1959 Ottawa Rough Riders Statistics
Team Record: 8-6 16
Finishing 2nd in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Final
Coach: Frank Clair (8-6)
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1959 Ottawa Rough Riders Results
The Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League ended the 1959 season with a record of 8 wins and 6 losses for 16 points, finishing second in the CFL's Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
Ottawa chalked up 275 points, while the rigid defensive squad conceded 217. Dave Thelen carried the ball for a team-high 1,339 yards for the Rough Riders.
Frank Tripucka threw for 1,119 yards, and Russ Jackson threw the ball, too. Bob Simpson grabbed 36 receptions for 787 yards.
Al Romine seized 4 opponent throws.
Frank Clair coached the team. The 1959 Ottawa Rough Riders lost in the Final.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Tripucka | 145 | 79 | 54.5 | 1119 | 7.7 | 4 | 2.8 | 14 | 9.7 | 57 | 49.3 |
Russ Jackson | 89 | 45 | 50.6 | 1009 | 11.3 | 7 | 7.9 | 7 | 7.9 | 59 | 84.9 |
Babe Parilli | 52 | 23 | 44.2 | 373 | 7.2 | 4 | 7.7 | 4 | 7.7 | 55 | 62.4 |
Ron Stewart | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 62 | 20.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 149.3 |
Totals | 289 | 149 | 51.6 | 2563 | 8.9 | 16 | 5.5 | 25 | 8.7 | 59 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Thelen | 228 | 1339 | 5.9 | 59 | 10 |
Ron Stewart | 82 | 425 | 5.2 | 31 | 2 |
Russ Jackson | 69 | 385 | 5.6 | 30 | 3 |
Don Clark | 75 | 343 | 4.6 | 55 | 2 |
Joe Kelly | 53 | 213 | 4.0 | 17 | 2 |
Gerry Nesbitt | 14 | 83 | 5.9 | 18 | 0 |
Babe Parilli | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
Peter Joyce | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
Harry Lunn | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
George Brancato | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Gary Schreider | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
Frank Tripucka | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 536 | 2841 | 5.3 | 59 | 20 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Simpson | 36 | 787 | 21.9 | 59 | 8 |
Ted Smale | 24 | 490 | 20.4 | 49 | 2 |
Davey West | 19 | 355 | 18.7 | 31 | 0 |
Don Clark | 16 | 229 | 14.3 | 57 | 0 |
Ron Stewart | 15 | 150 | 10.0 | 28 | 1 |
Joe Kelly | 14 | 336 | 24.0 | 55 | 3 |
Dave Thelen | 9 | 95 | 10.6 | 40 | 1 |
Gerry Nesbitt | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 13 | 0 |
Gary Schreider | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 11 | 1 |
Harry Lunn | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
Milt Graham | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 |
Al Romine | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 |
Russ Jackson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 149 | 2563 | 17.2 | 59 | 16 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Schreider | 30 | 22 | 73.3 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 4 | 179 | 44.8 | 58 | 0 | 31 |
Mack Yoho | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Davey West | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Totals | 37 | 28 | 75.7 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 4 | 179 | 44.8 | 58 | 0 | 40 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Babe Parilli | 65 | 2497 | 38.4 | 58 | 7 |
Frank Tripucka | 52 | 2057 | 39.6 | 58 | 1 |
Gerry Nesbitt | 24 | 923 | 38.5 | 48 | 1 |
Ron Stewart | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
Totals | 142 | 5510 | 38.8 | 58 | 9 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Davey West | 58 | 315 | 5.4 | 20 | 0 |
Ron Stewart | 40 | 271 | 6.8 | 28 | 0 |
Harry Lunn | 30 | 198 | 6.6 | 15 | 0 |
Gary Schreider | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 |
Bob Simpson | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 10 | 0 |
Russ Jackson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Don Clark | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Joe Poirier | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
Al Romine | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 144 | 883 | 6.1 | 28 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Clark | 13 | 289 | 22.2 | 46 | 0 |
Ron Stewart | 13 | 265 | 20.4 | 38 | 0 |
Joe Kelly | 8 | 141 | 17.6 | 23 | 0 |
Dave Thelen | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 28 | 0 |
Bob Simpson | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 31 | 0 |
Gary Schreider | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Gerry Nesbitt | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Ted Smale | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Kaye Vaughan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 43 | 845 | 19.7 | 46 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Romine | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 50 | 0 |
Gerry Nesbitt | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 21 | 1 |
George Brancato | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
Gary Schreider | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Larry Hayes | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Hardiman Cureton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Totals | 11 | 167 | 15.2 | 50 | 1 |
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 |
Dave Thelen | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||
Bob Simpson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
Gary Schreider | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 43 | |||||
Joe Kelly | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
Russ Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Ron Stewart | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
Don Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Ted Smale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Mack Yoho | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
Babe Parilli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
Gerry Nesbitt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
Frank Tripucka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Davey West | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
Totals | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 271 |