1965 Edmonton Eskimos Statistics
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 5-11 10
Finishing 5th in the CFL's Western Conference
Coach: Neill Armstrong (5-11)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1965 Edmonton Eskimos RosterTeam Record: 5-11 10
Finishing 5th in the CFL's Western Conference
Coach: Neill Armstrong (5-11)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1965 Edmonton Eskimos Results
The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League ended the 1965 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses for 10 points, finishing fifth in the CFL's Western Conference.
Edmonton racked up 257 points, while the shaky defensive squad allowed 400, most in the league. Jim Thomas ran for a team-best 981 yards for the Eskimos.
Bill Redell passed for 1,633 yards. Tommy Coffey snagged 81 passes for 1,286 yards.
John Sklopan and Grant McKee each seized 3 opponent throws.
Neill Armstrong coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Redell | 175 | 114 | 65.1 | 1633 | 9.3 | 8 | 4.6 | 12 | 6.9 | 75 | 81.9 |
| Randy Kerbow | 119 | 66 | 55.5 | 963 | 8.1 | 1 | 0.8 | 10 | 8.4 | 62 | 49.8 |
| Jon Anabo | 47 | 17 | 36.2 | 182 | 3.9 | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 2.1 | 39 | 46.6 |
| Don Getty | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22.2 | 14 | 16.7 |
| Totals | 350 | 201 | 57.4 | 2815 | 8.0 | 10 | 2.9 | 25 | 7.1 | 75 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Thomas | 115 | 981 | 8.5 | 104 | 7 |
| Butch Pressley | 112 | 563 | 5.0 | 52 | 4 |
| Bill Redell | 70 | 169 | 2.4 | 27 | 3 |
| Bill Tobin | 31 | 168 | 5.4 | 45 | 2 |
| Billy Martin | 46 | 155 | 3.4 | 38 | 0 |
| Jim Fauver | 26 | 108 | 4.2 | 10 | 2 |
| Randy Kerbow | 30 | 68 | 2.3 | 17 | 2 |
| Larry Ferguson | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Dalton Hoffman | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jesse Branch | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Bill Mitchell | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Jon Anabo | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| Totals | 442 | 2233 | 5.1 | 104 | 20 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Coffey | 81 | 1286 | 15.9 | 65 | 2 |
| Randy Kerbow | 32 | 427 | 13.3 | 41 | 3 |
| Barry Mitchelson | 20 | 235 | 11.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Thomas | 19 | 277 | 14.6 | 70 | 2 |
| Billy Martin | 19 | 240 | 12.6 | 37 | 0 |
| Butch Pressley | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 17 | 0 |
| E.A. Sims | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Norm Thomas | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 35 | 0 |
| John Greiner | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 31 | 1 |
| Jesse Branch | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Fauver | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 7 | 2 |
| Clarence Kachman | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Dalton Hoffman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Larry Ferguson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Tobin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 201 | 2815 | 14.0 | 70 | 10 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Coffey | 23 | 17 | 73.9 | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 3 | 6 | 143 | 23.8 | 30 | 0 | 53 |
| Bill Mitchell | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 40 | 2485 | 62.1 | 80 | 0 | 8 |
| Barry Mitchelson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 30 | 20 | 66.7 | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 5 | 46 | 2628 | 57.1 | 80 | 0 | 61 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Kerbow | 114 | 4835 | 42.4 | 79 | 5 |
| Tommy Coffey | 3 | 142 | 47.3 | 56 | 0 |
| Totals | 117 | 4977 | 42.5 | 79 | 5 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Schumm | 50 | 199 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Norm Thomas | 28 | 122 | 4.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Clarence Kachman | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Martin | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Redell | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Terry Wilson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Marcel Deleeuw | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Tommy Coffey | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 105 | 407 | 3.9 | 15 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Thomas | 16 | 446 | 27.9 | 47 | 0 |
| Billy Martin | 10 | 243 | 24.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Jim Fauver | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Bill Redell | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Clarence Kachman | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Howie Schumm | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Dalton Hoffman | 4 | 49 | 12.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Clair Branch | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Butch Pressley | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 24 | 0 |
| John Sklopan | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Larry Ferguson | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Norm Thomas | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Bill Tobin | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| John Greiner | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 65 | 1300 | 20.0 | 47 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant McKee | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 18 | 0 |
| John Sklopan | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Duane Wood | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Howie Schumm | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| James Stinnette | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Gorden Kelley | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Al Ecuyer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Butch Pressley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 13 | 174 | 13.4 | 31 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ecuyer | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Battle | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Stinnette | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Howie Schumm | 1 | 40 | 1 | ||||
| E.A. Sims | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Grant McKee | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 45 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Tommy Coffey | 2 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 65 | ||||||||
| Jim Thomas | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
| Randy Kerbow | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35 | ||||||||
| Jim Fauver | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Butch Pressley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Bill Redell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Bill Tobin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Bill Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| John Greiner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Howie Schumm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Totals | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 253 |
