1975 Season Book - Schedule

Exhibition Games

July 5

San Antonio Wings @ Southern California Sun

July 12

Jacksonville Express @ Chicago Winds

Charlotte Hornets @ Hawaiians

Portland Thunder @ Birmingham Vulcans

July 14

Memphis Southmen @ Southern California Sun

July 19

Chicago Winds @ Charlotte Hornets (Winston-Salem, NC)

Memphis Southmen @ San Antonio Wings

Birmingham Vulcans @ Shreveport Steamer

Southern California sun @ Philadelphia Bell

July 26

Hawaiians @ Jacksonville Express

Memphis Southmen @ Shreveport Steamer

July 27

Philadelphia Bell @ Portland Thunder

FIRST WEEK - (SUMMER SEASON)

July 26

Charlotte Hornets @ San Antonio Wings

August 2

Chicago Winds @ Birmingham Vulcans

Hawaiians @ Philadelphia Bell

Shreveport Steamer @ San Antonio Wings

Jacksonville Express @ Memphis Southmen

August 3

Portland Thunder @ Southern California Sun

SECOND WEEK

August 9

Chicago Winds @ Shreveport Steamer

Hawaiians @ Portland Thunder

Southern California Sun @ San Antonio Wings

Philadelphia Bell @ Birmingham Vulcans

Charlotte Hornets @ Memphis Southmen

Bye Week: Jacksonville Express

THIRD WEEK

August 16

Portland Thunder @ Chicago Winds

Southern California Sun @ Hawaiians

San Antonio Wings @ Charlotte Hornets

Philadelphia Bell @ Shreveport Steamer

Birmingham Vulcans @ Jacksonville Express

Bye Week: Memphis Southmen

FOURTH WEEK

August 23

Chicago Winds @ Hawaiians

Shreveport Steamer @ Portland Thunder

San Antonio Wings @ Jacksonville Express

Southern California Sun @ Birmingham Vulcans

Memphis Southmen @ Philadelphia Bell

Bye Week: Charlotte Hornets

FIFTH WEEK

August 29

Philadelphia Bell @ Southern California Sun

August 30

Chicago Winds @ Memphis Southmen

Portland Thunder @ San Antonio Wings

Shreveport Steamer @ Birmingham Vulcans

Charlotte Hornets @ Jacksonville Express

Bye Week: Hawaiians

NOTE: On September 2, 1975 the World Football League folded the Chicago Winds franchise. This decision forced the league to revise its schedule for the remainder of the 1975 season.

1975 Revised World Football League Schedule

SIXTH WEEK

September 6

Birmingham Vulcans @ Portland Thunder

Jacksonville Express @ Shreveport Steamer

Philadelphia Bell @ Charlotte Hornets

September 7

Hawaiians @ Memphis Southmen

Southern California Sun @ San Antonio Wings

SEVENTH WEEK

September 13

Portland Thunder @ Philadelphia Bell

San Antonio Wings @ Birmingham Vulcans

September 14

Shreveport Steamer @ Memphis Southmen

Charlotte Hornets @ Southern California Sun

Jacksonville Express @ Hawaiians

EIGHTH WEEK

September 20

Southern California sun @ Shreveport Steamer

Philadelphia Bell @ Jacksonville Express

September 21

Hawaiians @ San Antonio Wings

Memphis Southmen @ Portland Thunder

Charlotte Hornets @ Birmingham Vulcans

NINTH WEEK

September 27

Birmingham Vulcans @ Jacksonville Express

Southern California Sun @ Charlotte Hornets

September 28

Hawaiians @ Shreveport Steamer

Memphis Southmen @ San Antonio Wings

Bye Week: Portland Thunder, Philadelphia Bell

TENTH WEEK

October 4

Birmingham Vulcans @ Hawaiians

Portland Thunder @ Jacksonville Express

San Antonio Wings @ Philadelphia Bell

October 5

Charlotte Hornets @ Shreveport Steamer

Southern California Sun @ Memphis Southmen

NOTE: The SUMMER CHAMPIONS in the Eastern and Western Divisions will be the teams with the best percentage mark at the end of the weekend of October 4-5, 1975.

ELEVENTH WEEK - (FALL SEASON)

October 11

Philadelphia Bell @ Hawaiians

October 12

San Antonio Wings @ Portland Thunder

Shreveport Steamer @ Southern California Sun

Jacksonville Express @ Charlotte Hornets

Birmingham Vulcans @ Memphis Southmen

TWELVETH WEEK

October 18

Charlotte Hornets @ Philadelphia Bell

October 19

Jacksonville Express @ Portland Thunder

San Antonio Wings @ Shreveport Steamer

Memphis Southmen @ Birmingham Vulcans

Southern California Sun @ Hawaiians

NOTE: On October 22, 1975 the World Football League folded. There were still eight weeks to go in the Regular Season. Below is the remainder of the schedule and Playoff dates.

THIRTEENTH WEEK

October 25

Hawaiians @ Charlotte Hornets

October 26

Shreveport Steamer @ Portland Thunder

Jacksonville Express @ San Antonio Wings

Birmingham Vulcans @ Southern California Sun

Philadelphia Bell @ Memphis Southmen

FOURTEENTH WEEK

November 1

Southern California sun @ Jacksonville Express

Birmingham Vulcans @ Philadelphia Bell

November 2

Hawaiians @ San Antonio Wings

Portland Thunder @ Memphis Southmen

Shreveport Steamer @ Charlotte Hornets

FIFTHTEENTH WEEK

November 8

Memphis Southmen @ Shreveport Steamer

November 9

Philadelphia Bell @ Southern California Sun

Portland Thunder @ Charlotte Hornets

Jacksonville Express @ Birmingham Vulcans

San Antonio Wings @ Hawaiians

SIXTEENTH WEEK

November 15

Shreveport Steamer @ Philadelphia Bell

November 16

Portland Thunder @ Hawaiians

Jacksonville Express @ Southern California Sun

Birmingham Vulcans @ Charlotte Hornets

Memphis Southmen @ San Antonio Wings

SEVENTEENTH WEEK

November 22

Birmingham Vulcans @ San Antonio Wings

Jacksonville Express @ Philadelphia Bell

November 23

Memphis Southmen @ Hawaiians

Southern California Sun @ Portland Thunder

Bye Week: Charlotte Hornets, Shreveport Steamer

EIGHTEENTH WEEK

November 29

Portland Thunder @ Jacksonville Express

Charlotte Hornets @ Shreveport Steamer

November 30

Hawaiians @ Southern California Sun

Birmingham Vulcans @ Memphis Southmen

Philadelphia Bell @ San Antonio Wings

NINETEENTH WEEK

December 6

Hawaiians @ Birmingham Vulcans

Portland Thunder @ Shreveport Steamer

Philadelphia Bell @ Jacksonville Express

December 7

San Antonio Wings @ Southern California Sun

Memphis Southmen @ Charlotte Hornets

TWENITH WEEK

December 13

Southern California Sun @ Philadelphia Bell

Shreveport Steamer @ Hawaiians

Charlotte Hornets @ Portland Thunder

San Antonio Wings @ Birmingham Vulcans

Memphis Southmen @ Jacksonville Express

Playoffs

QUARTER FINAL - Weekend of December 20-21, 1975 date and site to be announced.

SEMI-FINAL - Weekend of December 27-28, 1975 date and site to be announced.

WORLD BOWL - Second weekend in January 1976 date and site to be announced