1981 Calgary Stampeders (CFL) |
5th place • Western Division • 6-10-0 .375 |
Head Coach: Ardell Wiegandt (5-7-0); Jerry Williams (1-3-0) |
Marvin Bass | Defensive Coordinator |
Dennis Meyer | Defensive Backfield |
Walt Posadowski | Offensive Line |
Jerry Williams | Offensive Coordinator |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Fri | 6/5/1981 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 11-12 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 29292 | |
Sat | 6/13/1981 | A | British Columbia Lions | 4-8 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 18354 | |
Sun | 6/21/1981 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 20-33 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 18599 | |
Fri | 6/26/1981 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14-16 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 28579 | |
Sat | 7/11/1981 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 10-30 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 43346 | |
Fri | 7/17/1981 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 26-6 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 30812 | |
Fri | 7/24/1981 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 25-16 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 26992 | |
Fri | 7/31/1981 | H | British Columbia Lions | 29-52 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 32135 | |
Sat | 8/8/1981 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16-28 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 20270 | |
Fri | 8/14/1981 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18-17 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 32349 | |
Fri | 8/21/1981 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 30-18 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 30276 | |
Sat | 8/29/1981 | A | British Columbia Lions | 21-31 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 28932 | |
Mon | 9/7/1981 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 23-5 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 30381 | |
Sat | 9/19/1981 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 10-21 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 34657 | |
Sun | 9/27/1981 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 26-29 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 28664 | |
Sun | 10/4/1981 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 16-22 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 22222 | |
Sat | 10/10/1981 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 29-3 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 29986 | |
Sun | 10/18/1981 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 10-21 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 15002 | |
Sun | 10/25/1981 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 11-24 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 33279 | |
Sun | 11/1/1981 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 6-44 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 27489 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Alton Alexis | 3 | WR | 5-11 | 182 | 24 | Tulane | 2 | |
Willie Armstead | 18 | WR | 6-2 | 215 | 29 | Utah | 16 | |
Danny Bass | 30 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | Michigan State | 3 | |
Doug Battershill | 25 | LB | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Weber State | 16 | |
Randy Besler | 61 | OG | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Truman State | 1 | |
Willie Burden | 10 | RB | 5-11 | 205 | 30 | North Carolina State | 8 | |
Al Burleson | 27 | DB | 6-2 | 185 | 27 | Washington | 16 | |
William Daniels | 53 | DE | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Alabama State | 2 | |
Ken Dombrowski | 62 | DE | 6-4 | 260 | 27 | Arizona Western JC; Cameron | 1 | |
Lloyd Fairbanks | 66 | OT | 6-4 | 240 | 28 | Ricks JC; Brigham Young | 16 | |
Rob Forbes | 6 | FB | 6-1 | 221 | 25 | Drake | 16 | |
Tom Forzani | 22 | WR | 5-11 | 178 | 31 | Utah State | 16 | |
Miles Gorrell | 52 | OT | 6-7 | 285 | 26 | Ottawa | 16 | |
Mike Hawkins | 10 | RB | 5-9 | 192 | 23 | East Carolina | 2 | |
J.T. Hay | 2 | K-P | 6-0 | 175 | 27 | none | 16 | 0 |
Mike Higgins | 35 | RB | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Kansas | 5 | |
John Holland | 14 | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Tennessee State | 13 | |
Norm Hopely | 50- | OG | 6-2 | 260 | 24 | West Chester | 16 | |
Jeff Inglis | 51 | OT | 6-5 | 252 | 25 | Guelph | 16 | |
Lepoleon Ingram | 7 | DB | 5-9 | 174 | 25 | Sacramento State | 15 | |
Terry Irvin | 28 | DB | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Jackson State | 14 | |
Ken Johnson | 19 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 30 | Colorado | 12 | |
Franklin King | 67 | DT | 6-0 | 255 | 24 | Kansas | 11 | |
Dave Kirzinger | 69 | OT | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | British Columbia | 16 | |
Jeff Knapple | 8 | QB | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | UCLA; Colorado; Northern Colorado | 4 | |
Frank Kosec | 65 | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 23 | Waterloo | 16 | |
Tom Krebs | 56 | C | 6-3 | 248 | 24 | Utah | 15 | |
Darcy Krogh | 3 | WR | Calgary | 1 | ||||
Harry Kruger | 37 | DB | 5-10 | 175 | 27 | Calgary | 15 | |
Reggie Lewis | 60 | DE | 6-2 | 260 | 27 | Oregon; San Diego State | 8 | |
Bob Lubig | 54 | OG | 6-4 | 240 | 26 | Montana State | 3 | |
Scott MacArthur | 75 | DE | 6-6 | 245 | 22 | Calgary | 7 | |
Ed McAleney | 64 | DT | 6-2 | 235 | 28 | Massachusetts | 16 | |
Mike McTague | 9 | WR-P | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | North Dakota State | 16 | |
Darrell Moir | 4 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Calgary | 2 | |
Mark Moors | 41 | C | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Acadia | 16 | |
Bernie Morrison | 72 | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 26 | Manitoba | 16 | |
Mark Nelson | 46 | LB | 6-2 | 218 | 24 | East Central | 11 | |
Ray Odums | 32 | DB | 6-2 | 175 | 30 | Alabama | 16 | |
Ronnie Paggett | 63 | DE | 6-2 | 260 | 23 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | |
John Palazeti | 31 | LB | 6-1 | 215 | 29 | Richmond | 13 | |
John Prassas | 44 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | Brown | 10 | |
Tom Reimer | 24 | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | British Columbia | 12 | |
Ron Robinson | 3 | WR | 6-4 | 192 | 25 | Contra Costa JC; Utah State | 1 | |
George Small | 78 | DT | 6-2 | 260 | 25 | Allegheny JC; North Carolina A&T State | 6 | |
James Sykes | 11 | RB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Rice | 15 | |
Bruce Threadgill | 17 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Mississippi State | 16 | |
Mike Ulmer | 16 | DB | 6-0 | 189 | 27 | Doane | 4 | |
Bob Viccars | 70 | TE | 6-3 | 228 | 28 | none | 16 | |
Merv Walker | 28 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 29 | none | 16 |
DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
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Player | Pos | College |
Shawn Beaton | DL | Boise State |
Randy Besler | OG | Truman State |
Randy Fournier | DT | Cincinnati |
Scott MacArthur | DE | Calgary |
DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 1 | Frank Kosec | LB | Waterloo |
1 | 6 | Mike Wolfram | TE | Alberta |
2 | 17 | Terry Lehne | DB | Saskatchewan |
3 | 24 | Kari Suutari | LB | Wisconsin |
4 | 33 | Ted Kozik | DE | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) |
5 | 42 | Dan Pavlicik | TE | Concordia (Quebec) |
6 | 51 | Jav Troiano | DB | Simon Fraser |
7 | 60 | Wayne Harris | LB | Calgary |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 77 | 102 | 53 | 74 | 306 |
Opponents Totals | 80 | 131 | 55 | 101 | 367 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 322 | 103 | 190 | 29 | 162 | 1373 | |||
Opponents Totals | 267 | 96 | 143 | 28 | 137 | 12147 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J.T. Hay | 0 | 22 | 22 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 36 | 48 | 75.0 | 11 | 0 | 141 | |
Willie Armstead | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||
James Sykes | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
Mike McTague | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | |||
Tom Forzani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Lepoleon Ingram | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Ron Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
John Holland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
Team Totals | 26 | 22 | 22 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 48 | 75.0 | 16 | 2 | 306 | |
Opponents Totals | 38 | 37 | 0 | 25 | 39 | 64.1 | 25 | 1 | 367 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Sykes | 240 | 1107 | 4.6 | 68 | 6 |
Bruce Threadgill | 38 | 158 | 4.2 | 26 | 0 |
Willie Burden | 23 | 95 | 4.1 | 28 | 0 |
Mike McTague | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 44 | 0 |
Ken Johnson | 26 | 72 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
Mike Higgins | 18 | 60 | 3.3 | 17 | 0 |
Rob Forbes | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
Willie Armstead | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 19 | 0 |
Mike Hawkins | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
Jeff Knapple | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
Mike Ulmer | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
Team Totals | 371 | 1679 | 4.5 | 6 | |
Opponents Totals | 355 | 1711 | 4.8 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Johnson | 319 | 190 | 59.6 | 119 | 2429 | 7.6 | 12.8 | 81 | 18 | 5.6 | 10 | 3.1 | 89.2 | |||
Bruce Threadgill | 204 | 109 | 53.4 | 81 | 1433 | 7.0 | 13.1 | 56 | 6 | 2.9 | 14 | 6.9 | 57.1 | |||
Jeff Knapple | 42 | 20 | 47.6 | 18 | 340 | 8.1 | 17.0 | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 9.5 | 35.9 | |||
Team Totals | 565 | 319 | 56.5 | 218 | 4202 | 7.4 | 13.2 | 24 | 4.2 | 28 | 5.0 | 73.6 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 444 | 236 | 53.2 | 179 | 3168 | 7.1 | 13.4 | 29 | 6.5 | 45 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willie Armstead | 57 | 861 | 15.1 | 75 | 10 |
James Sykes | 51 | 495 | 9.7 | 65 | 0 |
Mike McTague | 43 | 519 | 12.1 | 39 | 2 |
Tom Forzani | 40 | 521 | 13.0 | 29 | 2 |
Bob Viccars | 22 | 294 | 13.4 | 46 | 0 |
Willie Burden | 22 | 183 | 8.3 | 19 | 0 |
Rob Forbes | 10 | 92 | 9.2 | 19 | 0 |
Ron Robinson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 |
Jeff Inglis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
John Holland | 56 | 1017 | 18.2 | 81 | 4 |
Mike Higgins | 10 | 99 | 9.9 | 18 | 0 |
Alton Alexis | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 39 | 0 |
Mike Hawkins | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Team Totals | 319 | 4202 | 13.2 | 19 | |
Opponents Totals | 236 | 3168 | 13.4 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Terry Irvin | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 13 | 0 |
Lepoleon Ingram | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 56 | 0 |
Ray Odums | 4 | 122 | 30.5 | 58 | 0 |
Mike Ulmer | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 20 | 0 |
Al Burleson | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 16 | 0 |
Doug Battershill | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
John Palazeti | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 |
Merv Walker | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Bernie Morrison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Nelson | 0 | 1 | 1L | 0 | |
Team Totals | 29 | 345 | 11.9 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 28 | 352 | 12.6 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike McTague | 120 | 5171 | 43.1 | 74 | 5 | |
J.T. Hay | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 37 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 124 | 5274 | 42.5 | |||
Opponents Totals | 146 | 6642 | 45.5 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lepoleon Ingram | 57 | 488 | 8.6 | 95 | 1 |
Mike Ulmer | 14 | 184 | 13.1 | 43 | 0 |
Tom Reimer | 22 | 173 | 7.9 | 30 | 0 |
Merv Walker | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
Harry Kruger | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 |
Tom Forzani | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
Darrell Moir | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 |
Team Totals | 109 | 937 | 8.6 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 108 | 1118 | 10.4 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J.T. Hay | 50 | 2813 | 56.3 | 90 | 3 |
Team Totals | 50 | 2813 | 56.3 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Sykes | 25 | 594 | 23.8 | 45 | 0 |
Mike Higgins | 13 | 273 | 21.0 | 29 | 0 |
Lepoleon Ingram | 13 | 230 | 17.7 | 29 | 0 |
Mike Ulmer | 4 | 127 | 31.8 | 49 | 0 |
Bob Viccars | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Mark Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 57 | 1243 | 21.8 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 48 | 860 | 17.9 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Ed McAleney | 11.5 | |
Doug Battershill | 7.5 | |
Reggie Lewis | 4.5 | |
Franklin King | 4.5 | |
Bernie Morrison | 4.0 | |
Danny Bass | 3.0 | |
Scott MacArthur | 2.5 | |
Miles Gorrell | 2.0 | |
Ronnie Paggett | 1.5 | |
Mark Nelson | 1.0 | |
Frank Kosec | 1.0 | |
Ken Dombrowski | 1.0 | |
William Daniels | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 45.0 | |
Opponents Totals |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willie Armstead | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Battershill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Al Burleson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lloyd Fairbanks | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Rob Forbes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Forzani | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Hawkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J.T. Hay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Higgins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Holland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lepoleon Ingram | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Irvin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Johnson | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Kirzinger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Knapple | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Kosec | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Kruger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Odums | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Prassas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Reimer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
James Sykes | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Threadgill | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Ulmer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Viccars | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Merv Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 37 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 9 | 21 | 21 |
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