1971 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) |
3rd place Eastern Conference 6-8-0 .429 |
Head Coach: Jack Gotta |
George Brancato | Assistant Coach |
Jay Fry | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | ||||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | Notes | |||
Mon | 7/5/1971 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 17-19 | L | Ottawa, ON | Landsdowne Park | 13513 | ||
Fri | 7/9/1971 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 5-1 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 14768 | ||
Mon | 7/12/1971 | A | British Columbia Lions | 41-14 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23088 | ||
Mon | 7/19/1971 | H | British Columbia Lions | 20-22 | L | Ottawa, ON | Landsdowne Park | 15554 | ||
Tue | 7/27/1971 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 22-11 | W | Ottawa, ON | Landsdowne Park | 19959 | ||
Mon | 8/2/1971 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 28-22 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21851 | ||
Wed | 8/4/1971 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 8-9 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 22251 | ||
Wed | 8/11/1971 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 17-20 | L | Ottawa, ON | Landsdowne Park | 26385 | ||
Thu | 8/19/1971 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 28-30 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | ||
Fri | 8/27/1971 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 21-42 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 16980 | ||
Mon | 9/6/1971 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 40-17 | W | Ottawa, ON | Landsdowne Park | 24395 | ||
Sat | 9/11/1971 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 6-25 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 24374 | ||
Sun | 9/19/1971 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 17-26 | L | Ottawa, ON | Landsdowne Park | 26063 | ||
Sun | 9/26/1971 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7-19 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 26953 | ||
Sun | 10/3/1971 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 3-12 | L | Ottawa, ON | Landsdowne Park | 21868 | ||
Sat | 10/9/1971 | H | British Columbia Lions | 45-21 | W | Ottawa, ON | Landsdowne Park | 14758 | ||
Sat | 10/23/1971 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 40-16 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 21700 | ||
Sat | 10/30/1971 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 9-7 | W | Ottawa, ON | Landsdowne Park | 27137 | ||
Sun | 11/7/1971 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 4-23 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 26471 | Eastern Semi-Final |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
14 | Barclay Allen | QB-DB | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | Southern Illinois | 14 | |
9 | Barry Ardern | DB | 5-10 | 181 | 25 | none | 14 | |
55 | Dave Braggins | OG-DE | 6-2 | 245 | 26 | Florida State | 14 | |
Paul Brothers | QB | 6-1 | 191 | 26 | Oregon State | 4 | ||
54 | Jerry Campbell | LB | 5-11 | 210 | 27 | Idaho | 14 | |
16 | Rick Cassata | QB | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Syracuse | 14 | |
66 | Doug Collins | OT-DT | 6-4 | 240 | 26 | Cincinnati | 14 | |
23 | Billy Cooper | FL | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | none | 14 | |
5 | Marcel deLeeuw | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | none | 14 | |
30 | Danny Dever | LB | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | Wake Forest | 14 | |
35 | Dennis Duncan | FB | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | Northwestern State (Louisiana); Louisiana College | 13 | |
25 | Skip Eaman | SB | 5-10 | 200 | 23 | Queen's | 14 | |
21 | Wayne Giardino | LB | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | Florida State | 14 | |
33 | Bob Houmard | RB | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Ohio University | 3 | |
3 | John Kruspe | DB | 5-11 | 189 | 27 | Wilfrid Laurier | 14 | |
64 | Tom Laputka | DE | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Southern Illinois | 14 | |
41 | Ken Lehmann | LB | 5-11 | 222 | 29 | Marquette; Xavier (Ohio) | 12 | |
31 | Al Marcelin | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Arizona Western JC; Parsons | 10 | |
42 | Bob McKeown | OG-C | 6-2 | 225 | 21 | Yale | 14 | |
27 | Hugh Oldham | FL | 5-10 | 175 | 31 | Paul Quinn; Oregon | 14 | |
71 | Gerry Organ | K-WR | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | Guelph | 14 | |
51 | Roger Perdrix | OG | 6-1 | 225 | 28 | Cincinnati | 14 | |
Alan Pitcaithley | HB | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Oregon | 1 | ||
1 | Dave Pivec | TE | 6-3 | 240 | 28 | Notre Dame | 14 | |
62 | Moe Racine | OT | 6-4 | 232 | 34 | none | 14 | |
63 | Gus Revenberg | DT | 6-0 | 245 | 23 | none | 14 | |
56 | Tom Schuette | OG | 6-1 | 238 | 26 | Indiana | 14 | |
20 | Tom Schultz | TE | 6-3 | 222 | 24 | North Carolina Central; Queen's; Ottawa | 14 | |
53 | Marshall Shirk | DT | 6-2 | 250 | 31 | UCLA | 14 | |
65 | Rudy Sims | DT | 6-0 | 255 | 23 | Florida A&M | 14 | |
75 | Wayne Smith | DE | 6-4 | 230 | 21 | none | 14 | |
43 | Doug Specht | C | 6-2 | 250 | 29 | Brigham Young | 14 | |
Terry Swarn | WR | 6-3 | 205 | 24 | Colorado State | 3 | ||
24 | Greg Thompson | FB | 5-10 | 200 | 23 | none | 7 | |
Wayne Tosh | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Richmond | 14 | ||
22 | Terry Wellesley | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | Tennessee Tech | 5 | |
10 | Gary Wood | QB | 5-11 | 188 | 29 | Cornell | 10 | |
26 | Rod Woodward | DB | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | Idaho | 14 |
DRAFT LIST | |||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | Notes |
1 | 2 | Bob Eccles | LB | Carleton | |
2 | 11 | Bob Folusewych | FB | Guelph | from HAM |
3 | 20 | Bob Padfield | T | Waterloo | |
4 | 29 | Art Lord | DB | Saskatchewan | |
5 | 38 | Steve Derbyshire | T | Western Ontario | |
6 | 47 | Steve Hoffman | DE | Windsor | |
7 | 56 | George Hill | LB | Western Ontario | |
8 | 64 | Marshall Caplan | LB | McMaster |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 77 | 57 | 40 | 117 |
Opponents Totals | 71 | 103 | 31 | 72 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rushing | Passing | Penalty | PEN | YDS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 220 | 94 | 107 | 19 | 98 | 762 | |
Opponents Totals | 222 | 77 | 119 | 26 | 91 | 753 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Organ | 1 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 4 | 0 | 92 |
Hugh Oldham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Billy Cooper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Dave Pivec | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Dennis Duncan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Bob Houmard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Al Marcelin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Gary Wood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Barclay Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Barry Ardern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jerry Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Rick Cassata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Skip Eaman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
John Kruspe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Alan Pitcaithley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Wayne Tosh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Marcel deLeeuw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
Wayne Giardino | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Team Totals | 33 | 32 | 33 | 97.0 | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 8 | 1 | 291 |
Opponents Totals | 31 | 26 | 14 | 39 | 35.9 | 21 | 1 | 277 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dennis Duncan | 155 | 760 | 4.9 | 44 | 2 |
Rick Cassata | 65 | 393 | 6.0 | 58 | 1 |
Gary Wood | 35 | 224 | 6.4 | 50 | 2 |
Wayne Giardino | 54 | 201 | 3.7 | 18 | 0 |
Bob Houmard | 52 | 185 | 3.6 | 2 | |
Skip Eaman | 19 | 75 | 3.9 | 22 | 1 |
Hugh Oldham | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 19 | 0 |
Terry Swarn | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 30 | 0 |
Paul Brothers | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
Al Marcelin | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
Terry Wellesley | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
Alan Pitcaithley | 1 | ||||
Greg Thompson | 0 | ||||
Team Totals | 417 | 1982 | 4.8 | 9 | |
Opponents Totals | 361 | 1384 | 3.8 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Cassata | 181 | 77 | 42.5 | 90 | 1100 | 6.1 | 14.3 | 100 | 7 | 3.9 | 14 | 7.7 | 43.5 | |||
Gary Wood | 152 | 77 | 50.7 | 67 | 1057 | 7.0 | 13.7 | 62 | 10 | 6.6 | 8 | 5.3 | 73.3 | |||
Barclay Allen | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 108.3 | |||
Wayne Giardino | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Paul Brothers | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 0.0 | |||||
Team Totals | 338 | 155 | 45.9 | 159 | 2167 | 6.4 | 14.0 | 17 | 5.0 | 24 | 7.1 | 54.2 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 404 | 205 | 50.7 | 175 | 2912 | 7.2 | 14.2 | 24 | 5.9 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hugh Oldham | 38 | 736 | 19.4 | 100 | 6 |
Dave Pivec | 27 | 362 | 13.4 | 42 | 4 |
Billy Cooper | 25 | 422 | 16.9 | 45 | 5 |
Wayne Giardino | 20 | 127 | 6.4 | 20 | 0 |
Dennis Duncan | 12 | 129 | 10.8 | 47 | 1 |
Keith Eaman | 11 | 158 | 14.4 | 27 | 0 |
Terry Swarn | 10 | 87 | 8.7 | 0 | |
Gerry Organ | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 48 | 1 |
Bob Houmard | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
Alan Pitcaithley | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 24 | 0 |
Terry Wellesley | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 |
Team Totals | 155 | 2167 | 14.0 | 17 | |
Opponents Totals | 205 | 2912 | 14.2 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Marcelin | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 62 | 1 |
Rod Woodward | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 34 | 0 |
Barry Ardern | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 33 | 1 |
John Kruspe | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 35 | 1 |
Wayne Tosh | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 60 | 1 |
Barclay Allen | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 32 | 1 |
Jerry Campbell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Danny Dever | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 24 | 390 | 16.3 | 5 | |
Opponents Totals | 24 | 431 | 18.0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marcel deLeeuw | 136 | 5785 | 42.5 | 67 | 4 | ||||
Team Totals | 136 | 5785 | 42.5 | - | |||||
Opponents Totals | 161 | 6806 | 42.3 | - |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barry Ardern | 62 | 387 | 6.2 | 26 | 0 |
Billy Cooper | 51 | 315 | 6.2 | 24 | 0 |
Al Marcelin | 11 | 250 | 22.7 | 84 | 1 |
Rod Woodward | 11 | 120 | 10.9 | 25 | 0 |
John Kruspe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 133 | 1072 | 8.1 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 127 | 763 | 6.0 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Organ | 45 | 2526 | 56.1 | 75 | 0 |
Team Totals | 45 | 2526 | 56.1 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Marcelin | 16 | 384 | 24.0 | 38 | 0 |
Hugh Oldham | 11 | 313 | 28.5 | 45 | 0 |
Billy Cooper | 5 | 139 | 27.8 | 37 | 0 |
Terry Swarn | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 49 | 0 |
Skip Eaman | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 |
Dennis Duncan | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Danny Dever | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
Tom Schultz | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Dave Pivec | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Barry Ardern | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 43 | 1029 | 23.9 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 44 | 986 | 22.4 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barry Ardern | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Brothers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Campbell | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 1 | ||
Rick Cassata | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Cooper | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Marcel deLeeuw | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Danny Dever | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 0 |
Dennis Duncan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Skip Eaman | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Giardino | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Houmard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Kruspe | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Laputka | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Marcelin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hugh Oldham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marshall Shirk | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rudy Sims | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wayne Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
Doug Specht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Swarn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Wood | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rod Woodward | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
Team Totals | 34 | 29 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 86 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 20 | 29 | 29 |
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