1983 Ottawa Rough Riders Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 8-8 16
Finishing 2nd in the CFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: George Brancato (8-8)
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

1983 Ottawa Rough Riders Roster
1983 Ottawa Rough Riders Results

The Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses for 16 points, finishing second in the CFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.

The Rough Riders labored to change the scoreboard with just 353 points, and the defensive squad surrendered 393. J.C. Watts threw for 3,089 yards. Dave Newman led pass catchers, grabbing 34 receptions, while Ty Gray contributed 693 receiving yards. Donnie Little, Pat Stoqua, Skip Walker and Jim Reid each contributed to the receiving game, too.

Skip Walker carried the ball for a team-high 1,431 yards for Ottawa.

Junior Robinson intercepted 4 opponent throws. Greg Marshall topped pass rushers with 15.5 quarterback sacks.

George Brancato coached the team. The 1983 Ottawa Rough Riders lost in the Division Semifinal.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
J.C. Watts	358	175	48.9	3089	8.6	18	5.0	20	5.6	65	72.3
Chris Isaac	63	36	57.1	571	9.1	4	6.3	10	15.9	91	69.0
Prince McJunkins	46	19	41.3	234	5.1	1	2.2	2	4.3	23	46.8
Kevin Starkey	21	8	38.1	65	3.1	0	0.0	3	14.3	19	7.1
Donnie Little	4	3	75.0	55	13.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	26	116.7
Ken Clark	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Skip Walker	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0
Totals	494	241	48.8	4014	8.1	23	4.7	36	7.3	91

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Skip Walker	238	1431	6.0	56	10
J.C. Watts	76	552	7.3	29	5
Prince McJunkins	37	328	8.9	31	0
Chris Isaac	12	90	7.5	23	0
Kevin Starkey	4	43	10.8	11	0
Jim Reid	13	41	3.2	14	0
Dave Newman	3	31	10.3	12	0
Maurice Doyle	7	24	3.4	10	0
Gerry Organ	1	19	19.0	19	0
Mike Collymore	1	18	18.0	18	0
Donnie Little	2	18	9.0	15	0
Mariet Ford	1	3	3.0	3	0
Totals	395	2598	6.6	56	15

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dave Newman	34	662	19.5	56	8
Pat Stoqua	33	580	17.6	41	4
Jim Reid	32	408	12.8	65	0
Donnie Little	29	452	15.6	31	1
Ty Gray	28	693	24.8	91	5
Skip Walker	28	317	11.3	48	1
Mike Collymore	25	434	17.4	59	1
Mariet Ford	11	133	12.1	15	2
Kelvin Kirk	6	117	19.5	59	0
Phil Charron	6	108	18.0	26	0
Carl Powell	5	55	11.0	18	0
Mike Hudson	1	21	21.0	21	0
J.C. Watts	1	14	14.0	14	0
Steve Harrison	1	14	14.0	14	0
Maurice Doyle	1	6	6.0	6	1
Totals	241	4014	16.7	91	23

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	KOS	Pts.
Gerry Organ	34	34	100.0	45	30	66.7	13	64	3577	55.9	69	0	137
Totals	34	34	100.0	45	30	66.7	13	64	3577	55.9	69	0	137

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Gerry Organ	95	4066	42.8	59	2
Ken Clark	36	1557	43.2	58	1
Totals	131	5623	42.9	59	3

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dave Newman	52	484	9.3	45	0
Mariet Ford	30	483	16.1	101	1
Donnie Little	26	211	8.1	27	0
Pat Stoqua	13	121	9.3	16	0
Kelvin Kirk	7	67	9.6	16	0
Ricky Barden	7	43	6.1	17	0
Totals	135	1409	10.4	101	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Skip Walker	19	489	25.7	98	1
Ricky Barden	18	410	22.8	40	0
Mariet Ford	9	244	27.1	54	0
Donnie Little	4	107	26.8	32	0
Ivory Curry	4	101	25.2	35	0
Dave Newman	3	63	21.0	24	0
Kelvin Kirk	3	59	19.7	21	0
Jim Reid	2	31	15.5	23	0
Pat Stoqua	1	13	13.0	13	0
Ian Beckstead	1	11	11.0	11	0
Maurice Doyle	1	5	5.0	5	0
Larry Tittley	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	66	1533	23.2	98	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Junior Robinson	4	41	10.2	18
John Lynch	3	72	24.0	44
Ricky Barden	3	27	9.0	27
Charles Cornelius	2	67	33.5	46
Don Jones	2	51	25.5	47
Al Washington	2	8	4.0	8
Ken Miller	2	0	0.0	0
Darryl Smith	2	0	0.0	0
Rick Sowieta	2	0	0.0	0
Charles Johnson	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	23	266	11.6	47

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Greg Marshall	15.5	0.0
Gary Dulin	11.5	0.0
Jack Williams	9.0	0.0
Mark Seale	8.5	0.0
Rick Sowieta	4.0	0.0
Al Washington	1.5	0.0
Junior Robinson	1.0	0.0
Randy Fournier	0.5	0.0
Ricky Barden	0.5	0.0
Totals	52.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Greg Marshall				3	6
John Lynch				3	2
Jack Williams				2	0
Darryl Smith				1	0
Rick Sowieta				1	0
Kevin Dalliday				1	0
Steve Harrison				1	0
Charles Cornelius				1	0
Al Washington				1	17
Totals	0	0	0	14	25	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Gerry Organ	0								30	34	15			139
Skip Walker	10	1		1					0	0	0	1		74
Dave Newman	0	8	0	0					0	0	0			48
Ty Gray		5							0	0	0			30
J.C. Watts	5	0							0	0	0			30
Pat Stoqua		4	0	0					0	0	0			24
Mariet Ford	0	2	1	0					0	0	0			18
Maurice Doyle	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Mike Collymore	0	1							0	0	0			6
Donnie Little	0	1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Ken Clark									0	0	1			1
Totals	15	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	30	34	16	1	0	382