1968 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) - Pro Football Archives

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Thu	7/11/1968	H	Calgary Stampeders	15-15	T	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park
Wed	7/17/1968	H	British Columbia Lions	22-15	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	17338
Mon	7/22/1968	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	43-35	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	10800
Wed	7/24/1968	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13-29	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	13422
Thu	8/1/1968	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	53-13	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	23739
Fri	8/9/1968	A	Toronto Argonauts	38-14	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	32810
Wed	8/14/1968	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	37-23	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	25254
Thu	8/22/1968	A	Montreal Alouettes	24-25	L	Montreal, QC	Autostade	16000
Wed	9/4/1968	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24-17	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	20151
Wed	9/11/1968	A	Edmonton Eskimos	20-25	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	18600
Sat	9/14/1968	A	British Columbia Lions	22-22	T	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	25352
Sat	9/21/1968	H	Calgary Stampeders	24-27	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	24283
Sat	9/28/1968	A	Montreal Alouettes	30-20	W	Montreal, QC	Autostade	15000
Sun	10/6/1968	H	Toronto Argonauts	31-10	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	23454
Sun	10/13/1968	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	36-23	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	29960
Sat	10/19/1968	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	27-24	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	25411
Sat	10/26/1968	H	Montreal Alouettes	19-19	T	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	17747
Sun	11/3/1968	A	Toronto Argonauts	31-9	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	33135
Eastern Final #1
Sun	11/17/1968	A	Toronto Argonauts	11-13	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	32304
Eastern Final #2
Sat	11/23/1968	H	Toronto Argonauts	36-14	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	25085
Grey Cup
Sat	11/30/1968	N	Calgary Stampeders	24-21	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	32655

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
73	Margene Adkins	SE	5-10	183	21	Trinity Valley CC	14
20	Barry Ardern	DB	5-10	181	22	none	14
74	Gino Berretta	P	6-1	208	26	none	3	0
61	Tom Beynon	LOT	6-2	242	27	Queen's; Western Ontario	14
30	Rick Black	FB	6-0	210	25	Mount Allison	9
65	Billy Joe Booth	RDT	6-0	230	28	Louisiana State	14
55	Dave Braggins	LOG	6-2	245	23	Florida State	14
60	Bob Brown	DE	6-2	239	25	Miami (Florida)	4
52	Jim Cain	LDT	6-4	240	29	Detroit Mercy	14
54	Jerry Campbell	LLB	5-11	210	24	Idaho	7
24	Lovell Coleman	LOH	5-10	195	30	Western Michigan	14
66	Doug Collins	DT-OT	6-4	240	23	Cincinnati	6
23	Billy Cooper	DB-FL	5-10	180	23	none	14
30	Danny Dever	DB	6-0	180	22	Wake Forest	3
22	Gene Gaines	S	5-11	185	30	East Los Angeles JC; UCLA	14
21	Wayne Giardino	RLB	5-11	195	25	Florida State	14
12	Russ Jackson	QB	6-1	190	32	McMaster	14
63	Ed Joyner	DE-OG	6-1	230	23	Lenoir-Rhyne	8
41	Ken Lehmann	MLB	5-11	222	26	Marquette; Xavier (Ohio)	14
25	Jim Mankins	FB	6-1	235	24	Oklahoma; Hartnell JC; Florida State	1
51	Roger Perdrix	RDE	6-1	225	25	Cincinnati	10
17	Joe Poirier	DB	6-1	190	31	Loyola (Quebec); McGill	14
54	LaVerle Pratt	LB	6-2	235	25	Idaho	4
71	Tom Pullen	TE	6-3	210	23	Michigan	14
62	Moe Racine	ROT-K	6-4	232	31	none	14
	Jim Reynolds	LB	6-2	212	30	Hillsdale	6
76	Jay Roberts	TE	6-4	222	26	Kansas	14
56	Tom Schuette	ROG	6-1	238	23	Indiana	14
16	Bo Scott	FB	6-3	213	25	Ohio State	11
42	Jerry Selinger	LDE	6-0	215	33	St. Joseph's (Indiana)	14
50	Ken Shaw	C	6-4	245		none	14
53	Marshall Shirk	DT	6-2	250	28	UCLA	14
43	Doug Specht	C	6-2	250	26	Brigham Young	12
25	George Stetter	CB	5-11	180	23	Virginia	5
11	Ron Stewart	ROH	5-7	175	34	Queen's	14
14	Don Sutherin	CB	5-11	200	32	Ohio State	14
26	Whit Tucker	FL	5-11	175	27	Western Ontario	14
15	Bill Van Burkleo	RDH-QB	5-11	185	25	Oklahoma; Tulsa	14
27	Vic Washington	HB-DH	5-10	194	22	Wyoming	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Paul Brule	HB	St. Francis Xavier
1	6	Darryl Burgess	LB	St. Mary's (Nova Scotia)
1	8	Ron Wakelin	G	Toronto
1	9	Dan Cooper	C	Bishop's
2	16	John Wilson	LB	Alberta
3	25	Theron Craig	LB	Queen's
4	34	Brian Fryer	LB	McMaster
5	42	Don Shuh	LB	Waterloo
6	50	Jim Tait	LB	Queen's
7	58	Ted Abercrombie	FB	St. Mary's (Nova Scotia)
8	65	Neil Wyatt	DL	Ottawa

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	95	153	90	78
Opponents Totals	57	73	66	75

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		285	138	129	18	67	503
Opponents Totals		218	77	128	13	82	698

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Don Sutherin	1	44	51	86.3			-	17	37	45.9	11	0	112
Whit Tucker	13	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	78
Vic Washington	10	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	60
Margene Adkins	8	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	48
Bo Scott	8	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	48
Russ Jackson	6	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	36
Rick Black	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Jerry Campbell	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Wayne Giardino	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Joe Poirier	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Jay Roberts	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Bill Van Burkleo	0	0	0				-	0	0		2	0	2
(Team)	0	0	0				-	0	0		0	1	2
Team Totals	51	44	51	86.3	17	37	45.9	13	1	416
Opponents Totals	30	26	30	86.7	18	32	56.3	11	0	271

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bo Scott	137	911	6.6	60	7
Vic Washington	109	678	6.2	34	7
Russ Jackson	54	534	9.9	73	6
Lovell Coleman	39	136	3.5	19	0
Ron Stewart	31	114	3.7	16	0
Rick Black	28	109	3.9	11	1
Bill Van Burkleo	6	50	8.3	23	0
Wayne Giardino	3	18	6.0	11	0
Jim Mankins	2	-1	-0.5	1	0
Margene Adkins	1	-21	-21.0	-21	0
Team Totals	409	2528	6.2		21
Opponents Totals	336	1522	4.5		9

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Russ Jackson	305	171	171	118	3187	10.4	18.6	65	25	8.2	16	5.2	97.8
Bill Van Burkleo	16	4	4	9	70	4.4	17.5	27	0	0.0	3	18.8	5.7
Team Totals	321	175	54.5	127	3257	10.1	18.6		25	7.8	19	5.9	91.1
Opponents Totals	367	192	52.3	145	2975	8.1	15.5		18	4.9	30	8.2	61.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Whit Tucker	36	890	24.7	65	13
Margene Adkins	32	821	25.7	57	8
Jay Roberts	32	566	17.7	38	1
Vic Washington	25	426	17.0	60	2
Bo Scott	16	115	7.2	20	1
Ron Stewart	14	129	9.2	23	0
Lovell Coleman	10	205	20.5	54	0
Tom Pullen	6	72	12.0	27	0
Rick Black	3	13	4.3	7	0
Billy Cooper	1	20	20.0	20	0
Team Totals	175	3257	18.6		25
Opponents Totals	192	2975	15.5		18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Poirier	6	110	18.3	47	1
Don Sutherin	5	64	12.8	35	1
Jerry Campbell	5	37	7.4	22	0
Ken Lehmann	4	64	16.0	56	0
Gene Gaines	3	80	26.7	40	0
Bill Van Burkleo	3	66	22.0	38	0
Ed Joyner	1	30	30.0	30	0
Vic Washington	1	25	25.0	25	0
Billy Cooper	1	19	19.0	19	0
Billy Joe Booth	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Team Totals	30	491	16.4		2
Opponents Totals	19	351	18.5		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Bill Van Burkleo	84	3538	42.1	65	-
Gino Berretta	11	438	39.8	50	-
Team Totals	95	3976	41.9		-	680	4101	36.0
Opponents Totals	126	5656	44.9		-	644	5012	39.8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Barry Ardern	59	318	5.4	26
Billy Cooper	44	196	4.5	31
Vic Washington	6	127	21.2	36
Don Sutherin	2	2	1.0	2
Bill Van Burkleo	1	1	1.0	1
Team Totals	112	644	5.8
Opponents Totals	99	680	6.9

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Don Sutherin	63	3749	59.5	85	3
Team Totals	63	3749	59.5
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Vic Washington	26	853	32.8	104	1
Billy Cooper	9	211	23.4	53	0
Ken Lehmann	3	21	7.0	10	0
Jerry Campbell	2	20	10.0	13	0
Tom Pullen	2	8	4.0	7	0
Wayne Giardino	1	7	7.0	7	0
LaVerle Pratt	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	44	1125	25.6		1
Opponents Totals	61	1336	21.9		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Barry Ardern	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Beynon	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Dave Braggins	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Brown	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jerry Campbell	0	0	0	2	2	3	1
Lovell Coleman	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Cooper	2	2	1	1	2	3	0
Gene Gaines	0	0	0	4	4	33	0
Wayne Giardino	0	0	0	2	2	87	1
Russ Jackson	6	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Joyner	0	0	0	2	2	3	0
Jim Mankins	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Poirier	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tom Pullen	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jay Roberts	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Bo Scott	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Stewart	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Whit Tucker	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bill Van Burkleo	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vic Washington	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	22	16	6	13	19	129	2
Opponents Totals		13		16	16		2

Jack Gotta	Assistant Coach
Kelley Mote	Assistant Coach