1955 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/13/1955	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	20-22	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16829
Mon	8/15/1955	H	Toronto Argonauts	6-29	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15726
Sat	8/20/1955	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	7-17	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	14000
Mon	8/22/1955	H	Edmonton Eskimos	9-13	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16835
Mon	8/29/1955	H	Calgary Stampeders	13-15	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15499
Sat	9/3/1955	H	British Columbia Lions	7-15	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16458
Mon	9/5/1955	A	Calgary Stampeders	9-12	L	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	13000
Mon	9/12/1955	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	25-0	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16133
Sat	9/17/1955	A	British Columbia Lions	20-19	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	27132
Mon	9/19/1955	A	Edmonton Eskimos	8-14	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	12500
Sat	9/24/1955	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	7-12	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	10857
Mon	9/26/1955	H	Calgary Stampeders	25-6	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	14724
Sat	10/1/1955	H	Edmonton Eskimos	12-0	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18884
Sat	10/8/1955	A	Calgary Stampeders	13-12	W	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	12000
Mon	10/10/1955	A	British Columbia Lions	18-4	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	21429
Sat	10/22/1955	A	Edmonton Eskimos	0-12	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	16000
Mon	10/24/1955	H	British Columbia Lions	24-13	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	14730
Sat	10/29/1955	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13-31	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	14464
WIFU Semi-Final #1
Sat	11/5/1955	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	16-7	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	9000
WIFU Semi-Final #2
Mon	11/7/1955	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	8-9	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	12768
WIFU Final #1
Fri	11/11/1955	H	Edmonton Eskimos	6-29	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15553
WIFU Final #2
Wed	11/16/1955	A	Edmonton Eskimos	6-26	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	12000

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Lorne Benson	85	FB	6-0	188	25	none	15
Al Bruno	77	E	6-3	195	28	Kentucky	14
Stav Canakes	68	T	6-0	225	25	Minnesota	16
Tom Casey	92	DB	5-11	175	31	Hampton	16
George Druxman	43	C	6-1	220	26	Portland	2
George Elliott	87	HB-QB	6-0	180	23	Oklahoma; Northeastern State	15
Bud Grant	76	E	6-2	199	28	Minnesota	16
Russ Haines	59	G	6-1	237	21	none	2
Floyd Harrawood	61	DG	6-2	245	26	Tulsa	16
Dick Herbertson	71	E	6-1	188	22	none	1
Billy Hooper	89	QB	6-0	185	24	Baylor	13
Dick Huffman	65	DT	6-1	255	32	Tennessee	16
Bill Hutton	41	C	6-3	207	22	none	3
Gerry James	98	OHB	5-10	187	21	none	16
Ron Kelly	82	FB	6-1	208	22	none	1
Ed Kotowich	56	G	5-9	225	21	none	13
Ron Latourelle	93	HB	5-8	175	21	none	5
Buddy Leake	80	QB-HB	6-0	195	22	Oklahoma	16
Leo Lewis	99	OHB	5-10	195	22	Lincoln (Missouri)	16
Cec Luining	73	DE-G	6-1	210	24	none	9
Chuck Lumsden	83	DE-FB	6-1	196	23	none	12
Ray MacLeod	54	G-T	6-0	213	24	Oregon	12
Bob McNamara	96	HB	6-0	189	24	Minnesota	2
Glen McWhinney	81	FW	5-10	170	25	none	16
Gene Mears	43	C	6-4	200	23	Oklahoma	2
Nick Miller	91	FW	6-1	192	24	none	2
Brian Mulhern	96	HB	5-10	182	25	Portland	11
Pat Oleksiak	88	HB	6-0	205	22	Tennessee	2
Steve Patrick	66	T-G	6-0	230	23	none	6
Keith Pearce	79	DB-E	6-2	185	26	none	15
Bill Robinson	88	HB	6-0	195	26	Lincoln (Missouri)	13
Buck Rogers	57	G	5-11	205	27		14
Gord Rowland	97	DB	5-9	172	25		16
Roger Savoie	62	T-E	6-0	240	24	none	16
Frank Smith	55	G	6-2	200	24	Olympic JC	6
Bill Smitiuch	53	G	5-9	210	21	none	15
Elton Taylor	94	DB	5-11	187	23	none	15
Buddy Tinsley	64	OT	6-2	245	31	Baylor	16
Ron Vaccher	70	E	6-2	195	27	none	16
Kas Vidruk	50	C	5-9	216	30	none	16
Gerry Vincent	90	QB-HB	6-1	205	21	none	4
Wenty Young	54	G	5-11	226	26	none	2

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	57	57	75	21	210
Opponents Totals	52	33	46	64	195

TEAM STATS	TOP	First Downs	Rush	Pass	Pen	2nd Down Efficiency	3rd Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		271	193	72	6	78	583
Opponents Totals		244

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Gerry James	7	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	35
Tom Casey	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		4	0	14
Lorne Benson	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	10
Bud Grant	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	10
Elton Taylor	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	5
Gerry Vincent	0	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		1	0	1
Buddy Leake	6	28	30	93.3	-	-	-	7	19	36.8	6	0	85
Leo Lewis	6	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	30
George Elliott	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	10
Al Bruno	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	5
Billy Hooper	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	5
Team Totals	30	28	30	93.3	7	19	36.8	11	0	210
Opponents Totals	29	24	29	82.8	5	17	29.4	11	0	195

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gerry James	189	1205	6.4	60	7
Leo Lewis	135	834	6.2	41	5
Lorne Benson	85	460	5.4	18	1
George Elliott	42	229	5.5	28	2
Tom Casey	37	223	6.0	20	1
Buddy Leake	81	139	1.7	20	6
Billy Hooper	13	99	7.6	46	1
Bob McNamara	9	51	5.7	10	0
Bill Robinson	9	50	5.6	21	0
Elton Taylor	7	14	2.0	9	1
Pat Oleksiak	11	7	0.6	13	0
Team Totals	618	3311	5.4		24
Opponents Totals	518	2076	4.0		18

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Buddy Leake	210	91	43.3	101	1370	6.5	15.1	62	2	1.0	18	8.6	32.8
Billy Hooper	22	11	50.0	8	163	7.4	14.8	27	0	0.0	3	13.6	35.0
Leo Lewis	9	4	44.4	5	102	11.3	25.5	37	2	22.2	0	0.0	125.9
Tom Casey	2	2	100.0	0	70	35.0	35.0	56	1	50.0	0	0.0	158.3
George Elliott	4	1	25.0	1	3	0.8	3.0	3	0	0.0	2	50.0	0.0
Gerry James	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0.0
Team Totals	248	109	44.0	115	1708	6.9	15.7		5	2.0	24	9.7	34.5
Opponents Totals	290	137	47.2	132	1973	6.8	14.4		6	2.1	21	7.2	46.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bud Grant	36	556	15.4	62	2
Glen McWhinney	17	220	12.9	28	0
Gerry James	11	136	12.4	27	0
Lorne Benson	4	64	16.0	37	1
Buddy Tinsley	2	35	17.5	24	0
Tom Casey	2	14	7.0	11	0
Bob McNamara	1	20	20.0	20	0
Al Bruno	19	282	14.8	56	1
Leo Lewis	11	345	31.4	59	1
Pat Oleksiak	3	30	10.0	16	0
George Elliott	3	6	2.0	11	0
Team Totals	109	1708	15.7		5
Opponents Totals	137	1973	14.4		6

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gord Rowland	6	34	5.7	20	0
Tom Casey	3	44	14.7	44	1
George Elliott	3	0	0.0	0	0
Brian Mulhern	2	7	3.5	7	0
Billy Hooper	2	0	0.0	0	0
Lorne Benson	1	40	40.0	40	0
Gene Mears	1	17	17.0	17	0
Stav Canakes	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bill Robinson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Elton Taylor	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	20	142	7.1		1
Opponents Totals	24	101	4.2		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Tom Casey	92	3932	42.7	78	1	4
Gerry Vincent	24	956	39.8	54	0	1
Lorne Benson	1	38	38.0	38	0	0
Team Totals	117	4926	42.1		1
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Gord Rowland	49	428	8.7	29
Glen McWhinney	58	379	6.5	24
Gerry James	10	58	5.8	14
Tom Casey	8	46	5.8	19
George Elliott	4	29	7.3	11
Lorne Benson	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	130	940	7.2
Opponents Totals	111	770	6.9

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Buck Rogers	32	1625	50.8	73	0
Gerry James	1	55	55.0	55	0
Gord Rowland	7	365	52.1	61	0
Team Totals	40	2045	51.1
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Gerry James	18	382	21.2	53
George Elliott	17	343	20.2	48
Bill Robinson	6	117	19.5	36
Gord Rowland	5	109	21.8	31
Bob McNamara	2	68	34.0	36
Lorne Benson	2	35	17.5	20
Team Totals	50	1054	21.1
Opponents Totals	40	825	20.6

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Lorne Benson	3					0	0
Stav Canakes	0	0	1	1	2	13	0
Tom Casey	0	0	1	1	2	8	0
George Elliott	4			1	1	0	0
Bud Grant	1					0	0
Floyd Harrawood	1			3	3	0	0
Billy Hooper	1					0	0
Gerry James	10			1	1	0	0
Buddy Leake	6		3		3	0	0
Leo Lewis	8			1	1	0	0
Chuck Lumsden	0	0		1	1	0	0
Glen McWhinney	1					0	0
Brian Mulhern	0	0		1	1	30	0
Bill Robinson	2			1	1	0	0
Gord Rowland	1			2	2	30	0
Roger Savoie	0	0		1	1	0	0
Bill Smitiuch	0	0		1	1	0	0
Elton Taylor	1			1	1	13	0
Team Totals	39	31	8	17	25	94	0
Opponents Totals		17		31	31		5