1983 Montreal Concordes Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 5-10-1 11
Finishing 4th in the CFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Galat (5-10-1)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1983 Montreal Concordes Roster
1983 Montreal Concordes Results

The Montreal Concordes of the Canadian Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 5 wins and 10 losses and 1 ties for 11 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's East Division.

Montreal racked up 367 points, while the defense conceded 447. Johnny Evans passed for 1,864 yards. Nick Arakgi grabbed 61 passes, while Todd Brown accumulated 731 receiving yards, while Ron Robinson was targeted regularly, too.

Lester Brown carried the ball for a team-best 792 yards for the Concordes, while Denny Ferdinand additionally buoyed the ground attack.

The sticky-fingered defense pounced on 67 turnovers. Harry Skipper intercepted 10 opponent throws. James Zachery sacked quarterbacks 9.5 times.

Joe Galat coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Johnny Evans	241	139	57.7	1864	7.7	9	3.7	12	5.0	60	74.1
Ron Reeves	155	75	48.4	999	6.4	7	4.5	10	6.5	82	57.4
Kevin Starkey	113	56	49.6	789	7.0	4	3.5	6	5.3	58	62.1
John Rogan	25	12	48.0	108	4.3	0	0.0	2	8.0	25	26.8
Mike Calhoun	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	536	282	52.6	3760	7.0	20	3.7	30	5.6	82

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Lester Brown	148	792	5.4	29	6
Denny Ferdinand	102	603	5.9	34	5
Ron Reeves	30	174	5.8	47	2
Kevin Starkey	35	160	4.6	28	0
Tony January	17	67	3.9	19	0
Johnny Evans	15	30	2.0	10	3
Jeff Patterson	1	5	5.0	5	0
John Rogan	3	5	1.7	3	0
Jamie Pope	3	1	0.3	1	0
Brian DeRoo	3	-3	-1.0	3	0
Nick Arakgi	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Totals	358	1829	5.1	47	16

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Nick Arakgi	61	582	9.5	31	2
Todd Brown	50	731	14.6	82	2
Jeff Patterson	43	531	12.3	41	5
Lester Brown	37	327	8.8	55	0
Brian DeRoo	32	469	14.7	34	5
Ron Robinson	29	687	23.7	60	6
Denny Ferdinand	8	128	16.0	43	0
Jerry Parrish	8	119	14.9	58	0
Tony January	4	22	5.5	8	0
Mike Washburn	3	66	22.0	28	0
Ed Slabikowski	2	38	19.0	21	0
Jamie Pope	2	11	5.5	9	0
Ken Smith	1	20	20.0	20	0
Chuck McMann	1	14	14.0	14	0
Mike Calhoun	1	8	8.0	8	0
Doug Smith	0	7		7	0
Totals	282	3760	13.3	82	20

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	Pts.
Don Sweet	36	36	100.0	46	31	67.4	8	22	1235	56.1	64	137
Gerry McGrath	0	0		0	0		0	37	2183	59.0	90	0
Totals	36	36	100.0	46	31	67.4	8	59	3418	57.9	90	137

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Gerry McGrath	70	3017	43.1	62	2
Don Sweet	69	2981	43.2	57	0
Johnny Evans	1	29	29.0	29	0
Totals	140	6027	43.0	62	2

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jeff Patterson	37	503	13.6	49
Preston Young	35	360	10.3	87
Phil Jones	27	247	9.1	30
Vince Phason	5	48	9.6	22
Todd Brown	1	6	6.0	6
Totals	105	1164	11.1	87

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Denny Ferdinand	27	749	27.7	55
Vince Phason	18	601	33.4	80
Lester Brown	15	459	30.6	48
Frank Kosec	7	98	14.0	11
Jamie Pope	1	20	20.0	20
Kurt Garl	1	11	11.0	11
Todd Brown	1	10	10.0	13
Mike Washburn	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	71	1948	27.4	80

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Harry Skipper	10	198	19.8	48	1
Andre Francis	5	108	21.6	79	0
Vince Phason	5	55	11.0	19	0
Phil Jones	2	30	15.0	30	0
Preston Young	2	13	6.5	13	0
William Hampton	1	24	24.0	24	0
Mark Young	1	18	18.0	18	0
Joe Walker	1	15	15.0	15	0
Vince Skillings	1	10	10.0	10	0
Frank Kosec	1	0	0.0	0	0
Carm Carteri	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	30	471	15.7	79	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
James Zachery	9.5	0.0
Glen Weir	7.0	0.0
Gene Belliveau	6.5	0.0
Delbert Fowler	5.5	0.0
Kurt Garl	5.5	0.0
William Hampton	3.5	0.0
Mark Hopkins	2.0	0.0
Lyall Woznesensky	2.0	0.0
Zac Cypert	1.5	0.0
Carm Carteri	1.0	0.0
Vince Skillings	1.0	0.0
Totals	45.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Vince Phason				3	6	1
Harry Skipper				3	0	0
Kurt Garl				2	26	0
James Zachery				2	16	0
Harold Woods				2	0	0
Lyall Woznesensky				2	0	0
Mark Young				2	0	0
Preston Young				2	0	0
Vince Skillings				2	0	0
Mark Hopkins				1	0	0
William Hampton				1	0	0
Delbert Fowler				1	0	0
Lloyd Fairbanks				1	0	0
Blake Nill				1	0	0
Mike Washburn				1	8	0
Nick Arakgi				1	0	0
Zac Cypert				1	0	0
Totals	0	0	0	28	56	1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Don Sweet									31	36	8			137
Ron Robinson		6							0	0	0			36
Lester Brown	6	0		0					0	0	0			36
Denny Ferdinand	5	0		0					0	0	0			30
Jeff Patterson	0	5	0						0	0	0			30
Brian DeRoo	0	5							0	0	0			30
Johnny Evans	3								0	0	0			18
Ron Reeves	2								0	0	0			12
Todd Brown		2	0	0					0	0	0			12
Nick Arakgi	0	2					0		0	0	0			12
Vince Phason			0	0		0	1		0	0	0			6
Harry Skipper						1	0		0	0	0			6
Gerry McGrath									0	0	2			2
Totals	16	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	31	36	10	0	0	367