1970 Montreal Alouettes Statistics
Team Record: 7-6-1 15
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 4-0 Won Grey Cup
Coach: Sam Etcheverry (7-6-1)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1970 Montreal Alouettes Results
The Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 7 wins and 6 losses and 1 ties for 15 points, finishing third in the CFL's Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-0.
Montreal eked out just 246 points, while the defense gave up 279. Sonny Wade tossed for 2,411 yards. Dick Smith grabbed 47 passes, while Terry Evanshen accumulated 625 receiving yards, while Peter Dalla Riva was targeted regularly as well.
Dennis Duncan carried the ball for a team-best 823 yards for the Alouettes, while Moses Denson also contributed to the rushing attack.
Al Phaneuf picked off 9 opponent throws.
Sam Etcheverry coached the team. The 1970 Montreal Alouettes won the Grey Cup.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Wade | 322 | 170 | 52.8 | 2411 | 7.5 | 14 | 4.3 | 31 | 9.6 | 56 | 52.2 |
| Tony Passander | 102 | 49 | 48.0 | 664 | 6.5 | 3 | 2.9 | 5 | 4.9 | 59 | 58.6 |
| Bruce Van Ness | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 118.8 |
| Dick Smith | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 8 | 60.4 |
| Larry Fairholm | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 428 | 221 | 51.6 | 3105 | 7.3 | 18 | 4.2 | 37 | 8.6 | 59 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Duncan | 175 | 823 | 4.7 | 85 | 6 |
| Moses Denson | 116 | 820 | 7.1 | 69 | 1 |
| Sonny Wade | 37 | 220 | 5.9 | 28 | 3 |
| Tony Passander | 27 | 191 | 7.1 | 21 | 2 |
| Dick Smith | 26 | 125 | 4.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Bruce Van Ness | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Storey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 387 | 2191 | 5.7 | 85 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Smith | 47 | 547 | 11.6 | 0 | 4 |
| Peter Dalla Riva | 43 | 609 | 14.2 | 38 | 1 |
| Terry Evanshen | 37 | 625 | 16.9 | 48 | 7 |
| Dennis Duncan | 26 | 399 | 15.3 | 46 | 2 |
| Moses Denson | 25 | 327 | 13.1 | 39 | 1 |
| Bob McCarthy | 18 | 300 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Bruce Van Ness | 13 | 163 | 12.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Tom Pullen | 9 | 104 | 11.6 | 17 | 1 |
| Garry Lefebvre | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Storey | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Sonny Wade | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 1 |
| Totals | 221 | 3105 | 14.0 | 51 | 18 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Springate | 21 | 15 | 71.4 | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 2 | 0 | 41 | ||||
| Justin Canale | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Pierre Guindon | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 649 | 54.1 | 65 | 0 | 7 |
| Totals | 29 | 21 | 72.4 | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 3 | 12 | 649 | 54.1 | 65 | 0 | 51 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Wade | 102 | 4157 | 40.8 | 73 | 4 |
| Barclay Allen | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 105 | 4157 | 39.6 | 73 | 4 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Couture | 44 | 336 | 7.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Storey | 49 | 219 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Larry Fairholm | 19 | 92 | 4.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Sonny Wade | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Richie Davis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob McCarthy | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 117 | 687 | 5.9 | 26 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moses Denson | 16 | 451 | 28.2 | 63 | 0 |
| Merl Code | 7 | 195 | 27.9 | 31 | 0 |
| Lewis Cook | 5 | 134 | 26.8 | 37 | 0 |
| Richie Davis | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Bruce Van Ness | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 |
| John Couture | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Peter Dalla Riva | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Angelo Raffin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 40 | 945 | 23.6 | 63 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Phaneuf | 9 | 65 | 7.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Richie Davis | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 37 | 0 |
| Larry Fairholm | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Charlie Collins | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Mark Kosmos | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike Widger | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lewis Cook | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 289 | 10.3 | 37 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Gaines | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Widger | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Merl Code | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Mark Kosmos | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Couture | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Dennis Duncan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Terry Evanshen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| George Springate | 8 | 15 | 2 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Dick Smith | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Sonny Wade | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | |||||||
| Tony Passander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Moses Denson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Pierre Guindon | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Tom Pullen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Peter Dalla Riva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bob McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Justin Canale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 241 |
