1971 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) |
| 5th place • Western Conference • 6-10-0 .375 |
| Head Coach: Ray Jauch |
| Al Benecick | Assistant Coach |
| Joe Zaleski | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 7/5/1971 | A | British Columbia Lions | 17-15 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 22816 | |
| Fri | 7/9/1971 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 1-5 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 14768 | |
| Fri | 7/16/1971 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 24-21 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15596 | |
| Mon | 7/19/1971 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24-21 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12197 | |
| Tue | 7/27/1971 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 11-22 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19959 | |
| Thu | 7/29/1971 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 15-17 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 22786 | |
| Wed | 8/4/1971 | H | British Columbia Lions | 20-19 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 19816 | |
| Wed | 8/11/1971 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 1-31 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 23049 | |
| Wed | 8/18/1971 | A | British Columbia Lions | 1-11 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 32454 | |
| Wed | 8/25/1971 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 31-40 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 20149 | |
| Wed | 9/1/1971 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 15-16 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 22261 | |
| Mon | 9/6/1971 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 7-23 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 23616 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1971 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14-26 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 22553 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1971 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3-19 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 22474 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1971 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14-28 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 19018 | |
| Wed | 9/29/1971 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 12-11 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 13346 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1971 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 22-14 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 18762 | |
| Sat | 10/16/1971 | A | British Columbia Lions | 9-4 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 27207 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1971 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 34-12 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 19549 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1971 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 28-12 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 19549 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tom Bailey | T | 6-5 | 249 | 31 | Alcorn State | 1 | ||
| Charlie Bryant | 35 | LOH | 6-1 | 207 | 30 | Allen | 6 | |
| Keith Christensen | OT | 6-4 | 268 | 24 | Kansas | 4 | ||
| Howard Clark | QB | 6-0 | 215 | Houston | 3 | |||
| Dave Cutler | 26 | K | 5-10 | 200 | 26 | Simon Fraser | 16 | 0 |
| Fred Dunn | 12 | DB | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | Drake | 10 | |
| Dick Dupuis | 17 | RDH | 5-10 | 180 | 29 | Notre Dame | 16 | |
| John Embree | OE | 6-4 | 201 | 27 | none | 2 | ||
| Ken Ferguson | 42 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | Utah State | 16 | |
| Ron Forwick | 63 | LDE | 6-3 | 245 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Gene Foster | 16 | HB | 5-11 | 214 | 29 | Arizona State | 6 | |
| Bruce Gainer | LB | 6-0 | 223 | 24 | Alberta | 1 | ||
| Dave Gasser | 65 | LLB | 6-1 | 225 | 28 | Bakersfield CC; West Texas A&M | 12 | |
| Jerry Griffin | 30 | MLB | 6-1 | 221 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 16 | |
| Ross Gwinn | 67 | ROG | 6-3 | 272 | 27 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 9 | |
| Jim Hensall | 20 | LCB | 6-2 | 194 | 24 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Bob Houmard | 33 | FB | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Ohio University | 11 | |
| Henry Hubert | 54 | LOG | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 16 | |
| Allen Ische | 56 | OG | 6-2 | 235 | 29 | Northern Michigan | 16 | |
| Chip Kell | 50 | ROG | 6-0 | 243 | 22 | Tennessee | 5 | |
| Tim Kelly | 40 | LB | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Notre Dame | 4 | |
| Henry King | 25 | TE | 6-4 | 205 | 26 | San Francisco CC; Utah State | 10 | |
| John LaGrone | 66 | LDT | 5-10 | 235 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 16 | |
| Mike Law | 27 | RCB | 5-11 | 177 | 29 | Queen's; Waterloo | 16 | |
| Larry Lawrence | 19 | QB | 6-1 | 208 | 22 | Iowa | 13 | |
| Bruce Lemmerman | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 26 | Northridge State | 7 | |
| Bob McCarthy | WR | 6-1 | 194 | 25 | none | 2 | ||
| George McGowan | 76 | FL-TE | 6-2 | 187 | 23 | Glendale CC; Kansas | 16 | |
| Ed Molstad | 74 | DE | 6-6 | 250 | 24 | Alberta | 16 | |
| Volley Murphy | 73 | SE | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | Cisco JC; Texas-El Paso | 4 | |
| Al Namanny | 16 | ROH | 6-1 | 218 | 23 | San Mateo JC; Pacific | 5 | |
| Bayne Norrie | 23 | SE-DB | 5-10 | 190 | 27 | Queen's | 16 | |
| Lance Olssen | 62 | LOT | 6-5 | 262 | 24 | Purdue | 12 | |
| Ted Page | 11 | LDH | 5-10 | 185 | 29 | Compton JC | 9 | |
| Greg Pipes | 61 | RDT | 5-10 | 235 | 25 | Baylor | 16 | |
| Alan Pitcaithley | FB | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Oregon | 1 | ||
| Sam Scarber | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 232 | 22 | Northeastern JC; New Mexico | 5 | |
| Howie Schumm | 18 | RLB | 6-2 | 200 | 31 | none | 16 | |
| Roy Shatzko | 55 | RDE | 6-2 | 235 | 31 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Terry Swarn | RB | 6-3 | 205 | 24 | Colorado State | 4 | ||
| Bobby Taylor | 24 | FL | 5-10 | 190 | 32 | none | 7 | |
| Jim Thomas | RB | 6-2 | 190 | 33 | Mississippi Industrial | 4 | ||
| Greg Thompson | 11 | RB | 5-10 | 200 | 23 | none | 7 | |
| Pete Travis | 41 | C | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | St. Francis Xavier; North Central; Louisville | 16 | |
| Don Trull | 9 | QB | 6-1 | 189 | 30 | Baylor | 9 | |
| Charlie Turner | 60 | ROT | 6-1 | 243 | 28 | Ohio University | 16 | |
| Merv Visneskie | 22 | FL | 5-10 | 190 | 22 | none | 11 | |
| Dave Walker | 70 | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Utah | 7 | |
| Jim Walker | FL | 6-1 | 180 | 24 | Saskatchewan | 2 | ||
| Ted Warkentin | SE-TE | 6-4 | 203 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 6 | ||
| Don Warrington | 21 | HB | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | Simon Fraser | 10 | |
| John Wydareny | 15 | S | 6-0 | 180 | 30 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Mel Smith | E | Alberta |
| 1 | 8 | Cam Innnes | C | Queen's |
| 2 | 13 | Pat Lett | T | Guelph |
| 3 | 22 | Gene Wolkowski | E | Guelph |
| 4 | 31 | Dick Flynn | G | New Brunswick |
| 5 | 40 | Don Tallas | DB | Alberta |
| 6 | 49 | Bob Rowe | LB | Calgary |
| 7 | 58 | Jack Buchan | E | Toronto |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 46 | 63 | 54 | 74 | 237 |
| Opponents Totals | 90 | 63 | 73 | 79 | 305 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 262 | 106 | 136 | 20 | 59 | 354 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 273 | 104 | 158 | 11 | 82 | 576 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Cutler | 0 | 23 | 25 | 92.0 | - | - | - | 16 | 47 | 34.0 | 14 | 0 | 85 |
| George McGowan | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Bob Houmard | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Volley Murphy | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jerry Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Law | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Fred Dunn | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Charlie Bryant | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bruce Lemmerman | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Embree | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Lawrence | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gene Foster | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Team Totals | 25 | 23 | 25 | 92.0 | 16 | 47 | 34.0 | 16 | 0 | 237 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 28 | 23 | 47 | 48.9 | 18 | 5 | 305 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Houmard | 102 | 551 | 5.4 | 40 | 4 |
| Gene Foster | 66 | 306 | 4.6 | 23 | 1 |
| Sam Scarber | 75 | 301 | 4.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Charlie Bryant | 38 | 228 | 6.0 | 44 | 2 |
| Larry Lawrence | 37 | 220 | 5.9 | 26 | 1 |
| Bruce Lemmerman | 26 | 87 | 3.3 | 21 | 2 |
| Al Namanny | 11 | 56 | 5.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Thomas | 24 | 47 | 2.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Don Trull | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Don Warrington | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Howard Clark | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Howie Schumm | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| George McGowan | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 6 | 1 |
| Alan Pitcaithley | 0 | ||||
| Greg Thompson | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 410 | 1887 | 4.6 | 11 | |
| Opponents Totals | 431 | 2026 | 4.7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Lawrence | 193 | 92 | 47.7 | 83 | 1247 | 6.5 | 13.6 | 58 | 3 | 1.6 | 18 | 9.3 | 35.0 | |||
| Bruce Lemmerman | 145 | 73 | 50.3 | 61 | 1055 | 7.3 | 14.5 | 97 | 8 | 5.5 | 11 | 7.6 | 61.1 | |||
| Don Trull | 101 | 52 | 51.5 | 42 | 477 | 4.7 | 9.2 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 6.9 | 35.8 | |||
| Gene Foster | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 1 | 50 | 10.0 | 12.5 | 24 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 147.9 | |||
| Howard Clark | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 20 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 85.4 | ||||
| Team Totals | 447 | 223 | 49.9 | 188 | 2849 | 6.4 | 12.8 | 12 | 2.7 | 36 | 8.1 | 45.6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 444 | 232 | 52.3 | 177 | 3216 | 7.2 | 13.9 | 35 | 7.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McGowan | 49 | 827 | 16.9 | 58 | 5 |
| Henry King | 26 | 259 | 10.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Bob Houmard | 20 | 117 | 5.9 | 23 | 1 |
| Al Namanny | 17 | 160 | 9.4 | 33 | 0 |
| Volley Murphy | 14 | 351 | 25.1 | 97 | 2 |
| Jim Thomas | 12 | 97 | 8.1 | 20 | 0 |
| Bayne Norrie | 10 | 164 | 16.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Terry Swarn | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Merv Visneskie | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bobby Taylor | 17 | 287 | 16.9 | 67 | 1 |
| Charlie Bryant | 11 | 140 | 12.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Don Warrington | 7 | 109 | 15.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Greg Thompson | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 23 | 0 |
| John Embree | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 28 | 1 |
| Ted Warkentin | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Larry Lawrence | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bruce Lemmerman | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Gene Foster | 18 | 112 | 6.2 | 25 | 2 |
| Sam Scarber | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 223 | 2849 | 12.8 | 12 | |
| Opponents Totals | 232 | 3216 | 13.9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Dupuis | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 14 | 0 |
| John Wydareny | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 42 | 0 |
| Jerry Griffin | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Law | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 54 | 1 |
| Jim Hensall | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Dave Walker | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bayne Norrie | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Tim Kelly | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ted Page | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Howie Schumm | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Gasser | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 35 | 309 | 8.8 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 478 | 13.3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Thompson | 47 | 1886 | 40.1 | 74 | 1 | |
| Fred Dunn | 76 | 3041 | 40.0 | 87 | 1 | |
| Bayne Norrie | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Dave Cutler | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 125 | 4975 | 39.8 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 139 | 5544 | 39.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Dupuis | 42 | 338 | 8.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bayne Norrie | 49 | 190 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Walker | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob McCarthy | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Law | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Hensall | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ted Page | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 113 | 599 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 136 | 1066 | 7.8 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Cutler | 39 | 2413 | 61.9 | 90 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 2413 | 61.9 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Thomas | 8 | 171 | 21.4 | 34 | 0 |
| George McGowan | 8 | 142 | 17.8 | 34 | 0 |
| Gene Foster | 4 | 135 | 33.8 | 42 | 0 |
| Terry Swarn | 4 | 125 | 31.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Dave Walker | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Jerry Griffin | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Charlie Bryant | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 37 | 0 |
| Merv Visneskie | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Al Namanny | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Charlie Turner | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tim Kelly | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Lance Olssen | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Henry Hubert | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 44 | 955 | 21.7 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 964 | 27.5 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Bryant | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howard Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Cutler | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Dunn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Dupuis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Forwick | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gene Foster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Griffin | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bob Houmard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henry Hubert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allen Ische | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John LaGrone | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Lawrence | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Lemmerman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Molstad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bayne Norrie | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Ted Page | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Greg Pipes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sam Scarber | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Swarn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Travis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Trull | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Turner | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Wydareny | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 24 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 25 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 15 | 15 |
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