1963 Toronto Argonauts (CFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Conference • 3-11-0 .214 |
| Head Coach: Nobby Wirkowski |
| Ken Carpenter | Assistant Coach |
| Cliff Speegle | Assistant Coach |
| Bill Zock | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 7/17/1963 | H | British Columbia Lions | 27-30 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 24076 | |
| Wed | 7/24/1963 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 21-20 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 21281 | |
| Mon | 7/29/1963 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 26-12 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 14742 | |
| Wed | 7/31/1963 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 3-8 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 16000 | |
| Fri | 8/9/1963 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 8-5 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 27557 | |
| Fri | 8/16/1963 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 16-17 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 20000 | |
| Mon | 8/19/1963 | A | British Columbia Lions | 14-22 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 31589 | |
| Fri | 8/23/1963 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 8-15 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 19354 | |
| Mon | 9/2/1963 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1-7 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 26318 | |
| Fri | 9/6/1963 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 20-25 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 29902 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1963 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 15-7 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 30752 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1963 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 0-50 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 31214 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1963 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 12-30 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18022 | |
| Fri | 10/4/1963 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 13-29 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 23587 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1963 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 20-34 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 23277 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1963 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 10-11 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 21196 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1963 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 44-28 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 19263 | |
| Sat | 11/2/1963 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 21-30 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 13089 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jeff Atcheson | 17 | OHB | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | Nebraska | 14 | |
| John Autry | 51 | DE | 6-1 | 232 | 25 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | |
| Lynn Bottoms | 14 | HB | 5-10 | 185 | 30 | 10 | ||
| Ron Brewer | 10 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 26 | none | 14 | |
| Tom Cloutier | 72 | OE | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | California | 11 | |
| Don Derrick | 18 | HB | Oklahoma; Northwestern Oklahoma State; Oklahoma State | 2 | ||||
| Oscar Donahue | 19 | OE-FL | 6-3 | 200 | 26 | San Francisco CC; San Jose State | 2 | |
| Jack Elwell | 73 | OE | 6-3 | 205 | 23 | Purdue | 5 | |
| Clare Exelby | 30 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | none | 14 | |
| Don Fuell | 28 | DB-QB | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Auburn; Southern Mississippi | 14 | |
| Tom Gates | 18 | HB | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | San Diego; San Bernardino Valley JC; Oregon State | 1 | |
| Gus Gonzales | 52 | G | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Tulane | 4 | |
| Ed Harrington | 59 | OG | 6-3 | 240 | 22 | Langston | 12 | |
| Ron Hatcher | FB | 5-11 | 215 | 24 | Michigan State | 3 | ||
| Larry Hickman | 27 | DB | 6-1 | 230 | 28 | Baylor | 9 | |
| Al Hinton | 58 | G | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Iowa | 14 | |
| Ed Hoerster | 32 | DT | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Notre Dame | 10 | |
| George Hughley | OHB | 6-1 | 223 | 26 | Santa Monica JC; Central Oklahoma | 3 | ||
| Art Johnson | 26 | HB | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Michigan State | 5 | |
| Butch LaRoue | 50 | G | 6-1 | 232 | 21 | Western Michigan | 14 | |
| Jim Leo | 77 | LB | 6-1 | 222 | 26 | Cincinnati | 8 | |
| Aubrey Linne | 75 | E | 6-7 | 235 | 24 | Texas Christian | 4 | |
| Dave Mann | 16 | OHB | 6-1 | 190 | 31 | Oregon State | 9 | |
| Marty Martinello | 54 | G | 5-10 | 225 | 32 | none | 14 | |
| Doug McNichol | 44 | T | 6-4 | 226 | 33 | Western Ontario | 10 | |
| Ron Morris | 11 | HB | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Arkansas; Tulsa | 5 | |
| Danny Nykoluk | 60 | T | 6-3 | 248 | 29 | none | 14 | |
| Jackie Parker | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 185 | 31 | Jones County JC; Mississippi State | 14 | |
| Gerry Patrick | 53 | T | 6-1 | 225 | 27 | Illinois | 1 | |
| Gerry Philp | 79 | OE-DB | 6-0 | 195 | 31 | Fullerton JC; Florida State | 14 | |
| Preston Powell | 15 | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Grambling State | 2 | |
| Walt Radzick | 68 | T | 6-3 | 260 | 28 | Toronto | 14 | |
| John Raulick | 57 | T | 6-0 | 230 | 27 | none | 14 | |
| Jon Rechner | 34 | DB | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Carroll (Wisconsin) | 8 | |
| Leo Reed | 67 | T | 6-3 | 260 | 24 | Colorado State | 6 | |
| Jim Rountree | 20 | DB | 5-10 | 193 | 27 | Florida | 14 | |
| Maury Schleicher | E-LB | 6-3 | 238 | 26 | Penn State | 3 | ||
| Dick Shatto | 22 | OHB | 6-2 | 196 | 30 | Kentucky | 14 | |
| Billy Shipp | 66 | DT | 6-5 | 275 | 33 | Alabama | 12 | |
| Jackie Simpson | 31 | DB | 5-10 | 183 | 29 | Florida | 8 | |
| Sandy Stephens | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | Minnesota | 8 | |
| Norm Stoneburgh | 40 | C | 6-2 | 245 | 28 | none | 14 | |
| Gary Strickler | 61 | G | 6-3 | 220 | 24 | Queen's | 8 | |
| A.D. Williams | E | 6-2 | 210 | 30 | Santa Monica JC; Pacific | 1 | ||
| Jerry Wilson | 76 | DE | 6-2 | 238 | 27 | Auburn | 10 | |
| John Wydareny | 33 | DB-OHB | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | John Wydareny | HB | Western Ontario |
| 2 | 10 | John Metras | C | Western Ontario |
| 3 | 19 | Wayne Reeder | HB | Royal Military College |
| 4 | 28 | Len Blackladder | HB | Ottawa |
| 5 | 37 | Neil Weber | HB | St. Francis Xavier |
| 6 | 43 | Ted Farrow | T | Western Ontario |
| 7 | 49 | Tom Kristenbrun | T | Toronto |
| 8 | 54 | Barry Carkner | QB | British Columbia |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 15 | 65 | 37 | 85 | 202 |
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 58 | 91 | 83 | 310 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 256 | 91 | 143 | 22 | 84 | 690 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 253 | 123 | 113 | 17 | 87 | 739 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Shatto | 13 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | |||
| Sandy Stephens | 1 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | - | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Jackie Parker | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Dave Mann | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Jack Elwell | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Gerry Philp | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Clare Exelby | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ed Harrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Larry Hickman | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Butch LaRoue | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| John Wydareny | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jerry Wilson | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | - | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Don Fuell | 0 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | - | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Team Totals | 28 | 16 | 28 | 57.1 | 3 | 11 | 27.3 | 9 | 0 | 202 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 35 | 40 | 87.5 | 6 | 18 | 33.3 | 17 | 0 | 310 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Shatto | 108 | 570 | 5.3 | 25 | 3 |
| Larry Hickman | 84 | 365 | 4.3 | 18 | 1 |
| Jackie Parker | 39 | 145 | 3.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Don Fuell | 18 | 122 | 6.8 | 24 | 0 |
| George Hughley | 18 | 108 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ron Hatcher | 16 | 95 | 5.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Sandy Stephens | 15 | 78 | 5.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Art Johnson | 18 | 49 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Jon Rechner | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Jackie Simpson | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Preston Powell | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jeff Atcheson | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Gates | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Gerry Philp | 0 | 7 | 7L | 0 | |
| Jack Elwell | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| Don Derrick | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Harrington | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 354 | 1685 | 4.8 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 471 | 2283 | 4.8 | 22 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Parker | 219 | 115 | 115 | 97 | 1603 | 7.3 | 13.9 | 56 | 7 | 3.2 | 7 | 3.2 | 18 | 167 | 1436 | 73.7 |
| Sandy Stephens | 126 | 65 | 65 | 48 | 988 | 7.8 | 15.2 | 55 | 9 | 7.1 | 13 | 10.3 | 62.0 | |||
| Dick Shatto | 14 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 188 | 13.4 | 20.9 | 42 | 2 | 14.3 | 1 | 7.1 | 1 | 7 | 181 | 117.6 |
| Don Fuell | 41 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 122 | 3.0 | 11.1 | 28 | 1 | 2.4 | 2 | 4.9 | 3 | 31 | 91 | 27.4 |
| Team Totals | 400 | 200 | 50.0 | 177 | 2901 | 7.3 | 14.5 | 19 | 4.8 | 23 | 5.8 | 218 | 2683 | 65.8 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 288 | 164 | 56.9 | 110 | 2504 | 8.7 | 15.3 | 15 | 5.2 | 14 | 4.9 | 195 | 2309 | 82.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Shatto | 67 | 945 | 14.1 | 55 | 10 |
| Jackie Parker | 23 | 327 | 14.2 | 36 | 2 |
| Tom Cloutier | 20 | 254 | 12.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 11 | 190 | 17.3 | 33 | 2 |
| Ron Morris | 10 | 198 | 19.8 | 56 | 0 |
| Jack Elwell | 9 | 190 | 21.1 | 46 | 2 |
| Gerry Philp | 9 | 126 | 14.0 | 19 | 2 |
| Sandy Stephens | 8 | 151 | 18.9 | 42 | 1 |
| George Hughley | 7 | 106 | 15.1 | 27 | 0 |
| Aubrey Linne | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Larry Hickman | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jeff Atcheson | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Art Johnson | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 43 | 0 |
| Jerry Wilson | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| A.D. Williams | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jackie Simpson | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Oscar Donahue | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Tom Gates | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Rountree | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jon Rechner | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Don Fuell | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Ron Hatcher | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 200 | 2901 | 14.5 | 19 | |
| Opponents Totals | 164 | 2504 | 15.3 | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Simpson | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Jim Rountree | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Don Fuell | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 28 | 0 |
| John Wydareny | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Clare Exelby | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59t | 1 |
| Butch LaRoue | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38t | 1 |
| Ron Brewer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jerry Wilson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 295 | 21.1 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 531 | 23.1 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Mann | 64 | 2671 | 41.7 | 67 | - | |||||
| Ron Morris | 50 | 1991 | 39.8 | 66 | - | |||||
| Aubrey Linne | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | - | |||||
| Sandy Stephens | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 116 | 4748 | 40.9 | - | 604 | 4144 | 35.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 120 | 4929 | 41.1 | - | 578 | 4351 | 36.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clare Exelby | 43 | 231 | 5.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Lynn Bottoms | 31 | 156 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jackie Simpson | 20 | 120 | 6.0 | 15 | 0 |
| John Wydareny | 10 | 60 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Don Derrick | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Don Fuell | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Rountree | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Mann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 109 | 578 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 103 | 604 | 5.9 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Mann | 4 | 208 | 52.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Jerry Wilson | 17 | 851 | 50.1 | 75 | 0 |
| Gary Strickler | 18 | 822 | 45.7 | 55 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 1881 | 48.2 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Atcheson | 17 | 319 | 18.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Jim Rountree | 10 | 174 | 17.4 | 48 | 0 |
| George Hughley | 4 | 173 | 43.3 | 94 | 0 |
| Ron Hatcher | 6 | 166 | 27.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Dick Shatto | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Art Johnson | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Jackie Simpson | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ron Morris | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Lynn Bottoms | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jerry Wilson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Aubrey Linne | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Cloutier | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ron Brewer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 52 | 1062 | 20.4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 758 | 19.9 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clare Exelby | 1 | ||||||
| Jackie Parker | 1 | ||||||
| John Wydareny | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 22 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 16 | 16 | 1 |
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