| 1966 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) | 
| 1st place • Eastern Conference • 11-3-0 .786 | 
| Head Coach: Frank Clair | 
| Al Bruno | ENDS | 
| Bill Smyth | Assistant Coach | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 7/14/1966 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 19-10 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 14000 | |
| Mon | 7/18/1966 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 17-10 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 12704 | |
| Sat | 7/23/1966 | H | British Columbia Lions | 16-10 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 13030 | |
| Thu | 7/28/1966 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 20-16 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 19000 | |
| Wed | 8/3/1966 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 10-8 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19599 | |
| Wed | 8/10/1966 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 13-6 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20375 | |
| Wed | 8/17/1966 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 15-3 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 22564 | |
| Tue | 8/30/1966 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 24-0 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20137 | |
| Mon | 9/5/1966 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 12-16 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 29903 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1966 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 27-16 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 23664 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1966 | A | British Columbia Lions | 21-16 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 27264 | |
| Mon | 9/19/1966 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 49-21 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 18341 | |
| Mon | 9/26/1966 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18-8 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22954 | |
| Sat | 10/1/1966 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 17-8 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 20786 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1966 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 40-21 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19685 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1966 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 20-18 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 24002 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1966 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 12-35 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 16064 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1966 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 0-1 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 12000 | |
| Eastern Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/13/1966 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 30-1 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 22387 | |
| Eastern Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/19/1966 | N | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 42-16 | W | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 20000 | |
| Grey Cup | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/26/1966 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14-29 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 36553 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Rick Black | 30 | FB | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Mount Allison | 12 | |
| Mike Blum | 20 | FB | 6-0 | 225 | 23 | Wentachee Valley JC; Northern Michigan | 14 | |
| Billy Joe Booth | 65 | T | 6-0 | 230 | 26 | Louisiana State | 14 | |
| Bob Brown | 60 | T | 6-2 | 239 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | |
| Jim Cain | 52 | G | 6-4 | 240 | 27 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | |
| Bill Cline | 27 | QB-OHB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | East Carolina | 14 | |
| Ted Collins | 63 | T | 6-0 | 255 | 23 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | |
| Jim Conroy | 25 | LB | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Southern California | 14 | |
| Larry DeGraw | 15 | HB | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Mount San Antonio JC; Utah | 14 | |
| Jim Dillard | 23 | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | Oklahoma State | 14 | |
| Gene Gaines | 23 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | East Los Angeles JC; UCLA | 14 | |
| Don Gilbert | 24 | DB-OHB | 5-10 | 196 | 23 | Buffalo | 14 | |
| Chuck Harrison | 66 | LOT | 6-3 | 245 | 24 | Western Michigan | 14 | |
| Russ Jackson | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | McMaster | 14 | |
| Ken Lehmann | 41 | LB | 5-11 | 222 | 24 | Marquette; Xavier (Ohio) | 14 | |
| Bob McCarthy | 14 | HB | 6-1 | 194 | 20 | none | 7 | |
| Bob O'Billovich | 10 | QB | 5-10 | 182 | 26 | Montana | 14 | |
| Roger Perdrix | 51 | LOG | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | Cincinnati | 14 | |
| Joe Poirier | 17 | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Loyola (Quebec); McGill | 14 | |
| Bill Quinter | 74 | E | 6-1 | 215 | 27 | Indiana | 3 | |
| Moe Racine | 62 | ROT-K | 6-4 | 232 | 29 | none | 14 | |
| Jay Roberts | 76 | ROE | 6-4 | 222 | 24 | Kansas | 14 | |
| Bo Scott | 16 | LOH | 6-3 | 213 | 23 | Ohio State | 14 | |
| Jerry Selinger | 42 | C | 6-0 | 215 | 31 | St. Joseph's (Indiana) | 14 | |
| Andy Shaw | 56 | T | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Queen's | 9 | |
| Marshall Shirk | 53 | G | 6-2 | 250 | 26 | UCLA | 12 | |
| Doug Specht | 43 | C | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Brigham Young | 14 | |
| Ron Stewart | 11 | ROH | 5-7 | 175 | 32 | Queen's | 14 | |
| Pete Thompson | 71 | OE | 6-1 | 223 | 25 | Queen's | 14 | |
| Whit Tucker | 26 | FL | 5-11 | 175 | 26 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Mike Walderzak | 60 | ROG | 6-2 | 250 | 23 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | |
| Ted Watkins | 75 | LOE | 6-3 | 200 | 25 | Pacific; Stockton JC; Pacific | 13 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | 
| 1 | 7 | Glen Merkle | DB | Toronto | 
| 2 | 15 | Doug Keltcher | LB | St. Patrick's | 
| 2 | 16 | Jim Dickie | E | McGill | 
| 3 | 21 | Norm Lightfoot | LB | Mount Allison | 
| 3 | 25 | Tod Scott | FK | St. Francis Xavier | 
| 4 | 34 | Al Keith | DB | McMaster | 
| 5 | 38 | Allan Grachina | LB | Toronto | 
| 5 | 42 | Terry Bradley | HB | McDonald | 
| 6 | 46 | Wayne Houston | LB | Wilfrid Laurier | 
| 6 | 49 | Harold Hermitage | E | McDonald | 
| 7 | 56 | Phil Hughes | G | St. Francis Xavier | 
| 8 | 59 | Donald Holmes | LB | Toronto | 
| 9 | 62 | John Ball | B | Mount Allison | 
| 10 | 63 | Dick Fielder | G | McGill | 
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 63 | 73 | 54 | 88 | 278 | 
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 55 | 59 | 47 | 177 | 
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 267 | 123 | 119 | 25 | 82 | 782 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 227 | 96 | 104 | 28 | 77 | 587 | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moe Racine | 0 | 28 | 33 | 84.8 | - | - | - | 12 | 27 | 44.4 | 7 | 0 | 71 | 
| Jim Dillard | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Whit Tucker | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Bo Scott | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Ron Stewart | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Russ Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ted Watkins | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Rick Black | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Joe Poirier | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jay Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 34 | 29 | 34 | 85.3 | 12 | 27 | 44.4 | 7 | 1 | 278 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 14 | 21 | 66.7 | 6 | 21 | 28.6 | 17 | 1 | 177 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Scott | 140 | 648 | 4.6 | 33 | 2 | 
| Jim Dillard | 129 | 627 | 4.9 | 41 | 7 | 
| Ron Stewart | 89 | 431 | 4.8 | 41 | 3 | 
| Russ Jackson | 65 | 396 | 6.1 | 26 | 3 | 
| Rick Black | 39 | 300 | 7.7 | 40 | 1 | 
| Gene Gaines | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 8 | 0 | 
| Don Gilbert | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 
| Bill Cline | 2 | -12 | -6.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 473 | 2430 | 5.1 | 16 | |
| Opponents Totals | 388 | 1805 | 4.7 | 11 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Jackson | 276 | 142 | 51.4 | 119 | 2400 | 8.7 | 16.9 | 69 | 17 | 6.2 | 15 | 5.4 | 14 | 164 | 2236 | 79.1 | 
| Ron Stewart | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 4 | 33 | 6.6 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 54.6 | 
| Bill Cline | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 7 | 30 | 2.7 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 1.7 | 
| Bob O'Billovich | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 108.3 | 
| Team Totals | 293 | 147 | 50.2 | 130 | 2473 | 8.4 | 16.8 | 17 | 5.8 | 16 | 5.5 | 188 | 2285 | 75.6 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 308 | 148 | 48.1 | 126 | 2188 | 7.1 | 14.8 | 10 | 3.2 | 34 | 11.0 | 240 | 1948 | 43.0 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whit Tucker | 35 | 804 | 23.0 | 69 | 7 | 
| Ted Watkins | 24 | 549 | 22.9 | 58 | 3 | 
| Jim Dillard | 22 | 250 | 11.4 | 33 | 0 | 
| Ron Stewart | 19 | 275 | 14.5 | 50 | 2 | 
| Jay Roberts | 18 | 286 | 15.9 | 30 | 1 | 
| Bo Scott | 17 | 166 | 9.8 | 39 | 3 | 
| Rick Black | 8 | 93 | 11.6 | 25 | 1 | 
| Russ Jackson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 32 | 0 | 
| Pete Thompson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 147 | 2473 | 16.8 | 17 | |
| Opponents Totals | 148 | 2188 | 14.8 | 10 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Poirier | 9 | 100 | 11.1 | 55 | 1 | 
| Gene Gaines | 6 | 114 | 19.0 | 48 | 0 | 
| Bill Cline | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 17 | 0 | 
| Ken Lehmann | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 33 | 0 | 
| Bob O'Billovich | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 | 
| Don Gilbert | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 22 | 0 | 
| Larry DeGraw | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 
| Mike Blum | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Ted Collins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jim Conroy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 34 | 402 | 11.8 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 263 | 16.4 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Cline | 119 | 4435 | 37.3 | 58 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 119 | 4435 | 37.3 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 121 | 4960 | 41.0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Gilbert | 49 | 201 | 4.1 | 16 | 0 | 
| Rick Black | 28 | 146 | 5.2 | 18 | 0 | 
| Bill Cline | 18 | 49 | 2.7 | 12 | 0 | 
| Gene Gaines | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 | 
| Bob McCarthy | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 109 | 444 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 115 | 489 | 4.3 | 0 | 
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moe Racine | 49 | 2760 | 56.3 | 73 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 49 | 2760 | 56.3 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Scott | 16 | 434 | 27.1 | 58 | 0 | 
| Ron Stewart | 7 | 182 | 26.0 | 44 | 0 | 
| Gene Gaines | 7 | 167 | 23.9 | 30 | 0 | 
| Ted Watkins | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 
| Jim Dillard | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 
| Jay Roberts | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 34 | 806 | 23.7 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 1138 | 23.2 | 0 | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Blum | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Joe Booth | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Cline | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Larry DeGraw | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Dillard | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Gene Gaines | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Don Gilbert | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Russ Jackson | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Ken Lehmann | 0 | ||||||
| Bob O'Billovich | 0 | ||||||
| Jay Roberts | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Bo Scott | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Doug Specht | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Ron Stewart | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Mike Walderzak | 0 | ||||||
| Ted Watkins | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 17 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 
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