1981 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) |
2nd place Eastern Division 5-11-0 .313 |
Head Coach: George Brancato |
Jerry Keeling | Offensive Backfield/Receivers |
Joe Moss | Offensive Line |
Bob O'Billovich | Defensive Backfield/Linebackers |
Don Sutherin | Defensive Line/Linebackers |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Thu | 6/4/1981 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 20-12 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 28325 | |
Thu | 6/11/1981 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 18-17 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16139 | |
Sun | 6/21/1981 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 17-21 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 21249 | |
Fri | 6/26/1981 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 35-25 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 14092 | |
Fri | 7/3/1981 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 21-47 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22023 | |
Sat | 7/11/1981 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 10-47 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 22345 | |
Fri | 7/17/1981 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 33-31 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 24827 | |
Sat | 7/25/1981 | A | British Columbia Lions | 17-31 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 26661 | |
Fri | 8/7/1981 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 38-11 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22658 | |
Sat | 8/15/1981 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16-32 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18408 | |
Fri | 8/21/1981 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 18-30 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 30276 | |
Fri | 8/28/1981 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 8-31 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 26031 | |
Fri | 9/4/1981 | H | British Columbia Lions | 17-7 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18393 | |
Sun | 9/13/1981 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 23-6 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 30340 | |
Sun | 9/20/1981 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23-26 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 28335 | |
Sat | 9/26/1981 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16-30 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20451 | |
Sat | 10/3/1981 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24-44 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 15523 | |
Mon | 10/12/1981 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 6-24 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 45805 | |
Sun | 10/18/1981 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 21-10 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 15002 | |
Sun | 11/1/1981 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 15-39 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 20867 | |
Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
Sun | 11/8/1981 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 20-16 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17554 | |
Eastern Final | |||||||||
Sun | 11/15/1981 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 17-13 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 28104 | |
Grey Cup | |||||||||
Sun | 11/22/1981 | N | Edmonton Eskimos | 23-26 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 53307 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
18 | Jeff Avery | WR | 6-2 | 185 | 28 | Ottawa | 16 | |
25 | Ricky Barden | CB | 5-9 | 185 | 23 | North Carolina | 8 | |
54/74 | Ian Beckstead | OT-TE | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Richmond | 16 | |
68 | Val Belcher | ROG | 6-3 | 255 | 27 | Houston | 16 | |
41 | Tim Berryman | MLB | 6-0 | 220 | 27 | Ottawa | 4 | |
7 | Carl Brazley | CB | 6-0 | 180 | 24 | Western Kentucky | 4 | |
30 | Larry Brune | DH | 6-2 | 202 | 28 | Rice | 10 | |
16 | Jim Burrow | DB | 5-11 | 181 | 28 | Nebraska | 3 | |
15 | Ron Calcagni | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Arkansas | 6 | |
8 | Jordan Case | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | North Texas | 10 | |
20 | Gary Cook | WR-TE | 6-1 | 180 | 24 | Carleton | 10 | |
22 | Glenn Cook | S | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Richmond | 15 | |
Martin Cox | WR | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | Vanderbilt | 1 | ||
33 | Richard Crump | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Miami-Dade JC; Jacksonville State | 8 | |
28 | Mike Davis | DB | 6-1 | 213 | 24 | Colorado | 4 | |
35 | Calvin Fance | RB | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Rice | 1 | |
27 | Sharay Fields | CB | 5-9 | 165 | 22 | New Mexico | 3 | |
63 | Randy Fournier | LB | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | Cincinnati | 1 | |
78 | Ron Foxx | LB | 6-3 | 220 | 30 | Alabama A&M | 10 | |
77 | Tony Gabriel | TE | 6-4 | 209 | 33 | Syracuse | 14 | |
76 | John Glassford | ILB | 6-2 | 220 | 28 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
19 | Greg Grimes | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Washington | 8 | |
15 | Billy Hardee | CB | 6-1 | 184 | 27 | Virginia Tech | 4 | |
64 | Tim Hook | C | 6-2 | 246 | 24 | Simon Fraser; Montana | 16 | |
59 | Malcolm Inglis | OG | 6-6 | 260 | 26 | Carleton | 16 | |
3 | Kelvin Kirk | WR | 5-10 | 181 | 27 | Dayton | 14 | |
36 | Eric Manns | LB | 6-2 | 214 | 23 | Western Michigan; Wayne State (Michigan) | 5 | |
56 | Greg Marshall | DE | 6-3 | 257 | 25 | Oregon State | 16 | |
43 | William Mitchell | OLB | 6-0 | 213 | 22 | Long Beach State | 3 | |
71 | Gerry Organ | K-P | 6-2 | 200 | 37 | Guelph | 16 | 0 |
24 | John Park | FB | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | Bowling Green State | 16 | |
34 | Derrek Peels | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | Santa Monica JC | 1 | |
53 | Mike Peerman | MLB | 6-2 | 237 | 24 | Colorado State-Pueblo | 6 | |
67 | Rudy Phillips | LOG | 6-2 | 250 | 23 | North Texas | 6 | |
17 | Mark Philp | DH | 5-9 | 170 | 24 | Richmond | 5 | |
73 | Jim Piaskoski | DE | 6-4 | 240 | 33 | none | 14 | |
4 | Wiley Pitts | WR | 6-1 | 175 | 24 | Temple | 6 | |
26 | Sam Platt | FB | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Florida State | 7 | |
50 | Kevin Powell | LOT | 6-4 | 255 | 26 | Snow JC; Utah State | 16 | |
79 | Mike Raines | DT | 6-5 | 255 | 28 | Alabama | 15 | |
32 | Jim Reid | FB | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
21 | Randy Rhino | DB | 5-9 | 185 | 28 | Georgia Tech | 15 | |
61 | Doug Seymour | DE-MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 29 | Missouri | 9 | |
52 | Ron Simmons | DT | 6-1 | 260 | 22 | Florida State | 6 | |
75 | Rick Sowieta | OLB | 6-3 | 215 | 27 | Richmond | 16 | |
5 | Jerome Stanton | CB | 6-0 | 187 | 24 | Michigan State | 13 | |
2 | Kevin Starkey | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | El Camino JC; Long Beach State | 7 | |
65 | Pat Staub | ROT | 6-1 | 255 | 26 | Temple | 5 | |
23 | Peter Stenerson | SB | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | Carleton | 7 | |
56 | Bob Stephen | OG | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | none | 6 | |
14 | Pat Stoqua | SB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Carleton | 10 | |
27 | Jon Sutton | CB | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | New Mexico | 8 | |
55 | Larry Tittley | C | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | Concordia (Quebec) | 16 | |
1 | Bruce Walker | FL | 6-0 | 170 | 26 | Windsor | 16 | |
61 | Jimmy Walker | DE | 6-2 | 270 | 25 | Arkansas | 2 | |
51 | Ian Ward | DT | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Western Ontario | 15 | |
6 | J.C. Watts | QB | 5-11 | 197 | 24 | Oklahoma | 9 |
DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
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Player | Pos | College |
Ian Beckstead | TE | Richmond |
John Park | TE | Bowling Green State |
DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 3 | Maurice Doyle | RB | Toronto |
2 | 12 | Don Burns | WR | Ottawa |
4 | 30 | Eric Boss | DT | Toronto |
5 | 39 | Larry Ring | DB | Bishop's |
6 | 48 | Tony Refossi | OT | Toronto |
7 | 57 | Rob Ball | DL | Queen's |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 59 | 102 | 54 | 91 | |
Opponents Totals | 92 | 130 | 101 | 123 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 286 | 93 | 160 | 33 | 124 | 903 | |||||||
Opponents Totals | 365 | 121 | 214 | 30 | 145 | 1202 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Organ | 0 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 28 | 38 | 73.7 | 10 | 0 | 122 | |
Kelvin Kirk | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||
Tony Gabriel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
Richard Crump | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
Bruce Walker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
Calvin Fance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Sam Platt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Jeff Avery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Mike Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Greg Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Jim Reid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Randy Rhino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Peter Stenerson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
J.C. Watts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
John Glassford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Team Totals | 30 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 38 | 73.7 | 10 | 1 | 306 | |
Opponents Totals | 50 | 48 | 1 | 24 | 35 | 68.6 | 20 | 2 | 446 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Crump | 97 | 440 | 4.5 | 23 | 3 |
Sam Platt | 99 | 427 | 4.3 | 55 | 1 |
J.C. Watts | 37 | 260 | 7.0 | 26 | 1 |
Jim Reid | 30 | 183 | 6.1 | 19 | 0 |
Jordan Case | 32 | 175 | 5.5 | 21 | 0 |
Ron Calcagni | 9 | 87 | 9.7 | 20 | 0 |
John Park | 17 | 77 | 4.5 | 14 | 0 |
Kevin Starkey | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 18 | 0 |
Calvin Fance | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 7 | 2 |
Gerry Organ | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Kelvin Kirk | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 1 |
Team Totals | 341 | 1751 | 5.1 | 8 | |
Opponents Totals | 393 | 1839 | 4.7 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jordan Case | 209 | 129 | 129 | 73 | 1521 | 7.3 | 11.8 | 52 | 10 | 4.8 | 7 | 3.3 | 85.8 | |||
J.C. Watts | 142 | 77 | 77 | 54 | 957 | 6.7 | 12.4 | 53 | 3 | 2.1 | 11 | 7.7 | 50.1 | |||
Kevin Starkey | 82 | 40 | 40 | 33 | 573 | 7.0 | 14.3 | 49 | 3 | 3.7 | 9 | 11.0 | 44.5 | |||
Ron Calcagni | 62 | 35 | 35 | 21 | 548 | 8.8 | 15.7 | 43 | 2 | 3.2 | 6 | 9.7 | 57.1 | |||
Richard Crump | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 104.2 | |||
Jeff Avery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 87.5 | |||
Gerry Organ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Team Totals | 498 | 283 | 56.8 | 182 | 3613 | 7.3 | 12.8 | 18 | 3.6 | 33 | 6.6 | 64.1 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 563 | 334 | 59.3 | 206 | 4377 | 7.8 | 13.1 | 23 | 4.1 | 32 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Gabriel | 73 | 1006 | 13.8 | 46 | 5 |
Bruce Walker | 44 | 482 | 11.0 | 52 | 3 |
Kelvin Kirk | 38 | 804 | 21.2 | 53 | 6 |
Jim Reid | 26 | 258 | 9.9 | 19 | 1 |
Pat Stoqua | 20 | 326 | 16.3 | 40 | 0 |
Richard Crump | 20 | 166 | 8.3 | 42 | 0 |
Sam Platt | 20 | 83 | 4.2 | 16 | 1 |
Jeff Avery | 14 | 151 | 10.8 | 21 | 1 |
John Park | 12 | 98 | 8.2 | 42 | 0 |
Wiley Pitts | 10 | 189 | 18.9 | 48 | 0 |
Martin Cox | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 11 | 0 |
Peter Stenerson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 1 |
John Glassford | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Team Totals | 283 | 3613 | 12.8 | 18 | |
Opponents Totals | 334 | 4377 | 13.1 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jon Sutton | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 86 | 0 |
Jerome Stanton | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 34 | 0 |
Larry Brune | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
Billy Hardee | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 |
Jim Burrow | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 |
Randy Rhino | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
Greg Grimes | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 13 | 0 |
Ricky Barden | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
Mike Davis | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
Ron Foxx | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
John Glassford | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Carl Brazley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 23 | 300 | 13.0 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 33 | 269 | 8.2 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Organ | 123 | 5167 | 42.0 | 64 | - | |||||
Team Totals | 123 | 5167 | 42.0 | - | 1267 | 4327 | 32.5 | |||
Opponents Totals | 134 | 5847 | 43.6 | - | 138 | 5709 | 42.6 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randy Rhino | 73 | 918 | 12.6 | 56 | 0 |
Kelvin Kirk | 23 | 322 | 14.0 | 92 | 1 |
Bruce Walker | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 23 | 0 |
Mike Davis | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
Carl Brazley | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
Team Totals | 108 | 1338 | 12.4 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 118 | 1267 | 10.7 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Organ | 55 | 2972 | 54.0 | 88 | 1 |
Team Totals | 55 | 2972 | 54.0 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ricky Barden | 18 | 416 | 23.1 | 41 | 0 |
Kelvin Kirk | 15 | 336 | 22.4 | 35 | 0 |
Sam Platt | 11 | 277 | 25.2 | 30 | 0 |
Mike Davis | 7 | 170 | 24.3 | 35 | 0 |
Calvin Fance | 3 | 103 | 34.3 | 36 | 0 |
Carl Brazley | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 28 | 0 |
Jim Reid | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 22 | 0 |
Derrek Peels | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 31 | 0 |
Richard Crump | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 |
John Park | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 70 | 1588 | 22.7 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 51 | 979 | 19.2 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Greg Marshall | 9.0 | |
Rick Sowieta | 6.0 | |
Ron Simmons | 3.0 | |
Mike Raines | 2.5 | |
Jim Piaskoski | 2.0 | |
Eric Manns | 2.0 | |
Larry Brune | 2.0 | |
Doug Seymour | 1.0 | |
Mike Peerman | 1.0 | |
John Glassford | 1.0 | |
Glenn Cook | 1.0 | |
Carl Brazley | 1.0 | |
Ron Foxx | 0.5 | |
Team Totals | 32.0 | |
Opponents Totals |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ricky Barden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Val Belcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Brune | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Calcagni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jordan Case | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Richard Crump | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Davis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Foxx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -8 | 0 |
Tony Gabriel | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
John Glassford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 1 |
William Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Park | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rudy Phillips | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Philp | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Piaskoski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Sam Platt | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Reid | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Randy Rhino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 97 | 1 |
Doug Seymour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Simmons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Sowieta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kevin Starkey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jon Sutton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J.C. Watts | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 23 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 150 | 2 |
Opponents Totals | 13 | 12 | 12 |
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