1985 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) |
3rd place • Eastern Division • 7-9-0 .438 |
Head Coach: Joe Moss |
Dickie Adams | Defensive Secondary |
Kevin Gilbride | Quarterbacks/Receivers |
Ted Heath | Defensive Line |
Bob Swift | Offensive Line |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 6/8/1985 | A | Montreal Concordes | 10-34 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 11196 | |
Thu | 6/13/1985 | H | Montreal Concordes | 22-37 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 11918 | |
Mon | 6/24/1985 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 23-22 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 12695 | |
Sat | 6/29/1985 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14-33 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 16753 | |
Sun | 7/7/1985 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 22-46 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 20785 | |
Thu | 7/18/1985 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 41-19 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20425 | |
Sun | 7/28/1985 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 14-12 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20153 | |
Fri | 8/2/1985 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 14-49 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 41493 | |
Thu | 8/8/1985 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15-58 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 27709 | |
Thu | 8/15/1985 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 17-4 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20348 | |
Thu | 8/22/1985 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 18-8 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 29637 | |
Fri | 8/30/1985 | H | British Columbia Lions | 13-18 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 23611 | |
Sat | 9/7/1985 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14-42 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19165 | |
Sat | 9/14/1985 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 7-32 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 12076 | |
Sun | 9/22/1985 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 11-32 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 16101 | |
Sun | 9/29/1985 | H | Montreal Concordes | 23-7 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 24909 | |
Sun | 10/6/1985 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 19-15 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18363 | |
Sat | 10/19/1985 | A | Montreal Concordes | 30-7 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 15951 | |
Sat | 10/26/1985 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 4-36 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 23692 | |
Fri | 11/1/1985 | A | British Columbia Lions | 10-17 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 38661 | |
Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
Sun | 11/10/1985 | A | Montreal Concordes | 20-30 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 11372 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Waymon Alridge | 8 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 13 | |
Ricky Barden | 25 | RDH | 5-9 | 185 | 27 | North Carolina | 16 | |
Mark Barousse | 9 | SB | 5-9 | 180 | 24 | McNeese State | 8 | |
Nick Benjamin | 68 | ROG | 6-2 | 270 | 24 | Concordia (Quebec) | 16 | |
Troy Bodine | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 215 | 22 | Fullerton JC; Cincinnati | 4 | |
Michel Bourgeau | 83 | LDT | 6-5 | 275 | 24 | Boise State | 16 | |
Gerald Broussard | 36 | CB | 6-1 | 170 | 23 | Tulane | 1 | |
Lester Brown | 21 | RB | 5-11 | 180 | 28 | Clemson | 8 | |
Mike Caterbone | 27 | WR | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | Franklin & Marshall | 14 | |
Roger Cattelan | 65 | ROT | 6-5 | 270 | 24 | Boston College | 16 | |
Ken Clark | 13 | P | 6-2 | 196 | 37 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | 16 | 0 |
Jim DeSilva | 54 | OG | 6-1 | 250 | 27 | Carleton | 2 | |
Ralph Dixon | 22 | DH | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | Arizona State | 15 | |
Dean Dorsey | 2 | K | 5-11 | 190 | 28 | Toronto | 16 | 0 |
Damir Dupin | 60 | DL | 6-2 | 255 | 24 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 4 | |
Dwight Edwards | 3 | WR | 5-10 | 170 | 31 | none | 3 | |
Ron Engleson | 64 | RDT | 6-2 | 235 | 27 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
Brad Fawcett | 57 | OT | 6-7 | 275 | 25 | none | 11 | |
Ross Francis | 54 | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 28 | Queen's | 8 | |
Stew Fraser | 15 | SB | 5-9 | 180 | 27 | New Brunswick | 1 | |
Brian Fryer | 31 | SB | 6-1 | 185 | 32 | Alberta | 3 | |
Kevin Gray | 35 | CB | 5-11 | 179 | 28 | Kennedy-King JC; Eastern Illinois | 8 | |
Steve Hall | 18 | SB | 6-2 | 191 | 25 | Guelph | 16 | |
Mike Hameluck | 44 | C-LOG | 6-4 | 250 | 30 | none | 7 | |
Steve Harrison | 34 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | British Columbia | 16 | |
Jo Jo Heath | 29 | RCB | 5-10 | 182 | 28 | Pittsburgh | 7 | |
Steve Hirsch | 9 | DH | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Northern Illinois | 1 | |
Mike Hohensee | 3 | QB | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Mount San Antonio JC; Minnesota | 1 | |
Gerry Hornett | 53 | OT | 6-3 | 252 | 29 | Simon Fraser | 5 | |
Mike Hudson | 73 | SB | 6-5 | 220 | 24 | Guelph | 15 | |
Shane Ireland | 37 | LB | 6-3 | 227 | 23 | none | 5 | |
Tony January | 30 | SB | 5-9 | 190 | 27 | Sam Houston State | 2 | |
Thad Jemison | 14 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Ohio State | 1 | |
Stephan Jones | WR | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | Central Michigan | 1 | ||
Gary Lewis | 61 | DT | 6-3 | 260 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 2 | |
Loyd Lewis | 63 | LDE | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 15 | |
Greg Marshall | 66 | RDE | 6-3 | 257 | 29 | Oregon State | 15 | |
Maurice Martin | 23 | DB | 6-2 | 187 | 23 | Toronto | 5 | |
Tim McCray | 24 | RB | 5-11 | 193 | 25 | Independence CC; Tulane | 6 | |
Mike McIntyre | 39 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | New Brunswick | 11 | |
Lamont Meacham | 33 | CB | 6-0 | 170 | 24 | Western Kentucky | 15 | |
Dave Newman | 19 | SB | 6-0 | 175 | 27 | Missouri | 1 | |
Don Newman | 30 | SB | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Louisiana State; Grambling State; Idaho | 3 | |
David Outley | 5 | CB | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | |
Kevin Powell | 50 | LOT | 6-4 | 255 | 30 | Snow JC; Utah State | 16 | |
Bernard Quarles | 7 | QB | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | UCLA; Hawaii | 11 | |
Jim Reid | 32 | FB | 6-3 | 230 | 28 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
Robert Reid | 19 | SB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 2 | |
Jeff Roberts | 79 | DE | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Tulane | 3 | |
Mark Seale | 75 | DT | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Richmond | 1 | |
Chris Sigler | 38 | S | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Indiana | 16 | |
Steve Smith | 10 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Michigan | 2 | |
Mark Smythe | 55 | DT | 6-3 | 265 | 26 | Indiana | 2 | |
Rick Sowieta | 75 | RLB | 6-3 | 215 | 31 | Richmond | 16 | |
Bob Stephen | 56 | C | 6-2 | 240 | 27 | none | 16 | |
Henry Taylor | 42 | LB | 6-0 | 230 | 22 | Florida State | 1 | |
Tom Towns | 20 | LB | 6-0 | 220 | 32 | Alberta | 16 | |
Pieter Vanden Bos | 51 | OG-C | 6-1 | 250 | 24 | British Columbia | 7 | |
Al Washington | 17 | MLB | 6-3 | 255 | 27 | Ohio State | 16 | |
J.C. Watts | 6 | QB | 5-11 | 197 | 28 | Oklahoma | 16 | |
Jack Williams | 59 | DE | 6-4 | 240 | 28 | Bowling Green State | 5 | |
Mike Williams | 21 | WR | 5-9 | 170 | 25 | Drake | 3 | |
Scott Yeldon | 58 | OT | 6-6 | 264 | 23 | none | 3 | |
Daric Zeno | 26 | SB | 5-9 | 175 | 23 | Central Oklahoma | 11 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 1 | Nick Benjamin | OL | Concordia (Quebec) |
2 | 10 | Tom Munroe | WR | British Columbia |
3 | 19 | Neri Fratin | RB | Ottawa |
4 | 35 | Marty Palazeti | DE | Marshall |
6 | 46 | Lance Chomyc | K-P | Toronto |
7 | 55 | George Ganas | RB | York |
8 | 64 | Morris Elfenbaum | OL | Minot State |
9 | 73 | Craig Keenan | QB | Colorado |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 68 | 100 | 26 | 78 | 272 |
Opponents Totals | 104 | 131 | 98 | 69 | 402 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 284 | 105 | 155 | 24 | 134 | 992 | |||
Opponents Totals | 338 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dean Dorsey | 0 | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | - | 28 | 38 | 73.7 | 12 | 0 | 120 |
Waymon Alridge | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Daric Zeno | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Tim McCray | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Ken Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
Ricky Barden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Ralph Dixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Mike Hudson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
J.C. Watts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Mike Caterbone | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Lester Brown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
Mark Barousse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Team Totals | 24 | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 38 | 73.7 | 20 | 0 | 272 | |
Opponents Totals | 44 | 402 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J.C. Watts | 106 | 710 | 6.7 | 38 | 1 |
Lester Brown | 95 | 497 | 5.2 | 38 | 3 |
Tim McCray | 53 | 277 | 5.2 | 24 | 3 |
Bernard Quarles | 26 | 178 | 6.8 | 17 | 0 |
Jim Reid | 16 | 66 | 4.1 | 16 | 0 |
Steve Smith | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 31 | 0 |
Mike Hudson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Troy Bodine | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
Team Totals | 303 | 1772 | 5.8 | 7 | |
Opponents Totals | 350 | 1766 | 5.0 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J.C. Watts | 439 | 236 | 53.8 | 178 | 2975 | 6.8 | 12.6 | 70 | 12 | 2.7 | 25 | 5.7 | 60.5 | |||
Bernard Quarles | 101 | 50 | 49.5 | 45 | 635 | 6.3 | 12.7 | 60 | 1 | 1.0 | 6 | 5.9 | 48.1 | |||
Troy Bodine | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 4 | 47 | 3.9 | 7.8 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16.7 | 20.5 | |||
Steve Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Team Totals | 553 | 292 | 52.8 | 228 | 3657 | 6.6 | 12.5 | 13 | 2.4 | 33 | 6.0 | 56.6 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 590 | 339 | 57.5 | 224 | 4500 | 7.6 | 13.3 | 27 | 4.6 | 38 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Waymon Alridge | 49 | 797 | 16.3 | 53 | 4 |
Daric Zeno | 35 | 323 | 9.2 | 29 | 2 |
Mike Hudson | 26 | 278 | 10.7 | 30 | 1 |
Steve Hall | 20 | 310 | 15.5 | 51 | 0 |
Tim McCray | 15 | 172 | 11.5 | 37 | 0 |
Jim Reid | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 17 | 0 |
Dave Newman | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 20 | 0 |
Mike Caterbone | 43 | 654 | 15.2 | 70 | 5 |
Mark Barousse | 27 | 371 | 13.7 | 49 | 1 |
Lester Brown | 21 | 155 | 7.4 | 25 | 0 |
Brian Fryer | 13 | 152 | 11.7 | 0 | |
Tony January | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
Don Newman | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
Mike Williams | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 40 | 0 |
Steve Smith | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 17 | 0 |
Dwight Edwards | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 60 | 0 |
Stewart Fraser | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Thad Jemison | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 19 | 0 |
Team Totals | 292 | 3657 | 12.5 | 13 | |
Opponents Totals | 339 | 4500 | 13.3 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Sigler | 5 | 122 | 24.4 | 41 | 0 |
Ricky Barden | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 32 | 0 |
Lamont Meacham | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 29 | 0 |
Jo Jo Heath | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 25 | 0 |
Ralph Dixon | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 20 | 0 |
Tom Towns | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 41 | 0 |
Rick Sowieta | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
Al Washington | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Kevin Gray | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Michel Bourgeau | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Hirsch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 27 | 308 | 11.4 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 33 | 581 | 17.6 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Clark | 140 | 6573 | 47.0 | 78 | 8 | |
Team Totals | 140 | 6573 | 47.0 | |||
Opponents Totals |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daric Zeno | 52 | 590 | 11.3 | 74 | 2 |
Mike Caterbone | 37 | 328 | 8.9 | 25 | 0 |
Chris Sigler | 15 | 98 | 6.5 | 17 | 0 |
Ricky Barden | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 7 | 0 |
Mike Williams | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Ralph Dixon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 115 | 1048 | 9.1 | 2 | |
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dean Dorsey | 50 | 2803 | 56.1 | 90 | 4 |
Team Totals | 50 | 2803 | 56.1 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daric Zeno | 25 | 507 | 20.3 | 57 | 0 |
Mike Caterbone | 21 | 436 | 20.8 | 45 | 0 |
Kevin Gray | 5 | 122 | 24.4 | 27 | 0 |
Dwight Edwards | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 33 | 0 |
Chris Sigler | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Mike Williams | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
Steve Hall | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
Waymon Alridge | 0 | 14 | 14L | 0 | |
Team Totals | 61 | 1225 | 20.1 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Loyd Lewis | 7.0 | |
Greg Marshall | 6.0 | |
Tom Towns | 4.0 | |
Jeff Roberts | 4.0 | |
Michel Bourgeau | 4.0 | |
Ralph Dixon | 2.0 | |
Rick Sowieta | 1.0 | |
Mark Smythe | 1.0 | |
Ron Engleson | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 38.0 | |
Opponents Totals |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Waymon Alridge | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ricky Barden | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 1 | |
Mark Barousse | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Troy Bodine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Michel Bourgeau | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Caterbone | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Clark | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim DeSilva | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ralph Dixon | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
Kevin Gray | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Hall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Hohensee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Hudson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |
Thad Jemison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Stephan Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Loyd Lewis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim McCray | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lamont Meacham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Kevin Powell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bernard Quarles | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Reid | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Robert Reid | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Jeff Roberts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | |
Chris Sigler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Towns | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Pieter Vanden Bos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
J.C. Watts | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Daric Zeno | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 31 | 22 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 46 | 2 |
Opponents Totals | 19 | 22 | 22 |
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