1962 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Conference • 6-7-1 .464 |
| Head Coach: Frank Clair |
| Don Branby | Assistant Coach |
| Bill Smyth | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 7/19/1962 | H | British Columbia Lions | 18-6 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 14200 | |
| Mon | 7/23/1962 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14-15 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 13125 | |
| Wed | 7/25/1962 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 9-8 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 12000 | |
| Thu | 8/2/1962 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 10-14 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 7765 | |
| Thu | 8/9/1962 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16-28 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16259 | |
| Thu | 8/16/1962 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 29-18 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 23534 | |
| Fri | 8/24/1962 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 29-21 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15002 | |
| Mon | 8/27/1962 | A | British Columbia Lions | 18-7 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 29423 | |
| Sat | 9/1/1962 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 26-8 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 15799 | |
| Fri | 9/7/1962 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 28-31 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 21050 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1962 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 10-16 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 24721 | |
| Fri | 9/21/1962 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 32-36 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16265 | |
| Sat | 9/29/1962 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 27-0 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17124 | |
| Mon | 10/8/1962 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 26-24 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 19288 | |
| Sat | 10/13/1962 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 21-29 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17246 | |
| Sat | 10/20/1962 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 21-21 | T | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20559 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1962 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 22-23 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 20862 | |
| Sat | 11/3/1962 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 34-40 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 20461 | |
| Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/10/1962 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 17-18 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20252 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Gilles Archambault | 64 | DT | 6-2 | 245 | 28 | Ottawa | 14 | |
| Harold Beaty | 61 | T | 6-1 | 240 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 7 | |
| Marv Bevan | 51 | G | 6-0 | 225 | 27 | none | 7 | |
| Bob Bisacre | 24 | C | 5-11 | 192 | 25 | Wyoming | 14 | |
| Bruno Bitkowski | 40 | C | 6-2 | 220 | 33 | Ottawa | 10 | |
| Billy Joe Booth | 65 | T | 6-0 | 230 | 22 | Louisiana State | 14 | |
| George Brancato | 10 | HB | 5-9 | 177 | 31 | Santa Ana JC; Louisiana State | 9 | |
| Jim Cain | 63 | T | 6-4 | 240 | 23 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | |
| Len Chandler | 20 | OHB | 5-8 | 165 | 28 | 14 | ||
| Dick Cohee | 26 | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | New Mexico State; Reedley JC | 5 | |
| Merv Collins | 54 | OG | 6-1 | 220 | 29 | none | 14 | |
| Jim Conroy | 25 | LB-P | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Southern California | 14 | |
| Doug Daigneault | 23 | HB | 6-2 | 192 | 26 | Clemson | 6 | |
| Millard Fleming | 15 | HB | 6-1 | 197 | 22 | Marshall | 11 | |
| Gene Gaines | 22 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | East Los Angeles JC; UCLA | 14 | |
| Dave Herne | 77 | OE-DB | 6-2 | 192 | 21 | Benedictine (Kansas) | 4 | |
| Russ Jackson | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | McMaster | 14 | |
| Ron Lancaster | 16 | QB | 5-10 | 190 | 24 | Wittenberg | 14 | |
| Joe Poirier | 17 | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Loyola (Quebec); McGill | 14 | |
| Bill Quinter | E | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Indiana | 2 | ||
| Moe Racine | 62 | OT-K | 6-4 | 232 | 25 | none | 14 | |
| Jim Reynolds | 74 | DE-OE | 6-2 | 212 | 24 | Hillsdale | 7 | |
| Tom Rodgers | 26 | QB-DB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Kentucky | 1 | |
| Norb Roy | 52 | G | 6-0 | 220 | 22 | Notre Dame | 12 | |
| Sam Scoccia | 50 | DG | 5-10 | 242 | 32 | none | 14 | |
| Jerry Selinger | 42 | C | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | St. Joseph's (Indiana) | 13 | |
| Mel Semenko | 60 | DE | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Wyoming; Colorado | 11 | |
| Bob Simpson | 70 | E-S | 6-0 | 200 | 32 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Ted Smale | 71 | DE | 6-2 | 210 | 30 | Toronto | 14 | |
| Mike Snodgrass | 41 | LB | 6-2 | 218 | 22 | Western Michigan | 14 | |
| Bill Sowalski | 73 | OE | 5-11 | 200 | 32 | none | 7 | |
| Ron Stewart | 11 | HB | 5-7 | 175 | 28 | Queen's | 14 | |
| Dave Thelen | 21 | FB | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | |
| Whit Tucker | 75 | HB | 5-11 | 175 | 22 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Kaye Vaughan | 55 | MG | 6-2 | 225 | 31 | Tulsa | 14 | |
| Ernie White | 27 | OHB | 5-8 | 180 | 24 | Dayton | 14 | |
| Chuck Wood | 53 | G | 6-0 | 217 | 22 | McGill | 13 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Chuck Wood | G | McGill |
| 2 | 9 | Whit Tucker | HB | Western Ontario |
| 3 | 14 | Bob Windsor | E-HB | McGill |
| 4 | 19 | Larry Shaw | E-HB | Western Ontario |
| 5 | 23 | Hugh Cook | E | Toronto |
| 6 | 27 | Doug Niklas | T | Queen's |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 59 | 92 | 98 | 90 | 339 |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 95 | 68 | 87 | 302 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 271 | 155 | 103 | 13 | 77 | 771 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 251 | 123 | 113 | 13 | 103 | 855 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moe Racine | 0 | 36 | 43 | 83.7 | - | - | - | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 7 | 0 | 79 |
| Ernie White | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Russ Jackson | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Ron Stewart | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Len Chandler | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bob Simpson | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dave Thelen | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Millard Fleming | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Conroy | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Jim Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Whit Tucker | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Cohee | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mel Semenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 43 | 36 | 43 | 83.7 | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 9 | 0 | 339 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 32 | 36 | 88.9 | 12 | 18 | 66.7 | 12 | 3 | 302 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie White | 136 | 804 | 5.9 | 45 | 5 |
| Dave Thelen | 146 | 759 | 5.2 | 65 | 4 |
| Ron Stewart | 96 | 555 | 5.8 | 68 | 2 |
| Russ Jackson | 71 | 512 | 7.2 | 26 | 8 |
| Millard Fleming | 23 | 120 | 5.2 | 15 | 1 |
| Ron Lancaster | 10 | 76 | 7.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Bisacre | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Snodgrass | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 487 | 2830 | 5.8 | 20 | |
| Opponents Totals | 428 | 2292 | 5.4 | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Jackson | 157 | 78 | 49.7 | 66 | 1427 | 9.1 | 18.3 | 63 | 10 | 6.4 | 13 | 8.3 | 68.1 | |||
| Ron Lancaster | 98 | 48 | 49.0 | 38 | 1016 | 10.4 | 21.2 | 67 | 9 | 9.2 | 12 | 12.2 | 77.1 | |||
| Ron Stewart | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 70.1 | |||
| Ernie White | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 260 | 128 | 49.2 | 106 | 2445 | 9.4 | 19.1 | 19 | 7.3 | 26 | 10.0 | 240 | 2205 | 67.1 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 314 | 181 | 57.6 | 112 | 2538 | 8.1 | 14.0 | 17 | 5.4 | 21 | 6.7 | 158 | 2380 | 74.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie White | 31 | 758 | 24.5 | 67 | 5 |
| Bob Simpson | 27 | 453 | 16.8 | 46 | 4 |
| Ron Stewart | 19 | 347 | 18.3 | 37 | 3 |
| Dave Thelen | 10 | 178 | 17.8 | 37 | 0 |
| Bill Sowalski | 9 | 178 | 19.8 | 43 | 0 |
| Len Chandler | 9 | 143 | 15.9 | 29 | 4 |
| Jim Reynolds | 9 | 114 | 12.7 | 20 | 1 |
| Ted Smale | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Millard Fleming | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 48 | 1 |
| Whit Tucker | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 56 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 128 | 2445 | 19.1 | 19 | |
| Opponents Totals | 181 | 2538 | 14.0 | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Poirier | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Jim Conroy | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Whit Tucker | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 25 | 1 |
| George Brancato | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Dick Cohee | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Norb Roy | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Bisacre | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 237 | 11.3 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 221 | 8.5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Conroy | 105 | 3783 | 36.0 | 55 | 2 | |
| Russ Jackson | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 | |
| Jim Reynolds | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 107 | 3870 | 36.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 109 | 4797 | 44.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whit Tucker | 35 | 308 | 8.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Len Chandler | 46 | 130 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Ron Stewart | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Conroy | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Poirier | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 103 | 506 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 102 | 463 | 4.5 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | |||||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millard Fleming | 19 | 525 | 27.6 | 92 | 0 |
| Ernie White | 16 | 429 | 26.8 | 48 | 0 |
| Ron Stewart | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Jim Conroy | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Bob Bisacre | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 50 | 1175 | 23.5 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1228 | 22.7 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Cohee | 1 | ||||||
| Jim Conroy | 1 | ||||||
| Mel Semenko | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 15 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
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