1984 Ottawa Rough Riders Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 4-12 8
Finishing 4th in the CFL's East Division
Coach: George Brancato (4-12)
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

1984 Ottawa Rough Riders Roster
1984 Ottawa Rough Riders Results

The Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League ended the 1984 season with a record of 4 wins and 12 losses for 8 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's East Division.

The Rough Riders eked out just 306 points, and the defense yielded 446. J.C. Watts passed for 3,052 yards. Dave Newman grabbed 58 receptions for 896 yards, while Dwight Edwards and Waymon Alridge contributed to the receiving game, too.

Timmy McCray carried the ball for a team-high 701 yards for Ottawa.

Ricky Barden and Ken Miller each snatched 4 opponent throws. Greg Marshall topped pass rushers with 16.5 quarterback sacks.

George Brancato coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
J.C. Watts	360	189	52.5	3052	8.5	21	5.8	23	6.4	90	74.0
Joe Adams	78	42	53.8	501	6.4	4	5.1	8	10.3	30	51.2
Prince McJunkins	33	16	48.5	224	6.8	2	6.1	4	12.1	44	51.4
Dave Marler	36	13	36.1	154	4.3	0	0.0	5	13.9	55	10.4
Ken Clark	2	1	50.0	16	8.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	16	37.5
Totals	509	261	51.3	3947	7.8	27	5.3	41	8.1	90

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Timmy McCray	137	701	5.1	81	6
J.C. Watts	61	357	5.9	26	1
Skip Walker	69	256	3.7	18	1
Chucky Davis	26	135	5.2	19	0
Prince McJunkins	14	91	6.5	19	0
Jim Reid	17	75	4.4	12	0
Keith Baker	2	27	13.5	15	0
Joe Adams	1	8	8.0	8	0
Dwight Edwards	2	6	3.0	5	0
John Park	2	5	2.5	3	0
Dave Newman	2	4	2.0	4	0
Dave Marler	2	3	1.5	2	0
Steve Harrison	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	336	1668	5.0	81	8

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dave Newman	58	896	15.4	80	10
Waymon Alridge	36	700	19.4	90	5
Dwight Edwards	33	736	22.3	67	4
Timmy McCray	30	288	9.6	32	0
Ty Gray	23	437	19.0	0	4
Keith Baker	15	271	18.1	0	3
Skip Walker	13	145	11.2	34	0
Mike Hudson	10	95	9.5	17	0
Pat Stoqua	7	109	15.6	34	0
Chucky Davis	7	54	7.7	19	1
Jim Reid	7	34	4.9	8	0
Steve Harrison	5	40	8.0	17	0
Mike Collymore	4	42	10.5	27	0
Maurice Doyle	4	19	4.8	11	0
Rod Achter	3	10	3.3	6	0
Reuben Eckels	2	26	13.0	13	0
John Park	2	15	7.5	15	0
John Lynch	1	16	16.0	16	0
Bruce Walker	1	14	14.0	14	0
Totals	261	3947	15.1	90	27

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	KOS	Pts.
Dean Dorsey	37	37	100.0	31	26	83.9	4	63	3524	55.9	90	3	122
Totals	37	37	100.0	31	26	83.9	4	63	3524	55.9	90	3	122

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Ken Clark	150	7023	46.8	80	4
Totals	150	7023	46.8	80	4

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dave Newman	36	332	9.2	35
Dwight Edwards	15	251	16.7	96
Bruce Walker	25	131	5.2	22
Ricky Barden	9	116	12.9	74
Reuben Eckels	13	110	8.5	18
Pat Stoqua	7	40	5.7	12
Billy McBride	1	35	35.0	35
Waymon Alridge	4	29	7.2	10
Keith Baker	5	18	3.6	14
Admiral Dewey Larry	3	13	4.3	8
Maurice Doyle	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	119	1075	9.0	96

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dwight Edwards	40	983	24.6	89
Timmy McCray	15	295	19.7	40
Dave Newman	4	98	24.5	24
Waymon Alridge	5	83	16.6	25
Admiral Dewey Larry	3	52	17.3	21
Reuben Eckels	2	40	20.0	37
Chucky Davis	2	39	19.5	21
Ricky Barden	2	34	17.0	34
John Park	1	13	13.0	13
Steve Harrison	1	12	12.0	12
Jim Reid	1	11	11.0	11
Pat Stoqua	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	77	1660	21.6	89

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ricky Barden	4	70	17.5	41	0
Ken Miller	4	35	8.8	26	0
Billy McBride	3	47	15.7	0	0
Charles Cornelius	3	22	7.3	11	0
Charles Johnson	2	40	20.0	23	1
Rick Sowieta	1	0	0.0	0	0
Maurice Martin	1	0	0.0	0	0
Al Washington	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Totals	19	212	11.2	41	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Greg Marshall	16.5	0.0
Al Washington	8.5	0.0
Rick Sowieta	8.0	0.0
Gary Dulin	7.5	0.0
Ron Engleson	6.0	0.0
Jack Williams	4.5	0.0
Kurt Garl	3.0	0.0
Steve Harrison	1.5	0.0
Charles Johnson	1.0	0.0
Ray Harrison	1.0	0.0
Ricky Barden	0.5	0.0
Totals	58.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Ricky Barden				4	11	0
Jack Williams				3	1	0
Rick Sowieta				3	3	0
Al Washington				3	146	1
Dan Rashovich				2	0	0
Bob Stephen				2	0	0
Waymon Alridge				2	0	0
Ray Harrison				2	46	1
Steve Harrison				1	0	0
Mike Hudson				1	0	0
Maurice Martin				1	0	0
Dave Newman				1	0	0
Ken Miller				1	0	0
Michel Bourgeau				1	0	0
Greg Marshall				1	0	0
Totals	0	0	0	28	207	2	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Dean Dorsey									26	37	7			122
Dave Newman	0	10	0	0			0		0	0	0			60
Timmy McCray	6	0		0					0	0	0			36
Waymon Alridge		5	0	0			0		0	0	0			30
Dwight Edwards	0	4	0	0					0	0	0			24
Ty Gray		4							0	0	0			24
Keith Baker	0	3	0						0	0	0			18
Chucky Davis	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Ray Harrison							1		0	0	0			6
Charles Johnson						1			0	0	0			6
Al Washington						0	1		0	0	0			6
J.C. Watts	1								0	0	0			6
Skip Walker	1	0							0	0	0			6
Ken Clark									0	0	4			4
Totals	8	27	0	0	0	1	2	0	26	37	11	0	0	354