1956 Saskatchewan Roughriders (WIFU) |
2nd place 10-6-0 .625 |
Head Coach: Frank Filchock |
Jack Russell | Line |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Tue | 7/31/1956 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 27-12 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | ||
Thu | 8/2/1956 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 13-42 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 20102 | |
Fri | 8/3/1956 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 1-13 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 10000 | |
Sat | 8/18/1956 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 3-15 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16500 | |
Mon | 8/20/1956 | A | British Columbia Lions | 9-20 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 28825 | |
Sat | 8/25/1956 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 28-16 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13000 | |
Sat | 9/1/1956 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 17-27 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 12000 | |
Mon | 9/3/1956 | H | British Columbia Lions | 24-10 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13000 | |
Sat | 9/8/1956 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 31-4 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13500 | |
Mon | 9/10/1956 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 0-35 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17546 | |
Mon | 9/17/1956 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 18-1 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 14000 | |
Sat | 9/22/1956 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 24-7 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 19035 | |
Sat | 9/29/1956 | H | British Columbia Lions | 46-28 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 14000 | |
Mon | 10/1/1956 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 33-7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 20000 | |
Mon | 10/8/1956 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 26-14 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 15517 | |
Sat | 10/13/1956 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 17-37 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 14500 | |
Sat | 10/20/1956 | A | British Columbia Lions | 25-22 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 18239 | |
Mon | 10/22/1956 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 19-29 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 9000 | |
Sat | 10/27/1956 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 33-0 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 8000 | |
WIFU Semi-Final #1 | |||||||||
Sat | 11/3/1956 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 42-7 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13000 | |
WIFU Semi-Final #2 | |||||||||
Mon | 11/5/1956 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 8-19 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 13348 | |
WIFU Final #1 | |||||||||
Sat | 11/10/1956 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 23-22 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13500 | |
WIFU Final #2 | |||||||||
Mon | 11/12/1956 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 12-20 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 19000 | |
WIFU Final #3 | |||||||||
Sat | 11/17/1956 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 7-51 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 22461 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
80 | Ron Adam | QB-DB | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | none | 16 | |
62 | Paul Anderson | OT | 6-5 | 245 | 24 | none | 15 | |
54 | Ron Atchison | MG | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | none | 10 | |
40 | Mel Becket | C-DE | 6-3 | 225 | 27 | Indiana | 16 | |
58 | Phil Branch | G | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Texas | 13 | |
95 | Alex Bravo | OHB | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | 13 | |
65 | Stav Canakes | OT-DT | 6-0 | 225 | 26 | Minnesota | 3 | |
99 | Ken Carpenter | OHB-DB | 6-0 | 195 | 30 | Oregon State | 14 | |
65 | Ken Casner | T | 6-2 | 245 | 26 | Baylor | 1 | |
60 | Bill Clarke | DT | 6-4 | 235 | 24 | none | 16 | |
55 | Mario DeMarco | OG-DG | 5-11 | 200 | 32 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | |
83 | Tom Donnelly | OHB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | none | 3 | |
75 | Ron Dundas | OE | 6-3 | 212 | 22 | none | 7 | |
87 | Sully Glasser | FB | 5-10 | 180 | 34 | none | 16 | |
84 | Freddy Hamilton | FB-LB | 5-11 | 188 | 27 | 11 | ||
85 | Jim Hook | HB-QB | 5-10 | 182 | 26 | Missouri | 1 | |
94 | Larry Isbell | DB-OE-OHB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Baylor | 15 | |
67 | Leland Kendall | T | 6-7 | 245 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 10 | |
76 | Doug Killoh | DE | 6-0 | 187 | 25 | none | 15 | |
71 | Harry Lampman | OE-DB | 6-3 | 225 | 29 | Queen's | 11 | |
66 | Herm Lee | DT | 6-3 | 244 | 25 | Florida A&M | 1 | |
81 | Harry Lunn | OHB-DB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | 16 | ||
88 | Vic Marks | FB | 5-10 | 200 | 21 | 12 | ||
92 | Bobby Marlow | LB-FB | 6-0 | 202 | 26 | Alabama | 15 | |
86 | Moe Martin | FB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | none | 9 | |
70 | Jon McWilliams | OE-OHB-LB | 6-0 | 192 | 22 | Nebraska | 16 | |
52 | Dan Miller | G | 5-10 | 215 | 23 | Baylor | 1 | |
88 | Pete Muir | HB | 5-11 | 182 | 26 | St. Martin's; Western Washington | 1 | |
85 | Rod Pantages | FB | 5-11 | 200 | 27 | none | 10 | |
63 | Martin Ruby | OT-DT | 6-3 | 249 | 36 | Texas A&M | 14 | |
73 | Gord Sturtridge | DE | 6-1 | 188 | 28 | none | 16 | |
56 | Ray Syrnyk | OG-DG | 5-11 | 212 | 23 | none | 12 | |
73 | George Tait | OE-DB | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | 14 | ||
90 | Pete Thodos | OHB | 5-8 | 182 | 29 | none | 15 | |
89 | Bill Todd | OHB-DB | 6-2 | 185 | 26 | none | 13 | |
82 | Frank Tripucka | QB | 6-2 | 192 | 29 | Notre Dame | 16 | |
61 | Wilf Uhren | G-T | 6-3 | 195 | 23 | Tulsa | 1 | |
92 | Jimmy Waddell | HB | 5-11 | 187 | 25 | Compton JC | 1 | |
53 | Don Walsh | OG-DG | 6-0 | 215 | 23 | McGill; Denver | 11 | |
50 | Reg Whitehouse | OG-DG | 6-0 | 235 | 24 | none | 15 | |
74 | Stan Williams | OE-DB | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | Baylor | 8 | |
41 | John Wozniak | LB-C-OG | 6-0 | 218 | 35 | Alabama | 16 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 6 | Doug Drew | C | Western Ontario |
2 | 15 | Dave Cresswell | HB | Toronto |
3 | 24 | Jim Stewart | E | McMaster |
4 | 32 | Jim Cruikshank | HB | Queen's |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 40 | 145 | 85 | 83 |
Opponents Totals | 74 | 72 | 64 | 62 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rushing | Passing | Penalty | PEN | YDS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 313 | 152 | 148 | 13 | 66 | 466 | |
Opponents Totals | 317 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Carpenter | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||
Reg Whitehouse | 0 | 35 | 41 | 85.4 | 13 | 17 | 76.5 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
Larry Isbell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 55 | ||
Bobby Marlow | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
Alex Bravo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Rod Pantages | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | ||
Harry Lampman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Jon McWilliams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
Ron Adam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Ron Dundas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Pete Thodos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Frank Tripucka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Jimmy Waddell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Stan Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
Team Totals | 42 | 35 | 42 | 83.3 | 13 | 17 | 76.5 | 23 | 2 | 353 |
Opponents Totals | 37 | 32 | 37 | 86.5 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 9 | 0 | 272 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Carpenter | 148 | 727 | 4.9 | 25 | 8 |
Bobby Marlow | 135 | 662 | 4.9 | 32 | 8 |
Alex Bravo | 72 | 399 | 5.5 | 98 | 2 |
Sully Glasser | 40 | 177 | 4.4 | 33 | 0 |
Pete Thodos | 22 | 111 | 5.0 | 21 | 1 |
Harry Lunn | 22 | 107 | 4.9 | 32 | 0 |
Larry Isbell | 17 | 98 | 5.8 | 23 | 1 |
Rod Pantages | 23 | 83 | 3.6 | 17 | 2 |
Jimmy Waddell | 11 | 58 | 5.3 | 14 | 1 |
Bill Todd | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 11 | 0 |
Jim Hook | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
Vic Marks | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 |
Tom Donnelly | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 |
Ron Adam | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 15 | 0 |
Moe Martin | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Freddy Hamilton | 9 | -12 | -1.3 | -6 | 0 |
Frank Tripucka | 31 | -138 | -4.5 | 9 | 1 |
Team Totals | 547 | 2357 | 4.3 | 24 | |
Opponents Totals | 626 | 2894 | 4.6 | 22 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Tripucka | 383 | 216 | 56.4 | 145 | 3274 | 8.5 | 15.2 | 67 | 18 | 4.7 | 22 | 5.7 | 76.4 | |||
Ron Adam | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 5 | 176 | 16.0 | 35.2 | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 54.2 | |||
Larry Isbell | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 2 | 89 | 12.7 | 17.8 | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 113.7 | |||
Ken Carpenter | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 50 | 10.0 | 16.7 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 54.2 | |||
Bobby Marlow | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 44 | 11.0 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 89.6 | |||
Jim Hook | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 4 | 30 | 5.0 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 8.3 | |||
Sully Glasser | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Rod Pantages | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Bill Todd | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Team Totals | 419 | 232 | 55.4 | 162 | 3663 | 8.7 | 15.8 | 18 | 4.3 | 25 | 6.0 | 74.1 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 327 | 173 | 52.9 | 131 | 2393 | 7.3 | 13.8 | 11 | 3.4 | 23 | 7.0 | 58.6 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Carpenter | 43 | 784 | 18.2 | 67 | 6 |
Harry Lampman | 42 | 552 | 13.1 | 27 | 2 |
Bobby Marlow | 32 | 331 | 10.3 | 44 | 0 |
Larry Isbell | 28 | 533 | 19.0 | 41 | 5 |
Stan Williams | 21 | 448 | 21.3 | 54 | 1 |
Jon McWilliams | 20 | 325 | 16.3 | 42 | 1 |
Sully Glasser | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 16 | 0 |
Alex Bravo | 8 | 209 | 26.1 | 43 | 1 |
Ron Dundas | 7 | 180 | 25.7 | 50 | 1 |
Rod Pantages | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 39 | 0 |
Pete Thodos | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 18 | 0 |
George Tait | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 42 | 0 |
Tom Donnelly | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 51 | 0 |
Ron Adam | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 1 |
Harry Lunn | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Vic Marks | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Team Totals | 232 | 3663 | 15.8 | 18 | |
Opponents Totals | 173 | 2393 | 13.8 | 11 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harry Lunn | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 28 | 0 |
Larry Isbell | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 17 | 0 |
Bobby Marlow | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
Ron Adam | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
Ray Syrnyk | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
Phil Branch | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Gord Sturtridge | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Freddy Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Moe Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Stan Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
John Wozniak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Todd | 0 | 5 | 5L | 0 | |
Team Totals | 23 | 177 | 7.7 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 25 | 275 | 11.0 | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Isbell | 128 | 5667 | 44.3 | 75 | 2 | - | ||||
Rod Pantages | 8 | 544 | 68.0 | 77 | 0 | - | ||||
Team Totals | 136 | 6211 | 45.7 | 2 | - | 746 | 5465 | 39.6 | ||
Opponents Totals | - | 730 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Thodos | 59 | 363 | 6.2 | 20 | 0 |
Harry Lunn | 60 | 337 | 5.6 | 28 | 0 |
Larry Isbell | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 14 | 0 |
Ron Adam | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Sully Glasser | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 126 | 730 | 5.8 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 129 | 746 | 5.8 | 0 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Carpenter | 21 | 1147 | 54.6 | 70 | 0 |
Stan Williams | 11 | 581 | 52.8 | 88 | 1 |
Don Walsh | 18 | 943 | 52.4 | 75 | 0 |
Reg Whitehouse | 2 | 92 | 46.0 | 47 | 0 |
Team Totals | 52 | 2763 | 53.1 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harry Lunn | 26 | 488 | 18.8 | 38 | 0 |
Pete Thodos | 19 | 425 | 22.4 | 68 | 0 |
Freddy Hamilton | 10 | 167 | 16.7 | 37 | 0 |
Moe Martin | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 19 | 0 |
Larry Isbell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 59 | 1105 | 18.7 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 52 | 1072 | 20.6 | 0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Adam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Mel Becket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Branch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Alex Bravo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stav Canakes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Carpenter | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mario DeMarco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Donnelly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Dundas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Freddy Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Isbell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
Doug Killoh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Lampman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Lunn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Marlow | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jon McWilliams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Martin Ruby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Gord Sturtridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Syrnyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 0 |
George Tait | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Thodos | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Tripucka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Waddell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Walsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Reg Whitehouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Stan Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Wozniak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Team Totals | 26 | 26 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 90 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 36 | 26 | 26 | 3 |
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