1953 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU) |
2nd place • 8-7-1 .531 |
Head Coach: Frank Filchock |
Joe Aguirre | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Fri | 8/14/1953 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 16-6 | W | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 17582 | |
Mon | 8/17/1953 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 12-21 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 10000 | |
Sat | 8/29/1953 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 17-29 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 14000 | |
Mon | 8/31/1953 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 17-19 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 11030 | |
Fri | 9/4/1953 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 6-13 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16000 | |
Mon | 9/7/1953 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 23-19 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 14904 | |
Sat | 9/12/1953 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 1-13 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15300 | |
Mon | 9/14/1953 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 34-2 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 13000 | |
Sat | 9/19/1953 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 6-12 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13024 | |
Sat | 9/26/1953 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 21-15 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12446 | |
Mon | 9/28/1953 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2-19 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16400 | |
Sat | 10/3/1953 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 19-13 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12646 | |
Mon | 10/5/1953 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 8-9 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 11116 | |
Sat | 10/10/1953 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18-13 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16000 | |
Mon | 10/12/1953 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14-13 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 15565 | |
Sat | 10/17/1953 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 24-18 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 12000 | |
Mon | 10/19/1953 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 20-19 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15000 | |
Sat | 10/24/1953 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 13-13 | T | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 10000 | |
WIFU Semi-Final #1 | |||||||||
Wed | 10/28/1953 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 5-43 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16827 | |
WIFU Semi-Final #2 | |||||||||
Sat | 10/31/1953 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18-17 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 14000 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Joe Aguirre | 77 | E | 6-3 | 225 | 35 | St. Mary's (California) | 1 | |
Paul Anderson | 70 | E | 6-5 | 245 | 21 | none | 16 | |
Ron Atchison | 64 | T | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | none | 12 | |
Mel Aull | 53 | G | 5-11 | 210 | 25 | none | 9 | |
Mel Becket | 42 | C-LB | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Indiana | 5 | |
Scotty Bissett | 83 | HB | 5-9 | 181 | 22 | none | 10 | |
Jim Cason | 89 | DB | 6-0 | 171 | 26 | Louisiana State | 5 | |
Mike Cassidy | 61 | OG | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | Alabama | 16 | |
Ken Charlton | 88 | HB | 6-0 | 171 | 33 | none | 16 | |
Ernie Choukalis | 34 | T-G | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | none | 9 | |
Bill Clarke | 60 | T | 6-4 | 235 | 21 | none | 16 | |
Ray Collins | 65 | DT | 5-11 | 238 | 26 | Louisiana State | 13 | |
Mario DeMarco | 55 | G | 5-11 | 200 | 29 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | |
Glenn Dobbs | 94 | QB | 6-4 | 210 | 33 | Tulsa | 9 | |
Frank Filchock | 80 | QB | 5-10 | 193 | 37 | Indiana | 16 | |
Sully Glasser | 87 | HB | 5-10 | 180 | 31 | none | 15 | |
Nels Greene | 12 | FB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | none | 9 | |
Freddy Hamilton | 84 | HB | 5-11 | 188 | 24 | 16 | ||
Jack Harper | 96 | HB | 6-3 | 190 | 26 | 15 | ||
Karl Hilzinger | 97 | HB | 5-10 | 190 | 21 | none | 14 | |
Tony Hungle | 54 | G | 5-11 | 201 | 27 | none | 2 | |
Herb Johnson | 95 | HB-FW | 5-10 | 172 | 25 | Army | 14 | |
Doug Killoh | 76 | DE | 6-0 | 187 | 22 | none | 6 | |
Harry Lampman | 71 | OE | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Queen's | 16 | |
Bobby Marlow | 92 | DB | 6-0 | 202 | 23 | Alabama | 12 | |
Moe Martin | 86 | FB | 6-1 | 190 | 21 | none | 10 | |
Mike Maruska | 00 | HB | 5-10 | 184 | 23 | none | 6 | |
Art McEwan | 52 | G | 5-10 | 207 | 28 | 16 | ||
Bob McMillan | 81 | HB | 5-10 | 175 | 21 | none | 13 | |
Lee Munn | 69 | T | 6-2 | 226 | 25 | McMaster | 15 | |
Bob Pelling | 82 | FW | 6-1 | 187 | 26 | none | 1 | |
John Prechek | 62 | T | 6-3 | 235 | 28 | Washington | 5 | |
Wayne Pyne | 66 | T | 6-0 | 193 | 36 | none | 2 | |
Martin Ruby | 63 | OT-DT | 6-3 | 249 | 33 | Texas A&M | 13 | |
Sam Scoccia | 51 | G | 5-10 | 242 | 23 | none | 16 | |
Mac Speedie | 75 | OE | 6-3 | 203 | 33 | Utah | 15 | |
Gord Sturtridge | 73 | DE | 6-1 | 188 | 25 | none | 15 | |
Terry Sumner | 99 | HB | 5-11 | 190 | 21 | 2 | ||
Brian Timmis | 93 | HB | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | McMaster; Queen's | 10 | |
Bill Todd | 89 | HB | 6-2 | 185 | 23 | none | 4 | |
Frank Tripucka | 91 | QB | 6-2 | 192 | 26 | Notre Dame | 4 | |
Del Wardien | 90 | HB-FW | 5-8 | 185 | 29 | Montana | 16 | |
Reg Whitehouse | 50 | G | 6-0 | 235 | 21 | none | 16 | |
Stan Williams | 74 | E | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Baylor | 9 | |
John Wozniak | 41 | LB-C | 6-0 | 218 | 32 | Alabama | 11 |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 71 | 59 | 57 | 56 | 243 |
Opponents Totals | 85 | 36 | 58 | 60 | 239 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 207 | 96 | 93 | 18 | 49 | 438 | |||
Opponents Totals | 212 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Del Wardien | 1 | 23 | 27 | 85.2 | - | - | - | 5 | 14 | 35.7 | 4 | 0 | 47 |
Herb Johnson | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | ||
Mac Speedie | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | ||
Stan Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
Harry Lampman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
Sully Glasser | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
Nels Greene | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
Karl Hilzinger | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
Bob McMillan | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
Brian Timmis | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
Reg Whitehouse | 0 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
Ken Charlton | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
Frank Tripucka | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
Glenn Dobbs | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Joe Aguirre | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Bobby Marlow | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
Bill Todd | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | ||||
Team Totals | 35 | 30 | 35 | 85.7 | 5 | 14 | 35.7 | 13 | 5 | 243 | |||
Opponents Totals | 36 | 34 | 36 | 94.4 | 3 | 14 | 21.4 | 10 | 3 | 239 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Marlow | 105 | 563 | 5.4 | 5 | |
Herb Johnson | 96 | 408 | 4.3 | 3 | |
Sully Glasser | 75 | 333 | 4.4 | 1 | |
Karl Hilzinger | 42 | 211 | 5.0 | 0 | |
Bill Todd | 34 | 87 | 2.6 | 3 | |
Glenn Dobbs | 16 | 77 | 4.8 | 0 | |
Bob McMillan | 17 | 39 | 2.3 | 0 | |
Nels Greene | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 0 | |
Brian Timmis | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 1 | |
Scotty Bissett | 23 | 28 | 1.2 | 0 | |
Jim Cason | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 0 | |
Mike Maruska | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 0 | |
Del Wardien | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | |
Jack Harper | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | |
Ken Charlton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Freddy Hamilton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Moe Martin | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | |
Frank Filchock | 9 | -14 | -1.6 | 0 | |
Frank Tripucka | 5 | -77 | -15.4 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 481 | 1827 | 3.8 | 13 | |
Opponents Totals | 419 | 2129 | 5.1 | 12 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Filchock | 106 | 62 | 58.5 | 37 | 925 | 8.7 | 14.9 | 5 | 4.7 | 7 | 6.6 | 75.4 | ||||
Glenn Dobbs | 128 | 67 | 52.3 | 54 | 906 | 7.1 | 13.5 | 9 | 7.0 | 7 | 5.5 | 75.8 | ||||
Frank Tripucka | 94 | 59 | 62.8 | 30 | 703 | 7.5 | 11.9 | 4 | 4.3 | 5 | 5.3 | 77.6 | ||||
Del Wardien | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 30 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | ||||
Jim Cason | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 4 | 28 | 4.7 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 46.5 | |||
Bill Todd | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 12 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 108.3 | |||
Karl Hilzinger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Team Totals | 339 | 192 | 56.6 | 127 | 2604 | 7.7 | 13.6 | 20 | 5.9 | 20 | 5.9 | 76.4 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 348 | 180 | 51.7 | 146 | 2425 | 7.0 | 13.5 | 22 | 6.3 | 22 | 6.3 | 69.0 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mac Speedie | 57 | 817 | 14.3 | 7 | |
Herb Johnson | 29 | 380 | 13.1 | 2 | |
Harry Lampman | 24 | 312 | 13.0 | 3 | |
Stan Williams | 15 | 376 | 25.1 | 4 | |
Sully Glasser | 10 | 90 | 9.0 | 0 | |
Jim Cason | 9 | 77 | 8.6 | 0 | |
Karl Hilzinger | 6 | 127 | 21.2 | 1 | |
Freddy Hamilton | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 0 | |
Jack Harper | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 0 | |
Nels Greene | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 1 | |
Scotty Bissett | 4 | -1 | -.3.0 | 0 | |
Del Wardien | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 1 | |
Joe Aguirre | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | |
Bob McMillan | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 1 | |
Mike Maruska | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
Gord Sturtridge | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Bobby Marlow | 9 | 119 | 13.2 | 0 | |
Bill Todd | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
Team Totals | 192 | 2604 | 13.6 | 20 | |
Opponents Totals | 180 | 2425 | 13.5 | 22 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herb Johnson | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 |
Stan Williams | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 35 | 0 |
Harry Lampman | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 40 | 0 |
Ken Charlton | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
John Wozniak | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 65 | 0 |
Bobby Marlow | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 31 | 0 |
Jim Cason | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
Jack Harper | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Mel Becket | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Martin Ruby | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Team Totals | 22 | 300 | 13.6 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 20 | 275 | 13.8 | 0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glenn Dobbs | 50 | 2291 | 45.8 | 0 | - | |||||
Ken Charlton | 51 | 2155 | 42.3 | 1 | - | |||||
Frank Tripucka | 31 | 1463 | 47.2 | 0 | - | |||||
Karl Hilzinger | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 0 | - | |||||
Del Wardien | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 0 | - | |||||
Brian Timmis | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 0 | - | |||||
Team Totals | 137 | 6101 | 44.5 | 1 | - | 1077 | 5024 | 36.4 | ||
Opponents Totals | - | 1233 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herb Johnson | 72 | 634 | 8.8 | 109 | 1 |
Ken Charlton | 34 | 414 | 12.2 | 45 | 0 |
Jim Cason | 18 | 182 | 10.1 | 33 | 0 |
Harry Lampman | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
Del Wardien | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
John Wozniak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 128 | 1233 | 9.6 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 125 | 1077 | 8.6 | 0 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Del Wardien | 42 | 1744 | 41.5 | 69 | 1 |
Joe Aguirre | 2 | 110 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 |
Team Totals | 44 | 1854 | 42.1 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herb Johnson | 25 | 538 | 21.5 | 0 | |
Jim Cason | 7 | 152 | 21.7 | 0 | |
Karl Hilzinger | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 0 | |
Bob McMillan | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 0 | |
Mike Maruska | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | |
Nels Greene | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
Terry Sumner | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
Gord Sturtridge | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
Brian Timmis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Bobby Marlow | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Sully Glasser | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Reg Whitehouse | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 56 | 1048 | 18.7 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 44 | 698 | 15.9 | 1 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ron Atchison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mike Cassidy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Karl Hilzinger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Herb Johnson | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | |||
Doug Killoh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bobby Marlow | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
Moe Martin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Martin Ruby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gord Sturtridge | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
(Team) | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |||
Team Totals | 33 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 24 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 19 | 20 | 20 | 1 |
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