1983 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) |
2nd place Eastern Division 8-8-0 .500 |
Head Coach: George Brancato |
Vince Gargano | Offensive Line |
Joe Pascale | Offensive Coordinator |
Don Sutherin | Defensive Backfield |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Fri | 6/10/1983 | A | Montreal Concordes | 4-14 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 10100 | |
Thu | 6/16/1983 | H | Montreal Concordes | 13-34 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 12803 | |
Fri | 6/24/1983 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 15-31 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 28107 | |
Wed | 6/29/1983 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 47-40 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 13331 | |
Fri | 7/8/1983 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 26-25 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18995 | |
Sat | 7/16/1983 | A | Montreal Concordes | 28-36 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 15621 | |
Thu | 7/21/1983 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 16-27 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18621 | |
Thu | 7/28/1983 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 4-44 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18622 | |
Sat | 8/13/1983 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 22-24 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 14729 | |
Fri | 8/19/1983 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 17-27 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 30006 | |
Fri | 8/26/1983 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 17-14 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 49880 | |
Fri | 9/2/1983 | H | British Columbia Lions | 49-19 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22234 | |
Fri | 9/9/1983 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 28-29 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 23475 | |
Sun | 9/25/1983 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 29-25 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 26014 | |
Sat | 10/1/1983 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24-23 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 24404 | |
Sat | 10/8/1983 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 29-24 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 24167 | |
Sun | 10/16/1983 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 42-23 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 25642 | |
Sun | 10/23/1983 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 20-19 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 36526 | |
Sat | 10/29/1983 | H | Montreal Concordes | 20-25 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20959 | |
Sat | 11/5/1983 | A | British Columbia Lions | 13-40 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 42901 | |
Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
Sun | 11/13/1983 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 31-33 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 28524 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
25 | Ricky Barden | DH | 5-9 | 185 | 25 | North Carolina | 14 | |
54 | Ian Beckstead | OG | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Richmond | 9 | |
68 | Val Belcher | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 29 | Houston | 1 | |
65 | Roger Cattelan | OT | 6-5 | 270 | 22 | Boston College | 16 | |
8 | Phil Charron | WR | 6-0 | 184 | 23 | Bishop's | 12 | |
13 | Ken Clark | P | 6-2 | 196 | 35 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | 5 | 0 |
31 | Mike Collymore | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | none | 15 | |
22 | Charles Cornelius | CB | 5-9 | 178 | 31 | Bethune-Cookman | 14 | |
27 | Ivory Curry | CB | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | Florida | 2 | |
52 | Kevin Dalliday | DT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Carleton | 7 | |
39 | Maurice Doyle | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Toronto | 14 | |
69 | Gary Dulin | DT | 6-4 | 275 | 26 | Ohio State | 16 | |
78 | Ron Engleson | DT | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 9 | |
5 | Mariet Ford | WR | 5-8 | 160 | 22 | Diabo Valley JC; California | 6 | |
63 | Randy Fournier | DE | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Cincinnati | 6 | |
42 | Mike Graffi | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
21 | Ty Gray | WR | 6-2 | 203 | 28 | Washington State | 12 | |
34 | Steve Harrison | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | British Columbia | 13 | |
64 | Tim Hook | OG | 6-2 | 246 | 26 | Simon Fraser; Montana | 13 | |
23 | Mike Hudson | SB | 6-5 | 220 | 22 | Guelph | 11 | |
16 | Chris Isaac | QB | 5-11 | 160 | 24 | Eastern Kentucky | 11 | |
38 | Charles Johnson | CB | 5-11 | 181 | 27 | Grambling State | 11 | |
15 | Don Jones | DB | 6-0 | 183 | 25 | Los Angeles Harbor JC; Southern California | 6 | |
3 | Kelvin Kirk | WR | 5-10 | 181 | 29 | Dayton | 3 | |
10 | Donnie Little | WR | 6-1 | 206 | 24 | Texas | 8 | |
29 | John Lynch | DB | 6-0 | 175 | 23 | Western Ontario | 12 | |
66 | Greg Marshall | DE | 6-3 | 257 | 27 | Oregon State | 16 | |
4 | Prince McJunkins | QB | 6-1 | 170 | 23 | Wichita State | 7 | |
7 | Ken Miller | DH | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Eastern Michigan | 16 | |
19 | Dave Newman | SB | 6-0 | 175 | 25 | Missouri | 14 | |
71 | Gerry Organ | K | 6-2 | 200 | 39 | Guelph | 16 | 0 |
24 | John Park | FB | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Bowling Green State | 4 | |
67 | Rudy Phillips | OG | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | North Texas | 16 | |
3 | Carl Powell | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 25 | Jackson State | 2 | |
50 | Kevin Powell | OT | 6-4 | 255 | 28 | Snow JC; Utah State | 16 | |
9 | Ricky Ray | CB | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Norfolk State | 2 | |
32 | Jim Reid | FB | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
28 | Junior Robinson | S | 6-0 | 186 | 22 | Guelph | 16 | |
74 | Mark Seale | DT | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Richmond | 16 | |
61 | Doug Seymour | DE | 6-3 | 235 | 31 | Missouri | 1 | |
30 | Darryl Smith | DB | 5-10 | 173 | 25 | Lamar | 4 | |
75 | Rick Sowieta | OLB | 6-3 | 215 | 29 | Richmond | 16 | |
2 | Kevin Starkey | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | El Camino JC; Long Beach State | 2 | |
56 | Bob Stephen | C | 6-2 | 240 | 25 | none | 13 | |
14 | Pat Stoqua | SB | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Carleton | 16 | |
55 | Larry Tittley | C | 6-2 | 230 | 30 | Concordia (Quebec) | 16 | |
33 | Skip Walker | RB | 5-9 | 191 | 29 | Texas A&M | 16 | |
17 | Al Washington | OLB | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Ohio State | 16 | |
6 | J.C. Watts | QB | 5-11 | 197 | 26 | Oklahoma | 12 | |
59 | Jack Williams | DE | 6-4 | 240 | 26 | Bowling Green State | 12 |
DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
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Player | Pos | College |
Roger Cattelan | OT | Boston College |
Mike Hudson | TE | Guelph |
DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 2 | Steve Harrison | LB | British Columbia |
2 | 11 | Junior Robinson | DB | Guelph |
3 | 20 | Sam Benincasa | LB | Guelph |
4 | 29 | John Kane | OL | Michigan Tech |
5 | 38 | Courtney Taylor | DB | Wilfrid Laurier |
6 | 47 | Francois Payer | DE | Bishop's |
7 | 56 | Chris Rhora | DE | Acadia |
8 | 65 | Don Clow | WR | Acadia |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 58 | 97 | 109 | 120 | |
Opponents Totals | 47 | 135 | 116 | 126 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 328 | 137 | 178 | 13 | 141 | 878 | |||||||
Opponents Totals | 327 | 100 | 204 | 23 | 132 | 1005 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Organ | 0 | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 0 | 30 | 45 | 66.7 | 15 | 0 | 139 | |
Skip Walker | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | |||
Dave Newman | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||
Ty Gray | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
J.C. Watts | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
Pat Stoqua | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
Mariet Ford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
Michael Collymore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Maurice Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Donnie Little | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Ken Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Team Totals | 40 | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 45 | 66.7 | 16 | 1 | 384 |
Opponents Totals | 45 | 40 | 4 | 28 | 47 | 59.6 | 20 | 1 | 424 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Skip Walker | 238 | 1431 | 6.0 | 56 | 10 |
J.C. Watts | 76 | 552 | 7.3 | 29 | 5 |
Prince McJunkins | 37 | 328 | 8.9 | 31 | 0 |
Chris Isaac | 12 | 90 | 7.5 | 23 | 0 |
Kevin Starkey | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 11 | 0 |
Jim Reid | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 |
Dave Newman | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 12 | 0 |
Maurice Doyle | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 10 | 0 |
Gerry Organ | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Michael Collymore | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Donnie Little | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
Mariet Ford | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Team Totals | 395 | 2598 | 6.6 | 15 | |
Opponents Totals | 309 | 1510 | 4.9 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J.C. Watts | 358 | 175 | 48.9 | 163 | 3089 | 8.6 | 17.7 | 65 | 18 | 5.0 | 20 | 5.6 | 72.3 | |||
Chris Isaac | 63 | 36 | 57.1 | 17 | 571 | 9.1 | 15.9 | 91 | 4 | 6.3 | 10 | 15.9 | 69.0 | |||
Prince McJunkins | 46 | 19 | 41.3 | 25 | 234 | 5.1 | 12.3 | 23 | 1 | 2.2 | 2 | 4.3 | 46.8 | |||
Kevin Starkey | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 10 | 65 | 3.1 | 8.1 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 14.3 | 7.1 | |||
Donnie Little | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 55 | 13.8 | 18.3 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 116.7 | |||
Ken Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Skip Walker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
Team Totals | 494 | 241 | 48.8 | 217 | 4014 | 8.1 | 16.7 | 23 | 4.7 | 36 | 7.3 | 61.7 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 601 | 338 | 56.2 | 240 | 4535 | 7.5 | 13.4 | 23 | 3.8 | 52 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Newman | 34 | 662 | 19.5 | 56 | 8 |
Pat Stoqua | 33 | 580 | 17.6 | 41 | 4 |
Jim Reid | 32 | 408 | 12.8 | 65 | 0 |
Donnie Little | 29 | 452 | 15.6 | 31 | 1 |
Ty Gray | 28 | 693 | 24.8 | 91 | 5 |
Skip Walker | 28 | 317 | 11.3 | 48 | 1 |
Michael Collymore | 25 | 434 | 17.4 | 59 | 1 |
Mariet Ford | 11 | 133 | 12.1 | 15 | 2 |
Kelvin Kirk | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 59 | 0 |
Phil Charron | 6 | 108 | 18.0 | 26 | 0 |
Carl Powell | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
Mike Hudson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Steve Harrison | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
J.C. Watts | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Maurice Doyle | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
Team Totals | 241 | 4014 | 16.7 | 23 | |
Opponents Totals | 338 | 4535 | 13.4 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Junior Robinson | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 18 | 0 |
John Lynch | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 44 | 0 |
Ricky Barden | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 27 | 0 |
Charles Cornelius | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 46 | 0 |
Don Jones | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 47 | 0 |
Al Washington | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
Ken Miller | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Darryl Smith | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Sowieta | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Charles Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 23 | 266 | 11.6 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 36 | 475 | 13.2 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Clark | 36 | 1557 | 43.3 | 58 | - | |||||
Gerry Organ | 95 | 4066 | 42.8 | 59 | - | |||||
Team Totals | 131 | 5623 | 42.9 | - | 1187 | 5063 | 34.7 | |||
Opponents Totals | 160 | 7310 | 45.7 | - | 1409 | 5901 | 36.9 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Newman | 52 | 484 | 9.3 | 45 | 0 |
Mariet Ford | 30 | 483 | 16.1 | 101 | 1 |
Donnie Little | 26 | 211 | 8.1 | 27 | 0 |
Pat Stoqua | 13 | 121 | 9.3 | 16 | 0 |
Kelvin Kirk | 7 | 67 | 9.6 | 16 | 0 |
Ricky Barden | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 17 | 0 |
Team Totals | 135 | 1409 | 10.4 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 132 | 1187 | 9.0 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Organ | 64 | 3577 | 55.9 | 69 | 0 |
Team Totals | 64 | 3517 | 55.0 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Skip Walker | 19 | 489 | 25.7 | 98 | 1 |
Ricky Barden | 18 | 410 | 22.8 | 40 | 0 |
Mariet Ford | 9 | 244 | 27.1 | 54 | 0 |
Donnie Little | 4 | 107 | 26.8 | 32 | 0 |
Ivory Curry | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 35 | 0 |
Dave Newman | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 |
Kelvin Kirk | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 21 | 0 |
Jim Reid | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 23 | 0 |
Pat Stoqua | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Ian Beckstead | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Maurice Doyle | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Larry Tittley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 66 | 1533 | 23.2 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 61 | 1417 | 23.2 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Greg Marshall | 15.5 | |
Gary Dulin | 11.5 | |
Jack Williams | 9.0 | |
Mark Seale | 8.5 | |
Rick Sowieta | 4.0 | |
Al Washington | 1.5 | |
Junior Robinson | 1.0 | |
Randy Fournier | 0.5 | |
Ricky Barden | 0.5 | |
Team Totals | 52.0 | |
Opponents Totals |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ricky Barden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Cattelan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charles Cornelius | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Kevin Dalliday | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mariet Ford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Harrison | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Chris Isaac | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Donnie Little | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Lynch | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
Greg Marshall | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
Prince McJunkins | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Newman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Reid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Junior Robinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Darryl Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Sowieta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Stephen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Tittley | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Skip Walker | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Al Washington | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | |
J.C. Watts | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack Williams | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 27 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 14 | 19 | 19 |
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