1964 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Conference • 8-5-1 .607 |
| Head Coach: Frank Clair |
| Don Branby | Assistant Coach |
| Bill Smyth | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 7/16/1964 | H | British Columbia Lions | 21-6 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 15020 | |
| Mon | 7/20/1964 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 25-7 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 11800 | |
| Sat | 7/25/1964 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 32-20 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 10032 | |
| Thu | 7/30/1964 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 25-1 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 25381 | |
| Fri | 8/7/1964 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 21-23 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 29479 | |
| Fri | 8/14/1964 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13-10 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 21665 | |
| Tue | 8/18/1964 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 46-20 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17768 | |
| Tue | 9/1/1964 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 23-21 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20221 | |
| Fri | 9/4/1964 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 1-20 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 12157 | |
| Tue | 9/8/1964 | A | British Columbia Lions | 17-17 | T | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 31355 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1964 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 52-12 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19560 | |
| Sat | 9/19/1964 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 23-8 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 20462 | |
| Sat | 9/26/1964 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 16-14 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 21296 | |
| Tue | 10/6/1964 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27-3 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19710 | |
| Mon | 10/12/1964 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1-23 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 27151 | |
| Sat | 10/17/1964 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16-34 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 23121 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1964 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 21-23 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 18055 | |
| Sat | 10/31/1964 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 36-0 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 17701 | |
| Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/7/1964 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 27-0 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18214 | |
| Eastern Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/14/1964 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 30-13 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18388 | |
| Eastern Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/21/1964 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 8-26 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 21100 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| George Belu | OE | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Ohio University | 1 | ||
| Marv Bevan | 51 | G | 6-0 | 225 | 29 | none | 9 | |
| Rick Black | 30 | FB | 6-0 | 210 | 21 | Mount Allison | 14 | |
| Mike Blum | 20 | HB | 6-0 | 225 | 21 | Wentachee Valley JC; Northern Michigan | 14 | |
| Billy Joe Booth | 65 | OT | 6-0 | 230 | 24 | Louisiana State | 14 | |
| Jim Cain | 52 | T-G | 6-4 | 240 | 25 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | |
| Merv Collins | 54 | OG | 6-1 | 220 | 31 | none | 13 | |
| Jim Conroy | 25 | LB | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Southern California | 14 | |
| Larry DeGraw | 15 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Mount San Antonio JC; Utah | 11 | |
| Junior Edge | 14 | QB | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | North Carolina | 2 | |
| Don Estes | 60 | DE | 6-2 | 250 | 26 | Louisiana State | 12 | |
| Gene Gaines | 22 | HB | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | East Los Angeles JC; UCLA | 14 | |
| Billy Harris | HB | 6-1 | 207 | 22 | Colorado | 3 | ||
| Russ Jackson | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | McMaster | 14 | |
| Bill Johnson | 40 | C | 6-4 | 240 | 28 | Coalinga JC; Northern Arizona; Northeastern State | 14 | |
| John Kenerson | 66 | DE | 6-3 | 255 | 26 | Kentucky State | 13 | |
| Charlie Killett | 16 | HB | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Mississippi; Memphis | 4 | |
| Roger Kramer | 64 | OT | 6-5 | 280 | 25 | Kalamazoo | 14 | |
| Ken Lehmann | 53 | G | 5-11 | 222 | 22 | Marquette; Xavier (Ohio) | 14 | |
| Tommy Neck | DB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Louisiana State | 1 | ||
| Bob O'Billovich | 10 | QB | 5-10 | 182 | 24 | Montana | 14 | |
| Joe Poirier | 17 | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Loyola (Quebec); McGill | 14 | |
| Peter Quinn | 24 | DB | 5-11 | 192 | 21 | Queen's | 11 | |
| Bill Quinter | 74 | DE-OE | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Indiana | 9 | |
| Moe Racine | 62 | K-T | 6-4 | 232 | 27 | none | 14 | |
| Jay Roberts | 76 | OE | 6-4 | 222 | 22 | Kansas | 13 | |
| Gary Schreider | HB | 5-11 | 187 | 30 | Queen's | 4 | ||
| Sam Scoccia | 50 | DG | 5-10 | 242 | 34 | none | 14 | |
| Bo Scott | HB | 6-3 | 213 | 21 | Ohio State | 1 | ||
| Jerry Selinger | 42 | C | 6-0 | 215 | 29 | St. Joseph's (Indiana) | 14 | |
| Bill Siekierski | 61 | DT | 6-1 | 250 | 22 | Missouri | 8 | |
| Len Sparks | 71 | FL | 6-2 | 207 | 24 | Wyoming | 11 | |
| Ron Stewart | 11 | OHB | 5-7 | 175 | 30 | Queen's | 14 | |
| Dave Thelen | 21 | FB | 6-0 | 205 | 28 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | |
| Whit Tucker | 26 | OHB | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | Western Ontario | 13 | |
| Ed Ulmer | 23 | HB | 6-2 | 184 | 24 | Ohio State | 13 | |
| Kaye Vaughan | 55 | DT-OG | 6-2 | 225 | 33 | Tulsa | 10 | |
| Ted Watkins | 75 | OE | 6-3 | 200 | 23 | Pacific; Stockton JC; Pacific | 13 | |
| Ernie White | 27 | HB | 5-8 | 180 | 26 | Dayton | 5 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Pete Martin | FB | Western Ontario |
| 2 | 16 | Andy Shaw | T | Queen's |
| 3 | 25 | George Poirier | HB | Loyola (Quebec) |
| 4 | 34 | Bryce Leggett | HB | McMaster |
| 4 | 35 | Joe LaMorre | E | St. Francis Xavier |
| 5 | 42 | Jim Burke | T | St. Francis Xavier |
| 6 | 47 | Harold Rose | HB | Queen's |
| 7 | 51 | John MacLennan | QB | McMaster |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 53 | 97 | 87 | 76 | 313 |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 46 | 69 | 49 | 228 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 246 | 150 | 86 | 10 | 68 | 725 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 216 | 98 | 93 | 25 | 81 | 640 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moe Racine | 0 | 32 | 39 | 82.1 | - | - | - | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 3 | 0 | 68 |
| Dave Thelen | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Ron Stewart | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Ted Watkins | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Whit Tucker | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Russ Jackson | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bob O'Billovich | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Rick Black | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ken Lehmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jay Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Ulmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Team Totals | 40 | 33 | 40 | 82.5 | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 7 | 0 | 313 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 24 | 28 | 85.7 | 8 | 21 | 38.1 | 8 | 2 | 228 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Stewart | 144 | 867 | 6.0 | 45 | 5 |
| Dave Thelen | 161 | 777 | 4.8 | 59 | 8 |
| Russ Jackson | 81 | 588 | 7.3 | 33 | 3 |
| Rick Black | 30 | 180 | 6.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Ernie White | 19 | 88 | 4.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 57 | 0 |
| Billy Harris | 18 | 69 | 3.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Conroy | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Charlie Killett | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob O'Billovich | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Ed Ulmer | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Whit Tucker | 1 | -27 | -27.0 | -27 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 475 | 2679 | 5.6 | 17 | |
| Opponents Totals | 386 | 2046 | 5.3 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Jackson | 230 | 116 | 50.4 | 99 | 2156 | 9.4 | 18.6 | 107 | 18 | 7.8 | 15 | 6.5 | 24 | 242 | 1914 | 82.1 |
| Ron Stewart | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 87 | 17.4 | 29.0 | 62 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 143.8 |
| Junior Edge | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 83.3 |
| Bob O'Billovich | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 3 | 3 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Team Totals | 241 | 121 | 50.2 | 103 | 2250 | 9.3 | 18.6 | 20 | 8.3 | 17 | 7.1 | 269 | 1981 | 81.1 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 286 | 147 | 51.4 | 119 | 2150 | 7.5 | 14.6 | 15 | 5.2 | 20 | 7.0 | 326 | 1824 | 64.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whit Tucker | 31 | 517 | 16.7 | 80 | 5 |
| Ted Watkins | 29 | 743 | 25.6 | 107 | 7 |
| Ron Stewart | 20 | 411 | 20.6 | 70 | 3 |
| Dave Thelen | 19 | 270 | 14.2 | 76 | 2 |
| Jay Roberts | 9 | 138 | 15.3 | 28 | 1 |
| Rick Black | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 27 | 1 |
| Russ Jackson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 30 | 1 |
| Peter Quinn | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Bill Quinter | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| George Belu | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ed Ulmer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ernie White | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Charlie Killett | 0 | 5 | 5L | 0 | |
| Billy Harris | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 121 | 2250 | 18.6 | 20 | |
| Opponents Totals | 147 | 2150 | 14.6 | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob O'Billovich | 6 | 191 | 31.8 | 74 | 2 |
| Ed Ulmer | 4 | 121 | 30.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Poirier | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Larry DeGraw | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ken Lehmann | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 24 | 1 |
| Jim Conroy | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 479 | 24.0 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 216 | 12.7 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Ulmer | 98 | 4095 | 41.8 | 64 | - | |||||
| Rick Black | 8 | 272 | 34.0 | 41 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 106 | 4367 | 41.2 | - | 486 | 3881 | 36.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 114 | 4700 | 41.2 | - | 559 | 4141 | 36.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Black | 39 | 191 | 4.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Ed Ulmer | 24 | 167 | 7.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Peter Quinn | 29 | 130 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob O'Billovich | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Len Sparks | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Poirier | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 110 | 559 | 5.1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 102 | 486 | 4.8 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moe Racine | 54 | 3073 | 56.9 | 73 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 54 | 3073 | 56.9 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Gaines | 12 | 258 | 21.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Ron Stewart | 10 | 258 | 25.8 | 67 | 0 |
| Ernie White | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Billy Harris | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Charlie Killett | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ed Ulmer | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 0 | 18 | 18L | 0 | |
| Jay Roberts | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Marv Bevan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Conroy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 42 | 842 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1374 | 25.4 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Black | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Mike Blum | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Joe Booth | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Cain | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Conroy | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Larry DeGraw | 0 | ||||||
| Gene Gaines | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Billy Harris | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Russ Jackson | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Ken Lehmann | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Poirier | 0 | ||||||
| Peter Quinn | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Bill Quinter | 0 | ||||||
| Jay Roberts | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Sam Scoccia | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Stewart | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Dave Thelen | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Whit Tucker | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Ed Ulmer | 0 | ||||||
| Kaye Vaughan | 0 | ||||||
| Ernie White | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 21 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 19 | 19 | 1 |
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