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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ron Baker | 41 | C | 6-2 | 238 | 22 | none | 14 | |
| Walt Bashak | 60 | T | 6-1 | 223 | 25 | McMaster | 14 | |
| Billy Bass | 94 | HB | 5-10 | 180 | 32 | Tennessee State; Nevada-Reno | 14 | |
| Clyde Bennett | 71 | E | 6-2 | 215 | 22 | South Carolina | 13 | |
| Bruno Bitkowski | 40 | C | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Ottawa | 14 | |
| John Boich | 51 | G | 6-0 | 243 | 21 | McMaster | 9 | |
| Al Bruno | 72 | E | 6-3 | 195 | 27 | Kentucky | 1 | |
| Don Carter | 66 | T | 6-2 | 240 | 20 | Tulsa | 9 | |
| Al Dekdebrun | 91 | QB | 5-10 | 182 | 33 | Cornell | 10 | |
| Jake Dunlap | 68 | T-G | 6-0 | 215 | 29 | none | 7 | |
| Steve Fochuk | 98 | FB-LB | 5-9 | 198 | 23 | none | 1 | |
| Johnny Gramling | 83 | QB | 6-0 | 175 | 22 | South Carolina | 6 | |
| Joe Harris | 61 | T | 6-3 | 225 | 27 | Toronto | 14 | |
| Jim Jerome | 62 | T | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Cornell | 13 | |
| Bob Joslin | 77 | E | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Ohio State | 1 | |
| Stu Kennedy | 52 | G | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Carleton; Queen's | 14 | |
| Boris Kotoff | 80 | HB | 6-0 | 187 | 26 | 14 | ||
| Benny MacDonnell | 50 | G | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | none | 14 | |
| Tom McHugh | 95 | FB | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | Notre Dame | 7 | |
| Art Nowack | 62 | T | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | Notre Dame | 1 | |
| Don Pinhey | 89 | HB | 5-10 | 177 | 23 | Muskingum | 10 | |
| Gene Roberts | 81 | HB | 5-11 | 188 | 31 | Kansas; Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14 | |
| Matt Robillard | 84 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 20 | none | 13 | |
| Jim Root | 99 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Miami (Ohio) | 8 | |
| Bob Rumball | 93 | HB | 5-11 | 187 | 25 | Toronto | 12 | |
| Dick Schnaible | 87 | QB-HB | 6-1 | 187 | 25 | Purdue | 9 | |
| Len Shaw | 77 | E | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | McGill | 14 | |
| Bob Simpson | 70 | FW | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Western Ontario | 11 | |
| Roy Smith | 69 | G-FW-T | 6-3 | 222 | 26 | Tennessee | 11 | |
| Bill Sowalski | 75 | OE | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | none | 12 | |
| Avatus Stone | 88 | HB | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Syracuse | 14 | |
| Hank Tamowski | 85 | HB | 5-10 | 175 | 24 | Toronto | 14 | |
| Howie Turner | 82 | HB | 5-10 | 173 | 32 | North Carolina State | 13 | |
| Joe Upton | 53 | T | 6-2 | 248 | 29 | Toronto | 13 | |
| Kaye Vaughan | 55 | G-T | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Tulsa | 14 | |
| John Welton | 73 | 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 | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 23 | 54 | 32 | 20 | 129 |
| Opponents Totals | 85 | 82 | 99 | 71 | 337 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Bill Sowalski | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Boris Kotoff | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ron Baker | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Billy Bass | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Johnny Gramling | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jim Root | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Tom McHugh | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 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 | 36.5 | 72 | 835 | 6.1 | 16.7 | 87 | 3 | 2.2 | 15 | 10.9 | 25.6 | |||
| Johnny Gramling | 98 | 51 | 52.0 | 35 | 652 | 6.7 | 12.8 | 47 | 2 | 2.0 | 12 | 12.2 | 40.4 | |||
| Dick Schnaible | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 10 | 171 | 8.1 | 19.0 | 85 | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 9.5 | 48.0 | |||
| Al Dekdebrun | 29 | 12 | 41.4 | 15 | 160 | 5.5 | 13.3 | 45 | 1 | 3.4 | 2 | 6.9 | 42.3 | |||
| Howie Turner | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 102 | 51.0 | 51.0 | 73 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 158.3 | |||
| Gene Roberts | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 4 | 79 | 6.1 | 13.2 | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 23.1 | 26.3 | |||
| Avatus Stone | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Boris Kotoff | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| John Welton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Clyde Bennett | 26 | 321 | 12.3 | 25 | 0 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 3 | |
| Bob Rumball | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | |
| Don Pinhey | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 165 | 6987 | 42.3 | |||
| Opponents Totals |
| 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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