1975 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Conference • 10-5-1 .656 |
| Head Coach: George Brancato |
| Tom Dimitroff | Assistant Coach |
| George Hughes | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 7/1/1975 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 20-21 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | ||
| Thu | 7/3/1975 | A | British Columbia Lions | 31-41 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 14334 | |
| Wed | 7/9/1975 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 20-16 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17022 | |
| Wed | 7/16/1975 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 19-21 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18040 | |
| Thu | 7/24/1975 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 18-16 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 36912 | |
| Wed | 7/30/1975 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 31-9 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 24249 | |
| Wed | 8/6/1975 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 14-16 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 31023 | |
| Tue | 8/12/1975 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 31-34 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 31688 | |
| Thu | 8/21/1975 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 6-23 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 25878 | |
| Sun | 8/24/1975 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23-16 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 20111 | |
| Wed | 9/3/1975 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 18-11 | W | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 25225 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1975 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 56-31 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 27259 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1975 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 13-19 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 28879 | |
| Wed | 9/17/1975 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 38-25 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 29063 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1975 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 13-9 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 28810 | |
| Wed | 10/1/1975 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16-11 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 20221 | |
| Wed | 10/8/1975 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 31-4 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22647 | |
| Wed | 10/15/1975 | H | British Columbia Lions | 15-25 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19002 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1975 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 25-25 | T | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 23721 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1975 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 46-6 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 35342 | |
| Eastern Final | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/15/1975 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 10-20 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 32699 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Dickie Adams | 33 | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Miami (Ohio) | 16 | |
| Marv Allemang | 76 | DE | 6-3 | 255 | 22 | Acadia | 16 | |
| Richard Bishop | 55 | DT | 6-1 | 265 | 25 | Marshalltown JC; Louisville | 4 | |
| John Bledsoe | 30 | FB | 6-1 | 224 | 24 | Ohio State | 5 | |
| Al Bloomingdale | RB | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | Rice; Barstow JC; Maryland | 2 | ||
| Charlie Brandon | OT | 6-3 | 255 | 32 | Shaw | 1 | ||
| Al Brenner | DB | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Michigan State | 1 | ||
| Bubba Bridges | DT | 6-6 | 245 | 25 | Colorado | 2 | ||
| Jerry Campbell | 54 | MLB | 5-11 | 210 | 31 | Idaho | 16 | |
| Kent Carter | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Los Angeles CC; Southern California | 10 | ||
| Tom Clements | 2 | QB | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | Notre Dame | 16 | |
| Joe Colvey | FB | 5-11 | 194 | 25 | Carleton | 10 | ||
| Jim Coode | 60 | OT | 6-4 | 260 | 24 | Michigan | 11 | |
| Peter Crepin | 10 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| Jim Foley | 9 | WR | 5-11 | 189 | 31 | St. Dunstan's; Prince Edward Island | 15 | |
| Tony Gabriel | 77 | WR | 6-4 | 209 | 27 | Syracuse | 16 | |
| Wayne Giardino | 21 | RB-DB | 5-11 | 195 | 32 | Florida State | 3 | |
| Art Green | 20 | RB | 5-11 | 198 | 26 | Albany State | 16 | |
| Condredge Holloway | 7 | QB | 5-10 | 185 | 21 | Tennessee | 16 | |
| Moody Jackson | 16 | WR | 6-3 | 192 | 25 | Phoenix JC; New Mexico State | 15 | |
| Jerry Keeling | 14 | QB | 6-1 | 180 | 36 | Tulsa | 1 | |
| Mark Kosmos | 50 | LB | 6-0 | 234 | 30 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma | 16 | |
| Gary Kuzyk | 22 | SE | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Otterbein | 16 | |
| Al Marcelin | 31 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 30 | Arizona Western JC; Parsons | 16 | |
| Brian Marcil | 52 | C | 6-3 | 230 | 27 | Loyola (Quebec) | 2 | |
| Jim McCollum | DT | 6-0 | 250 | 23 | Kentucky | 1 | ||
| Molly McGee | HB | 5-10 | 184 | 23 | Rhode Island | 1 | ||
| Bob McKeown | 42 | C | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Yale | 13 | |
| Andy McLeod | LB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Alberta | 3 | ||
| Steve Neece | 51 | OT | 6-2 | 253 | 23 | Notre Dame | 16 | |
| Rhome Nixon | 74 | TE | 6-3 | 209 | 31 | New Mexico State; Southern University | 15 | |
| Gerry Organ | 71 | K-TE | 6-2 | 200 | 31 | Guelph | 16 | |
| Bill Palmer | 18 | FB | 6-3 | 217 | 23 | Bowling Green State | 13 | |
| Jim Piaskoski | 73 | DT | 6-4 | 240 | 27 | none | 16 | |
| Mike Raines | DL | 6-5 | 255 | 22 | Alabama | 7 | ||
| Frank Reid | 43 | OT | 6-2 | 235 | 29 | Buffalo | 16 | |
| Billy Robinson | 3 | DB-QB | 5-11 | 177 | 24 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | 13 | |
| Tom Schuette | 56 | OG | 6-1 | 238 | 30 | Indiana | 10 | |
| Rudy Sims | 65 | DT | 6-0 | 255 | 27 | Florida A&M | 13 | |
| Bruce Smith | 61 | OT | 6-1 | 235 | 26 | Colorado | 1 | |
| Donn Smith | 64 | OT-C | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Purdue | 16 | |
| Wayne Smith | 75 | DE | 6-4 | 230 | 25 | none | 15 | |
| Peter Stenerson | 23 | WR-DB | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | Carleton | 10 | |
| Carl Taylor | 63 | DT | 6-3 | 260 | 25 | Memphis | 3 | |
| Wayne Tosh | 17 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 28 | Richmond | 16 | |
| Jeff Turcotte | 67 | OT | 6-5 | 255 | 23 | Colorado | 15 | |
| Tuufuli Uperesa | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 27 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Montana | 4 | ||
| Daryl White | OT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Nebraska | 5 | ||
| Rod Woodward | 26 | DB | 6-1 | 200 | 31 | Idaho | 12 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Peter Stenerson | QB | Carleton |
| Jeff Turcotte | DT | Colorado |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Marv Allemang | LB | Acadia |
| 2 | 13 | Dave Patterson | LB | Simon Fraser |
| 2 | 16 | Jim Baker | C | Alberta |
| 3 | 25 | Cliff Summers | LB | Western Ontario |
| 4 | 34 | Grant Stephenson | LB | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) |
| 5 | 43 | Scott Gibson | G | Manitoba |
| 6 | 51 | Arunas Pleckaitis | TE | Carleton |
| 7 | 59 | Roy Biljetina | TE | Wooster |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 76 | 121 | 105 | 92 | 394 |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 84 | 61 | 82 | 280 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 287 | 114 | 160 | 13 | 143 | 1203 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 257 | 110 | 123 | 24 | 113 | 937 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Organ | 0 | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 27 | 44 | 61.4 | 5 | 0 | 124 | |
| Art Green | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |||
| Tony Gabriel | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | |||
| John Bledsoe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Jim Foley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Rhome Nixon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Rod Woodward | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Dickie Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Tom Schuette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Moody Jackson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |||
| Condredge Holloway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Molly McGee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Team Totals | 44 | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 44 | 61.4 | 7 | 0 | 394 | |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 17 | 5 | 24 | 41 | 58.5 | 13 | 0 | 280 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Green | 258 | 1188 | 4.6 | 47 | 11 |
| Condredge Holloway | 58 | 465 | 8.0 | 51 | 1 |
| Jim Foley | 36 | 225 | 6.3 | 24 | 1 |
| John Bledsoe | 30 | 142 | 4.7 | 38 | 2 |
| Moody Jackson | 10 | 106 | 10.6 | 57 | 1 |
| Tom Clements | 28 | 87 | 3.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Dickie Adams | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Molly McGee | 13 | 32 | 2.5 | 7 | 1 |
| Al Bloomingdale | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Colvey | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Rod Woodward | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Gary Kuzyk | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Billy Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 457 | 2367 | 5.2 | 18 | |
| Opponents Totals | 422 | 1997 | 4.7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Clements | 252 | 144 | 57.1 | 95 | 2013 | 8.0 | 14.0 | 56 | 13 | 5.2 | 13 | 5.2 | 78.7 | |||
| Condredge Holloway | 148 | 60 | 40.5 | 79 | 984 | 6.6 | 16.4 | 44 | 6 | 4.1 | 9 | 6.1 | 51.7 | |||
| Jim Foley | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 123 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 64 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 158.3 | |||
| Jerry Keeling | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 6 | 82 | 7.5 | 20.5 | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 25.6 | |||
| Billy Robinson | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 8 | 78 | 5.2 | 13.0 | 20 | 1 | 6.7 | 1 | 6.7 | 51.5 | |||
| Dickie Adams | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 46 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Team Totals | 432 | 220 | 50.9 | 188 | 3326 | 7.7 | 15.1 | 23 | 5.3 | 24 | 5.6 | 71.2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 441 | 223 | 50.6 | 180 | 2682 | 6.1 | 12.0 | 38 | 8.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Gabriel | 65 | 1115 | 17.2 | 46 | 10 |
| Art Green | 47 | 537 | 11.4 | 39 | 3 |
| Rhome Nixon | 27 | 452 | 16.7 | 64 | 3 |
| Jim Foley | 25 | 350 | 14.0 | 56 | 2 |
| Gary Kuzyk | 14 | 242 | 17.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Gerry Organ | 4 | 125 | 31.3 | 55 | 0 |
| John Bledsoe | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 23 | 1 |
| Moody Jackson | 29 | 429 | 14.8 | 49 | 3 |
| Condredge Holloway | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Peter Stenerson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Molly McGee | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 220 | 3326 | 15.1 | 23 | |
| Opponents Totals | 223 | 2682 | 12.0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Tosh | 9 | 123 | 13.7 | 33 | 0 |
| Rod Woodward | 8 | 189 | 23.6 | 62 | 1 |
| Dickie Adams | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 42 | 1 |
| Al Marcelin | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Peter Crepin | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Jerry Campbell | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike Raines | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Mark Kosmos | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Robinson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 38 | 570 | 15.0 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 349 | 14.5 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickie Adams | 122 | 4863 | 39.9 | 81 | 2 | |
| Team Totals | 122 | 4836 | 39.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 140 | 5860 | 41.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Marcelin | 48 | 546 | 11.4 | 95 | 0 |
| Art Green | 28 | 285 | 10.2 | 29 | 0 |
| Dickie Adams | 15 | 182 | 12.1 | 37 | 0 |
| Moody Jackson | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Rod Woodward | 21 | 59 | 2.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Gerry Organ | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Peter Crepin | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Bubba Bridges | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 123 | 1169 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 107 | 1037 | 9.7 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Organ | 86 | 4386 | 51.0 | 75 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 86 | 4386 | 51.0 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Marcelin | 27 | 611 | 22.6 | 51 | 0 |
| Moody Jackson | 16 | 422 | 26.4 | 35 | 0 |
| Art Green | 6 | 157 | 26.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Peter Crepin | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Molly McGee | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Al Bloomingdale | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dickie Adams | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Peter Stenerson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mark Kosmos | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tuufuli Uperesa | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tony Gabriel | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Daryl White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1339 | 22.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 83 | 1816 | 21.9 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickie Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Bledsoe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Clements | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Colvey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Foley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Gabriel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 0 |
| Art Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Condredge Holloway | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Moody Jackson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Kosmos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Marcelin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Rhome Nixon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Piaskoski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Raines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Schuette | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy Sims | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wayne Tosh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Turcotte | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Woodward | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 41 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 10 | 10 |
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