1978 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)

2nd place Western Conference 9-4-3 .656

Head Coach: Jack Gotta

Marvin Bass	Assistant Coach
Jim Spavital	Assistant Coach
Ardell Wiegandt	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Tue	6/13/1978	H	Edmonton Eskimos	25-19	W	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	22155
Tue	6/20/1978	A	Montreal Alouettes	12-14	L	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	28484
Wed	6/28/1978	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	10-21	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium
Wed	7/5/1978	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	11-16	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	17293
Thu	7/13/1978	A	Edmonton Eskimos	17-33	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	25277	Postponed from 7/12
Wed	7/19/1978	H	British Columbia Lions	23-21	W	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	25606
Tue	7/25/1978	A	British Columbia Lions	19-19	T	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	26643
Wed	8/9/1978	H	Montreal Alouettes	14-28	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	26888
Wed	8/16/1978	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	29-21	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	26259
Tue	8/22/1978	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	43-22	W	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	26876
Wed	8/30/1978	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	16-27	L	Ottawa, ON	Landsdowne Park	26665
Mon	9/4/1978	H	Edmonton Eskimos	28-28	T	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	26888
Sun	9/17/1978	H	British Columbia Lions	14-4	W	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	26885
Sun	9/24/1978	A	Edmonton Eskimos	20-20	T	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	42778
Sun	10/1/1978	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	19-20	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	20065
Sat	10/7/1978	H	Toronto Argonauts	22-16	W	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	26190
Sun	10/15/1978	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	32-13	W	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	26526
Sun	10/22/1978	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	35-1	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	21178
Sun	10/29/1978	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	28-24	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	26781
Sun	11/5/1978	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	22-14	W	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	26888
Sun	11/12/1978	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	38-4	W	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	26868	Western Semi-Final
Sat	11/18/1978	A	Edmonton Eskimos	13-26	L	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	26888	Western Final

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
19	Vic Anonsen	WR	5-10	178	24	Manitoba	3
18	Willie Armstead	WR	6-2	215	26	Utah	16
76	Jim Baker	LB	5-11	225	28	Arizona State	3
50	Ollie Bakken	LB	6-2	224	25	Minnesota	14
10	Willie Burden	RB	5-11	205	27	North Carolina State	15
27	Al Burleson	DB	6-2	185	24	Washington	16
41	Anthony Dickerson	LB	6-2	222	21	Trinity Valley CC; Southern Methodist	2
66	Lloyd Fairbanks	OT	6-4	240	25	Ricks JC; Brigham Young	16
33	Doug Falconer	DB	5-11	181	26	Ottawa	16
22	Tom Forzani	WR	5-11	178	28	Utah State	16
74	Miles Gorrell	DT	6-7	285	23	Ottawa	16
7	Robin Harber	DB	6-0	192	25	Ottawa	11
17	Billy Hardee	DB	6-1	184	24	Virginia Tech	1
77	John Helton	DT	6-3	255	31	Arizona State	16
57	Harry Holton	OG	6-2	240	26	Texas-El Paso	16
16	John Hufnagel	QB	6-1	194	27	Penn State	14
51	Tommy Humphrey	OT	6-6	260	28	Abilene Christian	16
28	Terry Irvin	DB	5-11	190	24	Jackson State	15
19	Ken Johnson	QB	6-2	205	27	Colorado	8
47	Andy Jonassen	DE	6-4	240	27	Calgary	14
6	Craig Juntunen	QB	6-1	195	24	Idaho	7
14	Kelvin Kirk	WR	5-10	181	24	Dayton	14
69	Dave Kirzinger	OG	6-3	240	22	British Columbia	16
8	Rob Kochel	DB	5-11	176	23	Western Ontario	16
75	Blain Lamoureux	LB	6-1	215	28	Washington State	16
60	Reggie Lewis	DE	6-2	260	24	Oregon; San Diego State	16
54	Bob Lubig	OG	6-4	240	23	Montana State	16
62	Alan MacLean	OG	6-2	245	23	Bishop's	1
63	John Malinosky	OT-DT	6-5	260	23	Michigan State	9
64	Ed McAleney	DT	6-2	235	25	Massachusetts	16
9	Mark McDonald	WR	5-10	170	27	Wenatchee Valley JC; Washington	5
20	Cyril McFall	K-P	5-11	185	25	none	16	0
21	Alex Morris	SB	6-0	186	26	Queen's	3
72	Bernie Morrison	LB	6-0	215	23	Manitoba	12
32	Ray Odums	DB	6-2	175	27	Alabama	16
31	John Palazeti	LB	6-1	215	26	Richmond	16
21	Paul Pearson	SB	6-0	180	21	British Columbia	9
25	Matthew Reed	QB	6-4	225	27	Grambling State	3
24	Tom Reimer	DB	6-0	190	22	British Columbia	13
12	Ronnie Rowland	RB	6-1	205	23	San Jose CC; Washington	1	1
11	James Sykes	RB	5-11	185	24	Rice	15
61	Willie Thomas	OG	6-1	227	23	Calgary	16
46	Larry Tittley	C	6-2	230	25	Concordia (Quebec)	16
70	Bob Viccars	TE	6-3	228	25	none	16

DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL
Player	Pos	College	Notes
Miles Gorrell	DT	Ottawa
Bob Lubig	OG	Montana State

DRAFT LIST - OPEN
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	1	Dave Kirzinger	OT	British Columbia
2	10	Rob Kochel	DB	Western Ontario
3	19	Dave Allen	DE	Bishop's
3	27	Gary Tom	WR	McMaster	from MTL
4	28	Mike Karpow	K	Waterloo
5	37	Mark Moors	OG	Acadia
6	46	Bob Dear	OG	Calgary
7	55	Jim Mossop	DB	Toronto
8	64	Cam Prange	C	Waterloo

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	118	108	97	58
Opponents Totals	64	84	72	91

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		287	123	152	12	144	1158
Opponents Totals		261	89	147	25	131	1213

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Cyril McFall	0	36	36	100.0	0	37	53	69.8	16	0	163
James Sykes	15	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	90
Willie Armstead	9	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	54
Tom Forzani	5	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	30
Willie Burden	3	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	18
Doug Falconer	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
John Hufnagel	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
Terry Irvin	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
Bob Viccars	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	6
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	1	2
Team Totals	36	36	36	100.0	0	37	53	69.8	16	1	381
Opponents Totals	29	25				30	41	73.2	22	0	311

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
James Sykes	204	1020	5.0	31	13
Willie Burden	160	627	3.9	23	2
John Hufnagel	56	302	5.4	33	1
Ken Johnson	15	85	5.7	12	0
John Palazeti	13	54	4.2	25	0
Ronnie Rowland	6	28	4.7	14	0
Matthew Reed	3	14	4.7	9	0
Craig Juntunen	1	13	13.0	13	0
Willie Armstead	1	10	10.0	10	0
Kelvin Kirk	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	460	2159	4.7		16
Opponents Totals	355	1516	4.3

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
John Hufnagel	315	169	53.7	133	2663	8.5	15.8	82	13	4.1	13	4.1	78.6
Ken Johnson	59	36	61.0	19	635	10.8	17.6	101	4	6.8	4	6.8	92.1
Craig Juntunen	18	9	50.0	6	125	6.9	13.9	45	0	0.0	3	16.7	33.1
Matthew Reed	14	9	64.3	5	93	6.6	10.3	17	0	0.0	0	0.0	83.3
Cyril McFall	1	1	100.0	0	1	1.0	1.0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	79.2
Team Totals	407	224	55.0	163	3517	8.6	15.7		17	4.2	20	4.9	77.4
Opponents Totals	480	269	56.0	183	3352	7.0	12.5				28	5.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
James Sykes	50	614	12.3	62	1
Tom Forzani	43	731	17.0	67	5
Willie Armstead	39	881	22.6	101	9
Willie Burden	31	307	9.9	54	1
Bob Viccars	25	369	14.8	40	1
Kelvin Kirk	23	487	21.2	71	0
John Palazeti	6	58	9.7	18	0
Ronnie Rowland	3	16	5.3	6	0
Vic Anonsen	1	45	45.0	45	0
Alex Morris	1	13	13.0	13	0
Mark McDonald	1	9	9.0	9	0
Willie Thomas	1	-13	-13.0	-13	0
Team Totals	224	3517	15.7		17
Opponents Totals	269	3352	12.5

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Terry Irvin	7	159	22.7	73	1
Al Burleson	7	72	10.3	32	0
Ray Odums	3	62	20.7	39	0
John Palazeti	3	31	10.3	24	0
Ollie Bakken	2	26	13.0	20	0
Bernie Morrison	2	8	4.0	8	0
Doug Falconer	1	35	35.0	35t	1
Miles Gorrell	1	7	7.0	7	0
Anthony Dickerson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ed McAleney	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	28	400	14.3		2
Opponents Totals	20	273	13.7

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Cyril McFall	128	5769	45.1	95	-
Robin Harber	2	72	36.0	39	-
Team Totals	130	5841	44.9		-
Opponents Totals	135	6384	47.3		-

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Kelvin Kirk	36	367	10.2	31	0
James Sykes	21	241	11.5	67	1
Tom Forzani	37	230	6.2	23	0
Tom Reimer	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	95	843	8.9		1
Opponents Totals	121	1033	8.5

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Cyril McFall	66	3898	59.1	90	1
Team Totals	66	3898	59.1
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
James Sykes	20	496	24.8	36	0
Kelvin Kirk	20	477	23.9	45	0
John Palazeti	4	72	18.0	30	0
Terry Irvin	2	48	24.0	26	0
Tom Forzani	4	39	9.8	27	0
Bernie Morrison	1	4	4.0	4	0
Anthony Dickerson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	52	1136	21.8		0
Opponents Totals	62	1569	25.3

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ollie Bakken	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Willie Burden	4	4	1	0	1	0	0
Al Burleson	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Helton	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Harry Holton	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
John Hufnagel	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Jonassen	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Kelvin Kirk	3	2	1	0	1	0	0
Rob Kochel	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Blain Lamoureux	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Reggie Lewis	0	0	0	3	3	5	0
Bob Lubig	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ed McAleney	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bernie Morrison	0	0	0	2	2	1	0
John Palazeti	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Reimer	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
James Sykes	5	3	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	15	11	4	17	21	6	0
Opponents Totals		17		11	11