New York Stars Football Network

Week 4 - July 31, 1974

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New York Stars Transactions

Head Coach

Babe Parilli

Assistant Coaches

Head Coach

Bud Asher

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First Quarter

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Sunday, July 28, 1974

Wednesday, July 31, 1974

Wednesday, July 31, 1974

Thursday, August 1, 1974

July 29-August 4, 1974

Game Info

Jacksonville
Sharks

AT

New York
Stars

Game Program

Game Ticket

Game Photo

Game Location

Downing Stadium

Randalls Island, New York

Game Facts

Rematch from week one.
Stars number one rush defense.

Game Time: 8:00 PM (EST)

Attendance: 15,648

Steve Barber
Tom Beer
George Boutselis
Lamar Leachman
Tom Moore

Bugsy Engelberg
Russ Faulkinberry
Ray Green
Jim Niblack
Johnny Robinson
Charlie Tate
Howard Tippett

New York Stars

Jacksonville Sharks

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-Jacksonville Sharks game was televised on HBO Sports. The Stars game also aired on their radio flagship station, WMCA-AM 570.

Starting Lineups

When the New York Stars are on Offense...
New York Stars			Jacksonville Sharks
Pos.	No.	Player	Pos.	No.	Pos.
WR	9	George Sauer	DE	77	Ike Lassiter
TE	80	Bert Askon	DT	76	Bob Tatarek
LT	70	Matt Herkenhoff	DT	88	Ben Mayes
LG	64	Dick Hart	DE	75	Russ Melby
C	52	Bob Kuziel	OLB	55	Fred Abbot
RG	66	Larry Butler	MLB	51	Glen Gaspard
RT	72	Rick Sharp	OLB	52	Glenn Ellison
WR	31	Al Young	CB	41	Alvin Wyatt
QB	19	Tom Sherman	CB	22	Jerry Davis
RB	36	Ed White	SS	16	Ron Coppenbarger
RB	48	Dave Richards	FS	42	Mike Townsend

When the New York Stars are on Defense...
New York Stars			Jacksonville Sharks
Pos.	No.	Player	Pos.	No.	Pos.
DE	81	Gerry Philbin	WR	24	Drew Buie
DT	65	Lloyd Voss	TE	80	Dennis Hughes
DT	80	John Elliott	LT	70	Frank Cornish
DE	74	Steve Setzler	LG	79	Larry Gagner
OLB	45	Jimmy Sims	C	56	Mike Creaney
MLB	56	Art Reynolds	RG	67	Richard Cheek
OLB	50	Tom Chandler	RT	78	Ed Foster
CB	23	Larry Shears	WR	46	Tom Whittier
CB	17	Steve Dennis	QB	10	Kay Stephenson
SS	37	Lou Angelo	RB	20	Tommy Durrance
FS	20	Jeff Woodcock	RB	35	Ricky Lake

Special Teams
New York Stars			Jacksonville Sharks
Pos.	No.	Player	Pos.	No.	Pos.
K	5	Moses Lajterman	K	7	Grant Guthrie
P	15	Robby Reynolds	P	2	Duane Carrell
H	19	Tom Sherman	H	10	Kay Stephenson
PR	7	Bob Hermanni	PR	41	Alvin Wyatt
PR	7	Bob Hermanni	KR	41	Alvin Wyatt
KR	35	Dave Richards	KR	26	John Osbourne

Statistics

WFL Scoreboard
	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	Final
New York Stars	8	8	8	0	24
Jacksonville Sharks	8	8	0	0	16

Jacksonville Sharks - Tommy Durrance 2 run (Tommy Durrance AP pass from Kay Stephenson)
New York Stars - Bob Gladieux 4 run (Bob Gladieux AP run)

Jacksonville Sharks - Dennis Hughes 56 pass from Kay Stephenson (Ricky Lake AP run)
New York Stars - Andy Huff 1 run (Ray Parson AP pass from Tom Sherman)

New York Stars - Tom Sherman 1 run (George Sauer AP pass from Tom Sherman)

No Scoring - New York Stars win 24-16

Team Statistics
	New York Stars	Jacksonville Sharks
First Downs	16	15
Net Yards Rushing (Att.-Yds.)	44-221	48-212
Net Yards Passing	114	106
Passes (Cmp.-Att.-Int.)	8-15-1	6-18-1
Punts-Average	5-39.8	6-39.3
Fumbles-Fumbles Lost	2-2	0-0
Penalties-Yards	2-25	5-55

Individual Statistics: Offensive | Defensive | Special Teams

Rushing
New York Stars				Jacksonville Sharks
Player	Att.	Yds.	TD	Player	Att.	Yds.	TD
Tom Sherman	8	67	1	Tommy Durrance	22	78	1
Bob Gladieux	19	67	1	Ricky Lake	13	52	0
Ed White	6	36	0	Jerry Davis	5	48	0
Andy Huff	9	33	1	Ron Lamb	4	21	0
Bob Hermanni	1	13	0	Kay Stephenson	4	13	0
Jim Ford	1	5	0

Passing
New York Stars						Jacksonville Sharks
Player	Cmp.	Att.	Yds.	TD	Int.	Player	Cmp.	Att.	Yds.	TD	Int.
Tom Sherman	8	15	114	0	1	Kay Stephenson	5	12	94	1	0
						Jerry Davis	1	6	12	0	1
						Kim Hammond	0	0	0	0	0

Receiving
New York Stars				Jacksonville Sharks
Player	Rec.	Yds.	TD	Player	Rec.	Yds.	Td
Al Young	3	36	0	Drew Buie	2	22	0
George Sauer	2	34	0	Dennis Hughes	1	56	1
Ed White	2	12	0	Tony Lomax	1	12	0
Ray Parson	1	32	0	Tommy Durrance	1	10	0
				Tom Whittier	1	6	0

Tackles
New York Stars				Jacksonville Sharks
Player	Tot.	Ind.	Ast.	Player	Tot.	Ind.	Ast.
Steve Setzler	7			Ron Coppenbarger	9
John Elliott	6			Claud Simonton	8
Gerry Philbin	6			Fred Abbott	7
Art Reynolds	6			Glenn Gaspard	7
Lou Angelo	5			Ike Lassiter	4
Tom Chandler	5			Mike Townsend	4
Jimmy Sims	5			Glenn Ellison	3
Llody Boss	5			Alvin Wyatt	3
Jeff Woodcock	4			Bob Tatarek	2
Steve Dennis	2			Soloman Brannan	1
Jerry Ellison	2			Jeff Davis	1
Jere Brown	1			Johnny Mack	1
Dana Carpenter	1			O.Z. White	1

Sacks
New York Stars			Jacksonville Sharks
Player	Sck.	Yds. Lst.	Player	Sck.	Yds. Lst.
Jimmy Sims	1	9	No Sacks
Gerry Philbin	1	6

Interceptions
New York Stars			Jacksonville Sharks
Player	Int.	Yds.	Player	Int.	Yds.
Lou Angelo	1	8	Alvin Wyatt	1	2

Fumble Recoveries
New York Stars		Jacksonville Sharks
Player	Rec.	Player	Rec.
No Fumble Recoveries		Bob Tatarek	1
		Claud Simonton	1

Field Goals
New York Stars			Jacksonville Sharks
Player	Att.	FGM	Player	Att.	FGM
Moses Lajterman	1	0	Grant Guthrie	1	0

Punting
New York Stars					Jacksonville Sharks
Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	BLK	Player	No.	Yds.	Avg.	BLK
Robby Reynolds	5	199	39.8	0	Duane Carrell	6	236	39.3	0

Kickoff Returns
New York Stars					Jacksonville Sharks
Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	TD	Player	No.	Yds.	Avg.	TD
Bob Hermanni	3	45	15.0	0	John Osbourne	2	45	22.5	0
Bob Gladieux	1	1	11.0	0	Alvin Wyatt	2	23	11.5	0

Punt Returns
New York Stars					Jacksonville Sharks
Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	TD	Player	No.	Yds.	Avg.	TD
Bob Hermanni	2	26	13.0	0	Alvin Wyatt	3	31	10.3	0

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WFL News

CENTRAL Division
Team	W	L	PCT.	PF	PA
Chicago Fire	4	0	1.000	124	73
Birmingham Americans	4	0	1.000	122	87
Memphis Southmen	3	1	.750	108	96
Detroit Wheels	0	4	.000	63	109

WESTERN Division
Team	W	L	PCT.	PF	PA
Southern California Sun	2	2	.500	82	86
Houston Texans	2	2	.500	21	38
Hawaiians	1	3	.250	103	115
Portland Storm	0	4	.000	45	103

Chicago Fire 53, Hawaiians 29

Birmingham Americans 21, Detroit Wheels 18
Houston Texans 7, Florida Blazers 6
Philadelphia Bell 25, Portland Storm 7

New York Stars 24, Jacksonville Sharks 16

Memphis Southmen 25, Southern California Sun 15

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Jacksonville Sharks

August 3, 1974 - New York Stars trade DE Larry Estes and LB Gary Champagne to the Birmingham Americans for future considerations