| 1953 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU) | 
| 3rd place • 7-7-0 .500 | 
| Head Coach: Clem Crowe | 
| Bill Stanton | Line | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/15/1953 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 11-18 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15600 | |
| Mon | 8/17/1953 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 9-12 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 12500 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1953 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 10-14 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1953 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 26-6 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 12000 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1953 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 20-16 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 17459 | |
| Wed | 9/16/1953 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 22-13 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 15155 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1953 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 21-37 | L | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 16902 | |
| Sat | 9/26/1953 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 17-18 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16000 | |
| Sat | 10/3/1953 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 31-6 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 15500 | |
| Sat | 10/10/1953 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 6-24 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 15482 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1953 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 18-26 | L | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 15462 | |
| Sat | 10/17/1953 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 24-33 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 13500 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1953 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 30-15 | W | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 16115 | |
| Sat | 10/31/1953 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 20-8 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 20187 | |
| Sat | 11/7/1953 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 13-4 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 12688 | |
| Sat | 11/14/1953 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 8-18 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 18000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Chuck Anderson | 40 | C | 6-0 | 225 | 36 | Ohio State | 14 | |
| Matt Anthony | 71 | E | 5-11 | 185 | 32 | 12 | ||
| Ron Baker | 41 | C | 6-2 | 238 | 21 | none | 9 | |
| Jack Barry | HB | 5-10 | 165 | 26 | Midwestern State | 1 | ||
| Walt Bashak | 60 | G | 6-1 | 223 | 24 | McMaster | 8 | |
| Bruno Bitkowski | 40 | E-C | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Ottawa | 14 | |
| John Bove | 64 | T | 6-0 | 225 | 29 | West Virginia | 4 | |
| Bruce Cummings | 89 | HB | 5-11 | 172 | 26 | Toronto | 10 | |
| Bob Cunningham | 99 | HB | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | 12 | ||
| Jake Dunlap | 68 | T-G | 6-0 | 215 | 28 | none | 7 | |
| Bernie Flowers | 77 | OE | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Purdue | 13 | |
| Steve Fochuk | 98 | HB | 5-9 | 198 | 22 | none | 4 | |
| Jack Gearding | 69 | T | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Xavier (Ohio) | 3 | |
| Don Hollingworth | 84 | HB | 6-1 | 215 | 21 | none | 13 | |
| Pete Karpuk | 76 | FW | 5-9 | 160 | 29 | none | 5 | |
| Stu Kennedy | 52 | C | 6-1 | 215 | 22 | Carleton; Queen's | 6 | |
| John Kissell | 68 | T | 6-2 | 245 | 30 | Boston College | 14 | |
| Alex Lawson | 72 | QB | 6-3 | 185 | 23 | Toronto | 1 | |
| Gerry Lefebvre | 56 | G | 5-11 | 222 | 28 | none | 14 | |
| Benny MacDonnell | 54 | G | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | none | 12 | |
| Tom O'Malley | 80 | QB | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | Cincinnati | 14 | |
| Alex Ponton | 95 | HB | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | McMaster | 13 | |
| Gene Roberts | 81 | OHB | 5-11 | 188 | 30 | Kansas; Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14 | |
| Ed Rowland | 61 | T | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Oklahoma | 9 | |
| Bob Rumball | 93 | HB-FW | 5-11 | 187 | 24 | Toronto | 11 | |
| Paul Salata | 75 | E | 6-2 | 191 | 27 | Southern California | 4 | |
| Bob Simpson | 70 | FW | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Western Ontario | 13 | |
| Roy Smith | 69 | FW-G-T | 6-3 | 222 | 25 | Tennessee | 8 | |
| Avatus Stone | 88 | OHB-QB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Syracuse | 13 | |
| Hank Tamowski | 85 | E-FW | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | Toronto | 5 | |
| Howie Turner | 82 | DB | 5-10 | 173 | 31 | North Carolina State | 14 | |
| Joe Upton | 53 | T | 6-2 | 248 | 28 | Toronto | 11 | |
| Kaye Vaughan | 55 | OG | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Tulsa | 12 | |
| John Wagoner | 66 | G-E-T | 6-1 | 230 | 30 | North Carolina State | 14 | |
| John Welton | 73 | E | 6-4 | 230 | 24 | Queen's; Wake Forest | 14 | |
| Ed Yablonski | 87 | FW-FB | 5-11 | 192 | 23 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | 
| 1 | 2 | Joe Harris | T | Toronto | 
| 2 | 6 | Stu Kennedy | T | Queen's | 
| 3 | 10 | Tony Arnoldi | E | Queen's | 
| 4 | 14 | Hank Tamowski | E | Toronto | 
| 5 | 18 | Ken Atwood | HB | Queen's | 
| 6 | 22 | Cameron Kennedy | HB | McGill | 
| 7 | 26 | Clive Bynoe | G | McMaster | 
| 8 | 30 | Pete Johnston | G | Queen's | 
| 9 | 34 | Bill Gatfield | HB | Queen's | 
| 10 | 38 | Walt Waddell | G | Queen's | 
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 38 | 77 | 69 | 82 | 266 | 
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 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 | 7 | 36 | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 0 | 88 | ||||
| Bob Cunningham | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Bob Simpson | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Tom O'Malley | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Matt Anthony | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| John Kissell | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Paul Salata | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Howie Turner | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Bruce Cummings | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bernie Flowers | 9 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | ||||
| Avatus Stone | 11 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 10 | 0 | 65 | ||||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 39 | 36 | 39 | 92.3 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 266 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 28 | 34 | 82.4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 238 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Cunningham | 4 | ||||
| Gene Roberts | 4 | ||||
| Avatus Stone | 4 | ||||
| Tom O'Malley | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 13 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom O'Malley | 22 | |||||||||||||||
| Avatus Stone | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 23 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Roberts | 3 | ||||
| Bob Simpson | 3 | ||||
| Matt Anthony | 1 | ||||
| Paul Salata | 1 | ||||
| Bernie Flowers | 9 | ||||
| Avatus Stone | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 23 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avatus Stone | 1 | ||||
| Howie Turner | 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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Kissell | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 
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