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San Diego Lobos

Owners: John Mulkey, Jr. and Helen Moore

General Managers: Larry Smith, Roy Fuller

Coaching Staff: John Mulkey, Jr.; Larry Smith (offensive backs); Jim Cherry (offensive line).

Team Publicist: Jim Fox

Team Physician: Dr. David T. Easley

The 1975 San Diego Lobos had an operating budget of $50,000 and had to pay a $10,000 franchise fee to join the National Women's Football League.
Tryouts and sign-ups for the Lobos took place on May 18, 1975 at Balboa Stadium.
The Lobos' practice sessions were at Marion High School in Imperial Beach (San Diego), CA Mondays through Thursdays at 5:30 PM and Saturdays at 9 AM. Practices began on June 1, 1975.
The Lobos' roster consisted of 30 players, plus a taxi squad of 10 to 20 women. The players ranged in size from 5'1" and 105 pounds for the smallest player to 5'6" and 230 pounds for the largest player. The average player weight was 178.4 pounds on the defensive line and 150 pounds on the offensive line.

Partial 1975 Lobos' Roster

No.	Player		Ht.	Wt.	Pos.	Age
	Sandy Malhiot	5'3"	150	QB	19
	C. Naughton	4'11"	105	RB	23
	Pat Pewtress			K	
	Jo Black				
	P. A. Campbell			OG/DL	30
	Sharon Myrann			LB	29
	J. A. Sanders			DB	
	Mary Fleur			S	50
	M. L. Romero			QB/RE	
	Connie Harker			G	
	M.K. Harding	5'8"	150	DT	22
	Teresa Higgins				18
51	Dorene Gutzmer			C	40
	Karen Butler			Def.	
	Joyce Morrow			Def.	
	Sandy Kaufold				
	A. Carmichael			RB	
	Dawn Shilling				
39	Linda Maier	5'7"	174	RB	27				
	C. Caulfield				
	"Ace" Roman			DT	
	Pat. Freeman			LB	
	Doris Howard			LB	
	Betsy Reuter	5'6"	230		19
	K. Thompson			WR

1975 Season

The Lobos' ticket prices were $4 for adults, $2 for children and $1 for servicemen.
The Lobos opened the 1975 season with a 6-6 tie versus the Los Angeles Dandelions. This game was televised by Channel 39 of San Diego, with Mike Smith doing play-by-play and Maureen Arthur commentary.
Game two was a 31-6 victory over the Fort Worth Shamrocks

The Lobos' Teresa Higgins opened the scoring with a 23-yard touchdown run.

In the first quarter, Charlotte Humphrey of the Shamrocks ran the ball 51 yards for her team's only score.

Angie Carmichael scored twice on runs of 17 yards and 12 yards.

Early in the fourth quarter, the Lobos' Judy Sanders intercepted a Shellie Calloway pass and returned the ball 33 yards to the Shamrocks' 3-yard line. The Lobos' two fourth quarter scores were a 3-yard run by Sandy Malhiot and an 8-yard run by Mary Lou Romero.

Teams		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	F
FtW.		6	0	0	0	6
Lobos		6	0	13	12	31

Game three was versus the Los Angeles Dandelions at East Los Angeles Junior College. (Attendance: 900) The Lobos trailed the Dandelions 13-0 at half-time before storming back on Angie Carmichael's 73 yard touchdown run, another TD, and two successful conversions. The winning score came on Sandy Malhiot's 15-yard touchdown pass to Karen Thompson.
The Lobos played the first of their two games versus the Pasadena Roses on Sept. 15, 1975. Both games were routs.

Lobos vs. Roses I

This game was no contest as the Lobos won 58-0. The Lobos picked up 25 first downs versus only 3 by the Roses. Also, the Lobos outplayed the Roses in rushing yardage (329 to 24), passing yardage (88 to 16) and total yardage (417 to 40). Lobos' starting QB Sandy Malhiot completed 3 of her 8 passes for 41 yards while Pasadena's Naomi Malauulu completed 3 of her 11 passes for 16 yards. and the scoring went as follows:

1^st Quarter

Cheryl Naughton 31-yard run (kick failed)

Sandy Kaufold 12-yard run (kick failed)

Dorene Gutzmer 1 -yard run (kick blocked)

2^nd Quarter

Angie Carmichael 19-yard run (Pat Pewtress ran in conversion score.)

Teresa Higgins 9-yard run (kick blocked)

3^rd Quarter

Dawn Shilling 7-yard run (Pewtress kick)

Teresa Higgins 1-yard run (Pewtress kick)

4^th Quarter

Angie Carmichael 13-yard run (kick failed)

Dawn Shilling 16-yard run (Pewtress kick)

Lobos vs. Roses II, September 28, 1975

The Lobos' Sandy Kaufold rushed for 125 yards and scored three touchdowns, including one on a 38-yard run. Other San Diego scores came on a Dorene Gutzmer 15-yard run, an Angie Carmichael 11-yard run, and a Sandy Malhiot 3-yard quarterback sneak. The Lobos defeated the Roses 38-0.

The last of the meetings between the Lobos and the Dandelions took place at Mesa College on October 11. The Lobos, after four wins and one tie, suffered their first defeat. In that game, the Dandelions' Teresa Gervais scored the winning touchdown with 49 seconds left. Angie Carmichael scored all three Lobos' touchdowns. Sandy Malhiot started at quarterback for the Lobos, but Mary Lou Romero also took several snaps.

1976 Season

Because of financial problems, the San Diego Lobos' players agreed to play without pay this season. All four of the Lobos' games this season were versus the Los Angeles Dandelions. Some of the games, such as the Sept. 26 game versus the Dandelions at Mesa College, were benefits for such things as college funds.

1977

The San Diego Lobos folded.

NEW INFORMATION--As of Feb. 1, 2001: I have just discovered on the Internet an article about Linda Maier of the San Diego Lobos. It was printed in the Oct. 10, 2000 Denver Post and can be found on-line at http://www.denverpost.com/wsports/focus1010.htm.

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