1959 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU) |
| 4th place • 8-8-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Otis Douglas |
| Frank Filchock | Backfield |
| Bernie Witucki | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 7/15/1959 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 10-15 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 7000 | |
| Tue | 7/21/1959 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 7-33 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 7500 | |
| Tue | 7/28/1959 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 21-28 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 21603 | |
| Thu | 7/30/1959 | A | Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen | 21-8 | W | Kitchener, ON | 3000 | ||
| Fri | 8/14/1959 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 28-8 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13212 | |
| Mon | 8/17/1959 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 21-22 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 16200 | |
| Thu | 8/20/1959 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 23-21 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18333 | |
| Mon | 8/24/1959 | H | British Columbia Lions | 29-17 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | ||
| Mon | 8/31/1959 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 28-10 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 10500 | |
| Mon | 9/7/1959 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 10-16 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 17200 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1959 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 20-27 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 20000 | |
| Mon | 9/14/1959 | A | British Columbia Lions | 8-14 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 32176 | |
| Mon | 9/21/1959 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 10-15 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 16000 | |
| Sat | 9/26/1959 | H | British Columbia Lions | 10-28 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 14800 | |
| Mon | 9/28/1959 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18-15 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 6500 | |
| Mon | 10/5/1959 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24-38 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15813 | |
| Sat | 10/10/1959 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 53-13 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 8500 | |
| Mon | 10/12/1959 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 41-23 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15500 | |
| Sat | 10/17/1959 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 25-24 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 17000 | |
| Sat | 10/24/1959 | A | British Columbia Lions | 8-10 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 31594 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Wayne Aiken | 92 | HB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | British Columbia | 8 | |
| Ron Allbright | 53 | DE | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | none | 16 | |
| Opie Bandy | 61 | OT-MG | 6-2 | 231 | 23 | Tulsa | 16 | |
| John Bennett | 74 | WB | 6-1 | 187 | 22 | McGill | 1 | |
| Lynn Bottoms | 83 | FL-LB | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | 16 | ||
| Doug Brown | 55 | LB-K | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | 16 | ||
| Porky Brown | 50 | DT | 6-0 | 255 | 31 | St. Martin's | 16 | |
| Al Carmichael | 81 | T | 6-1 | 192 | 31 | Santa Ana JC; Southern California | 2 | |
| Barrie Cyr | 93 | HB | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | 9 | ||
| Gene Filipski | 86 | OHB | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | Army; Villanova | 16 | |
| Oatten Fisher | 57 | T | 6-3 | 215 | 35 | North Carolina A&T State; North Carolina Central | 4 | |
| Jack Gotta | 73 | OE-DH | 6-4 | 212 | 30 | Minnesota State-Moorhead; Oregon State | 7 | |
| Bob Griffin | 47 | C | 6-3 | 235 | 30 | Arkansas | 9 | |
| George Hansen | 54 | T | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Georgia | 16 | |
| Joe Kapp | 82 | QB | 6-2 | 214 | 21 | California | 16 | |
| Ron Kelly | 91 | FB | 6-1 | 208 | 26 | none | 16 | |
| Jack Lamb | 58 | G | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | none | 3 | |
| Earl Lunsford | 99 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 16 | |
| Don Luzzi | 62 | OT-DT | 6-0 | 245 | 24 | Villanova | 15 | |
| John Matsko | 45 | C | 5-10 | 205 | 26 | Michigan State | 9 | |
| Bill McKenna | 77 | OE | 6-3 | 215 | 26 | Brandeis | 16 | |
| Ron Morris | 95 | OHB | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Tulsa | 13 | |
| Hal Newton | 71 | DE | 6-2 | 212 | 26 | none | 12 | |
| Bert Novis | FB | 6-4 | 235 | 29 | none | 1 | ||
| Bob O'Neil | 51 | OG-LB | 6-1 | 229 | 28 | Duquesne; Notre Dame | 15 | |
| Tony Pajaczkowski | 56 | OG | 6-3 | 225 | 23 | none | 14 | |
| Walt Radzick | 67 | T | 6-3 | 260 | 24 | Toronto | 11 | |
| Lorne Reid | 60 | T | 6-2 | 247 | 30 | none | 16 | |
| Bob Sawyer | 81 | HB | 6-1 | 208 | 22 | Wake Forest; Wyoming | 7 | |
| Art Scullion | 72 | DE-C | 6-2 | 217 | 29 | 15 | ||
| Hugh Simpson | 85 | HB | 5-9 | 190 | 20 | none | 1 | |
| Len Skinner | 66 | T | 6-2 | 220 | 20 | none | 13 | |
| Donnie Stone | 94 | OHB-DB | 6-2 | 205 | 22 | Arkansas | 15 | |
| Jerry Sturm | 65 | T | 6-3 | 257 | 23 | Illinois | 12 | |
| George Tait | 87 | HB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | 11 | ||
| Ernie Warlick | 75 | OE | 6-4 | 234 | 29 | North Carolina Central | 15 | |
| Nobby Wirkowski | 84 | QB | 5-10 | 175 | 33 | Miami (Ohio) | 16 | |
| Harvey Wylie | 90 | S | 5-9 | 178 | 26 | Montana State | 16 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 80 | 118 | 87 | 71 | 356 |
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 79 | 46 | 113 | 301 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 352 | 187 | 155 | 10 | 91 | 714 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 299 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Brown | 0 | 37 | 42 | 88.1 | - | - | - | 14 | 25 | 56.0 | 4 | 0 | 83 |
| Earl Lunsford | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Gene Filipski | 9 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | |
| Ernie Warlick | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Lynn Bottoms | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill McKenna | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| George Tait | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Harvey Wylie | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jack Gotta | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lorne Reid | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Donnie Stone | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Joe Kapp | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | ||
| Team Totals | 45 | 38 | 45 | 84.4 | 14 | 25 | 56.0 | 6 | 0 | 356 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 31 | 38 | 81.6 | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 9 | 0 | 301 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Lunsford | 183 | 1027 | 5.6 | 22 | 10 |
| Gene Filipski | 155 | 967 | 6.2 | 41 | 4 |
| Joe Kapp | 113 | 606 | 5.4 | 21 | 5 |
| Donnie Stone | 102 | 469 | 4.6 | 26 | 1 |
| Ron Morris | 16 | 84 | 5.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Lynn Bottoms | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Harvey Wylie | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Nobby Wirkowski | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Sawyer | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Ron Kelly | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Wayne Aiken | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 603 | 3197 | 5.3 | 20 | |
| Opponents Totals | 525 | 3049 | 5.8 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Kapp | 328 | 196 | 59.8 | 118 | 2990 | 9.1 | 15.3 | 85 | 21 | 6.4 | 14 | 4.3 | 251 | 2739 | 93.4 | |
| Nobby Wirkowski | 40 | 17 | 42.5 | 17 | 201 | 5.0 | 11.8 | 34 | 1 | 2.5 | 6 | 15.0 | 35 | 166 | 27.2 | |
| Gene Filipski | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 16 | 5.3 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 52.1 |
| Team Totals | 371 | 214 | 57.7 | 136 | 3207 | 8.6 | 15.0 | 23 | 6.2 | 21 | 5.7 | 83.2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 399 | 198 | 49.6 | 170 | 3362 | 8.4 | 17.0 | 20 | 5.0 | 31 | 7.8 | 62.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Warlick | 53 | 909 | 17.2 | 43 | 4 |
| Gene Filipski | 46 | 572 | 12.4 | 62 | 5 |
| Bill McKenna | 30 | 422 | 14.1 | 45 | 2 |
| George Tait | 18 | 401 | 22.3 | 55 | 2 |
| Earl Lunsford | 15 | 121 | 8.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Ron Morris | 9 | 92 | 10.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Jack Gotta | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 27 | 1 |
| Lynn Bottoms | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 37 | 1 |
| Harvey Wylie | 3 | 116 | 38.7 | 85 | 1 |
| Lorne Reid | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Barrie Cyr | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 25 | 323 | 12.9 | 56 | 6 |
| Jerry Sturm | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Opie Bandy | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Sawyer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 214 | 3207 | 15.0 | 23 | |
| Opponents Totals | 198 | 3362 | 17.0 | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Wylie | 10 | 96 | 9.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Ron Kelly | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Ron Morris | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Doug Brown | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Lynn Bottoms | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Wayne Aiken | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Earl Lunsford | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ron Allbright | 1 | 0 | |||
| Opie Bandy | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bill McKenna | 1 | 0 | |||
| Len Skinner | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 31 | 256 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 273 | 13.0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Kapp | 69 | 2735 | 39.6 | 80 | 1 | |
| Ron Morris | 56 | 2032 | 36.3 | 55 | 1 | |
| George Tait | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| Harvey Wylie | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Lynn Bottoms | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 128 | 4856 | 37.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Bottoms | 79 | 441 | 5.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Harvey Wylie | 22 | 109 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ron Morris | 17 | 109 | 6.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Wayne Aiken | 12 | 58 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill McKenna | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Kapp | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 132 | 721 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 129 | 562 | 4.4 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Brown | 58 | 3054 | 52.7 | 65 | 0 |
| Tony Pajaczkowski | 3 | 135 | 45.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 61 | 3189 | 52.3 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Wylie | 19 | 537 | 28.3 | 105 | 1 |
| Gene Filipski | 10 | 226 | 22.6 | 51 | 0 |
| Ron Morris | 5 | 129 | 25.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 8 | 124 | 15.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Earl Lunsford | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 27 | 0 |
| Ernie Warlick | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Hal Newton | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill McKenna | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Gotta | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob O'Neil | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 54 | 1163 | 21.5 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 1349 | 22.1 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opie Bandy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | |
| Lynn Bottoms | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 1 | |
| Doug Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Porky Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Filipski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Gotta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Griffin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Hansen | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Kapp | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Kelly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Earl Lunsford | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Luzzi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bill McKenna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Morris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donnie Stone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Sturm | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Warlick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nobby Wirkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harvey Wylie | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 23 | 23 | 2 |
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