1973 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) |
1st place • Eastern Conference • 9-5-0 .643 |
Head Coach: George Brancato |
George Brancato | Assistant Coach |
Jay Fry | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Wed | 7/4/1973 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 10-10 | T | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 14917 | |
Wed | 7/11/1973 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 25-16 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 14728 | |
Thu | 7/19/1973 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 14-17 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 14207 | |
Tue | 7/24/1973 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13-9 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 23884 | |
Tue | 7/31/1973 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 9-25 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 23764 | |
Wed | 8/8/1973 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 6-19 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 | |
Mon | 8/13/1973 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16-25 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22087 | |
Mon | 8/20/1973 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 12-18 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 21032 | |
Sat | 8/25/1973 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 30-3 | W | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 27205 | |
Wed | 9/5/1973 | H | British Columbia Lions | 26-24 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18674 | |
Wed | 9/12/1973 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24-13 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24385 | |
Sat | 9/15/1973 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21-19 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 33254 | |
Sat | 9/22/1973 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 32-20 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20306 | |
Sun | 9/30/1973 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 15-28 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 26316 | |
Mon | 10/8/1973 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16-13 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 34050 | |
Sun | 10/14/1973 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 32-8 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 18450 | |
Sun | 10/21/1973 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 20-19 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 25328 | |
Sun | 10/28/1973 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 16-0 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 26734 | |
Eastern Final | |||||||||
Sun | 11/18/1973 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 23-14 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19793 | |
Grey Cup | |||||||||
Sun | 11/25/1973 | N | Edmonton Eskimos | 22-18 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 36653 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Dickie Adams | 33 | DH | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | |
Charlie Brandon | 61 | OT | 6-3 | 255 | 30 | Shaw | 14 | |
Jerry Campbell | 54 | LB | 5-11 | 210 | 29 | Idaho | 14 | |
Art Cantrelle | 24 | RB | 6-0 | 203 | 25 | Louisiana State | 7 | |
Rick Cassata | 6 | QB | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Syracuse | 14 | |
Doug Collins | 66 | T | 6-4 | 240 | 28 | Cincinnati | 14 | |
Billy Cooper | 23 | FL | 5-10 | 180 | 28 | none | 6 | |
Danny Dever | 30 | LB | 6-0 | 180 | 27 | Wake Forest | 14 | |
Frank DiMaggio | QB | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Temple | 1 | ||
Jim Evenson | 28 | FB | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | Boise JC; Treasure Valley JC; Oregon | 16 | |
Lee Fobbs | RB | 5-11 | 197 | 23 | Grambling State | 1 | ||
Jim Foley | 5 | RB | 5-11 | 189 | 29 | St. Dunstan's; Prince Edward Island | 14 | |
Wayne Giardino | 11 | LB | 5-11 | 195 | 30 | Florida State | 14 | |
Art Green | 20 | RB | 5-11 | 198 | 24 | Albany State | 7 | |
Jerry Keeling | 4 | QB | 6-1 | 180 | 34 | Tulsa | 13 | |
Mark Kosmos | 50 | LB | 6-0 | 234 | 28 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma | 6 | |
John Kruspe | 3 | DH | 5-11 | 189 | 29 | Wilfrid Laurier | 14 | |
Tom Laputka | 60 | DT | 6-3 | 255 | 26 | Southern Illinois | 14 | |
Mike Law | 15 | DB | 5-11 | 177 | 31 | Queen's; Waterloo | 11 | |
Al Marcelin | 31 | CB | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | Arizona Western JC; Parsons | 14 | |
Herb Marshall | 35 | DB-SE | 6-3 | 204 | 24 | Cameron | 3 | |
Willie McKelton | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Southern University | 1 | ||
Bob McKeown | 42 | C | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Yale | 14 | |
Rhome Nixon | 74 | TE | 6-3 | 209 | 29 | New Mexico State; Southern University | 10 | |
Hugh Oldham | 27 | FL | 5-10 | 175 | 33 | Paul Quinn; Oregon | 14 | |
Gerry Organ | 71 | K | 6-2 | 200 | 29 | Guelph | 14 | 0 |
Roger Perdrix | 51 | OG | 6-1 | 225 | 30 | Cincinnati | 13 | |
Jim Piaskoski | 73 | DE | 6-4 | 240 | 25 | none | 14 | |
Tom Pullen | 77 | SE | 6-3 | 210 | 28 | Michigan | 14 | |
Moe Racine | 62 | OT | 6-4 | 232 | 36 | none | 14 | |
Frank Reid | 43 | DT | 6-2 | 235 | 27 | Buffalo | 6 | |
Bob Rickenbach | OG-TE | 6-4 | 255 | 23 | Penn State | 1 | ||
Tom Schuette | 56 | OG | 6-1 | 238 | 28 | Indiana | 14 | |
Tom Schultz | 76 | TE | 6-3 | 222 | 26 | North Carolina Central; Queen's; Ottawa | 11 | |
Rudy Sims | 65 | DT | 6-0 | 255 | 25 | Florida A&M | 14 | |
Donn Smith | 64 | DT | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Purdue | 14 | |
Wayne Smith | 75 | DE | 6-4 | 230 | 23 | none | 7 | |
Wayne Tosh | 7 | CB | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | Richmond | 14 | |
Terry Wellesley | 12 | HB | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Tennessee Tech | 13 | |
Rod Woodward | 26 | S | 6-1 | 200 | 29 | Idaho | 14 | |
Chuck Zapiec | 8 | LB | 6-2 | 218 | 24 | Penn State | 7 |
DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
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Player | Pos | College |
Donn Smith | T | Purdue |
DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
2 | 16 | Bruce McMillan | RB | Mount Allison |
3 | 25 | Roger Comartin | DB | Alberta |
4 | 34 | Jim Budge | DB | Western Ontario |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 64 | 91 | 45 | 75 | 275 |
Opponents Totals | 76 | 48 | 46 | 64 | 234 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 218 | 83 | 113 | 22 | 104 | 815 | |||
Opponents Totals | 251 | 90 | 134 | 27 | 95 | 750 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Organ | 0 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 31 | 48 | 64.6 | 5 | 0 | 123 |
Rhome Nixon | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Hugh Oldham | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Jim Evenson | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Dickie Adams | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Rick Cassata | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Wayne Giardino | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Terry Wellesley | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Rod Woodward | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Art Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Jim Foley | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Team Totals | 25 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 31 | 48 | 64.6 | 5 | 1 | 275 | |||
Opponents Totals | 26 | 23 | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 14 | 1 | 234 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Evenson | 211 | 909 | 4.3 | 25 | 4 |
Art Green | 54 | 223 | 4.1 | 14 | 2 |
Rick Cassata | 34 | 128 | 3.8 | 14 | 1 |
Art Cantrelle | 35 | 127 | 3.6 | 18 | 0 |
Jim Foley | 20 | 126 | 6.3 | 21 | 0 |
Jerry Keeling | 11 | 101 | 9.2 | 46 | 0 |
Terry Wellesley | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 20 | 0 |
Wayne Giardino | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
Frank DiMaggio | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
Moe Racine | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Dickie Adams | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
Team Totals | 397 | 1724 | 4.3 | 7 | |
Opponents Totals | 392 | 1756 | 4.5 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Cassata | 177 | 94 | 53.1 | 77 | 1255 | 7.1 | 13.4 | 52 | 4 | 2.3 | 6 | 3.4 | 69.3 | |||
Jerry Keeling | 165 | 86 | 52.1 | 75 | 1175 | 7.1 | 13.7 | 89 | 11 | 6.7 | 4 | 2.4 | 87.3 | |||
Frank DiMaggio | 10 | 2 | 20.0 | 6 | 42 | 4.2 | 21.0 | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 5.0 | |||
Jim Foley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Team Totals | 353 | 182 | 51.6 | 159 | 2472 | 7.0 | 13.6 | 15 | 4.2 | 12 | 3.4 | 74.2 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 360 | 194 | 53.9 | 138 | 2685 | 7.5 | 13.8 | 28 | 7.8 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rhome Nixon | 38 | 493 | 13.0 | 46 | 6 |
Hugh Oldham | 32 | 701 | 21.9 | 89 | 6 |
Tom Pullen | 24 | 375 | 15.6 | 42 | 0 |
Jim Evenson | 17 | 124 | 7.3 | 30 | 0 |
Art Cantrelle | 12 | 93 | 7.8 | 12 | 0 |
Terry Wellesley | 10 | 170 | 17.0 | 52 | 1 |
Wayne Giardino | 8 | 51 | 6.4 | 24 | 1 |
Billy Cooper | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 |
Gerry Organ | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 16 | 0 |
Jim Foley | 19 | 261 | 13.7 | 26 | 1 |
Art Green | 16 | 142 | 8.9 | 29 | 0 |
Lee Fobbs | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
Team Totals | 182 | 2472 | 13.6 | 15 | |
Opponents Totals | 194 | 2685 | 13.8 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Marcelin | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 31 | 0 |
Jerry Campbell | 5 | 116 | 23.2 | 36 | 0 |
Dickie Adams | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 32 | 0 |
Rod Woodward | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 64 | 1 |
John Kruspe | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 25 | 0 |
Wayne Tosh | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
Chuck Zapiec | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
Willie McKelton | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
Jim Piaskoski | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Team Totals | 28 | 452 | 16.1 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 12 | 300 | 25.0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dickie Adams | 112 | 4543 | 40.6 | 59 | 0 | |
Jim Foley | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 | |
Gerry Organ | 10 | 387 | 38.7 | 58 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 123 | 4978 | 40.5 | |||
Opponents Totals | 134 | 5531 | 41.3 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dickie Adams | 57 | 327 | 5.7 | 30 | 0 |
Jim Foley | 25 | 164 | 6.6 | 16 | 0 |
Rod Woodward | 17 | 107 | 6.3 | 24 | 0 |
Billy Cooper | 18 | 52 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
John Kruspe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 118 | 650 | 5.5 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 122 | 643 | 5.3 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Organ | 37 | 1970 | 53.2 | 70 | 0 |
Team Totals | 37 | 1970 | 53.2 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Marcelin | 20 | 436 | 21.8 | 38 | 0 |
Jim Foley | 7 | 175 | 25.0 | 39 | 0 |
Art Green | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 24 | 0 |
Rod Woodward | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 22 | 0 |
Dickie Adams | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 19 | 0 |
Danny Dever | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Frank Reid | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 40 | 818 | 20.5 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 34 | 664 | 19.5 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dickie Adams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 1 |
Jerry Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Rick Cassata | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Collins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Billy Cooper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Evenson | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Giardino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Keeling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Kosmos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
Tom Laputka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Al Marcelin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gerry Organ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Piaskoski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 91 | 0 |
Moe Racine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Reid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Tosh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Wellesley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rod Woodward | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Chuck Zapiec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Team Totals | 15 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 143 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 21 | 14 | 14 |
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