1954 Toronto Argonauts (IRFU) |
| 3rd place • 6-8-0 .429 |
| Head Coach: Frank Clair |
| Jack Carpenter | Assistant Line |
| Chuck Klein | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/13/1954 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 7-16 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 10000 | |
| Mon | 8/16/1954 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2-19 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17000 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1954 | H | Toronto Balmy Beach | 42-6 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 3500 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1954 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 13-6 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 16702 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1954 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 6-17 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 14797 | |
| Mon | 9/6/1954 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21-7 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 14000 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1954 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 5-12 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 13910 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1954 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 34-6 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 11500 | |
| Sat | 9/25/1954 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 7-28 | L | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 18104 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1954 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 12-30 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 20710 | |
| Sat | 10/9/1954 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 6-34 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 15000 | |
| Mon | 10/11/1954 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13-22 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 16050 | |
| Sat | 10/16/1954 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 27-11 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 9000 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1954 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 30-24 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 16400 | |
| Sat | 10/30/1954 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 13-41 | L | Montreal, QC | Delorimier Downs | 19125 | |
| Sat | 11/6/1954 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 18-12 | W | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 11273 | |
| Sat | 11/13/1954 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7-15 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 9000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tommy Adkins | 40 | C-LB | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Kentucky | 12 | |
| Bill Barbish | 82 | FB | 5-11 | 205 | 23 | Tennessee | 1 | |
| Pete Bennett | 64 | T | 6-3 | 240 | 27 | Toronto | 14 | |
| Bill Berezowski | 61 | C | 6-2 | 215 | 26 | McMaster | 14 | |
| Fred Black | 53 | C | 6-0 | 220 | 24 | none | 14 | |
| Ed Bradley | 59 | G | 6-0 | 212 | 28 | Wake Forest | 12 | |
| Jack Carpenter | 60 | T | 6-0 | 235 | 31 | Columbia; Missouri; Michigan | 14 | |
| Merv Collins | 58 | G | 6-1 | 220 | 21 | none | 10 | |
| Ted Connor | 63 | T | 6-4 | 218 | 23 | Nebraska | 1 | |
| Royal Copeland | 77 | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | none | 13 | |
| Billy Cross | 93 | S | 5-6 | 151 | 25 | West Texas A&M | 13 | |
| Ulysses Curtis | 81 | HB | 5-10 | 176 | 28 | Florida A&M | 13 | |
| Gerry Doucette | 86 | QB | 6-0 | 187 | 20 | none | 8 | |
| Johnny Fedosoff | 95 | DB-OHB | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | none | 14 | |
| Oatten Fisher | 51 | DE | 6-3 | 215 | 30 | North Carolina A&T State; North Carolina Central | 11 | |
| Bobby Fiveash | 92 | FB | 5-11 | 185 | 21 | Middle Georgia JC; Florida State | 1 | |
| Ken Foster | 87 | FW | 5-10 | 199 | 25 | McMaster | 14 | |
| Doug Gray | 83 | FB | 5-9 | 158 | 26 | Western Ontario | 12 | |
| Norb Hecker | 79 | E | 6-2 | 193 | 27 | Baldwin-Wallace | 14 | |
| Elgin Hirst | 46 | C-G | 5-11 | 213 | 25 | none | 14 | |
| Cas Krol | 65 | T | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Detroit Mercy | 10 | |
| Bill McFarlane | 99 | DB | 6-0 | 178 | 24 | Toronto | 11 | |
| Jack McGee | 56 | G | 5-11 | 210 | 22 | Queen's | 9 | |
| Lorne Parkin | 50 | T | 6-1 | 215 | 34 | 10 | ||
| Al Pfeifer | 70 | E | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | Fordham | 14 | |
| Alex Ponton | 91 | HB-K | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | McMaster | 14 | |
| John Prechek | 63 | T | 6-3 | 235 | 29 | Washington | 8 | |
| Art Scullion | 73 | E | 6-2 | 217 | 24 | 14 | ||
| Dick Shatto | 88 | HB-QB | 6-2 | 196 | 21 | Kentucky | 13 | |
| Danny Shaw | 66 | T-G | 6-1 | 233 | 20 | none | 10 | |
| Rod Smylie | 84 | HB | 5-11 | 187 | 30 | none | 11 | |
| Ted Toogood | 89 | HB | 5-9 | 164 | 30 | Toronto | 6 | |
| Ron Watton | 41 | C-G | 6-1 | 219 | 22 | none | 12 | |
| Jim Weller | 52 | G | 5-10 | 204 | 22 | none | 2 | |
| Gene Wilson | 94 | OHB | 6-0 | 183 | 24 | South Carolina | 13 | |
| Nobby Wirkowski | 80 | QB | 5-10 | 175 | 28 | Miami (Ohio) | 13 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Bill McFarlane | HB | Toronto |
| 2 | 5 | Jacques Belec | FB | Western Ontario |
| 3 | 9 | Wimp Crawford | HB | McMaster |
| 4 | 13 | Dennis Higgins | T | Western Ontario |
| 5 | 17 | Bill Koski | G | Queen's |
| 6 | 21 | Bob Fitzhenry | G | McMaster |
| 7 | 25 | Bob Dale | HB | Toronto |
| 8 | 29 | Joe Benot | C | McGill |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 48 | 53 | 58 | 53 | 212 |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 66 | 60 | 92 | 265 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 254 | 108 | 137 | 9 | 72 | 562 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 258 | 109 | 143 | 6 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Shatto | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | ||
| Al Pfeifer | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Ulysses Curtis | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Billy Cross | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Oatten Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Alex Ponton | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Fedosoff | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ted Toogood | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Norb Hecker | 2 | 31 | 33 | 93.9 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 48 |
| Gene Wilson | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | ||
| Bill McFarlane | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Gerry Doucette | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Team Totals | 33 | 31 | 33 | 93.9 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 8 | 1 | 212 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 37 | 40 | 92.5 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 265 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Wilson | 108 | 702 | 6.5 | 55 | 5 |
| Dick Shatto | 72 | 386 | 5.4 | 23 | 6 |
| Ulysses Curtis | 73 | 303 | 4.2 | 31 | 3 |
| Billy Cross | 38 | 181 | 4.8 | 25 | 1 |
| Ted Toogood | 25 | 138 | 5.5 | 39 | 1 |
| Johnny Fedosoff | 22 | 93 | 4.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Nobby Wirkowski | 21 | 72 | 3.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Alex Ponton | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Doug Gray | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bobby Fiveash | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Gerry Doucette | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 370 | 1921 | 5.2 | 16 | |
| Opponents Totals | 393 | 1775 | 4.5 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nobby Wirkowski | 355 | 198 | 55.8 | 137 | 2960 | 8.3 | 14.9 | 63 | 12 | 3.4 | 20 | 5.6 | 71.1 | |||
| Dick Shatto | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 2 | 124 | 9.5 | 15.5 | 29 | 2 | 15.4 | 3 | 23.1 | 93.1 | |||
| Gerry Doucette | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 3 | 31 | 4.4 | 7.8 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 68.2 | |||
| Alex Ponton | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 28 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Ulysses Curtis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Gene Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 379 | 212 | 55.9 | 143 | 3143 | 8.3 | 14.8 | 14 | 3.7 | 24 | 6.3 | 387 | 2756 | 69.2 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 383 | 209 | 54.6 | 138 | 2992 | 7.8 | 14.3 | 22 | 5.7 | 36 | 9.4 | 60.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Pfeifer | 68 | 1142 | 16.8 | 63 | 6 |
| Dick Shatto | 26 | 323 | 12.4 | 35 | 1 |
| Ulysses Curtis | 17 | 268 | 15.8 | 48 | 1 |
| Billy Cross | 11 | 191 | 17.4 | 62 | 1 |
| Johnny Fedosoff | 4 | 117 | 29.3 | 55 | 1 |
| Rod Smylie | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ted Toogood | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Alex Ponton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Norb Hecker | 44 | 652 | 14.8 | 59 | 2 |
| Gene Wilson | 34 | 379 | 11.1 | 37 | 2 |
| Bill McFarlane | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 212 | 3143 | 14.8 | 14 | |
| Opponents Totals | 209 | 2992 | 14.3 | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill McFarlane | 10 | 209 | 20.9 | 65 | 1 |
| Dick Shatto | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Gene Wilson | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 48 | 0 |
| Royal Copeland | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Billy Cross | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 37 | 0 |
| Doug Gray | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Tommy Adkins | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Oatten Fisher | 1 | 92 | 92.0 | 92t | 1 |
| Norb Hecker | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bobby Fiveash | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Carpenter | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Johnny Fedosoff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ponton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 624 | 17.3 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 216 | 9.0 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ponton | 112 | 4188 | 37.4 | 60 | 6 | |
| Gerry Doucette | 31 | 1137 | 36.7 | 56 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 143 | 5325 | 37.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Fedosoff | 73 | 605 | 8.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Bill McFarlane | 31 | 192 | 6.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Billy Cross | 13 | 147 | 11.3 | 55 | 1 |
| Doug Gray | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Ted Toogood | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 125 | 988 | 7.9 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 704 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Cross | 16 | 373 | 23.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Gene Wilson | 14 | 282 | 20.1 | 39 | 0 |
| Johnny Fedosoff | 11 | 200 | 18.2 | 55 | 0 |
| Dick Shatto | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Ken Foster | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Ron Watton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bobby Fiveash | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Oatten Fisher | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 52 | 981 | 18.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 47 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 27 | 27 | 0 |
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