1969 Edmonton Eskimos Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 5-11 10
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Western Conference
Coach: Neill Armstrong (5-11)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1969 Edmonton Eskimos Roster
1969 Edmonton Eskimos Results

The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League ended the 1969 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses for 10 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's Western Conference.

The defense proved to be a force, as the Eskimos topped the circuit with just 246 points allowed. Edmonton scored 241 points. Jim Thomas ran for a team-best 849 yards, and Thurmos Butler also aided the ground game.

Corey Colehour threw for 1,947 yards. Jim Thomas paced all receivers, snagging 46 passes for 505 yards. Al Irwin and Terry Swarn were targeted regularly as well.

The sticky-fingered defense created 57 turnovers. John Wydareny intercepted 11 errant tosses from the opposition.

Neill Armstrong coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Corey Colehour	290	155	53.4	1947	6.7	9	3.1	17	5.9	47	60.5
Charlie Fulton	104	47	45.2	611	5.9	1	1.0	12	11.5	52	27.8
Jim Thomas	3	1	33.3	42	14.0	1	33.3	0	0.0	42	121.5
Thurmos Butler	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Larry Kerychuk	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	400	203	50.7	2600	6.5	11	2.8	29	7.2	52

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jim Thomas	190	849	4.5	64	4
Thurmos Butler	153	706	4.6	47	4
Art Perkins	50	187	3.7	19	0
Charlie Fulton	25	151	6.0	18	0
Terry Swarn	5	97	19.4	46	0
Corey Colehour	32	95	3.0	18	6
Brendan McCarthy	11	21	1.9	9	0
Howie Schumm	2	16	8.0	13	0
Bayne Norrie	3	15	5.0	9	0
Larry Plancke	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	472	2138	4.5	64	14

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jim Thomas	46	505	11.0	41	1
Al Irwin	26	445	17.1	47	0
Terry Swarn	25	428	17.1	46	6
Tom Nettles	25	288	11.5	41	2
Thurmos Butler	25	195	7.8	30	0
Art Perkins	23	224	9.7	24	0
Karl Sneider	13	206	15.8	38	1
Larry Plancke	11	220	20.0	52	1
Brendan McCarthy	5	62	12.4	15	0
Charlie Fulton	3	22	7.3	15	0
Larry Kerychuk	1	5	5.0	5	0
Totals	203	2600	12.8	52	11

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	Pts.
Dave Cutler	21	14	66.7	36	17	47.2	12	35	1866	53.3	80	77
Bill Goods	5	1	20.0	5	0	0.0	2	7	367	52.4	63	3
Totals	26	15	57.7	41	17	41.5	14	42	2233	53.2	80	80

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Roger Kettlewell	121	4627	38.2	69	3
Garry Lefebvre	24	873	36.4	66	0
Dick Dupuis	1	37	37.0	37	0
Totals	146	5537	37.9	69	3

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dick Dupuis	51	476	9.3	32
Bayne Norrie	75	428	5.7	22
Mike Law	7	35	5.0	13
John Wydareny	9	16	1.8	6
Joe Hernandez	2	3	1.5	3
Roger Kettlewell	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	145	958	6.6	32

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Thurmos Butler	19	472	24.8	44
Jim Thomas	12	300	25.0	34
Terry Swarn	4	112	28.0	41
Bayne Norrie	3	57	19.0	27
Garry Lefebvre	1	26	26.0	26
Larry Plancke	2	12	6.0	8
Howie Schumm	1	4	4.0	4
Totals	42	983	23.4	44

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
John Wydareny	11	154	14.0	58
Dick Dupuis	7	68	9.7	17
Bayne Norrie	6	71	11.8	38
Joe Hernandez	4	37	9.2	12
Jerry Griffin	2	21	10.5	21
Roger Kettlewell	2	0	0.0	0
Totals	32	351	11.0	58

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
John Lagrone				6	56	1
Ken Ferguson				2	13	0
Jerry Griffin				2	1	0
Ron Forwick				2	1	0
Dick Dupuis				2	0	0
Dave Gasser				1	0	0
Ed Molstad				1	0	0
J.B. Christian				1	0	0
Totals	0	0	0	17	71	1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Dave Cutler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	14	12			77
Terry Swarn	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Corey Colehour	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Jim Thomas	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Thurmos Butler	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Tom Nettles	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
John Lagrone	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Karl Sneider	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Larry Plancke	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Roger Kettlewell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3			3
Bill Goods	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2			3
Totals	14	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	15	17	0	0	239