1979 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) |
2nd place • Eastern Conference • 8-6-2 .563 |
Head Coach: George Brancato |
George Hughes | Offensive Line |
Joe Moss | Defensive Line |
Bob O'Billovich | Defensive Backfield |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Tue | 6/12/1979 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 20-36 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 24290 | |
Mon | 6/18/1979 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 13-12 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18870 | |
Sun | 6/24/1979 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 30-27 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 41379 | |
Wed | 7/4/1979 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 13-18 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19450 | |
Wed | 7/11/1979 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 30-19 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 21674 | |
Tue | 7/24/1979 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 31-2 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 42160 | |
Tue | 7/31/1979 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 16-18 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 27034 | |
Wed | 8/8/1979 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 17-27 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 32780 | |
Tue | 8/14/1979 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 24-24 | T | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 27050 | |
Mon | 8/20/1979 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 14-32 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 51487 | |
Wed | 8/29/1979 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 31-29 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 31672 | |
Mon | 9/3/1979 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 9-16 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 19246 | |
Sat | 9/8/1979 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 44-4 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 23589 | |
Sat | 9/15/1979 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 22-19 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25644 | |
Sun | 9/30/1979 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 29-29 | T | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 32669 | |
Sun | 10/7/1979 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 20-19 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 19300 | |
Sun | 10/14/1979 | H | British Columbia Lions | 28-26 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 25708 | |
Sun | 10/21/1979 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 3-21 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 27211 | |
Sat | 10/27/1979 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 8-24 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 47368 | |
Sat | 11/3/1979 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 23-6 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 21490 | |
Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
Sun | 11/11/1979 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 29-26 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 25540 | |
Eastern Final | |||||||||
Sat | 11/17/1979 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 6-17 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 35103 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Jeff Avery | 18 | WR | 6-2 | 185 | 26 | Ottawa | 15 | |
Val Belcher | 55 | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Houston | 16 | |
Tim Berryman | 41 | LB | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Ottawa | 16 | |
Larry Brune | 21 | S | 6-2 | 202 | 26 | Rice | 16 | |
Brad Carr | 42 | LB | 6-1 | 224 | 23 | Maryland | 12 | |
Ross Clarkson | 24 | WR | 5-10 | 175 | 28 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
Jim Coode | 60 | OT | 6-4 | 260 | 28 | Michigan | 16 | |
Martin Cox | 2 | WR | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Vanderbilt | 8 | |
Peter Crepin | 10 | S | 6-0 | 180 | 27 | none | 16 | |
Richard Crump | 33 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Miami-Dade JC; Jacksonville State | 6 | |
Tom Davis | 65 | OT | 6-2 | 260 | 24 | Nebraska | 7 | |
Steve Dennis | 17 | CB | 6-3 | 165 | 28 | Grambling State | 6 | |
Al Dosant | 33 | CB | 5-11 | 182 | 23 | Windsor | 2 | |
Kenny Downing | 19 | S | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Missouri | 7 | |
Mike Fanucci | 68 | DE | 6-4 | 236 | 30 | Arizona State | 12 | |
Ron Foxx | 78 | OLB | 6-3 | 220 | 28 | Alabama A&M | 16 | |
Tony Gabriel | 77 | TE | 6-4 | 209 | 31 | Syracuse | 16 | |
John Glassford | 76 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
Reggie Grant | DB | 5-9 | 185 | 24 | Oregon | 1 | ||
Randy Halsall | 61 | OT | 6-3 | 255 | 30 | Wake Forest | 4 | |
Robin Harber | DB | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | Ottawa | 4 | ||
Ron Harris | RB | 5-9 | 190 | 24 | Colorado State | 1 | ||
Brian Hedges | 53 | DT | 6-3 | 244 | 27 | Carleton | 16 | |
Condredge Holloway | 7 | QB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Tennessee | 15 | |
Richard Holmes | 28 | RB | 5-10 | 222 | 27 | Winston-Salem State; Chowan JC; Edinboro | 6 | |
Harry Holton | 52 | OG | 6-2 | 240 | 27 | Texas-El Paso | 6 | |
Ray Honey | 51 | OT | 6-4 | 255 | 25 | Drake | 12 | |
Malcolm Inglis | 59 | OT | 6-6 | 260 | 24 | Carleton | 16 | |
Jimmy Jones | 8 | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 29 | Southern California | 16 | |
John Kinch | 20 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Youngstown State | 3 | |
Emmett King | 6 | RB | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | Houston | 5 | |
Harry Kruger | 31 | CB | 5-10 | 175 | 25 | Calgary | 11 | |
Doug McGee | 58 | OG | 6-1 | 248 | 25 | Richmond | 16 | |
Ron Meeks | 17 | DB | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | Arkansas State | 3 | |
Ian Mofford | 13 | RB | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | none | 14 | |
Wonderful Monds | 36 | CB | 6-3 | 215 | 27 | Indian Hills JC; Nebraska | 6 | |
Mike Murphy | 30 | FB | 6-1 | 219 | 25 | Ottawa | 11 | |
Mike Nelms | 22 | CB | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Tarrant County JC; Sam Houston State; Baylor | 15 | |
Ray Nettles | 57 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 30 | Tennessee | 14 | |
Bob O'Doherty | SB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Queen's | 1 | ||
Gerry Organ | 71 | K-P | 6-2 | 200 | 35 | Guelph | 16 | 0 |
Wes Phillips | 65 | OT | 6-5 | 275 | 26 | Savannah State; Lenoir-Rhyne | 1 | |
Jim Piaskoski | 73 | DE | 6-4 | 240 | 31 | none | 16 | |
Cal Prince | RB | 5-9 | 195 | 25 | Kansas; Louisville | 5 | ||
Dave Quehl | WR | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | Holy Cross | 1 | ||
Mike Raines | 79 | DT | 6-5 | 255 | 26 | Alabama | 16 | |
Donn Smith | 64 | C | 6-4 | 245 | 30 | Purdue | 16 | |
Rick Sowieta | 75 | LB | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | Richmond | 10 | |
Peter Stenerson | 23 | TE | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Carleton | 10 | |
Pat Stoqua | 14 | SB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Carleton | 1 | |
Jon Sutton | 34 | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | New Mexico | 5 | |
Bruce Walker | 1 | WR | 6-0 | 170 | 24 | Windsor | 13 | |
Charlie Weatherbie | QB | 6-2 | 192 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 1 |
DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
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Player | Pos | College |
Malcolm Inglis | OT | Carleton |
Pat Stoqua | DB | Carleton |
DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 6 | Carm Carteri | LB | Montana |
2 | 15 | Al Dosant | DB | Windsor |
4 | 33 | David Green | RB | Carleton |
5 | 42 | Blaine Shore | K | Queen's |
6 | 51 | Scott Spurgeon | DB | St. Francis Xavier |
7 | 60 | Dave Behm | RB | Ottawa |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 49 | 123 | 76 | 101 | 349 |
Opponents Totals | 73 | 89 | 64 | 89 | 315 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 274 | 92 | 162 | 20 | 130 | 1162 | |||
Opponents Totals | 249 | 88 | 139 | 22 | 146 | 1118 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Organ | 0 | 38 | 39 | 97.4 | 0 | - | 17 | 38 | 44.7 | 12 | 0 | 101 | |
Tony Gabriel | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||
Jeff Avery | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
Richard Holmes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Mike Murphy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Mike Nelms | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Peter Stenerson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Bruce Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
Ross Clarkson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Peter Crepin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Condredge Holloway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Jimmy Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
John Kinch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Richard Crump | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
Cal Prince | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Martin Cox | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||
Emmett King | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
Team Totals | 41 | 38 | 39 | 97.4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 38 | 44.7 | 12 | 0 | 349 | |
Opponents Totals | 34 | 32 | 0 | 19 | 38 | 50.0 | 20 | 1 | 315 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Murphy | 88 | 345 | 3.9 | 16 | 2 |
Richard Crump | 71 | 331 | 4.7 | 21 | 3 |
Emmett King | 57 | 277 | 4.9 | 69 | 3 |
Condredge Holloway | 40 | 259 | 6.5 | 22 | 1 |
Cal Prince | 44 | 202 | 4.6 | 17 | 0 |
Richard Holmes | 55 | 188 | 3.4 | 12 | 1 |
Jimmy Jones | 27 | 112 | 4.1 | 19 | 1 |
Ian Mofford | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
Gerry Organ | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
Bruce Walker | 0 | 20 | 20Lt | 1 | |
Larry Brune | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Ron Harris | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 |
Peter Stenerson | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 |
Team Totals | 401 | 1807 | 4.5 | 69 | 12 |
Opponents Totals | 402 | 1751 | 4.4 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Condredge Holloway | 238 | 128 | 53.8 | 102 | 1965 | 8.3 | 15.4 | 66 | 17 | 7.1 | 8 | 3.4 | 91.1 | |||
Jimmy Jones | 199 | 118 | 59.3 | 69 | 1342 | 6.7 | 11.4 | 53 | 8 | 4.0 | 12 | 6.0 | 67.9 | |||
Gerry Organ | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 39 | 13.0 | 19.5 | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 109.7 | |||
Charlie Weatherbie | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 15 | 7.5 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 114.6 | |||
Peter Stenerson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Team Totals | 443 | 249 | 56.2 | 174 | 3361 | 7.6 | 13.5 | 66 | 26 | 5.9 | 20 | 4.5 | 81.3 | |||
Opponents Totals | 416 | 213 | 51.2 | 173 | 2932 | 7.0 | 13.8 | 30 | 7.2 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Gabriel | 48 | 761 | 15.9 | 44 | 8 |
Jeff Avery | 27 | 402 | 14.9 | 53 | 4 |
Mike Murphy | 24 | 204 | 8.5 | 22 | 0 |
Peter Stenerson | 20 | 312 | 15.6 | 40 | 2 |
Ross Clarkson | 20 | 265 | 13.3 | 27 | 1 |
Bruce Walker | 17 | 203 | 11.9 | 24 | 0 |
Richard Holmes | 8 | 116 | 14.5 | 60 | 1 |
John Kinch | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 16 | 1 |
Larry Brune | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Richard Crump | 17 | 149 | 8.8 | 30 | 0 |
Cal Prince | 11 | 143 | 13.0 | 44 | 2 |
Ian Mofford | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 29 | 0 |
Dave Quehl | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Ron Harris | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Martin Cox | 32 | 546 | 17.1 | 66 | 7 |
Emmett King | 13 | 95 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 |
Team Totals | 249 | 3361 | 13.5 | 66 | 26 |
Opponents Totals | 213 | 2932 | 13.8 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Nelms | 10 | 124 | 12.4 | 40 | 0 |
Larry Brune | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 18 | 0 |
Harry Kruger | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
Steve Dennis | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 30 | 0 |
Kenny Downing | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 33 | 0 |
Jon Sutton | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 45 | 0 |
Ron Meeks | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
Peter Crepin | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Wonderful Monds | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Tim Berryman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Brad Carr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Foxx | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 30 | 341 | 11.4 | 45 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 20 | 377 | 18.9 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Organ | 144 | 5710 | 39.7 | 59 | 3 | |
Team Totals | 144 | 5710 | 39.7 | 59 | ||
Opponents Totals | 167 | 6950 | 41.6 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Nelms | 106 | 1155 | 10.9 | 71 | 2 |
Richard Crump | 11 | 101 | 9.2 | 20 | 0 |
Ian Mofford | 11 | 53 | 4.8 | 11 | 0 |
Ron Meeks | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 |
Dave Quehl | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
Harry Kruger | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
John Glassford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Walker | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 139 | 1372 | 9.9 | 71 | 2 |
Opponents Totals | 132 | 1380 | 10.5 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Organ | 62 | 3319 | 53.5 | 70 | 0 |
Team Totals | 62 | 3319 | 53.5 | 70 | 0 |
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ian Mofford | 29 | 701 | 24.2 | 99 | 0 |
Ron Harris | 5 | 139 | 27.8 | 29 | 0 |
Richard Crump | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 33 | 0 |
Mike Nelms | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 30 | 0 |
John Kinch | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 30 | 0 |
Richard Holmes | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
Ron Foxx | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Team Totals | 47 | 1102 | 23.4 | 99 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 60 | 1270 | 21.2 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Brune | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Brad Carr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ross Clarkson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Martin Cox | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Crepin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Richard Crump | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kenny Downing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Mike Fanucci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Foxx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Tony Gabriel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Glassford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Condredge Holloway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Honey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Jones | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Emmett King | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Kruger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Doug McGee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Meeks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ian Mofford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Nelms | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Ray Nettles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Gerry Organ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Piaskoski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Cal Prince | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Raines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Stenerson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jon Sutton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Walker | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 29 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 16 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 16 | 18 | 18 |
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