1959 Montreal Alouettes Statistics
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 6-8 12
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Semifinal
Coach: Douglas Walker (6-8)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1959 Montreal Alouettes RosterTeam Record: 6-8 12
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Semifinal
Coach: Douglas Walker (6-8)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1959 Montreal Alouettes Results
The Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League ended the 1959 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses for 12 points, finishing third in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Alouettes stumbled, scoring only 193 points, and the leaky defense yielded 305. Sam Etcheverry passed for 3,133 yards. Red O'Quinn paced all receivers, grabbing 53 passes for 692 yards.
Veryl Switzer carried the ball for a team-best 863 yards for Montreal.
Ed Learn seized 6 opponent throws.
Douglas Walker coached the team. The 1959 Montreal Alouettes lost in the Semifinal.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Etcheverry | 402 | 231 | 57.5 | 3133 | 7.8 | 10 | 2.5 | 21 | 5.2 | 80 | 69.0 |
| Wes Gideon | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 57 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 49.7 |
| Joel Wells | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 53.8 |
| Totals | 419 | 237 | 56.6 | 3212 | 7.7 | 10 | 2.4 | 21 | 5.0 | 80 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veryl Switzer | 164 | 863 | 5.3 | 51 | 6 |
| Joel Wells | 105 | 461 | 4.4 | 63 | 3 |
| George Dixon | 38 | 301 | 7.9 | 77 | 1 |
| Sam Etcheverry | 64 | 190 | 3.0 | 15 | 2 |
| Bill Bewley | 19 | 105 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Wes Gideon | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Milt Campbell | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Siminski | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ivan Livingstone | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Red O'Quinn | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Hal Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Miller | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Wally Lencz | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 412 | 2001 | 4.9 | 77 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red O'Quinn | 53 | 692 | 13.1 | 34 | 3 |
| Bill Bewley | 36 | 404 | 11.2 | 41 | 0 |
| Joel Wells | 35 | 390 | 11.1 | 53 | 1 |
| George Dixon | 22 | 322 | 14.6 | 37 | 0 |
| Ray Siminski | 17 | 254 | 14.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Veryl Switzer | 16 | 114 | 7.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Glosson | 14 | 304 | 21.7 | 44 | 3 |
| Hal Patterson | 12 | 212 | 17.7 | 40 | 1 |
| Tom Moran | 11 | 197 | 17.9 | 68 | 0 |
| Ivan Livingstone | 10 | 241 | 24.1 | 80 | 2 |
| Jim Colclough | 9 | 67 | 7.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Miller | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 237 | 3212 | 13.6 | 80 | 10 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bewley | 23 | 19 | 82.6 | 17 | 4 | 23.5 | 3 | 15 | 802 | 53.5 | 63 | 0 | 34 |
| John Blaicher | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 25 | 20 | 80.0 | 17 | 4 | 23.5 | 3 | 15 | 802 | 53.5 | 63 | 0 | 35 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Mitchell | 59 | 409 | 6.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 45 | 238 | 5.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Wally Lencz | 9 | 50 | 5.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Ed Learn | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Wes Gideon | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
| George Dixon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Joel Wells | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 129 | 763 | 5.9 | 22 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Wells | 23 | 395 | 17.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 9 | 129 | 14.3 | 18 | 0 |
| George Dixon | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Milt Campbell | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 40 | 0 |
| Veryl Switzer | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Tom Hugo | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Bill Bewley | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Bill Glosson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ed Mitchell | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Blaicher | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 54 | 873 | 16.2 | 40 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Learn | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 60 | 1 |
| Tom Hugo | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Ed Mitchell | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Wes Gideon | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Dave King | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ivan Livingstone | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Hal Patterson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ray Siminski | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Glosson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Moran | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Milt Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bewley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 354 | 13.6 | 60 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Veryl Switzer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Bill Bewley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 34 | ||||||
| Joel Wells | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Sam Etcheverry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | |||||||||
| Red O'Quinn | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Bill Glosson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Ivan Livingstone | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Hal Patterson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Ed Learn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tom Moran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bill Hudson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| George Dixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| John Blaicher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 191 |
