1959 Edmonton Eskimos (WIFU) |
| 2nd place • 10-6-0 .625 |
| Head Coach: Eagle Keys |
| Paul Davis | Backfield |
| Danny Edwards | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 7/15/1959 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 15-10 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 7000 | |
| Tue | 7/21/1959 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 33-7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 7500 | |
| Mon | 8/3/1959 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 20-7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | ||
| Mon | 8/17/1959 | H | British Columbia Lions | 0-12 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 14000 | |
| Mon | 8/24/1959 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 55-0 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 14000 | |
| Thu | 8/27/1959 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16-1 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18928 | |
| Mon | 8/31/1959 | A | British Columbia Lions | 7-8 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 34273 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1959 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 8-16 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 17143 | |
| Mon | 9/7/1959 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 16-10 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 17200 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1959 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 27-20 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 20000 | |
| Sat | 9/19/1959 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 32-0 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 10000 | |
| Mon | 9/21/1959 | H | British Columbia Lions | 29-7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 18000 | |
| Mon | 9/28/1959 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 10-13 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17707 | |
| Sat | 10/3/1959 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 44-15 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 17500 | |
| Sat | 10/10/1959 | A | British Columbia Lions | 38-14 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 28679 | |
| Mon | 10/12/1959 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 23-41 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15500 | |
| Sat | 10/17/1959 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 24-25 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 17000 | |
| Mon | 10/19/1959 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 21-20 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15500 | |
| Sat | 10/24/1959 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 20-19 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 8000 | |
| WIFU Semi-Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sat | 10/31/1959 | A | British Columbia Lions | 20-8 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 33993 | |
| WIFU Semi-Final #2 | |||||||||
| Wed | 11/4/1959 | H | British Columbia Lions | 41-7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16000 | |
| WIFU Final #1 | |||||||||
| Wed | 11/11/1959 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 11-19 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16000 | |
| WIFU Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/14/1959 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 8-16 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15872 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Don Barry | 43 | C-MG | 5-11 | 215 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Steve Bendiak | 71 | E | 6-4 | 210 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Johnny Bright | 24 | FB | 6-1 | 215 | 29 | Drake | 16 | |
| Ed Buckingham | 61 | T | 6-4 | 255 | 25 | Minnesota | 1 | |
| Vic Chapman | 75 | E | 6-0 | 200 | 29 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 78 | E | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | West Texas A&M | 9 | |
| Dick Craddock | 65 | T | 6-0 | 230 | 22 | none | 5 | |
| Don Duncalfe | 80 | T | 6-3 | 220 | 21 | none | 15 | |
| Nat Dye | 61 | C | 6-3 | 220 | 21 | Georgia | 14 | |
| Al Ecuyer | 53 | LB | 5-10 | 210 | 22 | Notre Dame | 12 | |
| Tom Emerson | 65 | T | 6-4 | 220 | 24 | Oklahoma | 7 | |
| Homer Floyd | 16 | HB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Kansas | 6 | |
| Gino Fracas | 55 | FB | 5-11 | 205 | 29 | Western Ontario | 10 | |
| J.T. Frankenberger | 67 | T | 6-4 | 235 | 24 | Kentucky | 8 | |
| Don Getty | 27 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Ed Gray | 52 | DE | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Oklahoma | 16 | |
| Cliff Jackson | 21 | HB | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | North Carolina Central | 1 | |
| Mike Kmech | 56 | G | 5-11 | 204 | 25 | none | 16 | |
| Oscar Kruger | 14 | HB | 5-9 | 190 | 27 | none | 16 | |
| Normie Kwong | 15 | FB | 5-9 | 190 | 30 | none | 16 | |
| Mike Lashuk | 28 | LB | 6-0 | 190 | 21 | none | 13 | |
| Jim Letcavits | 73 | E | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | Kansas | 16 | |
| Freddie Meyers | 77 | E | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | Army; Oklahoma State | 7 | |
| Rollie Miles | 18 | LB | 5-10 | 175 | 32 | St. Augustine's | 16 | |
| Roger Nelson | 66 | OT | 6-1 | 225 | 27 | Oklahoma | 14 | |
| Jackie Parker | 12 | OHB-QB | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Jones County JC; Mississippi State | 12 | |
| Howie Schumm | 26 | FB-HB | 6-2 | 200 | 19 | none | 16 | |
| Jim Shipka | 23 | FB | 5-10 | 195 | 24 | none | 16 | |
| Bill Smith | 70 | E | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | none | 16 | |
| Joe Bob Smith | 22 | HB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Houston | 16 | |
| Don Stephenson | 41 | C | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 16 | |
| Roy Stevenson | 51 | G | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Toronto | 16 | |
| Johnny Tatum | 42 | C | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Texas | 3 | |
| Del Thachuk | 81 | E | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | none | 2 | |
| Mike Volcan | 64 | MG-T | 5-11 | 200 | 27 | none | 15 | |
| Art Walker | 50 | DT | 5-11 | 230 | 26 | Michigan | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Julian Porter | T | Toronto |
| 2 | 16 | Ron Delisle | E | Western Ontario |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 61 | 144 | 59 | 106 | 370 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 56 | 50 | 71 | 221 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 337 | 190 | 139 | 8 | 63 | 497 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 286 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Parker | 7 | 31 | 38 | 81.6 | - | - | - | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 109 |
| Johnny Bright | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Normie Kwong | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Joe Bob Smith | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Jim Letcavits | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Freddie Meyers | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Vic Chapman | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Ed Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rollie Miles | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 1 | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | - | - | - | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| Homer Floyd | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Team Totals | 46 | 34 | 46 | 73.9 | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 8 | 2 | 370 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 19 | 25 | 76.0 | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 10 | 0 | 221 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Bright | 231 | 1340 | 5.8 | 53 | 11 |
| Normie Kwong | 179 | 750 | 4.2 | 35 | 9 |
| Joe Bob Smith | 45 | 228 | 5.1 | 18 | 1 |
| Jackie Parker | 43 | 227 | 5.3 | 26 | 4 |
| Don Getty | 29 | 134 | 4.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Homer Floyd | 24 | 128 | 5.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Jim Shipka | 32 | 121 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Rollie Miles | 10 | 75 | 7.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Howie Schumm | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Bendiak | 0 | 17 | 17L | 0 | |
| Mike Lashuk | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Cliff Jackson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Freddie Meyers | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Letcavits | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 618 | 3094 | 5.0 | 27 | |
| Opponents Totals | 557 | 2675 | 4.8 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Getty | 198 | 116 | 58.6 | 71 | 2080 | 10.5 | 17.9 | 80 | 10 | 5.1 | 11 | 5.6 | 87 | 1993 | 88.4 | |
| Jackie Parker | 143 | 80 | 55.9 | 54 | 1207 | 8.4 | 15.1 | 57 | 8 | 5.6 | 9 | 6.3 | 36 | 1171 | 76.3 | |
| Johnny Bright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Vic Chapman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 343 | 196 | 57.1 | 127 | 3287 | 9.6 | 16.8 | 18 | 5.2 | 20 | 5.8 | 82.8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 367 | 179 | 48.8 | 152 | 2504 | 6.8 | 14.0 | 10 | 2.7 | 36 | 9.8 | 40.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Bob Smith | 62 | 1108 | 17.9 | 80 | 8 |
| Jim Letcavits | 28 | 497 | 17.8 | 54 | 2 |
| Johnny Bright | 23 | 274 | 11.9 | 28 | 0 |
| Jackie Parker | 20 | 324 | 16.2 | 63 | 3 |
| Freddie Meyers | 15 | 348 | 23.2 | 39 | 2 |
| Howie Schumm | 7 | 152 | 21.7 | 47 | 0 |
| Normie Kwong | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Shipka | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Rollie Miles | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Vic Chapman | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 22 | 1 |
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 14 | 277 | 19.8 | 57 | 1 |
| Homer Floyd | 7 | 85 | 12.1 | 19 | 1 |
| Cliff Jackson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 196 | 3287 | 16.8 | 18 | |
| Opponents Totals | 179 | 2504 | 14.0 | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Smith | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Steve Bendiak | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Mike Lashuk | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Gino Fracas | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Oscar Kruger | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Rollie Miles | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jackie Parker | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Don Stephenson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Al Ecuyer | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ed Gray | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 36 | 247 | 6.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 203 | 10.2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Chapman | 132 | 5371 | 40.7 | 79 | - | |||||
| Rollie Miles | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 | - | ||||
| Jackie Parker | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 | - | ||||
| Mike Lashuk | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | - | ||||
| Team Totals | 135 | 5504 | 40.8 | - | 953 | 4551 | 33.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | - | 893 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollie Miles | 75 | 487 | 6.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Joe Bob Smith | 27 | 161 | 6.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Homer Floyd | 20 | 118 | 5.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Oscar Kruger | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Cliff Jackson | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Smith | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Steve Bendiak | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Lashuk | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Parker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 142 | 893 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 139 | 953 | 6.9 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddie Meyers | 36 | 1803 | 50.1 | 65 | 0 |
| Tommy Joe Coffey | 26 | 1417 | 54.5 | 85 | 0 |
| Rollie Miles | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 63 | 3238 | 51.4 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Bob Smith | 14 | 367 | 26.2 | 50 | 0 |
| Rollie Miles | 12 | 330 | 27.5 | 67 | 0 |
| Homer Floyd | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 53 | 0 |
| Jim Shipka | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Bright | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Normie Kwong | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| J.T. Frankenberger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 899 | 22.5 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 1164 | 18.5 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Bendiak | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Don Duncalfe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nat Dye | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Al Ecuyer | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Gino Fracas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Gray | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1 | |||
| Mike Kmech | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Oscar Kruger | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Lashuk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rollie Miles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Stephenson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Volcan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Art Walker | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 33 | 26 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 53 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 26 | 26 | 4 |
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