1972 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Conference • 11-3-0 .786 |
| Head Coach: Jack Gotta |
| George Brancato | Assistant Coach |
| Jay Fry | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 7/6/1972 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 22-21 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 20000 | |
| Wed | 7/12/1972 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 19-16 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16444 | |
| Wed | 7/19/1972 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 51-7 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19508 | |
| Tue | 7/25/1972 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 28-29 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17610 | |
| Wed | 8/2/1972 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 22-7 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 21662 | |
| Thu | 8/10/1972 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 28-19 | W | Montreal, QC | Molson Stadium | 16649 | |
| Wed | 8/16/1972 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 14-8 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Wed | 8/30/1972 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 14-13 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 27472 | |
| Mon | 9/4/1972 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16-17 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 34772 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1972 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 38-23 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22196 | |
| Sat | 9/16/1972 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 22-30 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 25537 | |
| Sat | 9/23/1972 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 10-9 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 21632 | |
| Tue | 9/26/1972 | A | British Columbia Lions | 20-17 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 22108 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1972 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 20-25 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 25068 | |
| Mon | 10/9/1972 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 45-30 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19606 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1972 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 17-7 | W | Montreal, QC | Molson Stadium | 13972 | |
| Sat | 10/28/1972 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 21-16 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
| Sat | 11/4/1972 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 11-7 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22780 | |
| Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/11/1972 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 14-11 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16548 | |
| Eastern Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/18/1972 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 19-7 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 21800 | |
| Eastern Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/26/1972 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 8-23 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 30721 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Dickie Adams | 33 | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | |
| Barry Ardern | 9 | DB | 5-10 | 181 | 26 | none | 14 | |
| Bert Askson | TE | 6-3 | 229 | 27 | Texas Southern | 1 | ||
| Charlie Brandon | 61 | OT-DE | 6-3 | 255 | 29 | Shaw | 14 | |
| Paul Brothers | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 191 | 27 | Oregon State | 14 | |
| Jerry Campbell | 54 | LB | 5-11 | 210 | 28 | Idaho | 14 | |
| Art Cantrelle | 24 | RB | 6-0 | 203 | 24 | Louisiana State | 14 | |
| Rick Cassata | 16 | QB | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Syracuse | 14 | |
| Doug Collins | 66 | LOT | 6-4 | 240 | 27 | Cincinnati | 14 | |
| Billy Cooper | 23 | FL | 5-10 | 180 | 27 | none | 14 | |
| Danny Dever | 30 | LB | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | Wake Forest | 14 | |
| Keith Eaman | 25 | RB | 5-10 | 200 | 24 | Queen's | 14 | |
| Jim Elder | RB-CB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Southern University | 7 | ||
| Wayne Giardino | 21 | RB-DB | 5-11 | 195 | 29 | Florida State | 14 | |
| Bob Houmard | FB | 6-3 | 230 | 25 | Ohio University | 7 | ||
| John Kennedy | 52 | OG | 6-1 | 240 | 20 | 6 | ||
| John Kruspe | 3 | DB | 5-11 | 189 | 28 | Wilfrid Laurier | 14 | |
| Tom Laputka | 60 | DE | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Southern Illinois | 14 | |
| Art Laster | DT | 6-4 | 280 | 24 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 2 | ||
| Al Marcelin | 31 | RB-DB | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Arizona Western JC; Parsons | 9 | |
| Bob McKeown | 42 | C | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Yale | 14 | |
| Hugh McKinnis | 20 | FB | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Arizona State | 4 | |
| Rhome Nixon | 74 | TE | 6-3 | 209 | 28 | New Mexico State; Southern University | 10 | |
| Hugh Oldham | 27 | SE | 5-10 | 175 | 32 | Paul Quinn; Oregon | 14 | |
| Gerry Organ | 71 | WR-K | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | Guelph | 14 | |
| Roger Perdrix | 51 | LOG | 6-1 | 225 | 29 | Cincinnati | 14 | |
| Jim Piaskoski | 73 | OT-DT | 6-4 | 240 | 24 | none | 8 | |
| Tom Pullen | 77 | TE | 6-3 | 210 | 27 | Michigan | 14 | |
| Moe Racine | 62 | ROT | 6-4 | 232 | 35 | none | 14 | |
| Gus Revenberg | 63 | DT | 6-0 | 245 | 24 | none | 14 | |
| Jack Rizzo | RB | 5-10 | 200 | 23 | Lehigh | 2 | ||
| Tom Schuette | 56 | ROG | 6-1 | 238 | 27 | Indiana | 14 | |
| Rudy Sims | 65 | DT | 6-0 | 255 | 24 | Florida A&M | 14 | |
| Wayne Smith | 75 | DE | 6-4 | 230 | 22 | none | 14 | |
| Alan Thompson | 14 | FB | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | Wisconsin | 2 | |
| Wayne Tosh | 17 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Richmond | 14 | |
| Terry Wellesley | 22 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Tennessee Tech | 14 | |
| Rod Woodward | 26 | DB | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Idaho | 14 | |
| Ulysses Young | 38 | DB | 6-2 | 190 | 26 | Allen | 5 | |
| Chuck Zapiec | 35 | LB | 6-2 | 218 | 23 | Penn State | 7 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 3 | 22 | Doug Cihocki | E | Western Ontario |
| 4 | 31 | Stew MacSween | DB | Toronto |
| 5 | 40 | Ron Perowne | RB | Bishop's |
| 6 | 48 | Gordon Ladbrook | LB | Dalhousie |
| 7 | 57 | Fred Tokaryk | DT | Dalhousie |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 87 | 63 | 54 | 94 | 298 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 84 | 45 | 51 | 228 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 230 | 85 | 125 | 20 | 99 | 721 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 214 | 75 | 127 | 12 | 71 | 623 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Organ | 1 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 29 | 50 | 58.0 | 10 | 0 | 131 |
| Hugh Oldham | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Terry Wellesley | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Wayne Giardino | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Art Cantrelle | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Rick Cassata | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Houmard | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tom Pullen | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dickie Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Barry Ardern | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rudy Sims | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 28 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 29 | 50 | 58.0 | 13 | 1 | 298 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 21 | 13 | 32 | 40.6 | 10 | 1 | 228 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Cantrelle | 160 | 652 | 4.1 | 55 | 2 |
| Rick Cassata | 85 | 442 | 5.2 | 43 | 2 |
| Bob Houmard | 61 | 226 | 3.7 | 20 | 2 |
| Terry Wellesley | 35 | 163 | 4.7 | 44 | 2 |
| Alan Thompson | 18 | 94 | 5.2 | 44 | 0 |
| Hugh McKinnis | 28 | 80 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Jack Rizzo | 13 | 30 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Keith Eaman | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Wayne Giardino | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Rod Woodward | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Paul Brothers | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 414 | 1734 | 4.2 | 8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 372 | 1395 | 3.8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Cassata | 357 | 179 | 50.1 | 156 | 2548 | 7.1 | 14.2 | 73 | 13 | 3.6 | 22 | 6.2 | 60.1 | |||
| Paul Brothers | 29 | 10 | 34.5 | 17 | 170 | 5.9 | 17.0 | 28 | 1 | 3.4 | 2 | 6.9 | 38.0 | |||
| Hugh McKinnis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 388 | 189 | 48.7 | 175 | 2718 | 7.0 | 14.4 | 14 | 3.6 | 24 | 6.2 | 58.1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 382 | 198 | 51.8 | 144 | 2893 | 7.6 | 14.6 | 40 | 10.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Cantrelle | 44 | 407 | 9.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Hugh Oldham | 36 | 719 | 20.0 | 60 | 7 |
| Tom Pullen | 26 | 353 | 13.6 | 28 | 2 |
| Rhome Nixon | 25 | 347 | 13.9 | 28 | 0 |
| Terry Wellesley | 22 | 395 | 18.0 | 73 | 3 |
| Billy Cooper | 17 | 356 | 20.9 | 63 | 1 |
| Keith Eaman | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Bob Houmard | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Gerry Organ | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Jack Rizzo | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Alan Thompson | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Hugh McKinnis | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 189 | 2718 | 14.4 | 14 | |
| Opponents Totals | 198 | 2893 | 14.6 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Campbell | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Dickie Adams | 7 | 150 | 21.4 | 43 | 1 |
| Rod Woodward | 7 | 116 | 16.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Wayne Tosh | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Barry Ardern | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Chuck Zapiec | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Wayne Giardino | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 33 | 1 |
| Al Marcelin | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Elder | 1 | 74 | 74.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Rudy Sims | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Wayne Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ulysses Young | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 619 | 15.5 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 386 | 16.1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickie Adams | 124 | 4845 | 39.1 | 71 | 3 | |
| Keith Eaman | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60 | 0 | |
| Gerry Organ | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Bob Houmard | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Rod Woodward | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 128 | 4983 | 38.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 145 | 5711 | 39.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickie Adams | 79 | 425 | 5.4 | 22 | 0 |
| Rod Woodward | 13 | 114 | 8.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Billy Cooper | 32 | 82 | 2.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Al Marcelin | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 126 | 640 | 5.1 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 115 | 609 | 5.3 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Organ | 38 | 1520 | 40.0 | 65 | 0 |
| Moe Racine | 3 | 164 | 54.7 | 66 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 1684 | 41.1 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Marcelin | 12 | 327 | 27.3 | 63 | 0 |
| Jim Elder | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 28 | 0 |
| Rod Woodward | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Hugh McKinnis | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 0 | |
| Hugh Oldham | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Bob Houmard | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Dickie Adams | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Alan Thompson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Jack Rizzo | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Wayne Giardino | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Danny Dever | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Pullen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 827 | 20.7 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 556 | 14.6 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickie Adams | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Ardern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
| Charlie Brandon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Campbell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Cantrelle | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Cassata | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Cooper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Dever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Elder | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Giardino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 146 | 2 |
| Bob Houmard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Laputka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh McKinnis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Oldham | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerry Organ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Moe Racine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Rizzo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rudy Sims | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Wayne Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 0 |
| Alan Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Tosh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rod Woodward | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Chuck Zapiec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 206 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 17 | 17 |
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