1961 Toronto Argonauts (CFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Conference • 7-6-1 .536 |
| Head Coach: Lou Agase |
| Ray Cicia | Assistant Coach |
| Steve Sucic | Assistant Coach |
| Herb Trawick | Assistant Coach |
| Nobby Wirkowski | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 7/20/1961 | H | British Columbia Lions | 28-17 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 22415 | |
| Tue | 7/25/1961 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 28-17 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 12000 | |
| Thu | 7/27/1961 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18-20 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15054 | |
| Wed | 8/2/1961 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 7-36 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 24376 | |
| Mon | 8/14/1961 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 13-14 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 27189 | |
| Sun | 8/20/1961 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 24-28 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 27809 | |
| Fri | 8/25/1961 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 15-10 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 18522 | |
| Mon | 9/4/1961 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 19-21 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 26533 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1961 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27-7 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 24047 | |
| Sat | 9/16/1961 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 8-8 | T | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 21510 | |
| Mon | 9/18/1961 | A | British Columbia Lions | 15-7 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 24428 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1961 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 10-29 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 30648 | |
| Fri | 9/29/1961 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 22-19 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 23546 | |
| Sat | 10/7/1961 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 33-27 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 19075 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1961 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 10-37 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 29553 | |
| Sat | 10/21/1961 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 21-7 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18821 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1961 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 15-9 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 23316 | |
| Sat | 11/4/1961 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 23-35 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17144 | |
| Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/11/1961 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 43-19 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19151 | |
| Eastern Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/19/1961 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 25-7 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33161 | |
| Eastern Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/25/1961 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2-48 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 22671 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jim Andreotti | 41 | LB-C | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Northwestern | 14 | |
| Brian Aston | 28 | LB-QB | 5-11 | 186 | 25 | Toronto | 13 | |
| Ken Beck | 57 | DT-DE | 6-2 | 245 | 26 | Texas A&M | 2 | |
| Lynn Bottoms | 14 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | 13 | ||
| Bob Brady | 62 | T | 6-0 | 220 | 29 | British Columbia | 7 | |
| Milt Campbell | 31 | HB | 6-3 | 217 | 28 | Indiana | 1 | |
| Donnie Caraway | 50 | G | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | Hinds CC; Houston | 3 | |
| Boyd Carter | 70 | OE | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | Santa Monica JC | 7 | |
| John Casey | 65 | DT | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Toronto | 13 | |
| Art Darch | 52 | OG | 6-1 | 222 | 30 | none | 14 | |
| Hal Dukes | 71 | DE | 6-3 | 215 | 26 | Hope; Michigan State | 2 | |
| Clare Exelby | 30 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | none | 14 | |
| Dick Fouts | 69 | DE | 6-6 | 233 | 27 | Missouri | 13 | |
| Wes Gideon | 33 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Trinity (Texas) | 8 | |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 21 | FB-K | 6-3 | 249 | 26 | none | 12 | |
| John Henry Jackson | QB-HB | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Indiana | 1 | ||
| Bob Jewett | 76 | DE-OE | 6-2 | 198 | 27 | Michigan State | 7 | |
| Art Johnson | 26 | DB | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Michigan State | 13 | |
| Roy Jokanovich | 67 | OT | 6-1 | 235 | 27 | British Columbia | 13 | |
| Dale Klassen | 61 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | 8 | ||
| Bobby Kuntz | 23 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 178 | 29 | McMaster | 14 | |
| Dave Mann | 16 | FL | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Oregon State | 14 | |
| Marty Martinello | 54 | MG | 5-10 | 225 | 30 | none | 14 | |
| Doug McNichol | 72 | OT-DE | 6-4 | 226 | 31 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Bill Mitchell | 51 | OG-OT | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Ron Morris | 73 | OE | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Arkansas; Tulsa | 7 | |
| Danny Nykoluk | 60 | OT | 6-3 | 248 | 27 | none | 14 | |
| Ed Ochiena | 78 | E | 6-2 | 186 | 23 | Waterloo Lutheran | 3 | |
| Gerry Patrick | 53 | DE | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Illinois | 13 | |
| Gerry Philp | 12 | DB-OE | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | Fullerton JC; Florida State | 6 | |
| Walt Radzick | 68 | OT-DT | 6-3 | 260 | 26 | Toronto | 14 | |
| Tobin Rote | 18 | QB | 6-3 | 211 | 33 | Rice | 14 | |
| Jim Rountree | 20 | DB-OHB | 5-10 | 193 | 25 | Florida | 14 | |
| Tex Schriewer | 79/77 | OE | 6-4 | 220 | 27 | Texas | 8 | |
| Dick Shatto | 22 | OHB | 6-2 | 196 | 28 | Kentucky | 13 | |
| Billy Shipp | 66 | OT-DT | 6-5 | 275 | 31 | Alabama | 14 | |
| Norm Stoneburgh | 40 | C | 6-2 | 245 | 26 | none | 14 | |
| Stan Wallace | 74 | S-OE | 6-3 | 208 | 30 | Illinois | 10 | |
| Casey Wood | 63 | OT | 6-5 | 245 | 21 | Toronto | 14 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Mike Wicklum | HB | Queen's |
| 2 | 9 | Mike Muir | E | Toronto |
| 3 | 14 | Bob Milligan | FB | McGill |
| 4 | 18 | Sam Poaps | G | Queen's |
| 5 | 22 | Mike Chykaliuk | G | Toronto |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 60 | 68 | 68 | 59 | 255 |
| Opponents Totals | 90 | 44 | 57 | 67 | 258 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 269 | 106 | 1444 | 19 | 93 | 781 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 259 | 136 | 103 | 20 | 69 | 653 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Mann | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 46 | ||||
| Dick Shatto | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Cookie Gilchrist | 3 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | - | 5 | 9 | 55.6 | 3 | 0 | 41 | ||
| Tobin Rote | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Bill Mitchell | 0 | 10 | 15 | 66.7 | - | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Bobby Kuntz | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Art Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Ron Morris | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jim Rountree | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Wes Gideon | 0 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | - | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Bob Jewett | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Gerry Philp | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 32 | 20 | 32 | 62.5 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 14 | 1 | 255 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 31 | 33 | 93.9 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 9 | 1 | 258 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie Gilchrist | 105 | 709 | 6.8 | 67 | 3 |
| Dick Shatto | 94 | 502 | 5.3 | 45 | 3 |
| Bobby Kuntz | 69 | 475 | 6.9 | 59 | 3 |
| Dave Mann | 32 | 121 | 3.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 31 | 95 | 3.1 | 12 | 4 |
| Art Johnson | 8 | 45 | 5.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Lynn Bottoms | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Rountree | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Wes Gideon | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Stan Wallace | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ron Morris | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Aston | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 359 | 1997 | 5.6 | 13 | |
| Opponents Totals | 460 | 2493 | 5.4 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobin Rote | 389 | 220 | 220 | 153 | 3093 | 8.0 | 14.1 | 108 | 16 | 4.1 | 16 | 4.1 | 17 | 145 | 2948 | 78.9 |
| Dave Mann | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 118.8 |
| John Henry Jackson | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 18 | -10 | 56.3 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Dick Shatto | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 402 | 223 | 55.5 | 160 | 3137 | 7.8 | 14.1 | 16 | 4.0 | 19 | 4.7 | 208 | 2929 | 74.4 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 292 | 144 | 49.3 | 117 | 2435 | 8.3 | 16.9 | 15 | 5.1 | 31 | 10.6 | 128 | 2307 | 55.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Mann | 53 | 659 | 12.4 | 45 | 5 |
| Dick Shatto | 35 | 493 | 14.1 | 41 | 4 |
| Jim Rountree | 26 | 427 | 16.4 | 108 | 2 |
| Ron Morris | 23 | 459 | 20.0 | 60 | 2 |
| Bob Jewett | 23 | 337 | 14.7 | 37 | 1 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 15 | 147 | 9.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Tex Schriewer | 10 | 108 | 10.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Lynn Bottoms | 9 | 142 | 15.8 | 37 | 0 |
| Gerry Philp | 9 | 71 | 7.9 | 15 | 1 |
| Bobby Kuntz | 8 | 109 | 13.6 | 62 | 0 |
| Stan Wallace | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 36 | 0 |
| Wes Gideon | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Art Johnson | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Boyd Carter | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 223 | 3137 | 14.1 | 16 | |
| Opponents Totals | 144 | 2435 | 16.9 | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Johnson | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 47 | 1 |
| Jim Rountree | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Clare Exelby | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Ron Morris | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Wes Gideon | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Jim Andreotti | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 54 | 0 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Brian Aston | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Marty Martinello | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Billy Shipp | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Boyd Carter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Kuntz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 449 | 14.5 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 217 | 11.4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Mann | 107 | 5140 | 48.0 | 81 | 1 | - | ||||
| Jim Rountree | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | - | ||||
| Team Totals | 109 | 5206 | 47.8 | 1 | - | 606 | 4600 | 41.8 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 110 | 4808 | 43.7 | - | 555 | 4253 | 38.7 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Bottoms | 48 | 251 | 5.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Clare Exelby | 31 | 172 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Brian Aston | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Gerry Philp | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 25 | 1 |
| Art Johnson | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Stan Wallace | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Rountree | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Ron Morris | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Marty Martinello | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 104 | 555 | 5.3 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 109 | 606 | 5.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie Gilchrist | 18 | 1093 | 60.7 | 70 | 1 |
| Bill Mitchell | 25 | 1426 | 57.0 | 73 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 44 | 2532 | 57.5 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 2564 | 53.4 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Johnson | 16 | 436 | 27.3 | 54 | 0 |
| Cookie Gilchrist | 12 | 327 | 27.3 | 50 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 7 | 164 | 23.4 | 29 | 0 |
| Dick Shatto | 3 | 100 | 33.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Ron Morris | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Brian Aston | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Clare Exelby | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Gerry Philp | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Boyd Carter | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Wes Gideon | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tex Schriewer | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 47 | 1163 | 24.7 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 1117 | 25.4 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobin Rote | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 30 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 23 | 23 | 3 |
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