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1949 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU)

1st place • 11-1-0 .917

1949 IRFU • Previous Season • Next Season

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Head Coach: Walt Masters

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/13/1949	H	Hamilton Tigers	25-1	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	9000
Sat	8/27/1949	A	Montreal Alouettes	7-6	W		Montreal, QC	Delorimier Downs	14958
Sat	9/3/1949	H	Montreal Alouettes	22-21	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	16000
Sat	9/10/1949	A	Toronto Argonauts	19-1	W		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	19000
Sat	9/17/1949	H	Hamilton Wildcats	19-12	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	8000
Sat	9/24/1949	A	Hamilton Wildcats	14-11	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	7000
Sat	10/1/1949	H	Toronto Argonauts	34-11	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	16424
Sat	10/8/1949	H	Montreal Alouettes	19-20	L		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	14000
Sun	10/9/1949	A	Montreal Alouettes	42-33	W		Montreal, QC	Delorimier Downs	20000
Sat	10/15/1949	A	Hamilton Wildcats	12-7	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	5000
Sat	10/22/1949	A	Toronto Argonauts	24-13	W		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	19000
Sat	10/29/1949	H	Toronto Argonauts	30-24	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	15000
Sat	11/5/1949	H	Hamilton Wildcats	19-11	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	9000
IRFU Final #1
Wed	11/9/1949	A	Montreal Alouettes	7-22	L		Montreal, QC	Delorimier Downs	15272
IRFU Final #2
Sat	11/12/1949	H	Montreal Alouettes	13-14	L		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	17000

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

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Joe Asquini	58	FW	6-0	190	24	none	8	1
Ralph Bartolini	81	HB	5-9	184	23	none	9	1
Alex Carson	84	C	6-0	210	26	none	12	3
Eric Chipper	68	T	5-11	195	34	none	12	1
Beaver Dalton		G		182			1	0
Johnny Dengel	70	HB	5-11	195	24	Wayne State (Michigan)	12	3
Pete Finlay	75	E	5-11	175	22	McGill	12	6
Tony Golab	72	HB-FW	6-2	210	30	none	6	6
Andy Gordon	61	QB	6-0	175	22	Pennsylvania; Villanova	12	11
Bert Haigh	60	E	6-0	179	31		8	0
George Hall	78	G	5-11	220	27	none	10	0
Pete Karpuk	76	HB	5-9	160	25	none	9	2
Steve Karrys	80	HB	6-0	180	25	Toronto	11	11
Bill LaRochelle	54	HB	6-3	184	23	Western Ontario	10	0
Gerry Lefebvre	56	G	5-11	222	24	none	12	12
Don Loney	77	C	6-1	199	26	none	11	9
Brian Lynch	79	E	6-0	184	26	Manitoba	11	0
Benny MacDonnell	53	HB-FW	6-0	200	19	none	8	5
Don McDonald	55	E	6-2	200	28	Oklahoma	9	8
Ted McLarty	59	HB	6-2	175	24	none	4	0
Eddie Michaels	57	G	5-11	205	35	Villanova	12	0
Ellard Miles	65	T	6-1	202	27	none	11	1
Bob Paffrath	64	FW-HB-QB	5-8	190	31	Minnesota	12	11
Alex Saunders	67	G	5-11	177	20	none	6	1
Ray Skerrett	71	HB	5-9	165	21	none	2	0
Benny Steck	50	G	6-0	195	28	none	11	11
Bill Stockman	63	E	5-11	175	24	Toronto	6	0
Don Talcott	51	T	6-2	235	28	Nevada-Reno	11	11
Wilf Tremblay	83	HB	5-7	142	32	none	6	1
Howie Turner	82	HB	5-10	173	27	North Carolina State	11	8
John Wagoner	85	T	6-1	230	26	North Carolina State	12	11

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	65	78	44	74	261
Opponents Totals	40	28	48	63	170

TEAM STATS	TOP	First Downs	Rush	Pass	Pen	2nd Down Efficiency	3rd Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Howie Turner	10	0			-	-	-	0			7	0	57
Eric Chipper	0	34			-	-	-	1			0	0	37
Don McDonald	5	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	25
Steve Karrys	4	0			-	-	-	0			1	0	21
Pete Karpuk	4	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	20
Tony Golab	3	0			-	-	-	0			2	0	17
Bert Haigh	3	0			-	-	-	0			2	0	17
Andy Gordon	3	0			-	-	-	0			1	0	16
Bill LaRochelle	3	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	15
Brian Lynch	1	0			-	-	-	0			1	0	6
Ted McLarty	1	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	5
Ray Skerrett	1	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	5
Johnny Dengel	4	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	20
Team Totals	42	34	42	81.0	1			14	0	261
Opponents Totals	26	19	26	73.1	3			12	0	170

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Howie Turner					7
Steve Karrys					4
Johnny Dengel					3
Tony Golab					3
Andy Gordon					2
Pete Karpuk					1
Bill LaRochelle					1
Ted McLarty					1
Team Totals					22
Opponents Totals

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bob Paffrath									13
Andy Gordon									2
Howie Turner									2
Pete Karpuk									1
Team Totals									18
Opponents Totals

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Don McDonald					5
Bert Haigh					3
Howie Turner					3
Pete Karpuk					2
Bill LaRochelle					2
Andy Gordon					1
Brian Lynch					1
Johnny Dengel					1
Team Totals					18
Opponents Totals

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Pete Karpuk							1
Ray Skerrett							1
Team Totals							2
Opponents Totals

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