1954 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU) |
| 4th place 2-12-0 .143 |
| Head Coach: Clem Crowe |
| Wally Ziemba | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/13/1954 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 6-29 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 12000 | |
| Mon | 8/16/1954 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 19-18 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 8000 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1954 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 6-13 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 16702 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1954 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 2-21 | L | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 20563 | |
| Mon | 9/6/1954 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 11-20 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 13000 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1954 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 12-5 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 13910 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1954 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 6-34 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 11500 | |
| Sat | 9/25/1954 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 12-38 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 9220 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1954 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0-45 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 9300 | |
| Sat | 10/9/1954 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 11-25 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 9155 | |
| Mon | 10/11/1954 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 6-24 | L | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 12865 | |
| Sat | 10/16/1954 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 11-27 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 9000 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1954 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 17-25 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 9300 | |
| Sat | 10/30/1954 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 9-30 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 8422 | |
| Sat | 11/6/1954 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 12-18 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 11273 | |
| Sat | 11/13/1954 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 14-12 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 8370 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 41 | Ron Baker | C | 6-2 | 238 | 22 | none | 14 | |
| 60 | Walt Bashak | T | 6-1 | 223 | 25 | McMaster | 14 | |
| 94 | Billy Bass | HB | 5-10 | 180 | 32 | Tennessee State; Nevada-Reno | 14 | |
| 71 | Clyde Bennett | E | 6-2 | 215 | 22 | South Carolina | 13 | |
| 40 | Bruno Bitkowski | C | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Ottawa | 14 | |
| 51 | John Boich | G | 6-0 | 243 | 21 | McMaster | 9 | |
| 72 | Al Bruno | E | 6-3 | 195 | 27 | Kentucky | 1 | |
| 66 | Don Carter | T | 6-2 | 240 | 20 | Tulsa | 9 | |
| 91 | Al Dekdebrun | QB | 5-10 | 182 | 33 | Cornell | 10 | |
| 68 | Jake Dunlap | T-G | 6-0 | 215 | 29 | none | 7 | |
| 98 | Steve Fochuk | FB-LB | 5-9 | 198 | 23 | none | 1 | |
| 83 | Johnny Gramling | QB | 6-0 | 175 | 22 | South Carolina | 6 | |
| 61 | Joe Harris | T | 6-3 | 225 | 27 | Toronto | 14 | |
| 62 | Jim Jerome | T | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Cornell | 13 | |
| 77 | Bob Joslin | E | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Ohio State | 1 | |
| 52 | Stu Kennedy | G | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Carleton; Queen's | 14 | |
| 80 | Boris Kotoff | HB | 6-0 | 187 | 26 | 14 | ||
| 50 | Benny MacDonnell | G | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | none | 14 | |
| 95 | Tom McHugh | FB | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | Notre Dame | 7 | |
| 62 | Art Nowack | T | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | Notre Dame | 1 | |
| 89 | Don Pinhey | HB | 5-10 | 177 | 23 | Muskingum | 10 | |
| 81 | Gene Roberts | HB | 5-11 | 188 | 31 | Kansas; Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14 | |
| 84 | Matt Robillard | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 20 | none | 13 | |
| 99 | Jim Root | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | |
| 93 | Bob Rumball | HB | 5-11 | 187 | 25 | Toronto | 12 | |
| 87 | Dick Schnaible | QB-HB | 6-1 | 187 | 25 | Purdue | 9 | |
| 77 | Len Shaw | E | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | McGill | 14 | |
| 70 | Bob Simpson | FW | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Western Ontario | 11 | |
| 69 | Roy Smith | G-FW-T | 6-3 | 222 | 26 | Tennessee | 11 | |
| 75 | Bill Sowalski | OE | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | none | 12 | |
| 88 | Avatus Stone | HB | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Syracuse | 14 | |
| 85 | Hank Tamowski | HB | 5-10 | 175 | 24 | Toronto | 14 | |
| 82 | Howie Turner | HB | 5-10 | 173 | 32 | North Carolina State | 13 | |
| 53 | Joe Upton | T | 6-2 | 248 | 29 | Toronto | 13 | |
| 55 | Kaye Vaughan | G-T | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Tulsa | 14 | |
| 73 | John Welton | DE | 6-4 | 230 | 25 | Queen's; Wake Forest | 1 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | George Klein | HB | McGill |
| 2 | 6 | Len Shaw | FB | McGill |
| 3 | 10 | Vince Capogreco | G | McGill |
| 4 | 14 | Jack Wyatt | HB | Western Ontario |
| 5 | 18 | John McCombe | G | Queen's |
| 6 | 22 | Murray Hadlow | HB | Toronto |
| 7 | 26 | Mark Hatt | G | McGill |
| 8 | 30 | Jack Roberts | QB | Queen's |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 23 | 54 | 32 | 20 | |
| Opponents Totals | 85 | 82 | 99 | 71 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 200 | 107 | 88 | 5 | 52 | 536 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals | 274 | 146 | 122 | 6 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Roberts | 4 | 13 | 18 | 72.2 | - | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | ||
| Bob Simpson | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Avatus Stone | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Tom McHugh | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Bill Sowalski | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Billy Bass | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Johnny Gramling | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Boris Kotoff | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Jim Root | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Ron Baker | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Team Totals | 21 | 14 | 21 | 66.7 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 4 | 0 | 129 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 49 | 53 | 92.5 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 337 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avatus Stone | 82 | 404 | 4.9 | 31 | 2 |
| Gene Roberts | 98 | 363 | 3.7 | 17 | 4 |
| Billy Bass | 57 | 297 | 5.2 | 28 | 1 |
| Tom McHugh | 43 | 275 | 6.4 | 78 | 2 |
| Johnny Gramling | 24 | 117 | 4.9 | 19 | 1 |
| Dick Schnaible | 22 | 104 | 4.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Root | 21 | 79 | 3.8 | 15 | 1 |
| Don Pinhey | 11 | 65 | 5.9 | 28 | 0 |
| Boris Kotoff | 13 | 39 | 3.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Matt Robillard | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Howie Turner | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Kaye Vaughan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Al Dekdebrun | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 393 | 1796 | 4.6 | 12 | |
| Opponents Totals | 464 | 2532 | 5.5 | 23 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Root | 137 | 50 | 50 | 72 | 835 | 6.1 | 16.7 | 87 | 3 | 2.2 | 15 | 10.9 | 25.6 | |||
| Johnny Gramling | 98 | 51 | 51 | 35 | 652 | 6.7 | 12.8 | 47 | 2 | 2.0 | 12 | 12.2 | 40.4 | |||
| Dick Schnaible | 21 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 171 | 8.1 | 19.0 | 85 | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 9.5 | 48.0 | |||
| Al Dekdebrun | 29 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 160 | 5.5 | 13.3 | 45 | 1 | 3.4 | 2 | 6.9 | 42.3 | |||
| Howie Turner | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 102 | 51.0 | 51.0 | 73 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 158.3 | |||
| Gene Roberts | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 79 | 6.1 | 13.2 | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 23.1 | 26.3 | |||
| Avatus Stone | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 63 | 9.0 | 21.0 | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 35.7 | |||
| Team Totals | 307 | 143 | 46.6 | 129 | 2062 | 6.7 | 14.4 | 8 | 2.6 | 35 | 11.4 | 361 | 1701 | 38.0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 326 | 184 | 56.4 | 124 | 2764 | 8.5 | 15.0 | 25 | 7.7 | 18 | 5.5 | 87.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Simpson | 37 | 767 | 20.7 | 85 | 6 |
| Clyde Bennett | 26 | 321 | 12.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Gene Roberts | 23 | 317 | 13.8 | 76 | 0 |
| Avatus Stone | 18 | 193 | 10.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Dick Schnaible | 12 | 106 | 8.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Bill Sowalski | 8 | 175 | 21.9 | 45 | 2 |
| Billy Bass | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 22 | 0 |
| Len Shaw | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Al Bruno | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Tom McHugh | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Boris Kotoff | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| John Welton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 143 | 2062 | 14.4 | 8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 184 | 2764 | 15.0 | 25 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avatus Stone | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 40 | 1 |
| Dick Schnaible | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Hank Tamowski | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Al Dekdebrun | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Don Pinhey | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Roy Smith | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Rumball | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Turner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 221 | 12.3 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 600 | 17.1 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avatus Stone | 163 | 6913 | 42.4 | 79 | - | |||||
| Bob Rumball | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | - | |||||
| Don Pinhey | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 165 | 6987 | 42.3 | - | 1194 | 5793 | 35.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | - | 807 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Rumball | 44 | 263 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Don Pinhey | 20 | 156 | 7.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Boris Kotoff | 25 | 146 | 5.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Howie Turner | 25 | 105 | 4.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Hank Tamowski | 9 | 69 | 7.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Dick Schnaible | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Avatus Stone | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Gene Roberts | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 133 | 807 | 6.1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 1194 | 1 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Pinhey | 13 | 274 | 21.1 | 34 | 0 |
| Howie Turner | 10 | 223 | 22.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Bob Rumball | 8 | 198 | 24.8 | 58 | 0 |
| Avatus Stone | 8 | 158 | 19.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Dick Schnaible | 6 | 121 | 20.2 | 31 | 0 |
| Gene Roberts | 7 | 113 | 16.1 | 25 | 0 |
| Boris Kotoff | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 22 | 0 |
| Matt Robillard | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Billy Bass | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Tom McHugh | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Len Shaw | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 39 | 17 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 17 | 17 | 1 |
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