1961 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
1st place • Western Conference • 13-3-0 .813 |
Head Coach: Bud Grant |
John Michels | Line |
Joe Zaleski | Backfield |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Thu | 7/20/1961 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 15-28 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 17000 | |
Thu | 7/27/1961 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 20-18 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15054 | |
Mon | 8/7/1961 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 18-17 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 13000 | |
Fri | 8/11/1961 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 21-15 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 18059 | |
Mon | 8/14/1961 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 14-13 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 27189 | |
Thu | 8/17/1961 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 29-19 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18517 | |
Thu | 8/24/1961 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 20-35 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 19660 | |
Thu | 8/31/1961 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 9-30 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18951 | |
Mon | 9/4/1961 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 17-11 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 15124 | |
Thu | 9/14/1961 | H | British Columbia Lions | 36-15 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16016 | |
Sat | 9/23/1961 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 33-10 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 19198 | |
Sat | 9/30/1961 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 29-6 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 14354 | |
Sat | 10/7/1961 | H | British Columbia Lions | 24-20 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 13050 | |
Sat | 10/14/1961 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 25-6 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 17225 | |
Mon | 10/16/1961 | A | British Columbia Lions | 16-15 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 20778 | |
Mon | 10/23/1961 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 42-7 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 13777 | |
Mon | 10/30/1961 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13-19 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15164 | |
Sat | 11/4/1961 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 14-13 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 10177 | |
Western Final #1 | |||||||||
Sat | 11/18/1961 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 14-1 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 18500 | |
Western Final #2 | |||||||||
Wed | 11/22/1961 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 43-14 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16800 | |
Grey Cup | |||||||||
Sat | 12/2/1961 | N | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 21-14 | W | OT | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 32651 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Al Ackland | OE | 6-3 | 195 | 21 | none | 2 | ||
Ray Ash | 58 | OG-LB | 5-11 | 225 | 25 | none | 13 | |
Jack Bruzell | 48 | C | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | none | 2 | |
Dave Burkholder | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Minnesota | 12 | |
Jack Delveaux | 23 | LILB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Illinois | 8 | |
George Druxman | 43 | C | 6-1 | 220 | 32 | Portland | 16 | |
Frank Fraser | HB | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Tennessee State | 1 | ||
Farrell Funston | 71 | LOE | 6-2 | 217 | 25 | Sacramento CC; Pacific | 14 | |
Herb Gray | 53 | LDE | 6-1 | 218 | 27 | Texas | 16 | |
Roger Hagberg | 35 | FB-OLB | 6-2 | 216 | 22 | Minnesota | 9 | |
Roger Hamelin | 6162 | DT-OT | 6-2 | 235 | 20 | none | 16 | |
Rod Humenuik | 54 | LOG | 6-1 | 234 | 23 | Los Angeles Pierce JC; Southern California | 16 | |
Gerry James | 28 | FB | 5-10 | 187 | 27 | none | 15 | |
Henry Janzen | 32 | RCB | 5-10 | 185 | 21 | none | 16 | |
Ray Jauch | 25 | ROH | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | Iowa | 12 | |
Ed Kotowich | 56 | OG | 5-9 | 225 | 27 | none | 7 | |
Ron Latourelle | 31 | OHB-DB | 5-8 | 175 | 27 | none | 16 | |
Hal Ledyard | 12 | QB-DB | 6-0 | 185 | 30 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 13 | |
Leo Lewis | 29 | LOH | 5-10 | 195 | 28 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 16 | |
Cec Luining | 73 | DE | 6-1 | 210 | 30 | none | 14 | |
Ron Meadmore | 78 | RDE | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | none | 15 | |
Ted Mikliechuk | 55 | OG-LB | 5-10 | 207 | 26 | none | 1 | |
Nick Miller | 24 | CB-LOLB | 6-1 | 192 | 30 | none | 16 | |
Baz Nagle | 26 | LCB | 5-11 | 188 | 28 | none | 12 | |
Steve Patrick | 63 | MG | 6-0 | 230 | 29 | none | 16 | |
Cornel Piper | 64 | ROG | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | none | 16 | |
Ernie Pitts | 77 | ROE | 6-1 | 192 | 26 | Denver | 16 | |
Kenny Ploen | 11 | QB-S | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Iowa | 14 | |
Rick Potter | 14 | OLB-FB | 6-0 | 197 | 23 | none | 14 | |
Norm Rauhaus | 70 | S-OE | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | none | 15 | |
Frank Rigney | 67 | LOT | 6-4 | 233 | 25 | Iowa | 16 | |
Gord Rowland | 27 | ROLB-S | 5-9 | 172 | 31 | 16 | ||
Roger Savoie | 62 | LDT | 6-0 | 240 | 30 | none | 16 | |
Carver Shannon | OHB | 6-1 | 201 | 23 | Southern Illinois | 4 | ||
Charlie Shepard | 21 | FB | 6-2 | 215 | 28 | North Texas | 10 | |
Dick Thornton | 10 | S-QB | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Northwestern | 4 | |
Garland Warren | 44 | RILB | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | North Texas | 13 | |
Mike Wright | 65 | DT-OT | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Minnesota | 16 |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 73 | 99 | 85 | 103 | 360 |
Opponents Totals | 45 | 94 | 54 | 58 | 251 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 334 | 197 | 114 | 23 | 86 | 620 | |||
Opponents Totals | 257 | 138 | 106 | 13 | 101 | 659 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry James | 4 | 27 | 37 | 73.0 | - | - | - | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 4 | 0 | 79 |
Leo Lewis | 8 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | |
Farrell Funston | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
Ernie Pitts | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Ray Jauch | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Carver Shannon | 1 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
Charlie Shepard | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 21 | ||
Kenny Ploen | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Dave Burkholder | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Norm Rauhaus | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Frank Rigney | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Gord Rowland | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jack Delveaux | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Roger Hagberg | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Team Totals | 45 | 33 | 45 | 73.3 | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | 22 | 1 | 360 | |||
Opponents Totals | 30 | 21 | 30 | 70.0 | 12 | 25 | 48.0 | 14 | 0 | 251 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leo Lewis | 146 | 1036 | 7.1 | 63 | 8 |
Gerry James | 102 | 505 | 5.0 | 26 | 4 |
Ray Jauch | 86 | 456 | 5.3 | 19 | 3 |
Charlie Shepard | 86 | 435 | 5.1 | 21 | 1 |
Roger Hagberg | 79 | 432 | 5.5 | 19 | 6 |
Kenny Ploen | 43 | 192 | 4.5 | 20 | 2 |
Rick Potter | 22 | 104 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 |
Carver Shannon | 20 | 81 | 4.1 | 26 | 0 |
Hal Ledyard | 37 | 80 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 |
Dick Thornton | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 26 | 0 |
Henry Janzen | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
Team Totals | 628 | 3360 | 5.4 | 24 | |
Opponents Totals | 472 | 2465 | 5.2 | 17 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hal Ledyard | 168 | 91 | 54.2 | 68 | 1398 | 8.3 | 15.4 | 62 | 10 | 6.0 | 9 | 5.4 | 116 | 1282 | 79.4 | |
Kenny Ploen | 96 | 50 | 52.1 | 42 | 905 | 9.4 | 18.1 | 75 | 5 | 5.2 | 4 | 4.2 | 50 | 855 | 84.8 | |
Leo Lewis | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 2 | 98 | 14.0 | 24.5 | 37 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 101.8 |
Dick Thornton | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 6 | 83 | 6.9 | 13.8 | 33 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 83 | 100.3 | |
Charlie Shepard | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 118.8 |
Gerry James | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
Team Totals | 285 | 152 | 53.3 | 119 | 2510 | 8.8 | 16.5 | 17 | 6.0 | 14 | 4.9 | 82.6 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 313 | 155 | 49.5 | 145 | 2272 | 7.3 | 14.7 | 13 | 4.2 | 13 | 4.2 | 70.1 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Farrell Funston | 47 | 892 | 19.0 | 75 | 8 |
Ernie Pitts | 45 | 762 | 16.9 | 62 | 6 |
Ray Jauch | 14 | 244 | 17.4 | 37 | 2 |
Leo Lewis | 13 | 206 | 15.8 | 19 | 0 |
Carver Shannon | 7 | 79 | 11.3 | 26 | 1 |
Charlie Shepard | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 25 | 0 |
Rick Potter | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 20 | 0 |
Norm Rauhaus | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 26 | 0 |
Gerry James | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 |
Henry Janzen | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 16 | 0 |
Kenny Ploen | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
Roger Hagberg | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Team Totals | 152 | 2510 | 16.5 | 17 | |
Opponents Totals | 155 | 2272 | 14.7 | 13 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norm Rauhaus | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 36 | 1 |
Jack Delveaux | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 59 | 0 |
Ron Latourelle | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 23 | 0 |
Baz Nagle | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
Team Totals | 13 | 198 | 15.2 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 14 | 98 | 7.0 | 0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Shepard | 85 | 3855 | 45.4 | 89 | 0 | - | ||||
Hal Ledyard | 4 | 175 | 43.8 | 51 | 0 | - | ||||
Jack Delveaux | 21 | 764 | 36.4 | 47 | 0 | - | ||||
Dick Thornton | 13 | 461 | 35.5 | 54 | 0 | - | ||||
Team Totals | 123 | 5255 | 42.7 | 0 | - | 658 | 4597 | 37.4 | ||
Opponents Totals | 120 | 5006 | 41.7 | - | 666 | 4340 | 36.2 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henry Janzen | 54 | 394 | 7.3 | 53 | 0 |
Ron Latourelle | 46 | 178 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 |
Gord Rowland | 11 | 70 | 6.4 | 17 | 0 |
Kenny Ploen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Norm Rauhaus | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
Nick Miller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 116 | 666 | 5.7 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 113 | 658 | 5.8 | 0 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gord Rowland | 49 | 2047 | 41.8 | 69 | 0 |
Gerry James | 6 | 308 | 51.3 | 56 | 0 |
Team Totals | 55 | 2355 | 42.8 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leo Lewis | 19 | 495 | 26.1 | 42 | 0 |
Ray Jauch | 13 | 380 | 29.2 | 71 | 0 |
Carver Shannon | 6 | 125 | 20.8 | 29 | 0 |
Ernie Pitts | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 29 | 0 |
Charlie Shepard | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 18 | 0 |
Nick Miller | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
Jack Delveaux | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Team Totals | 49 | 1127 | 23.0 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 51 | 1003 | 19.7 | 0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Burkholder | 2 | 2 | 19 | 1 | |||
Jack Delveaux | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||
Herb Gray | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Roger Hagberg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rod Humeniuk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gerry James | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Henry Janzen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Jauch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Kotowich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Hal Ledyard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Leo Lewis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Meadmore | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
Nick Miller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Steve Patrick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Kenny Ploen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Norm Rauhaus | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
Frank Rigney | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |||
Gord Rowland | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
Roger Savoie | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Thornton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Garland Warren | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mike Wright | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
(Team) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Team Totals | 22 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 81 | 3 |
Opponents Totals | 20 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
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