Larry Cates

Larry Cates was a DB and RB who played with Calgary and Ottawa from1974 to 1978.  Cates saw action mainlyas a DB in his first two seasons in Calgary in 1974 and 1975, backing up HOFer Willie Burden at running back with just 10 carries in 1974 and 22 carries in 1975.  Cates had 3 interceptions in 1975, two of which he ran back for touchdowns.  Cates got a chance to lay more at running back in 1976 due to an injury to Burden and had 81 carries for 458 yards and very respectable 5.7 yard average gain.  Cates was traded to Ottawa for the 1977 season where the initial plan seemed to involve Cates as the starting RB, but with 34 carries and only 125 yards, Cates was switched back to DB when Ottawa picked up Robert Holmes from Toronto.  Cates did take over as the main kick returner for the Rough Riders, and added 525 yards on kickoff returns and 364 on punt returns, including one for a touchdown.  Cates also intercepted two passes in 1978.  Cates added two more interceptions in his second and final year in 1978 with Ottawa as he saw no action at running back at all.

Games Played and Rushing
Year Team GP TC Yds Avg TD Long
1974 CAL 4 10 46 4.6 0 17
1975 CAL 16 22 89 4 0 30
1976 CAL 16 81 458 5.7 3 38
1977 OTT 16 34 125 3.7 1 11
1978 OTT 8 0 0 0 0 0
1979 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0

Note:  Cates is listed in the Hamilton media guide as having played for them in 1979 and he is listed on their training camp roster, but he does not show up in the 1979 game participation stats.

Receiving
Year Team Rec Yds Avg TD Long
1974 CAL 1 0 0 0 0
1975 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CAL 18 141 7.8 0 15
1977 OTT 13 130 13 2 20
1978 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1979 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
Fumbles
Year Team F FL
1974 CAL 0 0
1975 CAL 0 0
1976 CAL 4 3
1977 OTT 5 3
1978 OTT 2 1
1979 HAM 0
Interception Returns
Year Team Int Yds Avg TDInt Long
1974 CAL 1 2 2 0 2
1975 CAL 3 36 45.3 2 64
1976 CAL 1 35 35 0 35
1977 OTT 2 7 3.5 0 7
1978 OTT 2 12 6 0 12
1979 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
Fumble Returns
Year Team FR Yds Avg TD Long OFR FF
1974 CAL 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CAL 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CAL 1 15 15 0 15 0
1977 OTT 1 0 0 0 0 0
1978 OTT 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kickoff Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1974 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
1977 OTT 23 525 22.8 0 44
1978 OTT 4 49 12.3 0 21
1979 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
Punt Returns
Year Team PR Yds Avg TD Long
1974 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
1977 OTT 46 364 7.9 1 53
1978 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1979 HAM 0 0 0 0 0