1978 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) |
1st place • Eastern Conference • 11-5-0 .688 |
Head Coach: George Brancato |
George Hughes | Assistant Coach |
Joe Moss | Assistant Coach |
Bob O'Billovich | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Wed | 6/14/1978 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 24-16 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 21414 | |
Wed | 6/21/1978 | H | British Columbia Lions | 20-21 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16069 | |
Wed | 6/28/1978 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 4-25 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16961 | |
Tue | 7/4/1978 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 27-28 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 22795 | |
Tue | 7/11/1978 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 17-10 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 25391 | |
Wed | 7/26/1978 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 16-20 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 48159 | |
Tue | 8/1/1978 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 24-23 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 24397 | |
Tue | 8/8/1978 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 37-18 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 30723 | |
Tue | 8/15/1978 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 32-6 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 25389 | |
Wed | 8/23/1978 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 36-8 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 24314 | |
Wed | 8/30/1978 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 27-16 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 26665 | |
Tue | 9/5/1978 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 23-18 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 62197 | |
Sat | 9/9/1978 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 29-31 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 26282 | |
Sun | 9/24/1978 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 53-18 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 24960 | |
Sat | 9/30/1978 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 24-3 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 45210 | |
Mon | 10/9/1978 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 5-25 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 25712 | |
Sun | 10/15/1978 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 13-10 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 33976 | |
Sat | 10/21/1978 | A | British Columbia Lions | 17-20 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 20971 | |
Sat | 10/28/1978 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 34-9 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20775 | |
Sat | 11/4/1978 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 8-26 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 54159 | |
Eastern Final | |||||||||
Sun | 11/19/1978 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 16-21 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 31960 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
John Anderson | 65 | DT | 6-3 | 239 | 22 | Alcorn State | 2 | |
Charles Anthony | LB | 6-0 | 220 | 26 | Southern California | 5 | ||
Jeff Avery | 18 | WR | 6-2 | 185 | 25 | Ottawa | 16 | |
Tim Berryman | 41 | LB | 6-0 | 220 | 24 | Ottawa | 13 | |
Charlie Brandon | 61 | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 35 | Shaw | 11 | |
Larry Brune | 21 | DB | 6-2 | 202 | 25 | Rice | 16 | |
Brad Carr | 42 | LB | 6-1 | 224 | 22 | Maryland | 8 | |
Larry Cates | 32 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | Western Michigan | 8 | |
Ross Clarkson | 24 | WR | 5-10 | 175 | 27 | Simon Fraser | 12 | |
Tom Clements | 2 | QB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Notre Dame | 16 | |
Jim Coode | 60 | OT | 6-4 | 260 | 27 | Michigan | 16 | |
Peter Crepin | 10 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | none | 8 | |
Kenny Downing | 19 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Missouri | 16 | |
Mike Fanucci | 68 | DE | 6-4 | 236 | 29 | Arizona State | 16 | |
Dan Fournier | 74 | TE | 6-3 | 210 | 24 | Princeton | 13 | |
Ron Foxx | 78 | LB | 6-3 | 220 | 27 | Alabama A&M | 11 | |
Tony Gabriel | 77 | TE | 6-4 | 209 | 30 | Syracuse | 16 | |
John Glassford | 76 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
Art Green | 20 | RB | 5-11 | 198 | 29 | Albany State | 16 | |
Bill Hatanaka | WR | 5-11 | 172 | 24 | York | 6 | ||
J.T. Hay | 5 | K | 6-0 | 175 | 24 | none | 16 | 0 |
Brian Hedges | 53 | DT | 6-3 | 244 | 26 | Carleton | 16 | |
Condredge Holloway | 7 | QB | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Tennessee | 16 | |
Richard Holmes | 28 | RB | 5-10 | 222 | 26 | Winston-Salem State; Chowan JC; Edinboro | 16 | |
Ray Honey | 51 | DT | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | Drake | 13 | |
Gerald Kunyk | 14 | P-K | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Alberta | 16 | 0 |
Doug McGee | 58 | OG | 6-1 | 248 | 24 | Richmond | 16 | |
Mark Mitchell | DB | 5-9 | 175 | 24 | Georgia | 2 | ||
Mike Murphy | 30 | RB | 6-1 | 219 | 24 | Ottawa | 16 | |
Mike Nelms | 22 | DB | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Tarrant County JC; Sam Houston State; Baylor | 16 | |
Mark Perrelli | OT | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 5 | ||
Jim Piaskoski | 73 | DE | 6-4 | 240 | 30 | none | 16 | |
Frank Pomarico | 56 | OG | 6-1 | 242 | 26 | Notre Dame | 16 | |
Mike Raines | 79 | DT | 6-5 | 255 | 25 | Alabama | 10 | |
Mike Riley | 69 | DT | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | Dalhousie | 16 | |
Donn Smith | 64 | C | 6-4 | 245 | 29 | Purdue | 16 | |
Peter Stenerson | 23 | DB | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | Carleton | 16 | |
Wayne Tosh | 17 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 31 | Richmond | 16 | |
Jeff Turcotte | 67 | OT | 6-5 | 255 | 26 | Colorado | 14 | |
Cornelius Walker | 66 | DE | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | Rice | 6 | |
Mike Widger | 34 | LB | 6-0 | 210 | 30 | Virginia Tech | 12 |
DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
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Player | Pos | College |
Dick Bakker | OT | Queen's |
Bruce Walker | WR | Windsor |
DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 7 | Don Taylor | RB | Central (Iowa) |
4 | 34 | Phil Battaglia | LB | New Brunswick |
5 | 43 | Linden Davidson | OT | Ottawa |
6 | 52 | Dave Yurincich | DT | Wilfrid Laurier |
7 | 61 | Tom Barbeau | RB | McGill |
8 | 70 | Mike Lyriotkis | DT | Prince Edward Island |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 90 | 74 | 102 | 129 | 395 |
Opponents Totals | 41 | 97 | 58 | 65 | 261 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 319 | 93 | 199 | 27 | 142 | 1301 | |||
Opponents Totals | 254 | 98 | 127 | 29 | 134 | 1219 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J.T. Hay | 0 | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | - | 26 | 43 | 60.5 | 15 | 0 | 136 |
Tony Gabriel | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
Art Green | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
Peter Stenerson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Richard Holmes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Jeff Avery | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Ross Clarkson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Larry Brune | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Larry Cates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Mike Fanucci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Dan Fournier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Condredge Holloway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Mike Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Mike Nelms | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Gerald Kunyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Kenny Downing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Team Totals | 43 | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 43 | 60.5 | 16 | 0 | 395 | |
Opponents Totals | 22 | 18 | 1 | 31 | 43 | 72.1 | 14 | 1 | 261 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Holmes | 142 | 607 | 4.3 | 54 | 3 |
Mike Murphy | 136 | 538 | 4.0 | 36 | 0 |
Condredge Holloway | 50 | 288 | 5.8 | 31 | 1 |
Art Green | 58 | 238 | 4.1 | 64 | 3 |
Tom Clements | 32 | 159 | 5.0 | 20 | 0 |
Ross Clarkson | 0 | 26 | 18L | 0 | |
Peter Stenerson | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
Team Totals | 421 | 1866 | 4.4 | 64 | 7 |
Opponents Totals | 377 | 1700 | 4.5 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Clements | 239 | 152 | 63.6 | 75 | 1990 | 8.3 | 13.1 | 80 | 17 | 7.1 | 12 | 5.0 | 92.6 | |||
Condredge Holloway | 214 | 132 | 61.7 | 80 | 1970 | 9.2 | 14.9 | 74 | 12 | 5.6 | 2 | .9.0 | 106.6 | |||
Peter Stenerson | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 57 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 48 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 158.3 | |||
Jeff Avery | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
Team Totals | 456 | 287 | 62.9 | 155 | 4039 | 8.9 | 14.1 | 80 | 30 | 6.6 | 14 | 3.1 | 100.6 | |||
Opponents Totals | 443 | 231 | 52.1 | 182 | 2870 | 6.5 | 12.4 | 30 | 6.8 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Gabriel | 67 | 1070 | 16.0 | 80 | 11 |
Mike Murphy | 59 | 584 | 9.9 | 44 | 1 |
Jeff Avery | 50 | 767 | 15.3 | 68 | 3 |
Art Green | 40 | 580 | 14.5 | 47 | 6 |
Richard Holmes | 30 | 313 | 10.4 | 53 | 1 |
Peter Stenerson | 20 | 278 | 13.9 | 35 | 5 |
Ross Clarkson | 19 | 434 | 22.8 | 74 | 3 |
Bill Hatanaka | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Dan Fournier | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Team Totals | 287 | 4039 | 14.1 | 80 | 30 |
Opponents Totals | 231 | 2870 | 12.4 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kenny Downing | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 22 | 0 |
Mike Nelms | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 42 | 1 |
Larry Brune | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 51 | 0 |
Charles Anthony | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 22 | 0 |
Peter Crepin | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
Brad Carr | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
Larry Cates | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
Wayne Tosh | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
Mike Fanucci | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30t | 1 |
Tim Berryman | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Team Totals | 30 | 354 | 11.8 | 51 | 2 |
Opponents Totals | 14 | 182 | 13.0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerald Kunyk | 106 | 4265 | 40.2 | 60 | 1 | |
Jeff Avery | 4 | 138 | 34.5 | 40 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 110 | 4403 | 40.0 | 60 | ||
Opponents Totals | 137 | 5842 | 42.6 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Nelms | 49 | 408 | 8.3 | 38 | 0 |
Larry Cates | 19 | 145 | 7.6 | 62 | 1 |
Art Green | 13 | 113 | 8.7 | 31 | 0 |
Mark Mitchell | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 23 | 0 |
Kenny Downing | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 36 | 0 |
Bill Hatanaka | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 |
John Glassford | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Tom Clements | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Stenerson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 105 | 800 | 7.6 | 62 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 95 | 846 | 8.9 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J.T. Hay | 73 | 3826 | 52.4 | 68 | 1 |
Team Totals | 73 | 3826 | 52.4 | 68 | 1 |
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Art Green | 21 | 500 | 23.8 | 46 | 0 |
Mike Nelms | 8 | 191 | 23.9 | 52 | 0 |
Bill Hatanaka | 6 | 115 | 19.2 | 23 | 0 |
Richard Holmes | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 30 | 0 |
Doug McGee | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 18 | 0 |
Larry Cates | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 21 | 0 |
Mike Murphy | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 16 | 0 |
John Glassford | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Team Totals | 49 | 1044 | 21.3 | 52 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 71 | 1406 | 19.8 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles Anthony | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Avery | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Berryman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Charlie Brandon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Brune | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 1 | |
Larry Cates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ross Clarkson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Clements | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Kenny Downing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
Mike Fanucci | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
Dan Fournier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 1 |
Tony Gabriel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Art Green | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Hatanaka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Condredge Holloway | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Richard Holmes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Gerald Kunyk | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Doug McGee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Murphy | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Nelms | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Raines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Stenerson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Wayne Tosh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Widger | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 39 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 90 | 3 |
Opponents Totals | 17 | 22 | 22 |
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