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1953 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU)

3rd place • 7-7-0 .500
1953 CFLPrevious SeasonNext Season
Roster KeyStat Key
Head Coach: Clem Crowe
Bill StantonLine
SCORES
DayDateOpponentScoreLocationVenueAttendance
Sat8/15/1953AWinnipeg Blue Bombers11-18LWinnipeg, MBWinnipeg Stadium15600
Mon8/17/1953AEdmonton Eskimos9-12LEdmonton, ABJoseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium12500
Sat8/29/1953AHamilton Tiger-Cats10-14LHamilton, ONCivic Stadium12000
Sat9/5/1953HMontreal Alouettes26-6WOttawa, ONLansdowne Park12000
Sat9/12/1953AToronto Argonauts20-16WToronto, ONVarsity Stadium17459
Wed9/16/1953HMontreal Alouettes22-13WOttawa, ONLansdowne Park15155
Sun9/20/1953AMontreal Alouettes21-37LMontreal, QCDelorimier Downs16902
Sat9/26/1953HToronto Argonauts17-18LOttawa, ONLansdowne Park16000
Sat10/3/1953HHamilton Tiger-Cats31-6WOttawa, ONLansdowne Park15500
Sat10/10/1953HMontreal Alouettes6-24LOttawa, ONLansdowne Park15482
Sun10/11/1953AMontreal Alouettes18-26LMontreal, QCDelorimier Downs15462
Sat10/17/1953HHamilton Tiger-Cats24-33LOttawa, ONLansdowne Park13500
Sun10/25/1953AMontreal Alouettes30-15WMontreal, QCDelorimier Downs16115
Sat10/31/1953AToronto Argonauts20-8WToronto, ONVarsity Stadium20187
Sat11/7/1953HToronto Argonauts13-4WOttawa, ONLansdowne Park12688
Sat11/14/1953AHamilton Tiger-Cats8-18LHamilton, ONCivic Stadium18000
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
ROSTER
PlayerNoPosHtWtAgeCollegeGPGS
Chuck Anderson40C6-022536Ohio State14
Matt Anthony71E5-111853212
Ron Baker41C6-223821none9
Jack BarryHB5-1016526Midwestern State1
Walt Bashak60G6-122324McMaster8
Bruno Bitkowski40E-C6-222024Ottawa14
John Bove64T6-022529West Virginia4
Bruce Cummings89HB5-1117226Toronto10
Bob Cunningham99HB6-01932612
Jake Dunlap68T-G6-021528none7
Bernie Flowers77OE6-221023Purdue13
Steve Fochuk98HB5-919822none4
Jack Gearding69T6-322526Xavier (Ohio)3
Don Hollingworth84HB6-121521none13
Pete Karpuk76FW5-916029none5
Stu Kennedy52C6-121522Carleton; Queen's6
John Kissell68T6-224530Boston College14
Alex Lawson72QB6-318523Toronto1
Gerry Lefebvre56G5-1122228none14
Benny MacDonnell54G6-020023none12
Tom O'Malley80QB5-1118528Cincinnati14
Alex Ponton95HB6-120522McMaster13
Gene Roberts81OHB5-1118830Kansas; Tennessee-Chattanooga14
Ed Rowland61T6-223023Oklahoma9
Bob Rumball93HB-FW5-1118724Toronto11
Paul Salata75E6-219127Southern California4
Bob Simpson70FW6-020023Western Ontario13
Roy Smith69FW-G-T6-322225Tennessee8
Avatus Stone88OHB-QB6-119522Syracuse13
Hank Tamowski85E-FW5-1017523Toronto5
Howie Turner82DB5-1017331North Carolina State14
Joe Upton53T6-224828Toronto11
Kaye Vaughan55OG6-222522Tulsa12
John Wagoner66G-E-T6-123030North Carolina State14
John Welton73E6-423024Queen's; Wake Forest14
Ed Yablonski87FW-FB5-1119223Detroit Mercy14
DRAFT LIST
RoundOverallPlayerPosCollege
12Joe HarrisTToronto
26Stu KennedyTQueen's
310Tony ArnoldiEQueen's
414Hank TamowskiEToronto
518Ken AtwoodHBQueen's
622Cameron KennedyHBMcGill
726Clive BynoeGMcMaster
830Pete JohnstonGQueen's
934Bill GatfieldHBQueen's
1038Walt WaddellGQueen's
SCORING BY QUARTERS1st2nd3rd4thPTS
Team Totals38776982266
Opponents Totals46616467238
TEAM STATSTOPFirst DownsRushPassPen2nd Down Efficiency3rd Down EfficiencyPENPENY
Team Totals
Opponents Totals
SCORINGTDX1X1APCTFGFGAPCTSSAFPTS
Gene Roberts736---52088
Avatus Stone110---010065
Bernie Flowers90---00045
Bob Cunningham40---00020
Bob Simpson30---00015
Tom O'Malley10---05010
Matt Anthony10---0005
John Kissell10---0005
Paul Salata10---0005
Howie Turner10---0005
Bruce Cummings00---0101
(Team)000-00012
Team Totals39363992.35181266
Opponents Totals34283482.45117238
RUSHINGATTYDSAVGLGTD
Bob Cunningham4
Gene Roberts4
Avatus Stone4
Tom O'Malley1
Team Totals13
Opponents Totals8
PASSINGATTCOMPCTINCYDSY/ATTY/COMLGTDTD%INTINT%TSYLNYPRTG
Tom O'Malley22
Avatus Stone1
Team Totals23
Opponents Totals21
RECEIVINGRECYDSAVGLGTD
Bernie Flowers9
Avatus Stone6
Gene Roberts3
Bob Simpson3
Matt Anthony1
Paul Salata1
Team Totals23
Opponents Totals21
INTERCEPTIONSINTYDSAVGLGTD
Avatus Stone1
Howie Turner1
Team Totals2
Opponents Totals2
PUNT RETURNSNOYDSAVGLGTD
Team Totals0
Opponents Totals0
KICKOFFSNOYDSAVGLGS
KICKOFF RETURNSNOYDSAVGLGTD
Team Totals0
Opponents Totals0
FUMBLESNOLOSTOWNOPPRECYDSTD
John Kissell1
Team Totals1
Opponents Totals3
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