1972 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Conference • 10-6-0 .625 |
| Head Coach: Ray Jauch |
| Urban Bowman | Assistant Coach |
| Vic Rapp | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 7/5/1972 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 18-14 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 19143 | |
| Tue | 7/11/1972 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 13-15 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16444 | |
| Tue | 7/18/1972 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 11-16 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16741 | |
| Tue | 7/25/1972 | A | British Columbia Lions | 34-0 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23411 | |
| Tue | 8/1/1972 | H | British Columbia Lions | 34-22 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 19844 | |
| Fri | 8/11/1972 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 30-27 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 21363 | |
| Wed | 8/16/1972 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 31-29 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 17516 | |
| Fri | 8/25/1972 | H | British Columbia Lions | 29-7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 22641 | |
| Wed | 8/30/1972 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16-49 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Mon | 9/4/1972 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 31-19 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 23616 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1972 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 27-20 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 22921 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1972 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 12-14 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 21230 | |
| Sat | 9/23/1972 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 9-10 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 21632 | |
| Sat | 9/30/1972 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 31-30 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Tue | 10/3/1972 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 13-29 | L | Montreal, QC | Molson Stadium | 11718 | |
| Mon | 10/9/1972 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24-15 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 20564 | |
| Sat | 10/14/1972 | A | British Columbia Lions | 16-22 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 22124 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1972 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 25-23 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 21426 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1972 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24-38 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1972 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 28-14 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16107 | |
| Western Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/12/1972 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 6-8 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15773 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Harry Abofs | 25 | DB | 6-1 | 207 | 24 | Tennessee Tech | 7 | |
| Roy Bell | 14 | RB | 6-0 | 208 | 23 | Oklahoma | 10 | |
| Ceasar Belser | 40 | LB | 6-0 | 212 | 28 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 7 | |
| Lorenzo Brinkley | 71 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Missouri | 3 | |
| Therman Couch | 44 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Pratt CC; Iowa State | 8 | |
| Dave Cutler | 26 | K | 5-10 | 200 | 27 | Simon Fraser | 16 | 0 |
| Dick Dupuis | 17 | DB | 5-10 | 180 | 30 | Notre Dame | 16 | |
| Ken Ferguson | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 28 | Utah State | 3 | ||
| Ron Forwick | DE | 6-3 | 245 | 29 | none | 4 | ||
| Gene Foster | 16 | HB | 5-11 | 214 | 30 | Arizona State | 9 | |
| Dave Gasser | 65 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 29 | Bakersfield CC; West Texas A&M | 16 | |
| Tommy Gay | 54 | DE | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Wiley; Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 6 | |
| Jerry Griffin | 30 | LB | 6-1 | 221 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 7 | |
| Calvin Harrell | 19 | FB | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Arkansas State | 7 | |
| Jim Hensall | 20 | DB | 6-2 | 194 | 25 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Dave Herbert | 77 | HB | 6-2 | 215 | 26 | Drake | 12 | |
| Larry Highbaugh | FL | 5-9 | 179 | 22 | Indiana | 3 | ||
| Bob Howes | 53 | LOT | 6-4 | 245 | 29 | Queen's | 16 | |
| Chip Kell | 50 | OG | 6-0 | 243 | 23 | Tennessee | 10 | |
| Tim Kelly | LB | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Notre Dame | 3 | ||
| John LaGrone | 66 | DT | 5-10 | 235 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 16 | |
| Mike Lambros | 32 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | Queen's | 10 | |
| Mike Law | 27 | DB | 5-11 | 177 | 30 | Queen's; Waterloo | 6 | |
| Garry LeFebvre | 11 | FL | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Bruce Lemmerman | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 27 | Northridge State | 3 | ||
| George McGowan | 76 | SE | 6-2 | 187 | 24 | Glendale CC; Kansas | 16 | |
| Bob McGregor | 33 | HB | 5-11 | 205 | 24 | Wilfrid Laurier; Alberta | 16 | |
| Ed Molstad | 74 | DE | 6-6 | 250 | 25 | Alberta | 16 | |
| Bayne Norrie | 23 | DB | 5-10 | 190 | 28 | Queen's | 16 | |
| Lance Olssen | 62 | ROT | 6-5 | 262 | 25 | Purdue | 8 | |
| Jim Papai | 52 | OG | 6-0 | 228 | 23 | North Carolina | 1 | |
| Rock Perdoni | 64 | DT | 5-11 | 238 | 25 | Ferrum JC; Georgia Tech | 5 | |
| Ken Phillips | K | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | none | 1 | 0 | |
| Greg Pipes | 61 | DT | 5-10 | 235 | 26 | Baylor | 11 | |
| Roger Scales | 51 | LOG | 6-0 | 235 | 28 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Brigham Young | 11 | |
| Sam Scarber | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 232 | 23 | Northeastern JC; New Mexico | 9 | |
| Howie Schumm | 18 | LB | 6-2 | 200 | 32 | none | 9 | |
| Roy Shatzko | DE | 6-2 | 235 | 32 | British Columbia | 1 | ||
| Jerry Shay | 54 | DE | 6-3 | 245 | 28 | Purdue | 3 | |
| Bob Steiner | 56 | DE | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | none | 13 | |
| Dick Suderman | 52 | DE | 6-5 | 235 | 31 | Western Ontario | 1 | |
| Dave Syme | 9 | QB | 6-1 | 191 | 22 | Simon Fraser | 13 | |
| Bobby Taylor | 24 | FL | 5-10 | 190 | 33 | none | 16 | |
| Pete Travis | 41 | C | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | St. Francis Xavier; North Central; Louisville | 16 | |
| Charlie Turner | 60 | ROG | 6-1 | 243 | 29 | Ohio University | 16 | |
| Dave Walker | 70 | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Utah | 14 | |
| Tyrone Walls | 75 | TE | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Missouri | 16 | |
| Don Warrington | 21 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 15 | |
| Larry Watkins | 67 | OG | 6-4 | 265 | 24 | Western Kentucky | 16 | |
| Tom Wilkinson | 12 | QB | 5-10 | 187 | 29 | Wyoming | 16 | |
| John Wydareny | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 31 | Western Ontario | 3 | ||
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Mike Lambros | LB | Queen's |
| 3 | 20 | Glen Colwill | RB | Simon Fraser |
| 4 | 29 | Roy Beechey | WR | Alberta |
| 5 | 38 | Barry St. George | WR | Ottawa |
| 6 | 46 | Dave Syme | QB | Simon Fraser |
| 7 | 55 | Bud Coupland | WR | Calgary |
| 8 | 63 | Jerry Simpson | DB | Dalhousie |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 81 | 124 | 76 | 99 | 380 |
| Opponents Totals | 90 | 115 | 45 | 118 | 368 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 319 | 108 | 175 | 36 | 89 | 692 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 342 | 124 | 197 | 21 | 123 | 839 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Cutler | 0 | 38 | 42 | 90.5 | - | - | - | 25 | 48 | 52.1 | 13 | 0 | 126 |
| George McGowan | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Tyrone Walls | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Bobby Taylor | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Gene Foster | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bruce Lemmerman | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Sam Scarber | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Don Warrington | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ron Forwick | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob McGregor | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roy Bell | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Calvin Harrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Syme | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 42 | 38 | 42 | 90.5 | 25 | 48 | 52.1 | 13 | 1 | 380 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 42 | 9 | 25 | 36.0 | 11 | 0 | 368 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Bell | 140 | 690 | 4.9 | 53 | 2 |
| Gene Foster | 118 | 581 | 4.9 | 25 | 2 |
| Sam Scarber | 65 | 339 | 5.2 | 18 | 3 |
| Tom Wilkinson | 48 | 260 | 5.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Calvin Harrell | 26 | 110 | 4.2 | 23 | 1 |
| Bob McGregor | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Syme | 9 | 50 | 5.6 | 14 | 1 |
| Bruce Lemmerman | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 15 | 3 |
| Don Warrington | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tyrone Walls | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 438 | 2144 | 4.9 | 12 | |
| Opponents Totals | 453 | 2140 | 4.7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Wilkinson | 268 | 177 | 66.0 | 75 | 2475 | 9.2 | 14.0 | 67 | 17 | 6.3 | 16 | 6.0 | 91.9 | |||
| Dave Syme | 88 | 47 | 53.4 | 33 | 736 | 8.4 | 15.7 | 82 | 2 | 2.3 | 8 | 9.1 | 51.1 | |||
| Bruce Lemmerman | 60 | 34 | 56.7 | 22 | 541 | 9.0 | 15.9 | 61 | 7 | 11.7 | 4 | 6.7 | 98.0 | |||
| Gene Foster | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 3 | 24 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 6.9 | |||
| Garry LeFebvre | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Harry Abofs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 424 | 261 | 61.6 | 134 | 3792 | 8.9 | 14.5 | 26 | 6.1 | 29 | 6.8 | 82.6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 450 | 257 | 57.1 | 160 | 4390 | 9.8 | 17.1 | 33 | 7.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McGowan | 54 | 1015 | 18.8 | 61 | 11 |
| Bobby Taylor | 51 | 800 | 15.7 | 82 | 4 |
| Tyrone Walls | 50 | 811 | 16.2 | 67 | 6 |
| Don Warrington | 35 | 458 | 13.1 | 39 | 2 |
| Gene Foster | 15 | 183 | 12.2 | 34 | 1 |
| Bob McGregor | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Sam Scarber | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 8 | 0 |
| Garry LeFebvre | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Roy Bell | 25 | 283 | 11.3 | 46 | 1 |
| Calvin Harrell | 10 | 104 | 10.4 | 31 | 0 |
| Dave Herbert | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 261 | 3792 | 14.5 | 26 | |
| Opponents Totals | 257 | 4390 | 17.1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hensall | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 50 | 0 |
| Bayne Norrie | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Garry LeFebvre | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Larry Highbaugh | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Therman Couch | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Brinkley | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Dave Gasser | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Dave Walker | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Dupuis | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Ron Forwick | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45t | 1 |
| Harry Abofs | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jerry Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Lambros | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Schumm | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 361 | 10.9 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 375 | 12.9 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry LeFebvre | 103 | 3984 | 38.7 | 61 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 103 | 3984 | 38.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 117 | 4556 | 38.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob McGregor | 38 | 208 | 5.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Bayne Norrie | 46 | 196 | 4.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Dick Dupuis | 8 | 50 | 6.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Walker | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Hensall | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Herbert | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jerry Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry LeFebvre | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 100 | 464 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 112 | 589 | 5.3 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Cutler | 55 | 3207 | 58.3 | 89 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 55 | 3207 | 58.3 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Scarber | 15 | 373 | 24.9 | 40 | 0 |
| Dave Walker | 13 | 314 | 24.2 | 40 | 0 |
| Gene Foster | 7 | 199 | 28.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Roy Bell | 7 | 197 | 28.1 | 30 | 0 |
| Harry Abofs | 8 | 152 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Larry Highbaugh | 3 | 146 | 48.7 | 0 | |
| Lorenzo Brinkley | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Bob McGregor | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Lambros | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Garry LeFebvre | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| George McGowan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 63 | 1504 | 23.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 1276 | 24.1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Bell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Therman Couch | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dick Dupuis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Foster | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Gasser | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Calvin Harrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Herbert | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John LaGrone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garry LeFebvre | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Bruce Lemmerman | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob McGregor | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Molstad | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bayne Norrie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 0 | |
| Greg Pipes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Sam Scarber | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dave Syme | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Pete Travis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Walker | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 1 | |
| Tyrone Walls | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 96 | 2 |
| Don Warrington | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Watkins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Wilkinson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 26 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 176 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 12 | 12 |
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