1959 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU)

2nd place 10-6-0 .625

Head Coach: Eagle Keys

Paul Davis	Backfield
Danny Edwards	Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Wed	7/15/1959	A	Calgary Stampeders	15-10	W	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	7000
Tue	7/21/1959	H	Calgary Stampeders	33-7	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	7500
Mon	8/3/1959	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	20-7	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium
Mon	8/17/1959	H	British Columbia Lions	0-12	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	14000
Mon	8/24/1959	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	55-0	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	14000
Thu	8/27/1959	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16-1	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18928
Mon	8/31/1959	A	British Columbia Lions	7-8	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	34273
Sat	9/5/1959	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	8-16	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	17143
Mon	9/7/1959	A	Calgary Stampeders	16-10	W	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	17200
Sat	9/12/1959	H	Calgary Stampeders	27-20	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	20000
Sat	9/19/1959	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	32-0	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	10000
Mon	9/21/1959	H	British Columbia Lions	29-7	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	18000
Mon	9/28/1959	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	10-13	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	17707
Sat	10/3/1959	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	44-15	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	17500
Sat	10/10/1959	A	British Columbia Lions	38-14	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	28679
Mon	10/12/1959	H	Calgary Stampeders	23-41	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	15500
Sat	10/17/1959	A	Calgary Stampeders	24-25	L	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	17000
Mon	10/19/1959	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	21-20	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	15500
Sat	10/24/1959	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	20-19	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	8000
WIFU Semi-Final #1
Sat	10/31/1959	A	British Columbia Lions	20-8	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	33993
WIFU Semi-Final #2
Wed	11/4/1959	H	British Columbia Lions	41-7	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	16000
WIFU Final #1
Wed	11/11/1959	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	11-19	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	16000
WIFU Final #2
Sat	11/14/1959	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	8-16	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15872

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
43	Don Barry	C-MG	5-11	215	28	none	16
71	Steve Bendiak	E	6-4	210	28	none	16
24	Johnny Bright	FB	6-1	215	29	Drake	16
61	Ed Buckingham	T	6-4	255	25	Minnesota	1
75	Vic Chapman	E	6-0	200	29	British Columbia	16
78	Tommy Joe Coffey	E	6-0	195	23	West Texas A&M	9
65	Dick Craddock	T	6-0	230	22	none	5
80	Don Duncalfe	T	6-3	220	21	none	15
61	Nat Dye	C	6-3	220	21	Georgia	14
53	Al Ecuyer	LB	5-10	210	22	Notre Dame	12
65	Tom Emerson	T	6-4	220	24	Oklahoma	7
16	Homer Floyd	HB	5-10	185	23	Kansas	6
55	Gino Fracas	FB	5-11	205	29	Western Ontario	10
67	J.T. Frankenberger	T	6-4	235	24	Kentucky	8
27	Don Getty	QB	6-2	195	26	Western Ontario	16
52	Ed Gray	DE	6-2	220	25	Oklahoma	16
21	Cliff Jackson	HB	6-0	185	22	North Carolina Central	1
56	Mike Kmech	G	5-11	204	25	none	16
14	Oscar Kruger	HB	5-9	190	27	none	16
15	Normie Kwong	FB	5-9	190	30	none	16
28	Mike Lashuk	LB	6-0	190	21	none	13
73	Jim Letcavits	E	6-2	190	24	Kansas	16
77	Freddie Meyers	E	6-2	205	27	Army; Oklahoma State	7
18	Rollie Miles	LB	5-10	175	32	St. Augustine's	16
66	Roger Nelson	OT	6-1	225	27	Oklahoma	14
12	Jackie Parker	OHB-QB	6-0	185	27	Jones County JC; Mississippi State	12
26	Howie Schumm	FB-HB	6-2	200	19	none	16
23	Jim Shipka	FB	5-10	195	24	none	16
70	Bill Smith	E	6-1	185	24	none	16
22	Joe Bob Smith	HB	6-1	190	25	Houston	16
41	Don Stephenson	C	6-0	205	24	Georgia Tech	16
51	Roy Stevenson	G	6-1	195	27	Toronto	16
42	Johnny Tatum	C	6-0	205	24	Texas	3
81	Del Thachuk	E	5-10	185	23	none	2
64	Mike Volcan	MG-T	5-11	200	27	none	15
50	Art Walker	DT	5-11	230	26	Michigan	16

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	7	Julian Porter	T	Toronto
2	16	Ron Delisle	E	Western Ontario

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	61	144	59	106
Opponents Totals	44	56	50	71

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		337	190	139	8	63	497
Opponents Totals		286

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Jackie Parker	7	31	38	81.6	12	15	80.0	0	0	109
Johnny Bright	11	0	0		0	0		0	0	66
Normie Kwong	9	0	0		0	0		0	0	54
Joe Bob Smith	9	0	0		0	0		0	0	54
Tommy Joe Coffey	1	3	8	37.5	4	11	36.4	3	0	24
Homer Floyd	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Jim Letcavits	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Freddie Meyers	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Vic Chapman	1	0	0		0	0		5	0	11
Ed Gray	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Rollie Miles	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	4
Team Totals	46	34	46	73.9	16	26	61.5	8	2	370
Opponents Totals	25	19	25	76.0	14	24	58.3	10	0	221

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Johnny Bright	231	1340	5.8	53	11
Normie Kwong	179	750	4.2	35	9
Joe Bob Smith	45	228	5.1	18	1
Jackie Parker	43	227	5.3	26	4
Don Getty	29	134	4.6	17	0
Homer Floyd	24	128	5.3	12	1
Jim Shipka	32	121	3.8	12	0
Rollie Miles	10	75	7.5	18	1
Howie Schumm	12	57	4.8	14	0
Steve Bendiak	0	17		17L	0
Mike Lashuk	2	9	4.5	5	0
Cliff Jackson	1	4	4.0	4	0
Freddie Meyers	1	3	3.0	3	0
Jim Letcavits	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	618	3094	5.0		27
Opponents Totals	557	2675	4.8		11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Don Getty	198	116	58.6	71	2080	10.5	17.9	80	10	5.1	11	5.6		87	1993	88.4
Jackie Parker	143	80	55.9	54	1207	8.4	15.1	57	8	5.6	9	6.3		36	1171	76.3
Johnny Bright	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Vic Chapman	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	343	196	57.1	127	3287	9.6	16.8		18	5.2	20	5.8				82.8
Opponents Totals	367	179	48.8	152	2504	6.8	14.0		10	2.7	36	9.8				40.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Bob Smith	62	1108	17.9	80	8
Jim Letcavits	28	497	17.8	54	2
Johnny Bright	23	274	11.9	28	0
Jackie Parker	20	324	16.2	63	3
Freddie Meyers	15	348	23.2	39	2
Tommy Joe Coffey	14	277	19.8	57	1
Howie Schumm	7	152	21.7	47	0
Homer Floyd	7	85	12.1	19	1
Normie Kwong	5	61	12.2	15	0
Jim Shipka	5	28	5.6	16	0
Rollie Miles	4	58	14.5	19	0
Vic Chapman	4	57	14.3	22	1
Cliff Jackson	2	18	9.0	13	0
Team Totals	196	3287	16.8		18
Opponents Totals	179	2504	14.0		10

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Bill Smith	6	56	9.3	24
Steve Bendiak	5	61	12.2	25
Mike Lashuk	5	14	2.8	14
Gino Fracas	4	16	4.0	13
Oscar Kruger	4	3	0.8	3
Tommy Joe Coffey	3	28	9.3	12
Rollie Miles	3	15	5.0	8
Jackie Parker	2	25	12.5	23
Don Stephenson	2	18	9.0	10
Al Ecuyer	1
Ed Gray	1
Team Totals	36	247	6.9
Opponents Totals	20	203	10.2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Vic Chapman	132	5371	40.7	79		-
Rollie Miles	1	48	48.0	48	0	-
Jackie Parker	1	45	45.0	45	0	-
Mike Lashuk	1	40	40.0	40	0	-
Team Totals	135	5504	40.8			-	953	4551	33.7
Opponents Totals						-	893

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Rollie Miles	75	487	6.5	33
Joe Bob Smith	27	161	6.0	15
Homer Floyd	20	118	5.9	18
Oscar Kruger	8	56	7.0	15
Cliff Jackson	6	29	4.8	16
Bill Smith	2	23	11.5	12
Steve Bendiak	1	14	14.0	14
Tommy Joe Coffey	1	5	5.0	5
Mike Lashuk	1	0	0.0	0
Jackie Parker	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	142	893	6.3
Opponents Totals	139	953	6.9

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Freddie Meyers	36	1803	50.1	65	0
Tommy Joe Coffey	26	1417	54.5	85	0
Rollie Miles	1	18	18.0	18	0
Team Totals	63	3238	51.4
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Joe Bob Smith	14	367	26.2	50
Rollie Miles	12	330	27.5	67
Homer Floyd	4	106	26.5	53
Jim Shipka	5	47	9.4	15
Johnny Bright	3	40	13.3	20
Normie Kwong	1	9	9.0	9
J.T. Frankenberger	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	40	899	22.5
Opponents Totals	63	1164	18.5

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Steve Bendiak				2	2	8	0
Don Duncalfe				1	1	0	0
Nat Dye				3	3	0	0
Al Ecuyer				2	2	6	0
Gino Fracas				1	1	0	0
Ed Gray				1	1	30	1
Mike Kmech				1	1	0	0
Oscar Kruger				2	2	0	0
Mike Lashuk				1	1	0	0
Rollie Miles				1	1	0	0
Don Stephenson				2	2	0	0
Mike Volcan				1	1	0	0
Art Walker				2	2	9	0
Team Totals	33	26	7	20	27	53	1
Opponents Totals		20		26	26		4