1956 Calgary Stampeders Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 4-12 8
Finishing 5th in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Coach: Otis Douglas (2-5)
Coach: Jack Hennemeier (2-7)
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

1956 Calgary Stampeders Roster
1956 Calgary Stampeders Results

The Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League ended the 1956 season with a record of 4 wins and 12 losses for 8 points, finishing fifth in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union.

The Stampeders struggled to score 229 points, worst in the circuit, and the leaky defense allowed 410. Earl Lunsford carried the ball for a team-high 1,283 yards for Calgary.

Don Klosterman threw for 1,398 yards. Johnny Pyeatt grabbed 25 receptions, while Douglas Nagle contributed 345 receiving yards.

Harvey Wylie picked off 5 opponent throws.

Otis Douglas and Jack Hennemeier coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Don Klosterman	177	97	54.8	1398	7.9	5	2.8	15	8.5	62	54.8
Ronnie Knox	130	61	46.9	782	6.0	2	1.5	5	3.8	32	55.4
Duke Bailey	12	3	25.0	49	4.1	0	0.0	1	8.3	28	9.4
Ron Clinkscale	10	4	40.0	41	4.1	0	0.0	1	10.0	19	12.9
Bill Stevenson	7	2	28.6	13	1.9	0	0.0	3	42.9	12	0.0
Douglas Nagle	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Harvey Wylie	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	339	167	49.3	2283	6.7	7	2.1	25	7.4	62

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Earl Lunsford	216	1283	5.9	57	7
Lynn Bottoms	61	332	5.4	23	5
Joe Pagliei	57	324	5.7	60	3
Ron Clinkscale	52	210	4.0	23	0
Douglas Nagle	27	188	7.0	23	1
Ronnie Knox	36	80	2.2	20	3
Harvey Wylie	24	76	3.2	12	0
Dean Renfro	5	72	14.4	57	1
Al Valdes	17	54	3.2	19	1
Don Klosterman	50	39	0.8	23	2
Jim Sides	6	35	5.8	20	0
Bill Stevenson	5	31	6.2	47	0
Joe Yamauchi	4	12	3.0	7	0
Bryan Engram	1	9	9.0	9	0
Duke Bailey	9	-12	-1.3	11	0
Totals	570	2733	4.8	60	23

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Johnny Pyeatt	25	307	12.3	28	0
Douglas Nagle	22	345	15.7	51	0
Jack Gotta	17	290	17.1	62	1
Joe Pagliei	15	252	16.8	54	2
Ron Clinkscale	15	182	12.1	44	1
Bryan Engram	13	214	16.5	30	1
Earl Lunsford	13	108	8.3	19	0
Dean Renfro	11	205	18.6	45	2
Lynn Bottoms	9	100	11.1	24	0
Harvey Wylie	6	77	12.8	48	0
Eddie Simms	5	52	10.4	21	0
Eddie West	4	59	14.8	37	0
Al Valdes	4	29	7.2	16	0
John Alderton	3	33	11.0	14	0
Jim Sides	3	16	5.3	9	0
Joe Yamauchi	2	14	7.0	18	0
Totals	167	2283	13.7	62	7

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	Pts.
Don Klosterman	20	17	85.0	4	1	25.0	1	21
Ronnie Knox	8	3	37.5	3	0	0.0	1	4
Lynn Bottoms	3	2	66.7	2	0	0.0	1	3
Jim Sides	1	1	100.0	1	0	0.0	0	1
Totals	32	23	71.9	10	1	10.0	3	29

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Joe Pagliei	64	2415	37.7	58	4
Ronnie Knox	30	1152	38.4	66	3
Bill Stevenson	22	818	37.2	57	1
Earl Lunsford	7	324	46.3	60	0
Eddie West	4	151	37.8	42	0
Totals	127	4860	38.3	66	8

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Douglas Nagle	25	210	8.4	17
Harvey Wylie	27	175	6.5	20
Lynn Bottoms	19	113	5.9	18
Eddie Simms	13	55	4.2	10
Phil Muntz	8	43	5.4	9
Peter Muir	6	31	5.2	10
Bill Stevenson	3	23	7.7	9
Ron Clinkscale	1	9	9.0	9
Earl Lunsford	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	103	675	6.6	20

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Douglas Nagle	17	400	23.5	37
Harvey Wylie	12	262	21.8	38
Lynn Bottoms	11	248	22.5	40
Phil Muntz	9	131	14.6	26
Dean Renfro	6	110	18.3	27
Ron Clinkscale	4	88	22.0	0
Joe Pagliei	4	62	15.5	23
Joe Yamauchi	3	25	8.3	12
Bob Geary	1	18	18.0	18
Alex Macklin	1	6	6.0	6
Bill Pullar	1	5	5.0	5
Peter Muir	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	70	1355	19.4	40

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Harvey Wylie	5	41	8.2	20	0
Earl Lunsford	4	59	14.8	32	1
Lynn Bottoms	3	25	8.3	25	0
Ron Clinkscale	2	15	7.5	15	0
Peter Muir	2	13	6.5	13	0
Lamar Leachman	1	15	15.0	15	0
Bill Stevenson	1	5	5.0	5	0
Eddie West	1	3	3.0	3	0
Joe Pagliei	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bill Pullar	1	0	0.0	7	0
Ron Allbright	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	22	176	8.0	32	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Harvey Wylie				4	50	1
Gord Brown				3	0	0
Dick Huffman				3	0	0
Jack Gotta				2	0	0
Bob Geary				2	0	0
Lamar Leachman				2	0	0
Joe Yamauchi				1	0	0
John Alderton				1	0	0
Harry Langford				1	0	0
Eddie Simms				1	0	0
Burdette Hess				1	11	0
Eddie West				1	0	0
Bob Morgan				1	0	0
Erik Christensen				1	0	0
Lynn Bottoms				1	0	0
Ron Clinkscale				1	0	0
Ron Allbright				1	0	0
Totals	0	0	0	27	61	1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Earl Lunsford	7	0	0			1			0	0	0			48
Joe Pagliei	3	2		0		0			0	0	4			34
Don Klosterman	2								1	17	1			33
Lynn Bottoms	5	0	0	0		0	0		0	2	1			33
Ronnie Knox	3								0	3	4			25
Dean Renfro	1	2		0					0	0	0			18
Douglas Nagle	1	0	0	0					0	0	0			6
Bryan Engram	0	1							0	0	0			6
Ron Clinkscale	0	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	0			6
Jack Gotta		1					0		0	0	0			6
Al Valdes	1	0							0	0	0			6
Harvey Wylie	0	0	0	0		0	1		0	0	0			6
Bill Stevenson	0		0			0			0	0	1			1
Jim Sides	0	0							0	1	0			1
Totals	23	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	23	11	0	0	229