1977 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) |
2nd place • Eastern Conference • 8-8-0 .500 |
Head Coach: George Brancato |
Tom Dimitroff | Assistant Coach |
George Hughes | Assistant Coach |
Bob O'Billovich | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Tue | 6/14/1977 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 7-7 | T | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16877 | |
Sat | 6/18/1977 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 24-27 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 24681 | |
Tue | 6/28/1977 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 36-20 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17004 | |
Wed | 7/7/1977 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 6-28 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 39804 | |
Wed | 7/13/1977 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 17-27 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 25280 | |
Wed | 7/27/1977 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 1-17 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 45540 | |
Wed | 8/3/1977 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 41-11 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 27643 | |
Tue | 8/9/1977 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 17-27 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 19216 | |
Tue | 8/16/1977 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 31-17 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 23480 | |
Tue | 8/23/1977 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 20-27 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 66544 | |
Wed | 8/31/1977 | H | British Columbia Lions | 24-27 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 27248 | |
Mon | 9/5/1977 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 33-18 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 25677 | |
Sun | 9/11/1977 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 11-16 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 33399 | |
Sat | 9/24/1977 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24-36 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 23211 | |
Sat | 10/1/1977 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 34-17 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 21312 | |
Sat | 10/8/1977 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 24-20 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 23512 | |
Sat | 10/15/1977 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 36-28 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 24750 | |
Sat | 10/22/1977 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 16-28 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 62157 | |
Sun | 10/30/1977 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 14-4 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 31365 | |
Sun | 11/6/1977 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 25-24 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 17353 | |
Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
Sun | 11/13/1977 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 21-16 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 24875 | |
Eastern Final | |||||||||
Sat | 11/19/1977 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 18-21 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 55400 |
Schedule Notes | ||
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7/7/1977 | Toronto Argonauts | Postponed from 7/6 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Jeff Avery | WR-P | 6-2 | 185 | 24 | Ottawa | 12 | ||
Tim Berryman | LB | 6-0 | 220 | 23 | Ottawa | 9 | ||
Charlie Brandon | OT | 6-3 | 255 | 34 | Shaw | 16 | ||
Al Brenner | DB | 6-1 | 200 | 30 | Michigan State | 9 | ||
Larry Brune | DB | 6-2 | 202 | 24 | Rice | 7 | ||
Larry Cameron | LB | 6-0 | 225 | 25 | Alcorn State | 10 | ||
Larry Cates | RB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Western Michigan | 16 | ||
Ross Clarkson | WR | 5-10 | 175 | 26 | Simon Fraser | 15 | ||
Tom Clements | QB | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Notre Dame | 16 | ||
Joe Colvey | RB | 5-11 | 194 | 27 | Carleton | 6 | ||
Jim Coode | OT | 6-4 | 260 | 26 | Michigan | 16 | ||
Peter Crepin | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | none | 13 | ||
Sam Cvijanovich | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | California Lutheran | 3 | ||
Mike Eben | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 31 | Toronto | 4 | ||
Jim Elder | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 30 | Southern University | 2 | ||
Mike Fanucci | DE | 6-4 | 236 | 28 | Arizona State | 16 | ||
Jim Foley | SB-WB | 5-11 | 189 | 33 | St. Dunstan's; Prince Edward Island | 9 | ||
Tony Gabriel | TE | 6-4 | 209 | 29 | Syracuse | 16 | ||
John Glassford | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | ||
Bill Hatanaka | WR | 5-11 | 172 | 23 | York | 15 | ||
Brian Hedges | DT | 6-3 | 244 | 25 | Carleton | 16 | ||
Condredge Holloway | QB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Tennessee | 16 | ||
Richard Holmes | RB | 5-10 | 222 | 25 | Winston-Salem State; Chowan JC; Edinboro | 12 | ||
Mark Kosmos | LB | 6-0 | 234 | 32 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma | 4 | ||
Gerald Kunyk | P | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Alberta | 7 | 0 | |
Gary Kuzyk | WR-SB | 6-0 | 190 | 31 | Otterbein | 6 | ||
Cliff LaBoy | DE | 6-4 | 240 | 24 | Hawaii | 3 | ||
Doug McGee | OG | 6-1 | 248 | 23 | Richmond | 12 | ||
Mark Mitchell | CB | 5-9 | 175 | 23 | Georgia | 6 | ||
Wonderful Monds | CB | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | Indian Hills JC; Nebraska | 15 | ||
Kenny Moore | LB-DT | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | East Carolina | 11 | ||
Alex Morris | DB | 6-0 | 186 | 25 | Queen's | 2 | ||
Mike Murphy | RB | 6-1 | 219 | 23 | Ottawa | 16 | ||
Mike Nelms | DB | 6-1 | 185 | 22 | Tarrant County JC; Sam Houston State; Baylor | 3 | ||
Gerry Organ | K-P-WR | 6-2 | 200 | 33 | Guelph | 16 | ||
Fred Pagac | TE | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Ohio State | 1 | ||
Jim Piaskoski | DE | 6-4 | 240 | 29 | none | 16 | ||
Claude Pilon | DE-DT | 6-4 | 265 | 27 | none | 12 | ||
Len Platt | WR | 6-2 | 185 | 24 | Tulsa | 1 | ||
Frank Pomarico | OT | 6-1 | 242 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | ||
Mike Raines | DT | 6-5 | 255 | 24 | Alabama | 16 | ||
Mike Riley | DT | 6-4 | 255 | 23 | Dalhousie | 16 | ||
Tom Schuette | OG | 6-1 | 238 | 32 | Indiana | 2 | ||
Rudy Sims | DT | 6-0 | 255 | 29 | Florida A&M | 1 | ||
Donn Smith | C | 6-4 | 245 | 28 | Purdue | 16 | ||
Peter Stenerson | DB | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Carleton | 16 | ||
Jimmy Teal | LB | 6-3 | 225 | 27 | Purdue | 5 | ||
Wayne Tosh | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 30 | Richmond | 7 | ||
Jeff Turcotte | OG | 6-5 | 255 | 25 | Colorado | 14 | ||
Mike Widger | OLB | 6-0 | 210 | 29 | Virginia Tech | 16 | ||
Greg Woods | RB | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | Kentucky | 3 |
DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
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Player | Pos | College |
Dan Fournier | WR | Princeton |
Doug McGee | OG | Richmond |
Bryan McLaughlin | OT | Simon Fraser |
Mike Murphy | RB | Ottawa |
DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 1 | Mike Riley | DT | Dalhousie |
1 | 9 | Kirk DeFazio | DB | Waterloo |
2 | 18 | Jim Lynn | OT | Windsor |
3 | 27 | Jim McCaffery | DB | Richmond |
4 | 36 | Rod Bell | TE | New Brunswick |
5 | 45 | Roger Wheller | WR | British Columbia |
6 | 54 | Dan Sartor | C | Ottawa |
7 | 63 | Ross Tripp | RB | McMaster |
8 | 72 | John Harrison | DB | McMaster |
9 | 81 | Phil Ridley | FB | St. Francis Xavier |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 65 | 114 | 75 | 114 | 368 |
Opponents Totals | 57 | 106 | 66 | 78 | 307 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 323 | 114 | 177 | 32 | 162 | 1453 | |||
Opponents Totals | 317 | 156 | 132 | 29 | 133 | 1195 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Organ | 0 | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 30 | 45 | 66.7 | 4 | 0 | 130 | |
Tony Gabriel | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||
Jeff Avery | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
Larry Cates | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
Bill Hatanaka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Gary Kuzyk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Tom Clements | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Jim Foley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Greg Woods | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Condredge Holloway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Richard Holmes | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||
Mike Murphy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
Mike Widger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Gerald Kunyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Team Totals | 39 | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 45 | 66.7 | 6 | 1 | 368 | |
Opponents Totals | 34 | 33 | 0 | 31 | 45 | 68.9 | 14 | 0 | 344 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Holmes | 147 | 865 | 5.9 | 72 | 9 |
Mike Murphy | 171 | 861 | 5.0 | 50 | 4 |
Tom Clements | 59 | 356 | 6.0 | 39 | 1 |
Condredge Holloway | 38 | 235 | 6.2 | 16 | 0 |
Larry Cates | 34 | 125 | 3.7 | 11 | 1 |
Joe Colvey | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
Greg Woods | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 6 | 1 |
Jim Foley | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Team Totals | 456 | 2477 | 5.4 | 16 | |
Opponents Totals | 490 | 2593 | 5.3 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Clements | 298 | 182 | 61.1 | 100 | 2804 | 9.4 | 15.4 | 82 | 16 | 5.4 | 16 | 5.4 | 87.7 | |||
Condredge Holloway | 102 | 62 | 60.8 | 35 | 972 | 9.5 | 15.7 | 75 | 5 | 4.9 | 5 | 4.9 | 88.4 | |||
Larry Cates | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 33 | 16.5 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 95.8 | |||
Mike Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Team Totals | 403 | 245 | 60.8 | 137 | 3809 | 9.5 | 15.5 | 21 | 5.2 | 21 | 5.2 | 87.8 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 394 | 217 | 55.1 | 166 | 2675 | 6.8 | 12.3 | 11 | 2.8 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Gabriel | 65 | 1362 | 21.0 | 75 | 8 |
Jeff Avery | 34 | 625 | 18.4 | 82 | 4 |
Bill Hatanaka | 20 | 318 | 15.9 | 41 | 2 |
Ross Clarkson | 20 | 287 | 14.4 | 54 | 0 |
Jim Foley | 15 | 244 | 16.3 | 41 | 1 |
Larry Cates | 13 | 130 | 10.0 | 20 | 2 |
Gary Kuzyk | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 21 | 2 |
Gerry Organ | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Mike Murphy | 48 | 483 | 10.1 | 28 | 1 |
Richard Holmes | 20 | 226 | 11.3 | 72 | 1 |
Len Platt | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 18 | 0 |
Joe Colvey | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 |
Mike Eben | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 |
Team Totals | 245 | 3809 | 15.5 | 21 | |
Opponents Totals | 217 | 2675 | 12.3 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Nelms | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 50 | 0 |
Larry Cates | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
Mike Widger | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 1 |
Jim Elder | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
Peter Crepin | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Cliff LaBoy | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Peter Stenerson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Wonderful Monds | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
Team Totals | 11 | 143 | 13.0 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 21 | 459 | 21.9 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerald Kunyk | 49 | 2025 | 41.3 | 73 | 1 | |
Jeff Avery | 54 | 2138 | 39.6 | 56 | 0 | |
Gerry Organ | 5 | 222 | 44.4 | 51 | 0 | |
Condredge Holloway | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 1 | |
Team Totals | 109 | 4428 | 40.6 | |||
Opponents Totals | 131 | 5552 | 42.4 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Hatanaka | 42 | 441 | 10.5 | 46 | 0 |
Larry Cates | 46 | 364 | 7.9 | 53 | 1 |
Mike Nelms | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 20 | 0 |
Mark Mitchell | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 19 | 0 |
Larry Brune | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
Al Brenner | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Ross Clarkson | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 103 | 926 | 9.0 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 90 | 886 | 9.8 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Organ | 64 | 2947 | 46.0 | 90 | 0 |
Team Totals | 64 | 2947 | 46.0 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Hatanaka | 23 | 576 | 25.0 | 39 | 0 |
Larry Cates | 23 | 525 | 22.8 | 44 | 0 |
Mike Nelms | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 27 | 0 |
Richard Holmes | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 27 | 0 |
Greg Woods | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 24 | 0 |
Tim Berryman | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
Mike Murphy | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
Ross Clarkson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Jim Foley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Fred Pagac | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Kenny Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 61 | 1344 | 22.0 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 57 | 1021 | 17.9 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeff Avery | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Berryman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Brenner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Cameron | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Cates | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Clements | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Fanucci | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Foley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Glassford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Hatanaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brian Hedges | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Richard Holmes | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cliff LaBoy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Wonderful Monds | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
Mike Murphy | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Pagac | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Piaskoski | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Raines | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Donn Smith | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Stenerson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Tosh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Widger | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 28 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 15 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 20 | 20 | 20 |
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