1967 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Conference • 9-4-1 .679 |
| Head Coach: Frank Clair |
| Al Bruno | Assistant Coach |
| Jack Gotta | Assistant Coach |
| Kelley Mote | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 7/17/1967 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 7-22 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 13000 | |
| Mon | 7/24/1967 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 11-13 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 13785 | |
| Wed | 7/26/1967 | A | British Columbia Lions | 18-18 | T | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 21147 | |
| Wed | 8/9/1967 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 28-25 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 21803 | |
| Wed | 8/16/1967 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 40-7 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Satdium | 19502 | |
| Wed | 8/23/1967 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 17-22 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 25482 | |
| Mon | 9/4/1967 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 17-5 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 24647 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1967 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23-32 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 21696 | |
| Wed | 9/12/1967 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 13-20 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 19886 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1967 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14-16 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 27058 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1967 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 38-3 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 21081 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1967 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 17-8 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 27125 | |
| Mon | 10/9/1967 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 40-6 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 21078 | |
| Wed | 10/18/1967 | H | British Columbia Lions | 19-16 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19302 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1967 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 28-28 | T | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 27238 | |
| Sat | 10/28/1967 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 28-18 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 21358 | |
| Sat | 11/4/1967 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 15-1 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 6000 | |
| Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/12/1967 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 38-22 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20627 | |
| Eastern Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/19/1967 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 3-11 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22287 | |
| Eastern Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/25/1967 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0-26 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 21259 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Margene Adkins | 73 | SE | 5-10 | 183 | 20 | Trinity Valley CC | 14 | |
| Rick Black | 30 | FB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Mount Allison | 6 | |
| Mike Blum | 20 | LB | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | Wentachee Valley JC; Northern Michigan | 14 | |
| Billy Joe Booth | 65 | LDE | 6-0 | 230 | 27 | Louisiana State | 11 | |
| Bob Brown | 60 | RDE | 6-2 | 239 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | |
| Jim Cain | 52 | G | 6-4 | 240 | 28 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | |
| Bill Cline | 27 | RDH | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | East Carolina | 14 | |
| Ted Collins | 63 | LDT | 6-0 | 255 | 24 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | |
| Jim Conroy | 25 | LB-FB | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | Southern California | 12 | |
| Larry DeGraw | 15 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | Mount San Antonio JC; Utah | 13 | |
| Gene Gaines | 22 | S | 5-11 | 185 | 29 | East Los Angeles JC; UCLA | 14 | |
| Wayne Giardino | 21 | LB | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Florida State | 14 | |
| Don Gilbert | 24 | DB | 5-10 | 196 | 24 | Buffalo | 14 | |
| Chuck Harrison | 66 | LOT | 6-3 | 245 | 25 | Western Michigan | 14 | |
| Russ Jackson | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 31 | McMaster | 14 | |
| Gene Lakusiak | FB | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Tulsa | 2 | ||
| Ken Lehmann | 41 | LB | 5-11 | 222 | 25 | Marquette; Xavier (Ohio) | 14 | |
| Moe Levesque | 64 | T | 6-2 | 230 | 30 | none | 8 | |
| Bob O'Billovich | 10 | DH | 5-10 | 182 | 27 | Montana | 14 | |
| Roger Perdrix | 51 | LOG | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | Cincinnati | 14 | |
| Joe Poirier | 17 | RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | Loyola (Quebec); McGill | 14 | |
| Moe Racine | 62 | ROT-K | 6-4 | 232 | 30 | none | 14 | |
| Jay Roberts | 76 | TE | 6-4 | 222 | 25 | Kansas | 14 | |
| Tom Schuette | 56 | OG | 6-1 | 238 | 22 | Indiana | 6 | |
| Bo Scott | 16 | LOH | 6-3 | 213 | 24 | Ohio State | 13 | |
| Jerry Selinger | 42 | C | 6-0 | 215 | 32 | St. Joseph's (Indiana) | 14 | |
| Marshall Shirk | 53 | RDT | 6-2 | 250 | 27 | UCLA | 13 | |
| Doug Specht | 43 | C | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | Brigham Young | 14 | |
| Ron Stewart | 11 | ROH-DB | 5-7 | 175 | 33 | Queen's | 14 | |
| Don Sutherin | 14 | LCB | 5-11 | 200 | 31 | Ohio State | 14 | |
| Pete Thompson | 71 | OE | 6-1 | 223 | 26 | Queen's | 14 | |
| Whit Tucker | 26 | FL | 5-11 | 175 | 27 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Mike Walderzak | 50 | ROG | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Detroit Mercy | 13 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Greg McQueen | HB | Waterloo |
| 2 | 17 | Robin Wearing | HB-E | Western Ontario |
| 3 | 26 | Don Bayne | QB | Queen's |
| 4 | 33 | Moe Rodrigue | HB | McMaster |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 67 | 123 | 79 | 68 | 337 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 37 | 54 | 68 | 207 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 226 | 95 | 118 | 13 | 84 | 628 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 163 | 57 | 93 | 13 | 83 | 458 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Scott | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Whit Tucker | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Margene Adkins | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Moe Racine | 0 | 22 | 27 | 81.5 | - | - | - | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 2 | 0 | 42 |
| Ron Stewart | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Don Sutherin | 0 | 16 | 16 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 5 | 0 | 30 |
| Russ Jackson | 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 | ||
| Ted Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jay Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Cline | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Team Totals | 43 | 38 | 43 | 88.4 | 9 | 20 | 45.0 | 10 | 2 | 337 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 14 | 22 | 63.6 | 14 | 28 | 50.0 | 17 | 1 | 207 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Scott | 136 | 762 | 5.6 | 49 | 6 |
| Ron Stewart | 64 | 488 | 7.6 | 70 | 4 |
| Russ Jackson | 61 | 329 | 5.4 | 23 | 4 |
| Rick Black | 51 | 223 | 4.4 | 15 | 1 |
| Don Gilbert | 40 | 137 | 3.4 | 15 | 1 |
| Jim Conroy | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Wayne Giardino | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Margene Adkins | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Don Sutherin | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 371 | 2016 | 5.4 | 16 | |
| Opponents Totals | 321 | 1408 | 4.4 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Jackson | 323 | 189 | 58.5 | 125 | 3332 | 10.3 | 17.6 | 94 | 25 | 7.7 | 9 | 2.8 | 108.0 | |||
| Bill Cline | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 4 | 69 | 9.9 | 23.0 | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 78.9 | |||
| Don Gilbert | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 51 | 25.5 | 51.0 | 51t | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 95.8 | |||
| Ron Stewart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 333 | 193 | 58.0 | 129 | 3452 | 10.4 | 17.9 | 26 | 7.8 | 11 | 3.3 | 105.8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 309 | 160 | 51.8 | 128 | 2543 | 8.2 | 15.9 | 11 | 3.6 | 21 | 6.8 | 63.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whit Tucker | 52 | 1171 | 22.5 | 94 | 9 |
| Margene Adkins | 46 | 985 | 21.4 | 71 | 8 |
| Ron Stewart | 25 | 316 | 12.6 | 51 | 1 |
| Bo Scott | 24 | 351 | 14.6 | 80 | 4 |
| Jay Roberts | 21 | 309 | 14.7 | 37 | 1 |
| Don Gilbert | 16 | 195 | 12.2 | 30 | 1 |
| Jim Conroy | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Rick Black | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 45 | 2 |
| Don Sutherin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 193 | 3452 | 17.9 | 26 | |
| Opponents Totals | 160 | 2543 | 15.9 | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob O'Billovich | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Sutherin | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Joe Poirier | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Ken Lehmann | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Bill Cline | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Wayne Giardino | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jerry Selinger | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 239 | 11.4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 144 | 13.1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Cline | 101 | 3951 | 39.1 | 62 | 3 | |
| Team Totals | 101 | 3951 | 39.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 124 | 5343 | 43.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Gilbert | 40 | 263 | 6.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Cline | 50 | 243 | 4.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Don Sutherin | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Bob O'Billovich | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Margene Adkins | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Larry DeGraw | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 104 | 596 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 110 | 578 | 5.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Sutherin | 41 | 2343 | 57.1 | 90 | 1 |
| Moe Racine | 14 | 798 | 57.0 | 65 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 55 | 3141 | 57.1 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margene Adkins | 16 | 347 | 21.7 | 34 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 13 | 286 | 22.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 4 | 100 | 25.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Pete Thompson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Conroy | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Wayne Giardino | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ken Lehmann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Specht | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 38 | 749 | 19.7 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1387 | 25.7 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margene Adkins | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Black | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Joe Booth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Cline | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Collins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| Gene Gaines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Gilbert | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Harrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Jackson | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Lehmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Perdrix | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Poirier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marshall Shirk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Stewart | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Sutherin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 73 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 15 | 15 | 2 |
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