1985 Ottawa Rough Riders - Pro Football Archives

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

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
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	Landsdowne Park	11918
Mon	6/24/1985	H	Toronto Argonauts	23-22	W	Ottawa, ON	Landsdowne 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	Landsdowne Park	20425
Sun	7/28/1985	H	Calgary Stampeders	14-12	W	Ottawa, ON	Landsdowne 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	Landsdowne 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	Landsdowne Park	23611
Sat	9/7/1985	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	14-42	L	Ottawa, ON	Landsdowne 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	Landsdowne Park	24909
Sun	10/6/1985	H	Toronto Argonauts	19-15	W	Ottawa, ON	Landsdowne 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	Landsdowne Park	23692
Fri	11/1/1985	A	British Columbia Lions	10-17	L	Vancouver, BC	B.C. Place Stadium	38661
Sun	11/10/1985	A	Montreal Concordes	20-30	L	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	11372	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	GS
8	Waymon Alridge	WR	5-11	180	25	Nevada-Las Vegas	13
25	Ricky Barden	DB	5-9	185	27	North Carolina	16
9	Mark Barousse	SB	5-9	180	24	McNeese State	8
68	Nick Benjamin	OG	6-2	270	24	Oshawa Hawkeyes Jrs.; Concordia (Quebec)	16
10	Troy Bodine	QB	6-1	215	22	Fullerton JC; Cincinnati	4
83	Michel Bourgeau	DT	6-5	275	24	Boise State	16
36	Gerald Broussard	CB	6-1	170	23	Tulane	1
21	Lester Brown	RB	5-11	180	28	Clemson	8
27	Mike Caterbone	WR	5-11	175	23	Franklin & Marshall	14
65	Roger Cattelan	OT	6-5	270	24	Boston College	16
13	Ken Clark	P	6-2	196	37	St. Mary's (Nova Scotia)	16
54	Jim DeSilva	OG	6-1	250	27	Ottawa Sooners Jrs.; Carleton	2
22	Ralph Dixon	DB	5-10	185	27	Arizona State	15
2	Dean Dorsey	K	5-11	190	28	Scarborough Rams Jrs.; Toronto	16	0
60	Damir Dupin	DL	6-2	255	24	Nevada-Las Vegas	4
3	Dwight Edwards	WR	5-10	170	31	Mississauga Raiders Jrs.	3
64	Ron Engleson	DT	6-2	235	27	Simon Fraser	16
57	Brad Fawcett	OT	6-7	275	25	Saskatoon Hilltops Jrs.	11
54	Ross Francis	OG	6-3	255	28	Queen's	8
15	Stew Fraser	SB	5-9	180	27	New Brunswick	1
31	Brian Fryer	SB	6-1	185	32	Edmonton Wildcats Jrs.; Alberta	3
35	Kevin Gray	CB	5-11	179	28	Kennedy-King JC; Eastern Illinois	8
18	Steve Hall	SB	6-2	191	25	Guelph	16
44	Mike Hameluck	C	6-4	250	30	Ottawa Sooners Jrs.	7
34	Steve Harrison	LB	6-2	225	25	Renfrew Trojans Jrs.; British Columbia	16
29	Jo Jo Heath	CB	5-10	182	28	Pittsburgh	7
9	Steve Hirsch	DB	6-0	195	23	Northern Illinois	1
3	Mike Hohensee	QB	6-0	205	24	Mount San Antonio JC; Minnesota	1
53	Gerry Hornett	OT	6-3	252	29	Simon Fraser	5
73	Mike Hudson	SB	6-5	220	24	Guelph	15
37	Shane Ireland	LB	6-3	227	23	Ottawa Sooners Jrs.	5
30	Tony January	WR	5-9	190	27	Sam Houston State	2
14	Thad Jemison	WR	6-2	195	24	Ohio State	1
	Stephan Jones	WR	6-0	180	25	Central Michigan	1
61	Gary Lewis	DT	6-3	260	24	Oklahoma State	2
63	Loyd Lewis	DT	6-3	250	23	Texas A&M-Kingsville	15
66	Greg Marshall	DE	6-3	257	29	Oregon State	15
23	Maurice Martin	DB	6-2	187	23	Toronto	5
24	Tim McCray	DB	5-11	193	25	Independence CC; Tulane	6
39	Mike McIntyre	DB	5-11	185	27	New Brunswick	11
33	Lamont Meacham	CB	6-0	170	24	Western Kentucky	15
19	Dave Newman	SB	6-0	175	27	Missouri	1
30	Don Newman	SB	6-1	190	28	Louisiana State; Grambling State; Idaho	3
5	David Outley	CB	5-10	180	23	Louisiana-Monroe	1
50	Kevin Powell	OT	6-4	255	30	Snow JC; Utah State	16
7	Bernard Quarles	QB	6-2	215	25	UCLA; Hawaii	11
32	Jim Reid	FB	6-3	230	28	Wilfrid Laurier	16
19	Robert Reid	SB	5-11	185	25	Simon Fraser	2
79	Jeff Roberts	DE	6-2	235	25	Tulane	3
75	Mark Seale	DT	6-3	250	25	Ottawa Sooners Jrs.; Richmond	1
38	Chris Sigler	DB	6-0	190	23	Indiana	16
10	Steve Smith	RB	6-0	200	23	Michigan	2
55	Mark Smythe	DT	6-3	265	26	Indiana	2
75	Rick Sowieta	LB	6-3	215	31	Ottawa Sooners Jrs.; Richmond	16
56	Bob Stephen	C	6-2	240	27	Ottawa Sooners Jrs.	16
42	Henry Taylor	LB	6-0	230	22	Florida State	1
20	Tom Towns	LB	6-0	220	32	Alberta	16
51	Pieter Vanden Bos	OG	6-1	250	24	British Columbia	7
17	Al Washington	LB	6-3	255	27	Ohio State	16
6	J.C. Watts	QB	5-11	197	28	Oklahoma	16
59	Jack Williams	DE	6-4	240	28	Bowling Green State	5
21	Mike Williams	WR	5-9	170	25	Drake	3
58	Scott Yeldon	OT	6-6	264	23	Ottawa Sooners Jrs.	3
26	Daric Zeno	SB	5-9	175	23	Central Oklahoma	11

Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	1	Nick Benjamin	OL	Concordia (Quebec)
2	10	Tom Munroe	ER	British Columbia
3	19	Neri Fratin	RB	Ottawa
4	35	Marty Palazeti	DE	Marshall	from HAM
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
Team Totals	68	100	26	78
Opponents Totals	104	131	98	69

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
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
Mike Caterbone	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	30
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
Lester Brown	3	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
Mark Barousse	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
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	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
Mike Caterbone	43	654	15.2	70	5
Daric Zeno	35	323	9.2	29	2
Mark Barousse	27	371	13.7	49	1
Mike Hudson	26	278	10.7	30	1
Lester Brown	21	155	7.4	25	0
Steve Hall	20	310	15.5	51	0
Tim McCray	15	172	11.5	37	0
Brian Fryer	13	152	11.7		0
Jim Reid	11	77	7.0	17	0
Tony January	6	57	9.5	19	0
Don Newman	6	54	9.0	19	0
Thad Jemison	5	59	11.8	19	0
Dave Newman	5	35	7.0	20	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
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	S
1985 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)	140	6573	47.0	78	-
Team Totals	140	6573	47.0		-
Opponents Totals					-	1048

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