1957 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU) |
| 2nd place • 12-4-0 .750 |
| Head Coach: Bud Grant |
| Wayne Robinson | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 8/1/1957 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 0-21 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | ||
| Sat | 8/10/1957 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 36-6 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 10000 | |
| Thu | 8/15/1957 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 14-21 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18029 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1957 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 7-3 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12500 | |
| Fri | 8/30/1957 | H | British Columbia Lions | 20-14 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16442 | |
| Mon | 9/2/1957 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 8-41 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 17000 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1957 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 35-29 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15975 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1957 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 40-13 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 16000 | |
| Mon | 9/16/1957 | A | British Columbia Lions | 41-21 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 22218 | |
| Sat | 9/21/1957 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 30-7 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18322 | |
| Mon | 9/30/1957 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 28-27 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 20253 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1957 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 0-41 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 16000 | |
| Mon | 10/7/1957 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 37-3 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 8500 | |
| Sat | 10/12/1957 | H | British Columbia Lions | 16-22 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 14700 | |
| Sat | 10/19/1957 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 31-7 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 10000 | |
| Mon | 10/21/1957 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27-19 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 14186 | |
| Mon | 10/28/1957 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 30-13 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 12855 | |
| Sat | 11/2/1957 | A | British Columbia Lions | 42-19 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 17695 | |
| Western Semi-Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/9/1957 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 13-13 | T | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 12392 | |
| Western Semi-Final #2 | |||||||||
| Mon | 11/11/1957 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 15-3 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 14000 | |
| Western Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/16/1957 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 19-7 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 13849 | |
| Western Final #2 | |||||||||
| Wed | 11/20/1957 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 4-5 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 18000 | |
| Western Final #3 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/23/1957 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 17-2 | W | OT | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 20000 |
| Grey Cup | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/30/1957 | N | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7-32 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 27051 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Walt Bilicki | 47 | C | 5-10 | 205 | 21 | Manitoba | 13 | |
| Stav Canakes | 68 | OT | 6-0 | 225 | 27 | Minnesota | 9 | |
| Chuck Curtis | 83 | QB | 6-4 | 205 | 22 | Texas Christian | 2 | |
| Bob Davenport | 88 | FB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | UCLA | 2 | |
| Dick Donlin | 74 | E-P | 6-5 | 210 | 23 | Hamline | 1 | |
| George Druxman | 43 | C | 6-1 | 220 | 28 | Portland | 16 | |
| Frank Gilliam | 74 | OE-DB-LB | 6-2 | 190 | 23 | Iowa | 10 | |
| Herb Gray | 53 | DE-OG | 6-1 | 218 | 23 | Texas | 14 | |
| Bob Hobert | 65 | OT-LB | 6-0 | 240 | 22 | Minnesota | 16 | |
| Jack Hutchinson | 96 | FB | 5-11 | 189 | 25 | British Columbia | 14 | |
| Gerry James | 98 | OHB | 5-10 | 187 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| Ivan Kaminski | 61 | OT | 6-5 | 265 | 28 | Nebraska-Kearney | 10 | |
| Ed Kotowich | 56 | OG | 5-9 | 225 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| Ron Latourelle | 87 | OHB-LB | 5-8 | 175 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| Buddy Leake | 80 | OHB-S | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Oklahoma | 8 | |
| Leo Lewis | 99 | OHB | 5-10 | 195 | 24 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 16 | |
| Cec Luining | 73 | C-OE | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | none | 16 | |
| Pete Mangum | 45 | OB-LB | 6-0 | 219 | 26 | Mississippi | 11 | |
| Bob McNamara | 92 | OHB-S | 6-0 | 189 | 26 | Minnesota | 6 | |
| Ron Meadmore | 78 | OE | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | none | 4 | |
| Dennis Mendyk | 85 | OHB-DB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Michigan State | 4 | |
| John Michels | 50 | OG-LB | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Tennessee | 13 | |
| Nick Miller | 93 | OHB-DB-LB | 6-1 | 192 | 26 | none | 12 | |
| Steve Patrick | 63 | OT | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | none | 16 | |
| Keith Pearce | 79 | OE-DB-S | 6-2 | 185 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Cornel Piper | 58 | OG | 6-1 | 235 | 20 | none | 16 | |
| Ernie Pitts | 77 | OE | 6-1 | 192 | 22 | Denver | 16 | |
| Kenny Ploen | 89 | QB-S | 6-1 | 185 | 22 | Iowa | 16 | |
| Norm Rauhaus | 70 | OE-DB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | none | 16 | |
| Barry Roseborough | 85 | QB | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | North Dakota | 13 | |
| Gord Rowland | 97 | LB-OHB | 5-9 | 172 | 27 | 16 | ||
| Roger Savoie | 62 | OT | 6-0 | 240 | 26 | none | 13 | |
| Dennis Shaw | 76 | OE | 6-3 | 220 | 23 | Trinity Valley CC; North Texas | 6 | |
| Charlie Shepard | 91 | FB | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | North Texas | 9 | |
| Bill Smitiuch | 55 | G | 5-9 | 210 | 23 | none | 1 | |
| Elton Taylor | 94 | OHB-DB-LB | 5-11 | 187 | 25 | none | 9 | |
| Buddy Terry | 67 | T | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Houston | 1 | |
| Buddy Tinsley | 64 | OT | 6-2 | 245 | 33 | Baylor | 16 | |
| Vern Uecker | 54 | G | 5-11 | 215 | 23 | Texas Christian | 4 | |
| Gerry Vincent | 71 | OE-DB-S | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| Hall Whitley | 45 | C-LB | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 16 | |
| Gene Wlasiuk | 95 | OHB-DB | 5-9 | 165 | 21 | none | 4 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Murdy Armstrong | HB | McGill |
| 2 | 15 | Russ Thomas | T | Queen's |
| 3 | 24 | Don Killinger | E | Western Ontario |
| 4 | 30 | Paul Dingle | E | McGill |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 87 | 105 | 94 | 120 | 406 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 99 | 76 | 80 | 300 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 306 | 216 | 82 | 8 | 108 | 932 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 282 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry James | 19 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 2 | 0 | 131 |
| Leo Lewis | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Ron Latourelle | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Buddy Leake | 0 | 14 | 18 | 77.8 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Jack Hutchinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob McNamara | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gerry Vincent | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Cec Luining | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Norm Rauhaus | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gord Rowland | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dennis Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kenny Ploen | 5 | 25 | 32 | 78.1 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | |
| Ernie Pitts | 5 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |
| Charlie Shepard | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | ||
| Dennis Mendyk | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Frank Gilliam | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 56 | 43 | 56 | 76.8 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 15 | 0 | 406 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 32 | 43 | 74.4 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 4 | 0 | 300 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry James | 197 | 1192 | 6.1 | 74 | 18 |
| Leo Lewis | 119 | 817 | 6.9 | 69 | 5 |
| Charlie Shepard | 60 | 411 | 6.9 | 29 | 4 |
| Kenny Ploen | 100 | 319 | 3.2 | 30 | 4 |
| Jack Hutchinson | 50 | 300 | 6.0 | 22 | 2 |
| Buddy Leake | 31 | 174 | 5.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Nick Miller | 23 | 146 | 6.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Ron Latourelle | 37 | 120 | 3.2 | 19 | 2 |
| Dennis Mendyk | 19 | 109 | 5.7 | 20 | 2 |
| Bob Davenport | 20 | 91 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob McNamara | 18 | 90 | 5.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Gene Wlasiuk | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Gord Rowland | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chuck Curtis | 3 | -14 | -4.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Roseborough | 5 | -19 | -3.8 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 685 | 3744 | 5.5 | 38 | |
| Opponents Totals | 566 | 2643 | 4.7 | 28 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Ploen | 140 | 74 | 52.9 | 58 | 1284 | 9.2 | 17.4 | 71 | 10 | 7.1 | 8 | 5.7 | 84.3 | |||
| Barry Roseborough | 31 | 17 | 54.8 | 10 | 236 | 7.6 | 13.9 | 36 | 2 | 6.5 | 4 | 12.9 | 61.4 | |||
| Chuck Curtis | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 8 | 99 | 5.5 | 12.4 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11.1 | 22.5 | |||
| Buddy Leake | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 4 | 89 | 8.9 | 17.8 | 27 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 74.6 | |||
| Leo Lewis | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 60 | 20.0 | 30.0 | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 109.7 | |||
| Dennis Mendyk | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 158.3 | |||
| Gerry Vincent | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 116.7 | |||
| Team Totals | 204 | 108 | 52.9 | 81 | 1814 | 8.9 | 16.8 | 14 | 6.9 | 15 | 7.4 | 75.5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 306 | 148 | 48.4 | 138 | 2332 | 7.6 | 15.8 | 14 | 4.6 | 20 | 6.5 | 62.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Lewis | 13 | 261 | 20.1 | 54 | 3 |
| Gerry James | 12 | 190 | 15.8 | 32 | 1 |
| Ron Latourelle | 6 | 115 | 19.2 | 32 | 1 |
| Dennis Shaw | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 29 | 1 |
| Jack Hutchinson | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Norm Rauhaus | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Bob McNamara | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Gord Rowland | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Buddy Leake | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Keith Pearce | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Davenport | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Ernie Pitts | 38 | 683 | 18.0 | 51 | 5 |
| Kenny Ploen | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 27 | 1 |
| Frank Gilliam | 13 | 220 | 16.9 | 31 | 1 |
| Dennis Mendyk | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 108 | 1814 | 16.8 | 14 | |
| Opponents Totals | 148 | 2332 | 15.8 | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Ploen | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bob Hobert | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Gord Rowland | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Norm Rauhaus | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Keith Pearce | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob McNamara | 1 | 74 | 74.0 | 74t | 1 |
| Elton Taylor | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Hall Whitley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Gerry Vincent | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Pete Mangum | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Pitts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 212 | 10.6 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 172 | 11.5 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Vincent | 101 | 4025 | 39.9 | 65 | 1 | 9 |
| Charlie Shepard | 28 | 1152 | 41.1 | 92 | 2 | 4 |
| Gerry James | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Roseborough | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 131 | 5232 | 39.9 | 3 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gord Rowland | 54 | 428 | 7.9 | 52 | 0 |
| Ron Latourelle | 58 | 367 | 6.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Kenny Ploen | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Gene Wlasiuk | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Cec Luining | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Gerry Vincent | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Nick Miller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 119 | 858 | 7.2 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 119 | 789 | 6.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry James | 69 | 3719 | 53.9 | 77 | 1 |
| Kenny Ploen | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 71 | 3764 | 53.0 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Lewis | 26 | 854 | 32.8 | 76 | 0 |
| Gerry James | 12 | 279 | 23.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Ron Latourelle | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Nick Miller | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Kenny Ploen | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Ernie Pitts | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Dennis Mendyk | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob McNamara | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Keith Pearce | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jack Hutchinson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| John Michels | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Vern Uecker | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 56 | 1501 | 26.8 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 1525 | 21.8 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Curtis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Druxman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herb Gray | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hobert | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Hutchinson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry James | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Latourelle | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cec Luining | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pete Mangum | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Mendyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Michels | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Miller | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Patrick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Keith Pearce | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenny Ploen | 5 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Norm Rauhaus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1 | ||
| Charlie Shepard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Vincent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hall Whitley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 23 | 18 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 33 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
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