1958 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU) |
| 1st place • 13-3-0 .813 |
| Head Coach: Bud Grant |
| Wayne Robinson | Assistant Coach |
| Joe Zaleski | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 7/29/1958 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 7-40 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 21347 | |
| Thu | 7/31/1958 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 15-22 | L | Toronto, ON | Varsity Stadium | 12584 | |
| Thu | 8/14/1958 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 29-21 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18166 | |
| Thu | 8/21/1958 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13-21 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 13233 | |
| Mon | 8/25/1958 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 15-8 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 17000 | |
| Thu | 8/28/1958 | H | British Columbia Lions | 31-1 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16611 | |
| Mon | 9/1/1958 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 3-11 | L | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 17750 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1958 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27-6 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18336 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1958 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 20-7 | W | Calgary, AB | Mewata Stadium | 15700 | |
| Mon | 9/15/1958 | A | British Columbia Lions | 19-8 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 20000 | |
| Sat | 9/20/1958 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 36-9 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 20059 | |
| Mon | 9/29/1958 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 43-13 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18559 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1958 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 21-15 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 20000 | |
| Mon | 10/6/1958 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14-13 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 11581 | |
| Sat | 10/11/1958 | H | British Columbia Lions | 8-10 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 14484 | |
| Mon | 10/20/1958 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 21-15 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16319 | |
| Mon | 10/27/1958 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 37-10 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15564 | |
| Sat | 11/1/1958 | A | British Columbia Lions | 24-14 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 18918 | |
| WIFU Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/15/1958 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 30-7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 17000 | |
| WIFU Final #2 | |||||||||
| Wed | 11/19/1958 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 7-30 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16880 | |
| WIFU Final #3 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/22/1958 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 23-7 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15671 | |
| Grey Cup | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/29/1958 | N | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 35-28 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 36567 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Walt Bilicki | 47 | LB | 5-10 | 205 | 22 | Manitoba | 14 | |
| Dave Burkholder | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | Minnesota | 15 | |
| Stav Canakes | 68 | T | 6-0 | 225 | 28 | Minnesota | 1 | |
| Willard Dewveall | 72 | E | 6-4 | 224 | 22 | Southern Methodist | 1 | |
| George Druxman | 43 | C | 6-1 | 220 | 29 | Portland | 9 | |
| Frank Gilliam | 74 | E | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | Iowa | 16 | |
| Herb Gray | 53 | DE | 6-1 | 218 | 24 | Texas | 16 | |
| Bob Hobert | 65 | T | 6-0 | 240 | 23 | Minnesota | 15 | |
| Gerry James | 98 | FB | 5-10 | 187 | 24 | none | 6 | |
| Tony Kehrer | 90 | FB-LB | 5-8 | 190 | 21 | none | 16 | |
| Ed Kotowich | 56 | G | 5-9 | 225 | 24 | none | 16 | |
| Ron Latourelle | 87 | HB | 5-8 | 175 | 24 | none | 16 | |
| Leo Lewis | 99 | OHB | 5-10 | 195 | 25 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 16 | |
| Cec Luining | 73 | DE | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | none | 15 | |
| Pete Mangum | 83 | LB-FB-HB | 6-0 | 219 | 27 | Mississippi | 2 | |
| Bob McNamara | 92 | HB | 6-0 | 189 | 27 | Minnesota | 5 | |
| Ron Meadmore | 78 | E | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | none | 12 | |
| Ted Mikliechuk | 55 | OG-LB | 5-10 | 207 | 23 | none | 5 | |
| Nick Miller | 94 | HB | 6-1 | 192 | 27 | none | 15 | |
| Steve Patrick | 63 | MG | 6-0 | 230 | 26 | none | 15 | |
| Keith Pearce | 79 | E-DB | 6-2 | 185 | 29 | none | 10 | |
| Cornel Piper | 58 | G-DE | 6-1 | 235 | 21 | none | 16 | |
| Ernie Pitts | 77 | E | 6-1 | 192 | 23 | Denver | 11 | |
| Kenny Ploen | 89 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Iowa | 10 | |
| Rick Potter | 14 | HB | 6-0 | 197 | 20 | none | 2 | |
| Norm Rauhaus | 70 | E-DB | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| Frank Rigney | 67 | T | 6-4 | 233 | 22 | Iowa | 15 | |
| Barry Roseborough | 88 | QB | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | North Dakota | 11 | |
| Gord Rowland | 97 | LB | 5-9 | 172 | 28 | 16 | ||
| Roger Savoie | 62 | T | 6-0 | 240 | 27 | none | 14 | |
| Charlie Shepard | 91 | FB | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | North Texas | 16 | |
| Bob Stransky | 80 | HB | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Colorado | 3 | |
| Buddy Tinsley | 64 | DT | 6-2 | 245 | 34 | Baylor | 14 | |
| Jim Tonn | 84 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | none | 2 | |
| Jim Van Pelt | 86 | QB | 5-11 | 183 | 23 | Michigan | 12 | |
| John Varone | 85 | HB-LB | 5-11 | 194 | 22 | Miami (Florida) | 15 | |
| Gerry Vincent | 71 | E-S | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | none | 11 | |
| Garland Warren | 44 | C-LB-T | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | North Texas | 15 | |
| Hall Whitley | 45 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 5 | |
| Gene Wlasiuk | 95 | HB | 5-9 | 165 | 22 | none | 7 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Jan Sandzelius | HB | McGill |
| 2 | 16 | Tom White | T | Western Ontario |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 80 | 116 | 87 | 78 | 361 |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 59 | 30 | 47 | 182 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 344 | 219 | 116 | 9 | 89 | 778 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 263 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Shepard | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 76 | ||
| Leo Lewis | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Ernie Pitts | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Gerry James | 2 | 9 | 13 | 69.2 | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Ron Latourelle | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Frank Gilliam | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob McNamara | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gord Rowland | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tony Kehrer | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kenny Ploen | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gerry Vincent | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Van Pelt | 2 | 26 | 32 | 81.3 | - | - | - | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 3 | 0 | 65 |
| John Varone | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Stransky | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 46 | 35 | 46 | 76.1 | 12 | 19 | 63.2 | 14 | 0 | 361 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 19 | 24 | 79.2 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 10 | 0 | 182 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Lewis | 167 | 1164 | 7.0 | 47 | 8 |
| Charlie Shepard | 178 | 925 | 5.2 | 70 | 11 |
| Gerry James | 64 | 372 | 5.8 | 21 | 2 |
| Kenny Ploen | 67 | 366 | 5.5 | 35 | 0 |
| John Varone | 65 | 250 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob McNamara | 40 | 236 | 5.9 | 40 | 0 |
| Jim Van Pelt | 38 | 171 | 4.5 | 24 | 2 |
| Tony Kehrer | 32 | 158 | 4.9 | 16 | 1 |
| Gord Rowland | 13 | 90 | 6.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Stransky | 19 | 79 | 4.2 | 18 | 1 |
| Rick Potter | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ron Latourelle | 26 | 54 | 2.1 | 13 | 3 |
| Gene Wlasiuk | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Nick Miller | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Ed Kotowich | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Tonn | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ernie Pitts | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Barry Roseborough | 4 | -7 | -1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 726 | 3957 | 5.5 | 28 | |
| Opponents Totals | 546 | 2224 | 4.1 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Van Pelt | 160 | 90 | 56.3 | 60 | 1445 | 9.0 | 16.1 | 107 | 9 | 5.6 | 10 | 6.3 | 79.3 | |||
| Kenny Ploen | 77 | 33 | 42.9 | 39 | 626 | 8.1 | 19.0 | 61 | 4 | 5.2 | 5 | 6.5 | 61.9 | |||
| Barry Roseborough | 31 | 11 | 35.5 | 16 | 220 | 7.1 | 20.0 | 68 | 1 | 3.2 | 4 | 12.9 | 32.4 | |||
| Leo Lewis | 13 | 10 | 76.9 | 3 | 217 | 16.7 | 21.7 | 55 | 2 | 15.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 157.9 | |||
| Charlie Shepard | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 52 | 17.3 | 26.0 | 41 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 149.3 | |||
| Team Totals | 284 | 146 | 51.4 | 119 | 2560 | 9.0 | 17.5 | 17 | 6.0 | 19 | 6.7 | 74.6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 380 | 189 | 49.7 | 166 | 2792 | 7.3 | 14.8 | 15 | 3.9 | 25 | 6.6 | 59.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Lewis | 31 | 679 | 21.9 | 61 | 3 |
| Ernie Pitts | 26 | 552 | 21.2 | 107 | 6 |
| Bob McNamara | 18 | 249 | 13.8 | 41 | 2 |
| Frank Gilliam | 15 | 233 | 15.5 | 30 | 2 |
| Charlie Shepard | 11 | 132 | 12.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Ron Latourelle | 9 | 162 | 18.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Kenny Ploen | 8 | 87 | 10.9 | 24 | 1 |
| Gord Rowland | 6 | 113 | 18.8 | 30 | 1 |
| Keith Pearce | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Norm Rauhaus | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Jim Tonn | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Tony Kehrer | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Gerry James | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| John Varone | 9 | 160 | 17.8 | 55 | 2 |
| Willard Dewveall | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Van Pelt | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Stransky | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 146 | 2560 | 17.5 | 17 | |
| Opponents Totals | 189 | 2792 | 14.8 | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gord Rowland | 6 | 122 | 20.3 | 65 | 1 |
| Norm Rauhaus | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 70 | 0 |
| Nick Miller | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Dave Burkholder | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Garland Warren | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Gerry Vincent | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Keith Pearce | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Kenny Ploen | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Walt Bilicki | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 338 | 13.5 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 242 | 12.7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Shepard | 143 | 6324 | 44.2 | 79 | - | |||||
| Gord Rowland | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 | - | ||||
| Gerry Vincent | 4 | 186 | 46.5 | 55 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 148 | 6557 | 44.3 | - | 1291 | 5266 | 35.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | - | 1000 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gord Rowland | 56 | 478 | 8.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Ron Latourelle | 80 | 467 | 5.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Gene Wlasiuk | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Norm Rauhaus | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Stransky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Vincent | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 144 | 1000 | 6.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 135 | 1291 | 9.6 | 1 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Van Pelt | 42 | 2221 | 52.9 | 66 | 0 |
| Gerry James | 19 | 978 | 51.5 | 64 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 61 | 3199 | 52.4 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Lewis | 20 | 639 | 32.0 | 68 | 0 |
| Gord Rowland | 6 | 141 | 23.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Gerry James | 5 | 133 | 26.6 | 35 | 0 |
| Ernie Pitts | 1 | 68 | 68.0 | 68 | 0 |
| Charlie Shepard | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 18 | 0 |
| John Varone | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Gilliam | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 1059 | 27.2 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 1318 | 22.0 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Gray | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Hobert | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Kehrer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Kotowich | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Latourelle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cec Luining | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Ron Meadmore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Mikliechuk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Miller | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Pearce | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Pitts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenny Ploen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Rauhaus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Roseborough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Rowland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Shepard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Tinsley | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Van Pelt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Varone | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garland Warren | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 26 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 16 | 16 | 1 |
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