1955 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU) |
| 4th place • 3-9-0 .250 |
| Head Coach: Chan Caldwell |
| John Idzik | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1955 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 11-12 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 9000 | |
| Fri | 8/12/1955 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24-17 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 11000 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1955 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 22-34 | L | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 21033 | |
| Mon | 9/5/1955 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 19-18 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16000 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1955 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 12-23 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 12491 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1955 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 27-12 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 16078 | |
| Sat | 9/24/1955 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 19-30 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 14000 | |
| Sat | 10/1/1955 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0-40 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 13000 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1955 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 7-35 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 12500 | |
| Mon | 10/10/1955 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 6-43 | L | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 22259 | |
| Sat | 10/15/1955 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1-28 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 9300 | |
| Sat | 10/22/1955 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 12-21 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 13000 | |
| Sat | 10/29/1955 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 13-29 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 12213 | |
| Sat | 11/5/1955 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 36-24 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 8220 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Don Bailey | 82 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Penn State | 5 | |
| Dick Barwegen | 41 | G | 6-1 | 227 | 33 | Purdue | 5 | |
| Bruno Bitkowski | 40 | DE | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | Ottawa | 12 | |
| John Boich | 51 | G | 6-0 | 243 | 22 | McMaster | 11 | |
| John Bove | 61 | T | 6-0 | 225 | 31 | West Virginia | 4 | |
| Geoff Crain | 83 | C | 6-0 | 173 | 25 | McGill | 12 | |
| Bob Cunningham | 99 | HB | 6-0 | 193 | 28 | 9 | ||
| Bernie Custis | 81 | HB | 6-0 | 183 | 26 | Syracuse | 8 | |
| Ted Daffer | 62 | G-T | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Tennessee | 6 | |
| Luki Daneliuk | 57 | G | 6-4 | 220 | 21 | none | 9 | |
| Frank Dempsey | 41 | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 30 | Florida | 3 | |
| Joe Guido | 81 | HB | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | Youngstown State | 4 | |
| Karl Hilzinger | 93 | S-P | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | none | 12 | |
| Pete Karpuk | 94 | HB | 5-9 | 160 | 31 | none | 11 | |
| Don King | 61 | T | 6-3 | 260 | 26 | Kentucky | 7 | |
| Boris Kotoff | 80 | HB | 6-0 | 187 | 27 | 11 | ||
| Pete Ladygo | 54 | G | 6-2 | 218 | 27 | Potomac State JC; Maryland | 12 | |
| Mike Maruska | 58 | HB | 5-10 | 184 | 25 | none | 7 | |
| Bob McKay | 56 | E | 5-11 | 190 | 32 | 1 | ||
| Donn Moomaw | LB | 6-4 | 225 | 24 | UCLA | 2 | ||
| Joe Moss | 68 | T | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | Maryland | 12 | |
| Ed Mularchyk | 66 | HB-E | 6-2 | 210 | 21 | none | 7 | |
| Pete Petcoff | 71 | DE | 6-0 | 208 | 23 | none | 12 | |
| Bob Peviani | G | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Southern California | 4 | ||
| Don Pinhey | 89 | HB | 5-10 | 177 | 24 | Muskingum | 11 | |
| Bob Pinkney | 90 | DB | 6-0 | 178 | 21 | Toronto | 12 | |
| Jack Scarbath | 95 | QB | 6-2 | 204 | 25 | Maryland | 7 | |
| Sam Scoccia | 60 | G | 5-10 | 242 | 25 | none | 11 | |
| Bob Simpson | 70 | OE | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Western Ontario | 12 | |
| Roy Smith | 69 | C | 6-3 | 222 | 27 | Tennessee | 6 | |
| Bill Sowalski | 75 | LB | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | none | 10 | |
| Avatus Stone | 88 | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Syracuse | 12 | |
| Joe Stracina | 92 | FB | 5-11 | 225 | 25 | 10 | ||
| Hugh Taylor | 77 | E | 6-4 | 194 | 32 | Louisiana-Monroe; Tulane; Oklahoma City | 12 | |
| Tom Tracy | 86 | OHB | 5-9 | 205 | 21 | Tennessee | 12 | |
| Joe Upton | 53 | T | 6-2 | 248 | 30 | Toronto | 11 | |
| John Welton | 73 | DE | 6-4 | 230 | 26 | Queen's; Wake Forest | 8 | |
| Ed Yablonski | 87 | HB | 5-11 | 192 | 25 | Detroit Mercy | 7 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Gino Fracas | HB | Western Ontario |
| 2 | 5 | Bob Pinkney | HB | Toronto |
| 3 | 9 | Pete Nicholson | LM | Queen's |
| 5 | 17 | Larry Henderson | HB | Western Ontario |
| 6 | 21 | Bob Turner | E | Western Ontario |
| 7 | 25 | Fred Palerno | LM | Toronto |
| 8 | 29 | Joe O'Brien | LM | Queen's |
| 9 | 33 | Jack Rogers | HB | Toronto |
| 10 | 37 | Don Marston | E | Queen's |
| 11 | 41 | John Hilz | LM | McGill |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 33 | 67 | 66 | 8 | 174 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 86 | 98 | 103 | 337 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 184 | 100 | 76 | 8 | 49 | 392 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 367 | 178 | 175 | 14 | 40 | 335 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Simpson | 12 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 23 | 26 | 88.5 | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Don Pinhey | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Avatus Stone | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Hugh Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Bob Cunningham | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bernie Custis | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Jack Scarbath | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Team Totals | 27 | 23 | 27 | 85.2 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 4 | 0 | 174 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 44 | 51 | 86.3 | 8 | 11 | 72.7 | 11 | 0 | 337 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Tracy | 102 | 729 | 7.1 | 75 | 1 |
| Avatus Stone | 102 | 505 | 5.0 | 50 | 2 |
| Don Pinhey | 42 | 256 | 6.1 | 27 | 3 |
| Don Bailey | 35 | 104 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jack Scarbath | 26 | 103 | 4.0 | 22 | 2 |
| Bernie Custis | 17 | 66 | 3.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Cunningham | 8 | 47 | 5.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Guido | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Boris Kotoff | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Karl Hilzinger | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Geoff Crain | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 349 | 1838 | 5.3 | 8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 507 | 2856 | 5.6 | 26 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Scarbath | 156 | 74 | 47.4 | 66 | 1204 | 7.7 | 16.3 | 63 | 6 | 3.8 | 16 | 10.3 | 47.0 | |||
| Don Bailey | 71 | 19 | 26.8 | 47 | 615 | 8.7 | 32.4 | 80 | 7 | 9.9 | 5 | 7.0 | 66.7 | |||
| Geoff Crain | 22 | 10 | 45.5 | 6 | 184 | 8.4 | 18.4 | 74 | 1 | 4.5 | 6 | 27.3 | 50.4 | |||
| Bernie Custis | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 26 | 13.0 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 56.3 | |||
| Don Pinhey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Avatus Stone | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 253 | 104 | 41.1 | 121 | 2029 | 8.0 | 19.5 | 14 | 5.5 | 28 | 11.1 | 173 | 1856 | 48.6 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 370 | 221 | 59.7 | 122 | 3223 | 8.7 | 14.6 | 21 | 5.7 | 27 | 7.3 | 214 | 3009 | 76.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Taylor | 31 | 636 | 20.5 | 80 | 2 |
| Bob Simpson | 23 | 676 | 29.4 | 74 | 9 |
| Don Pinhey | 13 | 218 | 16.8 | 47 | 2 |
| Avatus Stone | 12 | 232 | 19.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Bill Sowalski | 7 | 92 | 13.1 | 42 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Cunningham | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Karl Hilzinger | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Ed Yablonski | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Bernie Custis | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 24 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 104 | 2029 | 19.5 | 14 | |
| Opponents Totals | 221 | 3223 | 14.6 | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Simpson | 5 | 135 | 27.0 | 50 | 2 |
| Avatus Stone | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Pete Karpuk | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 49 | 0 |
| Don Pinhey | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 53 | 1 |
| Bernie Custis | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 24 | 1 |
| Joe Guido | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Pete Ladygo | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Pinkney | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dick Barwegen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Stracina | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ted Daffer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Welton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 435 | 16.1 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 232 | 8.3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avatus Stone | 118 | 5179 | 43.9 | 71 | 4 | |
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 119 | 5203 | 43.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 91 | 3833 | 42.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Pinhey | 45 | 328 | 7.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 55 | 1 |
| Karl Hilzinger | 9 | 61 | 6.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Pete Karpuk | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Maruska | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Boris Kotoff | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Avatus Stone | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 75 | 604 | 8.1 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 107 | 1075 | 10.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Pinhey | 26 | 632 | 24.3 | 53 | 0 |
| Avatus Stone | 8 | 201 | 25.1 | 40 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 8 | 169 | 21.1 | 31 | 0 |
| Bernie Custis | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Cunningham | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Karl Hilzinger | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Hugh Taylor | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Joe Guido | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Boris Kotoff | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Sowalski | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Pete Petcoff | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Moss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 61 | 1297 | 21.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 886 | 21.6 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 46 | 19 | 27 | 20 | 47 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 19 | 19 | 3 |
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