1961 Ottawa Rough Riders (CFL) |
| 2nd place Eastern Conference 8-6-0 .571 |
| Head Coach: Frank Clair |
| Bill Smyth | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 7/20/1961 | H | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 28-15 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17000 | |
| Tue | 7/25/1961 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 28-19 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 15397 | |
| Sat | 7/29/1961 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 3-17 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 11000 | |
| Tue | 8/1/1961 | A | British Columbia Lions | 22-14 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 17988 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1961 | H | British Columbia Lions | 41-7 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17329 | |
| Thu | 8/17/1961 | A | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 19-29 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18517 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1961 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 32-1 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 13928 | |
| Mon | 8/28/1961 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 29-10 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 14291 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1961 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 25-24 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 16009 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1961 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 26-35 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22152 | |
| Sat | 9/16/1961 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 12-26 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 19190 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1961 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 29-10 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 30648 | |
| Sat | 9/30/1961 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 47-21 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22400 | |
| Mon | 10/9/1961 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14-10 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 25273 | |
| Sat | 10/14/1961 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 14-24 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18589 | |
| Sat | 10/21/1961 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 7-21 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18821 | |
| Sat | 10/28/1961 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 29-44 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 20271 | |
| Sat | 11/4/1961 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 35-23 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17144 | |
| Eastern Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/11/1961 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 19-43 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19151 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 64 | Gilles Archambault | DT | 6-2 | 245 | 27 | Ottawa | 14 | |
| 51 | Marv Bevan | G | 6-0 | 225 | 26 | none | 1 | |
| 40 | Bruno Bitkowski | C | 6-2 | 220 | 32 | Ottawa | 14 | |
| 10 | George Brancato | CB-FL | 5-9 | 177 | 30 | Santa Ana JC; Louisiana State | 13 | |
| 63 | Jim Cain | T | 6-4 | 240 | 22 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | |
| 20 | Len Chandler | OHB | 5-8 | 165 | 27 | 14 | ||
| 54 | Merv Collins | OG-LB | 6-1 | 220 | 28 | none | 14 | |
| 25 | Jim Conroy | LB-P | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Southern California | 14 | |
| 23 | Doug Daigneault | OHB | 6-2 | 192 | 25 | Clemson | 10 | |
| 52 | George Deiderich | G | 6-1 | 213 | 25 | Vanderbilt | 6 | |
| 24 | Dick Desmarais | HB | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Boston University | 7 | |
| 65 | Milt Graham | OT-DE | 6-6 | 235 | 27 | Colgate | 13 | |
| 12 | Russ Jackson | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | McMaster | 14 | |
| 77 | Bob Johnson | OE | 6-2 | 208 | 22 | Michigan | 1 | |
| 61 | Tom Jones | T | 6-5 | 250 | 30 | Kentucky State; Miami (Ohio) | 14 | |
| 15 | Joe Kelly | HB | 5-11 | 203 | 24 | New Mexico State | 3 | |
| 56 | Ronnie Koes | C | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | North Carolina | 8 | |
| 16 | Ron Lancaster | QB | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Wittenberg | 14 | |
| 60 | Angelo Mosca | DT | 6-4 | 272 | 24 | Notre Dame; Wyoming | 14 | |
| 14 | Gerry Nesbitt | LB | 5-10 | 200 | 29 | Tyler JC; Arkansas | 13 | |
| 17 | Joe Poirier | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Loyola (Quebec); McGill | 14 | |
| 62 | Moe Racine | T | 6-4 | 232 | 24 | none | 14 | |
| 74 | Jim Reynolds | DE-OE | 6-2 | 212 | 23 | Hillsdale | 13 | |
| 26 | Robin Ritchie | DB | 5-11 | 182 | 22 | Queen's | 2 | |
| 53 | Fred Robinson | OG | 6-1 | 242 | 31 | Washington | 2 | |
| Tom Rodgers | HB | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Kentucky | 5 | ||
| 22 | Gary Schreider | HB-K | 5-11 | 187 | 27 | Queen's | 14 | |
| 50 | Sam Scoccia | MG | 5-10 | 242 | 31 | none | 14 | |
| 42 | Jerry Selinger | C | 6-0 | 215 | 26 | St. Joseph's (Indiana) | 14 | |
| 70 | Bob Simpson | E | 6-0 | 200 | 31 | Western Ontario | 14 | |
| 71 | Ted Smale | DE | 6-2 | 210 | 29 | Toronto | 13 | |
| 75 | Bill Sowalski | OE | 5-11 | 200 | 31 | none | 14 | |
| 82 | Chuck Stanley | HB | 5-8 | 185 | 25 | South Carolina State | 5 | |
| 11 | Ron Stewart | OHB | 5-7 | 175 | 27 | Queen's | 12 | |
| 21 | Dave Thelen | FB | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | |
| 55 | Kaye Vaughan | OG | 6-2 | 225 | 30 | Tulsa | 14 | |
| 30 | Davey West | OHB | 5-9 | 175 | 33 | none | 4 | |
| 27 | Ernie White | OHB | 5-8 | 180 | 23 | Dayton | 9 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Paul Burroughs | HB | Toronto |
| 2 | 10 | John Moore | HB | McGill |
| 3 | 15 | Dick Pearce | HB | Queen's |
| 4 | 19 | Frank Loftus | HB | Western Ontario |
| 5 | 23 | John Evan | T | Toronto |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 83 | 110 | 79 | 87 |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 75 | 66 | 83 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rushing | Passing | Penalty | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 288 | 190 | 87 | 11 | 90 | 651 | |
| Opponents Totals | 262 | 143 | 100 | 19 | 60 | 577 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Stewart | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Gary Schreider | 0 | 44 | 49 | 89.8 | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 57 |
| Russ Jackson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Dave Thelen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Dick Desmarais | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Joe Kelly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bob Simpson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Gerry Nesbitt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Gilles Archambault | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Len Chandler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Reynolds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Sowalski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| George Brancato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doug Daigneault | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Lancaster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jerry Selinger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ted Smale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Stanley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Davey West | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ernie White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Conroy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Team Totals | 49 | 44 | 49 | 89.8 | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 9 | 0 | 359 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 31 | 38 | 81.6 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 8 | 0 | 285 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Thelen | 180 | 1032 | 5.7 | 47 | 3 |
| Ron Stewart | 107 | 706 | 6.6 | 72 | 6 |
| Russ Jackson | 67 | 472 | 7.0 | 24 | 6 |
| Dick Desmarais | 53 | 345 | 6.5 | 41 | 3 |
| Chuck Stanley | 34 | 334 | 9.8 | 62 | 1 |
| Ernie White | 30 | 271 | 9.0 | 45 | 1 |
| Joe Kelly | 36 | 191 | 5.3 | 22 | 3 |
| Ron Lancaster | 17 | 122 | 7.2 | 23 | 1 |
| Doug Daigneault | 14 | 48 | 3.4 | 6 | 1 |
| Gerry Nesbitt | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 19 | 2 |
| Gary Schreider | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Sowalski | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 0 | 4 | 4L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 543 | 3564 | 6.6 | 27 | |
| Opponents Totals | 485 | 2847 | 5.9 | 21 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Jackson | 117 | 59 | 50.4 | 51 | 1048 | 9.0 | 17.8 | 61 | 8 | 6.8 | 7 | 6.0 | 17 | 150 | 898 | 79.3 |
| Ron Lancaster | 100 | 49 | 49.0 | 43 | 966 | 9.7 | 19.7 | 63 | 9 | 9.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 5 | 28 | 938 | 79.8 |
| Jim Conroy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Dick Desmarais | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Chuck Stanley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Joe Kelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | -12 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | 222 | 108 | 48.6 | 99 | 2014 | 9.1 | 18.6 | 17 | 7.7 | 15 | 6.8 | 200 | 1814 | 77.8 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 283 | 139 | 49.1 | 124 | 2089 | 7.4 | 15.0 | 13 | 4.6 | 20 | 7.1 | 261 | 1828 | 59.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Simpson | 20 | 428 | 21.4 | 63 | 3 |
| Bill Sowalski | 16 | 298 | 18.6 | 45 | 2 |
| Len Chandler | 12 | 220 | 18.3 | 46 | 2 |
| George Brancato | 12 | 209 | 17.4 | 21 | 1 |
| Ron Stewart | 11 | 137 | 12.5 | 30 | 4 |
| Dick Desmarais | 9 | 143 | 15.9 | 33 | 1 |
| Dave Thelen | 8 | 197 | 24.6 | 48 | 2 |
| Joe Kelly | 6 | 119 | 19.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Davey West | 5 | 157 | 31.4 | 61 | 1 |
| Doug Daigneault | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Ernie White | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jim Reynolds | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ted Smale | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Gary Schreider | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Chuck Stanley | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 108 | 2014 | 18.6 | 17 | |
| Opponents Totals | 139 | 2089 | 15.0 | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Daigneault | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Joe Poirier | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 88 | 0 |
| George Brancato | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Ernie White | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Jim Conroy | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Gary Schreider | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Reynolds | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gerry Nesbitt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Scoccia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 268 | 13.4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 183 | 12.2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Conroy | 71 | 3092 | 43.5 | 86 | 0 | - | ||||
| Gerry Nesbitt | 45 | 1778 | 39.5 | 64 | 1 | - | ||||
| Team Totals | 116 | 4870 | 42.0 | 1 | - | 647 | 4223 | 36.1 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 120 | 5231 | 43.6 | - | 622 | 4609 | 38.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Chandler | 68 | 372 | 5.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Ernie White | 24 | 147 | 6.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Chuck Stanley | 12 | 66 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Doug Daigneault | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Poirier | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 115 | 622 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 111 | 647 | 5.8 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moe Racine | 62 | 3077 | 49.6 | 80 | 0 |
| Doug Daigneault | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 63 | 3100 | 49.2 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 2641 | 51.8 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie White | 14 | 325 | 23.2 | 44 | 0 |
| Dick Desmarais | 8 | 265 | 33.1 | 56 | 0 |
| Ron Stewart | 10 | 231 | 23.1 | 62 | 0 |
| Chuck Stanley | 8 | 188 | 23.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Doug Daigneault | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Gerry Nesbitt | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Kaye Vaughan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 51 | 1125 | 22.1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 1320 | 21.3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Archambault | 2 | ||||||
| Jim Reynolds | 1 | ||||||
| Jim Reynolds | 2 | ||||||
| Jerry Selinger | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 28 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 21 | 21 | 4 |
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