1971 Montreal Alouettes Statistics
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 6-8 12
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Eastern Conference
Coach: Sam Etcheverry (6-8)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1971 Montreal Alouettes RosterTeam Record: 6-8 12
Finishing 4th in the CFL's Eastern Conference
Coach: Sam Etcheverry (6-8)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1971 Montreal Alouettes Results
The Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses for 12 points, finishing fourth in the CFL's Eastern Conference.
Montreal scored only 226 points, worst in the league, while the defense conceded 248. Sonny Wade tossed for 2,090 yards. Terry Evanshen grabbed 50 passes for 852 yards. Bruce Van Ness was targeted regularly as well.
Bill Massey carried the ball for a team-best 655 yards for the Alouettes, while Moses Denson and Bruce Van Ness also contributed to the rushing attack.
Bobby Thompson intercepted 6 opponent throws.
Sam Etcheverry coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Sonny Wade | 338 | 155 | 45.9 | 2090 | 6.2 | 8 | 2.4 | 27 | 8.0 | 91 | 40.7 | Jim Chasey | 111 | 52 | 46.8 | 642 | 5.8 | 3 | 2.7 | 6 | 5.4 | 65 | 51.7 | Bruce Van Ness | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 153 | 15.3 | 2 | 20.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 43 | 95.8 | Jim Foley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 460 | 212 | 46.1 | 2885 | 6.3 | 13 | 2.8 | 34 | 7.4 | 91 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bill Massey | 101 | 655 | 6.5 | 66 | 0 | Bruce Van Ness | 125 | 559 | 4.5 | 41 | 5 | Moses Denson | 97 | 498 | 5.1 | 17 | 1 | Sonny Wade | 20 | 142 | 7.1 | 18 | 0 | Jim Chasey | 16 | 89 | 5.6 | 28 | 0 | Jim Foley | 8 | 18 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 | Brad Upshaw | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Brian Kelsey | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | Terry Evanshen | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
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| Totals | 370 | 1955 | 5.3 | 66 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Terry Evanshen | 50 | 852 | 17.0 | 65 | 5 | Bruce Van Ness | 39 | 512 | 13.1 | 38 | 1 | Tom Pullen | 34 | 487 | 14.3 | 74 | 3 | Garry Lefebvre | 20 | 294 | 14.7 | 43 | 1 | Jim Foley | 20 | 252 | 12.6 | 28 | 2 | Peter Dalla Riva | 18 | 212 | 11.8 | 24 | 0 | Moses Denson | 12 | 84 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 | Bill Massey | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 19 | 0 | John Carlos | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 20 | 0 | Brad Upshaw | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 29 | 1 | Brian Kelsey | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 212 | 2847 | 13.4 | 74 | 13 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | Pts. | Justin Canale | 14 | 11 | 78.6 | 39 | 19 | 48.7 | 9 | 77 | George Springate | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 10 | Bill Massey | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| Totals | 22 | 17 | 77.3 | 43 | 20 | 46.5 | 11 | 88 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS | Sonny Wade | 79 | 3073 | 38.9 | 64 | 1 | Garry Lefebvre | 30 | 1149 | 38.3 | 59 | 1 | Bill Massey | 5 | 126 | 25.2 | 34 | 0 | Bruce Van Ness | 4 | 135 | 33.8 | 40 | 0 | Peter Dalla Riva | 4 | 119 | 29.8 | 37 | 0 |
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| Totals | 122 | 4602 | 37.7 | 64 | 2 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Brad Upshaw | 70 | 483 | 6.9 | 22 | 0 | Jim Foley | 42 | 353 | 8.4 | 27 | 0 | Tony Proudfoot | 28 | 186 | 6.6 | 14 | 0 | Brian Kelsey | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | Gene Gaines | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 144 | 1028 | 7.1 | 27 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jim Foley | 12 | 324 | 27.0 | 39 | 0 | Bobby Thompson | 7 | 200 | 28.6 | 38 | 0 | John Carlos | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 35 | 0 | Brad Upshaw | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 26 | 0 | Moses Denson | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 38 | 0 | Bruce Van Ness | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 | Merl Code | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 26 | 0 | Bill Massey | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | Ed Hayes | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
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| Totals | 36 | 893 | 24.8 | 39 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bobby Thompson | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 29 | 0 | Merl Code | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 | Gene Gaines | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 30 | 0 | Al Phaneuf | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 23 | 0 | Larry Fairholm | 1 | 86 | 86.0 | 86 | 1 | Mark Kosmos | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 1 | Joe Blake | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | Tony Proudfoot | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Ed Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 21 | 308 | 14.7 | 86 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Mike Widger | 4 | 69 | 1 | Bill Whisler | 1 | 2 | 0 | Bruce Van Ness | 1 | 0 | 0 | Steve Smear | 1 | 0 | 0 | Mark Kosmos | 1 | 0 | 0 | Gord Judges | 1 | 23 | 0 | Walt Balasiuk | 1 | 10 | 0 | Ted Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 104 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Justin Canale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 77 | Bruce Van Ness | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Terry Evanshen | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Tom Pullen | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Jim Foley | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | George Springate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | Garry Lefebvre | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | Moses Denson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Larry Fairholm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Widger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mark Kosmos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Brad Upshaw | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Sonny Wade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Bill Massey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 222 |
