Everett Ramblers 1964

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SNOHOMISH COUNTY ROUGH RIDERS
(1964 - 1965)

EVERETT RAMBLERS
(1966 - 1977)

SNOHOMISH COUNTY RAMBLERS
(1978)

Everett, Washington

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Created in 1964, the inaugural season of the Rough Riders was indeed rough. Losing four out of six games, three by 36+ points, the 'Riders only victories came against the Keyport Naval Team.

In 1965 a player debuted who would go on to become a mainstay in Northwest Minor League football. Wes Fischer joined the team as a player that season and after finishing his playing days, went on to build and coach the Snohomish County Vikings with his son Tom from 1994 through 2017. Forty seasons after his debut, Wes Fischer was inducted into the American Football League Hall of Fame with the Class of 2004.

Following the 1965 season, the Rough Riders name was dropped in favor of the Everett Ramblers, an ode to the Seattle Ramblers which had shut down after the 1964 season. This would lead to some confusion as Lafa Lane had purchased the Edmonds Warriors player contracts and created the Seattle Rangers for the Continental Football League. However, the Rangers would play the 1966 season as the "Seattle Ramblers" in the Pacific Football League, while the "Everett" version of Ramblers would be a part of a loosely affiliated "Northwest Independent League" with teams like the Seattle Cavaliers, Bellingham Bell-Jets and Monroe Tigers.

(Currently digging up more data on the 1965-1970 seasons)

Such tough times the Ramblers had during the 1974 season, during a 12-6 loss to the Whatcom County Lakers, they were defeated by an offensive lineman. Steve Yonich, Laker tackle caught both scoring passes on tackle-eligible plays setting a scoring record for offensive linemen.

Everett would have it's best season in 1977 finishing the regular season 6-2 and facing long standing rival Burien in the playoffs, a huge turnaround from the 2-7 season of 1976. Taking the 36-13 victory, the Ramblers made it to the Northwest International Football League title game against the 4-time defending league champion Pierce County Bengals who had gone 51-2-1 leading into the game. The Bengals defeated Everett 23-0 moving on to face San Jose for the Pro Football Weekly National Championship which they would win in California 28-27.

When the Ramblers disbanded and ceased operations after the 1978 season, some of the players went on to the Lynwood/Edmonds Lions team, others surfaced with the Seattle Cavaliers.

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Greater Northwest Hall of Famer

Former Rough Rider player Wes Fischer
pictured as Snohomish County Vikings Head Coach

1964
Northwest Independents
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1965
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1966
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1967
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1968
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1969
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1970
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1971
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Record: 6-7
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1972
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Record: 6-3
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1973
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1974
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1975
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1976
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1977
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1978
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Schedules and Results
Date	Opponent	Score
1964 Oct 5	@ Monroe Reformatory Tigers	6-13
1964 Oct 19	@ Everett Junior College Trojans	7-51
1964 Oct 25	@ Bellingham Bell-Jets	0-44
1964 Oct 31	@ Keyport Navy Torpedoes	25-16
1964 Nov 14	Keyport Navy Torpedoes	20-7
1964 Nov 22	Bellingham Bell-Jets	2-38


1965	Simon Fraser University	0-20
1965 Sep 18	Monroe Reformatory Tigers	16-8
1965 Sep 26	Keyport Navy Torpedoes	16-0
1965 Oct 3	@ University of British Columbia JVs	6-6
1965 Oct 10	Keyport Navy Torpedoes	0-0
1965 Oct 24	Hoquiam Taholah Bombers	52-0
1965 Oct 31	Monroe Reformatory Tigers	14-12
1965 Nov 13	Seattle Cavaliers	0-16


1966 Sep 25	@ University of British Columbia JVs	20-12
1966 Oct 9	Seattle Cavaliers	0-8
1966 Nov 13	Seattle Cavaliers	13-14


1967 Oct 8	@ University of British Columbia JVs
1967 Oct 14	Seattle Cavaliers


1970 Sep 5	@ British Columbia Chargers	PPD
1970 Sep 5	British Columbia Rebels	15-27
1970 Sep 12	Monroe Reformatory Tigers	23-0
1970 Sep 20	British Columbia Chargers	39-0
1970 Oct 4	British Columbia Chargers	52-0
1970 Oct 17	Seattle Cavaliers	3-6
1970 Oct 25	Monroe Reformatory Tigers	9-6
1970 Nov 2	Seattle Cavaliers	6-9
1970 Nov 8	@ British Columbia Chargers
1970 Nov 21	Langley All-Stars	7-0


1971 Aug 21	@ Whidbey Islanders	36-0
1971 Aug 29	@ Whatcom County Lakers	37-6
1971 Sep 5	@ Kirkland Bulldogs	10-25
1971 Sep 12	@ British Columbia Chargers	13-23
1971 Sep 26	British Columbia Chargers	12-27
1971 Oct 3	Simon Fraser University	0-59
1971 Oct 10	Simon Fraser University JV	6-13
1971 Oct 16	Kirkland Bulldogs	24-0
1971 Oct 24	@ British Columbia Chargers	2-10
1971 Oct 31	@ Monroe Reformatory Tigers	12-0
1971 Nov 6	Seattle Cavaliers	13-8
1971 Nov 20	Seattle Cavaliers	10-14


1972 Aug 26	@ Whidbey Islanders	22-0
1972 Sep 2	@ British Columbia Chargers	20-0
1972 Sep 9	Eastside Bulldogs	12-13
1972 Sep 16	@ Burnaby BC Barons	38-6
1972 Sep 23	@ Seattle Cavaliers	12-48
1972 Oct 1	Whatcom County Lakers	28-26
1972 Oct 7	@ Monroe Reformatory Tigers	42-6
1972 Oct 15	@ Eastside Bulldogs	41-27
1972 Oct 21	Seattle Cavaliers	9-43


1973 Aug 18	Pierce County Bengals	12-69
1973 Aug 25	Whatcom County Lakers	25-20
1973 Sep 1	Seattle Bulldogs	14-33
1973 Sep 8	@ Seattle Cavaliers	0-62
1973 Sep 15	Burnaby BC Barons	6-28
1973 Sep 29	Whidbey Islanders	26-0
1973 Oct 6	@Sea-Tac Flyers	0-6
1973 Oct 14	@ Skagit Valley Raiders	6-0


1974 Aug 24	@ Sea-Tac Flyers	0-42
1974 Aug 31	Pierce County Bengals	0-33
1974 Sep 7	Skagit Valley Raiders	6-13
1974 Sep 14	Whatcom County Lakers	6-12
1974 Sep 21	@ Monroe Reformatory Tigers	28-16
1974 Sep 29	@ Monroe Reformatory Tigers	36-0
1974 Oct 6	@ Seattle Cavaliers	8-28
1974 Oct 13	Seattle Bulldogs	Cancel


1975 Aug 30	Skagit Valley Raiders	6-32
1975 Sep 6	Thurston County Vikings	8-14
1975 Sep 13	Seattle Titans	4-6
1975 Sep 20	Whatcom County Lakers	31-0
1975 Sep 27	Sea-Tac Flyers	0-17
1975 Oct 4	@ Seattle Cavaliers	14-26
1975 Oct 11	@ Pierce County Bengals	19-65
1975 Oct 18	@ Skagit Valley Raiders	7-28
1975 Oct 25	@ Sea-Tac Flyers	6-14


1976 Aug 21	Skagit Valley Raiders	0-20
1976 Aug 29	@ Seattle Cavaliers	0-31
1976 Sep 4	Whatcom County Lakers	29-6
1976 Sep 11	Seattle Titans	6-13
1976 Sep 18	Burien Flyers	6-21
1976 Sep 25	@ Thurston County Vikings	13-69
1976 Oct 2	Pierce County Bengals	0-37
1976 Oct 9	Seattle Cavaliers	0-29
1976 Oct 17	@ Skagit Valley Raiders	21-0
1976 Oct 23	@ Whatcom County Lakers	W FFT


1977 Aug 14	@ Fort Lewis Warriors	7-21
1977 Aug 27	Seattle Titans	26-6
1977 Sep 4	@ Seattle Cavaliers	2-27
1977 Sep 11	Burien Flyers	19-6
1977 Sep 18	@ Kitsap County Chiefs	31-12
1977 Sep 25	Burien Flyers	12-6 OT
1977 Oct 1	@ Seattle Titans	58-9
1977 Oct 8	Seattle Cavaliers	6-15
1977 Oct 22	Burien Flyers (Playoff)	36-13
1977 Oct 29	@ Pierce County Bengals (Championship)	0-23


1978 Aug 25	@ Burien Flyers	6-25
1978 Sep 2	Pierce County Bengals	6-52
1978 Sep 9	Skagit Valley Raiders	2-7
1978 Sep 16	Seattle Cavaliers	6-7
1978 Sep 23	Pierce County Bengals	Cancel
1978 Sep 23	Seattle Titans	18-0
1978 Sep 30	@ Kitsap County Chiefs	0-14
1978 Oct 14	@ Pierce County Bengals	7-40
1978 Oct 21	@ Seattle Titans	7-14