1956 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU) |
| 3rd place 7-7-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Frank Clair |
| Bill Smyth | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/3/1956 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13-1 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 10000 | |
| Fri | 8/10/1956 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 33-13 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 10000 | |
| Wed | 8/22/1956 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 29-21 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 19500 | |
| Fri | 8/31/1956 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 10-42 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17870 | |
| Mon | 9/3/1956 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 20-22 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 23014 | |
| Sat | 9/8/1956 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0-21 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 14514 | |
| Wed | 9/12/1956 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 21-36 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 19463 | |
| Sat | 9/15/1956 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 20-9 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 15000 | |
| Sat | 9/22/1956 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 31-20 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 21825 | |
| Sat | 9/29/1956 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 43-22 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18791 | |
| Sat | 10/6/1956 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 35-42 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17643 | |
| Mon | 10/8/1956 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 9-24 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 22365 | |
| Sat | 10/13/1956 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 24-40 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 16511 | |
| Sat | 10/20/1956 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 37-26 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 13770 | |
| Sat | 10/27/1956 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 30-19 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 15535 | |
| Sat | 11/3/1956 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 17-15 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 14042 | |
| IRFU Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Wed | 11/7/1956 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21-46 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 12121 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 77 | Tom Adams | E | 6-2 | 218 | 22 | Riverside CC; UCLA | 12 | |
| 62 | Marv Bevan | T-DE | 6-0 | 225 | 21 | none | 2 | |
| 40 | Bruno Bitkowski | C | 6-2 | 220 | 27 | Ottawa | 14 | |
| 50 | John Boich | G | 6-0 | 243 | 23 | McMaster | 5 | |
| 73 | Lou Bruce | DE | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | Queen's | 14 | |
| 99 | Tirrel Burton | HB | 5-11 | 165 | 27 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | |
| 61 | Pat Cannamela | G | 5-10 | 205 | 27 | Ventura JC; Southern California | 7 | |
| 54 | Merv Collins | G-T | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | none | 14 | |
| 75 | Joe Cummings | E | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Alabama | 2 | |
| 69 | Luki Daneliuk | T | 6-4 | 220 | 22 | none | 14 | |
| 75 | Frank Fraser | HB | 6-0 | 185 | 21 | Tennessee State | 10 | |
| 61 | Milt Graham | DT | 6-6 | 235 | 22 | Colgate | 7 | |
| 94 | Don Guest | FB | 6-4 | 215 | 21 | none | 5 | |
| 91 | Chuck Harding | QB | 6-1 | 192 | 25 | Virginia | 14 | |
| 51 | Larry Hayes | OG-DG | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | Vanderbilt | 14 | |
| 93 | Karl Hilzinger | FB | 5-10 | 190 | 24 | none | 10 | |
| 95 | Bud Korchak | E-HB | 5-9 | 190 | 29 | none | 6 | |
| 80 | Boris Kotoff | FB | 6-0 | 187 | 28 | 14 | ||
| 85 | Hal Ledyard | QB | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14 | |
| 82 | Tommy Lewis | FB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Alabama | 14 | |
| 89 | Don Pinhey | S | 5-10 | 177 | 25 | Muskingum | 14 | |
| 95 | Bob Rumball | HB | 5-11 | 187 | 27 | Toronto | 3 | |
| 81 | Don St. John | FB | 5-11 | 205 | 21 | Xavier (Ohio) | 14 | |
| 92 | Gary Schreider | OHB-P | 5-11 | 187 | 22 | Queen's | 13 | |
| 60 | Sam Scoccia | G | 5-10 | 242 | 26 | none | 13 | |
| 70 | Bob Simpson | OE | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| 71 | Ted Smale | DE-OE | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Toronto | 14 | |
| 84 | Bill Sowalski | LB | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | none | 13 | |
| 88 | Avatus Stone | HB | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Syracuse | 14 | |
| 64 | Joe Stracina | C | 5-11 | 225 | 26 | 14 | ||
| 68 | Frank Sweeney | G-T | 5-11 | 215 | 22 | Xavier (Ohio) | 14 | |
| 86 | Tom Tracy | HB | 5-9 | 205 | 22 | Tennessee | 3 | |
| 53 | Joe Upton | T | 6-2 | 248 | 31 | Toronto | 14 | |
| 41 | Ken Vargo | LB | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Ohio State | 14 | |
| 55 | Kaye Vaughan | OT-DT | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Tulsa | 14 | |
| 87 | Gary Williams | HB | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | British Columbia | 1 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Lou Bruce | DE | Queen's |
| 2 | 10 | Ralph Simmons | FB | Western Ontario |
| 3 | 19 | Vic Uzbalis | G | Queen's |
| 4 | 28 | Jack Rome | HB | McMaster |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 88 | 74 | 90 | 74 | |
| Opponents Totals | 94 | 78 | 84 | 103 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 299 | 158 | 128 | 13 | 54 | 412 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals | 371 | 148 | 213 | 10 | 74 | 761 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don St. John | 8 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | |||
| Tommy Lewis | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||
| Bob Simpson | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Don Pinhey | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Bud Korchak | 0 | 21 | 26 | 80.8 | - | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | ||
| Tirrel Burton | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Avatus Stone | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Tom Adams | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Karl Hilzinger | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Tom Tracy | 0 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | - | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Lou Bruce | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Hal Ledyard | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Gary Schreider | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ted Smale | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 44 | 35 | 44 | 79.5 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 13 | 1 | 326 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 38 | 51 | 74.5 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 12 | 1 | 359 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Lewis | 123 | 645 | 5.2 | 34 | 7 |
| Don St. John | 95 | 377 | 4.0 | 24 | 8 |
| Hal Ledyard | 51 | 353 | 6.9 | 25 | 1 |
| Avatus Stone | 40 | 252 | 6.3 | 30 | 1 |
| Karl Hilzinger | 39 | 218 | 5.6 | 18 | 2 |
| Don Pinhey | 32 | 195 | 6.1 | 30 | 2 |
| Chuck Harding | 20 | 176 | 8.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Tirrel Burton | 29 | 155 | 5.3 | 18 | 3 |
| Boris Kotoff | 14 | 78 | 5.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Gary Schreider | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 10 | 1 |
| Don Guest | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Frank Fraser | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 465 | 2538 | 5.5 | 25 | |
| Opponents Totals | 462 | 2354 | 5.1 | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Ledyard | 363 | 175 | 175 | 160 | 3151 | 8.7 | 18.0 | 93 | 17 | 4.7 | 28 | 7.7 | 61.9 | |||
| Avatus Stone | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 19.5 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 95.8 | |||
| Chuck Harding | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 1.3 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Don Pinhey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5.5 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | |||
| Team Totals | 377 | 178 | 47.2 | 170 | 3214 | 8.5 | 18.1 | 17 | 4.5 | 29 | 7.7 | 325 | 2889 | 59.9 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 493 | 297 | 60.2 | 159 | 4561 | 9.3 | 15.4 | 31 | 6.3 | 37 | 7.5 | 234 | 4327 | 80.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Simpson | 47 | 1030 | 21.9 | 58 | 7 |
| Don St. John | 27 | 397 | 14.7 | 46 | 0 |
| Don Pinhey | 23 | 369 | 16.0 | 93 | 4 |
| Tom Adams | 17 | 350 | 20.6 | 69 | 3 |
| Tommy Lewis | 16 | 183 | 11.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Tirrel Burton | 14 | 319 | 22.8 | 68 | 1 |
| Avatus Stone | 8 | 169 | 21.1 | 81 | 1 |
| Boris Kotoff | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Gary Schreider | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 39 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Lou Bruce | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 24 | 1 |
| Karl Hilzinger | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ted Smale | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Chuck Harding | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 178 | 3214 | 18.1 | 17 | |
| Opponents Totals | 297 | 4561 | 15.4 | 31 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tirrel Burton | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Chuck Harding | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Tommy Lewis | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 19 | 1 |
| Bob Simpson | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Gary Schreider | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Lou Bruce | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Merv Collins | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Don St. John | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ted Smale | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ken Vargo | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bruno Bitkowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Cannamela | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karl Hilzinger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Pinhey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avatus Stone | 0 | 22 | 22L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 265 | 7.2 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 309 | 10.7 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avatus Stone | 100 | 4499 | 45.0 | 71 | 1 | - | ||||
| Don St. John | 24 | 928 | 38.7 | 53 | 0 | - | ||||
| Team Totals | 124 | 5427 | 43.8 | - | 829 | 4598 | 37.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 105 | 4365 | 41.6 | - | 767 | 3598 | 34.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Pinhey | 52 | 416 | 8.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Gary Schreider | 16 | 178 | 11.1 | 60 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 25 | 162 | 6.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Frank Fraser | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 95 | 767 | 8.1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 99 | 829 | 8.4 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Pinhey | 20 | 572 | 28.6 | 49 | 0 |
| Gary Schreider | 10 | 282 | 28.2 | 49 | 0 |
| Tirrel Burton | 11 | 175 | 15.9 | 27 | 0 |
| Avatus Stone | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Tommy Lewis | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Adams | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Frank Fraser | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ted Smale | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Upton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lou Bruce | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1313 | 21.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 1091 | 18.8 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Smale | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 37 | 18 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 18 | 18 | 1 |
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