The Montreal Alouettes 1953 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Montreal Alouettes’ 1953 Season

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 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1952: 22 players
1953 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Montreal Alouettes 1953 Record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	23	28	W1	1-1-0
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

Montreal Alouettes 1953 Opponent Appearances

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 Rough Riders (6)	0.500	2-1-0 (3)	1-2-0 (3)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.357	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)

Coaches

Head Coach

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

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1953 Montreal Alouettes Attendance

Capacity: 20,000
Total: 106,649
High: 19,603
Avg: 15,235 (7 out of 7 games)
Diff from 1952 Avg: +446
Low: 12,085
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 76.18
Diff from League Avg: +13,315

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Team Scoring

	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

Stadium

1953 home stadium: Delorimier Stadium
Capacity: 20,000
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1946 – Opened 1928

Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Montreal	39	27	66	24	43	67	69	28	97	48	14	62	180 (25.7)	112 (16.0)	292 (20.9)
Opponent	18	15	33	22	39	61	36	39	75	29	31	60	124 (17.7)	105 (15.0)	229 (16.4)

Lead/Trailed Record by Quarter

	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)

Montreal Alouettes 1953 Player Awards and Nominations

1953 Most Outstanding

Player — Dewitt “Tex” Coulter (Division Finalist)

Montreal Alouettes 1953 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–1 (1)		Douglas McNichol (E)	Western Ontario
2–1 (5)		Bill Bewley (HB)	Toronto
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

Montreal Alouettes 1953 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	3	Fri. Aug. 14 8:30 PM	SSK 16 @ MTL 6	L	17,852
B	5	Mon. Aug. 17 8:30 PM	CGY 12 @ MTL 17	W	10,644
1	7	Wed. Aug. 26	MTL 9 @ TOR 11	L	18,000
2	9	Wed. Sept. 2	TOR 7 @ MTL 15	W	13,267
	10	Sat. Sept. 5	MTL 6 @ OTT 26	L	12,000
3	12	Fri. Sept. 11	HAM 0 @ MTL 17	W	13,215
4	15	Wed. Sept. 16	MTL 13 @ OTT 22	L
	17	Sun. Sept. 20	OTT 21 @ MTL 37	W	16,902
5	18	Sat. Sept. 26	MTL 15 @ HAM 20	L	16,000
7	21	Sat. Oct. 10	MTL 24 @ OTT 6	W	15,482
	23	Sun. Oct. 11	OTT 18 @ MTL 26	W	15,462
8	26	Sun. Oct. 18	TOR 11 @ MTL 39	W	19,603
9	28	Sun. Oct. 25	OTT 30 @ MTL 15	L	16,115
10	29	Sat. Oct. 31	MTL 18 @ HAM 31	L	17,000
11	32	Sun. Nov. 8	HAM 18 @ MTL 31	W	12,085
12	34	Sat. Nov. 14	MTL 27 @ TOR 8	W	16,153
P2	35	Wed. Nov. 18	MTL 12 @ HAM 37	L	16,000
	36	Sun. Nov. 22 1:30 PM	HAM 22 @ MTL 11	L	18,070