Larry Cates
Larry Cates
Born: September 25, 1950
Columbus, OH
Position: HB,DB,RB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 190
College: Western Michigan
High School: Mohawk (Columbus, OH)
Career: 1974-1979
Larry Cates played from 1974 to 1979 during his career with the Calgary Stampeders, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Ottawa Rough Riders. Cates ran for 718 yards in his career on 147 attempts, scoring 4 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 32 passes for 271 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1977 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 95.8 |
| Totals | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 17 | 0 |
| 1975 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 22 | 89 | 4.0 | 30 | 0 |
| 1976 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 81 | 458 | 5.7 | 38 | 3 |
| 1977 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 34 | 125 | 3.7 | 11 | 1 |
| Totals | 147 | 718 | 4.9 | 38 | 4 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 18 | 141 | 7.8 | 15 | 0 |
| 1977 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 13 | 130 | 10.0 | 20 | 2 |
| Totals | 32 | 271 | 8.5 | 20 | 2 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 42 | 489 | 11.6 | 53 | 0 |
| 1977 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 46 | 364 | 7.9 | 53 | 1 |
| 1978 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 19 | 145 | 7.6 | 62 | 1 |
| Totals | 108 | 998 | 9.2 | 62 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 4 | 125 | 31.2 | 35 | 0 |
| 1975 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 26 | 748 | 28.8 | 67 | 0 |
| 1976 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 32 | 901 | 28.2 | 73 | 0 |
| 1977 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 23 | 525 | 22.8 | 44 | 0 |
| 1978 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 4 | 49 | 12.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Totals | 89 | 2348 | 26.4 | 73 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1975 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 64 | 2 |
| 1976 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| 1977 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 9 | 192 | 21.3 | 64 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1976 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 1977 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1975 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| 1976 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | |||
| 1977 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| 1978 | CFL Ottawa Rough Riders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 4 | |
| 1975 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 16 | |
| 1976 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 0 |
| 1977 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | CFL | Ottawa Rough Riders | 8 | |
| 1979 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0 |
