1961 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Conference • 4-9-1 .321 |
| Head Coach: Perry Moss |
| Leo Cahill | Assistant Coach |
| Jack Jacobs | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 7/25/1961 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 19-28 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 15397 | |
| Mon | 7/31/1961 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16-25 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 17635 | |
| Sat | 8/5/1961 | H | Chicago Bears | 16-34 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 16293 | |
| Fri | 8/11/1961 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15-21 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 18059 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1961 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 0-33 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 17000 | |
| Mon | 8/21/1961 | A | British Columbia Lions | 7-7 | T | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 26863 | |
| Fri | 8/25/1961 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 10-15 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 18522 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1961 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 24-25 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16009 | |
| Fri | 9/8/1961 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 15-16 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 18943 | |
| Sat | 9/16/1961 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 26-12 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 19190 | |
| Sat | 9/23/1961 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 28-7 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 25291 | |
| Mon | 10/2/1961 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 2-6 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 19028 | |
| Sat | 10/7/1961 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 27-33 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 19075 | |
| Sat | 10/14/1961 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 24-14 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18589 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1961 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 5-15 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 22723 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1961 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 9-15 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 23316 | |
| Sat | 11/4/1961 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21-6 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 16199 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Don Allard | QB | 6-0 | 189 | 25 | Boston College | 2 | ||
| Charlie Baillie | HB | 6-0 | 208 | 26 | McGill | 3 | ||
| Ray Baillie | 69 | DT-MG | 6-0 | 275 | 26 | none | 5 | |
| Gino Berretta | 79 | P | 6-1 | 208 | 19 | none | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Bewley | 13 | OHB-K | 5-11 | 190 | 30 | Toronto | 14 | |
| Ron Brewer | 10 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | none | 13 | |
| Ron Brooks | 53 | OG | 5-11 | 230 | 24 | Miami (Ohio) | 7 | |
| Ross Buckle | 71 | OE | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | none | 10 | |
| Howie Cissell | 32 | FB | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Arkansas State | 12 | |
| Don Clark | 21 | OHB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Ohio State | 14 | |
| Dick Cohee | 16 | OHB | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | New Mexico State; Reedley JC | 8 | |
| John Conroy | 37 | LB | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Mount San Antonio JC | 14 | |
| Milt Crain | 47 | OT-C | 6-5 | 245 | 24 | Mississippi | 12 | |
| George Deiderich | G | 6-1 | 213 | 25 | Vanderbilt | 3 | ||
| George Dixon | 28 | OHB | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | Arnold; Bridgeport | 11 | |
| Gerry Doucette | 33 | QB | 6-0 | 187 | 27 | none | 11 | |
| Ted Elsby | 67 | DT | 5-11 | 225 | 29 | none | 4 | |
| Jack Espenship | 15 | LB-OHB | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Florida State | 13 | |
| Paul Fedor | 77 | E | 6-2 | 196 | 27 | Queen's | 5 | |
| Joe Francis | 26 | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Oregon State | 3 | |
| Gene Gaines | 25 | HB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | East Los Angeles JC; UCLA | 10 | |
| Jock Hannabach | DB | 5-10 | 165 | 23 | Wyoming | 1 | ||
| Barrie Hansen | 19 | DB | 5-10 | 180 | 20 | Los Angeles Pierce JC | 14 | |
| Mike Kovac | 57 | OG | 5-10 | 195 | 31 | Western Ontario | 13 | |
| Hal Krebs | 52 | G | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | none | 14 | |
| Ed Learn | 17 | DB | 6-0 | 175 | 26 | none | 12 | |
| Bob LeBlanc | 65 | T | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Boston College | 10 | |
| Billy Ray Locklin | 68 | DE-MG | 6-2 | 222 | 24 | New Mexico State | 11 | |
| Marv Luster | 72 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Los Angeles CC; UCLA | 14 | |
| Ed Meadows | 70 | DE | 6-2 | 221 | 29 | Duke | 3 | |
| Tom Moran | 77 | E | 6-1 | 193 | 29 | 4 | ||
| Ron Murphy | 64 | OT | 6-2 | 215 | 29 | McGill | 9 | |
| Ed Nickla | 61 | T | 6-3 | 240 | 28 | Tennessee; Maryland | 13 | |
| Bobby Jack Oliver | 63 | DT | 6-2 | 242 | 25 | Baylor | 14 | |
| Don Paquette | 51 | DE-OG | 5-11 | 225 | 22 | none | 14 | |
| Meco Poliziani | 12 | OHB-LB | 6-0 | 187 | 24 | Western Ontario | 11 | |
| John Raulick | 62 | T | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | none | 14 | |
| Bob Sawyer | HB | 6-1 | 208 | 24 | Wake Forest; Wyoming | 1 | ||
| Dick Schnell | 54 | DE-DT-OT-LB | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | Wyoming | 11 | |
| Jacki Simpson | 54 | G | 6-0 | 225 | 25 | Mississippi | 1 | |
| Joe Stracina | 41 | C | 5-11 | 225 | 31 | 14 | ||
| Jerry Thompkins | 25 | QB | 6-2 | 207 | 24 | Del Mar JC; Texas A&M-Kingsville | 8 | |
| Billy Wayte | 39 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Fresno State | 13 | |
| Nelson Yarbrough | 37 | QB | 6-2 | 190 | 25 | Virginia | 4 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 8 | Wayne Neal | G | Western Ontario |
| 3 | 13 | Milt Jewell | G | Toronto |
| 4 | 17 | Bob McAleese | HB | Queen's |
| 5 | 21 | Al Braekvelt | G | McGill |
| 6 | 24 | Ed Rush | HB | Toronto |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 57 | 59 | 39 | 58 | 213 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 82 | 46 | 59 | 225 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 230 | 142 | 73 | 15 | 79 | 502 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 252 | 140 | 98 | 14 | 72 | 592 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Dixon | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Don Clark | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Bill Bewley | 0 | 18 | 23 | 78.3 | - | - | - | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 3 | 0 | 36 |
| Bobby Jack Oliver | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Ross Buckle | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Marv Luster | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jerry Thompkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Nelson Yarbrough | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Billy Ray Locklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Meco Poliziani | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gino Berretta | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jack Espenship | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Team Totals | 26 | 20 | 26 | 76.9 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 10 | 0 | 213 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 20 | 26 | 76.9 | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 13 | 0 | 225 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Clark | 200 | 1143 | 5.7 | 106 | 5 |
| George Dixon | 138 | 806 | 5.8 | 50 | 7 |
| Jerry Thompkins | 72 | 361 | 5.0 | 19 | 2 |
| Dick Cohee | 29 | 203 | 7.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Nelson Yarbrough | 26 | 107 | 4.1 | 17 | 2 |
| Don Allard | 8 | 46 | 5.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Bill Bewley | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Meco Poliziani | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 18 | 1 |
| Jack Espenship | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Howie Cissell | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Francis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marv Luster | 4 | -11 | -2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 504 | 2749 | 5.5 | 17 | |
| Opponents Totals | 479 | 2738 | 5.7 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Thompkins | 113 | 55 | 48.7 | 43 | 1163 | 10.3 | 21.1 | 94 | 6 | 5.3 | 15 | 13.3 | 8 | 62 | 1101 | 63.6 |
| Nelson Yarbrough | 64 | 37 | 57.8 | 23 | 371 | 5.8 | 10.0 | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 6.3 | 4 | 40 | 331 | 48.4 |
| Don Allard | 42 | 16 | 38.1 | 23 | 196 | 4.7 | 12.3 | 36 | 2 | 4.8 | 3 | 7.1 | 2 | 21 | 175 | 39.4 |
| Joe Francis | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 8 | 28 | 2.5 | 9.3 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 39.6 |
| Jack Espenship | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 118.8 |
| Gerry Doucette | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 4 | 7 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10 | -3 | 50.3 |
| Howie Cissell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Don Clark | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 241 | 115 | 47.7 | 102 | 1785 | 7.4 | 15.5 | 8 | 3.3 | 24 | 10.0 | 157 | 1628 | 44.2 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 277 | 135 | 48.7 | 127 | 2023 | 7.3 | 15.0 | 12 | 4.3 | 15 | 5.4 | 252 | 1771 | 65.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marv Luster | 31 | 539 | 17.4 | 84 | 2 |
| Don Clark | 22 | 378 | 17.2 | 85 | 2 |
| George Dixon | 15 | 211 | 14.1 | 49 | 1 |
| Meco Poliziani | 15 | 122 | 8.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Bewley | 12 | 112 | 9.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Ross Buckle | 5 | 197 | 39.4 | 94 | 2 |
| Dick Cohee | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Howie Cissell | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Espenship | 10 | 181 | 18.1 | 51 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 115 | 1785 | 15.5 | 8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 135 | 2023 | 15.0 | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Conroy | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Wayte | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Barrie Hansen | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Howie Cissell | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ed Learn | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Marv Luster | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ed Nickla | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 176 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 323 | 13.5 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gino Berretta | 74 | 2982 | 40.3 | 60 | 1 | 3 |
| Jack Espenship | 54 | 2160 | 40.0 | 70 | 0 | 4 |
| Gene Gaines | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Doucette | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 131 | 5234 | 40.0 | 1 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 127 | 5616 | 44.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Learn | 47 | 348 | 7.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 27 | 165 | 6.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Howie Cissell | 21 | 144 | 6.9 | 19 | 0 |
| John Conroy | 13 | 56 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Wayte | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Bewley | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Marv Luster | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| George Dixon | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Barrie Hansen | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gino Berretta | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 121 | 783 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 123 | 524 | 4.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Jack Oliver | 39 | 2061 | 52.8 | 66 | 0 |
| Bill Bewley | 2 | 108 | 54.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 2169 | 52.9 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 2034 | 52.2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Dixon | 9 | 243 | 27.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Marv Luster | 12 | 221 | 18.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Don Clark | 8 | 181 | 22.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Dick Cohee | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Meco Poliziani | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Jack Espenship | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 776 | 19.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 820 | 20.5 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Ray Locklin | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 25 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 17 | 17 | 2 |
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