1971 Ottawa Rough Riders - Pro Football Archives

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

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

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
14	Barclay Allen	QB-DB	6-2	200	26	NDG Maple Leafs Jrs.; Southern Illinois	14
9	Barry Ardern	DB	5-10	181	25	Eastview Golden Eagles Jrs.; Ottawa Sooners Jrs	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	St. James Rods Jrs.	14
5	Marcel deLeeuw	DB	6-1	195	28	Edmonton Wildcats Jrs.	14
30	Danny Dever	LB	6-0	180	25	Wake Forest	14
35	Dennis Duncan	FB	6-2	230	28	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	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	Windsor AKO Jrs.	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	Halifax Buccaneers Srs.	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	Ottawa Sooners Jrs.	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	Renfrew Trojans Jrs.; Idaho	14

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%	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
Skip 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	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