1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU) |
1st place 11-5-0 .688 |
Head Coach: Pop Ivy |
Eagle Keys | Assistant Coach |
Ray Prochaska | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
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 | Lansdowne 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 | |
WIFU Final #1 | |||||||||
Sat | 11/10/1956 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 22-23 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13500 | |
WIFU Final #2 | |||||||||
Mon | 11/12/1956 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 20-12 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 19000 | |
WIFU Final #3 | |||||||||
Sat | 11/17/1956 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 51-7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 22461 | |
Grey Cup | |||||||||
Sat | 11/24/1956 | N | Montreal Alouettes | 50-27 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 27425 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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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 | 22 | 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 |
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% | TS | YL | NYP | 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 | - | ||||
Bill Walker | 27 | 1034 | 38.3 | 51 | 0 | - | ||||
Jim Shipka | 4 | 119 | 29.8 | 40 | 0 | - | ||||
Team Totals | 117 | 4728 | 40.4 | 1 | - | 652 | 4076 | 34.5 | ||
Opponents Totals | - | 703 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leigh McMillan | 66 | 359 | 5.4 | 25 | 0 |
Oscar Kruger | 25 | 140 | 5.6 | 16 | 0 |
John Woyat | 24 | 128 | 5.3 | 13 | 0 |
Don Simon | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 7 | 0 |
Rollie Miles | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Earl Lindley | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Bill Rowekamp | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Art Walker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Con Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 128 | 703 | 5.5 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 120 | 652 | 5.4 | 0 |
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 | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rollie Miles | 15 | 403 | 26.9 | 52 | 0 |
Earl Lindley | 14 | 284 | 20.3 | 43 | 0 |
Oscar Kruger | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 34 | 0 |
Don Simon | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 31 | 0 |
Bill Rowekamp | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 |
Johnny Bright | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Con Kelly | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Joe Mobra | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
John Woyat | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Team Totals | 42 | 904 | 21.5 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 67 | 1185 | 17.7 | 0 |
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 |
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