1965 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Conference • 7-7-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Frank Clair |
| Don Branby | Assistant Coach |
| Bill Smyth | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 7/15/1965 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 26-7 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19484 | |
| Fri | 7/23/1965 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 18-23 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 10000 | |
| Mon | 7/26/1965 | A | British Columbia Lions | 20-28 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 21148 | |
| Fri | 7/30/1965 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 20-1 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19079 | |
| Fri | 8/6/1965 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 17-14 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 28041 | |
| Thu | 8/12/1965 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 23-2 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18595 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1965 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1-27 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 26000 | |
| Thu | 8/26/1965 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 31-13 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 18000 | |
| Sun | 9/5/1965 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 41-21 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17303 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1965 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 22-13 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22491 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1965 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 12-19 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 20658 | |
| Sat | 9/25/1965 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 40-1 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 15360 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1965 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 18-31 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 21476 | |
| Mon | 10/4/1965 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14-21 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12500 | |
| Mon | 10/11/1965 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 23-25 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 27755 | |
| Tue | 10/19/1965 | H | British Columbia Lions | 35-14 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18537 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1965 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 15-17 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 13487 | |
| Sat | 10/30/1965 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 8-16 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 12697 | |
| Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/6/1965 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 36-7 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19171 | |
| Eastern Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/14/1965 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13-18 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20271 | |
| Eastern Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/20/1965 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7-17 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 21520 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Rick Black | 30 | FB | 6-0 | 210 | 22 | Mount Allison | 14 | |
| Mike Blum | 20 | FB | 6-0 | 225 | 22 | Wentachee Valley JC; Northern Michigan | 7 | |
| Billy Joe Booth | 65 | RDE | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | Louisiana State | 14 | |
| Bob Brown | 60 | LDE | 6-2 | 239 | 22 | Miami (Florida) | 13 | |
| Jim Cain | 52 | G | 6-4 | 240 | 26 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | |
| Bill Cline | 27 | QB-OHB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | East Carolina | 14 | |
| Merv Collins | 54 | ROG | 6-1 | 220 | 32 | none | 14 | |
| Ted Collins | 63 | LOT | 6-0 | 255 | 22 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | |
| Jim Conroy | LB | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Southern California | 1 | ||
| Larry DeGraw | 15 | DH | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Mount San Antonio JC; Utah | 14 | |
| Jim Dillard | 23 | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | Oklahoma State | 12 | |
| Gene Gaines | 22 | RCB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | East Los Angeles JC; UCLA | 14 | |
| Don Gilbert | 24 | CB | 5-10 | 196 | 22 | Buffalo | 13 | |
| Russ Jackson | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | McMaster | 14 | |
| Ken Lehmann | 41 | LB | 5-11 | 222 | 23 | Marquette; Xavier (Ohio) | 14 | |
| Bob McCarthy | 14 | HB | 6-1 | 194 | 19 | none | 14 | |
| Bob O'Billovich | 10 | S | 5-10 | 182 | 25 | Montana | 14 | |
| John Pentecost | 64 | LOG | 6-2 | 250 | 22 | Santa Ana JC; UCLA | 14 | |
| Joe Poirier | 17 | RDH | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Loyola (Quebec); McGill | 14 | |
| Bill Quinter | 74 | LB | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | Indiana | 13 | |
| Moe Racine | 62 | ROT-K | 6-4 | 232 | 28 | none | 14 | |
| Jay Roberts | 76 | TE | 6-4 | 222 | 23 | Kansas | 14 | |
| Sam Scoccia | 50 | RDT | 5-10 | 242 | 35 | none | 14 | |
| Bo Scott | 16 | LOHB | 6-3 | 213 | 22 | Ohio State | 14 | |
| Jerry Selinger | 42 | C | 6-0 | 215 | 30 | St. Joseph's (Indiana) | 14 | |
| Andy Shaw | 56 | DT | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Queen's | 13 | |
| Marshall Shirk | 53 | LDT | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | UCLA | 14 | |
| Bill Siekierski | OT | 6-1 | 250 | 23 | Missouri | 4 | ||
| Doug Specht | 40 | LB | 6-2 | 250 | 23 | Brigham Young | 14 | |
| Ron Stewart | 11 | ROHB | 5-7 | 175 | 31 | Queen's | 14 | |
| Pete Thompson | OE | 6-1 | 223 | 24 | Queen's | 7 | ||
| Whit Tucker | 26 | FL | 5-11 | 175 | 24 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Ted Watkins | 75 | LOE | 6-3 | 200 | 24 | Pacific; Stockton JC; Pacific | 14 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Brian Bentley | C | Mount Allison |
| 2 | 15 | Stu O'Brien | E | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) |
| 3 | 24 | Mike Norcott | QB | Mount Allison |
| 4 | 33 | Rich Canning | T | Bishop's |
| 5 | 42 | Don Campbell | HB | Mount Allison |
| 6 | 50 | Peter Ferguson | LM | Mount Allison |
| 7 | 55 | Keith Mills | HB | Bishop's |
| 8 | 57 | Pat Lafferty | T | Bishop's |
| 9 | 59 | Eric Hofeman | HB | Queen's |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 62 | 114 | 38 | 86 | 300 |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 73 | 63 | 37 | 234 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 242 | 119 | 103 | 20 | 107 | 1046 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 215 | 102 | 89 | 24 | 86 | 706 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moe Racine | 0 | 34 | 36 | 94.4 | - | - | - | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 5 | 0 | 75 |
| Ted Watkins | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Ron Stewart | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Whit Tucker | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Rick Black | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Don Gilbert | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Russ Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Cline | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Gene Gaines | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ken Lehmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob O'Billovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Dillard | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bo Scott | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 36 | 34 | 36 | 94.4 | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 12 | 1 | 300 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 24 | 27 | 88.9 | 9 | 22 | 40.9 | 13 | 4 | 234 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Dillard | 130 | 756 | 5.8 | 65 | 3 |
| Bo Scott | 126 | 672 | 5.3 | 87 | 3 |
| Rick Black | 84 | 480 | 5.7 | 73 | 3 |
| Ron Stewart | 68 | 314 | 4.6 | 16 | 2 |
| Russ Jackson | 24 | 129 | 5.4 | 26 | 2 |
| Gene Gaines | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Cline | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Don Gilbert | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 449 | 2419 | 5.4 | 13 | |
| Opponents Totals | 414 | 1735 | 4.2 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Jackson | 252 | 130 | 51.6 | 109 | 2303 | 9.1 | 17.7 | 77 | 18 | 7.1 | 13 | 5.2 | 14 | 147 | 2156 | 85.5 |
| Bill Cline | 14 | 4 | 28.6 | 8 | 83 | 5.9 | 20.8 | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 14.3 | 4 | 33 | 50 | 12.2 |
| Don Gilbert | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 118.8 |
| Ron Stewart | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Whit Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 270 | 135 | 50.0 | 120 | 2414 | 8.9 | 17.9 | 18 | 6.7 | 15 | 5.6 | 180 | 2234 | 80.1 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 298 | 145 | 48.7 | 127 | 2084 | 7.0 | 14.4 | 10 | 3.4 | 26 | 8.7 | 171 | 1913 | 46.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Watkins | 34 | 724 | 21.3 | 55 | 8 |
| Whit Tucker | 31 | 704 | 22.7 | 77 | 4 |
| Ron Stewart | 16 | 162 | 10.1 | 36 | 2 |
| Jay Roberts | 11 | 159 | 14.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Rick Black | 8 | 123 | 15.4 | 47 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 28 | 1 |
| Russ Jackson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Bob McCarthy | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Don Gilbert | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Dillard | 8 | 188 | 23.5 | 48 | 1 |
| Bo Scott | 21 | 226 | 10.8 | 27 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 135 | 2414 | 17.9 | 18 | |
| Opponents Totals | 145 | 2084 | 14.4 | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob O'Billovich | 6 | 114 | 19.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Don Gilbert | 4 | 179 | 44.8 | 83 | 2 |
| Ken Lehmann | 4 | 134 | 33.5 | 62 | 1 |
| Joe Poirier | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Larry DeGraw | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Cline | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Quinter | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 503 | 19.3 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 243 | 16.2 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Cline | 114 | 4643 | 40.7 | 71 | - | |||||
| Rick Black | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 37 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 116 | 4701 | 40.5 | - | 610 | 4091 | 35.3 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 114 | 4881 | 42.8 | - | 524 | 4357 | 38.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Black | 58 | 354 | 6.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Don Gilbert | 13 | 88 | 6.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob McCarthy | 26 | 54 | 2.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry DeGraw | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob O'Billovich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 105 | 524 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 105 | 610 | 5.8 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moe Racine | 48 | 2601 | 54.2 | 75 | 0 |
| Rick Black | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Merv Collins | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Mike Blum | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 51 | 2705 | 53.0 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Scott | 13 | 361 | 27.8 | 98 | 1 |
| Gene Gaines | 20 | 357 | 17.9 | 30 | 0 |
| Jim Dillard | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Ron Stewart | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Blum | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ted Watkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 798 | 20.0 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 1187 | 23.7 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Black | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Larry DeGraw | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Dillard | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Gene Gaines | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Don Gilbert | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Russ Jackson | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Ken Lehmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob O'Billovich | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Bill Quinter | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jay Roberts | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Bo Scott | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Bill Siekierski | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Stewart | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Ted Watkins | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 19 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
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