1973 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Wed	7/4/1973	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	10-10	T	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	14917
Wed	7/11/1973	H	Edmonton Eskimos	25-16	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	14728
Thu	7/19/1973	A	Montreal Alouettes	14-17	L	Montreal, QC	Autostade	14207
Tue	7/24/1973	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	13-9	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	23884
Tue	7/31/1973	H	Toronto Argonauts	9-25	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	23764
Wed	8/8/1973	A	Toronto Argonauts	6-19	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	33135
Mon	8/13/1973	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16-25	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	22087
Mon	8/20/1973	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	12-18	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	21032
Sat	8/25/1973	A	Montreal Alouettes	30-3	W	Montreal, QC	Autostade	27205
Wed	9/5/1973	H	British Columbia Lions	26-24	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	18674
Wed	9/12/1973	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24-13	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	24385
Sat	9/15/1973	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21-19	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	33254
Sat	9/22/1973	H	Edmonton Eskimos	32-20	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	20306
Sun	9/30/1973	H	Montreal Alouettes	15-28	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	26316
Mon	10/8/1973	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16-13	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	34050
Sun	10/14/1973	A	Calgary Stampeders	32-8	W	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	18450
Sun	10/21/1973	H	Toronto Argonauts	20-19	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	25328
Sun	10/28/1973	H	Montreal Alouettes	16-0	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	26734
Eastern Final
Sun	11/18/1973	H	Montreal Alouettes	23-14	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	19793
Grey Cup
Sun	11/25/1973	N	Edmonton Eskimos	22-18	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	36653

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
33	Dickie Adams	DH	6-0	195	25	Miami (Ohio)	14
61	Charlie Brandon	OT	6-3	255	30	Shaw	14
54	Jerry Campbell	LB	5-11	210	29	Idaho	14
24	Art Cantrelle	RB	6-0	203	25	Louisiana State	7
6	Rick Cassata	QB	6-1	205	26	Syracuse	14
66	Doug Collins	T	6-4	240	28	Cincinnati	14
23	Billy Cooper	FL	5-10	180	28	none	6
30	Danny Dever	LB	6-0	180	27	Wake Forest	14
	Frank DiMaggio	QB	6-1	210	23	Temple	1
28	Jim Evenson	FB	6-2	220	26	Boise JC; Treasure Valley JC; Oregon	16
	Lee Fobbs	RB	5-11	197	23	Grambling State	1
5	Jim Foley	RB	5-11	189	29	St. Dunstan's; Prince Edward Island	14
11	Wayne Giardino	LB	5-11	195	30	Florida State	14
20	Art Green	RB	5-11	198	24	Albany State	7
4	Jerry Keeling	QB	6-1	180	34	Tulsa	13
50	Mark Kosmos	LB	6-0	234	28	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma	6
3	John Kruspe	DH	5-11	189	29	Wilfrid Laurier	14
60	Tom Laputka	DT	6-3	255	26	Southern Illinois	14
15	Mike Law	DB	5-11	177	31	Queen's; Waterloo	11
31	Al Marcelin	CB	6-0	185	28	Arizona Western JC; Parsons	14
35	Herb Marshall	DB-SE	6-3	204	24	Cameron	3
	Willie McKelton	DB	5-11	185	24	Southern University	1
42	Bob McKeown	C	6-2	225	23	Yale	14
74	Rhome Nixon	TE	6-3	209	29	New Mexico State; Southern University	10
27	Hugh Oldham	FL	5-10	175	33	Paul Quinn; Oregon	14
71	Gerry Organ	K	6-2	200	29	Guelph	14	0
51	Roger Perdrix	OG	6-1	225	30	Cincinnati	13
73	Jim Piaskoski	DE	6-4	240	25	none	14
77	Tom Pullen	SE	6-3	210	28	Michigan	14
62	Moe Racine	OT	6-4	232	36	none	14
43	Frank Reid	DT	6-2	235	27	Buffalo	6
	Bob Rickenbach	OG-TE	6-4	255	23	Penn State	1
56	Tom Schuette	OG	6-1	238	28	Indiana	14
76	Tom Schultz	TE	6-3	222	26	North Carolina Central; Queen's; Ottawa	11
65	Rudy Sims	DT	6-0	255	25	Florida A&M	14
64	Donn Smith	DT	6-4	245	24	Purdue	14
75	Wayne Smith	DE	6-4	230	23	none	7
7	Wayne Tosh	CB	5-11	180	26	Richmond	14
12	Terry Wellesley	HB	6-0	205	25	Tennessee Tech	13
26	Rod Woodward	S	6-1	200	29	Idaho	14
8	Chuck Zapiec	LB	6-2	218	24	Penn State	7

DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL
Player	Pos	College
Donn Smith	T	Purdue

DRAFT LIST - OPEN
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	16	Bruce McMillan	RB	Mount Allison
3	25	Roger Comartin	DB	Alberta
4	34	Jim Budge	DB	Western Ontario

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	64	91	45	75
Opponents Totals	76	48	46	64

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		218	83	113	22	104	815
Opponents Totals		251	90	134	27	95	750

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Gerry Organ	0	25	25	100.0			-	31	48	64.6	5	0	123
Rhome Nixon	6	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	36
Hugh Oldham	6	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	36
Jim Evenson	4	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	24
Dickie Adams	2	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	12
Art Green	2	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	12
Rick Cassata	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Jim Foley	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Wayne Giardino	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Terry Wellesley	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Rod Woodward	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
(Team)	0	0	0				-	0	0		0	1	2
Team Totals	25	25	25	100.0	31	48	64.6	5	1	275
Opponents Totals	26	23			13	29	44.8	14	1	234

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Evenson	211	909	4.3	25	4
Art Green	54	223	4.1	14	2
Rick Cassata	34	128	3.8	14	1
Art Cantrelle	35	127	3.6	18	0
Jim Foley	20	126	6.3	21	0
Jerry Keeling	11	101	9.2	46	0
Terry Wellesley	12	53	4.4	20	0
Wayne Giardino	15	34	2.3	7	0
Frank DiMaggio	3	18	6.0	13	0
Moe Racine	1	3	3.0	3	0
Dickie Adams	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	397	1724	4.3		7
Opponents Totals	392	1756	4.5

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Rick Cassata	177	94	94	77	1255	7.1	13.4	52	4	2.3	6	3.4	69.3
Jerry Keeling	165	86	86	75	1175	7.1	13.7	89	11	6.7	4	2.4	87.3
Frank DiMaggio	10	2	2	6	42	4.2	21.0	45	0	0.0	2	20.0	5.0
Jim Foley	1	0	0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Team Totals	353	182	51.6	159	2472	7.0	13.6		15	4.2	12	3.4	74.2
Opponents Totals	360	194	53.9	138	2685	7.5	13.8				28	7.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rhome Nixon	38	493	13.0	46	6
Hugh Oldham	32	701	21.9	89	6
Tom Pullen	24	375	15.6	42	0
Jim Foley	19	261	13.7	26	1
Jim Evenson	17	124	7.3	30	0
Art Green	16	142	8.9	29	0
Art Cantrelle	12	93	7.8	12	0
Terry Wellesley	10	170	17.0	52	1
Wayne Giardino	8	51	6.4	24	1
Billy Cooper	2	32	16.0	19	0
Gerry Organ	2	27	13.5	16	0
Lee Fobbs	2	3	1.5	6	0
Team Totals	182	2472	13.6		15
Opponents Totals	194	2685	13.8

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Al Marcelin	8	81	10.1	31	0
Jerry Campbell	5	116	23.2	36	0
Dickie Adams	4	78	19.5	32	0
Rod Woodward	3	68	22.7	64	1
John Kruspe	2	33	16.5	25	0
Wayne Tosh	2	17	8.5	15	0
Chuck Zapiec	2	16	8.0	12	0
Willie McKelton	1	40	40.0	40	0
Jim Piaskoski	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	28	452	16.1		1
Opponents Totals	12	300	25.0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Dickie Adams	112	4543	40.6	59	-
Jim Foley	1	48	48.0	48	-
Gerry Organ	10	387	38.7	58	-
Team Totals	123	4978	40.5		-
Opponents Totals	134	5531	41.3		-

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dickie Adams	57	327	5.7	30	0
Jim Foley	25	164	6.6	16	0
Rod Woodward	17	107	6.3	24	0
Billy Cooper	18	52	2.9	11	0
John Kruspe	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	118	650	5.5		0
Opponents Totals	122	643	5.3

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Gerry Organ	37	1970	53.2	70	0
Team Totals	37	1970	53.2
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Al Marcelin	20	436	21.8	38	0
Jim Foley	7	175	25.0	39	0
Art Green	4	82	20.5	24	0
Rod Woodward	4	81	20.3	22	0
Dickie Adams	3	38	12.7	19	0
Danny Dever	1	6	6.0	6	0
Frank Reid	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	40	818	20.5		0
Opponents Totals	34	664	19.5

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Dickie Adams	2	1	0	3	3	29	1
Jerry Campbell	0	0	0	5	5	1	0
Rick Cassata	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Collins	0	0	0	2	2	2	0
Billy Cooper	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Evenson	6	6	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Giardino	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Keeling	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Kosmos	0	0	0	1	1	14	0
Tom Laputka	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Al Marcelin	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Organ	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Piaskoski	0	0	0	2	2	91	0
Moe Racine	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Frank Reid	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Wayne Smith	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Wayne Tosh	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Terry Wellesley	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rod Woodward	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Chuck Zapiec	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
Team Totals	15	14	1	21	22	143	1
Opponents Totals		21		14	14

George Brancato	Assistant Coach
Jay Fry	Assistant Coach