1956 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU) - Pro Football Archives

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Wed	8/8/1956	H	Toronto Argonauts	13-28	L	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	11000
Sat	8/11/1956	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	7-0	W	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	8000
Sat	8/18/1956	H	British Columbia Lions	17-14	W	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	12889
Sat	8/25/1956	A	Edmonton Eskimos	22-23	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	16500
Mon	8/27/1956	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	15-16	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16687
Sat	9/1/1956	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	27-17	W	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	12000
Sat	9/8/1956	A	British Columbia Lions	15-45	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	28737
Mon	9/10/1956	H	Edmonton Eskimos	15-28	L	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	12000
Sat	9/15/1956	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16-6	W	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	12789
Mon	9/17/1956	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	1-18	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	14000
Sat	9/22/1956	A	Edmonton Eskimos	0-52	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	20000
Sat	9/29/1956	H	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	14-37	L	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	12000
Sat	10/6/1956	A	British Columbia Lions	7-24	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	25663
Mon	10/8/1956	H	Edmonton Eskimos	8-36	L	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	11261
Mon	10/15/1956	H	British Columbia Lions	21-22	L	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	10000
Sat	10/20/1956	A	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	25-17	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15922
Mon	10/22/1956	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	29-19	W	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	9000
Sat	10/27/1956	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	0-33	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	8000

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
75	John Alderton	DE	6-1	200	25	Maryland	3
57	Ron Allbright	OG-LB	6-0	220	22	none	14
81	Don Bailey	QB	6-0	190	23	Penn State	1
74	John Borger	LB	6-0	195	21	none	3
83	Lynn Bottoms	OHB-LB	5-10	185	23		16
50	Porky Brown	OT-DG	6-0	255	28	St. Martin's	16
66	Bryan Burnthorne	T	6-1	220	23	Tulane	10
73	Jim Cain	E	6-1	202	29	Alabama	4
61	Erik Christensen	OT-DE	6-3	235	25	Richmond	3
86	Ron Clinkscale	OHB-DB	6-0	185	23	Texas Christian	12
45	Hubert Cook	C	6-2	220	23	Oklahoma State; Trinity (Texas)	8
71	Bryan Engram	OE-DE	6-1	200	22	Texas Christian	13
55	Bob Geary	OG-DG	5-9	223	21		11
73	Jack Gotta	OE-DB	6-4	212	27	Minnesota State-Moorhead; Oregon State	7
86	Howard Graves	HB	5-11	177	26	Michigan State	1
51	Floyd Harrawood	OT-DT	6-2	245	27	Tulsa	10
65	Burdette Hess	OT-DE	6-1	232	23	Idaho	16
56	Bill Horton	G	6-1	200	25	Toronto	1
60	Dick Huffman	DT-OT	6-1	255	33	Tennessee	16
98	Don Klosterman	QB	5-10	180	26	Loyola Marymount	11
81	Ronnie Knox	QB	6-1	198	21	California; UCLA	6
58	Jack Lamb	OT-DT	6-2	240	21	none	11
53	Harry Langford	OG	6-3	229	27	none	15
47	Lamar Leachman	C-LB	6-1	220	22	Tennessee	8
95	Earl Lunsford	FB-LB	5-11	200	23	Oklahoma State	16
54	Alex Macklin	OG-DE	6-0	225	24	Toronto	15
70	Bill McKenna	E	6-3	215	23	Brandeis	1
73	Jack Meakins	E	6-2	196	23	Montana State	1
61	Bob Morgan	T	6-0	235	26	Maryland	8
92	Pete Muir	DB	5-11	182	26	St. Martin's; Western Washington	10
85	Phil Muntz	FB-LB	5-9	190	22	Toronto	9
91	Baz Nagle	OHB-DB	5-11	188	23	none	16
84	Joe Pagliei	HB	6-0	220	22	Clemson	9
67	Tony Pajaczkowski	OG-DG	6-3	225	20	none	16
47	John Prendergast	C-LB	6-1	217	26	Toronto	16
72	Bill Pullar	OE-DE	6-0	228	30	McGill	14
78	Johnny Pyeatt	OE-LB	6-3	204	23	none	13
99	Dean Renfro	OHB-DB	5-11	180	24	North Texas	6
87	Jim Sides	FB	5-11	215	22	Texas Tech	3
93	Eddie Simms	OHB-DB	5-11	190	22	none	11
80	Bill Stevenson	QB-DB	6-0	190	23	Toronto	15
88	Al Valdes	OHB-DB	5-11	195	21	none	16
84	Lou Wacker	HB	6-0	180	22	Richmond	1
99	Eddie West	QB	6-2	215	23	North Carolina State	2
90	Harvey Wylie	OHB-DB	5-9	178	23	Montana State	16
97	Joe Yamauchi	FB-LB	5-11	190	23	Eastern Washington	16

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Phil Muntz	FB	Toronto
2	11	Ted Roman	T	Western Ontario
3	20	Ted Tapororwski	T-E	McGill
4	29	Bill Bell	T	McMaster

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	46	34	81	68
Opponents Totals	85	145	103	63

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		283	163	103	17	79	577
Opponents Totals		310

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Earl Lunsford	8	0	0		0	0		0	0	48
Joe Pagliei	5	0	0		0	0		4	0	34
Lynn Bottoms	5	2	3	66.7	0	2	0.0	1	0	33
Don Klosterman	2	17	20	85.0	1	4	25.0	1	0	33
Ronnie Knox	3	3	8	37.5	0	3	0.0	4	0	25
Dean Renfro	3	0	0		0	0		0	0	18
Ron Clinkscale	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Bryan Engram	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Jack Gotta	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Baz Nagle	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Al Valdes	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Harvey Wylie	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Bill Stevenson	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	1
Jim Sides	0	1	1	100.0	0	1	0.0	0	0	1
Team Totals	32	23	32	71.9	1	10	10.0	11	0	229
Opponents Totals	53	36	53	67.9	13	22	59.1	13	2	410

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Earl Lunsford	216	1283	5.9	57	7
Lynn Bottoms	61	332	5.4	23	5
Joe Pagliei	57	324	5.7	60	3
Ron Clinkscale	52	210	4.0	23	0
Baz Nagle	27	188	7.0	23	1
Ronnie Knox	36	80	2.2	20	3
Harvey Wylie	24	76	3.2	12	0
Dean Renfro	5	72	14.4	57	1
Al Valdes	17	54	3.2	19	1
Don Klosterman	50	39	0.8	23	2
Jim Sides	6	35	5.8	20	0
Bill Stevenson	5	31	6.2	47	0
Joe Yamauchi	4	12	3.0	7	0
Bryan Engram	1	9	9.0	9	0
Don Bailey	9	-12	-1.3	11	0
Team Totals	570	2733	4.8		23
Opponents Totals	594	2829	4.8		30

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Don Klosterman	177	97	54.8	65	1398	7.9	14.4	62	5	2.8	15	8.5	54.8
Ronnie Knox	130	61	46.9	64	782	6.0	12.8	32	2	1.5	5	3.8	55.4
Don Bailey	12	3	25.0	8	49	4.1	16.3	28	0	0.0	1	8.3	9.4
Ron Clinkscale	10	4	40.0	5	41	4.1	10.3	19	0	0.0	1	10.0	12.9
Bill Stevenson	7	2	28.6	2	13	1.9	6.5	12	0	0.0	3	42.9	0.0
Baz Nagle	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Harvey Wylie	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Team Totals	339	167	49.3	146	2283	6.7	13.7		7	2.1	26	7.7	46.1
Opponents Totals	333	174	52.3	137	2789	8.4	16.0		19	5.7	22	6.6	72.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Johnny Pyeatt	25	307	12.3	28	0
Baz Nagle	22	345	15.7	51	0
Jack Gotta	17	290	17.1	62	1
Joe Pagliei	15	252	16.8	54	2
Ron Clinkscale	15	182	12.1	44	1
Bryan Engram	13	214	16.5	30	1
Earl Lunsford	13	108	8.3	19	0
Dean Renfro	11	205	18.6	45	2
Lynn Bottoms	9	100	11.1	24	0
Harvey Wylie	6	77	12.8	48	0
Eddie Simms	5	52	10.4	21	0
Eddie West	4	59	14.8	37	0
Al Valdes	4	29	7.3	16	0
John Alderton	3	33	11.0	14	0
Jim Sides	3	16	5.3	9	0
Joe Yamauchi	2	14	7.0	18	0
Team Totals	167	2283	13.7		7
Opponents Totals	174	2789	16.0		19

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Harvey Wylie	5	41	8.2	20	0
Earl Lunsford	4	59	14.8	32	1
Lynn Bottoms	3	25	8.3	25	0
Ron Clinkscale	2	15	7.5	15	0
Pete Muir	2	13	6.5	13	0
Lamar Leachman	1	15	15.0	15	0
Bill Stevenson	1	5	5.0	5	0
Eddie West	1	3	3.0	3	0
Ron Allbright	1	0	0.0	0	0
Joe Pagliei	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bill Pullar	1	0	0.0	7	0
Team Totals	22	176	8.0		1
Opponents Totals	26	566	21.8		3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Joe Pagliei	64	2415	37.7	58	0	-
Earl Lunsford	7	324	46.3	60	0	-
Ronnie Knox	30	1152	38.4	66	0	-
Eddie West	4	151	37.8	42	0	-
Bill Stevenson	22	818	37.2	57	1	-
Team Totals	127	4860	38.3		1	-	640	4220	33.0
Opponents Totals						-	675

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Baz Nagle	25	210	8.4	17
Harvey Wylie	27	175	6.5	20
Lynn Bottoms	19	113	5.9	18
Eddie Simms	13	55	4.2	10
Phil Muntz	8	43	5.4	9
Pete Muir	6	31	5.2	10
Bill Stevenson	3	23	7.7	9
Bryan Burnthorne	0	16		16L
Ron Clinkscale	1	9	9.0	9
Earl Lunsford	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	103	675	6.6
Opponents Totals	118	640	5.4

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Lynn Bottoms	11	596	54.2	69	0
Jim Sides	7	378	54.0	59	0
Burdette Hess	5	250	50.0	55	0
Bill Stevenson	8	361	45.1	56	0
Earl Lunsford	2	87	43.5	45	0
Eddie West	3	130	43.3	54	0
Harvey Wylie	6	257	42.8	62	0
Tony Pajaczkowski	3	118	39.3	44	0
Ronnie Knox	2	78	39.0	41	0
Don Bailey	1	39	39.0	39	0
Team Totals	48	2294	47.8
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Baz Nagle	17	400	23.5	37
Harvey Wylie	12	262	21.8	38
Lynn Bottoms	11	248	22.5	40
Phil Muntz	9	131	14.6	26
Dean Renfro	6	110	18.3	27
Ron Clinkscale	4	88	22.0
Joe Pagliei	4	62	15.5	23
Joe Yamauchi	3	25	8.3	12
Bob Geary	1	18	18.0	18
Alex Macklin	1	6	6.0	6
Bill Pullar	1	5	5.0	5
Pete Muir	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	70	1355	19.4
Opponents Totals	48	993	20.7

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
John Alderton	0	0		1	1	0	0
Ron Allbright	1		1	1	2	0	0
Don Bailey	1			0	0	0	0
Lynn Bottoms	2			1	1	0	0
Porky Brown	0	0		3	3	0	0
Erik Christensen	0	0		1	1	0	0
Ron Clinkscale	4		1	1	2	0	0
Bob Geary	0	0	2	2	2	0	0
Jack Gotta	0	0		2	2	0	0
Burdette Hess	0	0		1	1	11	0
Dick Huffman	0	0		3	3	0	0
Don Klosterman	6			0	0	0	0
Ronnie Knox	5			0	0	0	0
Harry Langford	0	0		1	1	0	0
Lamar Leachman	0	0	1	2	3	0	0
Earl Lunsford	5			0	0	0	0
Bob Morgan	0	0		1	1	0	0
Phil Muntz	2			0	0	0	0
Baz Nagle	3			0	0	0	0
Joe Pagliei	4			0	0	0	0
John Prendergast	1			0	0	0	0
Johnny Pyeatt	1			0	0	0	0
Jim Sides	1			0	0	0	0
Eddie Simms	1			1	1	0	0
Al Valdes	1			0	0	0	0
Eddie West	0	0		1	1	0	0
Harvey Wylie	3		2	4	6	50	1
Joe Yamauchi	1		1	1	2	0	0
(Team)	0	0		1	1	0
Team Totals	42	33	9	28	37	61	1
Opponents Totals		28		33	33		1

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