1959 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU) |
| 3rd place • 6-8-0 .429 |
| Head Coach: Douglas Walker |
| Jimmy Dunn | Assistant Coach |
| Pat Preston | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 7/28/1959 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 28-21 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 21603 | |
| Tue | 8/4/1959 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 34-39 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 21739 | |
| Mon | 8/10/1959 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 53-19 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 19754 | |
| Tue | 8/18/1959 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16-22 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 22126 | |
| Fri | 8/21/1959 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 23-8 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 22813 | |
| Fri | 8/28/1959 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 24-6 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 23927 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1959 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 22-7 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16698 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1959 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 27-21 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 26218 | |
| Wed | 9/16/1959 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13-25 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 24759 | |
| Sat | 9/19/1959 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 6-43 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 23811 | |
| Sat | 9/26/1959 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 9-39 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 20035 | |
| Sat | 10/3/1959 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 14-37 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 22152 | |
| Sat | 10/10/1959 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 8-36 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17203 | |
| Mon | 10/12/1959 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 12-28 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 21817 | |
| Sat | 10/17/1959 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 4-3 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 19041 | |
| Sat | 10/24/1959 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0-16 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 15500 | |
| Sat | 10/31/1959 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 15-14 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 21817 | |
| IRFU Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/7/1959 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 0-43 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19060 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Gil Ane | 51 | G | 6-1 | 250 | 23 | Compton JC; Southern California | 1 | |
| Bill Bewley | 80 | OHB-LB | 5-11 | 190 | 28 | Toronto | 13 | |
| Johnny Blaicher | 81 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 190 | 29 | none | 7 | |
| Moe Bremner | 46 | C-LB | 6-1 | 220 | 29 | 4 | ||
| Ross Buckle | 70 | OE-DE | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | none | 11 | |
| Milt Campbell | 86 | HB | 6-3 | 217 | 26 | Indiana | 3 | |
| Jim Colclough | 91 | DB-OHB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Boston College | 11 | |
| George Deiderich | 51 | OG-LB | 6-1 | 213 | 23 | Vanderbilt | 2 | |
| George Dixon | 28 | OHB-DB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Arnold; Bridgeport | 7 | |
| Ted Elsby | 67 | OT-DT | 5-11 | 225 | 27 | none | 7 | |
| Sam Etcheverry | 92 | QB | 5-11 | 185 | 29 | Denver | 14 | |
| Bob Geary | 50 | OG-MG | 5-9 | 223 | 24 | 8 | ||
| Wes Gideon | 99 | QB-DB | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Trinity (Texas) | 3 | |
| Bill Glosson | 82 | OE-DB | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Texas Southern | 8 | |
| Eddie Hill | 53 | OG-LB | 6-1 | 230 | 23 | Miami (Ohio) | 6 | |
| Billy Hudson | 60 | OT-DT | 6-4 | 267 | 24 | Clemson | 14 | |
| Tom Hugo | 48 | C-LB | 5-10 | 211 | 29 | Denver | 14 | |
| Curt Iaukea | 61 | T | 6-3 | 265 | 22 | Santa Rosa JC; California | 3 | |
| Dave King | 82 | DB-WB | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | none | 7 | |
| Mike Kovac | 57 | OG-DE | 5-10 | 195 | 29 | Western Ontario | 10 | |
| Hal Krebs | 52 | OG-DE | 6-0 | 225 | 22 | none | 14 | |
| Ed Learn | 93 | DB-OHB | 6-0 | 175 | 24 | none | 14 | |
| Wally Lencz | 85 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 212 | 21 | none | 11 | |
| Ivan Livingstone | 96 | WB-DB | 5-11 | 182 | 29 | McGill; Dubuque | 10 | |
| Bob MacLellan | 45 | C-LB | 6-2 | 227 | 29 | McGill | 14 | |
| Ed Marentette | 83 | QB-DB | 6-0 | 190 | 21 | none | 2 | |
| Doug McNichol | 74 | DE-OE | 6-4 | 226 | 29 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Bob Miller | 98 | OHB-DB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Ed Mitchell | 87 | OHB-DB | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | none | 14 | |
| Tom Moran | 77 | FW-LB | 6-1 | 193 | 27 | 14 | ||
| Ron Murphy | 63 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 215 | 27 | McGill | 12 | |
| Red O'Quinn | 73 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 195 | 34 | Wake Forest | 14 | |
| Hal Patterson | 75 | OE-DB | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Garden City CC; Kansas | 4 | |
| John Raulick | 62 | OT-DT | 6-0 | 230 | 23 | none | 9 | |
| Billy Shipp | 68 | OT-DT | 6-5 | 275 | 29 | Alabama | 14 | |
| Ray Siminski | 71 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | Furman | 11 | |
| Jacki Simpson | 54 | G | 6-0 | 225 | 23 | Mississippi | 14 | |
| Bill Swan | 72 | WB-DB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | 6 | ||
| Veryl Switzer | 84 | FB-DB | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Kansas State | 14 | |
| George Tsonos | 89 | QB | 5-11 | 195 | 21 | Mount Allison | 11 | |
| Joel Wells | 86 | OHB-DB | 6-1 | 198 | 24 | Clemson | 11 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Bob Miller | HB | Western Ontario |
| 2 | 12 | Nick Cioran | HB | McMaster |
| 3 | 19 | Bill Hunter | G | Toronto |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 45 | 36 | 61 | 51 | 193 |
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 65 | 65 | 107 | 305 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 289 | 116 | 150 | 23 | 61 | 538 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 262 | 128 | 116 | 18 | 82 | 733 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veryl Switzer | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Bill Bewley | 0 | 19 | 23 | 82.6 | - | - | - | 4 | 17 | 23.5 | 3 | 0 | 34 |
| Joel Wells | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bill Glosson | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Red O'Quinn | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Sam Etcheverry | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ivan Livingstone | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Billy Hudson | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Learn | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Moran | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Hal Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Blaicher | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| George Dixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 25 | 20 | 25 | 80.0 | 4 | 17 | 23.5 | 9 | 1 | 193 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 27 | 42 | 64.3 | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 9 | 4 | 305 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veryl Switzer | 164 | 863 | 5.3 | 51 | 6 |
| Joel Wells | 105 | 461 | 4.4 | 63 | 3 |
| George Dixon | 38 | 301 | 7.9 | 77 | 1 |
| Sam Etcheverry | 64 | 190 | 3.0 | 15 | 2 |
| Bill Bewley | 19 | 105 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Wes Gideon | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Milt Campbell | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Siminski | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ivan Livingstone | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Red O'Quinn | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Wally Lencz | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Miller | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Hal Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 412 | 2001 | 4.9 | 12 | |
| Opponents Totals | 469 | 2558 | 5.5 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Etcheverry | 402 | 231 | 57.5 | 150 | 3133 | 7.8 | 13.6 | 80 | 10 | 2.5 | 21 | 5.2 | 39 | 285 | 2848 | 69.0 |
| Wes Gideon | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 8 | 57 | 4.8 | 14.3 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 13 | 44 | 49.7 |
| Joel Wells | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 3 | 22 | 4.4 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 53.8 |
| Team Totals | 419 | 237 | 56.6 | 161 | 3212 | 7.7 | 13.6 | 10 | 2.4 | 21 | 5.0 | 298 | 2914 | 68.2 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 323 | 159 | 49.2 | 138 | 2898 | 9.0 | 18.2 | 25 | 7.7 | 26 | 8.0 | 271 | 2627 | 72.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red O'Quinn | 53 | 692 | 13.1 | 34 | 3 |
| Bill Bewley | 36 | 404 | 11.2 | 41 | 0 |
| Joel Wells | 35 | 390 | 11.1 | 53 | 1 |
| Ray Siminski | 17 | 254 | 14.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Veryl Switzer | 16 | 114 | 7.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Glosson | 14 | 304 | 21.7 | 44 | 3 |
| Hal Patterson | 12 | 212 | 17.7 | 40 | 1 |
| Tom Moran | 11 | 197 | 17.9 | 68 | 0 |
| Ivan Livingstone | 10 | 241 | 24.1 | 80 | 2 |
| Jim Colclough | 9 | 67 | 7.4 | 21 | 0 |
| George Dixon | 22 | 322 | 14.6 | 37 | 0 |
| Bob Miller | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 237 | 3212 | 13.6 | 10 | |
| Opponents Totals | 159 | 2898 | 18.2 | 25 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Learn | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 60 | 1 |
| Tom Hugo | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Ed Mitchell | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Wes Gideon | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Dave King | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ivan Livingstone | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Hal Patterson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ray Siminski | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Glosson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Bewley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Milt Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Moran | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 354 | 13.6 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 218 | 10.4 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Etcheverry | 131 | 4937 | 37.7 | 60 | 2 | 6 |
| Team Totals | 131 | 4937 | 37.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 136 | 5513 | 40.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Mitchell | 59 | 409 | 6.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 45 | 238 | 5.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Wally Lencz | 9 | 50 | 5.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Ed Learn | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Wes Gideon | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Hal Patterson | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| George Dixon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Joel Wells | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 129 | 763 | 5.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 131 | 915 | 7.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bewley | 15 | 802 | 53.5 | 63 | 0 |
| Jacki Simpson | 16 | 833 | 52.1 | 61 | 0 |
| Johnny Blaicher | 10 | 431 | 43.1 | 53 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 2066 | 50.4 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 2676 | 48.7 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Wells | 23 | 395 | 17.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 9 | 129 | 14.3 | 18 | 0 |
| George Dixon | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Milt Campbell | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 40 | 0 |
| Veryl Switzer | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Tom Hugo | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Bill Bewley | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Bill Glosson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ed Mitchell | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Blaicher | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 54 | 923 | 17.1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 850 | 20.7 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Hudson | 1 | ||||||
| Tom Moran | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 33 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
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