1969 Edmonton Eskimos Statistics
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 5-11 10
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Western Conference
Coach: Neill Armstrong (5-11)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1969 Edmonton Eskimos RosterTeam Record: 5-11 10
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Western Conference
Coach: Neill Armstrong (5-11)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1969 Edmonton Eskimos Results
The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League ended the 1969 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses for 10 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's Western Conference.
Defensively, the Eskimos topped the circuit with just 246 points allowed. Edmonton scored 241 points. Jim Thomas ran for a team-best 849 yards, and Thurmos Butler also aided the ground game.
Corey Colehour threw for 1,947 yards. Jim Thomas paced all receivers, snagging 46 passes for 505 yards. Terry Swarn and Al Irwin contributed to the receiving game as well.
The sticky-fingered defense created 57 turnovers. John Wydareny intercepted 11 errant tosses from the opposition.
Neill Armstrong coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Colehour | 290 | 155 | 53.4 | 1947 | 6.7 | 9 | 3.1 | 17 | 5.9 | 47 | 60.5 |
| Charlie Fulton | 104 | 47 | 45.2 | 611 | 5.9 | 1 | 1.0 | 12 | 11.5 | 52 | 27.8 |
| Jim Thomas | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 42 | 14.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | 121.5 |
| Thurmos Butler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Larry Kerychuk | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 400 | 203 | 50.7 | 2600 | 6.5 | 11 | 2.8 | 29 | 7.2 | 52 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Thomas | 190 | 849 | 4.5 | 64 | 4 |
| Thurmos Butler | 153 | 706 | 4.6 | 47 | 4 |
| Art Perkins | 50 | 187 | 3.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Charlie Fulton | 25 | 151 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Terry Swarn | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 46 | 0 |
| Corey Colehour | 32 | 95 | 3.0 | 18 | 6 |
| Brendan McCarthy | 11 | 21 | 1.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Howie Schumm | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bayne Norrie | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry Plancke | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 472 | 2138 | 4.5 | 64 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Thomas | 46 | 505 | 11.0 | 41 | 1 |
| Al Irwin | 26 | 445 | 17.1 | 47 | 0 |
| Terry Swarn | 25 | 428 | 17.1 | 46 | 6 |
| Tom Nettles | 25 | 288 | 11.5 | 41 | 2 |
| Thurmos Butler | 25 | 195 | 7.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Art Perkins | 23 | 224 | 9.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Karl Sneider | 13 | 206 | 15.8 | 38 | 1 |
| Larry Plancke | 11 | 220 | 20.0 | 52 | 1 |
| Brendan McCarthy | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Charlie Fulton | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Larry Kerychuk | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 203 | 2600 | 12.8 | 52 | 11 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Cutler | 21 | 14 | 66.7 | 36 | 17 | 47.2 | 12 | 35 | 1866 | 53.3 | 80 | 0 | 77 |
| Bill Goods | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 367 | 52.4 | 63 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 26 | 15 | 57.7 | 41 | 17 | 41.5 | 14 | 42 | 2233 | 53.2 | 80 | 0 | 80 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Kettlewell | 121 | 4627 | 38.2 | 69 | 3 |
| Garry Lefebvre | 24 | 873 | 36.4 | 66 | 0 |
| Dick Dupuis | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Totals | 146 | 5537 | 37.9 | 69 | 3 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Dupuis | 51 | 476 | 9.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Bayne Norrie | 75 | 428 | 5.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Mike Law | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Wydareny | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Hernandez | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Roger Kettlewell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 145 | 958 | 6.6 | 32 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurmos Butler | 19 | 472 | 24.8 | 44 | 0 |
| Jim Thomas | 12 | 300 | 25.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Terry Swarn | 4 | 112 | 28.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Bayne Norrie | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Garry Lefebvre | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Larry Plancke | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Howie Schumm | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 42 | 983 | 23.4 | 44 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Wydareny | 11 | 154 | 14.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Dick Dupuis | 7 | 68 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Bayne Norrie | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Joe Hernandez | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerry Griffin | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Roger Kettlewell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 351 | 11.0 | 58 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lagrone | 6 | 56 | 1 | ||||
| Ken Ferguson | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Griffin | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Forwick | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Dick Dupuis | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Gasser | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Molstad | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| J.B. Christian | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 71 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Dave Cutler | 17 | 14 | 12 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Terry Swarn | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Corey Colehour | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Jim Thomas | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Thurmos Butler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Tom Nettles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| John Lagrone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Karl Sneider | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Larry Plancke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Roger Kettlewell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Bill Goods | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 239 |
