1965 Edmonton Eskimos Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 5-11 10
Finishing 5th in the CFL's Western Conference
Coach: Neill Armstrong (5-11)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1965 Edmonton Eskimos Roster
1965 Edmonton Eskimos Results

The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League ended the 1965 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses for 10 points, finishing fifth in the CFL's Western Conference.

Edmonton racked up 257 points, while the shaky defensive squad allowed 400, most in the league. Jim Thomas ran for a team-best 981 yards for the Eskimos.

Bill Redell passed for 1,633 yards. Tommy Coffey snagged 81 passes for 1,286 yards.

Grant McKee and John Sklopan each seized 3 opponent throws.

Neill Armstrong coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Bill Redell	175	114	65.1	1633	9.3	8	4.6	12	6.9	75	81.9
Randy Kerbow	119	66	55.5	963	8.1	1	0.8	10	8.4	62	49.8
Jon Anabo	47	17	36.2	182	3.9	1	2.1	1	2.1	39	46.6
Don Getty	9	4	44.4	37	4.1	0	0.0	2	22.2	14	16.7
Totals	350	201	57.4	2815	8.0	10	2.9	25	7.1	75

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jim Thomas	115	981	8.5	104	7
Butch Pressley	112	563	5.0	52	4
Bill Redell	70	169	2.4	27	3
Bill Tobin	31	168	5.4	45	2
Billy Martin	46	155	3.4	38	0
Jim Fauver	26	108	4.2	10	2
Randy Kerbow	30	68	2.3	17	2
Larry Ferguson	4	33	8.2	18	0
Dalton Hoffman	5	10	2.0	5	0
Jesse Branch	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Bill Mitchell	1	-8	-8.0	-8	0
Jon Anabo	1	-12	-12.0	-12	0
Totals	442	2233	5.1	104	20

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tommy Coffey	81	1286	15.9	65	2
Randy Kerbow	32	427	13.3	41	3
Barry Mitchelson	20	235	11.8	19	0
Jim Thomas	19	277	14.6	70	2
Billy Martin	19	240	12.6	37	0
Butch Pressley	7	48	6.9	17	0
E.A. Sims	5	85	17.0	31	0
Norm Thomas	3	65	21.7	35	0
John Greiner	3	61	20.3	31	1
Jesse Branch	3	46	15.3	19	0
Jim Fauver	3	26	8.7	7	2
Clarence Kachman	3	10	3.3	7	0
Dalton Hoffman	1	7	7.0	7	0
Larry Ferguson	1	2	2.0	2	0
Bill Tobin	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	201	2815	14.0	70	10

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	Pts.
Tommy Coffey	23	17	73.9	19	11	57.9	3	6	143	23.8	30	53
Bill Mitchell	5	3	60.0	5	1	20.0	2	40	2485	62.1	80	8
Barry Mitchelson	2	0	0.0	0	0		0					0
Totals	30	20	66.7	24	12	50.0	5	46	2628	57.1	80	61

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Randy Kerbow	114	4835	42.4	79	5
Tommy Coffey	3	142	47.3	56	0
Totals	117	4977	42.5	79	5

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Howie Schumm	50	199	4.0	15
Norm Thomas	28	122	4.4	13
Clarence Kachman	12	54	4.5	11
Billy Martin	5	21	4.2	7
Bill Redell	3	6	2.0	4
Terry Wilson	2	4	2.0	4
Marcel Deleeuw	3	1	0.3	3
Tommy Coffey	2	0	0.0	0
Totals	105	407	3.9	15

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jim Thomas	16	446	27.9	47
Billy Martin	10	243	24.3	31
Jim Fauver	6	129	21.5	36
Bill Redell	6	84	14.0	26
Clarence Kachman	4	76	19.0	25
Howie Schumm	4	62	15.5	20
Dalton Hoffman	4	49	12.2	22
Clair Branch	2	43	21.5	27
Butch Pressley	4	43	10.8	24
John Sklopan	2	41	20.5	21
Larry Ferguson	3	38	12.7	19
Norm Thomas	2	26	13.0	24
Bill Tobin	1	17	17.0	17
John Greiner	1	3	3.0	3
Totals	65	1300	20.0	47

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Grant McKee	3	40	13.3	18
John Sklopan	3	34	11.3	19
Duane Wood	2	34	17.0	23
Howie Schumm	1	31	31.0	31
James Stinnette	1	19	19.0	19
Gorden Kelley	1	9	9.0	9
Al Ecuyer	1	7	7.0	7
Butch Pressley	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	13	174	13.4	31

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Al Ecuyer				2	5	0
Jim Battle				2	0	0
James Stinnette				1	0	0
Howie Schumm				1	40	1
E.A. Sims				1	0	0
Grant McKee				1	0	0
Totals	0	0	0	8	45	1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Tommy Coffey	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	17	3			65
Jim Thomas	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			54
Randy Kerbow	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5			35
Jim Fauver	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Butch Pressley	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Bill Redell	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Bill Tobin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Bill Mitchell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2			8
John Greiner	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Howie Schumm	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	20	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	20	11	0	0	253