Ken Johnson

Johnson joined the Calgary Stampeders in 1978, playing eight games as the backup to John Hufnagel.  In 1979, Johnson took over the #1 duties from Hurnagel, completing 56.4% of his 312 passes for 2344 yards.  Johnson also had a very impressive 19 to 8 touchdown to interception ratio that year.  Things got better in 1980, with Johnson throwing for 3019 yards and completing 56% of his passes.  1981 started off much the same way, but after 12 games, Johnson was traded to Montreal to replace the highly touted and highly failed Vince Ferregamo experiment.  Between Montreal and Calgary, Johnson threw for 3364 yards in 15 games.  Johnson's CFL career ended abruptly in 1982 as he appeared in only two games for Montreal. After leaving the CFL, Johnson played for the Memphis Showboats of the USFL in 1984

Note: Johnson's birthdate in most CFL publications is January 5, 1951, but there are some sources with conflicting  dates. Some sources have listed it as January 15, 1951, May 1, 1951 and June 12, 1951! The January 5th date is the most commonly cited and so it is used here.

Wikipedia Article on Ken Johnson

Roster for Memphis Showboats of the USFL

Cordes send Johnson to Argos - August 5, 1982

Games Played and Passing
Year Team GP PA PC % Yds TD Int Sacked Yds
1978 CAL 8 59 35 59.3 635 4 4

1979 CAL 16 312 176 56.4 2344 19 8 30 228
1980 CAL 16 389 218 56 3019 22 16 15 108
1981 MON 3 109 64 58.7 935 5 3 3 33
1981 CAL 12 319 190 59.6 2429 13 10 24 197
1982 MON 2 59 34 57.6 275 0 2 2 9
Rushing
Year Team TC Yds Avg TD Long
1978 CAL 15 85 5.7 0 12
1979 CAL 30 22 0.7 0 13
1980 CAL 41 178 4.3 1 31
1981 MON 7 23 3.3 0 18
1981 CAL 26 72 2.8 0 11
1982 MON 5 9 1.8 0 7
Fumbles
Year Team F FL OFR
1978 CAL 0 0 0
1979 CAL 8 2 0
1980 CAL 5 3 1
1981 MON 1 0 1
1981 CAL 5 3 1
1982 MON 0 0 0

1980 Calgary Media Guide Photo

Ken Johnson