1953 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/15/1953	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	18-11	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15600
Mon	8/17/1953	H	Toronto Argonauts	24-0	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15808
Sat	8/29/1953	H	Edmonton Eskimos	7-6	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16108
Mon	8/31/1953	H	Calgary Stampeders	16-10	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16108
Fri	9/4/1953	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13-6	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16000
Mon	9/7/1953	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	19-23	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	14904
Sat	9/12/1953	A	Calgary Stampeders	14-23	L	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	12000
Mon	9/14/1953	A	Edmonton Eskimos	7-9	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	16000
Sat	9/19/1953	H	Calgary Stampeders	16-15	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16578
Sat	9/26/1953	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	15-21	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	12446
Mon	9/28/1953	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	19-2	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16400
Sat	10/3/1953	H	Calgary Stampeders	24-17	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16458
Mon	10/5/1953	H	Edmonton Eskimos	6-16	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	17014
Sat	10/10/1953	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13-18	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16000
Mon	10/12/1953	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13-14	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	15565
Sat	10/17/1953	A	Edmonton Eskimos	9-32	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium
Mon	10/19/1953	A	Calgary Stampeders	18-6	W	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	10000
Sat	10/24/1953	A	Edmonton Eskimos	17-8	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	15000
WIFU Semi-Final #1
Wed	10/28/1953	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	43-5	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16827
WIFU Semi-Final #2
Sat	10/31/1953	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	17-18	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	14000
WIFU Final #1
Sat	11/7/1953	A	Edmonton Eskimos	7-25	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	15500
WiFU Final #2
Wed	11/11/1953	H	Edmonton Eskimos	21-17	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	17434
WIFU Final #3
Sat	11/14/1953	A	Edmonton Eskimos	30-24	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	16000
Grey Cup Semi-Final
Sat	11/21/1953	H	Toronto Balmy Beach	24-4	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16000
Grey Cup
Sat	11/28/1953	N	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	6-12	L	Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	27313

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
76	Neill Armstrong	DB-OE	6-2	189	27	Oklahoma State	14
54	Dean Bandiera	DG	5-11	201	27	Queen's	16
46	Gar Baxter	C	6-2	212	24	none	6
89	Ernie Becker	FB	5-10	188	28	none	10
99	Lorne Benson	FB	6-0	188	23	none	14
41	John Brown	C	6-4	230	31	North Carolina Central	3
90	Billy Bye	HB	5-8	182	26	Minnesota	1
43	Keith Carpenter	C	6-2	225	23	Bakersfield CC; San Jose State	3
31	Tom Casey	DB-OHB	5-11	175	29	Hampton	14
43	Stu Clarkson	C	6-2	217	34	Texas A&M-Kingsville	2
95	Geoff Crain	QB-DB	6-0	173	23	McGill	12
82	Tommy Ford	HB	5-10	175	26	none	11
78	Bud Grant	OE-DB	6-2	199	26	Minnesota	16
72	Tom Harpley	DE	6-0	197	24	none	16
77	Norm Hill	DE	6-2	192	25	Manitoba	16
20	Dick Huffman	DT-OT	6-1	255	30	Tennessee	4
27	Jack Jacobs	QB-DB	6-1	186	34	Oklahoma	16
98	Gerry James	OHB	5-10	187	19	none	14
88	Ron Kelly	FB	6-1	208	20	none	7
96	Bud Korchak	FW	5-9	190	26	none	16
73	Bill LaRochelle	E	6-3	184	27	Western Ontario	4
75	Tommy Lumsden	E	6-3	223	23	none	16
65	Don Mazur	OT-C	6-1	230	21	none	15
91	Ralph McAllister	HB	6-1	200	25	Minnesota	10
67	Ross McCallum	OT-DT	5-11	225	22	none	15
52	Jim McPherson	OG	6-2	207	22	none	12
87	Len Meltzer	OHB	6-0	189	22	none	10
92	Nick Miller	FW	6-1	192	22	none	2
68	Sam Nevills	T	6-2	245	28	Purdue; Oregon	3
93	Gerry Palmer	HB	6-0	190	23	Toledo	2
53	Steve Patrick	OG-DG	6-0	230	21	none	16
79	Keith Pearce	OE-FW	6-2	185	24	none	16
56	Buck Rogers	OG-C-DG	5-11	205	25		14
62	Roger Savoie	OT-DT	6-0	240	22	none	4
83	Dave Skrien	LB-FB	6-1	208	24	Minnesota	9
94	Andy Sokol	OHB	5-11	200	25	none	13
85	Tommy Thompson	QB	6-1	192	35	Tulsa	3
66	Buddy Tinsley	OT-DT	6-2	245	29	Baylor	14
70	Ron Vaccher	OE-DB	6-2	195	25	none	6
50	Kas Vidruk	DG	5-9	216	28	none	15
73	Davey West	HB	5-9	175	25	none	9
55	Al Wiley	OG	5-10	208	25	Western Ontario	15
64	Wenty Young	OT-DT	5-11	226	24	none	15
80	Joe Zaleski	QB-DB	6-0	194	26	Dayton	10

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	54	50	60	62
Opponents Totals	59	28	73	66

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		238	98	126	12	69	639
Opponents Totals		202

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Bud Korchak	1	29	31	93.5			-	9	19	47.4	5	0	66
Neill Armstrong	7	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	35
Bud Grant	5	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	25
Lorne Benson	4	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	20
Tommy Ford	3	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	15
Len Meltzer	3	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	15
Tom Casey	2	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	10
Geoff Crain	2	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	10
Andy Sokol	2	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	10
Jack Jacobs	0	0	0				-	0	0		6	0	6
Gerry James	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	5
Ralph McAllister	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	5
(Team)	0	0	0				-	0	0		0	2	4
Team Totals	31	29	31	93.5	9	20	45.0	11	2	226
Opponents Totals	32	22	32	68.8	9	16	56.3	9	4	226

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lorne Benson	124	563	4.5		3
Tom Casey	34	250	7.4		0
Ralph McAllister	37	208	5.6		1
Len Meltzer	40	203	5.1		3
Tommy Ford	33	146	4.4		0
Gerry James	25	120	4.8		1
Andy Sokol	29	118	4.1		1
Ron Kelly	21	97	4.6		0
Geoff Crain	18	50	2.8		2
Billy Bye	1	13	13.0	13	0
Bud Grant	1	9	9.0	9	0
Dave Skrien	2	1	0.5	2	0
Davey West	5	-8	-1.6		0
Neill Armstrong	1	-15	-15.0	-15	0
Jack Jacobs	14	-27	-1.9		0
Joe Zaleski	4	-29	-7.3		0
Tommy Thompson	10	-116	-11.6		0
Team Totals	399	1583	4.0		11
Opponents Totals	434	1640	3.8		14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Jack Jacobs	252	146	146	96	1924	7.6	13.2		11	4.4	10	4.0	80.2
Tommy Thompson	68	43	43	22	511	7.5	11.9		4	5.9	3	4.4	87.3
Joe Zaleski	45	23	23	19	393	8.7	17.1		2	4.4	3	6.7	68.1
Geoff Crain	31	15	15	11	222	7.2	14.8		3	9.7	5	16.1	64.9
Tom Casey	6	2	2	3	37	6.2	18.5		0	0.0	1	16.7	16.0
Len Meltzer	2	1	1	0	17	8.5	17.0	17	0	0.0	1	50.0	39.6
Lorne Benson	1	0	0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Tommy Ford	1	0	0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Davey West	2	0	0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Team Totals	408	230	56.4	155	3104	7.6	13.5		20	4.9	23	5.6	73.6
Opponents Totals	328	172	52.4	133	2722	8.3	15.8		16	4.9	23	7.0	67.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bud Grant	68	922	13.6		5
Neill Armstrong	38	668	17.6		7
Tommy Ford	31	464	15.0		3
Lorne Benson	20	225	11.3		1
Bud Korchak	18	281	15.6		1
Andy Sokol	12	119	9.9		1
Tom Casey	10	105	10.5		2
Len Meltzer	7	49	7.0		0
Davey West	6	57	9.5		0
Keith Pearce	5	63	12.6		0
Ralph McAllister	5	52	10.4		0
Billy Bye	3	18	6.0		0
Gerry Palmer	2	15	7.5		0
Geoff Crain	1	20	20.0	20	0
Ernie Becker	1	18	18.0	18	0
Ron Kelly	1	17	17.0	17	0
Joe Zaleski	1	6	6.0	6	0
Gerry James	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
John Brown	0	7		7L	0
Team Totals	230	3104	13.5		20
Opponents Totals	172	2722	15.8		16

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	BL	S
Jack Jacobs	112	4440	39.6	3	-
Team Totals	112	4440	39.6	3	-	777	3663	31.9
Opponents Totals					-	932

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Tom Casey	7	75	10.7	51
Bud Grant	4	10	2.5	10
Neill Armstrong	2	38	19.0	25
Ralph McAllister	2	24	12.0	15
Geoff Crain	2	13	6.5	13
Joe Zaleski	2	0	0.0	0
Dave Skrien	1	45	45.0	45
John Brown	1	0	0.0	0
Norm Hill	1	0	0.0	0
Jack Jacobs	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	23	205	8.9
Opponents Totals	23	135	5.9

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Bud Korchak	51	2659	52.1	80	0
Buck Rogers	1	45	45.0	45	0
Team Totals	52	2704	52.0
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Len Meltzer	8	172	21.5
Tom Casey	7	160	22.9
Davey West	4	120	30.0
Ralph McAllister	7	105	15.0
Gerry James	4	78	19.5
Lorne Benson	4	49	12.3
Billy Bye	1	34	34.0	34
Andy Sokol	1	25	25.0	25
Tommy Ford	1	24	24.0	24
Dave Skrien	1	15	15.0	15
Ron Kelly	1	4	4.0	4
Steve Patrick	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	40	786	19.7
Opponents Totals	50	995	19.9