1960 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU) |
| 1st place • 14-2-0 .875 |
| Head Coach: Bud Grant |
| John Michels | Line |
| Joe Zaleski | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 7/29/1960 | N | British Columbia Lions | 13-7 | W | Cedar Rapids, IA | 12583 | ||
| Mon | 8/1/1960 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 16-25 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 19385 | |
| Thu | 8/4/1960 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 18-14 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15147 | |
| Thu | 8/11/1960 | A | British Columbia Lions | 35-21 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 31837 | |
| Mon | 8/15/1960 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 38-23 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 20450 | |
| Thu | 8/18/1960 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 50-7 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18389 | |
| Thu | 8/25/1960 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 18-14 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17300 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1960 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27-0 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12150 | |
| Thu | 9/1/1960 | H | British Columbia Lions | 19-14 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18300 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1960 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 15-14 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 19550 | |
| Mon | 9/12/1960 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 38-11 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16530 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1960 | A | British Columbia Lions | 26-14 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 30300 | |
| Mon | 9/19/1960 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 19-17 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 14300 | |
| Mon | 9/26/1960 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 2-15 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 20950 | |
| Sat | 10/1/1960 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 31-21 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15950 | |
| Mon | 10/10/1960 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 48-7 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 10350 | |
| Thu | 10/13/1960 | H | British Columbia Lions | 49-21 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16750 | |
| Mon | 10/17/1960 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 21-17 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15000 | |
| Mon | 10/24/1960 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 17-23 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 13900 | |
| WIFU Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/12/1960 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 22-16 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 17500 | |
| WIFU Final #2 | |||||||||
| Mon | 11/14/1960 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 5-10 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16708 | |
| WIFU Final #3 | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/19/1960 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 2-4 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18600 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Walt Bilicki | 47 | C-LB | 5-10 | 205 | 24 | Manitoba | 6 | |
| Jack Bruzell | 48 | C | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | none | 1 | |
| Dave Burkholder | 52 | LILB | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | Minnesota | 14 | |
| Vernon Cole | 10 | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | North Texas | 6 | |
| Mike Davies | 18 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | none | 10 | |
| Burr Davis | 45 | C-LB | 6-0 | 222 | 23 | Houston | 4 | |
| Jack Delveaux | 23 | LOLB | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Illinois | 13 | |
| George Druxman | 43 | C | 6-1 | 220 | 31 | Portland | 15 | |
| Larry Fleisher | 50 | G | 5-8 | 215 | 25 | Wake Forest | 1 | |
| Farrell Funston | 71 | SE | 6-2 | 217 | 24 | Sacramento CC; Pacific | 9 | |
| Herb Gray | 53 | LDE | 6-1 | 218 | 26 | Texas | 15 | |
| Rod Humenuik | G | 6-1 | 234 | 22 | Los Angeles Pierce JC; Southern California | 6 | ||
| Gerry James | 28 | FB | 5-10 | 187 | 26 | none | 16 | |
| Henry Janzen | 12 | FL | 5-10 | 185 | 20 | none | 12 | |
| Ray Jauch | 25 | OHB | 5-11 | 175 | 22 | Iowa | 9 | |
| Tony Kehrer | 20 | FB-LB | 5-8 | 190 | 23 | none | 2 | |
| Ed Kotowich | 56 | ROG | 5-9 | 225 | 26 | none | 15 | |
| Ron Latourelle | 17 | HB | 5-8 | 175 | 26 | none | 9 | |
| Leo Lewis | 29 | OHB | 5-10 | 195 | 27 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 14 | |
| Cec Luining | 73 | RDE | 6-1 | 210 | 29 | none | 11 | |
| Bob MacDonald | 57 | DE | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | North Dakota State | 1 | |
| Ron Meadmore | 78 | DE | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | none | 6 | |
| Curt Merz | 74 | E | 6-4 | 257 | 22 | Iowa | 3 | |
| Ted Mikliechuk | 55 | G | 5-10 | 207 | 25 | none | 3 | |
| Nick Miller | 24 | DB | 6-1 | 192 | 29 | none | 16 | |
| Steve Patrick | 63 | MG | 6-0 | 230 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Cornel Piper | 58 | LOG | 6-1 | 235 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| Ernie Pitts | 77 | TE | 6-1 | 192 | 25 | Denver | 16 | |
| Kenny Ploen | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Iowa | 16 | |
| Rick Potter | 14 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 197 | 22 | none | 16 | |
| Norm Rauhaus | 70 | SE-OE | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | none | 16 | |
| Frank Rigney | 67 | LOT | 6-4 | 233 | 24 | Iowa | 16 | |
| Rae Ross | 79 | DB | 6-1 | 185 | 29 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Gord Rowland | 27 | ROLB | 5-9 | 172 | 30 | 16 | ||
| Roger Savoie | 62 | DT | 6-0 | 240 | 29 | none | 16 | |
| Carver Shannon | 22 | FL | 6-1 | 201 | 22 | Southern Illinois | 9 | |
| Charlie Shepard | 21 | FB | 6-2 | 215 | 27 | North Texas | 15 | |
| Buddy Tinsley | 64 | RDT | 6-2 | 245 | 36 | Baylor | 15 | |
| Garland Warren | 44 | RILB | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | North Texas | 16 | |
| Keith Webster | 19 | HB | 5-7 | 170 | 23 | none | 2 | |
| Mike Wright | 65 | ROT | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Minnesota | 15 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 117 | 92 | 123 | 121 | 453 |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 78 | 53 | 44 | 239 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 347 | 223 | 110 | 14 | 87 | 587 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 265 | 134 | 119 | 12 | 83 | 581 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry James | 10 | 32 | 40 | 80.0 | - | - | - | 6 | 10 | 60.0 | 4 | 0 | 114 |
| Charlie Shepard | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 50 | ||
| Ernie Pitts | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Carver Shannon | 5 | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Leo Lewis | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Kenny Ploen | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Farrell Funston | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Rick Potter | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Herb Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Henry Janzen | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Cornel Piper | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rae Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Buddy Tinsley | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Garland Warren | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gord Rowland | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ray Jauch | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Vernon Cole | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Jack Delveaux | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Curt Merz | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 61 | 44 | 61 | 72.1 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 23 | 1 | 453 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 22 | 31 | 71.0 | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | 9 | 2 | 239 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Lewis | 106 | 923 | 8.7 | 85 | 5 |
| Gerry James | 165 | 872 | 5.3 | 28 | 9 |
| Charlie Shepard | 138 | 718 | 5.2 | 25 | 6 |
| Kenny Ploen | 68 | 541 | 8.0 | 24 | 4 |
| Carver Shannon | 60 | 348 | 5.8 | 48 | 4 |
| Ray Jauch | 52 | 298 | 5.7 | 49 | 2 |
| Rick Potter | 34 | 145 | 4.3 | 13 | 1 |
| Henry Janzen | 12 | 79 | 6.6 | 19 | 1 |
| Vernon Cole | 8 | 66 | 8.3 | 22 | 1 |
| Tony Kehrer | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Ron Latourelle | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Nick Miller | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Buddy Tinsley | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Davies | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 657 | 4043 | 6.2 | 34 | |
| Opponents Totals | 483 | 2429 | 5.0 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Ploen | 201 | 103 | 51.2 | 81 | 1693 | 8.4 | 16.4 | 78 | 12 | 6.0 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 65 | 1628 | 64.5 |
| Vernon Cole | 33 | 16 | 48.5 | 16 | 320 | 9.7 | 20.0 | 81 | 1 | 3.0 | 1 | 3.0 | 1 | 6 | 314 | 80.4 |
| Leo Lewis | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 2 | 133 | 16.6 | 22.2 | 34 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 156.3 |
| Mike Davies | 23 | 8 | 34.8 | 15 | 130 | 5.7 | 16.3 | 58 | 2 | 8.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 83.6 |
| Charlie Shepard | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 23 | 5.8 | 7.7 | 11 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 128.1 |
| Team Totals | 269 | 136 | 50.6 | 115 | 2299 | 8.5 | 16.9 | 20 | 7.4 | 18 | 6.7 | 76.7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 334 | 157 | 47.0 | 145 | 2680 | 8.0 | 17.1 | 15 | 4.5 | 32 | 9.6 | 50.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Pitts | 42 | 659 | 15.7 | 81 | 8 |
| Leo Lewis | 18 | 374 | 20.8 | 78 | 1 |
| Farrell Funston | 18 | 309 | 17.2 | 49 | 3 |
| Norm Rauhaus | 9 | 127 | 14.1 | 37 | 0 |
| Carver Shannon | 8 | 103 | 12.9 | 24 | 1 |
| Henry Janzen | 6 | 82 | 13.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Charlie Shepard | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Kenny Ploen | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Gerry James | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Frank Rigney | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Rae Ross | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58t | 1 |
| Gord Rowland | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Ron Latourelle | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 23L | 0 |
| Rick Potter | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tony Kehrer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Jauch | 13 | 181 | 13.9 | 34 | 3 |
| Curt Merz | 6 | 145 | 24.2 | 41 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 136 | 2299 | 16.9 | 20 | |
| Opponents Totals | 157 | 2680 | 17.1 | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Rauhaus | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Garland Warren | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Kenny Ploen | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Nick Miller | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Rae Ross | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Dave Burkholder | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Gord Rowland | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Ray Jauch | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45t | 1 |
| Vernon Cole | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Rick Potter | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Herb Gray | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Jack Delveaux | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Tinsley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 321 | 10.0 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 239 | 13.3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Shepard | 98 | 4386 | 44.8 | 95 | - | |||||
| Vernon Cole | 12 | 518 | 43.2 | 48 | - | |||||
| Jack Delveaux | 9 | 310 | 34.4 | 62 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 119 | 5214 | 43.8 | - | 611 | 4603 | 38.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | - | 589 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Janzen | 52 | 274 | 5.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Ron Latourelle | 38 | 170 | 4.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Gord Rowland | 19 | 103 | 5.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Leo Lewis | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ray Jauch | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Rae Ross | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Keith Webster | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Delveaux | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Norm Rauhaus | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 120 | 589 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 95 | 611 | 6.4 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gord Rowland | 71 | 3702 | 52.1 | 90 | 2 |
| Gerry James | 4 | 198 | 49.5 | 58 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 75 | 3900 | 52.0 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Lewis | 16 | 417 | 26.1 | 82 | 0 |
| Ray Jauch | 9 | 270 | 30.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Carver Shannon | 12 | 268 | 22.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Gord Rowland | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Henry Janzen | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Tony Kehrer | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Charlie Shepard | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Potter | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Farrell Funston | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ernie Pitts | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ed Kotowich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 48 | 1140 | 23.8 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 73 | 1543 | 21.1 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Burkholder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vernon Cole | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Delveaux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 1 |
| Herb Gray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Gerry James | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Janzen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Jauch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Kotowich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Latourelle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leo Lewis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |
| Cec Luining | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Meadmore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Patrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornel Piper | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Ernie Pitts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenny Ploen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Potter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Norm Rauhaus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Rae Ross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gord Rowland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Savoie | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Carver Shannon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Charlie Shepard | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buddy Tinsley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Garland Warren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 1 |
| Keith Webster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 23 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 133 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 23 | 23 | 2 |
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