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

Montreal Alouettes 1955 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1954: 16 players
1955 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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

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)

Coaches

Head Coach

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

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1955 Montreal Alouettes Attendance

Capacity: 23,000
Total: 132,308
High: 22,940
Avg: 22,051 (6 out of 6 games)
Diff from 1954 Avg: +3,730
Low: 21,000
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 95.88
Diff from League Avg: +20,631

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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

Stadium

1955 home stadium: Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 27,000
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1958 – Expansion

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)

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 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

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
1	Sat. Sept. 3	OTT 22 @ MTL 34	W	21,033
1	Mon. Sept. 5	MTL 18 @ OTT 19	L	16,000
2	Sat. Sept. 10	TOR 11 @ MTL 43	W	22,227
3	Sat. Sept. 17	HAM 20 @ MTL 38	W	22,940
4	Sat. Sept. 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 3:00 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
P2	Sat. Nov. 19	TOR 36 @ MTL 38	W	21,103
GC	Sat. Nov. 26 4:30 PM	MTL 19 vs EDM 34	L	39,471	R/C, CBCE