Rick Cassata
James Richard Cassata
Born: November 17, 1947
Buffalo NY,
Position: QB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 200
College: Syracuse
High School: Tonawanda (NY)
Career: 1968-1976
Rick Cassata played from 1968 to 1976 during his career with the BC Lions, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Rough Riders, Saskatchewan Roughriders, The Hawaiians and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Cassata threw for 8,365 yards in his career, completing 616 of 1,322 passes with 39 touchdowns and 75 interceptions. He also ran for 1,403 yards in 281 attempts with 7 rushing touchdowns.
 Saskatchewan Roughriders |
 Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
 Ottawa Rough Riders |
 The Hawaiians |
 Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
 BC Lions |
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 41 | 9 | 22.0 | 206 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 48.0 | ||
| 1969 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| 1971 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 181 | 77 | 42.5 | 1100 | 6.1 | 7 | 3.9 | 14 | 7.7 | 100 | 43.5 | ||
| 1972 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 357 | 179 | 50.1 | 2548 | 7.1 | 13 | 3.6 | 22 | 6.2 | 73 | 60.1 | ||
| 1973 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 177 | 94 | 53.1 | 1255 | 7.1 | 4 | 2.3 | 6 | 3.4 | 52 | 69.3 | ||
| 1974 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 210 | 88 | 41.9 | 1254 | 6.0 | 4 | 1.9 | 13 | 6.2 | 58 | 42.4 | ||
| 1975 | WFL The Hawaiians | 97 | 45 | 46.4 | 505 | 5.2 | 6 | 6.2 | 8 | 8.2 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 48.7 |
| 1976 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 89 | 46 | 51.7 | 543 | 6.1 | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 5.6 | 37 | 62.1 | ||
| 1976 | CFL BC Lions | 169 | 78 | 46.2 | 954 | 5.6 | 1 | 0.6 | 7 | 4.1 | 53 | 48.8 | ||
| CFL | 1225 | 571 | 46.6 | 7860 | 6.4 | 33 | 2.7 | 67 | 5.5 | 100 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WFL | 97 | 45 | 46.4 | 505 | 5.2 | 6 | 6.2 | 8 | 8.2 | 6 | 7 | 40 | ||
| Totals | 1322 | 616 | 46.6 | 8365 | 6.3 | 39 | 3.0 | 75 | 5.7 | 100 | 7 | 40 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 100 | 6.2 | 16 | 0 |
| 1969 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1971 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 65 | 393 | 6.0 | 58 | 1 |
| 1972 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 85 | 442 | 5.2 | 43 | 2 |
| 1973 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 34 | 128 | 3.8 | 14 | 1 |
| 1974 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 35 | 143 | 4.1 | 25 | 1 |
| 1975 | WFL The Hawaiians | 14 | 54 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 |
| 1976 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1976 | CFL BC Lions | 25 | 116 | 4.6 | 29 | 2 |
| CFL | 267 | 1349 | 5.1 | 58 | 7 | |
| WFL | 14 | 54 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 | |
| Totals | 281 | 1403 | 5.0 | 58 | 7 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| CFL | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| CFL | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Punt Returns:
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| CFL | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1969 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 1971 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1972 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1973 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1974 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1975 | WFL The Hawaiians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1976 | CFL BC Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| CFL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | |
| WFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 0 |
| 1969 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 6 | 0 |
| 1971 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 0 |
| 1972 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 14 |
| 1973 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 14 | 0 |
| 1974 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 16 | 0 |
| 1975 | WFL | The Hawaiians | ||
| 1976 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7 | 0 |
| 1976 | CFL | BC Lions | 7 | 5 |
