1972 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Conference • 4-10-0 .286 |
| Head Coach: Sam Etcheverry |
| Gene Gaines | Assistant Coach |
| Fred Wallner | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 7/3/1972 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 10-43 | L | Montreal, QC | Molson Stadium | 10170 | |
| Tue | 7/11/1972 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 15-13 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16444 | |
| Wed | 7/19/1972 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 9-21 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 20195 | |
| Wed | 7/26/1972 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 15-24 | L | Montreal, QC | Molson Stadium | 11368 | |
| Thu | 8/3/1972 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 19-8 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Thu | 8/10/1972 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 19-28 | L | Montreal, QC | Molson Stadium | 16649 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1972 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 25-23 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 32417 | |
| Thu | 8/24/1972 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 12-25 | L | Montreal, QC | Molson Stadium | 18388 | |
| Mon | 9/4/1972 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 21-43 | L | Montreal, QC | Molson Stadium | 14594 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1972 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 23-38 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22196 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1972 | H | British Columbia Lions | 22-17 | W | Montreal, QC | Molson Stadium | 11872 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1972 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 15-34 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 18903 | |
| Wed | 9/27/1972 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 22-26 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 20826 | |
| Tue | 10/3/1972 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 29-13 | W | Montreal, QC | Molson Stadium | 11718 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1972 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 3-21 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 32571 | |
| Sat | 10/14/1972 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 26-31 | L | Montreal, QC | Molson Stadium | 12373 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1972 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 7-17 | L | Montreal, QC | Molson Stadium | 13972 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1972 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3-29 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 11958 | |
| Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/11/1972 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 11-14 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16548 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Junior Ah You | 62 | DE | 6-2 | 233 | 24 | Arizona State | 14 | |
| Elmer Allen | LB | 6-2 | 237 | 23 | Mississippi | 1 | ||
| Dave Braggins | 58 | OG | 6-2 | 245 | 27 | Florida State | 12 | |
| Ike Brown | 34 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 21 | Western Kentucky | 14 | |
| Paul Brule | 16 | DB | 5-11 | 205 | 27 | St. Francis Xavier | 4 | |
| Wally Buono | 45 | LB | 5-11 | 214 | 22 | Idaho State | 14 | |
| Al Butler | CB | 6-3 | 220 | 27 | Compton JC | 8 | ||
| Justin Canale | 57 | OG | 6-2 | 242 | 29 | Mississippi State | 4 | |
| Jim Chasey | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Dartmouth | 1 | ||
| Merl Code | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | North Carolina A&T State | 4 | ||
| Ted Collins | 66 | DT | 6-0 | 255 | 29 | Detroit Mercy | 4 | |
| Wayne Conrad | 46 | OG | 6-0 | 222 | 26 | none | 14 | |
| Carl Crennel | 53 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | West Virginia | 14 | |
| Peter Dalla Riva | 74 | TE | 6-3 | 222 | 26 | none | 14 | |
| Moses Denson | 26 | RB | 6-2 | 215 | 28 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 13 | |
| John Eason | 75 | WR | 6-2 | 220 | 27 | Florida A&M | 10 | |
| Terry Evanshen | 25 | WR | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | Utah State | 14 | |
| Larry Fairholm | 19 | S | 6-0 | 195 | 31 | Arizona | 14 | |
| Jim Foley | 9 | WR | 5-11 | 189 | 28 | St. Dunstan's; Prince Edward Island | 14 | |
| Gene Gaines | 22 | S | 5-11 | 185 | 34 | East Los Angeles JC; UCLA | 14 | |
| Ed George | 65 | OT | 6-4 | 270 | 26 | Ferrum JC; Wake Forest | 14 | |
| Wes Grant | 66 | DE | 6-3 | 250 | 26 | Santa Monica JC; UCLA | 2 | |
| Dickie Harris | 18 | CB | 5-11 | 178 | 22 | South Carolina | 14 | |
| Ed Hayes | 35 | CB | 6-0 | 170 | 26 | Morgan State | 4 | |
| Win Headley | 51 | OG | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Wake Forest | 2 | |
| John Huard | LB | 6-0 | 220 | 28 | Maine | 4 | ||
| Gord Judges | 61 | DT | 6-3 | 245 | 25 | none | 14 | |
| Mike Maloney | 60 | OT | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | none | 14 | |
| Brian Marcil | 70 | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Loyola (Quebec) | 9 | |
| Bob Miele | DT | 6-1 | 250 | 22 | Loyola (Quebec) | 1 | ||
| George Mira | 10 | QB | 5-11 | 190 | 30 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | |
| Pete Paliotti | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | Loyola (Quebec) | 1 | ||
| Ron Perowne | 73 | WR | 5-10 | 180 | 22 | Bishop's | 14 | |
| Tony Proudfoot | 23 | S | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | New Brunswick | 9 | |
| Barry Randall | 54 | OT | 6-3 | 245 | 29 | Eastern Washington | 14 | |
| Jerry Rhome | 17 | QB | 6-0 | 186 | 30 | Southern Methodist; Tulsa | 1 | |
| Steve Smear | 50 | LB | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | Penn State | 14 | |
| Larry Smith | 36 | RB | 6-0 | 208 | 21 | Bishop's | 14 | |
| George Springate | 35 | K | 6-1 | 200 | 34 | McGill | 2 | 0 |
| Don Sweet | 17 | K | 6-0 | 189 | 24 | Washington State | 12 | 0 |
| Brad Upshaw | 33 | S-WR | 6-0 | 180 | 21 | none | 14 | |
| Phil Vandersea | 46 | DE | 6-3 | 228 | 29 | Massachusetts | 5 | |
| Bruce Van Ness | 30 | RB | 6-3 | 211 | 26 | Rutgers | 6 | |
| Sonny Wade | 14 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 25 | Virginia Tech; Emory & Henry | 13 | |
| Glen Weir | 64 | DT | 6-2 | 242 | 21 | none | 14 | |
| Mike Widger | 41 | LB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Virginia Tech | 14 | |
| Dan Yochum | 67 | OT | 6-5 | 258 | 22 | Syracuse | 11 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Larry Smith | RB | Bishop's |
| 1 | 5 | Pete Paliotti | WR | Loyola (Quebec) |
| 2 | 10 | Alexander Baptist | LB | Bishop's |
| 3 | 19 | Rick Kaupp | DB | New Brunswick |
| 4 | 28 | Jim Leone | G | St. Francis Xavier |
| 5 | 37 | Mike Tanner | DB | Dalhousie |
| 6 | 45 | Dave Scharman | G | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 7 | 54 | John Danaher | DE | New Brunswick |
| 8 | 62 | Ian Purcell | DB | Simon Fraser |
| 9 | 67 | Larry Rodenbush | C | Brandon |
| 9 | 68 | William Beaton | OG | Carleton |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 63 | 61 | 29 | 93 | 246 |
| Opponents Totals | 93 | 78 | 82 | 100 | 353 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 241 | 106 | 122 | 13 | 114 | 894 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 268 | 101 | 142 | 25 | 94 | 816 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Sweet | 0 | 21 | 30 | 70.0 | - | - | - | 8 | 20 | 40.0 | 7 | 0 | 52 |
| Ike Brown | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Peter Dalla Riva | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| John Eason | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Terry Evanshen | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Foley | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Sonny Wade | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Al Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Brad Upshaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Springate | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Moses Denson | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Larry Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dickie Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 22 | 31 | 71.0 | 9 | 21 | 42.9 | 11 | 0 | 246 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 35 | 22 | 40 | 55.0 | 10 | 1 | 353 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ike Brown | 140 | 817 | 5.8 | 73 | 3 |
| Moses Denson | 157 | 754 | 4.8 | 46 | 4 |
| Larry Smith | 54 | 246 | 4.6 | 15 | 3 |
| Sonny Wade | 17 | 104 | 6.1 | 19 | 1 |
| George Mira | 10 | 67 | 6.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Chasey | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jerry Rhome | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bruce Van Ness | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 386 | 2010 | 5.2 | 11 | |
| Opponents Totals | 416 | 2057 | 4.9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Wade | 219 | 118 | 53.9 | 75 | 1537 | 7.0 | 13.0 | 50 | 9 | 4.1 | 26 | 11.9 | 50.3 | |||
| George Mira | 146 | 61 | 41.8 | 71 | 887 | 6.1 | 14.5 | 44 | 8 | 5.5 | 14 | 9.6 | 40.9 | |||
| Jerry Rhome | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 7 | 40 | 3.6 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 4.4 | |||
| Ike Brown | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 104.2 | |||
| Jim Chasey | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 3 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||
| Bruce Van Ness | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 382 | 184 | 48.2 | 157 | 2476 | 6.5 | 13.5 | 17 | 4.5 | 41 | 10.7 | 44.5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 383 | 199 | 52.0 | 152 | 3078 | 8.0 | 15.5 | 32 | 8.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Dalla Riva | 44 | 607 | 13.8 | 44 | 5 |
| Terry Evanshen | 33 | 407 | 12.3 | 35 | 3 |
| Ike Brown | 24 | 269 | 11.2 | 28 | 3 |
| Jim Foley | 20 | 236 | 11.8 | 42 | 2 |
| John Eason | 19 | 407 | 21.4 | 46 | 4 |
| Bruce Van Ness | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Sonny Wade | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Moses Denson | 23 | 263 | 11.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Ron Perowne | 9 | 122 | 13.6 | 27 | 0 |
| Larry Smith | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 25 | 0 |
| Dickie Harris | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Dave Braggins | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 184 | 2476 | 13.5 | 17 | |
| Opponents Totals | 199 | 3078 | 15.5 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickie Harris | 7 | 214 | 30.6 | 118 | 1 |
| Al Butler | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 36 | 1 |
| Gene Gaines | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Carl Crennel | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Larry Fairholm | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Brule | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Mike Widger | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Brad Upshaw | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41t | 1 |
| Tony Proudfoot | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| John Huard | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ed Hayes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 591 | 18.5 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 612 | 14.9 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Wade | 86 | 3402 | 39.6 | 69 | - | |||||
| Wally Buono | 33 | 1156 | 35.0 | 48 | - | |||||
| Gene Gaines | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 120 | 4578 | 38.2 | - | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 116 | 4418 | 38.1 | - |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Perowne | 41 | 180 | 4.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Brad Upshaw | 27 | 80 | 3.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Foley | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Paul Brule | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Larry Fairholm | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 95 | 426 | 4.5 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 112 | 609 | 5.4 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Eason | 22 | 1215 | 55.2 | 90 | 1 |
| Don Sweet | 22 | 1105 | 50.2 | 73 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 44 | 2320 | 52.7 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickie Harris | 21 | 440 | 21.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Larry Smith | 11 | 247 | 22.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Ike Brown | 7 | 132 | 18.9 | 34 | 0 |
| Brad Upshaw | 5 | 131 | 26.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Moses Denson | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Ed Hayes | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 |
| John Eason | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Perowne | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 42 | 1011 | 24.1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 965 | 23.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Ah You | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Brown | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Crennel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Moses Denson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Eason | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Evanshen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Foley | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dickie Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Ed Hayes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Huard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Maloney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Marcil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Mira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Perowne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Randall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Sweet | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Upshaw | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Vandersea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sonny Wade | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Widger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 20 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 16 | 16 |
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