1981 Ottawa Rough Riders Statistics
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 5-11 10
Finishing 2nd in the CFL's East Division
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Grey Cup
Coach: George Brancato (5-11)
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1981 Ottawa Rough Riders RosterTeam Record: 5-11 10
Finishing 2nd in the CFL's East Division
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Grey Cup
Coach: George Brancato (5-11)
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1981 Ottawa Rough Riders Results
The Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League ended the 1981 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses for 10 points, finishing second in the CFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
The Rough Riders labored to change the scoreboard with just 278 points, and the shaky defensive squad conceded 618, most in the league. Jordan Case tossed for 1,521 yards. Tony Gabriel grabbed 73 receptions for 1,006 yards. Kelvin Kirk provided receiving help, too.
Richard Crump carried the ball for a team-high 440 yards for Ottawa, while Sam Platt additionally buoyed the ground attack.
Jon Sutton picked off 5 opponent throws. Greg Marshall sacked quarterbacks 9 times.
George Brancato coached the team. The 1981 Ottawa Rough Riders lost in the Grey Cup.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Jordan Case | 209 | 129 | 61.7 | 1521 | 7.3 | 10 | 4.8 | 7 | 3.3 | 52 | 85.8 | J.C. Watts | 142 | 77 | 54.2 | 957 | 6.7 | 3 | 2.1 | 11 | 7.7 | 53 | 50.1 | Kevin Starkey | 82 | 40 | 48.8 | 573 | 7.0 | 3 | 3.7 | 9 | 11.0 | 49 | 44.5 | Ron Calcagni | 62 | 35 | 56.5 | 548 | 8.8 | 2 | 3.2 | 6 | 9.7 | 43 | 57.1 | Richard Crump | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 104.2 | Jeff Avery | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 87.5 | Gerry Organ | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 498 | 283 | 56.8 | 3613 | 7.3 | 18 | 3.6 | 33 | 6.6 | 53 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Richard Crump | 97 | 440 | 4.5 | 23 | 3 | Sam Platt | 99 | 427 | 4.3 | 55 | 1 | J.C. Watts | 37 | 260 | 7.0 | 26 | 1 | Jim Reid | 30 | 183 | 6.1 | 19 | 0 | Jordan Case | 32 | 175 | 5.5 | 21 | 0 | Ron Calcagni | 9 | 87 | 9.7 | 20 | 0 | John Park | 17 | 77 | 4.5 | 14 | 0 | Kevin Starkey | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 18 | 0 | Calvin Fance | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 7 | 2 | Gerry Organ | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Kelvin Kirk | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 1 |
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| Totals | 341 | 1751 | 5.1 | 55 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tony Gabriel | 73 | 1006 | 13.8 | 46 | 5 | Bruce Walker | 44 | 482 | 11.0 | 52 | 3 | Kelvin Kirk | 38 | 804 | 21.2 | 53 | 6 | Jim Reid | 26 | 258 | 9.9 | 19 | 1 | Pat Stoqua | 20 | 326 | 16.3 | 40 | 0 | Richard Crump | 20 | 166 | 8.3 | 42 | 0 | Sam Platt | 20 | 83 | 4.2 | 16 | 1 | Jeff Avery | 14 | 151 | 10.8 | 21 | 1 | John Park | 12 | 98 | 8.2 | 42 | 0 | Wiley Pitts | 10 | 189 | 18.9 | 48 | 0 | Martin Cox | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 11 | 0 | Peter Stenerson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 1 | John Glassford | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
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| Totals | 283 | 3613 | 12.8 | 53 | 18 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. | Gerry Organ | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 38 | 28 | 73.7 | 5 | 55 | 2972 | 54.0 | 88 | 1 | 118 |
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| Totals | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 38 | 28 | 73.7 | 5 | 55 | 2972 | 54.0 | 88 | 1 | 118 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Randy Rhino | 73 | 918 | 12.6 | 56 | 0 | Kelvin Kirk | 23 | 322 | 14.0 | 92 | 1 | Bruce Walker | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 23 | 0 | Mike Davis | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 | Carl Brazley | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
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| Totals | 108 | 1338 | 12.4 | 92 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ricky Barden | 18 | 416 | 23.1 | 41 | 0 | Kelvin Kirk | 15 | 336 | 22.4 | 35 | 0 | Sam Platt | 11 | 277 | 25.2 | 30 | 0 | Mike Davis | 7 | 170 | 24.3 | 35 | 0 | Calvin Fance | 3 | 103 | 34.3 | 36 | 0 | Carl Brazley | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 28 | 0 | Jim Reid | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 22 | 0 | Derrek Peels | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 31 | 0 | Richard Crump | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 | John Park | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 70 | 1588 | 22.7 | 41 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jon Sutton | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 86 | 0 | Jerome Stanton | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 34 | 0 | Larry Brune | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 | Billy Hardee | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | Jim Burrow | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 | Randy Rhino | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 | Greg Grimes | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 13 | 0 | Ricky Barden | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | Mike Davis | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | Ron Foxx | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 1 | John Glassford | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Carl Brazley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 25 | 331 | 13.2 | 86 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Greg Marshall | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Rick Sowieta | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Ron Simmons | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Mike Raines | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Jim Piaskoski | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Eric Manns | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Larry Brune | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Mike Peerman | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Doug Seymour | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | John Glassford | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Glenn Cook | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Carl Brazley | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Ron Foxx | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 32.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Ron Foxx | 2 | -8 | 0 | Ron Simmons | 1 | 0 | 0 | Rick Sowieta | 1 | 0 | 0 | Randy Rhino | 1 | 97 | 1 | John Glassford | 1 | 0 | 0 | Doug Seymour | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jim Piaskoski | 1 | 7 | 0 | Larry Brune | 1 | 0 | 0 | Ricky Barden | 1 | 0 | 0 | Greg Marshall | 1 | 54 | 1 | John Park | 1 | 0 | 0 | William Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 150 | 2 | 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 | Gerry Organ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 122 | Kelvin Kirk | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Tony Gabriel | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Richard Crump | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Bruce Walker | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Calvin Fance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Sam Platt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | J.C. Watts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ron Foxx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Randy Rhino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Peter Stenerson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jim Reid | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Greg Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jeff Avery | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Glassford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 304 |
