1975 Portland Thunder Statistics

World Football League (WFL)
Team Record: 4-7
Finishing 4th in the WFL's West Division
Coach: Greg Barton (1-5-)
Coach: Bob Brodhead (1-1-)
Coach: Joe Gardi (2-1-)
Location: Portland, Oregon
Attendance: 47,976, Avg. 7,996 in 6 home dates

1975 Portland Thunder Roster
1975 Portland Thunder Results

The Portland Thunder of the World Football League ended the 1975 season with a record of 4 wins and 7 losses, finishing fourth in the WFL's West Division.

Portland scored 213 points, while the defense gave up 239. Rufus Ferguson ran for a team-best 768 yards for the Thunder.

Don Horn passed for 1,742 yards. Rufus Ferguson paced the receiving corps, snagging 32 passes, while Bob Christiansen accumulated 456 receiving yards.

Phil Borjas picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition.

Greg Barton, Bob Brodhead and Joe Gardi coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Don Horn	272	158	58.1	1742	6.4	11	4.0	12	4.4	54	9	48	72.3
Ira Hammon	1	1	100.0	29	29.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	29	0	0	158.3
Jim Ousley	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	275	159	57.8	1771	6.4	12	4.4	12	4.4	54	9	48

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Rufus Ferguson	187	768	4.1	61	7
Jim Evenson	99	439	4.4	34	1
Bob Wyatt	74	291	3.9	34	2
Ira Hammon	48	134	2.8	9	0
Jim Krieg	1	14	14.0	14	0
Joe Wylie	1	4	4.0	4	0
J.J. Hartstein	2	3	1.5	3	0
Don Horn	11	-7	-0.6	17	1
Don Warner	1	-13	-13.0	0	0
Totals	424	1633	3.9	61	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Rufus Ferguson	32	269	8.4	34	0
Bob Christiansen	29	456	15.7	32	5
Jim Krieg	21	248	11.8	39	3
Jim Thorpe	18	204	11.3	39	1
Jim Evenson	18	108	6.0	19	0
Earl McCullouch	12	219	18.2	54	3
Ira Hammon	12	82	6.8	14	0
Joe Wylie	7	90	12.9	15	0
Bob Wyatt	7	68	9.7	23	0
Frank Russell	3	27	9.0	13	0
Totals	159	1771	11.1	54	12

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Don Warner	0	0		0	7		21
Totals	0	0		0	7		21

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Don Warner	59	2432	41.2	63
Totals	59	2432	41.2	63

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Joe Wylie	28	322	11.5	78	3
Phil Borjas	8	16	2.0	6	0
Bob Boustead	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	37	340	9.2	78	3

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Joe Wylie	27	685	25.4	60
Rufus Ferguson	6	125	20.8	29
Bob Wyatt	7	99	14.1	27
Al Andrews	2	51	25.5	36
Ira Hammon	2	41	20.5	28
Earl McCullouch	1	23	23.0	23
Billy Joe Winchester	1	18	18.0	18
Clyde Warehime	1	3	3.0	3
Totals	47	1045	22.2	60

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Phil Borjas	4	104	26.0	26
Clancy Oliver	3	9	3.0	3
Robin Sinclair	3	6	2.0	2
Tom Oberg	2	42	21.0	21
Mike McConnell	1	22	22.0	22
Clyde Warehime	1	11	11.0	11
Hal Phillips	1	0	0.0	0
Kurt Knudsen	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	16	194	12.1	26

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Rufus Ferguson	7	0	0	0		0			0	6	0	0	0	55
Bob Christiansen	0	5	0	0		0			0	1	0	0	0	36
Don Warner	0	0	0	0		0			7	0	0	0	0	21
Earl McCullouch	0	3	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	21
Jim Krieg	0	3	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	21
Joe Wylie	0	0	3	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	21
Bob Wyatt	2	0	0	0		0			0	1	0	0	0	15
Jim Evenson	1	0	0	0		0			0	2	0	0	0	9
Don Horn	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	7
Jim Thorpe	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	7
Totals	11	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	213