1961 Montreal Alouettes Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 4-9-1 9
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Eastern Conference
Coach: Perry Moss (4-9-1)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1961 Montreal Alouettes Roster
1961 Montreal Alouettes Results

The Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League ended the 1961 season with a record of 4 wins and 9 losses and 1 ties for 9 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's Eastern Conference.

The defense proved to be a force, as the Alouettes paced the league with just 225 points allowed. Montreal eked out just 213 points. Don Clark carried the ball for a team-best 1,143 yards.

Gerry Thompkins passed for 1,163 yards. Marv Luster paced all receivers, grabbing 31 passes for 539 yards.

John Conroy picked off 3 opponent throws.

Perry Moss coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Gerry Thompkins	113	55	48.7	1163	10.3	6	5.3	15	13.3	94	63.6
Nelson Yarbrough	64	37	57.8	371	5.8	0	0.0	4	6.2	28	48.4
Don Allard	42	16	38.1	196	4.7	2	4.8	3	7.1	36	39.4
Joe Francis	11	3	27.3	28	2.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	39.6
Jack Espenship	1	1	100.0	20	20.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	20	118.8
Gerry Doucette	7	3	42.9	7	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	8	50.3
Howie Cissell	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Don Clark	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	100.0	0	0.0
Totals	241	115	47.7	1785	7.4	8	3.3	24	10.0	94

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Don Clark	200	1143	5.7	106	5
George Dixon	138	806	5.8	50	7
Gerry Thompkins	72	361	5.0	19	2
Dick Cohee	29	203	7.0	39	0
Nelson Yarbrough	26	107	4.1	17	2
Don Allard	8	46	5.8	19	0
Bill Bewley	11	33	3.0	7	0
Meco Poliziani	4	23	5.8	18	1
Jack Espenship	8	20	2.5	6	0
Howie Cissell	3	17	5.7	11	0
Joe Francis	1	1	1.0	1	0
Marv Luster	4	-11	-2.8	5	0
Totals	504	2749	5.5	106	17

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Marv Luster	31	539	17.4	84	2
Don Clark	22	378	17.2	85	2
George Dixon	15	211	14.1	49	1
Meco Poliziani	15	122	8.1	15	0
Bill Bewley	12	112	9.3	17	0
Jack Espenship	10	181	18.1	51	1
Ross Buckle	5	197	39.4	94	2
Dick Cohee	3	25	8.3	13	0
Howie Cissell	2	20	10.0	11	0
Totals	115	1785	15.5	94	8

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	Pts.
Bill Bewley	23	18	78.3	12	5	41.7	3	2	108	54.0	57	36
Bobby Oliver	0	2		4	4	100.0	0	39	2061	52.8	66	14
Gino Berretta	0	0		0	0		0	58	3414	58.9	79	0
Totals	23	20	87.0	16	9	56.2	3	99	5583	56.4	79	50

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Gino Berretta	74	2982	40.3	60	3
Jack Espenship	54	2160	40.0	70	4
Gerry Doucette	2	45	22.5	29	0
Gene Gaines	1	47	47.0	47	0
Totals	131	5234	40.0	70	7

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ed Learn	47	348	7.4	20
Gene Gaines	27	165	6.1	17
Howie Cissell	21	144	6.9	19
John Conroy	13	56	4.3	10
Billy Wayte	5	29	5.8	9
Bill Bewley	2	27	13.5	25
Marv Luster	3	6	2.0	4
George Dixon	1	5	5.0	5
Barry Hansen	1	3	3.0	3
Gino Berretta	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	121	783	6.5	25

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
George Dixon	9	243	27.0	36
Marv Luster	12	221	18.4	36
Don Clark	8	181	22.6	38
Dick Cohee	5	64	12.8	22
Meco Poliziani	4	54	13.5	23
Jack Espenship	1	13	13.0	13
Totals	39	776	19.9	38

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
John Conroy	3	7	2.3	7
Billy Wayte	2	48	24.0	48
Barry Hansen	2	41	20.5	24
Howie Cissell	2	30	15.0	30
Ed Learn	2	27	13.5	26
Gene Gaines	2	8	4.0	8
Marv Luster	1	10	10.0	10
Ed Nickla	1	5	5.0	5
Totals	15	176	11.7	48

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Billy Locklin				N/A		1
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
George Dixon	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			48
Don Clark	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Bill Bewley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	18	3			36
Bobby Oliver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0			14
Ross Buckle	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Nelson Yarbrough	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Marv Luster	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Gerry Thompkins	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Jack Espenship	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4			10
Billy Locklin	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Meco Poliziani	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Gino Berretta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3			3
Totals	17	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	20	10	0	0	213