1963 Edmonton Eskimos Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 2-14 4
Finishing 5th in the CFL's Western Conference
Coach: Eagle Keys (2-14)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1963 Edmonton Eskimos Roster
1963 Edmonton Eskimos Results

The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League ended the 1963 season with a record of 2 wins and 14 losses for 4 points, finishing fifth in the CFL's Western Conference.

The Eskimos stumbled, scoring only 220 points, and the leaky defense yielded 425, most in the circuit. Lynn Amedee passed for 1,352 yards. Tommy Coffey paced all receivers, snagging 61 passes for 1,104 yards.

Jim Thomas ran for a team-best 605 yards for Edmonton.

Oscar Kruger picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition.

Eagle Keys coached the team.

Click on column headings to sort.

Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Lynn Amedee	211	99	46.9	1352	6.4	7	3.3	16	7.6	57	47.3
Don Getty	125	64	51.2	913	7.3	6	4.8	8	6.4	79	64.5
Tom Maudlin	40	18	45.0	261	6.5	1	2.5	8	20.0	37	35.5
Eldon Fortie	16	8	50.0	173	10.8	1	6.2	1	6.2	40	83.6
Jim Wright	15	5	33.3	89	5.9	1	6.7	4	26.7	36	37.2
Ron Miller	20	9	45.0	85	4.2	1	5.0	0	0.0	23	74.0
Joe Hernandez	3	2	66.7	43	14.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	25	109.7
Aubrey Linne	1	1	100.0	16	16.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	16	118.8
Totals	431	206	47.8	2932	6.8	17	3.9	37	8.6	79

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jim Thomas	141	605	4.3	29	5
Joe Hernandez	79	372	4.7	23	0
Johnny Bright	83	324	3.9	15	0
Lynn Amedee	28	143	5.1	17	0
Gene Raesz	16	108	6.8	23	0
Tony Kehrer	16	86	5.4	13	0
Clair Branch	24	75	3.1	7	0
Mike Lashuk	20	70	3.5	16	1
Tom Maudlin	8	36	4.5	17	0
Eldon Fortie	11	36	3.3	12	0
Jim Wright	10	33	3.3	11	0
Sammie Harris	4	16	4.0	6	0
Don Getty	7	14	2.0	15	1
Bobby Walden	3	8	2.7	4	0
Howie Schumm	1	2	2.0	2	0
Ron Miller	2	2	1.0	2	0
Aubrey Linne	1	1	1.0	1	0
Tommy Coffey	2	-16	-8.0	-4	0
Totals	456	1915	4.2	29	7

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tommy Coffey	61	1104	18.1	79	5
Joe Hernandez	30	449	15.0	57	4
Bruce Claridge	19	230	12.1	0	1
Gene Raesz	18	196	10.9	20	1
Aubrey Linne	16	200	12.5	22	1
Jim Thomas	12	145	12.1	36	1
Johnny Bright	11	111	10.1	32	0
Mike Lashuk	9	107	11.9	23	1
E.A. Sims	7	95	13.6	35	1
Sammie Harris	4	70	17.5	27	1
John White	4	31	7.8	11	0
Tony Kehrer	4	26	6.5	10	0
Bobby Walden	3	43	14.3	37	0
Eldon Fortie	3	40	13.3	21	0
Howie Schumm	2	23	11.5	12	0
Lynn Amedee	1	32	32.0	32	1
Dunc Harvey	1	16	16.0	16	0
Bill Smith	1	14	14.0	14	0
Totals	206	2932	14.2	79	17

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	Pts.
Bill Mitchell	20	18	90.0	16	12	75.0	3	2	77	38.5	52	57
Tommy Coffey	5	2	40.0	4	1	25.0	0	40	2054	51.4	75	5
Totals	25	20	80.0	20	13	65.0	3	42	2131	50.7	75	62

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Aubrey Linne	43	1750	40.7	73	2
Mike Lashuk	41	1595	38.9	65	0
Dunc Harvey	17	590	34.7	44	0
Tommy Coffey	15	490	32.7	41	2
Bobby Walden	13	543	41.8	59	1
Bill Smith	1	31	31.0	31	0
Totals	130	4999	38.5	73	5

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Joe Hernandez	40	261	6.5	28
Don Vassos	30	158	5.3	12
Mike Wicklum	9	97	10.8	17
Ted Frechette	2	66	33.0	14
Bobby Walden	9	28	3.1	12
Oscar Kruger	5	21	4.2	7
Sammie Harris	5	18	3.6	7
Bill Smith	4	6	1.5	3
Dunc Harvey	1	1	1.0	1
Totals	105	656	6.2	28

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Joe Hernandez	26	650	25.0	46
Eldon Fortie	16	427	26.7	40
Jim Thomas	7	151	21.6	33
Don Vassos	3	62	20.7	32
Howie Schumm	3	44	14.7	21
Tony Kehrer	6	44	7.3	14
Mike Lashuk	3	33	11.0	19
Dunc Harvey	1	10	10.0	10
E.A. Sims	1	3	3.0	3
Tommy Coffey	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	67	1424	21.3	46

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Oscar Kruger	6	33	5.5	20	0
Mike Wicklum	2	40	20.0	26	0
Mike Lashuk	2	37	18.5	29	0
Bill Smith	2	16	8.0	12	0
Howie Schumm	1	51	51.0	51	1
Nat Dye	1	6	6.0	6	0
Don Vassos	1	2	2.0	2	0
Don Stephenson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	16	185	11.6	51	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Al Ecuyer				4	0
Don Stephenson				1	2
Kenny Reed				1	0
E.A. Sims				1	0
Dick Chrobak				1	0
Mike Wicklum				1	0
Ray Baillie				1	0
Totals	0	0	0	10	2	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bill Mitchell									12	18	3			57
Tommy Coffey	0	5		0					1	2	2			37
Jim Thomas	5	1		0					0	0	1			37
Joe Hernandez	0	4	0	0					0	0	0			24
Mike Lashuk	1	1		0		0			0	0	0			12
Aubrey Linne	0	1							0	0	2			8
Don Getty	1								0	0	0			6
E.A. Sims		1		0			0		0	0	0			6
Howie Schumm	0	0		0		1			0	0	0			6
Lynn Amedee	0	1							0	0	0			6
Bruce Claridge		1							0	0	0			6
Gene Raesz	0	1							0	0	0			6
Sammie Harris	0	1	0						0	0	0			6
Bobby Walden	0	0	0						0	0	1			1
Totals	7	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	20	9	0	0	218