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1957 Ottawa Rough Riders (IRFU)

2nd place • 8-6-0 .571

1957 CFL • Previous Season • Next Season

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Head Coach: Frank Clair

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SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result				Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/2/1957	H	Calgary Stampeders	23	14	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	9272
Thu	8/8/1957	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	14	7	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	9000
Sat	8/10/1957	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	6	36	L		Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	10000
Mon	8/12/1957	A	Calgary Stampeders	7	26	L		Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	9000
Tue	8/20/1957	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	20	7	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	18000
Fri	8/23/1957	A	Toronto Argonauts	22	17	W		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	21566
Fri	8/31/1957	A	Montreal Alouettes	21	22	L		Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium	22984
Sat	9/7/1957	H	Montreal Alouettes	17	16	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	19998
Sat	9/14/1957	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	18	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	22010
Sat	9/21/1957	A	Toronto Argonauts	55	14	W		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	15845
Sat	9/28/1957	H	Toronto Argonauts	40	21	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	16506
Sat	10/5/1957	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	17	18	L		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	17240
Sat	10/12/1957	H	Montreal Alouettes	27	17	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	18356
Mon	10/14/1957	A	Montreal Alouettes	24	32	L		Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium	22864
Sat	10/19/1957	A	Toronto Argonauts	23	31	L		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	13382
Sat	10/26/1957	H	Toronto Argonauts	25	7	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	12440
Sat	11/2/1957	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	9	4	W		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	16000
Sat	11/9/1957	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	12	13	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	18000
IRFU Semi-Final
Wed	11/13/1957	H	Montreal Alouettes	15	24	L		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	15000

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Gilles Archambault	64/68	T	6-2	245	23	Ottawa	14
George Arnett	69	T	6-2	240	29	McMaster	3
Marv Bevan	62	T-DE	6-0	225	22	none	14
George Brancato	87	DB	5-9	177	26	Santa Ana JC; Louisiana State	14
Lou Bruce	73	E	6-0	205	23	Queen's	13
Merv Collins	54	G	6-1	220	24	none	14
Hardiman Cureton	68/64	G	5-11	235	24	Los Angeles Valley JC; UCLA	12
Tom Dimitroff	86	QB-DB	5-11	200	22	Miami (Ohio)	14
Frank Fraser	84	HB	6-0	185	22	Tennessee State	14
Bob Garbig	96	QB	5-10	180	21		11
Milt Graham	69	DT	6-6	235	23	Colgate	13
Larry Hayes	51	OG-DG	6-3	230	23	Vanderbilt	14
Karl Hilzinger	93	FB	5-10	190	25	none	3
Tom Jones	61	T	6-5	250	26	Kentucky State; Miami (Ohio)	8
Bobby Judd	90	HB	5-9	185	25	Xavier (Ohio)	14
Boris Kotoff	80	FB	6-0	187	29		10
Hal Ledyard	85	QB	6-0	185	26	Tennessee-Chattanooga	8
Tommy Lewis	82	FB	5-11	195	26	Alabama	10
Nayland Moll	83	HB	5-10	177	24	none	9
Ron Pawlowski	41	C	6-2	215	23	Miami (Ohio)	14
Al Pfeifer	99	E	6-1	200	29	Fordham	14
Don Pinhey	89	HB	5-10	177	26	Muskingum	14
Bob Pinkney	95	HB	6-0	178	23	Toronto	2
Ronnie Quillian	93	FB	6-2	210	23	Tulane	5
Jim Roseboro	94	HB	5-9	180	22	Ohio State	1
Don St. John	81	FB	5-11	205	22	Xavier (Ohio)	14
Gary Schreider	92	OHB-K	5-11	187	23	Queen's	14
Sam Scoccia	60	G	5-10	242	27	none	14
Jerry Selinger	40	C	6-0	215	22	St. Joseph's (Indiana)	14
Bob Simpson	70	FW-S	6-0	200	27	Western Ontario	14
Ted Smale	71	E	6-2	210	25	Toronto	14
Bill Sowalski	75	LB	5-11	200	27	none	13
Joe Stracina	50	C	5-11	225	27		14
Joe Upton	53	T-G	6-2	248	32	Toronto	14
Kaye Vaughan	55	OT-DT	6-2	225	26	Tulsa	13

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	3	Russ Radchuk	G	Queen's
2	12	Pete Mitchell	E	McMaster
3	21	Pete Polecrone	C	Toronto

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	70	93	81	82	326
Opponents Totals	29	87	60	61	237

TEAM STATS	TOP	First Downs	Rush	Pass	Pen	2nd Down Efficiency	3rd Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		290	174	103	13	66	570
Opponents Totals		265	126	127	12

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Gary Schreider	2	33	44	75.0	-	-	-	7	12	58.3	2	0	68
Bobby Judd	8	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		1	0	49
Tommy Lewis	8	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		1	0	49
Bob Simpson	7	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	42
George Brancato	5	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	30
Ted Smale	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	12
Frank Fraser	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Nayland Moll	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Bill Sowalski	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Joe Upton	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Tom Dimitroff	5	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		1	0	31
Al Pfeifer	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	18
Ronnie Quillian	0	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		3	0	3
Team Totals	44	33	44	75.0	7	12	58.3	8	0	326
Opponents Totals	29	24	29	82.8	9	17	52.9	12	0	237

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Judd	120	653	5.4	37	5
Tommy Lewis	92	437	4.8	36	6
Tom Dimitroff	87	423	4.9	17	5
Ronnie Quillian	77	317	4.1	15	0
Don St. John	61	233	3.8	12	0
Gary Schreider	50	197	3.9	11	2
Frank Fraser	23	194	8.4	40	1
Don Pinhey	48	181	3.8	19	0
Hal Ledyard	20	103	5.2	10	0
George Brancato	16	40	2.5	16	0
Bob Pinkney	3	12	4.0	8	0
Karl Hilzinger	8	11	1.4	5	0
Bob Garbig	1	4	4.0	4	0
Boris Kotoff	1	4	4.0	4	0
Nayland Moll	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	608	2809	4.6		19
Opponents Totals	519	2263	4.4		16

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Tom Dimitroff	199	98	49.2	85	1750	8.8	17.9	84	12	6.0	16	8.0				66.4
Hal Ledyard	105	55	52.4	44	982	9.4	17.9	68	6	5.7	6	5.7				79.9
Frank Fraser	2	1	50.0	1	21	10.5	21.0	21	0	0.0	0	0.0				87.5
Bobby Judd	1	1	100.0	0	6	6.0	6.0	6	0	0.0	0	0.0				91.7
Bob Simpson	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0				0.0
Team Totals	308	155	50.3	130	2759	9.0	17.8		18	5.8	23	7.5		384	2375	69.7
Opponents Totals	350	167	47.7	145	2613	7.5	15.6		10	2.9	38	10.9				42.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Simpson	31	703	22.7	65	7
George Brancato	25	776	31.0	84	5
Bobby Judd	14	160	11.4	24	1
Tommy Lewis	11	105	9.5	20	1
Don Pinhey	8	71	8.9	16	0
Frank Fraser	7	97	13.9	23	0
Don St. John	7	67	9.6	24	0
Gary Schreider	2	25	12.5	19	0
Nayland Moll	1	29	29.0	29t	1
Bob Pinkney	1	13	13.0	13	0
Karl Hilzinger	1	8	8.0	8	0
Al Pfeifer	44	700	15.9	57	3
Ronnie Quillian	3	5	1.7	7	0
Team Totals	155	2759	17.8		18
Opponents Totals	167	2613	15.6		10

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
George Brancato	7	61	8.7	20	0
Bob Simpson	6	31	5.2	13	0
Bobby Judd	5	115	23.0	50	1
Bill Sowalski	5	99	19.8	49	1
Tommy Lewis	3	48	16.0	46	1
Gary Schreider	3	16	5.3	16	0
Frank Fraser	2	32	16.0	18	0
Larry Hayes	2	11	5.5	6	0
Lou Bruce	1	9	9.0	9	0
Jerry Selinger	1	9	9.0	9	0
Ron Pawlowski	1	6	6.0	6	0
Merv Collins	1	4	4.0	4	0
Joe Stracina	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	38	441	11.6		3
Opponents Totals	23	176	7.7		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Ronnie Quillian	51	1913	37.5	73	1	3
Bobby Judd	84	2986	35.5	58	0	1
Hal Ledyard	1	48	48.0	48	0	0
Tom Dimitroff	18	616	34.2	49	0	1
Team Totals	154	5563	36.1
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Don Pinhey	57	430	7.5	21	0
Gary Schreider	44	325	7.4	18	0
Bob Simpson	21	125	6.0	21	0
Bobby Judd	7	102	14.6	19	0
Nayland Moll	1	10	10.0	10	0
Frank Fraser	3	5	1.7	3	0
Hardiman Cureton	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	134	997	7.4		0
Opponents Totals	132	599	4.5		0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Judd	16	353	22.1	34	0
Don Pinhey	12	268	22.3	29	0
George Brancato	3	58	19.3	27	0
Ted Smale	4	52	13.0	18	0
Lou Bruce	5	42	8.4	11	0
Merv Collins	1	26	26.0	26	0
Team Totals	41	799	19.5		0
Opponents Totals	58	1145	19.7		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ted Smale							2
Joe Upton							1
Team Totals	56	21	35	31	66		3
Opponents Totals		31		21	21		3

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