1955 Montreal Alouettes Statistics
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 9-3 18
Finishing 1st in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Grey Cup
Coach: Douglas Walker (9-3)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1955 Montreal Alouettes RosterTeam Record: 9-3 18
Finishing 1st in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Grey Cup
Coach: Douglas Walker (9-3)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1955 Montreal Alouettes Results
The Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League ended the 1955 season with a record of 9 wins and 3 losses for 18 points, finishing first in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
On offense, Montreal paced the circuit with 388 points. On the other side of the ball, the defense surrendered 214 points. Pat Abbruzzi piled up yardage, accumulating a 1,248 yards for the Alouettes.
Sam Etcheverry led the charge, slinging for 3,657 yards. Red O'Quinn grabbed 78 passes for 1,097 yards. Hal Patterson provided receiving help, too.
Hal Patterson intercepted 7 opponent throws.
Douglas Walker coached the team. The 1955 Montreal Alouettes lost in the Grey Cup.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Etcheverry | 400 | 227 | 56.8 | 3657 | 9.1 | 30 | 7.5 | 24 | 6.0 | 84 | 87.5 |
| Joe Zaleski | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 40 | 10.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 125.0 |
| Bruce Coulter | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 81.3 |
| Pat Abbruzzi | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 410 | 231 | 56.3 | 3733 | 9.1 | 31 | 7.6 | 24 | 5.9 | 84 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Abbruzzi | 182 | 1248 | 6.9 | 63 | 17 |
| J.C. Caroline | 64 | 385 | 6.0 | 19 | 2 |
| Sam Etcheverry | 79 | 371 | 4.7 | 24 | 2 |
| Jacques Belec | 51 | 340 | 6.7 | 22 | 2 |
| Emil Radik | 20 | 88 | 4.4 | 12 | 1 |
| John Anderson | 13 | 84 | 6.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Chuck Hunsinger | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 18 | 1 |
| Bill Bewley | 16 | 67 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Kincaid | 14 | 61 | 4.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Brandt | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Westlake | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 8 | 1 |
| Johnny Williams | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Sam Darragh | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bruce Coulter | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| George Klein | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 476 | 2799 | 5.9 | 63 | 26 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red O'Quinn | 78 | 1097 | 14.1 | 38 | 3 |
| Hal Patterson | 44 | 939 | 21.3 | 84 | 10 |
| Joey Pal | 43 | 802 | 18.7 | 47 | 12 |
| Pat Abbruzzi | 20 | 277 | 13.8 | 42 | 2 |
| Chuck Hunsinger | 14 | 238 | 17.0 | 50 | 1 |
| Jacques Belec | 10 | 107 | 10.7 | 18 | 1 |
| J.C. Caroline | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 32 | 1 |
| Tom Moran | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 25 | 1 |
| Emil Radik | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Bill Bewley | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Kincaid | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Miller | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Anderson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 231 | 3733 | 16.2 | 84 | 31 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Korchak | 52 | 49 | 94.2 | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |
| Bill Bewley | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Sam Etcheverry | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Emil Radik | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| John Blaicher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Totals | 62 | 56 | 90.3 | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tex Coulter | 90 | 3613 | 40.1 | 60 | 8 |
| Sam Etcheverry | 19 | 733 | 38.6 | 51 | 1 |
| Totals | 109 | 4346 | 39.9 | 60 | 9 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Pal | 52 | 425 | 8.2 | 47 | 0 |
| J.C. Caroline | 25 | 154 | 6.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Hal Patterson | 10 | 91 | 9.1 | 20 | 0 |
| Johnny Williams | 14 | 81 | 5.8 | 23 | 0 |
| George Klein | 12 | 62 | 5.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Bewley | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Sam Darragh | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Emil Radik | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Chuck Hunsinger | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Kincaid | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 128 | 899 | 7.0 | 47 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Patterson | 14 | 470 | 33.6 | 94 | 1 |
| J.C. Caroline | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Joey Pal | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Pat Abbruzzi | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 38 | 0 |
| John Blaicher | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Tom Hugo | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Red O'Quinn | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Kincaid | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 44 | 912 | 20.7 | 94 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Patterson | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Sam Darragh | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Bruce Coulter | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Johnny Williams | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Tom Moran | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Tom Hugo | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
| John Blaicher | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Joey Pal | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| J.C. Caroline | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Westlake | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 269 | 10.8 | 28 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Pat Abbruzzi | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | |||||||
| Joey Pal | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||
| Hal Patterson | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | ||||||
| Bud Korchak | 3 | 49 | 2 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Red O'Quinn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||
| Jacques Belec | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||
| J.C. Caroline | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||
| Sam Etcheverry | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |||||||||
| Bill Bewley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | |||||||
| Chuck Hunsinger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
| Tex Coulter | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Emil Radik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Juan Sheridan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Bob Westlake | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| Tom Moran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| Tom Hugo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| John Blaicher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 26 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 386 |
