| 1956 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU) | 
| 5th place • 4-12-0 .250 | 
| Head Coach: Jack Hennemier | 
| Jess Thompson | Assistant Coach | 
| Tommy Thompson | Assistant Coach | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/8/1956 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 13-28 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 11000 | |
| Sat | 8/11/1956 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7-0 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 8000 | |
| Sat | 8/18/1956 | H | British Columbia Lions | 17-14 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 12889 | |
| Sat | 8/25/1956 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 22-23 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16500 | |
| Mon | 8/27/1956 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15-16 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16687 | |
| Sat | 9/1/1956 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27-17 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sat | 9/8/1956 | A | British Columbia Lions | 15-45 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 28737 | |
| Mon | 9/10/1956 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 15-28 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sat | 9/15/1956 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16-6 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 12789 | |
| Mon | 9/17/1956 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1-18 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 14000 | |
| Sat | 9/22/1956 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 0-52 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 20000 | |
| Sat | 9/29/1956 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14-37 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sat | 10/6/1956 | A | British Columbia Lions | 7-24 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 25663 | |
| Mon | 10/8/1956 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 8-36 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 11261 | |
| Mon | 10/15/1956 | H | British Columbia Lions | 21-22 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sat | 10/20/1956 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 25-17 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15922 | |
| Mon | 10/22/1956 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 29-19 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 9000 | |
| Sat | 10/27/1956 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 0-33 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 8000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| John Alderton | 75 | DE | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Maryland | 3 | |
| Ron Allbright | 57 | OG-LB | 6-0 | 220 | 22 | none | 14 | |
| Don Bailey | 81 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Penn State | 1 | |
| John Borger | 74 | LB | 6-0 | 195 | 21 | none | 3 | |
| Lynn Bottoms | 83 | OHB-LB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | 16 | ||
| Porky Brown | 50 | OT-DG | 6-0 | 255 | 28 | St. Martin's | 16 | |
| Bryan Burnthorne | 66 | T | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | Tulane | 10 | |
| Jim Cain | 73 | E | 6-1 | 202 | 29 | Alabama | 4 | |
| Erik Christensen | 61 | OT-DE | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Richmond | 3 | |
| Ron Clinkscale | 86 | OHB-DB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Texas Christian | 12 | |
| Hubert Cook | 45 | C | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Oklahoma State; Trinity (Texas) | 8 | |
| Bryan Engram | 71 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Texas Christian | 13 | |
| Bob Geary | 55 | OG-DG | 5-9 | 223 | 21 | 11 | ||
| Jack Gotta | 73 | OE-DB | 6-4 | 212 | 27 | Minnesota State-Moorhead; Oregon State | 7 | |
| Howard Graves | 86 | HB | 5-11 | 177 | 26 | Michigan State | 1 | |
| Floyd Harrawood | 51 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 245 | 27 | Tulsa | 10 | |
| Burdette Hess | 65 | OT-DE | 6-1 | 232 | 23 | Idaho | 16 | |
| Bill Horton | 56 | G | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Toronto | 1 | |
| Dick Huffman | 60 | DT-OT | 6-1 | 255 | 33 | Tennessee | 16 | |
| Don Klosterman | 98 | QB | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | Loyola Marymount | 11 | |
| Ronnie Knox | 81 | QB | 6-1 | 198 | 21 | California; UCLA | 6 | |
| Jack Lamb | 58 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 240 | 21 | none | 11 | |
| Harry Langford | 53 | OG | 6-3 | 229 | 27 | none | 15 | |
| Lamar Leachman | 47 | C-LB | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | Tennessee | 8 | |
| Earl Lunsford | 95 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 16 | |
| Alex Macklin | 54 | OG-DE | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | Toronto | 15 | |
| Bill McKenna | 70 | E | 6-3 | 215 | 23 | Brandeis | 1 | |
| Jack Meakins | 73 | E | 6-2 | 196 | 23 | Montana State | 1 | |
| Bob Morgan | 61 | T | 6-0 | 235 | 26 | Maryland | 8 | |
| Pete Muir | 92 | DB | 5-11 | 182 | 26 | St. Martin's; Western Washington | 10 | |
| Phil Muntz | 85 | FB-LB | 5-9 | 190 | 22 | Toronto | 9 | |
| Baz Nagle | 91 | OHB-DB | 5-11 | 188 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| Joe Pagliei | 84 | HB | 6-0 | 220 | 22 | Clemson | 9 | |
| Tony Pajaczkowski | 67 | OG-DG | 6-3 | 225 | 20 | none | 16 | |
| John Prendergast | 47 | C-LB | 6-1 | 217 | 26 | Toronto | 16 | |
| Bill Pullar | 72 | OE-DE | 6-0 | 228 | 30 | McGill | 14 | |
| Johnny Pyeatt | 78 | OE-LB | 6-3 | 204 | 23 | none | 13 | |
| Dean Renfro | 99 | OHB-DB | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | North Texas | 6 | |
| Jim Sides | 87 | FB | 5-11 | 215 | 22 | Texas Tech | 3 | |
| Eddie Simms | 93 | OHB-DB | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | none | 11 | |
| Bill Stevenson | 80 | QB-DB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Toronto | 15 | |
| Al Valdes | 88 | OHB-DB | 5-11 | 195 | 21 | none | 16 | |
| Lou Wacker | 84 | HB | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | Richmond | 1 | |
| Eddie West | 99 | QB | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | North Carolina State | 2 | |
| Harvey Wylie | 90 | OHB-DB | 5-9 | 178 | 23 | Montana State | 16 | |
| Joe Yamauchi | 97 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Eastern Washington | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | 
| 1 | 2 | Phil Muntz | FB | Toronto | 
| 2 | 11 | Ted Roman | T | Western Ontario | 
| 3 | 20 | Ted Tapororwski | T-E | McGill | 
| 4 | 29 | Bill Bell | T | McMaster | 
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 46 | 34 | 81 | 68 | 229 | 
| Opponents Totals | 85 | 145 | 103 | 63 | 410 | 
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 283 | 163 | 103 | 17 | 79 | 577 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 310 | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Pagliei | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 34 | ||
| Lynn Bottoms | 5 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 
| Don Klosterman | 2 | 17 | 20 | 85.0 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 
| Baz Nagle | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Valdes | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Harvey Wylie | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Stevenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Earl Lunsford | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Ronnie Knox | 3 | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 
| Dean Renfro | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ron Clinkscale | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bryan Engram | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Gotta | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Sides | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| Team Totals | 32 | 23 | 32 | 71.9 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 | 229 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 36 | 53 | 67.9 | 13 | 22 | 59.1 | 13 | 2 | 410 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Lunsford | 216 | 1283 | 5.9 | 57 | 7 | 
| Lynn Bottoms | 61 | 332 | 5.4 | 23 | 5 | 
| Joe Pagliei | 57 | 324 | 5.7 | 60 | 3 | 
| Ron Clinkscale | 52 | 210 | 4.0 | 23 | 0 | 
| Baz Nagle | 27 | 188 | 7.0 | 23 | 1 | 
| Ronnie Knox | 36 | 80 | 2.2 | 20 | 3 | 
| Harvey Wylie | 24 | 76 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 | 
| Dean Renfro | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 57 | 1 | 
| Al Valdes | 17 | 54 | 3.2 | 19 | 1 | 
| Don Klosterman | 50 | 39 | 0.8 | 23 | 2 | 
| Jim Sides | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 20 | 0 | 
| Bill Stevenson | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 47 | 0 | 
| Joe Yamauchi | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| Bryan Engram | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 
| Don Bailey | 9 | -12 | -1.3 | 11 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 570 | 2733 | 4.8 | 23 | |
| Opponents Totals | 594 | 2829 | 4.8 | 30 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Klosterman | 177 | 97 | 54.8 | 65 | 1398 | 7.9 | 14.4 | 62 | 5 | 2.8 | 15 | 8.5 | 54.8 | |||
| Ronnie Knox | 130 | 61 | 46.9 | 64 | 782 | 6.0 | 12.8 | 32 | 2 | 1.5 | 5 | 3.8 | 55.4 | |||
| Don Bailey | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 8 | 49 | 4.1 | 16.3 | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 9.4 | |||
| Ron Clinkscale | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 5 | 41 | 4.1 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 12.9 | |||
| Bill Stevenson | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 2 | 13 | 1.9 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 42.9 | 0.0 | |||
| Baz Nagle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Harvey Wylie | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 339 | 167 | 49.3 | 146 | 2283 | 6.7 | 13.7 | 7 | 2.1 | 26 | 7.7 | 46.1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 333 | 174 | 52.3 | 137 | 2789 | 8.4 | 16.0 | 19 | 5.7 | 22 | 6.6 | 72.0 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baz Nagle | 22 | 345 | 15.7 | 51 | 0 | 
| Joe Pagliei | 15 | 252 | 16.8 | 54 | 2 | 
| Lynn Bottoms | 9 | 100 | 11.1 | 24 | 0 | 
| Harvey Wylie | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 48 | 0 | 
| Eddie Simms | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 21 | 0 | 
| Al Valdes | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 | 
| John Alderton | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| Joe Yamauchi | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 18 | 0 | 
| Johnny Pyeatt | 25 | 307 | 12.3 | 28 | 0 | 
| Jack Gotta | 17 | 290 | 17.1 | 62 | 1 | 
| Ron Clinkscale | 15 | 182 | 12.1 | 44 | 1 | 
| Bryan Engram | 13 | 214 | 16.5 | 30 | 1 | 
| Earl Lunsford | 13 | 108 | 8.3 | 19 | 0 | 
| Dean Renfro | 11 | 205 | 18.6 | 45 | 2 | 
| Eddie West | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 37 | 0 | 
| Jim Sides | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 167 | 2283 | 13.7 | 7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 174 | 2789 | 16.0 | 19 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Wylie | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 20 | 0 | 
| Earl Lunsford | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 32 | 1 | 
| Lynn Bottoms | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 25 | 0 | 
| Ron Clinkscale | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 | 
| Pete Muir | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 | 
| Lamar Leachman | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 
| Bill Stevenson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 
| Eddie West | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Ron Allbright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Joe Pagliei | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Bill Pullar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 22 | 176 | 8.0 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 566 | 21.8 | 3 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Pagliei | 64 | 2415 | 37.7 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 
| Earl Lunsford | 7 | 324 | 46.3 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 
| Ronnie Knox | 30 | 1152 | 38.4 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 
| Eddie West | 4 | 151 | 37.8 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 
| Bill Stevenson | 22 | 818 | 37.2 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 
| Team Totals | 127 | 4860 | 38.3 | 1 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baz Nagle | 25 | 210 | 8.4 | 17 | 0 | 
| Harvey Wylie | 27 | 175 | 6.5 | 20 | 0 | 
| Lynn Bottoms | 19 | 113 | 5.9 | 18 | 0 | 
| Eddie Simms | 13 | 55 | 4.2 | 10 | 0 | 
| Phil Muntz | 8 | 43 | 5.4 | 9 | 0 | 
| Pete Muir | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 10 | 0 | 
| Bill Stevenson | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 9 | 0 | 
| Bryan Burnthorne | 0 | 16 | 16L | 0 | |
| Ron Clinkscale | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 
| Earl Lunsford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 103 | 675 | 6.6 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 118 | 640 | 5.4 | 0 | 
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Bottoms | 11 | 596 | 54.2 | 69 | 0 | 
| Jim Sides | 7 | 378 | 54.0 | 59 | 0 | 
| Burdette Hess | 5 | 250 | 50.0 | 55 | 0 | 
| Bill Stevenson | 8 | 361 | 45.1 | 56 | 0 | 
| Earl Lunsford | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 45 | 0 | 
| Eddie West | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 54 | 0 | 
| Harvey Wylie | 6 | 257 | 42.8 | 62 | 0 | 
| Tony Pajaczkowski | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 44 | 0 | 
| Ronnie Knox | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 41 | 0 | 
| Don Bailey | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 48 | 2294 | 47.8 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baz Nagle | 17 | 400 | 23.5 | 37 | 0 | 
| Harvey Wylie | 12 | 262 | 21.8 | 38 | 0 | 
| Lynn Bottoms | 11 | 248 | 22.5 | 40 | 0 | 
| Phil Muntz | 9 | 131 | 14.6 | 26 | 0 | 
| Dean Renfro | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 27 | 0 | 
| Ron Clinkscale | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Pagliei | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 23 | 0 | 
| Joe Yamauchi | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 | 
| Bob Geary | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 
| Alex Macklin | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| Bill Pullar | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 
| Pete Muir | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 70 | 1355 | 19.4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 993 | 20.7 | 0 | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Alderton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Allbright | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lynn Bottoms | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Porky Brown | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Erik Christensen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Clinkscale | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Geary | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jack Gotta | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Burdette Hess | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | |
| Dick Huffman | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Klosterman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Knox | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Langford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lamar Leachman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 
| Earl Lunsford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Morgan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Muntz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Baz Nagle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Pagliei | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Prendergast | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Pyeatt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Sides | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Simms | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Valdes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie West | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harvey Wylie | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 1 | |
| Joe Yamauchi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 42 | 33 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 61 | 1 | 
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 
| In Memoriam | 
| NFL Boxscores | 
| NFL Game Officials | 
| NFL Training Camps | 
| NFL Roster Limits | 
| Pro Football Hall of Fame | 
| Super Bowl | 
| Privacy Policy | 
| ©2006-2025 Pro Football Archives. All Rights Reserved. | 
| Last Updated: August 29, 2025 |