 He was cut by head coach Darrell Royal because of limitations on the number of American players that a team could carry past a certain date.Crowder led the Eskimos to victory in all four of his games, but Royal decided to stick with the veteran Arnold.In a game in Calgary on September 5, Crowder played the full game at quarterback without throwing a single pass; all the passes were thrown by halfbacks Rollie Miles and Billy Vessels.