1955 Montreal Alouettes Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 9-3 18
Finishing 1st in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Grey Cup
Coach: Douglas Walker (9-3)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1955 Montreal Alouettes Roster
1955 Montreal Alouettes Results

The Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League ended the 1955 season with a record of 9 wins and 3 losses for 18 points, finishing first in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.

On offense, Montreal paced the circuit with 388 points. On the other side of the ball, the defense surrendered 214 points. Pat Abbruzzi piled up yardage, accumulating a 1,248 yards for the Alouettes.

Sam Etcheverry led the charge, slinging for 3,657 yards. Red O'Quinn grabbed 78 passes for 1,097 yards. Hal Patterson provided receiving help, too.

Hal Patterson intercepted 7 opponent throws.

Douglas Walker coached the team. The 1955 Montreal Alouettes lost in the Grey Cup.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Sam Etcheverry	400	227	56.8	3657	9.1	30	7.5	24	6.0	84	87.5
Joe Zaleski	4	2	50.0	40	10.0	1	25.0	0	0.0	25	125.0
Bruce Coulter	4	2	50.0	36	9.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	19	81.3
Pat Abbruzzi	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	410	231	56.3	3733	9.1	31	7.6	24	5.9	84

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Pat Abbruzzi	182	1248	6.9	63	17
J.C. Caroline	64	385	6.0	19	2
Sam Etcheverry	79	371	4.7	24	2
Jacques Belec	51	340	6.7	22	2
Emil Radik	20	88	4.4	12	1
John Anderson	13	84	6.5	16	0
Chuck Hunsinger	14	75	5.4	18	1
Bill Bewley	16	67	4.2	11	0
Jim Kincaid	14	61	4.4	12	0
Jim Brandt	9	37	4.1	11	0
Bob Westlake	5	23	4.6	8	1
Johnny Williams	2	13	6.5	8	0
Sam Darragh	4	8	2.0	5	0
Bruce Coulter	1	3	3.0	3	0
George Klein	2	-4	-2.0	0	0
Totals	476	2799	5.9	63	26

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Red O'Quinn	78	1097	14.1	38	3
Hal Patterson	44	939	21.3	84	10
Joey Pal	43	802	18.7	47	12
Pat Abbruzzi	20	277	13.8	42	2
Chuck Hunsinger	14	238	17.0	50	1
Jacques Belec	10	107	10.7	18	1
J.C. Caroline	6	62	10.3	32	1
Tom Moran	5	82	16.4	25	1
Emil Radik	3	46	15.3	34	0
Bill Bewley	3	42	14.0	20	0
Jim Kincaid	3	28	9.3	11	0
Jim Miller	1	11	11.0	11	0
John Anderson	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	231	3733	16.2	84	31

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Long	KOS	Pts.
Bud Korchak	52	49	94.2	7	3	42.9	2	0	0	0	0	60
Bill Bewley	8	5	62.5	3	3	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	14
Sam Etcheverry	2	2	100.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2
Emil Radik	0	0		1	0	0.0	0				0	0
John Blaicher	0	0		0	0		0				1	1
Totals	62	56	90.3	11	6	54.5	2	0	0	0	1	77

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Tex Coulter	90	3613	40.1	60	8
Sam Etcheverry	19	733	38.6	51	1
Totals	109	4346	39.9	60	9

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Joey Pal	52	425	8.2	47
J.C. Caroline	25	154	6.2	16
Hal Patterson	10	91	9.1	20
Johnny Williams	14	81	5.8	23
George Klein	12	62	5.2	10
Bill Bewley	5	42	8.4	17
Sam Darragh	5	23	4.6	6
Emil Radik	3	11	3.7	10
Chuck Hunsinger	1	6	6.0	6
Jim Kincaid	1	4	4.0	4
Totals	128	899	7.0	47

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Hal Patterson	14	470	33.6	94	1
J.C. Caroline	5	110	22.0	30	0
Joey Pal	5	85	17.0	26	0
Pat Abbruzzi	6	85	14.2	38	0
John Blaicher	5	60	12.0	21	0
Tom Hugo	3	56	18.7	22	0
Red O'Quinn	5	46	9.2	16	0
Jim Kincaid	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	44	912	20.7	94	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Hal Patterson	7	93	13.3	26
Sam Darragh	3	35	11.7	20
Bruce Coulter	3	12	4.0	12
Johnny Williams	2	29	14.5	15
Tom Moran	2	28	14.0	28
Tom Hugo	2	25	12.5	25
John Blaicher	2	20	10.0	15
Joey Pal	2	6	3.0	6
J.C. Caroline	1	21	21.0	21
Bob Westlake	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	25	269	10.8	28

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Juan Sheridan				N/A		1
Tom Hugo				N/A		1
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Pat Abbruzzi	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			95
Joey Pal	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			60
Hal Patterson	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			55
Bud Korchak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	49	2			60
Red O'Quinn	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			15
Jacques Belec	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			15
J.C. Caroline	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			15
Sam Etcheverry	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1			13
Bill Bewley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0			14
Chuck Hunsinger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			10
Tex Coulter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8			8
Emil Radik	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5
Juan Sheridan	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			5
Bob Westlake	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5
Tom Moran	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5
Tom Hugo	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			5
John Blaicher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			1
Totals	26	31	0	1	0	0	2	0	6	56	12	0	0	386