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1958 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU)

3rd place 6-8-0 .429

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Head Coach: Frank Clair

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SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/1/1958	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	29-28	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	10000
Thu	8/7/1958	H	British Columbia Lions	33-27	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	7000
Mon	8/11/1958	H	Edmonton Eskimos	26-6	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	9000
Tue	8/19/1958	H	Toronto Argonauts	44-7	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	18470
Sat	8/23/1958	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	7-13	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	21297
Sat	8/30/1958	A	Montreal Alouettes	9-11	L		Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium	22943
Sat	9/6/1958	H	Montreal Alouettes	17-1	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	17056
Sun	9/14/1958	N	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18-24	L		Philadelphia, PA	Municipal Stadium	15110
Sat	9/20/1958	A	Toronto Argonauts	17-14	W		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	20166
Sat	9/27/1958	H	Toronto Argonauts	28-4	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	18500
Sat	10/4/1958	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	1-14	L		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	18000
Sat	10/11/1958	H	Montreal Alouettes	41-7	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	15000
Mon	10/13/1958	A	Montreal Alouettes	13-34	L		Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium	24133
Sat	10/18/1958	H	Toronto Argonauts	0-41	L		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	14313
Sat	10/25/1958	A	Toronto Argonauts	24-42	L		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	23334
Sat	11/1/1958	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14-8	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	13603
Sat	11/8/1958	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	0-23	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	14874
IRFU Semi-Final
Wed	11/12/1958	A	Montreal Alouettes	26-12	W		Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium	18048
IRFU Final #1
Sat	11/15/1958	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	7-35	L		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	10490
IRFU Final #2
Sat	11/22/1958	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	7-19	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	15671

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
64	Gilles Archambault	T	6-2	245	24	Ottawa	14
66	George Arnett	T	6-2	240	30	McMaster	14
57	Marv Bevan	T	6-0	225	23	none	8
40	Bruno Bitkowski	C	6-2	220	29	Ottawa	14
87	George Brancato	HB	5-9	177	27	Santa Ana JC; Louisiana State	14
73	Lou Bruce	E	6-0	205	24	Queen's	14
54	Merv Collins	G	6-1	220	25	none	14
53	Hardiman Cureton	OG	5-11	235	25	Los Angeles Valley JC; UCLA	13
86	Tom Dimitroff	QB-DB	5-11	200	23	Miami (Ohio)	5
84	Frank Fraser	HB	6-0	185	23	Tennessee State	14
65	Milt Graham	DT-OT	6-6	235	24	Colgate	14
93	Karl Hilzinger	FB	5-10	190	26	none	12
82	Russ Jackson	HB	6-1	190	22	McMaster	14
61	Tom Jones	T	6-5	250	27	Kentucky State; Miami (Ohio)	14
90	Bobby Judd	HB	5-9	185	26	Xavier (Ohio)	14
85	Hal Ledyard	QB	6-0	185	27	Tennessee-Chattanooga	9
81	Gerry Nesbitt	LB-FB-P	5-10	200	26	Tyler JC; Arkansas	13
78	Buddy Payne	OE	6-3	210	22	North Carolina	2
89	Don Pinhey	OHB-DB	5-10	177	27	Muskingum	14
93	Ronnie Quillian	FB	6-2	210	24	Tulane	12
57	Leo Russavage	T	6-4	249	21	North Carolina	1
92	Gary Schreider	FB-K	5-11	187	24	Queen's	14
50	Sam Scoccia	G	5-10	242	28	none	13
42	Jerry Selinger	C	6-0	215	23	St. Joseph's (Indiana)	2
70	Bob Simpson	S	6-0	200	28	Western Ontario	14
71	Ted Smale	DE	6-2	210	26	Toronto	14
75	Bill Sowalski	LB	5-11	200	28	none	14
80	Ron Stewart	HB	5-7	175	24	Queen's	8
41	Joe Stracina	C	5-11	225	28		11
	Frank Sweeney	G	5-11	215	24	Xavier (Ohio)	1
88	Dave Thelen	FB	6-0	205	22	Miami (Ohio)	14
41	Ken Vargo	C	6-1	200	26	Ohio State	14
55	Kaye Vaughan	T	6-2	225	27	Tulsa	14
77	Mack Yoho	K-OE	6-2	239	22	Miami (Ohio)	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	6	Russ Jackson	HB	McMaster
2	15	John Bennett	E	McGill
3	23	Brian Ashton	QB	Toronto
4	28	John Chisholm	C	Toronto
5	32	Dan Nelson	E	Toronto
6	34	Burt Kelloch	E	Toronto

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	59	80	46	48
Opponents Totals	57	28	89	69

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		270	164	93	13	72	697
Opponents Totals		252	121	120	11	90	685

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Mack Yoho	1	11	19	57.9	4			5	0	34
Russ Jackson	5	0	0		0			0	0	30
Bobby Judd	5	0	0		0			0	0	30
George Brancato	4	0	0		0			0	0	24
Don Pinhey	3	0	0		0			0	0	18
Bob Simpson	3	0	0		0			0	0	18
Gary Schreider	1	7	13	53.8	0	3	0.0	2	0	15
Tom Dimitroff	2	0	0		0			0	0	12
Bill Sowalski	2	0	0		0			0	0	12
Dave Thelen	2	0	0		0			0	0	12
Ronnie Quillian	1	0	0		0			3	0	9
Frank Fraser	1	0	0		0			0	0	6
Milt Graham	1	0	0		0			0	0	6
Buddy Payne	1	0	0		0			0	0	6
Hal Ledyard	0	0	0		0			1	0	1
Team Totals	32	18	32	56.3	4	16	25.0	11	0	233
Opponents Totals	31	23	31	74.2	5	16	31.3	19	0	243

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Thelen	100	696	7.0	77	2
Bobby Judd	125	596	4.8	40	5
Ronnie Quillian	95	547	5.8	23	1
Russ Jackson	54	434	8.0	51	5
Gerry Nesbitt	48	264	5.5	22	0
Frank Fraser	29	170	5.9	17	1
Gary Schreider	33	156	4.7	15	0
Tom Dimitroff	23	124	5.4	15	2
Hal Ledyard	10	95	9.5	33	0
Don Pinhey	23	89	3.9	21	2
Ron Stewart	3	1	0.3	3	0
Team Totals	543	3133	5.8		18
Opponents Totals	473	2398	5.1		10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Hal Ledyard	107	48	44.9	46	868	8.1	18.1	77	5	4.7	13	12.1	20	141	727	49.3
Russ Jackson	112	61	54.5	45	858	7.7	14.1	69	3	2.7	6	5.4	12	77	781	66.0
Tom Dimitroff	47	25	53.2	21	391	8.3	15.6	45	2	4.3	1	2.1	22	155	236	86.4
Frank Fraser	2	1	50.0	1	43	21.5	43.0	43	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	43	95.8
Bobby Judd	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	269	135	50.2	111	2160	8.0	16.0		10	3.7	23	8.6				54.1
Opponents Totals	344	188	54.7	133	2709	7.9	14.4		19	5.5	23	6.7				71.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Judd	25	272	10.9	30	0
Bob Simpson	23	583	25.3	77	3
George Brancato	21	405	19.3	46	4
Frank Fraser	15	94	6.3	16	0
Dave Thelen	12	175	14.6	41	0
Don Pinhey	9	187	20.8	69	1
Ronnie Quillian	9	79	8.8	25	0
Mack Yoho	6	112	18.7	33	1
Bill Sowalski	4	76	19.0	26	0
Buddy Payne	3	58	19.3	23	1
Gerry Nesbitt	2	33	16.5	23	0
Ron Stewart	2	32	16.0	20	0
Gary Schreider	2	24	12.0	17	0
Ted Smale	1	22	22.0	22	0
Milt Graham	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	135	2160	16.0		10
Opponents Totals	188	2709	14.4		19

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
George Brancato	7	58	8.3	41	0
Bill Sowalski	4	80	20.0	66	1
Bob Simpson	3	31	10.3	31	0
Hardiman Cureton	3	2	0.7	2	0
Dave Thelen	2	14	7.0	10	0
Lou Bruce	1	58	58.0	58	0
Gary Schreider	1	41	41.0	27	1
Frank Fraser	1	16	16.0	16	0
Milt Graham	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	23	306	13.3		2
Opponents Totals	23	270	11.7		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Ronnie Quillian	86	3255	37.8	62		-
Gerry Nesbitt	51	1811	35.5	57		-
Bobby Judd	13	482	37.1	45		-
Team Totals	150	5548	37.0			-	721	4827	32.2
Opponents Totals	146	6241	42.7			-	978	5263	36.0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Don Pinhey	78	563	7.2	23	0
Gary Schreider	36	240	6.7	16	0
Ron Stewart	22	117	5.3	12	0
Frank Fraser	3	24	8.0	15	0
Bob Simpson	3	23	7.7	20	0
Bobby Judd	1	11	11.0	11	0
Team Totals	143	978	6.8		0
Opponents Totals	133	721	5.4		1

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Mack Yoho	44	2420	55.0	64	0
Marv Bevan	1	48	48.0	48	0
Team Totals	45	2468	54.8
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Judd	20	439	22.0	35	0
Frank Fraser	12	246	20.5	38	0
Dave Thelen	6	140	23.3	28	0
Ted Smale	3	38	12.7	17	0
Mack Yoho	3	32	10.7	14	0
Joe Stracina	1	13	13.0	13	0
Gilles Archambault	1	9	9.0	9	0
Team Totals	46	917	19.9		0
Opponents Totals	45	925	20.6		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Milt Graham							1
Bill Sowalski							1
Team Totals	34	25	9	28	37		2
Opponents Totals		28		25	25		0

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