1953 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU) |
| 1st place • 12-4-0 .750 |
| Head Coach: Darrell Royal |
| Charlie Shira | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/14/1953 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 28-16 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 14000 | |
| Mon | 8/17/1953 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 12-9 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 12500 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1953 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 6-7 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16108 | |
| Mon | 8/31/1953 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 19-17 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 11030 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1953 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 18-6 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 15000 | |
| Mon | 9/7/1953 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 19-5 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15500 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1953 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13-1 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15300 | |
| Mon | 9/14/1953 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 9-7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16000 | |
| Sat | 9/19/1953 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 12-6 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13024 | |
| Sat | 9/26/1953 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 15-6 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15000 | |
| Mon | 9/28/1953 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 21-12 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sat | 10/3/1953 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13-19 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12646 | |
| Mon | 10/5/1953 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16-6 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17014 | |
| Sat | 10/10/1953 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 34-13 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | ||
| Mon | 10/12/1953 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 22-6 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15500 | |
| Sat | 10/17/1953 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 32-9 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | ||
| Mon | 10/19/1953 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 19-20 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15000 | |
| Sat | 10/24/1953 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 8-17 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15000 | |
| WIFU Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/7/1953 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 25-7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15500 | |
| WIFU Final #2 | |||||||||
| Wed | 11/11/1953 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 17-21 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17434 | |
| WIFU Final #3 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/14/1953 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24-30 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Frankie Anderson | 70 | DE | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Oklahoma | 16 | |
| Claude Arnold | 99 | QB | 6-0 | 175 | 29 | Oklahoma | 12 | |
| Don Barry | 42 | C | 5-11 | 215 | 22 | none | 15 | |
| Steve Bendiak | 71 | E | 6-4 | 210 | 22 | none | 12 | |
| Joe Blanchard | 60 | T | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Kansas State | 13 | |
| Bill Briggs | 72 | C-E | 6-4 | 208 | 28 | 16 | ||
| Al Bryant | 87 | HB-G | 6-0 | 170 | none | 8 | ||
| Jimmy Chambers | 90 | HB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | 7 | ||
| Eddie Crowder | 96 | QB | 6-0 | 170 | 22 | Oklahoma | 4 | |
| Ray Enright | 96 | HB | 6-0 | 177 | 24 | 13 | ||
| Charley Genthner | T | 6-2 | 215 | 21 | Texas | 2 | ||
| John Gough | 41 | E | 6-5 | 210 | Oklahoma | 16 | ||
| Bob Hayton | 94 | HB | 1 | |||||
| Laurie Hodgson | 83 | LB | 6-0 | 210 | 21 | none | 15 | |
| Eagle Keys | 40 | C | 6-3 | 217 | 30 | Western Kentucky | 16 | |
| Mike King | 82 | HB | 6-0 | 210 | 28 | 16 | ||
| Gene Kiniski | 50 | T | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | Arizona | 13 | |
| Normie Kwong | 95 | FB | 5-9 | 190 | 24 | none | 15 | |
| Don Lord | 81 | E-HB | 6-2 | 192 | 25 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Ray MacLeod | 55 | T | 6-0 | 213 | 22 | Oregon | 16 | |
| Willie Manley | 66 | OT | 6-2 | 218 | 27 | Oklahoma | 14 | |
| Vic Mayson | 91 | FW | 5-10 | 172 | none | 15 | ||
| Glenn McWhinney | 93 | QB | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | none | 15 | |
| Steve Mendryk | 88 | FW | 6-1 | 187 | 25 | Alberta | 16 | |
| Rollie Miles | 98 | OHB | 5-10 | 175 | 26 | St. Augustine's | 16 | |
| Frankie Morris | 53 | G | 5-11 | 230 | 30 | 9 | ||
| Rod Pantages | 80 | HB | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | none | 16 | |
| Steve Paproski | 65 | T-G | 6-0 | 245 | 25 | North Dakota; Arizona | 9 | |
| Rollin Prather | 74 | E | 6-5 | 232 | 28 | Kansas State | 1 | |
| Chuck Quilter | 57 | T | 6-0 | 240 | 29 | Stephen F. Austin State; Tyler JC | 4 | |
| Jim Quondamatteo | 53 | OG | 5-9 | 220 | 26 | none | 15 | |
| Bill Rowekamp | 86 | FW | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Army; Missouri | 1 | |
| Charlie Shira | 41 | T-G | 27 | Texas A&M; Army | 2 | |||
| Don Simon | 96 | HB | 5-11 | 172 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| Wilbur Snyder | 63 | T | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Utah | 12 | |
| Tommy Stolhandske | 75 | E | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | Texas | 14 | |
| Ted Tully | 84 | G-FW | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | none | 16 | |
| Billy Vessels | 97 | OHB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Oklahoma | 16 | |
| Ray Willsey | 92 | DB | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Santa Ana JC; California | 16 | |
| Bill Zock | 62 | T | 6-1 | 245 | 35 | 9 | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 63 | 46 | 78 | 89 | 276 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 27 | 30 | 60 | 157 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 234 | 153 | 73 | 8 | 59 | 537 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 232 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollie Miles | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | ||
| Wilbur Snyder | 0 | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 5 | 14 | 35.7 | 5 | 0 | 51 |
| Steve Mendryk | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Ted Tully | 1 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Rod Pantages | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Frankie Anderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Claude Arnold | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Normie Kwong | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Don Simon | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Don Lord | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Billy Vessels | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | ||
| Tommy Stolhandske | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 40 | 38 | 40 | 95.0 | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | 18 | 1 | 276 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 21 | 24 | 87.5 | 3 | 12 | 25.0 | 7 | 0 | 157 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Vessels | 129 | 926 | 7.2 | 7 | |
| Rollie Miles | 134 | 819 | 6.1 | 91 | 8 |
| Normie Kwong | 117 | 802 | 6.9 | 2 | |
| Rod Pantages | 21 | 135 | 6.4 | 1 | |
| Eddie Crowder | 23 | 106 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Claude Arnold | 48 | 98 | 2.0 | 2 | |
| Don Simon | 17 | 81 | 4.8 | 2 | |
| Ray Willsey | 10 | 76 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Steve Mendryk | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 1 | |
| Glen McWhinney | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Ray Enright | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Chambers | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Al Bryant | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike King | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilbur Snyder | 1 | -18 | -18.0 | -18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 519 | 3095 | 6.0 | 23 | |
| Opponents Totals | 437 | 1800 | 4.1 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Arnold | 145 | 79 | 54.5 | 54 | 1171 | 8.1 | 14.8 | 7 | 4.8 | 12 | 8.3 | 62.7 | ||||
| Billy Vessels | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 11 | 393 | 13.1 | 21.8 | 4 | 13.3 | 1 | 3.3 | 129.9 | ||||
| Rollie Miles | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 14 | 287 | 10.6 | 23.9 | 2 | 7.4 | 1 | 3.7 | 92.7 | ||||
| Eddie Crowder | 28 | 12 | 42.9 | 13 | 234 | 8.4 | 19.5 | 1 | 3.6 | 3 | 10.7 | 44.9 | ||||
| Ray Willsey | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 4 | 117 | 11.7 | 19.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 100.8 | ||||
| Ray Enright | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Team Totals | 241 | 128 | 53.1 | 96 | 2217 | 9.2 | 17.3 | 14 | 5.8 | 17 | 7.1 | 74.6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 379 | 201 | 53.0 | 149 | 2658 | 7.0 | 13.2 | 8 | 2.1 | 29 | 7.7 | 50.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollie Miles | 37 | 657 | 17.8 | 3 | |
| Frankie Anderson | 22 | 430 | 19.5 | 3 | |
| Steve Mendryk | 12 | 199 | 16.6 | 3 | |
| Normie Kwong | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Don Simon | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Ray Enright | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | |
| Glen McWhinney | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Rod Pantages | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Claude Arnold | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Briggs | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Vessels | 20 | 310 | 15.5 | 1 | |
| Tommy Stolhandske | 19 | 382 | 20.1 | 4 | |
| Team Totals | 128 | 2217 | 17.3 | 14 | |
| Opponents Totals | 201 | 2658 | 13.2 | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Willsey | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 39 | 0 |
| Rollie Miles | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Mike King | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Billy Vessels | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Crowder | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Steve Mendryk | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Briggs | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Vic Mayson | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 225 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 214 | 12.6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Pantages | 118 | 5247 | 44.5 | 82 | 3 | - | ||||
| Wilbur Snyder | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 119 | 5280 | 44.4 | 3 | - | 1136 | 4144 | 34.0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | - | 915 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollie Miles | 54 | 464 | 8.6 | 32 | 0 |
| Ray Willsey | 42 | 378 | 9.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Eddie Crowder | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Ted Tully | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Billy Vessels | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Laurie Hodgson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Glen McWhinney | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Ray Enright | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Mendryk | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 109 | 915 | 8.4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 110 | 1136 | 10.3 | 1 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilbur Snyder | 43 | 2221 | 51.7 | 88 | 1 |
| Ted Tully | 15 | 768 | 51.2 | 59 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 58 | 2989 | 51.5 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Vessels | 9 | 347 | 38.6 | 2 | |
| Ray Willsey | 9 | 130 | 14.4 | 0 | |
| Rollie Miles | 6 | 123 | 20.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Rowekamp | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Jimmy Chambers | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Don Simon | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Don Lord | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tommy Stolhandske | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Frankie Anderson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Wilbur Snyder | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Blanchard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Quondamatteo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 740 | 20.6 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 1242 | 21.8 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Briggs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Al Bryant | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eagle Keys | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Mike King | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Glen McWhinney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rollie Miles | 3 | 3 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Rod Pantages | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wilbur Snyder | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ted Tully | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ray Willsey | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| (Team) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 34 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 32 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 20 | 20 | 2 |
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