TUESDAY AUGUST 30
OTTAWA 24, Toronto 0 (20137) - The Argos, deep in Ottawa territory five times, tried to score on passes three times but all three throws by rookie QB Wally Gabler, who threw five interceptions in all, were picked off in the end zone. Ottawa QB Russ Jackson had an off-night, with only 10 completions, but two went for touchdowns.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31
Montreal 4, WINNIPEG 2 (20510) - Montreal's Peter Kempf kicked a 25-yard FG goal with 96 seconds left. Four minutes earlier he missed a 21-yard FG. Kempf's boot came seconds after Billy James Doss, playing his first game in Canada, bounced on a fumble. Winnipeg's Dick Wozney had dropped a punt on his own 25-yard line.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2
EDMONTON 13, Brit Col 6 (19930) - QB Randy Kerbow scored both Eskimo TDs and directed a masterful ground offensive as Edmonton won their third successive game. Kerbow's TDs, in the second and third quarters, came on identical one-yard plunges. QB Joe Kapp collected B.C. touchdown , also from one yard out.
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5
SASKATCHEWAN 44, Montreal 0 (19451) - George Reed and Hugh Campbell each scored three touchdowns in the massacre. Jack Abendschan kicked a field goal and five converts. Rider QB Ron Lancaster went 14 for 15 in
the passing department. Saskatchewan had 195 yards rushing and 247 passing.
CALGARY 13, Toronto 8 (20000) - Calgary flanker Terry Evanshen scored the only Calgary touchdown on an 11-yard pass from Peter Liske. Larry Robinson added two field goals and a convert. The Stamps lost another first-string player, the fifth this season, as TE Herm Harrison is out for the season with torn knee ligaments.
HAMILTON 16, Ottawa 12 (29003) - Ottawa has not won in Hamilton since 1963, and this loss knocked them into a tie for first place. A record Hamilton crowd saw the Tiger-Cats wipe an Ottawa lead on Bobby Kuntz's fourth-quarter TD. Joe Zuger came out of a three-week layoff to quarterback the team and scored a TD and two singles.
WESTERN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE EASTERN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
Saskatch 5 2 0 186 114 10 Ottawa 4 1 0 74 33 8
Winnipeg 4 2 0 82 74 8 Hamilton 4 1 0 86 49 8
Edmonton 4 3 0 113 111 8 Montreal 3 3 0 48 85 6
Calgary 2 5 0 65 109 4 Toronto 0 5 0 32 95 0
British Col 1 5 0 84 100 2