1978 Rock Island Independents 3-5-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1978 Rock Island 29 54 38 24 0 145 Opponent 40 48 62 55 0 205 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 145 205 1-0 23 @Chicago 14 First Downs 143 165 1-1 7 Hammond 27 Rush 49 61 2-1 30 Dayton 21 Pass 86 94 2-2 14 Chicago 24 Pen 8 10 2-3 0 @Hammond 24 Penalties 42 47 2-3 1 27 @Akron 27 Yards 273 331 2-4 1 10 Decatur 24 2-5 1 17 @Canton 28 Rushing Att 298 316 3-5 1 17 Cleveland 16 Yards 1027 1347 Ave 3.4 4.3 TD 4 10 Passing Att 261 261 Comp 139 143 % 53.3 54.8 Int 20 18 % 7.7 6.9 TD 8 14 % 3.1 5.4 Yards 1484 1788 Sacked 32 18 Punt Return 24 32 Yards 288 271 Ave 12.0 8.5 Kick Return 42 32 Yards 1326 620 Ave 31.6 19.4 Punts 50 45 Yards 2038 1699 Ave 40.8 37.8 FG Att 15 14 Made 9 8 % 60.0 57.1 Third Downs 133 124 Made 43 41 % 32.3 33.1 Fourth Downs 12 16 Made 4 5 % 33.3 31.3 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 25 23 Lost 15 12 Turnovers 35 30 Net Offense 2296 3005 Per Play 3.9 5.1 1978 Rock Island Independents Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Montgomery 92 366 4.0 8 20 21 3 Carmichael 30 3 389 13.0 4 19 44 3 Riggins 93 300 3.2 4 9 26 0 Hill,D 27 2 274 10.1 0 17 18 1 Bussey 34 147 4.3 1 5 35 0 Scott,F 18 1 200 11.1 1 13 28 0 King,H 28 105 3.8 1 7 12 0 Montgomery 14 1 87 6.2 1 3 25 1 Jaworski 33 42 1.3 0 6 8 1 Riggins 13 1 133 10.2 0 8 22 0 Green,T 8 33 4.1 0 1 8 0 Buggs 9 3 105 11.7 0 8 20 1 Hill,D 3 18 6.0 0 0 8 0 McDaniel 7 1 131 18.7 1 5 38 1 Scott 4 15 3.8 1 1 19 0 Bussey 6 1 35 5.8 0 3 11 1 Theismann 2 7 3.5 0 0 4 0 King 6 1 34 5.7 0 2 10 0 Carmichael 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 0 0 Fugett 5 0 42 8.4 0 3 15 0 298 1027 3.4 15 49 35 4 Green,T 3 0 27 9.0 0 3 12 0 Krepfle 1 0 27 27.0 1 1 27 0 139 14 1484 10.7 8 86 44 8 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Jaworski 253 138 54.5 1473 10.7 44 18 8 18 7.1 31 8 3.2 52.7 Theismann 5 1 20.0 11 11.0 11 2 0 1 20.0 1 0 0.0 0.0 Montgomery 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 2 0 1 33.3 0 0 0.0 0.0 261 139 53.3 1484 10.7 44 22 8 20 7.7 32 8 3.1 48.4 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Ricardo 13 13 100.0 11 8 72.7 50.0 0.0 45 37 Blue,L 4 3 75.0 4 1 25.0 0.0 0.0 19 6 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Skladany 41 1769 60 5 0 10 25 220 35.3 43.1 Baker 9 269 37 0 0 1 7 51 24.2 29.9 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Blue,L 1 38 38.0 38 0 Green,T 24 9 288 12.0 84 1 Green,T 39 1249 32.0 102 3 24 9 288 12.0 84 1 Montgomery 2 39 19.5 35 0 Sisemore 1 0 0.0 0 0 Elias 1 0 0.0 0 0 42 1326 31.6 102 3 Fumbles Jaworski 12 Montgome 5 Green,T 4 Riggins 2 McDaniel 1 Hill,D 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Baker 8 Baker 12 Hairston 10 Houston 12 Baker 4 Morriss 3 Hairston 4 Butz 4 Bergey 8 Parrish 6 English 3 Bergey 3 Butz 3 Hairston 4 Baker 8 Edwards, 5 Butz 3 Weaver,C 3 English 2 English 3 English 7 Logan 3 Weaver,C 2 Dusek 2 Bergey 1 Butz 7 Lavender 2 Hairston 2 English 2 Johnson, 3 Baker 2 Bergey 2 Sisemore 1 LeMaster 2 Hairston 1 Harrison 1 Johnson, 1 Weaver,C 2 Dusek 1 Houston 1 Hermelin 1 Butz 1 Edwards, 1 Edwards, 1 Weaver,C 1 Lavender 1 Montgome 1 Johnson, 1 Johnson, 1 Scott 1 Parrish 1 Hill,D 1 Daykin 1 Fugett 1 Houston 1 Tackles Baker 58 Edwards, 36 Weaver,C 29 Harrison 17 LeMaster 13 Bergey 56 Parrish 36 Logan 25 Johnson, 16 Washingt 12 Houston 47 Dusek 34 Butz 24 Bradley 15 Lavender 10 Hairston 40 English 29 Daykin 19 Scott,J 14 Sanders, 4 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Parrish 6 22 3.7 9 0 Edwards,H 3 20 6.7 12 0 Houston 2 36 18.0 30 0 Lavender 2 0 0.0 0 0 Logan 2 6 3.0 6 0 Bergey 1 31 31.0 31 0 LeMaster 1 5 5.0 5 0 Weaver,C 1 28 28.0 28 0 18 148 8.2 31 0 1978 Rock Island Independents Coach: Sean Chandler Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Theismann,Joe 5 O 2 1 HLD QB Jaworski,Ron 5 O 2 1 QB Sciarra,John 5 O 2 1 PR GUN HLD Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Montgomery,Wilbert 1 1 4 259 1220 47 4.7 4 34 195 23 5.7 KR RB Riggins,John 1 1 4 248 1014 31 4.1 4 31 299 33 9.6 RB Bussey,Dexter 2 1 5 225 924 36 4.1 3 31 275 18 8.9 RB King,Horace 2 1 4 155 660 75 4.3 5 48 396 34 8.3 RB Green,Tony 2 1 5 22 82 13 3.7 1 4 89 34 22.3 RET WR Carmichael,Harold 0 0 5 1 21 21 21.0 6 55 1072 56 19.5 WR Scott,Freddie 0 0 5 4 53 36 13.3 4 37 564 47 15.2 RET WR Buggs,Danny 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 5 36 575 63 16.0 WR McDaniel,John 0 0 4 2 25 13 12.5 4 34 577 52 17.0 WR Blue,Luther 0 0 5 5 9 10 1.8 3 31 350 26 11.3 RET WR Thompson,Ricky 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 3 23 350 49 15.2 TE Hill,David 4 2 5 3 12 13 4.0 6 53 633 32 11.9 TE Krepfle,Keith 4 2 3 0 0 0 0.0 5 26 374 34 14.4 TE Fugett,Jean 4 2 4 0 0 0 0.0 3 25 367 49 14.7 TE Gay,Bill 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Morriss,Guy 7 7 5 C Kuziel,Bob 6 6 5 LS G Nugent,Dan 6 6 5 G Elias,Homer 6 6 5 G Boden,Lynn 6 6 5 T Walters,Stan 9 9 5 T Sisemore,Jerry 7 7 5 T Hermeling,Terry 6 6 5 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT English,Doug 9 8 0 5 4 12 0 DT Butz,Dave 7 7 0 3 5 6 1 DT Johnson,Charlie 7 7 0 3 5 6 0 DE Baker,Al 10 6 0 10 5 23 0 DE Harrison,Dennis 7 6 0 4 5 7 1 DE Hairston,Carl 7 6 0 4 5 6 0 DE Gay,Bill 3 2 0 2 5 1 0 ILB Bergey,Bill 9 7 3 1 5 2 4 ILB LeMaster,Frank 7 5 3 0 5 2 3 OLB Weaver,Charlie 6 4 3 1 5 4 3 OLB Dusek,Brad 6 4 3 1 5 3 1 OLB Washington,Dave 5 4 2 0 5 1 0 LB Daykin,Tony 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 CB Parrish,Lemar 8 0 8 0 3 0 4 PR CB Edwards,Herman 7 0 7 0 5 0 7 CB Bradley,Luther 6 0 6 0 5 0 3 GUN CB Lavender,Joe 6 0 6 0 5 0 1 S Houston,Ken 10 3 7 0 5 0 2 S Logan,Randy 8 2 6 0 5 0 2 S Sanders,John 6 2 4 0 4 0 5 S Scott,Jake 5 2 3 0 5 0 7 S Sciarra,John 4 1 3 0 5 0 1 PR GUN HLD Special Teams K Ricardo,Benny P Skladany,Tom