1983 Montreal Concordes (CFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Division • 5-10-1 .344 |
| Head Coach: Joe Galat |
| Wally Buono | Linebackers |
| Jacques Dussault | Special Teams |
| Chris Palmer | Offensive Line |
| Tom Rossley | Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 6/10/1983 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14-4 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 10100 | |
| Thu | 6/16/1983 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 34-13 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 12803 | |
| Wed | 6/22/1983 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18-25 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 11250 | |
| Sun | 6/28/1983 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 24-25 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 9700 | |
| Thu | 7/7/1983 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14-21 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 26643 | |
| Sat | 7/16/1983 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 36-28 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 15621 | |
| Sat | 7/23/1983 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 13-28 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 35490 | |
| Sun | 7/31/1983 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 10-42 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 22665 | |
| Sun | 8/7/1983 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 25-30 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 20774 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1983 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 15-28 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 20126 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1983 | A | British Columbia Lions | 6-28 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 36743 | |
| Mon | 9/5/1983 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 30-35 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 18547 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1983 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 30-18 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21189 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1983 | H | British Columbia Lions | 26-42 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 17161 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1983 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 17-30 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 20046 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1983 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 40-23 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 23498 | |
| Sat | 10/15/1983 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 32-45 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 49074 | |
| Sat | 10/22/1983 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 27-8 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 27573 | |
| Sat | 10/29/1983 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 25-20 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20959 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1983 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21-21 | T | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 41157 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tony Anglin | DE | 6-2 | 205 | 22 | Texas Southern | 1 | ||
| Nick Arakgi | 79 | TE-SB | 6-6 | 250 | 28 | Concordia (Quebec); Bishop's | 16 | |
| Gene Belliveau | 67 | OG | 6-4 | 235 | 25 | St. Francis Xavier | 16 | |
| Bob Briggs | DT | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | none | 1 | ||
| Lester Brown | 22 | RB | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | Clemson | 16 | |
| Todd Brown | 89 | WR | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Nebraska | 16 | |
| Mike Calhoun | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 22 | Rice | 4 | ||
| Carm Carteri | 47 | LB | 6-2 | 216 | 27 | Montana | 9 | |
| Ron Cherkas | 68 | DT | 6-4 | 240 | 30 | Utah | 3 | |
| Zac Cypert | 42 | LB | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | North Texas | 7 | |
| Brian DeRoo | 2 | SB | 6-3 | 190 | 27 | Redlands | 8 | |
| Johnny Evans | 19 | QB | 6-1 | 197 | 27 | North Carolina State | 7 | |
| Lloyd Fairbanks | 66 | OT | 6-4 | 240 | 30 | Ricks JC; Brigham Young | 13 | |
| Denny Ferdinand | 34 | RB | 5-11 | 205 | 21 | none | 16 | |
| Delbert Fowler | 52 | LB | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | West Virginia | 16 | |
| Andre Francis | 1 | DB | 5-9 | 170 | 23 | New Mexico State | 16 | |
| Kurt Garl | 72 | LB | 6-0 | 225 | 25 | Santa Barbara CC; Cal Poly (Humboldt) | 12 | |
| Miles Gorrell | 65 | OT | 6-7 | 285 | 28 | Ottawa | 16 | |
| Bill Hampton | 62 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 26 | Arkansas | 16 | |
| Aaron Hill | DB | 5-9 | 177 | 23 | Lamar | 1 | ||
| Mark Hopkins | 77 | DE | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | York | 14 | |
| Tony January | RB | 5-9 | 190 | 25 | Sam Houston State | 2 | ||
| Phil Jones | 6 | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Simon Fraser | 9 | |
| Glenn Keeble | 58 | OG | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | none | 15 | |
| Frank Kosec | 51 | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 25 | Waterloo | 16 | |
| Pete Lavorato | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 31 | Utah State | 1 | ||
| Terry Lehne | 25 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Saskatchewan | 3 | |
| Roland Mangold | 50 | OG | 6-1 | 225 | 27 | Truman State | 7 | |
| Pete Martell | 44 | LB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | St. Francis Xavier | 5 | |
| George Martin | LB | 6-1 | 210 | 21 | Bishop's | 1 | ||
| Gerry McGrath | 7 | P-K | 5-10 | 195 | 24 | none | 9 | 0 |
| Chuck McMann | 33 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 32 | Wilfrid Laurier | 10 | |
| Blake Nill | 60 | DL-OT | 6-6 | 275 | 21 | Calgary | 11 | |
| Jerry Parrish | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Eastern Kentucky | 6 | ||
| Jeff Patterson | 15 | WR | 5-11 | 170 | 22 | Youngstown State | 16 | |
| Vince Phason | 18 | DB | 5-10 | 190 | 30 | Arizona | 9 | |
| Jamie Pope | 23 | FB | 6-2 | 218 | 24 | Gardner-Webb | 2 | |
| James Reed | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | San Jose CC; California | 1 | ||
| Ron Reeves | 14 | QB | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Texas Tech | 7 | |
| Ron Robinson | 8 | SB | 6-4 | 192 | 27 | Contra Costa JC; Utah State | 6 | |
| John Rogan | 7 | QB | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Yale | 3 | |
| Vince Skillings | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Ohio State | 6 | ||
| Harry Skipper | 26 | CB | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | South Carolina | 15 | |
| Ed Slabikowski | 12 | DB | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Windsor | 12 | |
| Doug Smith | 53 | C | 6-1 | 235 | 31 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
| Kenny Smith | DB | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | Southern Mississippi | 1 | ||
| Rob Smith | 54 | OG | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Utah State | 16 | |
| Kevin Starkey | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | El Camino JC; Long Beach State | 12 | |
| Don Sweet | 11 | K | 6-0 | 189 | 35 | Washington State | 16 | 0 |
| Dom Vetro | 88 | WR | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Wilfrid Laurier | 3 | |
| Joe Walker | 36 | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Northern Arizona | 7 | |
| Mike Washburn | 32 | WR | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | New Brunswick | 13 | |
| Glen Weir | 64 | NG | 6-2 | 242 | 32 | none | 16 | |
| Harold Woods | 9 | DB | 5-10 | 177 | 28 | Potomac State; West Virginia | 4 | |
| Lyall Woznesensky | DE | 6-7 | 240 | 29 | Simon Fraser | 6 | ||
| Mark Young | 8 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Morgan State | 7 | |
| Preston Young | 17 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 29 | Simon Fraser | 15 | |
| James Zachery | 55 | DE | 6-2 | 245 | 25 | Texas A&M | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 10 | Mark Hopkins | LB | York |
| 3 | 19 | Blake Nill | DL | Calgary |
| 4 | 28 | Jim Kardash | TE | Western Ontario |
| 5 | 37 | Steve Nagel | DE | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 6 | 46 | Ed Slabikowski | DB | Windsor |
| 7 | 55 | Ken Ross | DE | Carleton |
| 8 | 64 | Scott Leckie | DB | Toronto |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 60 | 106 | 104 | 97 | 367 |
| Opponents Totals | 112 | 115 | 77 | 143 | 447 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 305 | 105 | 173 | 27 | 123 | 1112 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 387 | 116 | 246 | 25 | 147 | 1142 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Sweet | 0 | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 31 | 46 | 67.4 | 8 | 0 | 137 | |
| Lester Brown | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Brian DeRoo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Denny Ferdinand | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Jeff Patterson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Johnny Evans | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Nick Arakgi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Gerry McGrath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ron Robinson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Ron Reeves | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Vince Phason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Harry Skipper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Todd Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Team Totals | 38 | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 46 | 67.4 | 10 | 0 | 367 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 42 | 0 | 32 | 47 | 68.1 | 21 | 0 | 447 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lester Brown | 148 | 792 | 5.4 | 29 | 6 |
| Denny Ferdinand | 102 | 603 | 5.9 | 34 | 5 |
| Ron Reeves | 30 | 174 | 5.8 | 47 | 2 |
| Kevin Starkey | 35 | 160 | 4.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Tony January | 17 | 67 | 3.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Johnny Evans | 15 | 30 | 2.0 | 10 | 3 |
| Jeff Patterson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Rogan | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Jamie Pope | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian DeRoo | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Nick Arakgi | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 358 | 1829 | 5.1 | 16 | |
| Opponents Totals | 352 | 2044 | 5.8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Evans | 241 | 139 | 57.7 | 90 | 1864 | 7.7 | 13.4 | 60 | 9 | 3.7 | 12 | 5.0 | 74.1 | |||
| Ron Reeves | 155 | 75 | 48.4 | 70 | 999 | 6.4 | 13.3 | 82 | 7 | 4.5 | 10 | 6.5 | 57.4 | |||
| Kevin Starkey | 113 | 56 | 49.6 | 51 | 789 | 7.0 | 14.1 | 58 | 4 | 3.5 | 6 | 5.3 | 62.1 | |||
| John Rogan | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 11 | 108 | 4.3 | 9.0 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8.0 | 26.8 | |||
| Mike Calhoun | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 536 | 282 | 52.6 | 224 | 3760 | 7.0 | 13.3 | 20 | 3.7 | 30 | 5.6 | 64.3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 626 | 364 | 58.1 | 232 | 5181 | 8.3 | 14.2 | 30 | 4.8 | 45 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Arakgi | 61 | 582 | 9.5 | 31 | 2 |
| Jeff Patterson | 43 | 531 | 12.3 | 41 | 5 |
| Lester Brown | 37 | 327 | 8.8 | 55 | 0 |
| Brian DeRoo | 32 | 469 | 14.7 | 34 | 5 |
| Denny Ferdinand | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Tony January | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Kenny Smith | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Chuck McMann | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Calhoun | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Doug Smith | 0 | 7 | 7L | 0 | |
| Ron Robinson | 29 | 687 | 23.7 | 60 | 6 |
| Mike Washburn | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ed Slabikowski | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jamie Pope | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Todd Brown | 50 | 731 | 14.6 | 82 | 2 |
| Jerry Parrish | 8 | 119 | 14.9 | 58 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 282 | 3760 | 13.3 | 20 | |
| Opponents Totals | 364 | 5181 | 14.2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Skipper | 10 | 198 | 19.8 | 48 | 1 |
| Andre Francis | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 79 | 0 |
| Vince Phason | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Phil Jones | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Preston Young | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Bill Hampton | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Mark Young | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Joe Walker | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Vince Skillings | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Carm Carteri | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Kosec | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 471 | 15.7 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 423 | 14.1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Sweet | 69 | 2981 | 43.2 | 57 | 0 | |
| Gerry McGrath | 70 | 3017 | 43.1 | 62 | 2 | |
| Johnny Evans | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 140 | 6027 | 43.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 130 | 6019 | 46.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Patterson | 37 | 503 | 13.6 | 49 | 0 |
| Preston Young | 35 | 360 | 10.3 | 87 | 0 |
| Phil Jones | 27 | 247 | 9.1 | 30 | 0 |
| Vince Phason | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Todd Brown | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 105 | 1164 | 11.1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 126 | 1097 | 8.7 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry McGrath | 37 | 2183 | 59.0 | 90 | 0 |
| Don Sweet | 22 | 1235 | 56.1 | 64 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 59 | 3418 | 57.9 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denny Ferdinand | 27 | 749 | 27.7 | 55 | 0 |
| Vince Phason | 18 | 601 | 33.4 | 80 | 0 |
| Lester Brown | 15 | 459 | 30.6 | 48 | 0 |
| Frank Kosec | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jamie Pope | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Kurt Garl | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Todd Brown | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Washburn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 71 | 1948 | 27.4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 1303 | 22.9 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| James Zachery | 9.5 | |
| Glen Weir | 7.0 | |
| Gene Belliveau | 6.5 | |
| Kurt Garl | 5.5 | |
| Delbert Fowler | 5.5 | |
| Bill Hampton | 3.5 | |
| Lyall Woznesensky | 2.0 | |
| Mark Hopkins | 2.0 | |
| Zac Cypert | 1.5 | |
| Vince Skillings | 1.0 | |
| Carm Carteri | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 45.0 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Arakgi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lester Brown | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Brown | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zac Cypert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Evans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Fairbanks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Denny Ferdinand | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Delbert Fowler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurt Garl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Miles Gorrell | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hampton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Hopkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony January | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Keeble | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Kosec | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Nill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Phason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Ron Reeves | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Rogan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Skillings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Skipper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Starkey | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Sweet | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Washburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Harold Woods | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lyall Woznesensky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Preston Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| James Zachery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 18 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 56 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 18 | 18 |
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