1968 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) |
1st place • Eastern Conference • 9-3-2 .714 |
Head Coach: Frank Clair |
Jack Gotta | Assistant Coach |
Kelley Mote | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Thu | 7/11/1968 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 15-15 | T | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | ||
Wed | 7/17/1968 | H | British Columbia Lions | 22-15 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17338 | |
Mon | 7/22/1968 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 43-35 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 10800 | |
Wed | 7/24/1968 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13-29 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13422 | |
Thu | 8/1/1968 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 53-13 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 23739 | |
Fri | 8/9/1968 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 38-14 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 32810 | |
Wed | 8/14/1968 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 37-23 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 25254 | |
Thu | 8/22/1968 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 24-25 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 16000 | |
Wed | 9/4/1968 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24-17 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20151 | |
Wed | 9/11/1968 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 20-25 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 18600 | |
Sat | 9/14/1968 | A | British Columbia Lions | 22-22 | T | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 25352 | |
Sat | 9/21/1968 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 24-27 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 24283 | |
Sat | 9/28/1968 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 30-20 | W | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 15000 | |
Sun | 10/6/1968 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 31-10 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 23454 | |
Sun | 10/13/1968 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 36-23 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 29960 | |
Sat | 10/19/1968 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 27-24 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 25411 | |
Sat | 10/26/1968 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 19-19 | T | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17747 | |
Sun | 11/3/1968 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 31-9 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
Eastern Final #1 | |||||||||
Sun | 11/17/1968 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 11-13 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 32304 | |
Eastern Final #2 | |||||||||
Sat | 11/23/1968 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 36-14 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 25085 | |
Grey Cup | |||||||||
Sat | 11/30/1968 | N | Calgary Stampeders | 24-21 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 32655 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Margene Adkins | 73 | SE | 5-10 | 183 | 21 | Trinity Valley CC | 14 | |
Barry Ardern | 20 | DB | 5-10 | 181 | 22 | none | 14 | |
Gino Berretta | 74 | P | 6-1 | 208 | 26 | none | 3 | 0 |
Tom Beynon | 61 | LOT | 6-2 | 242 | 27 | Queen's; Western Ontario | 14 | |
Rick Black | 30 | FB | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Mount Allison | 9 | |
Billy Joe Booth | 65 | RDT | 6-0 | 230 | 28 | Louisiana State | 14 | |
Dave Braggins | 55 | LOG | 6-2 | 245 | 23 | Florida State | 14 | |
Bob Brown | 60 | DE | 6-2 | 239 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | |
Jim Cain | 52 | LDT | 6-4 | 240 | 29 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | |
Jerry Campbell | 54 | LLB | 5-11 | 210 | 24 | Idaho | 7 | |
Lovell Coleman | 24 | LOH | 5-10 | 195 | 30 | Western Michigan | 14 | |
Doug Collins | 66 | DT-OT | 6-4 | 240 | 23 | Cincinnati | 6 | |
Billy Cooper | 23 | DB-FL | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | none | 14 | |
Danny Dever | 30 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | Wake Forest | 3 | |
Gene Gaines | 22 | S | 5-11 | 185 | 30 | East Los Angeles JC; UCLA | 14 | |
Wayne Giardino | 21 | RLB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Florida State | 14 | |
Russ Jackson | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 32 | McMaster | 14 | |
Ed Joyner | 63 | DE-OG | 6-1 | 230 | 23 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 8 | |
Ken Lehmann | 41 | MLB | 5-11 | 222 | 26 | Marquette; Xavier (Ohio) | 14 | |
Jim Mankins | 25 | FB | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | Oklahoma; Hartnell JC; Florida State | 1 | |
Roger Perdrix | 51 | RDE | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Cincinnati | 10 | |
Joe Poirier | 17 | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 31 | Loyola (Quebec); McGill | 14 | |
LaVerle Pratt | 54 | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Idaho | 4 | |
Tom Pullen | 71 | TE | 6-3 | 210 | 23 | Michigan | 14 | |
Moe Racine | 62 | ROT-K | 6-4 | 232 | 31 | none | 14 | |
Jim Reynolds | LB | 6-2 | 212 | 30 | Hillsdale | 6 | ||
Jay Roberts | 76 | TE | 6-4 | 222 | 26 | Kansas | 14 | |
Tom Schuette | 56 | ROG | 6-1 | 238 | 23 | Indiana | 14 | |
Bo Scott | 16 | FB | 6-3 | 213 | 25 | Ohio State | 11 | |
Jerry Selinger | 42 | LDE | 6-0 | 215 | 33 | St. Joseph's (Indiana) | 14 | |
Ken Shaw | 50 | C | 6-4 | 245 | none | 14 | ||
Marshall Shirk | 53 | DT | 6-2 | 250 | 28 | UCLA | 14 | |
Doug Specht | 43 | C | 6-2 | 250 | 26 | Brigham Young | 12 | |
George Stetter | 25 | CB | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Virginia | 5 | |
Ron Stewart | 11 | ROH | 5-7 | 175 | 34 | Queen's | 14 | |
Don Sutherin | 14 | CB | 5-11 | 200 | 32 | Ohio State | 14 | |
Whit Tucker | 26 | FL | 5-11 | 175 | 27 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
Bill Van Burkleo | 15 | RDH-QB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Oklahoma; Tulsa | 14 | |
Vic Washington | 27 | HB-DH | 5-10 | 194 | 22 | Wyoming | 14 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 2 | Paul Brule | HB | St. Francis Xavier |
1 | 6 | Darryl Burgess | LB | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) |
1 | 8 | Ron Wakelin | G | Toronto |
1 | 9 | Dan Cooper | C | Bishop's |
2 | 16 | John Wilson | LB | Alberta |
3 | 25 | Theron Craig | LB | Queen's |
4 | 34 | Brian Fryer | LB | McMaster |
5 | 42 | Don Shuh | LB | Waterloo |
6 | 50 | Jim Tait | LB | Queen's |
7 | 58 | Ted Abercrombie | FB | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) |
8 | 65 | Neil Wyatt | DL | Ottawa |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 95 | 153 | 90 | 78 | 416 |
Opponents Totals | 57 | 73 | 66 | 75 | 271 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 285 | 138 | 129 | 18 | 67 | 503 | |||
Opponents Totals | 218 | 77 | 128 | 13 | 82 | 698 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Sutherin | 1 | 44 | 51 | 86.3 | - | - | - | 17 | 37 | 45.9 | 11 | 0 | 112 |
Whit Tucker | 13 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||
Vic Washington | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
Margene Adkins | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
Bo Scott | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
Russ Jackson | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Rick Black | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Wayne Giardino | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Joe Poirier | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jay Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Bill Van Burkleo | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Jerry Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Team Totals | 51 | 44 | 51 | 86.3 | 17 | 37 | 45.9 | 13 | 1 | 416 | |||
Opponents Totals | 30 | 26 | 30 | 86.7 | 18 | 32 | 56.3 | 11 | 0 | 271 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bo Scott | 137 | 911 | 6.6 | 60 | 7 |
Vic Washington | 109 | 678 | 6.2 | 34 | 7 |
Russ Jackson | 54 | 534 | 9.9 | 73 | 6 |
Lovell Coleman | 39 | 136 | 3.5 | 19 | 0 |
Ron Stewart | 31 | 114 | 3.7 | 16 | 0 |
Rick Black | 28 | 109 | 3.9 | 11 | 1 |
Bill Van Burkleo | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 23 | 0 |
Wayne Giardino | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
Jim Mankins | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Margene Adkins | 1 | -21 | -21.0 | -21 | 0 |
Team Totals | 409 | 2528 | 6.2 | 21 | |
Opponents Totals | 336 | 1522 | 4.5 | 9 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Russ Jackson | 305 | 171 | 56.1 | 118 | 3187 | 10.4 | 18.6 | 65 | 25 | 8.2 | 16 | 5.2 | 97.8 | |||
Bill Van Burkleo | 16 | 4 | 25.0 | 9 | 70 | 4.4 | 17.5 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 18.8 | 5.7 | |||
Team Totals | 321 | 175 | 54.5 | 127 | 3257 | 10.1 | 18.6 | 25 | 7.8 | 19 | 5.9 | 91.1 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 367 | 192 | 52.3 | 145 | 2975 | 8.1 | 15.5 | 18 | 4.9 | 30 | 8.2 | 61.7 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whit Tucker | 36 | 890 | 24.7 | 65 | 13 |
Margene Adkins | 32 | 821 | 25.7 | 57 | 8 |
Jay Roberts | 32 | 566 | 17.7 | 38 | 1 |
Vic Washington | 25 | 426 | 17.0 | 60 | 2 |
Bo Scott | 16 | 115 | 7.2 | 20 | 1 |
Ron Stewart | 14 | 129 | 9.2 | 23 | 0 |
Lovell Coleman | 10 | 205 | 20.5 | 54 | 0 |
Tom Pullen | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 27 | 0 |
Rick Black | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
Billy Cooper | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Team Totals | 175 | 3257 | 18.6 | 25 | |
Opponents Totals | 192 | 2975 | 15.5 | 18 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Poirier | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 47 | 1 |
Don Sutherin | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 35 | 1 |
Jerry Campbell | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 22 | 0 |
Ken Lehmann | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 56 | 0 |
Gene Gaines | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 40 | 0 |
Bill Van Burkleo | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 38 | 0 |
Ed Joyner | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
Vic Washington | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Billy Cooper | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Billy Joe Booth | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
Team Totals | 30 | 491 | 16.4 | 2 | |
Opponents Totals | 19 | 351 | 18.5 | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Van Burkleo | 84 | 3538 | 42.1 | 65 | - | |||||
Gino Berretta | 11 | 438 | 39.8 | 50 | - | |||||
Team Totals | 95 | 3976 | 41.9 | - | 680 | 4101 | 36.0 | |||
Opponents Totals | 126 | 5656 | 44.9 | - | 644 | 5012 | 39.8 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barry Ardern | 59 | 318 | 5.4 | 26 | 0 |
Billy Cooper | 44 | 196 | 4.5 | 31 | 0 |
Vic Washington | 6 | 127 | 21.2 | 36 | 0 |
Don Sutherin | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
Bill Van Burkleo | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Team Totals | 112 | 644 | 5.8 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 99 | 680 | 6.9 | 0 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Sutherin | 63 | 3749 | 59.5 | 85 | 3 |
Team Totals | 63 | 3749 | 59.5 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vic Washington | 26 | 853 | 32.8 | 104 | 1 |
Billy Cooper | 9 | 211 | 23.4 | 53 | 0 |
Ken Lehmann | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
Jerry Campbell | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
Tom Pullen | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
Wayne Giardino | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
LaVerle Pratt | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Team Totals | 44 | 1125 | 25.6 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 61 | 1336 | 21.9 | 0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barry Ardern | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Beynon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Braggins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Lovell Coleman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Cooper | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Gene Gaines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 0 |
Wayne Giardino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 87 | 1 |
Russ Jackson | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Joyner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Jim Mankins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Poirier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Pullen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jay Roberts | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bo Scott | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Stewart | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Whit Tucker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Van Burkleo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vic Washington | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 22 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 129 | 2 |
Opponents Totals | 13 | 16 | 16 | 2 |
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