1953 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU) |
| 3rd place • 8-8-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: George Trafton |
| Stu Clarkson | Line |
| Tommy Thompson | Backfield |
| 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Neill Armstrong | 76 | DB-OE | 6-2 | 189 | 27 | Oklahoma State | 14 | |
| Dean Bandiera | 54 | DG | 5-11 | 201 | 27 | Queen's | 16 | |
| Gar Baxter | 46 | C | 6-2 | 212 | 24 | none | 6 | |
| Ernie Becker | 89 | FB | 5-10 | 188 | 28 | none | 10 | |
| Lorne Benson | 99 | FB | 6-0 | 188 | 23 | none | 14 | |
| John Brown | 41 | C | 6-4 | 230 | 31 | North Carolina Central | 3 | |
| Billy Bye | 90 | HB | 5-8 | 182 | 26 | Minnesota | 1 | |
| Keith Carpenter | 43 | C | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Bakersfield CC; San Jose State | 3 | |
| Tom Casey | 31 | DB-OHB | 5-11 | 175 | 29 | Hampton | 14 | |
| Stu Clarkson | 43 | C | 6-2 | 217 | 34 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 2 | |
| Geoff Crain | 95 | QB-DB | 6-0 | 173 | 23 | McGill | 12 | |
| Tommy Ford | 82 | HB | 5-10 | 175 | 26 | none | 11 | |
| Bud Grant | 78 | OE-DB | 6-2 | 199 | 26 | Minnesota | 16 | |
| Tom Harpley | 72 | DE | 6-0 | 197 | 24 | none | 16 | |
| Norm Hill | 77 | DE | 6-2 | 192 | 25 | Manitoba | 16 | |
| Dick Huffman | 20 | DT-OT | 6-1 | 255 | 30 | Tennessee | 4 | |
| Jack Jacobs | 27 | QB-DB | 6-1 | 186 | 34 | Oklahoma | 16 | |
| Gerry James | 98 | OHB | 5-10 | 187 | 19 | none | 14 | |
| Ron Kelly | 88 | FB | 6-1 | 208 | 20 | none | 7 | |
| Bud Korchak | 96 | FW | 5-9 | 190 | 26 | none | 16 | |
| Bill LaRochelle | 73 | E | 6-3 | 184 | 27 | Western Ontario | 4 | |
| Tommy Lumsden | 75 | E | 6-3 | 223 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| Don Mazur | 65 | OT-C | 6-1 | 230 | 21 | none | 15 | |
| Ralph McAllister | 91 | HB | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Minnesota | 10 | |
| Ross McCallum | 67 | OT-DT | 5-11 | 225 | 22 | none | 15 | |
| Jim McPherson | 52 | OG | 6-2 | 207 | 22 | none | 12 | |
| Len Meltzer | 87 | OHB | 6-0 | 189 | 22 | none | 10 | |
| Nick Miller | 92 | FW | 6-1 | 192 | 22 | none | 2 | |
| Sam Nevills | 68 | T | 6-2 | 245 | 28 | Purdue; Oregon | 3 | |
| Gerry Palmer | 93 | HB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Toledo | 2 | |
| Steve Patrick | 53 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 230 | 21 | none | 16 | |
| Keith Pearce | 79 | OE-FW | 6-2 | 185 | 24 | none | 16 | |
| Buck Rogers | 56 | OG-C-DG | 5-11 | 205 | 25 | 14 | ||
| Roger Savoie | 62 | OT-DT | 6-0 | 240 | 22 | none | 4 | |
| Dave Skrien | 83 | LB-FB | 6-1 | 208 | 24 | Minnesota | 9 | |
| Andy Sokol | 94 | OHB | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | none | 13 | |
| Tommy Thompson | 85 | QB | 6-1 | 192 | 35 | Tulsa | 3 | |
| Buddy Tinsley | 66 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 245 | 29 | Baylor | 14 | |
| Ron Vaccher | 70 | OE-DB | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | none | 6 | |
| Kas Vidruk | 50 | DG | 5-9 | 216 | 28 | none | 15 | |
| Davey West | 73 | HB | 5-9 | 175 | 25 | none | 9 | |
| Al Wiley | 55 | OG | 5-10 | 208 | 25 | Western Ontario | 15 | |
| Wenty Young | 64 | OT-DT | 5-11 | 226 | 24 | none | 15 | |
| Joe Zaleski | 80 | QB-DB | 6-0 | 194 | 26 | Dayton | 10 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 54 | 50 | 60 | 62 | 226 |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 28 | 73 | 66 | 226 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Geoff Crain | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| (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% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Jacobs | 252 | 146 | 57.9 | 96 | 1924 | 7.6 | 13.2 | 11 | 4.4 | 10 | 4.0 | 80.2 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | 68 | 43 | 63.2 | 22 | 511 | 7.5 | 11.9 | 4 | 5.9 | 3 | 4.4 | 87.3 | ||||
| Joe Zaleski | 45 | 23 | 51.1 | 19 | 393 | 8.7 | 17.1 | 2 | 4.4 | 3 | 6.7 | 68.1 | ||||
| Geoff Crain | 31 | 15 | 48.4 | 11 | 222 | 7.2 | 14.8 | 3 | 9.7 | 5 | 16.1 | 64.9 | ||||
| Tom Casey | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 3 | 37 | 6.2 | 18.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 16.0 | ||||
| Len Meltzer | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 17 | 8.5 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 39.6 | |||
| Lorne Benson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Tommy Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Davey West | 2 | 0 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Davey West | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Geoff Crain | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 230 | 3104 | 13.5 | 20 | |
| Opponents Totals | 172 | 2722 | 15.8 | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Casey | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 51 | 0 |
| Bud Grant | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Neill Armstrong | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ralph McAllister | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Geoff Crain | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Zaleski | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Skrien | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| John Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 205 | 8.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 135 | 5.9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Jacobs | 112 | 4440 | 39.6 | 3 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 112 | 4440 | 39.6 | 3 | - | 777 | 3663 | 31.9 | ||
| Opponents Totals | - | 932 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Casey | 51 | 427 | 8.4 | 29 | 0 |
| Gerry James | 38 | 357 | 9.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Davey West | 20 | 129 | 6.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Billy Bye | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bud Grant | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tommy Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph McAllister | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Tinsley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 115 | 932 | 8.1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 103 | 777 | 7.5 | 0 |
| 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 | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Meltzer | 8 | 172 | 21.5 | 0 | |
| Tom Casey | 7 | 160 | 22.9 | 0 | |
| Davey West | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 0 | |
| Ralph McAllister | 7 | 105 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Gerry James | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | |
| Lorne Benson | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Billy Bye | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Andy Sokol | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Tommy Ford | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Dave Skrien | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ron Kelly | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 786 | 19.7 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 995 | 19.9 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neill Armstrong | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Dean Bandiera | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | |||
| Ernie Becker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Casey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bud Grant | 3 | 3 | 77 | 0 | |||
| Tom Harpley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Norm Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Huffman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bud Korchak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Lumsden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ralph McAllister | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Patrick | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | |||
| (Team) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 36 | 23 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 118 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 23 | 23 | 2 |
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