1954 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU) |
| 1st place • 11-3-0 .786 |
| Head Coach: Douglas Walker |
| Jimmy Dunn | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/11/1954 | A | British Columbia Lions | 22-0 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 19371 | |
| Fri | 8/13/1954 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 19-24 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | ||
| Mon | 8/16/1954 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 11-1 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | ||
| Sat | 8/28/1954 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 24-6 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 16000 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1954 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 21-2 | W | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 20563 | |
| Mon | 9/6/1954 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 20-11 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 13000 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1954 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21-3 | W | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 17463 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1954 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 6-7 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 14000 | |
| Sat | 9/25/1954 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 28-7 | W | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 18104 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1954 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 30-12 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 20710 | |
| Sat | 10/9/1954 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 25-11 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 9155 | |
| Mon | 10/11/1954 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 24-6 | W | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 12865 | |
| Sat | 10/16/1954 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 46-11 | W | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 21000 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1954 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 24-30 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 16400 | |
| Sat | 10/30/1954 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 41-13 | W | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 19125 | |
| Sat | 11/6/1954 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 19-15 | W | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 19127 | |
| Sat | 11/13/1954 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 12-14 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 8370 | |
| IRFU Final #1 | |||||||||
| Wed | 11/17/1954 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14-9 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 15000 | |
| IRFU Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/20/1954 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 24-19 | W | Montreal, QC | Molson Stadium | 21025 | |
| Grey Cup | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/27/1954 | N | Edmonton Eskimos | 25-26 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 27321 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Phil Adrian | 80 | HB-LB-FB | 6-0 | 190 | 21 | none | 14 | |
| Charlie Baillie | 94 | HB | 6-0 | 208 | 19 | 2 | ||
| Jacques Belec | 87 | FB | 5-10 | 183 | 23 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Bill Bewley | 93 | HB-S | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Toronto | 14 | |
| Johnny Blaicher | 81 | LB-DB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | none | 12 | |
| Herb Capozzi | 61 | T | 6-1 | 227 | 29 | British Columbia | 12 | |
| Ray Cicia | 51 | OG | 5-10 | 212 | 26 | Wake Forest | 14 | |
| Bruce Coulter | 65 | S-QB | 6-0 | 170 | 27 | none | 14 | |
| Tex Coulter | 60 | OT-DT | 6-4 | 250 | 30 | Army | 14 | |
| Ted Elsby | 68 | T | 5-11 | 225 | 22 | none | 11 | |
| Sam Etcheverry | 92 | QB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Denver | 14 | |
| Des Findlay | 53 | G | 5-9 | 210 | 27 | none | 3 | |
| Larry Grigg | 89 | HB | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | Oklahoma | 8 | |
| Jerry Hogan | 52 | G | 5-11 | 201 | 21 | McGill | 11 | |
| Tom Hugo | 48 | C-LB | 5-10 | 211 | 24 | Denver | 13 | |
| Chuck Hunsinger | 84 | HB | 6-0 | 188 | 29 | Florida | 10 | |
| Mike Kovac | 57 | G | 5-10 | 195 | 24 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Marty Martinello | 54 | G | 5-10 | 225 | 23 | none | 14 | |
| Doug McNichol | 74 | DE | 6-4 | 226 | 24 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Jim Miller | 72 | DE | 5-11 | 221 | 22 | McGill | 14 | |
| Jim Mitchener | 83 | FW | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | McGill | 13 | |
| Tom Moran | 77 | E-FW | 6-1 | 193 | 22 | 13 | ||
| Red O'Quinn | 73 | OE | 6-2 | 195 | 29 | Wake Forest | 14 | |
| Joey Pal | 82 | FW-S | 6-0 | 180 | 27 | 14 | ||
| Hal Patterson | 75 | DB-OE | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Garden City CC; Kansas | 12 | |
| Joe Pedicelli | 66 | T | 5-11 | 235 | 21 | 3 | ||
| Ray Poole | 79 | OE | 6-3 | 215 | 33 | Mississippi; North Carolina; Mississippi | 12 | |
| Juan Sheridan | 64 | MG-T | 5-9 | 217 | 29 | 14 | ||
| Jim Staton | 63 | DT | 6-4 | 240 | 27 | Wake Forest | 14 | |
| Herb Trawick | 56 | OG | 5-10 | 245 | 33 | Kentucky State | 14 | |
| Virgil Wagner | 78 | HB | 6-0 | 185 | 32 | Millikin | 14 | |
| Alex Webster | 86 | OHB | 6-3 | 218 | 23 | North Carolina State | 14 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Don Mattason | G | Toronto |
| 2 | 7 | Fred Wilmot | WB | McGill |
| 3 | 11 | Ray McMurty | T | Toronto |
| 4 | 15 | John McGill | C | McGill |
| 5 | 19 | Bob Leeming | HB | Toronto |
| 6 | 23 | Olie Mandryk | QB | Toronto |
| 7 | 27 | Doug Geckie | QB | Toronto |
| 8 | 31 | Dave Fraser | HB | McMaster |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 54 | 96 | 67 | 124 | 341 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 50 | 35 | 34 | 148 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 323 | 155 | 161 | 7 | 72 | 658 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 225 | 106 | 103 | 16 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Webster | 16 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | ||
| Ray Poole | 0 | 37 | 40 | 92.5 | - | - | - | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 3 | 0 | 58 |
| Chuck Hunsinger | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | ||
| Red O'Quinn | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Joey Pal | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Sam Etcheverry | 2 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Virgil Wagner | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Tex Coulter | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Bill Bewley | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Hal Patterson | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | ||
| Larry Grigg | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Jacques Belec | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Team Totals | 53 | 48 | 53 | 90.6 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 10 | 0 | 341 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 18 | 22 | 81.8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 148 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Webster | 176 | 984 | 5.6 | 23 | 10 |
| Chuck Hunsinger | 86 | 516 | 6.0 | 55 | 6 |
| Virgil Wagner | 68 | 329 | 4.8 | 21 | 2 |
| Larry Grigg | 60 | 300 | 5.0 | 25 | 4 |
| Sam Etcheverry | 53 | 298 | 5.6 | 23 | 2 |
| Jacques Belec | 38 | 147 | 3.9 | 17 | 1 |
| Bill Bewley | 20 | 123 | 6.2 | 34 | 1 |
| Joey Pal | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Phil Adrian | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Hal Patterson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 512 | 2757 | 5.4 | 26 | |
| Opponents Totals | 382 | 1798 | 4.7 | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Etcheverry | 372 | 206 | 55.4 | 137 | 3610 | 9.7 | 17.5 | 105 | 25 | 6.7 | 29 | 7.8 | 78.6 | |||
| Bruce Coulter | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 2 | 27 | 5.4 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 18.3 | |||
| Tex Coulter | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 22 | 11.0 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 50.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 379 | 209 | 55.1 | 139 | 3659 | 9.7 | 17.5 | 25 | 6.6 | 31 | 8.2 | 378 | 3281 | 76.2 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 364 | 176 | 48.4 | 154 | 1901 | 5.2 | 10.8 | 11 | 3.0 | 34 | 9.3 | 35.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red O'Quinn | 62 | 1024 | 16.5 | 69 | 6 |
| Joey Pal | 36 | 681 | 18.9 | 63 | 6 |
| Alex Webster | 23 | 376 | 16.3 | 44 | 6 |
| Chuck Hunsinger | 22 | 421 | 19.1 | 77 | 2 |
| Ray Poole | 18 | 225 | 12.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Bill Bewley | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Virgil Wagner | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Phil Adrian | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Hal Patterson | 29 | 709 | 24.4 | 105 | 5 |
| Larry Grigg | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Jacques Belec | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 209 | 3659 | 17.5 | 25 | |
| Opponents Totals | 176 | 1901 | 10.8 | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Patterson | 8 | 80 | 10.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Tom Hugo | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Chuck Hunsinger | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Johnny Blaicher | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Bruce Coulter | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Virgil Wagner | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Larry Grigg | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchener | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Phil Adrian | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 373 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 537 | 17.3 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tex Coulter | 138 | 5764 | 41.8 | 65 | 7 | |
| Sam Etcheverry | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 60 | 0 | |
| Alex Webster | 12 | 377 | 31.4 | 43 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 153 | 6272 | 41.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Pal | 66 | 488 | 7.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Bewley | 33 | 241 | 7.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Bruce Coulter | 27 | 105 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Jacques Belec | 20 | 87 | 4.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Hal Patterson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Chuck Hunsinger | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchener | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Moran | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 151 | 945 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 953 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Webster | 18 | 393 | 21.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Hal Patterson | 7 | 239 | 34.1 | 95 | 1 |
| Chuck Hunsinger | 10 | 178 | 17.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Larry Grigg | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Red O'Quinn | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Phil Adrian | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 918 | 22.4 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Patterson | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 43 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
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