The Montreal Alouettes 1955 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Montreal Alouettes 1955 Season

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the IRFU
IRFU Final
- Nov. 19, 1955 Won 38 – 36 vs Toronto
Grey Cup Championship
- Nov. 26, 1955 Lost 19 – 34 vs Edmonton in Vancouver, BC

Team Roster and Stats

1955 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

Montreal Alouettes 1955 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	0	2	0	0	13	24	L2	0-2-0
Regular Season	12	9	3	0	18	388	214	L1	5-1-0
Home	6	6	0	0	12	243	98	W6	6-0-0
Visitor	6	3	3	0	6	145	116	L1	3-3-0

Full 1955 League Standings

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	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (3-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	7 (5-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (4-1-0)
After 2nd	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (3-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (4-2-0)
After 3rd	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	9 (8-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)
After 4th	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	9 (9-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)

Montreal Alouettes 1955 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Aug 10 5:45 PM	SSK 12 @ MTL 3	L	20,276
B	Wed Aug 24	MTL 10 @ HAM 12	L	13,649

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Sep 3	OTT 22 @ MTL 34	W	21,033
1	Mon Sep 5	MTL 18 @ OTT 19	L	16,000
2	Sat Sep 10	TOR 11 @ MTL 43	W	22,227
3	Sat Sep 17	HAM 20 @ MTL 38	W	22,940
4	Sat Sep 24	MTL 13 @ HAM 22	L	15,396
5	Sat Oct 1	MTL 30 @ TOR 28	W	19,200
6	Sat Oct 8	MTL 35 @ OTT 7	W	12,500
6	Mon Oct 10 2:00 PM	OTT 6 @ MTL 43	W	22,259
7	Sat Oct 15	TOR 23 @ MTL 44	W	21,000
8	Sat Oct 22	MTL 43 @ TOR 12	W	18,329
9	Sat Oct 29	HAM 16 @ MTL 41	W	22,849
10	Sat Nov 5	MTL 6 @ HAM 28	L	14,800

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sat Nov 19	TOR 36 @ MTL 38	W	21,103

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sat Nov 26 4:30 PM	MTL 19 vs EDM 34	L	39,471	R/C, CBCE

Montreal Alouettes 1955 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ MTL	MTL @
Divisional	0.417	6-0-0 (6)	3-3-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4)	0.667	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Ottawa Rough Riders (4)	0.250	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.333	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)

Summary
By Quarter

Team Scoring

	1955	1954 +/-
Average Combined Score	50.17	+15.24
Average Winning Score	39.00	+11.82
Average Losing Score	12.33	-1.67
Average Home Score	40.50	+11.93
Average Visitor Score	24.17	+4.02
Average Margin of Victory	22.89	+4.53
Average Margin of Loss	10.67	+7.67

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	48	35	83	56	42	98	63	44	107	76	24	100	243 (40.5)	145 (24.2)	388 (32.3)
Opponent	27	25	52	30	41	71	18	6	24	23	44	67	116 (19.3)	98 (16.3)	214 (17.8)

Coaches

Head Coach

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

Player Awards
All Stars

Montreal Alouettes 1955 Player Awards and Nominations

1955 Most Outstanding

Player — Pat Abbruzzi (Winner)
Lineman — Dewitt “Tex” Coulter (Winner)
Canadian Player — Joey Pal (Division Finalist)

Montreal Alouettes 1955 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–4 (4)		Ernie Darragh (FB)	McMaster
2–4 (8)		Lionel Quinn (HB)	McGill
3–4 (12)		Bill Stevenson (QB)	Toronto
4–4 (16)		Herb English (HB)	McGill
5–4 (20)		Ed Olszeski (G)	McGill
6–4 (24)		Norm Dyson (QB)	Queen's
7–4 (28)		Norm Levine	McGill
8–4 (32)		Ross Woods (HB)	Toronto
9–4 (36)		Ray Ksiazek	Toronto
10–4 (40)		Don Woods (G)	McGill
11–4		Pass