1966 Toronto Argonauts (CFL) |
4th place • Eastern Conference • 5-9-0 .357 |
Head Coach: Bob Shaw |
Gord Ackerman | Line |
Bob Dennis | Backfield |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Thu | 7/14/1966 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 41-27 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 20000 | |
Wed | 7/20/1966 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 13-17 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 23335 | |
Sat | 7/23/1966 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 7-9 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 7500 | |
Wed | 7/27/1966 | A | British Columbia Lions | 28-27 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23103 | |
Fri | 8/5/1966 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 8-18 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 28594 | |
Fri | 8/12/1966 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 6-17 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 24139 | |
Sat | 8/20/1966 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 10-23 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 22261 | |
Tue | 8/30/1966 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 0-24 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20137 | |
Mon | 9/5/1966 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 8-13 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 20000 | |
Sun | 9/11/1966 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 34-14 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 21685 | |
Sun | 9/18/1966 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 7-23 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 19339 | |
Wed | 9/21/1966 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 9-43 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17112 | |
Sun | 9/25/1966 | H | British Columbia Lions | 29-27 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 18926 | |
Sat | 10/1/1966 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 8-17 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 20786 | |
Mon | 10/10/1966 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 9-8 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 14000 | |
Sat | 10/15/1966 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 11-27 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 16000 | |
Sun | 10/23/1966 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 35-12 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 16064 | |
Sat | 10/29/1966 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 8-5 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 15072 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Dick Aboud | OG | 6-0 | 208 | 25 | Tulsa | 6 | ||
Dick Aldridge | 31 | LDH | 6-0 | 198 | 25 | Waterloo | 14 | |
Ron Arends | DB | 6-1 | 167 | 21 | none | 8 | ||
John Atamian | 54 | LOG | 6-1 | 245 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | |
Monk Bailey | 28 | HB | 6-0 | 178 | 28 | Utah | 2 | |
Walt Balasiuk | 63 | DT | 6-2 | 260 | 27 | 1 | ||
Kern Carson | 35 | HB | 6-1 | 202 | 25 | San Diego State | 1 | |
Jim Copeland | 30 | DB | 5-9 | 180 | 27 | none | 14 | |
Johnny Counts | HB | 5-10 | 170 | 27 | Illinois | 2 | ||
Eagle Day | 19 | QB | 6-0 | 183 | 34 | Mississippi | 9 | |
Gene Donaldson | 72 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Purdue | 11 | |
Al Ecuyer | 53 | LB | 5-10 | 210 | 29 | Notre Dame | 14 | |
John Erickson | OG | 6-3 | 240 | 27 | Queen's | 6 | ||
Wolfgang Felgemacher | K | 5-10 | 165 | 25 | none | 1 | 0 | |
Larry Ferguson | OHB | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Iowa | 5 | ||
Kent Francisco | 57 | ROG | 6-2 | 255 | 24 | UCLA | 9 | |
Bill Frank | 68 | LOT | 6-5 | 255 | 28 | Colorado | 13 | |
Wally Gabler | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; Michigan | 14 | |
Bob Good | HB | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Oregon State; Queen's | 10 | ||
Ed Hulse | 42 | C | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | none | 9 | |
Al Irwin | 71 | LOE | 6-4 | 220 | 23 | McMaster | 14 | |
Ray Jones | 28 | OHB | 5-11 | 199 | 23 | Los Angeles Harbor JC; Los Angeles State | 1 | |
Marv Luster | 27 | S | 6-1 | 195 | 29 | Los Angeles CC; UCLA | 14 | |
Dave Mann | 16 | HB-P | 6-1 | 190 | 34 | Oregon State | 14 | |
Pete Manning | 70 | RCB | 6-3 | 208 | 29 | Wake Forest | 14 | |
Mario Mariani | 65 | LDE | 6-5 | 248 | 23 | Contra Costa JC; New Mexico | 14 | |
Billy Martin | ROH | 5-11 | 197 | 28 | Minnesota | 6 | ||
Pete Martin | 77 | LB | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
Barry Mitchelson | 74 | OE | 6-5 | 230 | 24 | Western Ontario | 3 | |
Danny Nykoluk | 60 | ROT | 6-3 | 248 | 32 | none | 14 | |
Bob Oetting | 64 | OT | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | Concordia (Nebraska) | 4 | |
Mel Profit | 75 | ROE | 6-5 | 226 | 25 | UCLA | 13 | |
John Raulick | 51 | OG | 6-0 | 230 | 30 | none | 8 | |
John Reykdal | 42 | C | 6-1 | 230 | 23 | British Columbia | 1 | |
Jim Rountree | 20 | LCB | 5-10 | 193 | 30 | Florida | 13 | |
Bill Scott | DB | 6-0 | 188 | 22 | Idaho | 1 | ||
Dave Still | 62 | LDT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Colorado State | 13 | |
Norm Stoneburgh | C | 6-2 | 245 | 31 | none | 10 | ||
Bob Swift | 33 | FB | 6-1 | 233 | 23 | Clemson | 7 | |
Bobby Taylor | 24 | FL | 5-10 | 190 | 27 | none | 14 | |
Dave Thelen | 11 | LOH | 6-0 | 205 | 30 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | |
Bill Van Burkleo | 18 | QB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Oklahoma; Tulsa | 4 | |
Johnny Varnell | DE | 6-4 | 265 | 25 | West Texas A&M | 3 | ||
John Vilunas | 41 | RDT-K | 6-1 | 250 | 25 | none | 14 | |
Mike Wadsworth | 59 | RDE | 6-3 | 258 | 23 | Notre Dame | 14 | |
Mike Wicklum | 10 | RDH | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Queen's | 14 | |
Joe Williams | DE | 6-3 | 263 | 24 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 1 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 2 | Ross Nicholson | T | Western Ontario |
2 | 11 | Andy Szandiner | HB | Toronto |
3 | 20 | Ranny Parker | LB | Toronto |
4 | 29 | Bob Mason | E | Royal Military College |
5 | 37 | George McKenzie | T | St. Patrick's |
6 | 45 | Merv Daub | G | Queen's |
7 | 52 | Al Smith | E | Western Ontario |
7 | 53 | David Dalton | HB | Carleton |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 10 | 67 | 48 | 57 | 182 |
Opponents Totals | 60 | 36 | 77 | 98 | 271 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 240 | 106 | 107 | 27 | 80 | 823 | |||
Opponents Totals | 272 | 146 | 104 | 22 | 93 | 915 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Vilunas | 0 | 14 | 20 | 70.0 | - | - | - | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 5 | 0 | 37 |
Bobby Taylor | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Dave Thelen | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Al Irwin | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Larry Ferguson | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Dave Mann | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
Wally Gabler | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jim Rountree | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Bob Swift | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Bill Van Burkleo | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Wolfgang Felgemacher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Billy Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Team Totals | 22 | 15 | 22 | 68.2 | 6 | 16 | 37.5 | 17 | 0 | 182 | |||
Opponents Totals | 33 | 28 | 33 | 84.8 | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 5 | 2 | 271 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Thelen | 167 | 745 | 4.5 | 29 | 5 |
Wally Gabler | 67 | 373 | 5.6 | 27 | 1 |
Larry Ferguson | 36 | 204 | 5.7 | 75 | 1 |
Billy Martin | 47 | 184 | 3.9 | 21 | 1 |
Bob Swift | 33 | 140 | 4.2 | 21 | 1 |
Dave Mann | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 40 | 0 |
Ray Jones | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 15 | 0 |
Monk Bailey | 15 | 43 | 2.9 | 6 | 0 |
Bob Good | 14 | 37 | 2.6 | 10 | 0 |
Kern Carson | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 6 | 0 |
Jim Copeland | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
Eagle Day | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
Bill Scott | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
Johnny Counts | 8 | -7 | -0.9 | 4 | 0 |
Team Totals | 421 | 1893 | 4.5 | 9 | |
Opponents Totals | 509 | 2745 | 5.4 | 13 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wally Gabler | 219 | 99 | 45.2 | 106 | 1659 | 7.6 | 16.8 | 75 | 6 | 2.7 | 14 | 6.4 | 34 | 342 | 1317 | 53.8 |
Eagle Day | 107 | 60 | 56.1 | 44 | 781 | 7.3 | 13.0 | 27 | 6 | 5.6 | 3 | 2.8 | 14 | 107 | 674 | 86.2 |
Dave Mann | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 25 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 95.8 |
Larry Ferguson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 112.5 |
Bill Van Burkleo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Team Totals | 330 | 161 | 48.8 | 151 | 2476 | 7.5 | 15.4 | 12 | 3.6 | 18 | 5.5 | 449 | 2027 | 63.4 | ||
Opponents Totals | 275 | 136 | 49.5 | 113 | 2018 | 7.3 | 14.8 | 15 | 5.5 | 26 | 9.5 | 120 | 1898 | 52.7 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Taylor | 56 | 827 | 14.8 | 46 | 6 |
Dave Thelen | 17 | 248 | 14.6 | 49 | 0 |
Pete Manning | 13 | 154 | 11.8 | 18 | 0 |
Al Irwin | 12 | 399 | 33.3 | 75 | 4 |
Larry Ferguson | 9 | 112 | 12.4 | 45 | 2 |
Wally Gabler | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Bill Frank | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Bob Swift | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mel Profit | 32 | 473 | 14.8 | 53 | 0 |
Bob Good | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 20 | 0 |
Bill Scott | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 |
Kern Carson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 21 | 0 |
Monk Bailey | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
Johnny Counts | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Barry Mitchelson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Billy Martin | 9 | 108 | 12.0 | 33 | 0 |
Team Totals | 161 | 2476 | 15.4 | 12 | |
Opponents Totals | 136 | 2018 | 14.8 | 15 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marv Luster | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 15 | 0 |
Mike Wicklum | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 17 | 0 |
Jim Rountree | 4 | 127 | 31.8 | 47 | 1 |
Dick Aldridge | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 42 | 0 |
Al Ecuyer | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 |
Pete Manning | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 29 | 0 |
Gene Donaldson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Team Totals | 26 | 366 | 14.1 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 18 | 280 | 15.6 | 3 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Mann | 127 | 5482 | 43.2 | 102 | 11 | |
Bill Van Burkleo | 3 | 185 | 61.7 | 82 | 1 | |
Team Totals | 130 | 5667 | 43.6 | |||
Opponents Totals | 100 | 3902 | 39.0 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Copeland | 61 | 246 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 |
Dick Aldridge | 24 | 123 | 5.1 | 13 | 0 |
Mike Wicklum | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 32 | 0 |
Marv Luster | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 |
Jim Rountree | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Al Ecuyer | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Dave Mann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 95 | 440 | 4.6 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 112 | 694 | 6.2 | 0 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Vilunas | 34 | 1751 | 51.5 | 70 | 0 |
Wolfgang Felgemacher | 2 | 118 | 59.0 | 60 | 0 |
Team Totals | 36 | 1869 | 51.9 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Copeland | 17 | 393 | 23.1 | 36 | 0 |
Billy Martin | 9 | 205 | 22.8 | 37 | 0 |
Jim Rountree | 7 | 177 | 25.3 | 32 | 0 |
Bill Scott | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 24 | 0 |
Ron Arends | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 17 | 0 |
Kern Carson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
Johnny Counts | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Bob Swift | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
Dick Aldridge | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
Dave Mann | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Mel Profit | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Bob Good | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 47 | 990 | 21.1 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 35 | 781 | 22.3 | 0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Aldridge | 2 | 0 | |||||
Jim Copeland | 2 | 0 | |||||
Johnny Counts | 1 | 0 | |||||
Eagle Day | 1 | 0 | |||||
Gene Donaldson | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Al Ecuyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Wally Gabler | 7 | 0 | |||||
Bob Good | 1 | 0 | |||||
Marv Luster | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dave Mann | 1 | 0 | |||||
Pete Manning | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mario Mariani | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Billy Martin | 2 | 0 | |||||
Pete Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jim Rountree | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dave Still | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Norm Stoneburgh | 1 | 0 | |||||
Bobby Taylor | 1 | 0 | |||||
Dave Thelen | 1 | 0 | |||||
Johnny Varnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
John Vilunas | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Wadsworth | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Wicklum | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Team Totals | 20 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 21 | 13 | 13 | 2 |
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