1972 Montreal Alouettes Statistics
Team Record: 4-10 8
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: Sam Etcheverry (4-10)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1972 Montreal Alouettes Results
The Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League ended the 1972 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses for 8 points, finishing third in the CFL's Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Alouettes scored only 246 points, worst in the league, and the defense surrendered 353. Ike Brown carried the ball for a team-best 817 yards for Montreal, and Moses Denson also aided the ground game.
Sonny Wade threw for 1,537 yards. Peter Dalla Riva grabbed 44 passes for 607 yards. Terry Evanshen contributed to the receiving game as well.
Dickie Harris and Al Butler each snatched 7 opponent throws.
Sam Etcheverry coached the team. The 1972 Montreal Alouettes lost in the Conference Semifinal.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Sonny Wade | 219 | 118 | 53.9 | 1537 | 7.0 | 9 | 4.1 | 26 | 11.9 | 50 | 50.3 | George Mira | 146 | 61 | 41.8 | 887 | 6.1 | 8 | 5.5 | 14 | 9.6 | 44 | 40.9 | Jerry Rhome | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 40 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 20 | 4.4 | Ike Brown | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 104.2 | Jim Chasey | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 39.6 | Bruce Van Ness | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 382 | 184 | 48.2 | 2476 | 6.5 | 17 | 4.5 | 41 | 10.7 | 50 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ike Brown | 140 | 817 | 5.8 | 73 | 3 | Moses Denson | 157 | 754 | 4.8 | 46 | 4 | Larry Smith | 54 | 246 | 4.6 | 15 | 3 | Sonny Wade | 17 | 104 | 6.1 | 19 | 1 | George Mira | 10 | 67 | 6.7 | 19 | 0 | Jim Chasey | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Jerry Rhome | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Bruce Van Ness | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 4 | 0 |
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| Totals | 386 | 2010 | 5.2 | 73 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Peter Dalla Riva | 44 | 607 | 13.8 | 44 | 5 | Terry Evanshen | 33 | 407 | 12.3 | 35 | 3 | Ike Brown | 24 | 269 | 11.2 | 28 | 3 | Moses Denson | 23 | 263 | 11.4 | 36 | 0 | Jim Foley | 20 | 236 | 11.8 | 42 | 2 | John Eason | 19 | 407 | 21.4 | 46 | 4 | Ron Perowne | 9 | 122 | 13.6 | 27 | 0 | Larry Smith | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 25 | 0 | Bruce Van Ness | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 14 | 0 | Dickie Harris | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 | Sonny Wade | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Dave Braggins | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 184 | 2476 | 13.5 | 50 | 17 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. | Don Sweet | 30 | 21 | 70.0 | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 7 | 22 | 1105 | 50.2 | 73 | 0 | 52 | George Springate | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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| Totals | 31 | 22 | 71.0 | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 7 | 22 | 1105 | 50.2 | 73 | 0 | 56 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS | Sonny Wade | 86 | 3402 | 39.6 | 69 | 3 | Wally Buono | 33 | 1156 | 35.0 | 48 | 0 | Gene Gaines | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
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| Totals | 120 | 4578 | 38.2 | 69 | 3 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ron Perowne | 41 | 180 | 4.4 | 18 | 0 | Brad Upshaw | 27 | 80 | 3.0 | 17 | 0 | Paul Brule | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 15 | 0 | Jim Foley | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 19 | 0 | Larry Fairholm | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 18 | 0 |
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| Totals | 95 | 426 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dickie Harris | 21 | 440 | 21.0 | 41 | 0 | Larry Smith | 11 | 247 | 22.5 | 33 | 0 | Ike Brown | 7 | 132 | 18.9 | 34 | 0 | Brad Upshaw | 5 | 131 | 26.2 | 35 | 0 | Moses Denson | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 | Ed Hayes | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 | John Eason | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | Ron Perowne | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 52 | 1011 | 19.4 | 41 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dickie Harris | 7 | 214 | 30.6 | 118 | 1 | Al Butler | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 36 | 1 | Gene Gaines | 4 | 77 | 19.2 | 22 | 0 | Carl Crennel | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 18 | 0 | Larry Fairholm | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | Paul Brule | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 30 | 0 | Mike Widger | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 30 | 0 | Brad Upshaw | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 1 | Tony Proudfoot | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | John Huard | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Ed Hayes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 32 | 591 | 18.5 | 118 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Mike Widger | 3 | 18 | 0 | Mike Maloney | 2 | 0 | 0 | Barry Randall | 2 | 0 | 0 | Carl Crennel | 2 | 0 | 0 | Brian Marcil | 1 | 0 | 0 | Dickie Harris | 1 | 4 | 0 | Jim Foley | 1 | 0 | 0 | John Eason | 1 | 0 | 0 | Junior Ah You | 1 | 0 | 0 | Ed Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | Al Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | Phil Vandersea | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 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 | Don Sweet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 52 | Ike Brown | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Peter Dalla Riva | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | John Eason | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Moses Denson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Larry Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Terry Evanshen | 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 | Sonny Wade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | Brad Upshaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dickie Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Al Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | George Springate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 245 |
