Statistics Summary for 1978 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
Sept 2, 1978 at Langston L 7-12 - Langston, OK
Sept 9, 1978 at William Jewell W 21-14 - Liberty, MO
Sept 16 CENTRAL METHODIST W 27-19 - Springfield, MO
Sept 23 at Missouri Western W 32-20 - St. Joseph, MO
Sept 30 at Missouri S&T L 0-37 - Rolla, MO
Oct 14, 1978 ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO L 0-26 - Springfield MO
Oct 21, 1978 NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE L 10-12 - Springfield, MO
Oct 28, 1978 MISSOURI STATE W 33-22 - Springfield, MO
Nov 4, 1978 BENEDICTINE W 42-25 - Springfield, MO
Nov 11, 1978 at Culver-Stockton L 14-22 - Canton, MO
Nov 18, 1978 MISSOURI SOUTHERN L 33-35 - Springfield, MO
 
Overall: 5-6
Conference: 0-0
Home: 3-3
Away: 2-3
Neutral: 0-0


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Randy Stewart 9 108 567 25 542 5.0 4 36 60.2
David Fuller 7 96 564 37 527 5.5 5 60 75.3
Bill Borges 8 83 375 0 375 4.5 6 31 46.9
Lester Ellis 7 55 204 11 193 3.5 2 36 27.6
Johnny Tucker 7 26 106 13 93 3.6 0 28 13.3
Ben Kaufman 11 38 48 0 48 1.3 0 9 4.4
Paul Hancock 2 7 36 2 34 4.9 0 15 17.0
Hank Bowles 11 1 8 0 8 8.0 0 8 0.7
Kenny Williams 10 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.3
Danny Duvall 5 24 61 61 0 0.0 1 15 0.0
Joe Solomon 9 1 7 7 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Jamie Wines 2 1 7 7 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 11 442 1972 334 1638 3.7 19 60 148.9
Opp totals 11 554 2570 379 2191 4.0 18 0 199.2
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Ben Kaufman 11 147-348-20 42.2 1826 9 48 166.0 83.36
Danny Duvall 5 13-28-3 46.4 184 1 31 36.8 91.99
Johnny Tucker 7 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Paul Hancock 2 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Scott Smith 6 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Jamie Wines 2 0-8-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Team totals 11 160-387-23 41.3 2010 10 48 182.7 81.61
Opp totals 11 118-265-22 44.5 1719 12 0 156.3 97.36
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
Jon Ferguson 10 66 779 11.8 0 48 77.9
Kenny Williams 10 31 417 13.5 5 40 41.7
Reggie Brock 11 23 291 12.7 2 29 26.5
Charles Rigby 11 9 153 17.0 0 48 13.9
Mark Harrell 11 7 95 13.6 2 33 8.6
Randy Stewart 9 7 42 6.0 0 21 4.7
Joe Solomon 9 6 99 16.5 0 34 11.0
Bill Borges 8 5 68 13.6 1 28 8.5
David Fuller 7 3 49 16.3 0 21 7.0
Steve Thompson 4 1 9 9.0 0 9 2.2
Lester Ellis 7 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.7
Paul Hancock 2 1 3 3.0 0 3 1.5
Team totals 11 160 2010 12.6 10 48 182.7
Opp totals 11 118 1719 14.6 12 0 156.3
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
Jon Sheppard 7 0 0-6 13-16 0 0 0 13
Bill Borges 8 0 0-1 3-5 0 0 0 3
Calvin Bacon 10 0 0-0 3-5 0 0 0 3
Team totals 11 0 0-8 19-27 0 0 0 19
Opp totals 11 0 0-16 18-26 1 0 2 24
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Ben Kaufman 11 48 1826 1874 170.4
Randy Stewart 9 542 0 542 60.2
David Fuller 7 527 0 527 75.3
Bill Borges 8 375 0 375 46.9
Lester Ellis 7 193 0 193 27.6
Danny Duvall 5 0 184 184 36.8
Johnny Tucker 7 93 0 93 13.3
Paul Hancock 2 34 0 34 17.0
Hank Bowles 11 8 0 8 0.7
Kenny Williams 10 3 0 3 0.3
Team totals 11 1638 2010 3648 331.6
Opp totals 11 2191 1719 3910 355.5
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
Eric Collins 14 80 0 46 5.7
Mark Harmon 1 3 0 3 3.0
Mike Back 2 1 0 1 0.5
Gary Thomas 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 19 84 0 46 4.4
Opp totals 22 159 1 0 7.2
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
Eric Collins 26 612 1 100 23.5
Johnny Tucker 9 146 0 52 16.2
Terry Flannigan 3 23 0 17 7.7
Mark Harrell 2 13 0 13 6.5
Paul Hancock 2 12 0 12 6.0
Rod Drury 1 11 0 11 11.0
Mark Boykin 1 0 0 0 0.0
Mike Back 1 -3 0 0 -3.0
Jim Bailie 1 -4 0 0 -4.0
Team totals 49 839 1 100 17.1
Opp totals 36 560 0 0 15.6
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
Eric Collins 8 168 2 64 0.0
Mike Back 5 21 0 16 0.2
David Mewbourne 4 6 0 2 0.7
Bob Menzies 2 41 0 27 0.0
Clinton Gabbard 1 0 0 0 0.0
Gary Lloyd 1 0 0 0 0.0
Billy Moles 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 22 236 2 64 0.1
Opp totals 20 165 0 0 0.1
 
Fumble returns no. yards td long avg
Team totals 18 0 0 0 0.0
Opp totals 0 0 0 0 0.0
 
All purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
Eric Collins 11 0 0 80 612 168 860 78.2
Jon Ferguson 10 0 779 0 0 0 779 77.9
Randy Stewart 9 542 42 0 0 0 584 64.9
David Fuller 7 527 49 0 0 0 576 82.3
Bill Borges 8 375 68 0 0 0 443 55.4
Kenny Williams 10 3 417 0 0 0 420 42.0
Reggie Brock 11 0 291 0 0 0 291 26.5
Johnny Tucker 7 93 0 0 146 0 239 34.1
Lester Ellis 7 193 5 0 0 0 198 28.3
Charles Rigby 11 0 153 0 0 0 153 13.9
Mark Harrell 11 0 95 0 13 0 108 9.8
Joe Solomon 9 0 99 0 0 0 99 11.0
Paul Hancock 2 34 3 0 12 0 49 24.5
Ben Kaufman 11 48 0 0 0 0 48 4.4
Bob Menzies 10 0 0 0 0 41 41 4.1
Terry Flannigan 11 0 0 0 23 0 23 2.1
Mike Back 10 0 0 1 -3 21 19 1.9
Rod Drury 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 0.0
Steve Thompson 4 0 9 0 0 0 9 2.2
Hank Bowles 11 8 0 0 0 0 8 0.7
David Mewbourne 10 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.6
Mark Harmon 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.0
Jim Bailie 0 0 0 0 -4 0 -4 0.0
Team totals 11 1638 2010 84 839 236 4807 437.0
Opp totals 11 2191 1719 159 560 165 4794 435.8
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
Scott Smith 23 734 31.9 50 0 0 0 0 0
Eric Collins 21 583 27.8 47 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Ketcherside 15 419 27.9 35 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals 72 2120 29.4 50 0 0 0 0 3
Opp totals 60 1954 32.6 0 0 0 0 0 4
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
Jon Sheppard 1 6 16.7 0 0
Randy Brack 1 1 100.0 0 0
Bill Borges 0 1 0.0 0 0
Team totals 2 8 25.0 0 2
Opp totals 9 16 56.2 0 0
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
Terry Flannigan 11 92 63 155 6.0 - 28 5.0 - 31 - 3 - 3 - 0 - - -
James Hamilton 0 59 34 93 10.0 - 59 11.0 - 81 - 1 - 3 - 0 1 - -
Clinton Gabbard 6 42 40 82 4.0 - 8 1.0 - 5 1 - 0 6 - - - - -
Calvin Bacon 10 46 24 70 1.0 - 3 5.0 - 20 - - - 1 - 0 - 1 -
David Mewbourne 10 35 32 67 3.0 - 13 1.0 - 7 4 - 6 8 - 1 - 0 - - -
Mike Back 10 39 24 63 3.0 - 8 - 5 - 21 16 - 1 - 0 1 1 -
Rick Griepp 0 27 36 63 2.0 - 6 5.0 - 36 - 1 - - 1 - -
Eric Collins 11 40 19 59 - - 8 - 168 10 - - - - -
Gary Thomas 0 36 21 57 4.0 - 12 3.0 - 18 - 3 - 1 - 0 1 1 -
Bob Menzies 10 30 26 56 - - 2 - 41 9 - 2 - 0 - - -
Paul Anderson 0 25 20 45 3.0 - 10 - - - - - - 2 -
Fred Clark 0 27 16 43 3.0 - 21 1.0 - 10 - - - - 1 - -
Doug Mitcham 0 25 18 43 3.0 - 4 - - 3 - - 1 - -
C. Spradling 0 17 15 32 3.0 - 7 1.0 - 2 - - - - - - -
Drew House 0 23 6 29 - - - 3 - - - - -
Billy Moles 0 11 2 13 - - 1 - 0 2 - 1 - 0 - - -
Stan Bumgarner 0 10 3 13 2.0 - 16 1.0 - 2 - 1 - - - - -
Gary Golden 0 5 4 9 1.0 - 5 1.0 - 5 - - - - - - -
Kevin Miller 0 5 1 6 - - - - - - - - -
Bob Anderson 0 4 2 6 1.0 - 14 - - 1 - - - 1 -
Paul Hancock 2 5 0 5 - - - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Mark Robert 0 3 0 3 - - - - - - - - -
Mark Boykin 0 1 2 3 - - - 1 - - - - -
Gary Lloyd 1 0 3 3 - - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Rick Charles 0 2 0 2 - - - - - - - - -
Jimmie Beckett 0 2 0 2 - - - - - - - - -
Scott Smith 6 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - -
Brad Lawler 0 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - -
Brad Snyder 0 0 2 2 - - - - - - - - -
Bruce Schambach 0 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Reggie Brock 11 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Randy Stewart 9 1 0 1 - - - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Mark Harmon 0 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Rod Drury 0 1 0 1 - - - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Bill Borges 8 1 0 1 - - - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Hank Bowles 11 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Randy Harman 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Alan Liles 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Tim Flagstad 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Jimmy Walker 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Ed McCabe 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Team totals 11 634 423 1057 51.0 - 218 36.0 - 226 22 - 236 68 - 18 - 0 5 6 -
Opp totals 11 0 0 0 - - 20 - 165 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 72 100
1st downs passing 95 70
1st downs penalty 15 8
1st downs total 182 178
Penalties against 79 79
Penalty yards 810 722
Fumbles 25 26
Fumbles lost 19 13
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