1972 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Thu	7/6/1972	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	22-21	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	20000
Wed	7/12/1972	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	19-16	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	16444
Wed	7/19/1972	H	Toronto Argonauts	51-7	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	19508
Tue	7/25/1972	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	28-29	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	17610
Wed	8/2/1972	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	22-7	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	21662
Thu	8/10/1972	A	Montreal Alouettes	28-19	W	Montreal, QC	Molson Stadium	16649
Wed	8/16/1972	A	Toronto Argonauts	14-8	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	33135
Wed	8/30/1972	H	Toronto Argonauts	14-13	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	27472
Mon	9/4/1972	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16-17	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	34772
Sat	9/9/1972	H	Montreal Alouettes	38-23	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	22196
Sat	9/16/1972	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	22-30	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	25537
Sat	9/23/1972	A	Edmonton Eskimos	10-9	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	21632
Tue	9/26/1972	A	British Columbia Lions	20-17	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	22108
Sun	10/1/1972	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	20-25	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	25068
Mon	10/9/1972	H	Calgary Stampeders	45-30	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	19606
Sun	10/22/1972	A	Montreal Alouettes	17-7	W	Montreal, QC	Molson Stadium	13972
Sat	10/28/1972	A	Toronto Argonauts	21-16	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	33135
Sat	11/4/1972	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	11-7	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	22780
Eastern Semi-Final
Sat	11/11/1972	H	Montreal Alouettes	14-11	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	16548
Eastern Final #1
Sat	11/18/1972	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	19-7	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	21800
Eastern Final #2
Sun	11/26/1972	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	8-23	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	30721

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
33	Dickie Adams	DB	6-0	195	24	Miami (Ohio)	14
9	Barry Ardern	DB	5-10	181	26	none	14
	Bert Askson	TE	6-3	229	27	Texas Southern	1
61	Charlie Brandon	OT-DE	6-3	255	29	Shaw	14
15	Paul Brothers	QB	6-1	191	27	Oregon State	14
54	Jerry Campbell	LB	5-11	210	28	Idaho	14
24	Art Cantrelle	RB	6-0	203	24	Louisiana State	14
16	Rick Cassata	QB	6-1	205	25	Syracuse	14
66	Doug Collins	LOT	6-4	240	27	Cincinnati	14
23	Billy Cooper	FL	5-10	180	27	none	14
30	Danny Dever	LB	6-0	180	26	Wake Forest	14
25	Skip Eaman	RB	5-10	200	24	Queen's	14
	Jim Elder	RB-CB	5-10	185	25	Southern University	7
21	Wayne Giardino	RB-DB	5-11	195	29	Florida State	14
	Bob Houmard	FB	6-3	230	25	Ohio University	7
52	John Kennedy	OG	6-1	240	20		6
3	John Kruspe	DB	5-11	189	28	Wilfrid Laurier	14
60	Tom Laputka	DE	6-3	255	25	Southern Illinois	14
	Art Laster	DT	6-4	280	24	Maryland-Eastern Shore	2
31	Al Marcelin	RB-DB	6-0	185	27	Arizona Western JC; Parsons	9
42	Bob McKeown	C	6-2	225	22	Yale	14
20	Hugh McKinnis	FB	6-1	210	24	Arizona State	4
74	Rhome Nixon	TE	6-3	209	28	New Mexico State; Southern University	10
27	Hugh Oldham	SE	5-10	175	32	Paul Quinn; Oregon	14
71	Gerry Organ	WR-K	6-2	200	28	Guelph	14
51	Roger Perdrix	LOG	6-1	225	29	Cincinnati	14
73	Jim Piaskoski	OT-DT	6-4	240	24	none	8
77	Tom Pullen	TE	6-3	210	27	Michigan	14
62	Moe Racine	ROT	6-4	232	35	none	14
63	Gus Revenberg	DT	6-0	245	24	none	14
	Jack Rizzo	RB	5-10	200	23	Lehigh	2
56	Tom Schuette	ROG	6-1	238	27	Indiana	14
65	Rudy Sims	DT	6-0	255	24	Florida A&M	14
75	Wayne Smith	DE	6-4	230	22	none	14
14	Alan Thompson	FB	6-0	205	23	Wisconsin	2
17	Wayne Tosh	DB	5-11	180	25	Richmond	14
22	Terry Wellesley	RB	6-0	205	24	Tennessee Tech	14
26	Rod Woodward	DB	6-1	200	28	Idaho	14
38	Ulysses Young	DB	6-2	190	26	Allen	5
35	Chuck Zapiec	LB	6-2	218	23	Penn State	7

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
3	22	Doug Cihocki	E	Western Ontario
4	31	Stew MacSween	DB	Toronto
5	40	Ron Perowne	RB	Bishop's
6	48	Gordon Ladbrook	LB	Dalhousie
7	57	Fred Tokaryk	DT	Dalhousie

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	87	63	54	94
Opponents Totals	48	84	45	51

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		230	85	125	20	99	721
Opponents Totals		214	75	127	12	71	623

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Gerry Organ	1	28	28	100.0			-	29	50	58.0	10	0	131
Hugh Oldham	7	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	42
Terry Wellesley	5	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	30
Wayne Giardino	3	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	18
Art Cantrelle	2	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	12
Rick Cassata	2	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	12
Bob Houmard	2	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	12
Tom Pullen	2	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	12
Dickie Adams	1	0	0				-	0	0		3	0	9
Barry Ardern	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Billy Cooper	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Rudy Sims	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
(Team)	0	0	0				-	0	0		0	1	2
Team Totals	28	28	28	100.0	29	50	58.0	13	1	298
Opponents Totals	26	21			13	32	40.6	10	1	228

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Art Cantrelle	160	652	4.1	55	2
Rick Cassata	85	442	5.2	43	2
Bob Houmard	61	226	3.7	20	2
Terry Wellesley	35	163	4.7	44	2
Alan Thompson	18	94	5.2	44	0
Hugh McKinnis	28	80	2.9		0
Jack Rizzo	13	30	2.3	11	0
Keith Eaman	9	27	3.0	6	0
Wayne Giardino	3	13	4.3	13	0
Rod Woodward	1	8	8.0	8	0
Paul Brothers	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Team Totals	414	1734	4.2		8
Opponents Totals	372	1395	3.8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Rick Cassata	357	179	179	156	2548	7.1	14.2	73	13	3.6	22	6.2	60.1
Paul Brothers	29	10	10	17	170	5.9	17.0	28	1	3.4	2	6.9	38.0
Hugh McKinnis	1	0	0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Team Totals	388	189	48.7	175	2718	7.0	14.4		14	3.6	24	6.2	58.1
Opponents Totals	382	198	51.8	144	2893	7.6	14.6				40	10.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Art Cantrelle	44	407	9.3	27	0
Hugh Oldham	36	719	20.0	60	7
Tom Pullen	26	353	13.6	28	2
Rhome Nixon	25	347	13.9	28	0
Terry Wellesley	22	395	18.0	73	3
Billy Cooper	17	356	20.9	63	1
Keith Eaman	6	62	10.3	23	0
Bob Houmard	5	31	6.2	13	0
Alan Thompson	3	25	8.3	13	0
Hugh McKinnis	2	18	9.0		0
Jack Rizzo	1	3	3.0	3	0
Gerry Organ	1	2	2.0	2t	1
Team Totals	189	2718	14.4		14
Opponents Totals	198	2893	14.6

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jerry Campbell	8	52	6.5	15	0
Dickie Adams	7	150	21.4	43	1
Rod Woodward	7	116	16.6	25	0
Wayne Tosh	5	90	18.0	25	0
Barry Ardern	3	1	0.3	1	0
Chuck Zapiec	2	55	27.5	51	0
Wayne Giardino	2	36	18.0	33	1
Al Marcelin	2	21	10.5	11	0
Jim Elder	1	74	74.0	58	0
Rudy Sims	1	26	26.0	26t	1
Wayne Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ulysses Young	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	40	619	15.5		3
Opponents Totals	24	386	16.1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Dickie Adams	124	4845	39.1	71	-
Keith Eaman	1	60	60.0	60	-
Gerry Organ	1	28	28.0	28	-
Bob Houmard	1	25	25.0	25	-
Rod Woodward	1	25	25.0	25	-
Team Totals	128	4983	38.9		-
Opponents Totals	145	5711	39.4		-

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dickie Adams	79	425	5.4	22	0
Rod Woodward	13	114	8.8	21	0
Billy Cooper	32	82	2.6	14	0
Al Marcelin	2	19	9.5	16	0
Team Totals	126	640	5.1
Opponents Totals	115	609	5.3

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Gerry Organ	38	1520	40.0	65	0
Moe Racine	3	164	54.7	66	0
Team Totals	41	1684	41.1
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Al Marcelin	12	327	27.3	63	0
Jim Elder	7	127	18.1	28	0
Rod Woodward	4	99	24.8	30	0
Hugh McKinnis	4	79	19.8		0
Hugh Oldham	2	67	33.5	34	0
Bob Houmard	3	49	16.3	22	0
Dickie Adams	1	25	25.0	25	0
Alan Thompson	1	22	22.0	22	0
Jack Rizzo	1	15	15.0	15	0
Wayne Giardino	2	9	4.5	6	0
Danny Dever	2	8	4.0	4	0
Tom Pullen	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	40	827	20.7		0
Opponents Totals	38	556	14.6

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Dickie Adams	2	2	0	1	1	0	0
Barry Ardern	0	0	0	1	1	29	1
Charlie Brandon	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jerry Campbell	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Art Cantrelle	2	2	0		0	0	0
Rick Cassata	4	4	0		0	0	0
Billy Cooper	1	1	0		0	0	0
Danny Dever	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Elder	1	1	0		0	0	0
Wayne Giardino	0	0	0	3	3	146	2
Bob Houmard	2	1	0		0	0	0
Tom Laputka	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Hugh McKinnis	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hugh Oldham	2	2	0		0	0	0
Gerry Organ	0	0	1		1	0	0
Moe Racine	0	0	1		1	0	0
Jack Rizzo	1	1	0		0	0	0
Rudy Sims	0	0	0	3	3	1	0
Wayne Smith	0	0	0	4	4	19	0
Alan Thompson	1	1	0		0	0	0
Wayne Tosh	0	0	1		1	0	0
Rod Woodward	2	0	0	1	1	11	0
Chuck Zapiec	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Team Totals	20	17	3	20	23	206	3
Opponents Totals		20		17	17

George Brancato	Assistant Coach
Jay Fry	Assistant Coach