1981 Montreal Alouettes Statistics
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 3-13 6
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: Jim Eddy (2-4)
Coach: Joe Scannella (1-9)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1981 Montreal Alouettes RosterTeam Record: 3-13 6
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: Jim Eddy (2-4)
Coach: Joe Scannella (1-9)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1981 Montreal Alouettes Results
The Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League ended the 1981 season with a record of 3 wins and 13 losses for 6 points, finishing third in the CFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Alouettes struggled to score 267 points, worst in the circuit, and the shaky defensive squad conceded 518. Vince Ferragamo passed for 2,182 yards, and Gerry Dattilio spent time under center also. James Scott grabbed 81 passes for 1,422 yards. Billy Johnson contributed to the receiving game, too.
David Overstreet carried the ball for a team-best 952 yards for Montreal.
Charles Cornelius snatched 4 opponent throws. Doug Scott sacked quarterbacks 7.5 times.
Jim Eddy and Joe Scannella coached the team. The 1981 Montreal Alouettes lost in the Division Semifinal.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Vince Ferragamo | 342 | 175 | 51.2 | 2182 | 6.4 | 7 | 2.0 | 25 | 7.3 | 67 | 47.7 | Gerry Dattilio | 122 | 69 | 56.6 | 1095 | 9.0 | 4 | 3.3 | 7 | 5.7 | 77 | 73.6 | Ken Johnson | 109 | 64 | 58.7 | 935 | 8.6 | 5 | 4.6 | 3 | 2.8 | 54 | 90.6 | Billy Johnson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 156.3 | James Scott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Wally Buono | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 576 | 309 | 53.6 | 4224 | 7.3 | 17 | 3.0 | 36 | 6.2 | 77 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | David Overstreet | 203 | 952 | 4.7 | 37 | 8 | Marc Lacelle | 34 | 146 | 4.3 | 16 | 1 | Vince Ferragamo | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 16 | 0 | Skip Walker | 17 | 54 | 3.2 | 25 | 0 | Gerry Dattilio | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 19 | 0 | Joe Hawco | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 18 | 1 | Ken Johnson | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 18 | 0 | James Scott | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | Billy Johnson | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
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| Totals | 300 | 1317 | 4.4 | 37 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | James Scott | 81 | 1422 | 17.6 | 77 | 6 | Billy Johnson | 65 | 1060 | 16.3 | 54 | 5 | David Overstreet | 48 | 356 | 7.4 | 26 | 1 | Nick Arakgi | 25 | 368 | 14.7 | 30 | 1 | Peter Dalla Riva | 25 | 277 | 11.1 | 22 | 3 | Marc Lacelle | 15 | 119 | 7.9 | 25 | 0 | Keith Credit | 13 | 198 | 15.2 | 29 | 0 | Chuck McMann | 13 | 192 | 14.8 | 33 | 1 | Skip Walker | 11 | 116 | 10.5 | 32 | 0 | Joe Hawco | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 12 | 0 | Dom Vetro | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 18 | 0 | Ian Mofford | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Joe Taylor | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 309 | 4224 | 13.7 | 77 | 17 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. | Don Sweet | 13 | 13 | 100.0 | 20 | 13 | 65.0 | 3 | 23 | 1239 | 53.9 | 71 | 1 | 56 | Gerry McGrath | 10 | 9 | 90.0 | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 4 | 22 | 1136 | 51.6 | 65 | 1 | 29 |
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| Totals | 23 | 22 | 95.7 | 31 | 18 | 58.1 | 7 | 45 | 2375 | 52.8 | 71 | 2 | 85 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS | Wally Buono | 65 | 2626 | 40.4 | 65 | 1 | Gerry McGrath | 59 | 2546 | 43.2 | 60 | 3 | Don Sweet | 11 | 434 | 39.5 | 52 | 0 |
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| Totals | 135 | 5606 | 41.5 | 65 | 4 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Billy Johnson | 59 | 597 | 10.1 | 92 | 0 | Carl Brazley | 40 | 266 | 6.6 | 29 | 0 | Gregg Butler | 8 | 158 | 19.8 | 41 | 0 | Dave Dumars | 9 | 119 | 13.2 | 41 | 0 |
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| Totals | 116 | 1140 | 9.8 | 92 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Carl Brazley | 17 | 379 | 22.3 | 44 | 0 | Dom Vetro | 16 | 354 | 22.1 | 39 | 0 | Marc Lacelle | 11 | 222 | 20.2 | 29 | 0 | David Overstreet | 9 | 185 | 20.6 | 29 | 0 | Skip Walker | 4 | 77 | 19.2 | 25 | 0 | Jeff Gabrielson | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 27 | 0 | Woodrow Wilson | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 37 | 0 | Ken Miller | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 28 | 0 | Al Dosant | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 | James Zachery | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Dave Dumars | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Junior Ah You | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 70 | 1438 | 20.5 | 44 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Charles Cornelius | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 24 | 0 | William Hampton | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 | Steve Gelley | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | James Marshall | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 1 | Al Dosant | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Dave Dumars | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Lou Clare | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Woodrow Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 15 | 115 | 7.7 | 28 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Doug Scott | 7.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Glen Weir | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Junior Ah You | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Keith Gary | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Tom Cousineau | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | William Hampton | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | James Zachery | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Wally Buono | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Jeff Gabrielson | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Gregg Butler | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 35.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Junior Ah You | 2 | 0 | 1 | William Hampton | 2 | 0 | 0 | James Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Gabrielson | 1 | 0 | 0 | Dave Dumars | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jon Sutton | 1 | 4 | 0 | Doug Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | Glenn Keeble | 1 | 0 | 0 | Lou Clare | 1 | 0 | 0 | Al Dosant | 1 | 0 | 0 | James Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | James Zachery | 1 | 3 | 0 | Woodrow Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | Glen Weir | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 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 | Don Sweet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 56 | David Overstreet | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | James Scott | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | Gerry McGrath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 32 | Billy Johnson | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Peter Dalla Riva | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Chuck McMann | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Marc Lacelle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Joe Hawco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | James Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Junior Ah You | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Nick Arakgi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Wally Buono | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 267 |
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