1956 Edmonton Eskimos - Pro Football Archives

1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)

1st place 11-5-0 .688

Head Coach: Pop Ivy

Eagle Keys	Assistant Coach
Ray Prochaska	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/4/1956	A	British Columbia Lions	35-21	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	23566
Wed	8/8/1956	A	Montreal Alouettes	0-33	L	Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium
Fri	8/10/1956	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	13-33	L	Ottawa, ON	Landsdowne Park	10000
Sat	8/18/1956	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	15-3	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	16500
Sat	8/25/1956	H	Calgary Stampeders	23-22	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	16500
Mon	8/27/1956	A	British Columbia Lions	18-0	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	30374
Mon	9/3/1956	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	21-20	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	15000
Sat	9/8/1956	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	4-31	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	13500
Mon	9/10/1956	A	Calgary Stampeders	28-15	W	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	12000
Sat	9/15/1956	H	British Columbia Lions	34-8	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	21737
Sat	9/22/1956	H	Calgary Stampeders	52-0	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	20000
Mon	9/24/1956	A	British Columbia Lions	1-11	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	23066
Mon	10/1/1956	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	7-33	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	20000
Sat	10/6/1956	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7-10	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18700
Mon	10/8/1956	A	Calgary Stampeders	36-8	W	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	11261
Sat	10/13/1956	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	37-17	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	14500
Mon	10/15/1956	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	21-11	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	20000
Mon	10/22/1956	H	British Columbia Lions	54-13	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium
Sat	10/27/1956	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	0-33	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	14409
Sat	11/10/1956	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	22-23	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	13500	WIFU Final #1
Mon	11/12/1956	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	20-12	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	19000	WIFU Final #2
Sat	11/17/1956	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	51-7	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	22461	WIFU Final #3
Sat	11/24/1956	N	Montreal Alouettes	50-27	W	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	27425	Grey Cup

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

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
51	Frankie Anderson	DE-OG	6-1	210	28	Oklahoma	15
43	Don Barry	C	5-11	215	25	none	15
71	Steve Bendiak	OE-DB	6-4	210	25	none	16
55	Bo Bolinger	G	5-10	206	24	Oklahoma	2
41	Bill Briggs	LB	6-4	208	31		16
84	Johnny Bright	FB-LB	6-1	215	26	Drake	9
60	Rollie Cook	OT-DE	6-1	192	21		11
61	Bob Dean	T	6-1	245	27	Maryland	9
88	Gino Fracas	FB	5-11	205	26	Western Ontario	1
87	Don Getty	QB	6-2	195	23	Western Ontario	16
65	Reed Henderson	OT-DT	6-2	235	21	Utah State	16
82	Con Kelly	FB-LB	6-0	190	21	none	15
80	Bob Kimoff	FB-LB	6-0	190	24	Toronto	9
59	Mike King	DG	6-0	210	31		1
56	Mike Kmech	OG-DG	5-11	204	21	none	16
94	Oscar Kruger	OHB-DB	5-9	190	24	none	16
95	Normie Kwong	FB	5-9	190	27	none	15
81	Earl Lindley	LB-OHB	6-2	208	23	Utah State	14
85	Leigh McMillan	OHB-DB	5-8	155	20	none	16
73	Steve Mendryk	OE-DB	6-1	187	28	Alberta	15
98	Rollie Miles	DB-OHB	5-10	175	29	St. Augustine's	15
77	Joe Mobra	OE-LB	6-2	210	23	Oklahoma	14
52	Frankie Morris	DG	5-11	230	33		16
66	Roger Nelson	OT-DT	6-1	225	24	Oklahoma	16
91	Jackie Parker	QB-HB	6-0	185	24	Jones County JC; Mississippi State	16
74	Bill Rowekamp	OE-DB	6-1	200	26	Army; Missouri	16
83	Jim Shipka	FB-LB	5-10	195	21	none	13
96	Don Simon	OHB	5-11	172	26	none	4
78	Bill Smith	E	6-1	185	21	none	3
63	Roy Stevenson	OT-DT	6-1	195	24	Toronto	4
42	Johnny Tatum	C-LB	6-0	205	21	Texas	16
70	Ted Tully	LB	6-0	205	27	none	16
64	Mike Volcan	OT-DT	5-11	200	24	none	16
50	Art Walker	DT	5-11	230	23	Michigan	14
75	Bill Walker	OE-DE	6-0	185	23	Maryland	15
86	John Woyat	LB	5-8	173	23	Oregon	9

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	9	Bobby Waugh	G	Toronto
2	18	Earl Ford	G	Toronto
3	27	Frank Geard	HB	Queen's
4	34	Pete Martin	G	McMaster

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	96	109	80	73
Opponents Totals	40	111	46	52

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		318	205	104	9	70	462
Opponents Totals		285

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Jackie Parker	10	0	0		0	0		6	0	66
Earl Lindley	8	0	0		0	0		0	0	48
Joe Mobra	2	22	27	81.5	1	4	25.0	0	0	37
Bob Dean	0	14	21	66.7	6	13	46.2	5	0	37
Normie Kwong	6	0	0		0	0		0	0	36
Rollie Miles	6	0	0		0	0		0	0	36
Johnny Bright	5	0	0		0	0		0	0	30
Bill Walker	3	0	0		0	0		0	0	18
Bob Kimoff	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Bill Rowekamp	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Jim Shipka	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Steve Bendiak	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Reed Henderson	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		0	1	2
Team Totals	48	36	48	75.0	7	17	41.2	11	1	358
Opponents Totals	29	23	29	79.3	10	13	76.9	8	0	235

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Normie Kwong	232	1437	6.2	26	5
Jackie Parker	92	583	6.3	39	10
Johnny Bright	93	573	6.2	22	4
Earl Lindley	57	357	6.3	24	2
Rollie Miles	38	226	5.9	30	2
Jim Shipka	38	160	4.2	13	2
Bob Kimoff	27	115	4.3	13	2
Con Kelly	12	22	1.8	7	0
Don Simon	2	16	8.0	15	0
Bill Rowekamp	8	15	1.9	4	0
Oscar Kruger	1	3	3.0	3	0
Leigh McMillan	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Don Getty	11	-24	-2.2	8	0
Team Totals	612	3482	5.7		27
Opponents Totals	567	2409	4.2		18

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Jackie Parker	226	117	51.8	93	1889	8.4	16.1	55	11	4.9	16	7.1	66.8
Don Getty	44	18	40.9	23	256	5.8	14.2	28	3	6.8	3	6.8	54.7
Rollie Miles	6	2	33.3	4	30	5.0	15.0	17	1	16.7	0	0.0	90.3
Earl Lindley	4	1	25.0	3	17	4.3	17.0	17	0	0.0	0	0.0	44.8
Oscar Kruger	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0.0
Team Totals	281	138	49.1	122	2192	7.8	15.9		15	5.3	21	7.5	62.2
Opponents Totals	364	188	51.6	146	2577	7.1	13.7		10	2.7	30	8.2	49.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rollie Miles	29	410	14.1	37	3
Bill Walker	25	356	14.2	37	2
Earl Lindley	17	312	18.4	51	4
Joe Mobra	15	317	21.1	55	1
Bill Rowekamp	15	262	17.5	44	2
Johnny Bright	9	151	16.8	28	1
Normie Kwong	9	106	11.8	35	1
Steve Bendiak	7	118	16.9	26	1
Jim Shipka	7	63	9.0	27	0
Jackie Parker	2	21	10.5	12	0
Oscar Kruger	1	23	23.0	23	0
Con Kelly	1	16	16.0	16	0
Bob Kimoff	1	11	11.0	11	0
John Woyat	0	26		26L	0
Team Totals	138	2192	15.9		15
Opponents Totals	188	2577	13.7		10

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Oscar Kruger	7	28	4.0	16	0
Rollie Miles	4	145	36.3	69	1
Bill Rowekamp	4	29	7.3	29	0
Earl Lindley	3	88	29.3	66	2
Steve Mendryk	3	16	5.3	16	0
Joe Mobra	2	22	11.0	22	0
Bill Briggs	2	10	5.0	10	0
Johnny Tatum	2	6	3.0	6	0
Ted Tully	1	8	8.0	8	0
Reed Henderson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Leigh McMillan	1	0	0.0	0	0
Johnny Bright	0	9		9L	0
Team Totals	30	361	12.0		3
Opponents Totals	21	154	7.3		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Jackie Parker	86	3575	41.6	66	1	6
Bill Walker	27	1034	38.3	51	0	0
Jim Shipka	4	119	29.8	40	0	0
Team Totals	117	4728	40.4		1	-	652	4076	34.5
Opponents Totals						-	703

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Leigh McMillan	66	359	5.4	25
Oscar Kruger	25	140	5.6	16
John Woyat	24	128	5.3	13
Don Simon	7	37	5.3	7
Rollie Miles	1	15	15.0	15
Earl Lindley	1	13	13.0	13
Bill Rowekamp	2	8	4.0	4
Art Walker	1	3	3.0	3
Con Kelly	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	128	703	5.5
Opponents Totals	120	652	5.4

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Joe Mobra	40	2166	54.2	75	0
Bob Dean	26	1404	54.0	80	1
Jim Shipka	1	47	47.0	47	0
Team Totals	67	3617	54.0
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Rollie Miles	15	403	26.9	52
Earl Lindley	14	284	20.3	43
Oscar Kruger	4	86	21.5	34
Don Simon	3	54	18.0	31
Bill Rowekamp	2	39	19.5	24
Johnny Bright	1	15	15.0	15
Con Kelly	1	11	11.0	11
Joe Mobra	1	9	9.0	9
John Woyat	1	3	3.0	3
Team Totals	42	904	21.5
Opponents Totals	67	1185	17.7

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Frankie Anderson	0	0		4	4	0	0
Bill Briggs	0	0		2	2	0	0
Johnny Bright	3			0	0	0	0
Reed Henderson	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
Con Kelly	1			2	2	0	0
Oscar Kruger	2		2	5	7	2	0
Normie Kwong	9			0	0	0	0
Earl Lindley	2		3	0	3	0	0
Leigh McMillan	4		2	0	2	0	0
Rollie Miles	6			2	2	0	0
Joe Mobra	0	0		3	3	25	1
Frankie Morris	0	0		1	1	5	0
Jackie Parker	7		1	1	2	0	0
Bill Rowekamp	1			3	3	0	0
Jim Shipka	2			0	0	0	0
Don Simon	1			0	0	0	0
Johnny Tatum	0	0	2	1	3	0	0
Ted Tully	0	0	1	2	3	0	0
Mike Volcan	0	0		1	1	0	0
Art Walker	1			0	0	0	0
Bill Walker	1			2	2	0	1
John Woyat	2			0	0	0	0
Team Totals	42	30	12	29	41	32	3
Opponents Totals		29		30	30		1