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 RosterTeam 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 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 | KOS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bewley | 23 | 18 | 78.3 | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 3 | 2 | 108 | 54.0 | 57 | 0 | 36 |
| Bobby Oliver | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 39 | 2061 | 52.8 | 66 | 0 | 14 | |
| Gino Berretta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 3414 | 58.9 | 79 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 23 | 20 | 87.0 | 16 | 9 | 56.2 | 3 | 99 | 5583 | 56.4 | 79 | 0 | 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 | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Learn | 47 | 348 | 7.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 27 | 165 | 6.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Howie Cissell | 21 | 144 | 6.9 | 19 | 0 |
| John Conroy | 13 | 56 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Wayte | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Bewley | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Marv Luster | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| George Dixon | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Barry Hansen | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gino Berretta | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 121 | 783 | 6.5 | 25 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Dixon | 9 | 243 | 27.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Marv Luster | 12 | 221 | 18.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Don Clark | 8 | 181 | 22.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Dick Cohee | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Meco Poliziani | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Jack Espenship | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 776 | 19.9 | 38 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Conroy | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Wayte | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Barry Hansen | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Howie Cissell | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ed Learn | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Gene Gaines | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Marv Luster | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ed Nickla | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 176 | 11.7 | 48 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
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 | 48 | ||||||
| Don Clark | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Bill Bewley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 36 | |||||||
| Bobby Oliver | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Ross Buckle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Nelson Yarbrough | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Marv Luster | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Gerry Thompkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Jack Espenship | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | |||||||
| Billy Locklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Meco Poliziani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Gino Berretta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Totals | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 213 |
