Statistics Summary for 1982 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
9/11/82 TROY STATE W 24-10 10002 Chattanooga, Tenn. First game at NCAA Division I-AA
9/18/82 at Arkansas State L 12-13 13764 Jonesboro, Ark.
* 9/25/82 FURMAN W 16-13 6547 Chattanooga, Tenn.
* 10/2/82 at Marshall W 17-7 12224 Huntington, W.Va.
* 10/9/82 EAST TENNESSEE STATE W 27-6 9721 Chattanooga, Tenn.
10/16/82 at #4 Tennessee State L 21-27 17000 Nashville, Tenn.
10/23/82 at Jacksonville State W 28-0 12500 Jacksonville, Ala.
* 10/30/82 WESTERN CAROLINA L 0-20 8004 Chattanooga, Tenn.
* 11/6/82 APPALACHIAN STATE W 50-7 8767 Chattanooga, Tenn.
* 11/13/82 at The Citadel W 24-7 18480 Charleston, S.C.
11/20/82 at Vanderbilt L 16-27 36126 Nashville, Tenn.
 
Overall: 7-4
Conference: 5-1
Home: 4-1
Away: 3-3
Neutral: 0-0


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Harold Ricks 11 99 460 5 455 4.6 3 35 41.4
Dennis King 11 106 436 4 432 4.1 0 19 39.3
Nootie Abbott 11 62 299 3 296 4.8 2 38 26.9
Arits Edwards 11 71 296 5 291 4.1 7 17 26.5
David Williams 11 59 254 20 234 4.0 4 20 21.3
Gary Bloodshaw 11 61 308 92 216 3.5 1 50 19.6
Ralph Potter 11 104 329 217 112 1.1 3 25 10.2
Danny Westfall 11 22 78 0 78 3.5 0 20 7.1
W. Gillespie 11 4 86 12 74 18.5 1 48 6.7
Dennis Famble 11 4 28 0 28 7.0 0 8 2.5
Buck Clifton 11 5 30 5 25 5.0 0 21 2.3
Norman Gleaton 11 8 25 0 25 3.1 0 6 2.3
Charlie Norwood 11 6 20 3 17 2.8 0 11 1.5
Wilbert Scott 11 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.4
Team totals 11 612 2653 366 2287 3.7 21 50 207.9
Opp totals 11 406 1308 415 893 2.2 11 23 81.2
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Ralph Potter 11 61-145-9 42.1 896 6 76 81.5 95.22
Gary Bloodshaw 11 6-22-1 27.3 65 1 32 5.9 58.00
Dennis King 11 1-1-0 100.0 31 0 31 2.8 360.40
Don Robinson 11 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Barry Whitehead 11 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 -200.00
John Howell 11 1-2-0 50.0 0 0 20 0.0 50.00
Harold Ricks 11 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Team totals 11 69-173-11 39.9 1012 7 76 92.0 89.66
Opp totals 11 128-271-18 47.2 1308 6 79 118.9 81.80
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
W. Gillespie 11 30 482 16.1 2 76 43.8
Greg Hardin 11 9 159 17.7 1 31 14.5
Dennis King 11 7 59 8.4 0 17 5.4
Arits Edwards 11 5 98 19.6 1 69 8.9
Harold Ricks 11 5 62 12.4 0 28 5.6
Jerry Lee 11 4 38 9.5 0 16 3.5
Mark Helms 11 3 49 16.3 1 32 4.5
Nootie Abbott 11 2 28 14.0 1 23 2.5
Norman Gleaton 11 2 12 6.0 0 7 1.1
David McCrary 11 1 20 20.0 0 20 1.8
Team totals 11 69 1012 14.7 7 76 92.0
Opp totals 11 128 1308 10.2 6 79 118.9
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
Jack Teichmann 11 0 11-18 25-26 0 0 0 58
Arits Edwards 11 8 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 50
David Williams 11 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 24
Nootie Abbott 11 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Harold Ricks 11 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Ralph Potter 11 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
W. Gillespie 11 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Willard Murphy 11 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Gary Bloodshaw 11 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Greg Hardin 11 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Mark Helms 11 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Lawrence Green 11 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 2
Team totals 11 29 11-18 25-26 1 0 1 236
Opp totals 11 17 5-9 12-18 0 0 0 129
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Ralph Potter 11 112 896 1008 91.6
Dennis King 11 432 31 463 42.1
Harold Ricks 11 455 0 455 41.4
Nootie Abbott 11 296 0 296 26.9
Arits Edwards 11 291 0 291 26.5
Gary Bloodshaw 11 216 65 281 25.5
David Williams 11 234 0 234 21.3
Danny Westfall 11 78 0 78 7.1
W. Gillespie 11 74 0 74 6.7
Dennis Famble 11 28 0 28 2.5
Norman Gleaton 11 25 0 25 2.3
Buck Clifton 11 25 0 25 2.3
Charlie Norwood 11 17 0 17 1.5
Wilbert Scott 11 4 0 4 0.4
Team totals 11 2287 1012 3299 299.9
Opp totals 11 893 1308 2201 200.1
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
David McCrary 24 285 0 76 11.9
W. Gillespie 7 76 0 23 10.9
Lawrence Green 1 36 0 36 36.0
Alan Barner 2 19 0 20 9.5
S. Elkins 2 18 0 18 9.0
K. Washington 1 12 0 12 12.0
Team totals 38 455 0 76 12.0
Opp totals 19 252 0 67 13.3
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
David McCrary 8 225 0 42 28.1
Alan Barner 10 217 0 53 21.7
Nootie Abbott 3 57 0 24 19.0
W. Gillespie 1 18 0 18 18.0
Barry Whitehead 1 13 0 13 13.0
Team totals 23 530 0 53 23.0
Opp totals 28 549 0 38 19.6
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
Johnny Butler 4 43 0 22 0.1
Mike Mitchell 4 37 0 27 0.1
Joey Abney 3 33 0 14 0.1
David McCrary 2 38 0 38 0.1
Glen Richardson 1 32 0 32 0.0
Gary Woodburn 1 12 0 12 0.1
K. Washington 1 12 0 12 0.1
Lawrence Green 1 9 0 9 0.1
Mike Crockett 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 18 216 0 38 0.1
Opp totals 11 0 0 0 0.0
 
Fumble returns no. yards td long avg
Joey Abney 3 0 0 0 0.0
K. Washington 1 0 0 0 0.0
Lawrence Green 1 0 0 0 0.0
Tom Weathers 1 0 0 0 0.0
Don Howell 1 0 0 0 0.0
Tim Dockery 1 0 0 0 0.0
Bob Standifer 1 0 0 0 0.0
Johnny Owens 1 0 0 0 0.0
Willard Murphy 1 0 1 0 0.0
Team totals 13 0 1 0 0.0
Opp totals 18 0 0 0 0.0
 
All purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
W. Gillespie 11 74 482 76 18 0 650 59.1
David McCrary 11 0 20 285 225 38 568 51.6
Harold Ricks 11 455 62 0 0 0 517 47.0
Dennis King 11 432 59 0 0 0 491 44.6
Arits Edwards 11 291 98 0 0 0 389 35.4
Nootie Abbott 11 296 28 0 57 0 381 34.6
Alan Barner 11 0 0 19 217 0 236 21.5
David Williams 11 234 0 0 0 0 234 21.3
Gary Bloodshaw 11 216 0 0 0 0 216 19.6
Greg Hardin 11 0 159 0 0 0 159 14.5
Ralph Potter 11 112 0 0 0 0 112 10.2
Danny Westfall 11 78 0 0 0 0 78 7.1
Mark Helms 11 0 49 0 0 0 49 4.5
Lawrence Green 11 0 0 36 0 9 45 4.1
Johnny Butler 11 0 0 0 0 43 43 3.9
Jerry Lee 11 0 38 0 0 0 38 3.5
Mike Mitchell 11 0 0 0 0 37 37 3.4
Norman Gleaton 11 25 12 0 0 0 37 3.4
Joey Abney 11 0 0 0 0 33 33 3.0
Glen Richardson 11 0 0 0 0 32 32 2.9
Dennis Famble 11 28 0 0 0 0 28 2.5
Buck Clifton 11 25 0 0 0 0 25 2.3
K. Washington 11 0 0 12 0 12 24 2.2
S. Elkins 11 0 0 18 0 0 18 1.6
Charlie Norwood 11 17 0 0 0 0 17 1.5
Barry Whitehead 11 0 0 0 13 0 13 1.2
Gary Woodburn 11 0 0 0 0 12 12 1.1
Wilbert Scott 11 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.4
Team totals 11 2287 1012 455 530 216 4500 409.1
Opp totals 11 893 1308 252 549 0 3002 272.9
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
John Howell 61 2616 42.9 82 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals 61 2616 42.9 82 0 0 0 0 0
Opp totals 80 3117 39.0 69 0 0 0 0 3
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
Jack Teichmann 11 18 61.1 44 0
Team totals 11 18 61.1 44 0
Opp totals 5 9 55.6 44 1
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
Lawrence Green 11 63 38 101 5.0 - 0 2.0 - 0 1 - 9 5 - 1 - 0 - 1 -
David Horton 11 48 36 84 6.0 - 0 - - 3 - - 2 - -
Joey Abney 11 44 24 68 6.0 - 0 5.0 - 0 3 - 33 3 - 3 - 0 - - -
Johnny Butler 11 33 24 57 1.0 - 0 - 4 - 43 6 - - 1 - -
K. Washington 11 40 15 55 2.0 - 0 - 1 - 12 4 - 1 - 0 - 2 -
Willard Murphy 11 39 14 53 4.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 - 3 - 1 - 0 - - -
Mike Mitchell 11 37 15 52 - - 4 - 37 6 - 1 - 0 - - -
Steve Kurtz 11 29 18 47 - 1.0 - 0 - - - - 1 - -
R. Mitchell 11 31 9 40 3.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 - 3 - - - - -
Gary Woodburn 11 20 15 35 2.0 - 0 2.0 - 0 1 - 12 4 - - - - -
Glen Richardson 11 15 19 34 - 1.0 - 0 1 - 32 1 - - - - -
Willie Little 11 24 7 31 6.0 - 0 2.0 - 0 - 2 - - - - -
Johnny Owens 11 22 8 30 8.0 - 0 2.0 - 0 - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Don Howell 11 19 11 30 - 1.0 - 0 - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Bob Standifer 11 16 7 23 1.0 - 0 5.0 - 0 - 3 - 1 - 0 - - -
David McCrary 11 9 5 14 - - 2 - 38 6 - - - - -
Leo Morejon 11 7 6 13 2.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 - - - - 1 - -
Melvin Thompson 11 9 3 12 2.0 - 0 2.0 - 0 - 1 - - - - -
Rod Lewis 11 5 3 8 - 1.0 - 0 - - - - 1 - -
M. Henderson 11 4 4 8 - - - - - - - - -
Tim Dockery 11 7 0 7 2.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 - - - 3 - 0 1 1 -
Terrell Woodard 11 6 1 7 - - - - - - - - -
R. Stuckey 11 5 2 7 - - - 1 - - - - -
Bill Price 11 5 1 6 - - - 1 - - 1 - -
S. Elkins 11 4 2 6 - - - - - - - - -
James Robinson 11 4 0 4 - - - - - - - - -
Mike Crockett 11 3 1 4 - - 1 - 0 1 - - - - -
Tom Weathers 11 2 1 3 1.0 - 0 - - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Gary Rakestraw 11 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - -
Team totals 11 551 290 841 44.0 - 0 28.0 - 0 18 - 216 53 - 14 - 0 8 4 -
Opp totals 11 0 0 0 - - 11 - 0 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 189 132
1st downs passing 135 44
1st downs penalty 45 69
1st downs total 369 245
Penalties against 78 52
Penalty yards 776 411
Fumbles 40 25
Fumbles lost 18 14
3rd-down convert 0-0 0-0
4th-down convert 0-0 0-0
Time of possession 0:00 0:00
Misc yards 0 0