1955 Edmonton Eskimos Statistics
Team Record: 14-2 28
Finishing 1st in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Postseason: 3-0 Won Grey Cup
Coach: Pop Ivy (14-2)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1955 Edmonton Eskimos Results
The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League ended the 1955 season with a record of 14 wins and 2 losses for 28 points, finishing first in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-0.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Eskimos conceded 117 points, the lowest total in the circuit. Edmonton piled up points with 286 points. Normie Kwong ran for a team-best 1,250 yards.
Jackie Parker passed for 775 yards, and Don Getty spent time under center as well. Bob Heydenfeldt snagged 17 passes, while Earl Lindley accumulated 290 receiving yards.
Rupe Andrews picked off 8 errant tosses from the opposition.
Pop Ivy coached the team. The 1955 Edmonton Eskimos won the Grey Cup.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jackie Parker | 120 | 48 | 40.0 | 775 | 6.5 | 6 | 5.0 | 6 | 5.0 | 55 | 58.2 |
Don Getty | 63 | 35 | 55.6 | 558 | 8.9 | 7 | 11.1 | 5 | 7.9 | 58 | 89.3 |
Rollie Miles | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 38 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 53.5 |
Earl Lindley | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 27 | 56.3 |
Oscar Kruger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 192 | 85 | 44.3 | 1398 | 7.3 | 13 | 6.8 | 12 | 6.2 | 58 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normie Kwong | 241 | 1250 | 5.2 | 39 | 10 |
Johnny Bright | 107 | 643 | 6.0 | 34 | 2 |
Earl Lindley | 82 | 542 | 6.6 | 73 | 1 |
Jackie Parker | 62 | 373 | 6.0 | 26 | 7 |
Rollie Miles | 50 | 224 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 |
Bob Kimoff | 28 | 134 | 4.8 | 9 | 1 |
Oscar Kruger | 19 | 89 | 4.7 | 20 | 0 |
Don Simon | 9 | 57 | 6.3 | 15 | 0 |
Don Getty | 32 | 34 | 1.1 | 15 | 0 |
Gino Fracas | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 16 | 0 |
Davey West | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 9 | 0 |
Con Kelly | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 |
Ray Willsey | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Ed Merchant | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
Tommy Kalmanir | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
John Woyat | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Rupe Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Laurie Hodgson | 0 | -4 | 4 | 0 | |
Bob Heydenfeldt | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 654 | 3392 | 5.2 | 73 | 21 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Heydenfeldt | 17 | 221 | 13.0 | 35 | 3 |
Rollie Miles | 16 | 235 | 14.7 | 47 | 3 |
Earl Lindley | 12 | 290 | 24.2 | 55 | 1 |
Rupe Andrews | 6 | 122 | 20.3 | 28 | 2 |
Normie Kwong | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 17 | 0 |
Johnny Bright | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 38 | 0 |
Steve Bendiak | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 21 | 0 |
Oscar Kruger | 4 | 107 | 26.8 | 58 | 2 |
Frank Anderson | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 14 | 0 |
Davey West | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 15 | 1 |
Don Simon | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 |
Con Kelly | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 1 |
Laurie Hodgson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Bob Kimoff | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Tommy Kalmanir | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Totals | 85 | 1398 | 16.4 | 58 | 13 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Dean | 36 | 34 | 94.4 | 28 | 14 | 50.0 | 2 | 45 | 2331 | 51.8 | 65 | 0 | 78 |
Gino Fracas | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Totals | 38 | 36 | 94.7 | 28 | 14 | 50.0 | 2 | 45 | 2331 | 51.8 | 65 | 0 | 80 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Heydenfeldt | 107 | 4635 | 43.3 | 68 | 9 |
Jackie Parker | 17 | 673 | 39.6 | 51 | 0 |
Totals | 124 | 5308 | 42.8 | 68 | 9 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Simon | 36 | 214 | 5.9 | 19 | 0 |
Davey West | 34 | 193 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
Oscar Kruger | 39 | 189 | 4.8 | 20 | 0 |
Rupe Andrews | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 17 | 0 |
Dale Meinert | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
John Woyat | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
Rollie Miles | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Steve Mendryk | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
Bob Kimoff | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
Ted Tully | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 1 |
Con Kelly | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 129 | 717 | 5.6 | 20 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oscar Kruger | 11 | 297 | 27.0 | 51 | 0 |
Rollie Miles | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 63 | 0 |
Earl Lindley | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 22 | 0 |
Don Simon | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 |
Davey West | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 12 | 0 |
Normie Kwong | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Johnny Bright | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Totals | 29 | 593 | 20.4 | 63 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rupe Andrews | 8 | 93 | 11.6 | 33 | 0 |
Kurt Burris | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 22 | 0 |
Ray Willsey | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
Rollie Miles | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 33 | 0 |
Ted Tully | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 22 | 0 |
Earl Lindley | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 26 | 1 |
Steve Mendryk | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
Gino Fracas | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Con Kelly | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Johnny Bright | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Mike Volcan | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Bob Heydenfeldt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 34 | 390 | 11.5 | 33 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dale Meinert | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jim Quondamatteo | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Ray Willsey | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Rupe Andrews | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Briggs | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Con Kelly | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Bob Kimoff | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike King | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Earl Lindley | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||
Bob Heydenfeldt | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Don Getty | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Frank Anderson | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||||
Ted Tully | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bob Dean | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Rollie Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Bob Dean | 0 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 78 | |||||||||
Normie Kwong | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | |||||||
Jackie Parker | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |||||||||
Bob Heydenfeldt | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | ||||||
Earl Lindley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||
Rollie Miles | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||
Johnny Bright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
Oscar Kruger | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
Rupe Andrews | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
Con Kelly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
Bill Briggs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
Bob Kimoff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
Jim Quondamatteo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
Davey West | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
Ted Tully | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
Gino Fracas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
Totals | 21 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 284 |