1959 Edmonton Eskimos Statistics
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 10-6 20
Finishing 2nd in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Postseason: 2-2 Lost Final
Coach: Eagle Keys (10-6)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1959 Edmonton Eskimos RosterTeam Record: 10-6 20
Finishing 2nd in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Postseason: 2-2 Lost Final
Coach: Eagle Keys (10-6)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1959 Edmonton Eskimos Results
The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League ended the 1959 season with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses for 20 points, finishing second in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-2.
The Eskimos piled up points with 370 points, and the defense allowed 221. Johnny Bright ran for a team-best 1,340 yards for Edmonton.
Don Getty tossed for 2,080 yards, and Jackie Parker took a significant amount of snaps, too. J.B. Smith paced pass catchers, snagging 62 passes for 1,108 yards.
Bill Smith picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Eagle Keys coached the team. The 1959 Edmonton Eskimos lost in the Final.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Getty | 198 | 116 | 58.6 | 2080 | 10.5 | 10 | 5.1 | 11 | 5.6 | 80 | 88.4 |
| Jackie Parker | 143 | 80 | 55.9 | 1207 | 8.4 | 8 | 5.6 | 9 | 6.3 | 57 | 76.3 |
| Johnny Bright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Vic Chapman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 343 | 196 | 57.1 | 3287 | 9.6 | 18 | 5.2 | 20 | 5.8 | 80 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Bright | 231 | 1340 | 5.8 | 53 | 11 |
| Normie Kwong | 179 | 750 | 4.2 | 35 | 9 |
| J.B. Smith | 45 | 228 | 5.1 | 18 | 1 |
| Jackie Parker | 43 | 227 | 5.3 | 26 | 4 |
| Don Getty | 29 | 134 | 4.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Homer Floyd | 24 | 128 | 5.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Jim Shipka | 32 | 121 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Rollie Miles | 10 | 75 | 7.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Howie Schumm | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Bendiak | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | |
| Mike Lashuk | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Cliff Jackson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Freddie Meyers | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Letcavits | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 610 | 3094 | 5.1 | 53 | 27 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.B. Smith | 62 | 1108 | 17.9 | 80 | 8 |
| Jim Letcavits | 28 | 497 | 17.8 | 54 | 2 |
| Johnny Bright | 23 | 274 | 11.9 | 28 | 0 |
| Jackie Parker | 20 | 324 | 16.2 | 63 | 3 |
| Freddie Meyers | 15 | 348 | 23.2 | 39 | 2 |
| Tommy Coffey | 14 | 277 | 19.8 | 57 | 1 |
| Howie Schumm | 7 | 152 | 21.7 | 47 | 0 |
| Homer Floyd | 7 | 85 | 12.1 | 19 | 1 |
| Normie Kwong | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Shipka | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Rollie Miles | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Vic Chapman | 4 | 57 | 14.2 | 22 | 1 |
| Cliff Jackson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 196 | 3287 | 16.8 | 80 | 18 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Parker | 38 | 31 | 81.6 | 15 | 12 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | |
| Tommy Coffey | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 3 | 26 | 1417 | 54.5 | 85 | 0 | 18 |
| Totals | 46 | 34 | 73.9 | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 3 | 26 | 1417 | 54.5 | 85 | 0 | 85 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Chapman | 132 | 5371 | 40.7 | 79 | 5 |
| Rollie Miles | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Jackie Parker | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Mike Lashuk | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Totals | 135 | 5504 | 40.8 | 79 | 5 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollie Miles | 75 | 487 | 6.5 | 33 | 0 |
| J.B. Smith | 27 | 161 | 6.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Homer Floyd | 20 | 118 | 5.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Oscar Kruger | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Cliff Jackson | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Smith | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Steve Bendiak | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tommy Coffey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jackie Parker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Lashuk | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 142 | 893 | 6.3 | 33 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.B. Smith | 14 | 367 | 26.2 | 50 | 0 |
| Rollie Miles | 12 | 330 | 27.5 | 67 | 0 |
| Homer Floyd | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 53 | 0 |
| Jim Shipka | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Bright | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Normie Kwong | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| J.T. Frankenberger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 40 | 899 | 22.5 | 67 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Smith | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Steve Bendiak | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Mike Lashuk | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Gino Fracas | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Oscar Kruger | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Tommy Coffey | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Rollie Miles | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jackie Parker | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Don Stephenson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Al Ecuyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Gray | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 235 | 6.5 | 25 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nat Dye | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Art Walker | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Don Stephenson | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Al Ecuyer | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Oscar Kruger | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Bendiak | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Kmech | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gino Fracas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Lashuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Gray | 1 | 30 | 1 | ||||
| Rollie Miles | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Duncalfe | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Volcan | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 53 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Jackie Parker | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 109 | ||||||
| Johnny Bright | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||
| Normie Kwong | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
| J.B. Smith | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||
| Tommy Coffey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 24 | |||||||
| Freddie Meyers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Homer Floyd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Jim Letcavits | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Vic Chapman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | |||||||||
| Rollie Miles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ed Gray | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 27 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 366 |
