1976 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Conference • 9-6-1 .594 |
| Head Coach: George Brancato |
| Tom Dimitroff | Assistant Coach |
| George Hughes | Assistant Coach |
| Bob O'Billovich | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 6/28/1976 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 40-25 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17420 | |
| Mon | 7/5/1976 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 22-26 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22040 | |
| Thu | 7/8/1976 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 37-39 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 22289 | |
| Wed | 7/14/1976 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 20-9 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 17727 | |
| Wed | 7/21/1976 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 42-16 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 21269 | |
| Tue | 7/27/1976 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 38-27 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22541 | |
| Tue | 8/3/1976 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16-29 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 24078 | |
| Wed | 8/11/1976 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 27-16 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 50212 | |
| Mon | 8/16/1976 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 45-9 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 29779 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1976 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 20-18 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 25882 | |
| Tue | 8/24/1976 | A | British Columbia Lions | 11-23 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 24797 | |
| Wed | 9/1/1976 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 40-27 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 28060 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1976 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 21-13 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 25234 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1976 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21-28 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22466 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1976 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 2-23 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 68505 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1976 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 20-20 | T | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 47685 | |
| Sat | 10/16/1976 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 37-36 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 21467 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1976 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 48-10 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 21568 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1976 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 6-25 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20454 | |
| Sat | 11/6/1976 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 17-26 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 61950 | |
| Eastern Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/21/1976 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 17-15 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 28246 | |
| Grey Cup | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/28/1976 | N | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23-20 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 53467 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Dickie Adams | 33 | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | |
| Marv Allemang | 54 | DE | 6-3 | 255 | 23 | Acadia | 16 | |
| Jeff Avery | 18 | WR | 6-2 | 185 | 23 | Ottawa | 16 | |
| Charlie Brandon | 61 | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 33 | Shaw | 15 | |
| Al Brenner | 13 | DB | 6-1 | 200 | 29 | Michigan State | 13 | |
| Larry Cameron | 52 | LB | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | Alcorn State | 16 | |
| Tom Clements | 2 | QB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Notre Dame | 16 | |
| Merl Code | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | North Carolina A&T State | 5 | ||
| Joe Colvey | 15 | RB | 5-11 | 194 | 26 | Carleton | 10 | |
| Jim Coode | 60 | OT | 6-4 | 260 | 25 | Michigan | 16 | |
| Doug Falconer | 33 | DB | 5-11 | 181 | 24 | Ottawa | 8 | |
| Mike Fanucci | 68 | DE | 6-4 | 236 | 27 | Arizona State | 5 | |
| Jim Foley | 9 | RB | 5-11 | 189 | 32 | St. Dunstan's; Prince Edward Island | 16 | |
| Tony Gabriel | 77 | TE | 6-4 | 209 | 28 | Syracuse | 16 | |
| Steve Gelley | 14 | DB | 6-1 | 185 | 22 | Simon Fraser | 11 | |
| Brian Gervais | 35 | DB | 6-0 | 192 | 25 | Western Ontario | 3 | |
| Art Green | 20 | RB | 5-11 | 198 | 27 | Albany State | 16 | |
| Bill Hatanaka | 16 | WR | 5-11 | 172 | 22 | York | 5 | |
| Brian Hedges | 53 | DT | 6-3 | 244 | 24 | Carleton | 14 | |
| Condredge Holloway | 7 | QB | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | Tennessee | 16 | |
| Moody Jackson | 16 | WR | 6-3 | 192 | 26 | Phoenix JC; New Mexico State | 15 | |
| Mark Kosmos | 50 | OLB | 6-0 | 234 | 31 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma | 16 | |
| Gary Kuzyk | 27 | WR | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | Otterbein | 14 | |
| Molly McGee | 32 | RB | 5-10 | 184 | 24 | Rhode Island | 12 | |
| Joe Miller | 68 | OT | 6-5 | 258 | 24 | Villanova | 11 | |
| Wonderful Monds | 31 | CB | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | Indian Hills JC; Nebraska | 9 | |
| Kenny Moore | 57 | LB | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | East Carolina | 8 | |
| Paul Moses | TE | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | none | 1 | ||
| Gerry Organ | 71 | K-WR | 6-2 | 200 | 32 | Guelph | 16 | |
| John Palazeti | 21 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Richmond | 16 | |
| Jim Piaskoski | 73 | DE | 6-4 | 240 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Mike Raines | 78 | DT | 6-5 | 255 | 23 | Alabama | 9 | |
| Vern Roberson | DB | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Grambling State | 2 | ||
| Billy Robinson | 3 | QB | 5-11 | 177 | 25 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | 16 | |
| Tom Schuette | 56 | OG | 6-1 | 238 | 31 | Indiana | 9 | |
| Rudy Sims | 65 | DT | 6-0 | 255 | 28 | Florida A&M | 16 | |
| Donn Smith | 64 | C-OT | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Purdue | 16 | |
| Peter Stenerson | 23 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Carleton | 16 | |
| Wayne Tosh | 17 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 29 | Richmond | 16 | |
| Jeff Turcotte | 67 | OT | 6-5 | 255 | 24 | Colorado | 16 | |
| Tuufuli Uperesa | 66 | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 28 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Montana | 11 | |
| Rod Woodward | 26 | DB | 6-1 | 200 | 32 | Idaho | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Jeff Avery | WR | Ottawa |
| John Palazeti | RB | Richmond |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Steve Gelley | DB | Simon Fraser |
| 1 | 6 | Bill Hatanaka | WR | York |
| 4 | 33 | Drew Allan | OG | Carleton |
| 5 | 42 | Doug Kitts | QB-DB | York |
| 6 | 51 | Jim Anderson | OT | Alberta |
| 7 | 60 | Fred Brown | LB | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 8 | 69 | Paul Lojewski | OG | Windsor |
| 10 | 86 | Chris Kziezopoloski | WR | Waterloo |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 95 | 141 | 57 | 118 | 411 |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 106 | 71 | 105 | 346 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 336 | 123 | 191 | 22 | 165 | 1236 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 285 | 122 | 144 | 19 | 134 | 990 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Organ | 0 | 45 | 45 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 19 | 38 | 50.0 | 11 | 0 | 113 | |
| Art Green | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |||
| Tony Gabriel | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |||
| Tom Clements | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Jim Foley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Moody Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||
| Molly McGee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Condredge Holloway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Larry Cameron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Gary Kuzyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jeff Avery | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| John Palazeti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Team Totals | 49 | 45 | 45 | 100.0 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 38 | 50.0 | 11 | 0 | 411 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 33 | 1 | 23 | 31 | 74.2 | 8 | 0 | 346 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Green | 234 | 1257 | 5.4 | 69 | 13 |
| Condredge Holloway | 43 | 340 | 7.9 | 32 | 1 |
| Molly McGee | 67 | 280 | 4.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Clements | 37 | 260 | 7.0 | 30 | 4 |
| John Palazeti | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 14 | 1 |
| Moody Jackson | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Jim Foley | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Colvey | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Rod Woodward | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Billy Robinson | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 424 | 2332 | 5.5 | 19 | |
| Opponents Totals | 417 | 2164 | 5.2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Clements | 327 | 196 | 59.9 | 118 | 2856 | 8.7 | 14.6 | 75 | 20 | 6.1 | 13 | 4.0 | 92.2 | |||
| Condredge Holloway | 106 | 59 | 55.7 | 41 | 973 | 9.2 | 16.5 | 59 | 9 | 8.5 | 6 | 5.7 | 91.4 | |||
| Billy Robinson | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 3 | 33 | 3.7 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22.2 | 14.8 | |||
| Jim Foley | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 32 | 8.0 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 77.1 | |||
| Gary Kuzyk | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Gerry Organ | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 56.3 | |||
| Rod Woodward | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 451 | 262 | 58.1 | 168 | 3894 | 8.6 | 14.9 | 29 | 6.4 | 21 | 4.7 | 88.5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 416 | 248 | 59.6 | 141 | 3289 | 7.9 | 13.3 | 27 | 6.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Gabriel | 72 | 1320 | 18.3 | 62 | 14 |
| Jim Foley | 56 | 847 | 15.1 | 50 | 4 |
| Art Green | 53 | 508 | 9.6 | 31 | 2 |
| Moody Jackson | 35 | 634 | 18.1 | 75 | 3 |
| Molly McGee | 17 | 175 | 10.3 | 57 | 2 |
| Gary Kuzyk | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Condredge Holloway | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jeff Avery | 21 | 338 | 16.1 | 62 | 2 |
| John Palazeti | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 262 | 3894 | 14.9 | 29 | |
| Opponents Totals | 248 | 3289 | 13.3 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Stenerson | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 40 | 0 |
| Larry Cameron | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 30 | 1 |
| Wonderful Monds | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Rod Woodward | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Wayne Tosh | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Merl Code | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Mark Kosmos | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Steve Gelley | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Al Brenner | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dickie Adams | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Doug Falconer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 406 | 15.0 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 289 | 13.8 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Organ | 97 | 3863 | 39.8 | 63 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 97 | 3863 | 39.8 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 123 | 5384 | 43.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moody Jackson | 54 | 560 | 10.4 | 35 | 0 |
| Bill Hatanaka | 15 | 173 | 11.5 | 57 | 0 |
| Art Green | 15 | 146 | 9.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Rod Woodward | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jeff Avery | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Doug Falconer | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Wonderful Monds | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 100 | 996 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 695 | 9.0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Organ | 83 | 4043 | 48.7 | 70 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 83 | 4043 | 48.7 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molly McGee | 28 | 724 | 25.9 | 43 | 0 |
| Moody Jackson | 19 | 415 | 21.8 | 40 | 0 |
| Bill Hatanaka | 9 | 211 | 23.4 | 44 | 0 |
| Vern Roberson | 5 | 123 | 24.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Larry Cameron | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Mark Kosmos | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Doug Falconer | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Joe Colvey | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Rod Woodward | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Tuufuli Uperesa | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| John Palazeti | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 73 | 1692 | 23.2 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 82 | 1603 | 19.5 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickie Adams | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Marv Allemang | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Al Brenner | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Larry Cameron | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |
| Tom Clements | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Falconer | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Mike Fanucci | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Jim Foley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Gabriel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Gelley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Art Green | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Hedges | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Condredge Holloway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Moody Jackson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Kosmos | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gary Kuzyk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Molly McGee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wonderful Monds | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| John Palazeti | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Piaskoski | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Raines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Robinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rudy Sims | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Peter Stenerson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Tosh | 2 | 2 | -4 | 0 | |||
| Rod Woodward | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 30 | 25 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 25 | 25 |
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