
1954 Ottawa Rough Riders Statistics
Team Record: 2-12 4
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Coach: Clem Crowe (2-12)
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1954 Ottawa Rough Riders Results
The Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League ended the 1954 season with a record of 2 wins and 12 losses for 4 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union.
Ottawa ran up 129 points, while the leaky defense conceded 337. Avatus Stone carried the ball for a team-high 404 yards for the Rough Riders, while Gene Roberts also contributed to the rushing attack.
Jim Root passed for 835 yards, and John Gramling spent time under center, too. Bob Simpson grabbed 37 receptions for 767 yards.
Avatus Stone picked off 6 opponent throws.
Clem Crowe coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Root | 137 | 60 | 43.8 | 835 | 6.1 | 3 | 2.2 | 15 | 10.9 | 87 | 31.7 |
John Gramling | 98 | 51 | 52.0 | 652 | 6.7 | 2 | 2.0 | 12 | 12.2 | 47 | 40.4 |
Dick Schnaible | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 171 | 8.1 | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 9.5 | 85 | 48.0 |
Al Dekdebrun | 29 | 12 | 41.4 | 160 | 5.5 | 1 | 3.4 | 2 | 6.9 | 45 | 42.3 |
Howie Turner | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 102 | 51.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 73 | 158.3 |
Gene Roberts | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 79 | 6.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 23.1 | 32 | 26.3 |
Avatus Stone | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 63 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 48 | 35.7 |
Totals | 307 | 143 | 46.6 | 2062 | 6.7 | 8 | 2.6 | 35 | 11.4 | 87 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Avatus Stone | 82 | 404 | 4.9 | 31 | 2 |
Gene Roberts | 98 | 363 | 3.7 | 17 | 4 |
Bill Bass | 57 | 297 | 5.2 | 28 | 1 |
Tom McHugh | 43 | 275 | 6.4 | 78 | 2 |
John Gramling | 24 | 117 | 4.9 | 19 | 1 |
Dick Schnaible | 22 | 104 | 4.7 | 16 | 0 |
Jim Root | 21 | 79 | 3.8 | 15 | 1 |
Don Pinhey | 11 | 65 | 5.9 | 28 | 0 |
Boris Kotoff | 13 | 39 | 3.0 | 10 | 1 |
Matt Robillard | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 |
Howie Turner | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
Kaye Vaughan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Al Dekdebrun | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 393 | 1796 | 4.6 | 78 | 12 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Simpson | 37 | 767 | 20.7 | 85 | 6 |
Clyde Bennett | 26 | 321 | 12.3 | 25 | 0 |
Gene Roberts | 23 | 317 | 13.8 | 76 | 0 |
Avatus Stone | 18 | 193 | 10.7 | 32 | 0 |
Dick Schnaible | 12 | 106 | 8.8 | 24 | 0 |
Bill Sowalski | 8 | 175 | 21.9 | 45 | 2 |
Bill Bass | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 22 | 0 |
Len Shaw | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 28 | 0 |
Al Bruno | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
Tom McHugh | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 2 | 0 |
Boris Kotoff | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
John Welton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 143 | 2062 | 14.4 | 85 | 8 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gene Roberts | 18 | 13 | 72.2 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 20 |
Ron Baker | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals | 21 | 14 | 66.7 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 21 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Avatus Stone | 163 | 6913 | 42.4 | 79 | 3 |
Bob Rumball | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
Don Pinhey | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
Totals | 165 | 6987 | 42.3 | 79 | 3 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Rumball | 44 | 263 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
Don Pinhey | 20 | 156 | 7.8 | 25 | 0 |
Boris Kotoff | 25 | 146 | 5.8 | 13 | 0 |
Howie Turner | 25 | 105 | 4.2 | 13 | 0 |
Hank Tamowski | 9 | 69 | 7.7 | 17 | 0 |
Dick Schnaible | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 |
Avatus Stone | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Gene Roberts | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Bob Simpson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 133 | 807 | 6.1 | 25 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Pinhey | 13 | 274 | 21.1 | 34 | 0 |
Howie Turner | 10 | 223 | 22.3 | 40 | 0 |
Bob Rumball | 8 | 198 | 24.8 | 58 | 0 |
Avatus Stone | 8 | 158 | 19.8 | 28 | 0 |
Dick Schnaible | 6 | 121 | 20.2 | 31 | 0 |
Gene Roberts | 7 | 113 | 16.1 | 25 | 0 |
Boris Kotoff | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 22 | 0 |
Matt Robillard | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |
Bill Bass | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 |
Tom McHugh | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Len Shaw | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 63 | 1228 | 19.5 | 58 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Avatus Stone | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 40 | 1 |
Dick Schnaible | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 40 | 0 |
Hank Tamowski | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
Al Dekdebrun | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
Don Pinhey | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Roy Smith | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Howie Turner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Rumball | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 18 | 221 | 12.3 | 40 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Gene Roberts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 40 | ||||||
Bob Simpson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
Avatus Stone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | |||||
Tom McHugh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
Bill Sowalski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
Boris Kotoff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
Jim Root | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
Bill Bass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
John Gramling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
Ron Baker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
Totals | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 129 |