
1959 Calgary Stampeders Statistics
Team Record: 8-8 16
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Coach: Otis Douglas (8-8)
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1959 Calgary Stampeders Results
The Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League ended the 1959 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses for 16 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union.
The Stampeders racked up 356 points, and the defensive squad allowed 301. Earl Lunsford carried the ball for a team-high 1,027 yards for Calgary, and Gene Filipski also aided the ground game.
Joe Kapp tossed for 2,990 yards. Ernie Warlick grabbed 53 receptions for 909 yards, while Gene Filipski contributed to the receiving game, too.
Harvey Wylie picked off 10 opponent throws.
Otis Douglas coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Kapp | 328 | 196 | 59.8 | 2990 | 9.1 | 21 | 6.4 | 14 | 4.3 | 85 | 93.4 |
Norbert Wirkowski | 40 | 17 | 42.5 | 201 | 5.0 | 1 | 2.5 | 6 | 15.0 | 34 | 27.2 |
Gene Filipski | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 16 | 5.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 16 | 52.1 |
Totals | 371 | 214 | 57.7 | 3207 | 8.6 | 23 | 6.2 | 21 | 5.7 | 85 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earl Lunsford | 183 | 1027 | 5.6 | 22 | 10 |
Gene Filipski | 155 | 967 | 6.2 | 41 | 4 |
Joe Kapp | 113 | 606 | 5.4 | 21 | 5 |
Donnie Stone | 102 | 469 | 4.6 | 26 | 1 |
Ron Morris | 16 | 84 | 5.2 | 14 | 0 |
Lynn Bottoms | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Harvey Wylie | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Norbert Wirkowski | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
Bob Sawyer | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
Ron Kelly | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
Wayne Aiken | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 581 | 3197 | 5.5 | 41 | 20 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ernie Warlick | 53 | 909 | 17.2 | 43 | 4 |
Gene Filipski | 46 | 572 | 12.4 | 62 | 5 |
Bill McKenna | 30 | 422 | 14.1 | 45 | 2 |
Donnie Stone | 25 | 323 | 12.9 | 56 | 6 |
George Tait | 18 | 401 | 22.3 | 55 | 2 |
Earl Lunsford | 15 | 121 | 8.1 | 19 | 0 |
Ron Morris | 9 | 92 | 10.2 | 23 | 0 |
Jack Gotta | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 27 | 1 |
Lynn Bottoms | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 37 | 1 |
Harvey Wylie | 3 | 116 | 38.7 | 85 | 1 |
Jerry Sturm | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
Lorne Reid | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 1 |
Opie Bandy | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Bob Sawyer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Barry Cyr | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 214 | 3207 | 15.0 | 85 | 23 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Brown | 42 | 37 | 88.1 | 25 | 14 | 56.0 | 4 | 58 | 3054 | 52.7 | 65 | 0 | 83 |
Gene Filipski | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Totals | 44 | 38 | 86.4 | 25 | 14 | 56.0 | 4 | 58 | 3054 | 52.7 | 65 | 0 | 84 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Kapp | 69 | 2735 | 39.6 | 80 | 1 |
Ron Morris | 56 | 2032 | 36.3 | 55 | 1 |
George Tait | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
Harvey Wylie | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Lynn Bottoms | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Totals | 128 | 4856 | 37.9 | 80 | 2 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lynn Bottoms | 79 | 441 | 5.6 | 17 | 0 |
Ron Morris | 17 | 109 | 6.4 | 16 | 0 |
Harvey Wylie | 22 | 109 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 |
Wayne Aiken | 12 | 58 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
Bill McKenna | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Joe Kapp | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 132 | 721 | 5.5 | 17 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harvey Wylie | 19 | 537 | 28.3 | 105 | 1 |
Gene Filipski | 10 | 226 | 22.6 | 51 | 0 |
Ron Morris | 5 | 129 | 25.8 | 35 | 0 |
Donnie Stone | 8 | 124 | 15.5 | 24 | 0 |
Earl Lunsford | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 27 | 0 |
Ernie Warlick | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 18 | 0 |
Hal Newton | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Bill McKenna | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
Bob O'Neil | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Gotta | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 54 | 1163 | 21.5 | 105 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harvey Wylie | 10 | 96 | 9.6 | 23 | 0 |
Ron Kelly | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 16 | 0 |
Ron Morris | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 13 | 0 |
Doug Brown | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
Lynn Bottoms | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
Wayne Aiken | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Earl Lunsford | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
Ron Allbright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Len Skinner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Opie Bandy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill McKenna | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 31 | 234 | 7.5 | 23 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lynn Bottoms | 2 | 36 | 1 | ||||
Harvey Wylie | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Opie Bandy | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||||
Jerry Sturm | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Earl Lunsford | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jack Gotta | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Don Luzzi | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Ron Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gord Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bob Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 51 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Doug Brown | 0 | 14 | 37 | 4 | 83 | |||||||||
Earl Lunsford | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||
Gene Filipski | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | |||||||
Donnie Stone | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
Joe Kapp | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||
Ernie Warlick | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
George Tait | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Harvey Wylie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
Bill McKenna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Lynn Bottoms | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
Lorne Reid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Jack Gotta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Ron Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Totals | 20 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 356 |