Statistics Summary for 1983 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
9/3/83 JACKSONVILLE STATE W 13-6 10254 Chattanooga, Tenn.
9/10/83 ARKANSAS STATE L 14-27 9721 Chattanooga, Tenn.
9/17/83 at SW Louisiana W 38-14 20157 Lafayette, La.
10/1/83 at Louisiana Tech L 14-17 16600 Ruston, La.
* 10/8/83 at #10 Appalachian State W 30-9 13264 Boone, N.C.
* 10/15/83 THE CITADEL W 30-9 10203 Chattanooga, Tenn.
* 10/22/83 MARSHALL W 23-16 7122 Chattanooga, Tenn.
* 10/29/83 at Western Carolina L 15-25 9245 Cullowhee, N.C.
* 11/5/83 VMI W 23-6 7488 Chattanooga, Tenn.
* 11/12/83 at #4 Furman L 14-28 - Greenville, S.C.
* 11/19/83 at East Tennessee State W 13-10 4113 Johnson City, Tenn.
 
Overall: 7-4
Conference: 5-2
Home: 4-1
Away: 3-3
Neutral: 0-0


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Harold Ricks 11 113 628 12 616 5.5 5 0 56.0
Artis Edwards 11 111 1140 561 579 5.2 5 37 52.6
Dennis King 11 106 441 12 429 4.0 3 16 39.0
Ralph Potter 11 128 482 187 295 2.3 4 32 26.8
Mitch Fontenot 11 42 248 7 241 5.7 0 32 21.9
Danny Westfall 11 27 104 7 97 3.6 0 24 8.8
Nootie Abbott 11 24 89 1 88 3.7 0 12 8.0
Tim Couch 11 22 91 25 66 3.0 3 15 6.0
Marvin Ford 11 10 42 0 42 4.2 0 8 3.8
Charlie Norwood 11 9 29 0 29 3.2 0 9 2.6
Michael Hill 11 6 14 1 13 2.2 0 6 1.2
Ken Julian 11 2 5 0 5 2.5 0 3 0.5
Steve Baker 11 1 -7 0 -7 -7.0 0 0 -0.6
Scott Giem 11 2 -32 0 -32 -16.0 0 0 -2.9
Team totals 11 604 2762 333 2429 4.0 20 59 220.8
Opp totals 11 453 1751 493 1258 2.8 9 43 114.4
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Ralph Potter 11 47-106-7 44.3 622 2 53 56.5 86.65
Tim Couch 11 26-52-4 50.0 285 2 35 25.9 93.35
Dennis King 11 1-1-0 100.0 -5 0 0 -0.5 58.00
Team totals 11 74-159-11 46.5 902 4 64 82.0 88.66
Opp totals 11 129-262-17 49.2 1474 12 70 134.0 98.63
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
Greg Hardin 11 16 189 11.8 1 19 17.2
Stanley Turner 11 15 212 14.1 1 53 19.3
Dennis King 11 11 143 13.0 0 64 13.0
Byron Holmes 11 9 132 14.7 1 48 12.0
Artis Edwards 11 8 64 8.0 0 16 5.8
Harold Ricks 11 7 69 9.9 0 19 6.3
Mitch Fontenot 11 2 37 18.5 0 28 3.4
Steve Baker 11 1 35 35.0 0 35 3.2
Nootie Abbott 11 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.9
Ken Julian 11 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.6
Michael Hill 11 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.5
Charlie Norwood 11 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.5
Ralph Potter 11 1 -5 -5.0 0 0 -0.5
Team totals 11 74 902 12.2 4 64 82.0
Opp totals 11 129 1474 11.4 12 70 134.0
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
Harold Ricks 11 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 30
Artis Edwards 11 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 30
Ralph Potter 11 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 26
Dennis King 11 3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 22
Jack Teichmann 11 0 0-0 21-23 0 0 0 21
David McCrary 11 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Tim Couch 11 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Johnny Butler 11 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Steve Baker 11 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Byron Holmes 11 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Greg Hardin 11 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Stanley Turner 11 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Barry Whitehead 11 0 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 1
Team totals 11 30 8-14 21-23 4 0 0 233
Opp totals 11 21 7-12 12-14 2 0 0 163
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Ralph Potter 11 295 622 917 83.4
Harold Ricks 11 616 0 616 56.0
Artis Edwards 11 579 0 579 52.6
Dennis King 11 429 -5 424 38.5
Tim Couch 11 66 285 351 31.9
Mitch Fontenot 11 241 0 241 21.9
Danny Westfall 11 97 0 97 8.8
Nootie Abbott 11 88 0 88 8.0
Marvin Ford 11 42 0 42 3.8
Charlie Norwood 11 29 0 29 2.6
Michael Hill 11 13 0 13 1.2
Ken Julian 11 5 0 5 0.5
Steve Baker 11 -7 0 -7 -0.6
Scott Giem 11 -32 0 -32 -2.9
Team totals 11 2429 902 3331 302.8
Opp totals 11 1258 1474 2732 248.4
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
David McCrary 35 385 1 73 11.0
Steve Kurtz 1 13 0 13 13.0
Brian Bergey 1 7 0 7 7.0
K. Washington 1 3 0 3 3.0
Team totals 38 408 1 73 10.7
Opp totals 21 203 0 17 9.7
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
Steve Baker 14 334 1 100 23.9
Dennis King 6 143 0 33 23.8
David McCrary 4 74 0 24 18.5
Mitch Fontenot 3 26 0 12 8.7
Artis Edwards 1 3 0 3 3.0
Team totals 28 580 1 100 20.7
Opp totals 30 630 0 50 21.0
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
David McCrary 4 113 2 57 0.0
Johnny Butler 4 45 1 29 0.1
Steve Kurtz 2 8 0 7 0.2
Gary Woodburn 2 6 0 6 0.3
Lawrence Green 1 48 0 48 0.0
Kenny Booker 1 23 0 23 0.0
P. Aldridge 1 14 0 14 0.1
Glen Richardson 1 14 0 14 0.1
Brian Bergey 1 0 0 0 0.0
George Fox 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 18 271 3 57 0.1
Opp totals 11 0 0 0 0.0
 
Fumble returns no. yards td long avg
David McCrary 1 0 0 0 0.0
Johnny Butler 1 0 1 0 0.0
Lawrence Green 2 0 0 0 0.0
Glen Richardson 1 0 0 0 0.0
Bob Standifer 2 0 0 0 0.0
Spanky Thomas 1 0 0 0 0.0
Jim Watson 1 0 0 0 0.0
Ricky Butler 1 0 0 0 0.0
R. Mitchell 1 0 0 0 0.0
Rod Lewis 1 0 0 0 0.0
K. Washington 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 13 0 1 0 0.0
Opp totals 0 0 0 0 0.0
 
All purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
Dennis King 11 429 143 0 143 0 715 65.0
Harold Ricks 11 616 69 0 0 0 685 62.3
Artis Edwards 11 579 64 0 3 0 646 58.7
David McCrary 11 0 0 385 74 113 572 52.0
Steve Baker 11 -7 35 0 334 0 362 32.9
Mitch Fontenot 11 241 37 0 26 0 304 27.6
Ralph Potter 11 295 -5 0 0 0 290 26.4
Stanley Turner 11 0 212 0 0 0 212 19.3
Greg Hardin 11 0 189 0 0 0 189 17.2
Byron Holmes 11 0 132 0 0 0 132 12.0
Nootie Abbott 11 88 10 0 0 0 98 8.9
Danny Westfall 11 97 0 0 0 0 97 8.8
Tim Couch 11 66 0 0 0 0 66 6.0
Lawrence Green 11 0 0 0 0 48 48 4.4
Johnny Butler 11 0 0 0 0 45 45 4.1
Marvin Ford 11 42 0 0 0 0 42 3.8
Charlie Norwood 11 29 5 0 0 0 34 3.1
Kenny Booker 11 0 0 0 0 23 23 2.1
Steve Kurtz 11 0 0 13 0 8 21 1.9
Michael Hill 11 13 5 0 0 0 18 1.6
P. Aldridge 11 0 0 0 0 14 14 1.3
Glen Richardson 11 0 0 0 0 14 14 1.3
Ken Julian 11 5 7 0 0 0 12 1.1
Brian Bergey 11 0 0 7 0 0 7 0.6
Gary Woodburn 11 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.5
K. Washington 11 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.3
Scott Giem 11 -32 0 0 0 0 -32 -2.9
Team totals 11 2429 902 408 580 271 4590 417.3
Opp totals 11 1258 1474 203 630 0 3565 324.1
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
Team totals 70 2416 34.5 60 0 0 0 0 2
Opp totals 79 2932 37.1 55 0 0 0 0 2
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
Team totals 8 14 57.1 0 0
Opp totals 7 12 58.3 0 0
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
Glen Richardson 11 79 57 136 6.0 - 0 6.0 - 0 1 - 14 5 - 1 - 0 2 1 -
Lawrence Green 11 48 36 84 3.0 - 0 5.0 - 0 1 - 48 2 - 2 - 0 - - -
Steve Kurtz 11 46 18 64 3.0 - 0 4.0 - 0 2 - 8 1 - - 1 - -
Gary Woodburn 11 40 18 58 2.0 - 0 - 2 - 6 11 - - - - -
R. Stuckey 11 37 21 58 4.0 - 0 6.0 - 0 - - - - - - -
R. Mitchell 11 39 10 49 7.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 0 1 - -
Bob Standifer 11 32 14 46 6.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 - 2 - 2 - 0 - - -
Zach Ervin 11 21 25 46 3.0 - 0 0.5 - 0 - - - - 1 - -
Johnny Butler 11 28 15 43 - 1.0 - 0 4 - 45 7 - 1 - 0 - - -
Spanky Thomas 11 28 12 40 - - - 2 - 1 - 0 - 1 -
K. Washington 11 27 13 40 3.0 - 0 - - 6 - 1 - 0 1 1 -
Jim Watson 11 17 11 28 1.0 - 0 - - 1 - 1 - 0 - - -
David McCrary 11 19 6 25 - - 4 - 113 12 - 1 - 0 - - -
P. Aldridge 11 17 8 25 - - 1 - 14 - - - - - -
Brian Bergey 11 13 8 21 1.0 - 0 - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Tim Dockery 11 12 5 17 2.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 - 1 - - 2 - -
Rod Lewis 11 11 3 14 5.0 - 0 - - 1 - 1 - 0 - - -
Greg Moore 11 8 5 13 2.0 - 0 2.0 - 0 - - - - 2 - -
Kenny Booker 11 9 2 11 - - 1 - 23 - - - - - -
Javon Ross 11 5 6 11 - 1.0 - 0 - - - - - - -
M. Henderson 11 6 3 9 - - - - - - - - -
Ken Julian 11 3 0 3 - - - - - - - - -
George Fox 11 2 1 3 - - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Mike Makins 11 2 1 3 - 2.5 - 0 - - - - 1 - -
Mike Crockett 11 2 0 2 - - - - - - - - -
Greg Rakestraw 11 1 0 1 1.0 - 0 - - - - - - - -
Team totals 11 560 302 862 - 30.5 - 0 18 - 271 - - 13 - 0 - 3 -
Opp totals 11 0 0 0 - - 11 - 0 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 135 44
1st downs passing 45 69
1st downs penalty 9 19
1st downs total 189 132
Penalties against 78 42
Penalty yards 776 411
Fumbles 0 0
Fumbles lost 0 0
3rd-down convert 0-0 53-174
4th-down convert 0-0 9-13
Time of possession 0:00 0:00
Misc yards 0 0