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Larry Cates

Cates, Larry
Height: 5-11 Weight: 185
Born: September 25, 1950 Columbus, OH
High School: Mohawk (Columbus, OH)

Year	College	Status
1970	Western Michigan
1971	Western Michigan	Lettered
1972	Western Michigan	Lettered
1973	Western Michigan	Lettered

Draft: 15th round (390th overall) 1974 Miami Dolphins; 31st round (372nd overall) 1974 Detroit Wheels

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1974 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1974 CAL CFL	26	DB-HB	4
1975 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1975 CAL CFL	26	DB-HB	16
1976 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1976 CAL CFL	26	DB	16
1977 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1977 OTT CFL		RB	16
1978 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1978 OTT CFL	32	DB	8
5 Years (CFL)5 Years CFL			60

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	1/30/1974	1974 Miami Dolphins (NFL)1974 MIA NFL
Draft	2/5/1974	1974 Detroit Wheels (WFL)1974 DET WFL
Signed		1974 Miami Dolphins (NFL)1974 MIA NFL
Released		1974 Miami Dolphins (NFL)1974 MIA NFL
Signed		1974 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1974 CAL CFL
Released		1976 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1976 CAL CFL
Signed		1977 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1977 OTT CFL
Released		1978 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1978 OTT CFL
Signed		1979 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1979 HAM CFL
Released		1979 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)1979 HAM CFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1975 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1975 CAL CFL	2	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	12
1976 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1976 CAL CFL	3	0	0		1		-	0	0		0	0	20
1977 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1977 OTT CFL	4	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	24
1978 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1978 OTT CFL	1	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		0	0	6
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	10	0	0		1	0		0	0		0	0	62

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1974 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1974 CAL CFL	10	46	4.6	17	0		0	0
1975 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1975 CAL CFL	22	89	4.0	30	0			0
1976 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1976 CAL CFL	81	458	5.7	38	3			0
1977 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1977 OTT CFL	34	125	3.7	11	1		0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1976 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1976 CAL CFL	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0						39.6
1977 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1977 OTT CFL	2	1	50.0	1	33	16.5	33.0	33	0	0.0	0	0.0				1	0	95.8
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	3	1	33.3	2	33	11.0	33.0	33	0	0.0	0	0.0				1	0	75.7

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1974 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1974 CAL CFL		1		0	0.0	0	0		0	0
1976 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1976 CAL CFL		18		141	7.8	15	0		0	0
1977 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1977 OTT CFL		13		130	10.0	20	2			0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL		32		271	8.5	20	2		0	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1974 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1974 CAL CFL	1	2	2.0	2	0
1975 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1975 CAL CFL	3	136	45.3	64	2
1976 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1976 CAL CFL	1	35	35.0	35	0
1977 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1977 OTT CFL	2	7	3.5	7	0
1978 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1978 OTT CFL	2	12	6.0	12	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	9	192	21.3	64	2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1975 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1975 CAL CFL	1	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
1976 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1976 CAL CFL	42	-	489	11.6	53	0
1977 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1977 OTT CFL	46	-	364	7.9	53	1
1978 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1978 OTT CFL	19	-	145	7.6	62	1
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	108		998	9.2	62	2	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1974 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1974 CAL CFL	4	-	125	31.3	35	0		0
1975 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1975 CAL CFL	26	-	748	28.8	67	0
1976 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1976 CAL CFL	32	-	901	28.2	73	0
1977 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1977 OTT CFL	23	-	525	22.8	44	0
1978 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1978 OTT CFL	4	-	49	12.3	21	0		0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	89		2348	26.4	73	0		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1975 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1975 CAL CFL	4	3	0	1	1	0	0
1976 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1976 CAL CFL	4	3	0	1	1	15	0
1977 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1977 OTT CFL	5	3		1	1	0	0
1978 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL)1978 OTT CFL	2	1		0	0	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	15	10	0	3	3	15	0

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