1956 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/4/1956	A	British Columbia Lions	35-21	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	23566
Wed	8/8/1956	A	Montreal Alouettes	0-33	L	Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium
Fri	8/10/1956	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	13-33	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	10000
Sat	8/18/1956	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	15-3	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	16500
Sat	8/25/1956	H	Calgary Stampeders	23-22	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	16500
Mon	8/27/1956	A	British Columbia Lions	18-0	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	30374
Mon	9/3/1956	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	21-20	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	15000
Sat	9/8/1956	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	4-31	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	13500
Mon	9/10/1956	A	Calgary Stampeders	28-15	W	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	12000
Sat	9/15/1956	H	British Columbia Lions	34-8	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	21737
Sat	9/22/1956	H	Calgary Stampeders	52-0	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	20000
Mon	9/24/1956	A	British Columbia Lions	1-11	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	23066
Mon	10/1/1956	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	7-33	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	20000
Sat	10/6/1956	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7-10	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18700
Mon	10/8/1956	A	Calgary Stampeders	36-8	W	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	11261
Sat	10/13/1956	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	37-17	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	14500
Mon	10/15/1956	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	21-11	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	20000
Mon	10/22/1956	H	British Columbia Lions	54-13	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium
Sat	10/27/1956	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	0-33	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	14409
WIFU Final #1
Sat	11/10/1956	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	22-23	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	13500
WIFU Final #2
Mon	11/12/1956	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	20-12	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	19000
WIFU Final #3
Sat	11/17/1956	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	51-7	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	22461
Grey Cup
Sat	11/24/1956	N	Montreal Alouettes	50-27	W	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	27425

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Frankie Anderson	51	DE-OG	6-1	210	28	Oklahoma	15
Don Barry	43	C	5-11	215	25	none	15
Steve Bendiak	71	OE-DB	6-4	210	25	none	16
Bo Bolinger	55	G	5-10	206	24	Oklahoma	2
Bill Briggs	41	LB	6-4	208	31		16
Johnny Bright	84	FB-LB	6-1	215	26	Drake	9
Rollie Cook	60	OT-DE	6-1	192	21		11
Bob Dean	61	T	6-1	245	27	Maryland	9
Gino Fracas	88	FB	5-11	205	26	Western Ontario	1
Don Getty	87	QB	6-2	195	23	Western Ontario	16
Reed Henderson	65	OT-DT	6-2	235	21	Utah State	16
Con Kelly	82	FB-LB	6-0	190	21	none	15
Bob Kimoff	80	FB-LB	6-0	190	24	Toronto	9
Mike King	59	DG	6-0	210	31		1
Mike Kmech	56	OG-DG	5-11	204	22	none	16
Oscar Kruger	94	OHB-DB	5-9	190	24	none	16
Normie Kwong	95	FB	5-9	190	27	none	15
Earl Lindley	81	LB-OHB	6-2	208	23	Utah State	14
Leigh McMillan	85	OHB-DB	5-8	155	20	none	16
Steve Mendryk	73	OE-DB	6-1	187	28	Alberta	15
Rollie Miles	98	DB-OHB	5-10	175	29	St. Augustine's	15
Joe Mobra	77	OE-LB	6-2	210	23	Oklahoma	14
Frankie Morris	52	DG	5-11	230	33		16
Roger Nelson	66	OT-DT	6-1	225	24	Oklahoma	16
Jackie Parker	91	QB-HB	6-0	185	24	Jones County JC; Mississippi State	16
Bill Rowekamp	74	OE-DB	6-1	200	26	Army; Missouri	16
Jim Shipka	83	FB-LB	5-10	195	21	none	13
Don Simon	96	OHB	5-11	172	26	none	4
Bill Smith	78	E	6-1	185	21	none	3
Roy Stevenson	63	OT-DT	6-1	195	24	Toronto	4
Johnny Tatum	42	C-LB	6-0	205	21	Texas	16
Ted Tully	70	LB	6-0	205	27	none	16
Mike Volcan	64	OT-DT	5-11	200	24	none	16
Art Walker	50	DT	5-11	230	23	Michigan	14
Bill Walker	75	OE-DE	6-0	185	23	Maryland	15
John Woyat	86	LB	5-8	173	23	Oregon	9

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	9	Bobby Waugh	G	Toronto
2	18	Earl Ford	G	Toronto
3	27	Frank Geard	HB	Queen's
4	34	Pete Martin	G	McMaster

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	96	109	80	73	358
Opponents Totals	40	111	46	52	235

TEAM STATS	TOP	First Downs	Rush	Pass	Pen	2nd Down Efficiency	3rd Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		318	205	104	9	70	462
Opponents Totals		285

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Jackie Parker	10	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		6	0	66
Earl Lindley	8	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	48
Bob Dean	0	14	21	66.7	-	-	-	6	13	46.2	5	0	37
Normie Kwong	6	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	36
Rollie Miles	6	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	36
Johnny Bright	5	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	30
Bill Walker	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	18
Bob Kimoff	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	12
Bill Rowekamp	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	12
Jim Shipka	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	12
Steve Bendiak	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Joe Mobra	2	22	27	81.5	-	-	-	1	4	25.0	0	0	37
Reed Henderson	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
(Team)	0	0	0				-	0	0		0	1	2
Team Totals	48	36	48	75.0	7	17	41.2	11	1	358
Opponents Totals	29	23	29	79.3	10	13	76.9	8	0	235

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Normie Kwong	232	1437	6.2	26	5
Jackie Parker	92	583	6.3	39	10
Johnny Bright	93	573	6.2	22	4
Earl Lindley	57	357	6.3	24	2
Rollie Miles	38	226	5.9	30	2
Jim Shipka	38	160	4.2	13	2
Bob Kimoff	27	115	4.3	13	2
Con Kelly	12	22	1.8	7	0
Don Simon	2	16	8.0	15	0
Bill Rowekamp	8	15	1.9	4	0
Oscar Kruger	1	3	3.0	3	0
Leigh McMillan	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Don Getty	11	-24	-2.2	8	0
Team Totals	612	3482	5.7		27
Opponents Totals	567	2409	4.2		18

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Jackie Parker	226	117	51.8	93	1889	8.4	16.1	55	11	4.9	16	7.1	66.8
Don Getty	44	18	40.9	23	256	5.8	14.2	28	3	6.8	3	6.8	54.7
Rollie Miles	6	2	33.3	4	30	5.0	15.0	17	1	16.7	0	0.0	90.3
Earl Lindley	4	1	25.0	3	17	4.3	17.0	17	0	0.0	0	0.0	44.8
Oscar Kruger	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0.0
Team Totals	281	138	49.1	122	2192	7.8	15.9		15	5.3	21	7.5	62.2
Opponents Totals	364	188	51.6	146	2577	7.1	13.7		10	2.7	30	8.2	49.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rollie Miles	29	410	14.1	37	3
Bill Walker	25	356	14.2	37	2
Earl Lindley	17	312	18.4	51	4
Bill Rowekamp	15	262	17.5	44	2
Johnny Bright	9	151	16.8	28	1
Normie Kwong	9	106	11.8	35	1
Steve Bendiak	7	118	16.9	26	1
Jim Shipka	7	63	9.0	27	0
Jackie Parker	2	21	10.5	12	0
Oscar Kruger	1	23	23.0	23	0
Con Kelly	1	16	16.0	16	0
Bob Kimoff	1	11	11.0	11	0
John Woyat	0	26		26L	0
Joe Mobra	15	317	21.1	55	1
Team Totals	138	2192	15.9		15
Opponents Totals	188	2577	13.7		10

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Oscar Kruger	7	28	4.0	16	0
Rollie Miles	4	145	36.3	69	1
Bill Rowekamp	4	29	7.3	29	0
Earl Lindley	3	88	29.3	66	2
Steve Mendryk	3	16	5.3	16	0
Joe Mobra	2	22	11.0	22	0
Bill Briggs	2	10	5.0	10	0
Johnny Tatum	2	6	3.0	6	0
Ted Tully	1	8	8.0	8	0
Reed Henderson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Leigh McMillan	1	0	0.0	0	0
Johnny Bright	0	9		9L	0
Team Totals	30	361	12.0		3
Opponents Totals	21	154	7.3		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Jackie Parker	86	3575	41.6	66	1	6
Bill Walker	27	1034	38.3	51	0	0
Jim Shipka	4	119	29.8	40	0	0
Team Totals	117	4728	40.4		1
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Leigh McMillan	66	359	5.4	25
Oscar Kruger	25	140	5.6	16
John Woyat	24	128	5.3	13
Don Simon	7	37	5.3	7
Rollie Miles	1	15	15.0	15
Earl Lindley	1	13	13.0	13
Bill Rowekamp	2	8	4.0	4
Art Walker	1	3	3.0	3
Con Kelly	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	128	703	5.5
Opponents Totals	120	652	5.4

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Joe Mobra	40	2166	54.2	75	0
Bob Dean	26	1404	54.0	80	1
Jim Shipka	1	47	47.0	47	0
Team Totals	67	3617	54.0
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Rollie Miles	15	403	26.9	52
Earl Lindley	14	284	20.3	43
Oscar Kruger	4	86	21.5	34
Don Simon	3	54	18.0	31
Bill Rowekamp	2	39	19.5	24
Johnny Bright	1	15	15.0	15
Con Kelly	1	11	11.0	11
Joe Mobra	1	9	9.0	9
John Woyat	1	3	3.0	3
Team Totals	42	904	21.5
Opponents Totals	67	1185	17.7

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Frankie Anderson	0	0		4	4	0	0
Bill Briggs	0	0		2	2	0	0
Johnny Bright	3			0	0	0	0
Reed Henderson	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
Con Kelly	1			2	2	0	0
Oscar Kruger	2		2	5	7	2	0
Normie Kwong	9			0	0	0	0
Earl Lindley	2		3	0	3	0	0
Leigh McMillan	4		2	0	2	0	0
Rollie Miles	6			2	2	0	0
Joe Mobra	0	0		3	3	25	1
Frankie Morris	0	0		1	1	5	0
Jackie Parker	7		1	1	2	0	0
Bill Rowekamp	1			3	3	0	0
Jim Shipka	2			0	0	0	0
Don Simon	1			0	0	0	0
Johnny Tatum	0	0	2	1	3	0	0
Ted Tully	0	0	1	2	3	0	0
Mike Volcan	0	0		1	1	0	0
Art Walker	1			0	0	0	0
Bill Walker	1			2	2	0	1
John Woyat	2			0	0	0	0
Team Totals	42	30	12	29	41	32	3
Opponents Totals		29		30	30		1

Eagle Keys	Assistant Coach
Ray Prochaska	Assistant Coach