1954 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU) |
| 3rd place • 8-6-2 .563 |
| Head Coach: Allie Sherman |
| Larry Cabrelli | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/13/1954 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 29-6 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 12000 | |
| Mon | 8/16/1954 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 19-2 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17000 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1954 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 17-5 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17000 | |
| Mon | 8/23/1954 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 7-3 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17385 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1954 | A | British Columbia Lions | 8-6 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 20606 | |
| Mon | 8/30/1954 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 0-41 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 15000 | |
| Fri | 9/3/1954 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 12-12 | T | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18090 | |
| Mon | 9/6/1954 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14-18 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 14000 | |
| Mon | 9/13/1954 | H | British Columbia Lions | 22-17 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16760 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1954 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 10-10 | T | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 10663 | |
| Mon | 9/20/1954 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 28-7 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16418 | |
| Sat | 9/25/1954 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 8-12 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 17841 | |
| Mon | 9/27/1954 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 6-4 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 12000 | |
| Mon | 10/4/1954 | H | British Columbia Lions | 24-6 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15273 | |
| Sat | 10/9/1954 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 5-16 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18538 | |
| Mon | 10/18/1954 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 11-12 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17240 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1954 | A | British Columbia Lions | 18-0 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 17061 | |
| Mon | 10/25/1954 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 12-21 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 19000 | |
| WIFU Semi-Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sat | 10/30/1954 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14-14 | T | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15749 | |
| WIFU Semi-Final #2 | |||||||||
| Mon | 11/1/1954 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13-11 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13700 | |
| WIFU Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/6/1954 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 3-9 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 19817 | |
| WIFU Final #2 | |||||||||
| Thu | 11/11/1954 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 12-6 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 20953 | |
| WIFU Final #3 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/13/1954 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 5-10 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 17000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Neill Armstrong | 77 | E | 6-2 | 189 | 28 | Oklahoma State | 16 | |
| Gar Baxter | 42 | C | 6-2 | 212 | 25 | none | 11 | |
| Lorne Benson | 85 | FB | 6-0 | 188 | 24 | none | 15 | |
| John Brown | 41 | C | 6-4 | 230 | 32 | North Carolina Central | 2 | |
| Billy Bye | 95 | HB | 5-8 | 182 | 27 | Minnesota | 12 | |
| Stav Canakes | 63 | T | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | Minnesota | 14 | |
| Tom Casey | 91 | DB | 5-11 | 175 | 30 | Hampton | 16 | |
| Geoff Crain | 81 | QB | 6-0 | 173 | 24 | McGill | 10 | |
| Vinnie Drake | 82 | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Fordham | 1 | |
| Tommy Ford | 96 | HB | 5-10 | 175 | 27 | none | 3 | |
| Bud Grant | 76 | OE | 6-2 | 199 | 27 | Minnesota | 16 | |
| Tom Harpley | 72 | DE | 6-0 | 197 | 25 | none | 9 | |
| Dick Huffman | 65 | OT-DT | 6-1 | 255 | 31 | Tennessee | 16 | |
| Floyd Huggins | 88 | FB | 6-0 | 210 | 26 | Fort Scott CC; Florida | 14 | |
| Jack Jacobs | 87 | QB | 6-1 | 186 | 35 | Oklahoma | 16 | |
| Gerry James | 98 | HB | 5-10 | 187 | 20 | none | 15 | |
| Bud Korchak | 89 | FW | 5-9 | 190 | 27 | none | 11 | |
| Cec Luining | 57 | G | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | none | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Lumsden | 75 | DE | 6-3 | 223 | 24 | none | 16 | |
| Len Meltzer | 87 | HB | 6-0 | 189 | 23 | none | 4 | |
| Ed Norvack | 61 | T | 6-1 | 225 | 30 | 2 | ||
| Steve Patrick | 53 | G | 6-0 | 230 | 22 | none | 14 | |
| Sig Paulson | 56 | G | 6-0 | 215 | 21 | none | 6 | |
| Keith Pearce | 79 | DB-DE | 6-2 | 185 | 25 | none | 14 | |
| Ray Pelfrey | 74 | E | 6-0 | 187 | 26 | Auburn; Eastern Kentucky | 11 | |
| Buck Rogers | 40 | G-C | 5-11 | 205 | 26 | 16 | ||
| Gord Rowland | 97 | FW | 5-9 | 172 | 24 | 16 | ||
| Roger Savoie | 62 | T | 6-0 | 240 | 23 | none | 13 | |
| Andy Sokol | 90 | HB | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | none | 11 | |
| Elton Taylor | 94 | HB | 5-11 | 187 | 22 | none | 3 | |
| Pete Thodos | 92 | FW-HB | 5-8 | 182 | 27 | none | 8 | |
| Jesse Thomas | 99 | DB | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | Michigan State | 13 | |
| Buddy Tinsley | 64 | T | 6-2 | 245 | 30 | Baylor | 14 | |
| Byron Townsend | 86 | FB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Texas | 9 | |
| Ron Vaccher | 70 | DE | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | none | 13 | |
| Kas Vidruk | 68 | C-T | 5-9 | 216 | 29 | none | 16 | |
| Al Wiley | 52 | T | 5-10 | 208 | 26 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Wenty Young | 54 | G | 5-11 | 226 | 25 | none | 14 | |
| Joe Zaleski | 80 | QB | 6-0 | 194 | 27 | Dayton | 15 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 53 | 60 | 35 | 54 | 202 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 56 | 58 | 35 | 190 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 178 | 88 | 76 | 14 | 65 | 627 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 208 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Korchak | 0 | 12 | 18 | 66.7 | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 4 | 0 | 28 |
| Bud Grant | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Gerry James | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Jack Jacobs | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Neill Armstrong | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Lorne Benson | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Billy Bye | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Jesse Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Buck Rogers | 0 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Byron Townsend | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Tom Casey | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Dick Huffman | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Gord Rowland | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ray Pelfrey | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Floyd Huggins | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Pete Thodos | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Team Totals | 30 | 21 | 30 | 70.0 | 4 | 14 | 28.6 | 15 | 2 | 202 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 21 | 24 | 87.5 | 14 | 18 | 77.8 | 7 | 0 | 190 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry James | 106 | 576 | 5.4 | 71 | 4 |
| Byron Townsend | 93 | 446 | 4.8 | 25 | 1 |
| Floyd Huggins | 84 | 331 | 3.9 | 13 | 4 |
| Lorne Benson | 31 | 150 | 4.8 | 14 | 1 |
| Billy Bye | 32 | 133 | 4.2 | 18 | 1 |
| Andy Sokol | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Jesse Thomas | 21 | 46 | 2.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Tom Casey | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Bud Korchak | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tommy Ford | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Geoff Crain | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Zaleski | 7 | -8 | -1.1 | 55 | 0 |
| Jack Jacobs | 28 | -100 | -3.6 | 10 | 1 |
| Pete Thodos | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 441 | 1722 | 3.9 | 13 | |
| Opponents Totals | 517 | 2530 | 4.9 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Jacobs | 250 | 127 | 50.8 | 110 | 1732 | 6.9 | 13.6 | 12 | 4.8 | 13 | 5.2 | 67.6 | ||||
| Joe Zaleski | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 8 | 212 | 7.1 | 11.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 13.3 | 41.9 | ||||
| Billy Bye | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 74 | 24.7 | 24.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 158.3 | ||||
| Geoff Crain | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 7 | 51 | 4.3 | 10.2 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 82.3 | ||||
| Tom Casey | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 108.3 | |||
| Gerry James | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Ray Pelfrey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 298 | 154 | 51.7 | 126 | 2079 | 7.0 | 13.5 | 14 | 4.7 | 18 | 6.0 | 64.7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 261 | 117 | 44.8 | 127 | 1536 | 5.9 | 13.1 | 8 | 3.1 | 17 | 6.5 | 47.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Grant | 49 | 752 | 15.3 | 62 | 5 |
| Neill Armstrong | 28 | 416 | 14.9 | 46 | 2 |
| Gerry James | 11 | 136 | 12.4 | 23 | 1 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 11 | 113 | 10.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Jesse Thomas | 8 | 131 | 16.4 | 45 | 2 |
| Billy Bye | 8 | 74 | 9.3 | 68 | 1 |
| Byron Townsend | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Gord Rowland | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Dick Huffman | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 27 | 1 |
| Tom Casey | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Andy Sokol | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Keith Pearce | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tommy Ford | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bud Korchak | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Lorne Benson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Zaleski | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Len Meltzer | 0 | ||||
| Floyd Huggins | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Pete Thodos | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 154 | 2079 | 13.5 | 14 | |
| Opponents Totals | 117 | 1536 | 13.1 | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Casey | 6 | 102 | 17.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Keith Pearce | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Gord Rowland | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 50 | 1 |
| Jesse Thomas | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Buddy Tinsley | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bud Grant | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 294 | 17.3 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 171 | 9.5 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Jacobs | 114 | 4614 | 40.5 | 82 | 0 | - | ||||
| Ray Pelfrey | 20 | 793 | 39.7 | 57 | 0 | - | ||||
| Tom Casey | 5 | 195 | 39.0 | 47 | 0 | - | ||||
| Team Totals | 139 | 5602 | 40.3 | 0 | - | 699 | 4903 | 35.3 | ||
| Opponents Totals | - | 969 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gord Rowland | 51 | 435 | 8.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Casey | 20 | 163 | 8.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Billy Bye | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Tommy Lumsden | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Jesse Thomas | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Gerry James | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Buddy Tinsley | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Floyd Huggins | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Neill Armstrong | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Geoff Crain | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 123 | 969 | 7.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 126 | 699 | 5.5 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Korchak | 27 | 1378 | 51.0 | 70 | 1 |
| Buck Rogers | 18 | 836 | 46.4 | 75 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 45 | 2214 | 49.2 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry James | 17 | 403 | 23.7 | 55 | 0 |
| Gord Rowland | 13 | 257 | 19.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Jesse Thomas | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Pete Thodos | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Billy Bye | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Stav Canakes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Floyd Huggins | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Buck Rogers | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tommy Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 873 | 21.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 845 | 19.7 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neill Armstrong | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Lorne Benson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Billy Bye | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Casey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Grant | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Huffman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Floyd Huggins | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Jack Jacobs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gerry James | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Tommy Lumsden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Len Meltzer | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Steve Patrick | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Pearce | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Pelfrey | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Gord Rowland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Savoie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Sokol | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jesse Thomas | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Buddy Tinsley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Byron Townsend | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Ron Vaccher | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Zaleski | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 36 | 25 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 25 | 25 | 2 |
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