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1955 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU) 4th place 3-9-0 .250

Head Coach: Chan Caldwell

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/6/1955	H	Calgary Stampeders	11-12	L	Ottawa, ON	Landsdowne Park	9000
Fri	8/12/1955	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	24-17	W	Ottawa, ON	Landsdowne 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	Landsdowne 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	Landsdowne Park	14000
Sat	10/1/1955	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	0-40	L	Ottawa, ON	Landsdowne Park	13000
Sat	10/8/1955	H	Montreal Alouettes	7-35	L	Ottawa, ON	Landsdowne 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	Landsdowne 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	Landsdowne Park	8220

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP
82	Don Bailey	Don Bailey	6-0	190	22	Penn State	5
41	Dick Barwegen	Dick Barwegen	6-1	227	33	Purdue	5
40	Bruno Bitkowski	Bruno Bitkowski	6-2	220	26	Ottawa	12
51	John Boich	John Boich	6-0	243	22	McMaster; Hamilton Panthers Ints.	11
61	John Bove	John Bove	6-0	225	31	West Virginia	4
83	Geoff Crain	Geoff Crain	6-0	173	25	McGill	12
99	Bob Cunningham	Bob Cunningham	6-0	193	28		9
81	Bernie Custis	Bernie Custis	6-0	183	26	Syracuse	8
62	Ted Daffer	Ted Daffer	6-0	200	26	Tennessee	6
57	Luki Daneliuk	Luki Daneliuk	6-4	220	21	Windsor AKO Jrs.	9
41	Frank Dempsey	Frank Dempsey	6-3	235	30	Florida	3
81	Joe Guido	Joe Guido	5-11	190	22	Youngstown State	4
93	Karl Hilzinger	Karl Hilzinger	5-10	190	22	NDG Maple Leafs Jrs.; Verdun Ints.	12
94	Pete Karpuk	Pete Karpuk	5-9	160	31	none	11
61	Don King	Don King	6-3	260	26	Kentucky	7
80	Boris Kotoff	Boris Kotoff	6-0	187	27	Hamilton Panthers Ints.	11
54	Pete Ladygo	Pete Ladygo	6-2	218	27	Potomac State JC; Maryland	12
58	Mike Maruska	Mike Maruska	5-10	184	25	Westmount Jrs.; NDG Maple Leafs Jrs.	7
56	Bob McKay	Bob McKay	5-11	190	32		1
	Donn Moomaw	Donn Moomaw	6-4	225	24	UCLA	2
68	Joe Moss	Joe Moss	6-1	220	25	Maryland	12
71	Pete Petcoff	Pete Petcoff	6-0	208	23	Hamilton Tiger-Cats Jrs.; Hamilton Panthers Ints.	12
	Bob Peviani	Bob Peviani	6-1	210	24	Southern California	4
89	Don Pinhey	Don Pinhey	5-10	177	24	Muskingum	11
90	Bob Pinkney	Bob Pinkney	6-0	178	21	Toronto	12
95	Jack Scarbath	Jack Scarbath	6-2	204	25	Maryland	7
70	Bob Simpson	Bob Simpson	6-0	200	25	Western Ontario	12
69	Roy Smith	Roy Smith	6-3	222	27	Tennessee	6
75	Bill Sowalski	Bill Sowalski	5-11	200	24	Brantford Jrs.	10
88	Avatus Stone	Avatus Stone	6-1	195	24	Syracuse	12
92	Joe Stracina	Joe Stracina	5-11	225	25	Montreal Lakeshore Flyers Ints.	10
77	Hugh Taylor	Hugh Taylor	6-4	194	32	Louisiana-Monroe; Tulane; Oklahoma City	12
86	Tom Tracy	Tom Tracy	5-9	205	21	Tennessee	12
53	Joe Upton	Joe Upton	6-2	248	30	Toronto	11
73	John Welton	John Welton	6-4	230	25	Queen's; Wake Forest	8
87	Ed Yablonski	Ed Yablonski	5-11	192	25	Hamilton Wildcats Jrs.; Detroit Mercy	7

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	33	67	66	8
Opponents Totals	50	86	98	103

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
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	PTS
Bob Simpson	12	0	0		0	0		0	60
Tom Tracy	1	23	26	88.5	4	7	57.1	0	40
Don Pinhey	5	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	25
Avatus Stone	2	0	0		0	0		4	14
Bernie Custis	2	0	0		0	0		0	10
Jack Scarbath	2	0	0		0	0		0	10
Hugh Taylor	2	0	0		0	0		0	10
Bob Cunningham	1	0	0		0	0		0	5
Team Totals	27	23	27	85.2	4	7	57.1	4	174
Opponents Totals	51	44	51	86.3	8	11	72.7	11	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%	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
Bernie Custis	4	52	13.0	24	1
Bob Cunningham	4	47	11.8	15	0
Karl Hilzinger	2	25	12.5	18	0
Ed Yablonski	2	19	9.5	10	0
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	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