1957 Montreal Alouettes (IRFU) |
| 3rd place • 6-8-0 .429 |
| Head Coach: Douglas Walker |
| Jimmy Dunn | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 7/25/1957 | H | Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen | 39-7 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 14207 | |
| Thu | 8/1/1957 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 39-13 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 21184 | |
| Tue | 8/6/1957 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 32-20 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 20317 | |
| Wed | 8/14/1957 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 20-40 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 10890 | |
| Tue | 8/20/1957 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 29-28 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 21632 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1957 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 6-22 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 17000 | |
| Fri | 8/31/1957 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 22-21 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 22984 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1957 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 16-17 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19998 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1957 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 43-1 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 22712 | |
| Sat | 9/21/1957 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18-8 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 22984 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1957 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14-8 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 21115 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1957 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 31-41 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 14802 | |
| Sat | 10/12/1957 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 17-27 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18356 | |
| Mon | 10/14/1957 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 32-24 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 22864 | |
| Sat | 10/19/1957 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 15-18 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 19000 | |
| Sat | 10/26/1957 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 17-19 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 23000 | |
| Sat | 11/2/1957 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 27-40 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 12971 | |
| Sat | 11/9/1957 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 0-27 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 20315 | |
| IRFU Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Wed | 11/13/1957 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 24-15 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 15000 | |
| IRFU Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/16/1957 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 10-17 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 19609 | |
| IRFU Final #2 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/23/1957 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1-39 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 17600 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Pat Abbruzzi | 83 | FB | 5-9 | 205 | 25 | Rhode Island | 14 | |
| Gerry Apostolatos | 47/89 | HB | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | 10 | ||
| Charlie Baillie | 76 | FB-E | 6-0 | 208 | 22 | McGill | 10 | |
| Ray Baillie | 66 | T | 6-0 | 275 | 22 | none | 2 | |
| Bill Bewley | 80 | OHB-DB-K | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Toronto | 14 | |
| Johnny Blaicher | 81 | LB-FB | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | none | 14 | |
| Moe Bremner | 46 | C | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | 10 | ||
| Dick Brown | 77 | HB | 5-10 | 170 | 31 | Toronto | 7 | |
| Bruce Coulter | 65 | QB | 6-0 | 170 | 30 | none | 14 | |
| Bob Dean | 68 | T | 6-1 | 245 | 28 | Maryland | 1 | |
| Ted Elsby | 67 | T | 5-11 | 225 | 25 | none | 13 | |
| Sam Etcheverry | 92 | QB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Denver | 14 | |
| Buddy Frick | 84 | WB | 6-4 | 205 | 22 | South Carolina | 9 | |
| Norm Hamilton | 63 | T-DE | 5-11 | 215 | 22 | Texas Christian | 14 | |
| Dick Hill | 45 | G | 5-10 | 205 | 23 | Michigan | 1 | |
| Jerry Hogan | 52 | DE | 5-11 | 201 | 24 | McGill | 1 | |
| Billy Hudson | 60 | OT | 6-4 | 267 | 22 | Clemson | 11 | |
| Tom Hugo | 48 | C-LB | 5-10 | 211 | 27 | Denver | 13 | |
| Pete Karpuk | 88 | S-WB | 5-9 | 160 | 33 | none | 14 | |
| Mike Kovac | 57 | G | 5-10 | 195 | 27 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| Ivan Livingstone | 91 | WB | 5-11 | 182 | 27 | McGill; Dubuque | 4 | |
| Bob MacLellan | 62 | C | 6-2 | 227 | 27 | McGill | 14 | |
| Johnny Majors | 91 | HB | 5-11 | 175 | 22 | Tennessee | 4 | |
| Al Makowiecki | 51 | G-T | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Florida State | 11 | |
| Marty Martinello | 54 | G | 5-10 | 225 | 26 | none | 14 | |
| Bill McCoy | 85 | HB | 6-0 | 185 | 21 | none | 4 | |
| Doug McNichol | 74 | DE | 6-4 | 226 | 27 | Western Ontario | 6 | |
| Jim Miller | 72 | DE | 5-11 | 221 | 25 | McGill | 14 | |
| Tom Moran | 77 | E-LB-WB | 6-1 | 193 | 25 | 3 | ||
| Red O'Quinn | 73 | OE | 6-2 | 195 | 32 | Wake Forest | 14 | |
| Ken Owen | 87 | FB-HB-C | 6-0 | 198 | 22 | Georgia Tech | 4 | |
| Joey Pal | 82 | WB | 6-0 | 180 | 30 | 11 | ||
| Hal Patterson | 75 | OE-DB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Garden City CC; Kansas | 13 | |
| Art Powell | 87 | E | 6-2 | 211 | 20 | San Diego CC; San Jose State | 5 | |
| Juan Sheridan | 64 | G | 5-9 | 217 | 32 | 14 | ||
| Billy Shipp | 68 | T | 6-5 | 275 | 27 | Alabama | 3 | |
| Hugh Simpson | 99 | HB | 5-9 | 190 | 18 | none | 5 | |
| Johnny Sopinka | 87 | HB | 5-11 | 170 | 24 | Toronto | 8 | |
| Avatus Stone | 89 | HB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Syracuse | 9 | |
| Herb Trawick | 56 | G | 5-10 | 245 | 36 | Kentucky State | 13 | |
| Joel Wells | 86 | HB | 6-1 | 198 | 22 | Clemson | 10 | |
| Gene Wilson | 91 | HB | 6-0 | 183 | 27 | South Carolina | 2 | |
| Emmett Zelenka | 61 | T-G | 6-1 | 230 | 22 | Tulane | 14 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 16 | Vaughn McVey | C | McGill |
| 3 | 25 | Tony Yakutchik | G | McMaster |
| 4 | 31 | Bill Picard | HB | McGill |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 51 | 94 | 78 | 64 | 287 |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 42 | 107 | 88 | 301 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 324 | 154 | 160 | 10 | 53 | 435 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 291 | 173 | 107 | 11 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Patterson | 13 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||
| Bill Bewley | 1 | 34 | 38 | 89.5 | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 53 |
| Pat Abbruzzi | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Red O'Quinn | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Sam Etcheverry | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Joey Pal | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Pete Karpuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Herb Trawick | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joel Wells | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Avatus Stone | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Ken Owen | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Art Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Dean | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 34 | 38 | 89.5 | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 10 | 0 | 287 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 32 | 39 | 82.1 | 8 | 12 | 66.7 | 11 | 0 | 301 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Abbruzzi | 178 | 809 | 4.5 | 28 | 7 |
| Joel Wells | 92 | 463 | 5.0 | 41 | 3 |
| Avatus Stone | 62 | 305 | 4.9 | 25 | 1 |
| Hal Patterson | 31 | 268 | 8.6 | 22 | 4 |
| Sam Etcheverry | 54 | 209 | 3.9 | 15 | 2 |
| Bill Bewley | 23 | 155 | 6.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Owen | 23 | 93 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Art Powell | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 40 | 0 |
| Charlie Baillie | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Blaicher | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Johnny Majors | 18 | 22 | 1.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Gerry Apostolatos | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Joey Pal | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gene Wilson | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Hugh Simpson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Red O'Quinn | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ivan Livingstone | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 512 | 2486 | 4.9 | 17 | |
| Opponents Totals | 573 | 3243 | 5.7 | 18 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Etcheverry | 408 | 215 | 52.7 | 171 | 3341 | 8.2 | 15.5 | 88 | 14 | 3.4 | 22 | 5.4 | 69.1 | |||
| Hal Patterson | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 3 | 154 | 15.4 | 30.8 | 76 | 1 | 10.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 89.6 | |||
| Bruce Coulter | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 2 | 39 | 4.9 | 9.8 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 24.5 | |||
| Joel Wells | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 33 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 15 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 140.6 | |||
| Johnny Majors | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 30 | 7.5 | 15.0 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | |||
| Bill Bewley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Avatus Stone | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Pat Abbruzzi | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | -6 | -3.0 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 56.3 | |||
| Team Totals | 438 | 231 | 52.7 | 181 | 3591 | 8.2 | 15.5 | 16 | 3.7 | 26 | 5.9 | 398 | 3193 | 67.6 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 329 | 153 | 46.5 | 158 | 2447 | 7.4 | 16.0 | 17 | 5.2 | 18 | 5.5 | 66.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red O'Quinn | 61 | 1006 | 16.5 | 54 | 4 |
| Hal Patterson | 45 | 919 | 20.4 | 88 | 7 |
| Pat Abbruzzi | 23 | 190 | 8.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Joey Pal | 13 | 281 | 21.6 | 43 | 2 |
| Johnny Majors | 12 | 108 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Bewley | 10 | 65 | 6.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Tom Moran | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Jim Miller | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Ivan Livingstone | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Pete Karpuk | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37t | 1 |
| Charlie Baillie | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Sam Etcheverry | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gerry Apostolatos | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joel Wells | 18 | 299 | 16.6 | 76 | 1 |
| Art Powell | 16 | 362 | 22.6 | 39 | 0 |
| Avatus Stone | 15 | 152 | 10.1 | 20 | 0 |
| Buddy Frick | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Ken Owen | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Gene Wilson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 231 | 3591 | 15.5 | 16 | |
| Opponents Totals | 153 | 2447 | 16.0 | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bewley | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Hal Patterson | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Art Powell | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Joel Wells | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bruce Coulter | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Johnny Blaicher | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Hugo | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Moran | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Buddy Frick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 188 | 10.4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 458 | 17.6 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avatus Stone | 76 | 3123 | 41.1 | 61 | 2 | 5 |
| Sam Etcheverry | 66 | 2634 | 39.9 | 55 | 0 | 4 |
| Team Totals | 142 | 5757 | 40.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Brown | 41 | 310 | 7.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Pete Karpuk | 57 | 307 | 5.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Johnny Sopinka | 14 | 71 | 5.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Hal Patterson | 0 | 35 | 16L | 0 | |
| Bill McCoy | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Johnny Majors | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Red O'Quinn | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 126 | 770 | 6.1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 130 | 954 | 7.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Patterson | 24 | 648 | 27.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Ken Owen | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 57 | 0 |
| Art Powell | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Gerry Apostolatos | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Joel Wells | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tom Hugo | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Joey Pal | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bill Bewley | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Johnny Majors | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Pat Abbruzzi | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Red O'Quinn | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob MacLellan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ted Elsby | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Kovac | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 53 | 1007 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 975 | 18.8 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Owen | 1 | ||||||
| Hal Patterson | 2 | ||||||
| Art Powell | 1 | ||||||
| Herb Trawick | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 53 | 21 | 32 | 27 | 59 | 5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 21 | 21 | 1 |
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