K	5	Moses Lajterman	K	8	Jack Simcsak
P	15	Robby Reynolds	P	8	Jack Simcsak
H	19	Tom Sherman	H	80	Don Shanklin
PR	48	Dave Richards	PR	36	Marv Pettaway
PR	7	Bob Hermanni	PR	80	Don Shanklin
KR	48	Dave Richards	KR	36	Marv Pettaway
			KR	22	Alan Thompson

Statistics

WFL Scoreboard
	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	Final
New York Stars	0	14	0	3	17
Philadelphia Bell	8	0	7	0	15

Philadelphia Bell - Claude Watts 18 pass from Jim Corcoran (Jim Corcoran AP run)

New York Stars - Dave Richards 1 run (AP pass failed)
New York Stars - Bob Gladieux 1 run (Ap pass failed)

Philadelphia Bell - LeVell Hill 9 pass from Jim Corcoran (AP pass failed/intercepted)

New York Stars - Moses Lajterman 40 FG

Team Statistics
	New York Stars	Philadelphia Bell
First Downs	17	12
Net Yards Rushing (Att.-Yds.)	58-201	21-86
Net Yards Passing	121	204
Passes (Cmp.-Att.-Int.)	15-7-1	24-14-2
Punts-Average	6-40.0	5-37.6
Fumbles-Fumbles Lost	2-2	3-2
Penalties-Yards	4-23	3-34

Individual Statistics: Offensive | Defensive | Special Teams

Rushing
New York Stars				Philadelphia Bell
Player	Att.	Yds.	TD	Player	Att.	Yds.	TD
Bob Gladieux	21	74	1	John Land	14	59	0
Ed White	18	70	0	Claude Watts	5	19	0
Tom Sherman	8	27	0	Don Shanklin	1	5	0
Bob Hermanni	1	25	0	Alan Thompson	1	3	0
Dave Richards	10	5	1

Passing
New York Stars						Philadelphia Bell
Player	Cmp.	Att.	Yds.	TD	Int.	Player	Cmp.	Att.	Yds.	TD	Int.
Tom Sherman	7	15	121	0	1	Jim "King" Corcoran	14	24	215	2	2

Receiving
New York Stars				Philadelphia Bell
Player	Rec.	Yds.	TD	Player	Rec.	Yds.	Td
Al Young	4	74	0	Don Shankin	3	87	0
Dave Richards	1	40	0	Linzy Cole	3	55	0
George Sauer	1	5	0	Claude Watts	3	31	1
Ed White	1	2	0	Alan Thompson	3	21	0
				LeVell Hill	2	21	1

Tackles
New York Stars				Philadelphia Bell
Player	Tot.	Ind.	Ast.	Player	Tot.	Ind.	Ast.
Steve Dennis	6			Wally Dempsy	15
Art Reynolds	6			Tom Laputka	10
Jimmy Sims	6			Lorenzo Brinkley	7
Jeff Woodcock	4			Bob Grant	6
John Elliot	3			Benny Johnson	6
Larry Estes	3			Bill Craven	5
Larry Shears	3			Curt Kral	5
Lloyd Voss	3			Doug Olson	5
Lou Angelo	2			Ed Hayes	4
Bill DeFlavio	2			Skip Parmenter	4
Gerrry Philbin	2			Cecil Bowens	3
Dave Shaffer	2			Jeff Steinberger	3
Ed White	2			Ted Jornov	2
Gary Champagne	1			Walt Mitchell	2
Tom Chandler	1			Alan Thompson	2
Wendell Wilson	1			Linzy Cole	1
				James Sullivan	1

Sacks
New York Stars			Philadelphia Bell
Player	Sck.	Yds. Lst.	Player	Sck.	Yds. Lst.
Jimmy Sims	1	11	No Sacks

Interceptions
New York Stars			Philadelphia Bell
Player	Int.	Yds.	Player	Int.	Yds.
Larry Shears	1	3	Bill Craven	1	0
Lou Angelo	1	0

Fumble Recoveries
New York Stars		Philadelphia Bell
Player	Rec.	Player	Rec.
Robby Reynolds	1	Jeff Steinberger	1
Larry Shears	1	Benny Johnson	1

Field Goals
New York Stars			Philadelphia Bell
Player	Att.	FGM	Player	Att.	FGM
Moses Lajterman	1	1	Jack Simcsak	1	0
			George Chatlos	1	0

Punting
New York Stars					Philadelphia Bell
Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	BLK	Player	No.	Yds.	Avg.	BLK
Robby Reynolds	6	240	40.0	0	Jack Simcsak	5	188	37.6	0

Kickoff Returns
New York Stars					Philadelphia Bell
Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	TD	Player	No.	Yds.	Avg.	TD
Dave Richards	3	36	12.0	0	Marv Pettaway	3	65	21.7	0
					Alan Thompson	1	0	0.0	0

Punt Returns
New York Stars					Philadelphia Bell
Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	TD	Player	No.	Yds.	Avg.	TD
Dave Richards	1	4	4.0	0	Marv Pettaway	3	43	14.3	0
					Don Shanklin	1	17	17.0	0
					Linzy Cole	1	10	10.0	0

Multimedia

Film coming soon....

There are no audio clips for this week.

WFL News

CENTRAL Division
Team	W	L	PCT.	PF	PA
Birmingham Americans	3	0	1.000	101	69
Chicago Fire	3	0	1.000	71	44
Memphis Southmen	2	1	1.000	83	81
Detroit Wheels	0	3	.000	45	88

Hawaiians 36, Detroit Wheels 16

Florida Blazers 15, Houston Texans 3
Southern California Sun 22, Jacksonville Sharks 19
Birmingham Americans 58, Memphis Southmen 33
Chicago Fire 29, Portland Storm 22

There was no HBO game for this week.

New York Stars 17, Philadelphia Bell 15

Florida Blazers

Philadelphia Bell

Jacksonville Sharks

New York Stars

July 23, 1974 - New York Stars re-sign Kicker Moses Lajterman
July 25, 1974 - New York Stars release LB Ernie Richardson; activate DB Lou Angelo