1955 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU) |
3rd place • 4-8-0 .333 |
Head Coach: Bill Swiacki |
Bill Earley | Backfield |
Jim Martin | Line |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Wed | 8/10/1955 | A | British Columbia Lions | 24-30 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 22448 | |
Sat | 8/13/1955 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 18-29 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 10000 | |
Mon | 8/15/1955 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 29-6 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15726 | |
Sat | 9/3/1955 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 31-6 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 18621 | |
Mon | 9/5/1955 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 12-37 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 18628 | |
Sat | 9/10/1955 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 11-43 | L | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 22227 | |
Sat | 9/17/1955 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 12-27 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 16078 | |
Sat | 9/24/1955 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 30-19 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 14000 | |
Sat | 10/1/1955 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 28-30 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 19200 | |
Sat | 10/8/1955 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 11-15 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 15000 | |
Mon | 10/10/1955 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16-15 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 19060 | |
Sat | 10/15/1955 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 23-44 | L | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 21000 | |
Sat | 10/22/1955 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 12-43 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 18329 | |
Sat | 10/29/1955 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 29-13 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 12213 | |
Sat | 11/5/1955 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 24-36 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 8220 | |
IRFU Semi-Final | |||||||||
Sat | 11/12/1955 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 32-28 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 17600 | |
IRFU Final | |||||||||
Sat | 11/19/1955 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 36-38 | L | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 21103 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Bill Albright | 51 | OG | 6-1 | 245 | 26 | Wisconsin | 8 | |
Bruno Banducci | 58 | G-T | 5-11 | 216 | 34 | Stanford | 9 | |
Pete Bennett | 64 | T | 6-3 | 240 | 28 | Toronto | 11 | |
Fred Black | 53 | C-G | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | none | 12 | |
Dick Brown | 81 | DB | 5-10 | 170 | 29 | Toronto | 12 | |
J.C. Caroline | 82 | HB | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Illinois | 4 | |
Bill Clark | 82 | FB | 6-0 | 209 | Prairie View A&M | 1 | ||
Royal Copeland | 77 | DE-OE | 6-0 | 190 | 31 | none | 9 | |
Ron Cox | 72 | E | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Western Ontario | 5 | |
Bucky Curtis | 79 | E | 6-3 | 212 | 26 | Vanderbilt | 11 | |
Gerry Doucette | 86 | QB | 6-0 | 187 | 21 | none | 12 | |
Tom Dublinski | 91 | QB | 6-2 | 197 | 25 | Utah | 12 | |
Henry Ford | 95 | DB | 5-11 | 170 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 4 | |
Ken Foster | 87 | LB | 5-10 | 199 | 26 | McMaster | 5 | |
Ed Fouch | 62 | T | 6-3 | 236 | 22 | Southern California | 1 | |
Howard Graves | 95 | HB | 5-11 | 177 | 25 | Michigan State | 5 | |
Jim Hanifan | 87 | E | 6-1 | 180 | 22 | California | 10 | |
Jack Harper | 71 | E | 6-3 | 190 | 28 | 6 | ||
Elgin Hirst | 73 | E | 5-11 | 213 | 26 | none | 12 | |
Chuck Holmes | 85 | HB | 5-11 | 190 | Los Angeles CC | 1 | ||
Joe Krol | 85 | HB-P | 6-0 | 200 | 36 | Western Ontario | 3 | |
Baz Mackie | 50 | G | 5-11 | 222 | 23 | Toronto | 11 | |
Gil Mains | 66 | T-E | 6-2 | 243 | 26 | Murray State | 3 | |
Bill McFarlane | 99 | HB | 6-0 | 178 | 25 | Toronto | 6 | |
Nayland Moll | 89 | HB | 5-10 | 177 | 22 | none | 12 | |
Danny Nykoluk | 60 | T | 6-3 | 248 | 21 | none | 12 | |
Mario Pacenti | 71 | HB | 6-2 | 240 | 25 | none | 4 | |
Lorne Parkin | 63 | T | 6-1 | 215 | 35 | 5 | ||
Al Pfeifer | 70 | OE | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | Fordham | 12 | |
Alex Ponton | 80 | HB | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | McMaster | 11 | |
Bob Rumball | 93 | HB | 5-11 | 187 | 26 | Toronto | 6 | |
Don Sangster | 85 | HB | 5-11 | 176 | 18 | none | 2 | |
Dick Shatto | 88 | OHB | 6-2 | 196 | 22 | Kentucky | 7 | |
Danny Shaw | 52 | G-T | 6-1 | 233 | 21 | none | 11 | |
Billy Shipp | 69 | OT-DT | 6-5 | 275 | 25 | Alabama | 12 | |
Jim Shirley | 85 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Clemson | 1 | |
Rod Smylie | 84 | HB | 5-11 | 187 | 31 | none | 9 | |
Johnny Sopinka | 92 | DB-OHB | 5-11 | 170 | 22 | Toronto | 11 | |
Norm Stoneburgh | 40 | C | 6-2 | 245 | 20 | none | 19 | |
Corky Tharp | 83 | OHB-DB | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Alabama | 7 | |
John Welton | 72 | E | 6-4 | 230 | 26 | Queen's; Wake Forest | 3 | |
Wilford White | 90 | FW | 5-9 | 171 | 27 | Arizona State | 3 | |
Cas Witucki | 63 | OG | 5-11 | 245 | 27 | Indiana | 6 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 2 | Alex Macklin | T | Toronto |
2 | 6 | Bob Kimoff | FB | Toronto |
3 | 10 | Baz Mackie | LM | Toronto |
4 | 13 | George Stulac | E | Toronto |
4 | 14 | Bill Horton | HB | Toronto |
5 | 18 | John Prendergast | LM | Toronto |
6 | 22 | Johnny Sopinka | HB | Toronto |
7 | 26 | Jack Strapp | T | Toronto |
8 | 30 | Mike Yednorez | HB | McMaster |
9 | 34 | Doug Johnson | LM | McMaster |
10 | 38 | Hal Biewald | HB | McGill |
11 | 42 | Roger Baikie | HB | McGill |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 51 | 80 | 41 | 67 | 239 |
Opponents Totals | 84 | 93 | 81 | 70 | 328 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 312 | 128 | 176 | 8 | 53 | 493 | |||
Opponents Totals | 262 | 147 | 107 | 8 | 57 | 400 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Pfeifer | 15 | 23 | 30 | 76.7 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
Bucky Curtis | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Wilford White | 3 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
Royal Copeland | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
J.C. Caroline | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
Tom Dublinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
Nayland Moll | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
Dick Shatto | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
Jim Shirley | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
Chuck Holmes | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Corky Tharp | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
Johnny Sopinka | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
Henry Ford | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
Ed Fouch | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Team Totals | 41 | 33 | 41 | 80.5 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 239 | |||
Opponents Totals | 52 | 50 | 52 | 96.2 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 7 | 1 | 328 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corky Tharp | 130 | 798 | 6.1 | 61 | 4 |
Dick Shatto | 87 | 423 | 4.9 | 17 | 0 |
Nayland Moll | 44 | 221 | 5.0 | 19 | 1 |
J.C. Caroline | 43 | 190 | 4.4 | 15 | 1 |
Tom Dublinski | 38 | 140 | 3.7 | 18 | 1 |
Howard Graves | 30 | 113 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
Jim Shirley | 17 | 84 | 4.9 | 11 | 1 |
Gerry Doucette | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 27 | 0 |
Chuck Holmes | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
Henry Ford | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
Royal Copeland | 0 | 10 | 10Lt | 1 | |
Dick Brown | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Team Totals | 407 | 2057 | 5.1 | 9 | |
Opponents Totals | 422 | 2697 | 6.4 | 26 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Dublinski | 388 | 225 | 58.0 | 129 | 3561 | 9.2 | 15.8 | 79 | 30 | 7.7 | 34 | 8.8 | 77.9 | |||
Gerry Doucette | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 10 | 126 | 6.3 | 15.8 | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 22.1 | |||
Dick Shatto | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 23 | 7.7 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 61.8 | |||
Nayland Moll | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Team Totals | 412 | 234 | 56.8 | 141 | 3710 | 9.0 | 15.9 | 31 | 7.5 | 37 | 9.0 | 276 | 3434 | 74.6 | ||
Opponents Totals | 284 | 139 | 48.9 | 126 | 2589 | 9.1 | 18.6 | 20 | 7.0 | 19 | 6.7 | 154 | 2435 | 76.5 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Pfeifer | 75 | 1342 | 17.9 | 54 | 15 |
Bucky Curtis | 39 | 642 | 16.5 | 40 | 6 |
Royal Copeland | 17 | 301 | 17.7 | 42 | 3 |
Dick Shatto | 13 | 195 | 15.0 | 34 | 1 |
Wilford White | 11 | 213 | 19.4 | 79 | 3 |
Howard Graves | 7 | 83 | 11.9 | 24 | 0 |
J.C. Caroline | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
Nayland Moll | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 36 | 0 |
Jim Shirley | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
Chuck Holmes | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
Corky Tharp | 15 | 257 | 17.1 | 40 | 0 |
Johnny Sopinka | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 23 | 1 |
Jim Hanifan | 25 | 325 | 13.0 | 25 | 0 |
Henry Ford | 10 | 124 | 12.4 | 26 | 2 |
Team Totals | 234 | 3710 | 15.9 | 31 | |
Opponents Totals | 139 | 2589 | 18.6 | 20 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Brown | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 |
Bucky Curtis | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
Howard Graves | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
Dick Shatto | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
Johnny Sopinka | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Black | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Bill Albright | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Ken Foster | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Chuck Holmes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Alex Ponton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Royal Copeland | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Henry Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Pfeifer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Corky Tharp | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 19 | 110 | 5.8 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 37 | 495 | 13.4 | 4 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Doucette | 34 | 1295 | 38.1 | 56 | 0 | |
Alex Ponton | 26 | 868 | 33.4 | 50 | 0 | |
Bob Rumball | 6 | 242 | 40.3 | 47 | 0 | |
Chuck Holmes | 11 | 399 | 36.3 | 48 | 1 | |
Mario Pacenti | 12 | 367 | 30.6 | 41 | 0 | |
Joe Krol | 22 | 659 | 30.0 | 45 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 111 | 3830 | 34.5 | |||
Opponents Totals | 112 | 4919 | 43.9 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Brown | 74 | 614 | 8.3 | 21 | 0 |
Howard Graves | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 13 | 0 |
Henry Ford | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 14 | 0 |
Corky Tharp | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 |
Bob Rumball | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 9 | 0 |
Nayland Moll | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 |
Bill McFarlane | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Royal Copeland | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Dick Shatto | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
Team Totals | 105 | 820 | 7.8 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 90 | 565 | 6.3 | 0 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
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KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corky Tharp | 16 | 370 | 23.1 | 48 | 0 |
J.C. Caroline | 13 | 336 | 25.8 | 39 | 0 |
Henry Ford | 9 | 144 | 16.0 | 30 | 0 |
Nayland Moll | 6 | 105 | 17.5 | 21 | 0 |
Howard Graves | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 21 | 0 |
Bill Clark | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
Jim Hanifan | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
Bucky Curtis | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
Dick Brown | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Dick Shatto | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Royal Copeland | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Rod Smylie | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Ron Cox | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Team Totals | 59 | 1161 | 19.7 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 51 | 959 | 18.8 | 0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnny Sopinka | 1 | ||||||
Team Totals | 40 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 19 | 19 | 19 | 2 |
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