1952 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU) |
| 3rd place • 5-7-0 .417 |
| Head Coach: Clem Crowe |
| Geno Mazzanti | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/9/1952 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 6-24 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 10000 | |
| Wed | 8/27/1952 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 32-28 | W | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 20586 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1952 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 8-30 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 14000 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1952 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 19-24 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 19300 | |
| Sat | 9/20/1952 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 8-7 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16500 | |
| Sat | 9/27/1952 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13-27 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 14000 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1952 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 25-21 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16500 | |
| Sat | 10/11/1952 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 25-12 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 14177 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1952 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 23-6 | W | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 13000 | |
| Sat | 10/18/1952 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 6-25 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17000 | |
| Sat | 10/25/1952 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 14-20 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 24402 | |
| Sat | 11/1/1952 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 23-25 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 14000 | |
| Sat | 11/8/1952 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 4-13 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 12000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Matt Anthony | 71 | E | 5-11 | 185 | 31 | 12 | 6 | |
| Mel Aull | 78 | T | 5-11 | 210 | 24 | none | 9 | 1 |
| Al Baldwin | 55 | E-QB | 6-2 | 205 | 29 | Arkansas | 12 | 12 |
| Walt Bashak | 54 | T-G | 6-1 | 223 | 23 | McMaster | 12 | 2 |
| Bruno Bitkowski | 40 | G-T-E | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Ottawa | 12 | 6 |
| John Bove | 64 | G-T | 6-0 | 225 | 28 | West Virginia | 10 | 9 |
| Al Brown | 75 | E | Toronto | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jim Butler | 62 | G-T | 5-11 | 185 | 21 | Toronto | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Chambers | 50 | G | 6-2 | 230 | 29 | Georgia Tech; Alabama; UCLA | 5 | 3 |
| Bruce Cummings | 89 | HB | 5-11 | 172 | 25 | Toronto | 10 | 3 |
| Bob Garside | 85 | LB | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Toronto | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Gearding | 69 | T | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | Xavier (Ohio) | 8 | 4 |
| Don Hollingworth | 84 | FW | 6-1 | 215 | 20 | none | 7 | 1 |
| Pete Karpuk | 94 | HB | 5-9 | 160 | 28 | none | 12 | 1 |
| Alex Lawson | 72 | QB | 6-3 | 185 | 22 | Toronto | 10 | 0 |
| Gerry Lefebvre | 56 | G | 5-11 | 222 | 27 | none | 12 | 3 |
| Don Loney | 77 | C | 6-1 | 199 | 29 | none | 4 | 1 |
| Benny MacDonnell | 53 | HB-FW | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | none | 11 | 9 |
| Geno Mazzanti | 87 | FW-HB | 5-11 | 194 | 23 | Arkansas | 4 | 3 |
| Lloyd McDermott | 68 | T | 6-1 | 240 | 27 | Kentucky | 11 | 8 |
| Ted McLarty | 59 | B | 6-2 | 175 | 27 | none | 9 | 0 |
| Tom O'Malley | 80 | QB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Cincinnati | 12 | 11 |
| Alex Ponton | 95 | HB | 6-1 | 205 | 21 | McMaster | 12 | 0 |
| Gene Roberts | 81 | HB | 5-11 | 188 | 29 | Kansas; Tennessee-Chattanooga | 12 | 12 |
| Buck Rogers | 73 | C-G | 5-11 | 205 | 24 | 12 | 4 | |
| Bob Rumball | 93 | HB | 5-11 | 187 | 23 | Toronto | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 70 | FW-E | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Western Ontario | 12 | 9 |
| Bill Stanton | 51 | HB-E-FW | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | North Carolina State | 6 | 4 |
| Howie Turner | 82 | HB | 5-10 | 173 | 30 | North Carolina State | 12 | 11 |
| Harry Ulinski | 41 | C | 6-4 | 229 | 27 | Kentucky | 11 | 8 |
| John Wagoner | 66 | G-T | 6-1 | 230 | 29 | North Carolina State | 12 | 11 |
| John Welton | 73 | E | 6-4 | 230 | 23 | Queen's; Wake Forest | 12 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Bob Garside | HB | Toronto |
| 2 | 8 | Walt Bashak | T | McMaster |
| 3 | 12 | Alex Lawson | QB | Toronto |
| 4 | 16 | Al Brown | E | Toronto |
| 5 | 19 | Bob Rumball | HB | Toronto |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 47 | 67 | 57 | 29 | 200 |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 68 | 50 | 68 | 238 |
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Roberts | 9 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | ||||
| Buck Rogers | 0 | 24 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Al Baldwin | 7 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | ||||
| Howie Turner | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Bob Simpson | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| Bill Stanton | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Bruce Cummings | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Pete Karpuk | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Benny MacDonnell | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Geno Mazzanti | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Bob Rumball | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Tom O'Malley | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Alex Ponton | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 30 | 24 | 30 | 80.0 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 200 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 31 | 39 | 79.5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 238 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Roberts | 6 | ||||
| Howie Turner | 2 | ||||
| Benny MacDonnell | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 18 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom O'Malley | 19 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 19 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 19 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Baldwin | 7 | ||||
| Gene Roberts | 3 | ||||
| Howie Turner | 3 | ||||
| Bob Simpson | 2 | ||||
| Bill Stanton | 2 | ||||
| Geno Mazzanti | 1 | ||||
| Bob Rumball | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 19 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Karpuk | 1 | ||||
| Bob Simpson | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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