1966 Toronto Argonauts - Pro Football Archives

1966 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)

4th place Eastern Conference 5-9-0 .357

Head Coach: Bob Shaw

Gord Ackerman	Line
Bob Dennis	Backfield

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Thu	7/14/1966	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	41-27	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	20000
Wed	7/20/1966	H	Calgary Stampeders	13-17	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	23335
Sat	7/23/1966	A	Edmonton Eskimos	7-9	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	7500
Wed	7/27/1966	A	British Columbia Lions	28-27	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	23103
Fri	8/5/1966	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	8-18	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	28594
Fri	8/12/1966	H	Montreal Alouettes	6-17	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	24139
Sat	8/20/1966	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	10-23	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	22261
Tue	8/30/1966	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	0-24	L	Ottawa, ON	Landsdowne Park	20137
Mon	9/5/1966	A	Calgary Stampeders	8-13	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	20000
Sun	9/11/1966	H	Edmonton Eskimos	34-14	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	21685
Sun	9/18/1966	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	7-23	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	19339
Wed	9/21/1966	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	9-43	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	17112
Sun	9/25/1966	H	British Columbia Lions	29-27	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	18926
Sat	10/1/1966	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	8-17	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	20786
Mon	10/10/1966	A	Montreal Alouettes	9-8	W	Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium	14000
Sat	10/15/1966	H	Montreal Alouettes	11-27	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	16000
Sun	10/23/1966	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	35-12	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	16064
Sat	10/29/1966	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	8-5	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	15072

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
	Dick Aboud	OG	6-0	208	25	NDG Maple Leafs Jrs.; Mount Royal Lions Jrs.; Tulsa	6
31	Dick Aldridge	LDH	6-0	198	25	Waterloo	14
	Ron Arends	DB	6-1	167	21	Weston Invictus Redmen Jrs.	8
54	John Atamian	LOG	6-1	245	24	Notre Dame	14
28	Monk Bailey	HB	6-0	178	28	Utah	2
63	Walt Balasiuk	DT	6-2	260	27		1
35	Kern Carson	HB	6-1	202	25	San Diego State	1
30	Jim Copeland	DB	5-9	180	27	none	14
	Johnny Counts	HB	5-10	170	27	Illinois	2
19	Eagle Day	QB	6-0	183	34	Mississippi	9
72	Gene Donaldson	LB	6-2	225	24	Purdue	11
53	Al Ecuyer	LB	5-10	210	29	Notre Dame	14
	John Erickson	OG	6-3	240	25	Queen's	6
	Wolfgang Felgemacher	K	5-10	165	25	none	1	0
	Larry Ferguson	OHB	5-10	185	26	Iowa	5
57	Kent Francisco	ROG	6-2	255	24	UCLA	9
68	Bill Frank	LOT	6-5	255	28	Colorado	13
12	Wally Gabler	QB	6-2	195	22	New Mexico Military Institute JC; Michigan	14
	Bob Good	HB	5-11	185	26	Oregon State; Queen's	10
42	Ed Hulse	C	6-3	235	27	Lakeshore Bears Jrs.	9
71	Al Irwin	LOE	6-4	220	23	McMaster	14
28	Ray Jones	OHB	5-11	199	23	Los Angeles Harbor JC; Los Angeles State	1
27	Marv Luster	S	6-1	195	29	Los Angeles CC; UCLA	14
16	Dave Mann	HB-P	6-1	190	34	Oregon State	14
70	Pete Manning	RCB	6-3	208	29	Wake Forest	14
65	Mario Mariani	LDE	6-5	248	23	Contra Costa JC; New Mexico	14
	Billy Martin	ROH	5-11	197	28	Minnesota	6
77	Pete Martin	LB	6-0	205	26	Western Ontario; East York Argos Srs.	14
74	Barry Mitchelson	OE	6-5	230	24	Western Ontario	3
60	Danny Nykoluk	ROT	6-3	248	32	none	14
64	Bob Oetting	OT	6-4	250	24	Concordia (Nebraska)	4
75	Mel Profit	ROE	6-5	226	25	UCLA	13
51	John Raulick	OG	6-0	230	30	none	8
42	John Reykdal	C	6-1	230	23	British Columbia	1
20	Jim Rountree	LCB	5-10	193	30	Florida	13
	Bill Scott	DB	6-0	188	22	Idaho	1
62	Dave Still	LDT	6-3	250	24	Colorado State	13
	Norm Stoneburgh	C	6-2	245	31	Toronto Parkdale Lions Jrs.	10
33	Bob Swift	FB	6-1	233	23	Clemson	7
24	Bobby Taylor	FL	5-10	190	25	Mount Royal JC Cougars Jrs.	14
11	Dave Thelen	LOH	6-0	205	29	Miami (Ohio)	14
18	Bill Van Burkleo	QB	5-11	185	23	Oklahoma; Tulsa	4
	Johnny Varnell	DE	6-4	265	25	West Texas A&M	3
41	John Vilunas	RDT-K	6-1	250	25	Lakeshore Bears Jrs.	14
59	Mike Wadsworth	RDE	6-3	258	23	Notre Dame	14
10	Mike Wicklum	RDH	6-1	190	27	Queen's	14
	Joe Williams	DE	6-3	263	20	Maryland-Eastern Shore	1

Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	2	Ross Nicholson	T	Western Ontario
2	11	Andy Szandiner	HB	Toronto
3	20	Ranny Parker	LB	Toronto
4	29	Bob Mason	E	Royal Military College
5	37	Geoirge McKenzie	T	St. Patrick's
6	45	Merv Daub	G	Queen's
7	52	Al Smith	E	Western Ontario
7	53	David Dalton	HB	Carleton	from BC

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	10	67	48	57
Opponents Totals	60	36	77	98

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		240	106	107	27	80	823
Opponents Totals		272	146	104	22	93	915

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
John Vilunas	0	14	20	70.0	6	14	42.9	5	0	37
Bobby Taylor	6	0	0		0	0		0	0	36
Dave Thelen	5	0	0		0	0		0	0	30
Al Irwin	4	0	0		0	0		0	0	24
Larry Ferguson	3	0	0		0	0		0	0	18
Dave Mann	0	0	0		0	0		11	0	11
Wally Gabler	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Billy Martin	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Jim Rountree	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Bob Swift	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Bill Van Burkleo	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	1
Wolfgang Felgemacher	0	1	1	100.0	0	2	0.0	0	0	1
Team Totals	22	15	22	68.2	6	16	37.5	17	0	182
Opponents Totals	33	28	33	84.8	12	24	50.0	5	2	271

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Thelen	167	745	4.5	29	5
Wally Gabler	67	373	5.6	27	1
Larry Ferguson	36	204	5.7	75	1
Billy Martin	47	184	3.9	21	1
Bob Swift	33	140	4.2	21	1
Dave Mann	8	67	8.4	40	0
Ray Jones	7	48	6.9	15	0
Monk Bailey	15	43	2.9	6	0
Bob Good	14	37	2.6	10	0
Kern Carson	5	18	3.6	6	0
Jim Copeland	4	14	3.5	5	0
Eagle Day	6	14	2.3	5	0
Bill Scott	4	13	3.3	9	0
Johnny Counts	8	-7	-0.9	4	0
Team Totals	421	1893	4.5		9
Opponents Totals	509	2745	5.4		13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Wally Gabler	219	99	45.2	106	1659	7.6	16.8	75	6	2.7	14	6.4	34	342	1317	53.8
Eagle Day	107	60	56.1	44	781	7.3	13.0	27	6	5.6	3	2.8	14	107	674	86.2
Dave Mann	2	1	50.0	1	25	12.5	25.0	25	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	25	95.8
Larry Ferguson	1	1	100.0	0	11	11.0	11.0	11	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	11	112.5
Bill Van Burkleo	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	330	161	48.8	151	2476	7.5	15.4		12	3.6	18	5.5		449	2027	63.4
Opponents Totals	275	136	49.5	113	2018	7.3	14.8		15	5.5	26	9.5		120	1898	52.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Taylor	56	827	14.8	46	6
Mel Profit	32	473	14.8	53	0
Dave Thelen	17	248	14.6	49	0
Pete Manning	13	154	11.8	18	0
Al Irwin	12	399	33.3	75	4
Larry Ferguson	9	112	12.4	45	2
Billy Martin	9	108	12.0	33	0
Bob Good	4	35	8.8	20	0
Bill Scott	2	29	14.5	21	0
Kern Carson	2	25	12.5	21	0
Monk Bailey	1	43	43.0	43	0
Johnny Counts	1	9	9.0	9	0
Barry Mitchelson	1	9	9.0	9	0
Wally Gabler	1	4	4.0	4	0
Bill Frank	1	1	1.0	1	0
Bob Swift	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	161	2476	15.4		12
Opponents Totals	136	2018	14.8		15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Marv Luster	7	24	3.4	15	0
Mike Wicklum	6	45	7.5	17	0
Jim Rountree	4	127	31.8	47	1
Dick Aldridge	3	94	31.3	42	0
Al Ecuyer	3	25	8.3	14	0
Pete Manning	2	38	19.0	29	0
Gene Donaldson	1	13	13.0	13	0
Team Totals	26	366	14.1		1
Opponents Totals	18	280	15.6		3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Dave Mann	127	5482	43.2	102	11
Bill Van Burkleo	3	185	61.7	82	1
Team Totals	130	5667	43.6
Opponents Totals	100	3902	39.0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Jim Copeland	61	246	4.0	15
Dick Aldridge	24	123	5.1	13
Mike Wicklum	2	45	22.5	32
Marv Luster	5	18	3.6	9
Jim Rountree	1	6	6.0	6
Al Ecuyer	1	2	2.0	2
Dave Mann	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	95	440	4.6
Opponents Totals	112	694	6.2

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
John Vilunas	34	1751	51.5	70	0
Wolfgang Felgemacher	2	118	59.0	60	0
Team Totals	36	1869	51.9
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Jim Copeland	17	393	23.1	36
Billy Martin	9	205	22.8	37
Jim Rountree	7	177	25.3	32
Bill Scott	3	64	21.3	24
Ron Arends	2	33	16.5	17
Kern Carson	1	32	32.0	32
Johnny Counts	1	25	25.0	25
Bob Swift	1	24	24.0	24
Dick Aldridge	2	22	11.0	20
Dave Mann	1	10	10.0	10
Mel Profit	1	5	5.0	5
Bob Good	1	0	0.0	0
Pete Martin	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	47	990	21.1
Opponents Totals	35	781	22.3

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	TD
Dick Aldridge	2					0
Jim Copeland	2					0
Johnny Counts	1					0
Eagle Day	1					0
Gene Donaldson	0	0				0
Al Ecuyer	0	0				0
Wally Gabler	7					0
Bob Good	1					0
Marv Luster	0	0				0
Dave Mann	1					0
Pete Manning	0	0				0
Mario Mariani	0	0				0
Billy Martin	2					0
Pete Martin	0	0				0
Jim Rountree	0	0				0
Dave Still	0	0				0
Norm Stoneburgh	1					0
Bobby Taylor	1					0
Dave Thelen	1					0
Johnny Varnell	0	0				0
John Vilunas	0	0				0
Mike Wadsworth	0	0				0
Mike Wicklum	0	0				0
Team Totals	20	13	7	21	28	0
Opponents Totals		21		13	13	2