1957 Montreal Alouettes Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 6-8 12
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Postseason: 1-2 Lost Final
Coach: Douglas Walker (6-8)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1957 Montreal Alouettes Roster
1957 Montreal Alouettes Results

The Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League ended the 1957 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses for 12 points, finishing third in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

Montreal racked up 287 points, while the defensive squad allowed 301. Sam Etcheverry led the charge, slinging for 3,341 yards. Red O'Quinn grabbed 61 passes for 1,006 yards. Hal Patterson was targeted regularly, too.

Pat Abbruzzi carried the ball for a team-best 809 yards for the Alouettes.

Bill Bewley picked off 6 opponent throws.

Douglas Walker coached the team. The 1957 Montreal Alouettes lost in the Final.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Sam Etcheverry	408	215	52.7	3341	8.2	14	3.4	22	5.4	88	69.1
Hal Patterson	10	5	50.0	154	15.4	1	10.0	2	20.0	76	89.6
Bruce Coulter	8	4	50.0	39	4.9	0	0.0	2	25.0	20	24.5
Joel Wells	4	4	100.0	33	8.2	1	25.0	0	0.0	15	140.6
Johnny Majors	4	2	50.0	30	7.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	25	75.0
Avatus Stone	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Bill Bewley	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	438	231	52.7	3591	8.2	16	3.7	26	5.9	88

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Pat Abbruzzi	178	809	4.5	28	7
Joel Wells	92	463	5.0	41	3
Avatus Stone	62	305	4.9	25	1
Hal Patterson	31	268	8.6	22	4
Sam Etcheverry	54	209	3.9	15	2
Bill Bewley	23	155	6.7	16	0
Ken Owen	23	93	4.0	12	0
Art Powell	7	71	10.1	40	0
Charlie Baillie	7	37	5.3	13	0
John Blaicher	5	28	5.6	14	0
Johnny Majors	18	22	1.2	20	0
Gerry Apostolatos	4	13	3.2	7	0
Joey Pal	1	6	6.0	6	0
Gene Wilson	4	6	1.5	6	0
Hugh Simpson	1	4	4.0	4	0
Red O'Quinn	1	2	2.0	2	0
Ivan Livingstone	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Totals	512	2486	4.9	41	17

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Red O'Quinn	61	1006	16.5	54	4
Hal Patterson	45	919	20.4	88	7
Pat Abbruzzi	23	190	8.3	40	0
Joel Wells	18	299	16.6	76	1
Art Powell	16	362	22.6	39	0
Avatus Stone	15	152	10.1	20	0
Joey Pal	13	281	21.6	43	2
Johnny Majors	12	108	9.0	16	0
Bill Bewley	10	65	6.5	14	1
Tom Moran	3	43	14.3	25	0
Buddy Frick	3	22	7.3	9	0
Ken Owen	3	16	5.3	7	0
Jim Miller	2	37	18.5	25	0
Ivan Livingstone	2	29	14.5	20	0
Pete Karpuk	1	37	37.0	37	1
Charlie Baillie	1	10	10.0	10	0
Gene Wilson	1	9	9.0	9	0
Sam Etcheverry	1	5	5.0	5	0
Gerry Apostolatos	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	231	3591	15.5	88	16

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	Pts.
Bill Bewley	38	34	89.5	7	4	57.1	1	47
Bob Dean	0	0		3	1	33.3	0	3
Totals	38	34	89.5	10	5	50.0	1	50

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Avatus Stone	76	3123	41.1	61	5
Sam Etcheverry	66	2634	39.9	55	4
Totals	142	5757	40.5	61	9

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dick Brown	41	310	7.6	16
Pete Karpuk	57	307	5.4	17
Johnny Sopinka	14	71	5.1	8
Bill McCoy	5	26	5.2	11
Johnny Majors	7	21	3.0	6
Red O'Quinn	2	0	0.0	0
Totals	126	770	6.1	17

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Hal Patterson	24	648	27.0	54
Ken Owen	6	95	15.8	57
Art Powell	3	51	17.0	18
Gerry Apostolatos	2	46	23.0	25
Joel Wells	4	40	10.0	15
Tom Hugo	2	37	18.5	21
Joey Pal	2	30	15.0	18
Bill Bewley	2	21	10.5	16
Johnny Majors	2	18	9.0	23
Pat Abbruzzi	1	11	11.0	11
Red O'Quinn	1	7	7.0	7
Bob MacLellan	1	3	3.0	3
Norm Hamilton	1	0	0.0	0
Mike Kovac	1	0	0.0	0
Ted Elsby	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	53	1007	19.0	57

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bill Bewley	6	88	14.7	23
Hal Patterson	4	45	11.2	15
Art Powell	2	19	9.5	19
Joel Wells	1	18	18.0	18
Bruce Coulter	1	6	6.0	6
John Blaicher	1	5	5.0	5
Tom Hugo	1	4	4.0	4
Tom Moran	1	3	3.0	3
Buddy Frick	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	18	188	10.4	23

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Ken Owen				N/A		1
Hal Patterson				N/A		2
Herb Trawick				N/A		1
Art Powell				N/A		1
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Hal Patterson	4	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0			78
Bill Bewley	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	34	1			53
Pat Abbruzzi	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Joel Wells	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Red O'Quinn	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Sam Etcheverry	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4			16
Joey Pal	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Avatus Stone	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5			11
Pete Karpuk	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Ken Owen	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Herb Trawick	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Art Powell	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Bob Dean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			3
Totals	17	16	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	34	10	0	0	287