Montreal Alouettes 1953 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st (in tiebreaker) in the IRFU
Lost IRFU Final Total Point Series 59 – 23
- Nov. 18, 1953 Lost 12 – 37 @ Hamilton
- Nov. 22, 1953 Lost 11 – 22 vs Hamilton

Montreal Alouettes 1953 Season Resources 1953 MTL Team Roster 1953 MTL Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Fri Aug 14 8:30 PM	SSK 16 @ MTL 6	L	17,852
Ex	Mon Aug 17 8:30 PM	CGY 12 @ MTL 17	W	10,644


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Wed Aug 26 5:30 PM	MTL 9 @ TOR 11	L	18,000
2	Wed Sep 2 8:30 PM	TOR 7 @ MTL 15	W	13,267
2	Sat Sep 5 2:30 PM	MTL 6 @ OTT 26	L	12,000
3	Fri Sep 11 8:30 PM	HAM 0 @ MTL 17	W	13,215	R/C
4	Wed Sep 16 8:30 PM	MTL 13 @ OTT 22	L	17,000
4	Sun Sep 20 2:00 PM	OTT 21 @ MTL 37	W	16,902
5	Sat Sep 26 2:00 PM	MTL 15 @ HAM 20	L	16,000
6	Bye
7	Sat Oct 10 2:15 PM	MTL 24 @ OTT 6	W	14,758
7	Sun Oct 11 2:15 PM	OTT 18 @ MTL 26	W	15,462
8	Sun Oct 18 2:15 PM	TOR 11 @ MTL 39	W	19,603
9	Sun Oct 25 2:15 PM	OTT 30 @ MTL 15	L	16,115
10	Sat Oct 31 2:00 PM	MTL 18 @ HAM 31	L	17,000
11	Sun Nov 8 2:00 PM	HAM 18 @ MTL 31	W	12,085
12	Sat Nov 14 2:00 PM	MTL 27 @ TOR 8	W	16,153


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Wed Nov 18 1:30 PM	MTL 12 @ HAM 37	L	16,000
P2	Sun Nov 22 1:30 PM	HAM 22 @ MTL 11	L	18,070
33	Bye

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	14	8	6	0	16	292	229	W2	4-2-0
Home	7	6	1	0	12	180	105	W1	5-1-0
Visitor	7	2	5	0	4	112	124	W1	2-4-0

Full 1953 League Standings

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	9 (6-3-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (2-2-0)
After 2nd	4 (3-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	9 (5-4-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)
After 3rd	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	10 (8-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)
After 4th	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ MTL	MTL @
Divisional	0.480	6-1-0 (7)	2-5-0 (7)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)	0.571	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Ottawa RedBlacks (6)	0.500	2-1-0 (3)	1-2-0 (3)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.357	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)

Summary
By Quarter

	1953	1952 +/-
Average Combined Score	37.21	+2.71
Average Winning Score	27.00	+4.00
Average Losing Score	12.67	+3.67
Average Home Score	25.71	+12.55
Average Visitor Score	16.00	+6.50
Average Margin of Victory	15.88	+7.38
Average Margin of Loss	10.67	-5.23

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Montreal	180 (25.7)	112 (16.0)	292 (20.9)
Total	Opponent	124 (17.7)	105 (15.0)	229 (16.4)
1st	Montreal	39 (5.6)	27 (3.9)	66 (4.7)
1st	Opponent	15 (2.1)	18 (2.6)	33 (2.4)
2nd	Montreal	24 (3.4)	43 (6.1)	67 (4.8)
2nd	Opponent	39 (5.6)	22 (3.1)	61 (4.4)
3rd	Montreal	69 (9.9)	28 (4.0)	97 (6.9)
3rd	Opponent	39 (5.6)	36 (5.1)	75 (5.4)
4th	Montreal	48 (6.9)	14 (2.0)	62 (4.4)
4th	Opponent	31 (4.4)	29 (4.1)	60 (4.3)

Head Coach

Douglas “Peahead” Walker (Feb. 14, 1952 – Nov. 9, 1959)

Player Awards

1953 Player Awards and Nominations

1953 Most Outstanding

Player — Dewitt “Tex” Coulter (Division Finalist)

1953 Montreal Alouettes Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–1 (1)		Doug McNichol (E)	Western Ontario
2–1 (5)		Bill Bewley (HB)	Toronto (UofT)
3–1 (9)		Jim Miller (E)	McGill
4–1 (13)		Millar Gallow (C)	Western Ontario
5–1 (17)		John Varcoe (G)	Queen's
6–1 (21)		Jim McCracken (MW)	McMaster
7–1 (25)		Garnet Bertrand (G)	McGill
8–1 (29)		Don Menard (G)	McGill
9–1 (33)		Don Ball (HB)	Queen's
10–1 (37)		Bill Burley (HB)	Toronto (UofT)