| 1963 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) | 
| 4th place • Western Conference • 7-9-0 .438 | 
| Head Coach: Bud Grant | 
| John Michels | Line | 
| Joe Zaleski | Backfield | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 7/23/1963 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 29-31 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 5442 | |
| Thu | 7/25/1963 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 23-24 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 8000 | |
| Mon | 7/29/1963 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 12-26 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 14742 | |
| Tue | 8/6/1963 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 27-36 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 18800 | |
| Mon | 8/12/1963 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 8-24 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 19027 | |
| Mon | 8/19/1963 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16-1 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16672 | |
| Fri | 8/23/1963 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 36-7 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15000 | |
| Thu | 8/29/1963 | H | British Columbia Lions | 16-15 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 19632 | |
| Mon | 9/2/1963 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 9-15 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 16200 | |
| Fri | 9/6/1963 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 25-20 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 29902 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1963 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 1-30 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 24592 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1963 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 26-32 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17645 | |
| Mon | 9/23/1963 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 24-15 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 13083 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1963 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 38-30 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 13000 | |
| Mon | 9/30/1963 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 10-12 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18216 | |
| Mon | 10/7/1963 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14-26 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15340 | |
| Mon | 10/14/1963 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 8-14 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 22000 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1963 | H | British Columbia Lions | 34-20 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16973 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1963 | A | British Columbia Lions | 10-28 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 32646 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Ray Ash | 58 | OG-LB | 5-11 | 225 | 27 | none | 16 | |
| Jack Bruzell | 48 | C-DE | 6-3 | 230 | 25 | none | 16 | |
| Dave Burkholder | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 27 | Minnesota | 10 | |
| Doug Campbell | T | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | none | 1 | ||
| Doug Daigneault | 34 | HB | 6-2 | 192 | 27 | Clemson | 9 | |
| Jack Delveaux | 23 | LB | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | Illinois | 13 | |
| George Druxman | 43 | C | 6-1 | 220 | 34 | Portland | 8 | |
| Noel Dunford | 78 | FL | 6-3 | 213 | 24 | none | 15 | |
| George Fleming | 21 | OHB | 5-11 | 188 | 25 | East Los Angeles JC; Washington | 14 | |
| Frank Fraser | 34 | OHB | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | Tennessee State | 5 | |
| Farrell Funston | 71 | SE | 6-2 | 217 | 27 | Sacramento CC; Pacific | 16 | |
| Herb Gray | 53 | DE | 6-1 | 218 | 29 | Texas | 16 | |
| Roger Hagberg | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 216 | 24 | Minnesota | 16 | |
| Roger Hamelin | 61 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 235 | 22 | none | 16 | |
| Henry Janzen | 32 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| Jerry Jones | 30 | LB | 6-1 | 200 | 20 | Minnesota | 8 | |
| Ron Latourelle | 31 | OHB | 5-8 | 175 | 29 | none | 2 | |
| Hal Ledyard | 12 | QB-DB | 6-0 | 185 | 32 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 16 | |
| Leo Lewis | 29 | OHB | 5-10 | 195 | 30 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 16 | |
| Roger Locke | 72 | TE | 6-3 | 218 | 22 | Muskegon CC; Arizona State | 7 | |
| Cec Luining | 47 | DE | 6-1 | 210 | 32 | none | 1 | |
| Nick Miller | 24 | LB | 6-1 | 192 | 32 | none | 15 | |
| Ian Monteith | 26 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 200 | 20 | McGill | 9 | |
| Brian Palmer | 10 | LB | 5-10 | 182 | 23 | Kansas | 16 | |
| Steve Patrick | 63 | MG | 6-0 | 230 | 31 | none | 16 | |
| Cornel Piper | 64 | OT | 6-1 | 235 | 26 | none | 16 | |
| Ernie Pitts | 77 | TE | 6-1 | 192 | 28 | Denver | 9 | |
| Kenny Ploen | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 28 | Iowa | 14 | |
| Norm Rauhaus | 70 | S | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Frank Rigney | 67 | OT | 6-4 | 233 | 27 | Iowa | 16 | |
| Gord Rowland | 27 | LB | 5-9 | 172 | 33 | 16 | ||
| Roger Savoie | 62 | OT-DT | 6-0 | 240 | 32 | none | 16 | |
| Neil Thomas | 65 | OT | 6-1 | 250 | 23 | Hillsdale | 16 | |
| Dick Thornton | 14 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Northwestern | 16 | |
| Sherwyn Thorson | 55 | OG-LB | 6-1 | 228 | 23 | Iowa | 15 | |
| Bill Whisler | 66 | DE | 6-3 | 221 | 23 | Iowa | 15 | |
| Bob White | 54 | OG | 6-0 | 214 | 21 | none | 16 | |
| Joe Williams | 22 | FB | 5-10 | 205 | 22 | Iowa | 6 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | 
| 1 | 9 | Ian Monteith | FB | McGill | 
| 2 | 18 | John Shanski | HB | Manitoba | 
| 3 | 27 | Ray Wickland | FB | British Columbia | 
| 4 | 36 | Ron Near | E | Toronto | 
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 81 | 60 | 61 | 100 | 302 | 
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 65 | 73 | 109 | 325 | 
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 269 | 119 | 135 | 15 | 75 | 620 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 272 | 135 | 122 | 15 | 112 | 817 | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farrell Funston | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Leo Lewis | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Dick Thornton | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Roger Hagberg | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ernie Pitts | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jerry Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Delveaux | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gord Rowland | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| George Fleming | 9 | 25 | 30 | 83.3 | - | - | - | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 11 | 0 | 135 | 
| Joe Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 35 | 28 | 35 | 80.0 | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 17 | 1 | 302 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 31 | 42 | 73.8 | 7 | 17 | 41.2 | 19 | 1 | 325 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Hagberg | 164 | 695 | 4.2 | 22 | 2 | 
| Leo Lewis | 133 | 691 | 5.2 | 92 | 3 | 
| Kenny Ploen | 64 | 316 | 4.9 | 81 | 0 | 
| George Fleming | 61 | 227 | 3.7 | 21 | 3 | 
| Joe Williams | 40 | 143 | 3.6 | 15 | 3 | 
| Dick Thornton | 10 | 72 | 7.2 | 14 | 0 | 
| Hal Ledyard | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 | 
| Jerry Jones | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 | 
| Ian Monteith | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 | 
| Ron Latourelle | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Henry Janzen | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 3 | 0 | 
| Frank Fraser | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 3 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 495 | 2211 | 4.5 | 11 | |
| Opponents Totals | 504 | 2627 | 5.2 | 24 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Ploen | 226 | 132 | 58.4 | 79 | 2026 | 9.0 | 15.3 | 70 | 14 | 6.2 | 15 | 6.6 | 26 | 169 | 1857 | 81.1 | 
| Hal Ledyard | 90 | 45 | 50.0 | 41 | 707 | 7.9 | 15.7 | 44 | 4 | 4.4 | 4 | 4.4 | 6 | 47 | 660 | 72.8 | 
| Leo Lewis | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 1 | 58 | 9.7 | 14.5 | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 58.3 | 
| Dick Thornton | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 5 | 57 | 6.3 | 14.3 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 21 | 36 | 65.5 | 
| Team Totals | 331 | 185 | 55.9 | 126 | 2848 | 8.6 | 15.4 | 18 | 5.4 | 20 | 6.0 | 237 | 2611 | 77.5 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 328 | 167 | 50.9 | 146 | 2539 | 7.7 | 15.2 | 14 | 4.3 | 15 | 4.6 | 202 | 2337 | 71.9 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farrell Funston | 60 | 835 | 13.9 | 36 | 9 | 
| Leo Lewis | 27 | 390 | 14.4 | 40 | 2 | 
| Roger Hagberg | 23 | 206 | 9.0 | 25 | 0 | 
| Ernie Pitts | 22 | 387 | 17.6 | 44 | 2 | 
| Noel Dunford | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 15 | 0 | 
| Dick Thornton | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 30 | 0 | 
| Kenny Ploen | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 28 | 0 | 
| Ron Latourelle | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 | 
| Frank Fraser | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| George Fleming | 21 | 566 | 27.0 | 70 | 5 | 
| Joe Williams | 8 | 79 | 9.9 | 20 | 0 | 
| Roger Locke | 12 | 178 | 14.8 | 30 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 185 | 2848 | 15.4 | 18 | |
| Opponents Totals | 167 | 2539 | 15.2 | 14 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Thornton | 6 | 200 | 33.3 | 65 | 3 | 
| Jerry Jones | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 37 | 1 | 
| Norm Rauhaus | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 23 | 0 | 
| Henry Janzen | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | 
| Brian Palmer | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | 
| Doug Daigneault | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jack Delveaux | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 15 | 302 | 20.1 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 269 | 13.5 | 1 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Delveaux | 68 | 3047 | 44.8 | 72 | 4 | |
| Dick Thornton | 62 | 2358 | 38.0 | 62 | 1 | |
| Roger Hagberg | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 54 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 132 | 5505 | 41.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 148 | 6071 | 41.0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Janzen | 60 | 295 | 4.9 | 19 | 0 | 
| Gord Rowland | 37 | 178 | 4.8 | 20 | 0 | 
| Frank Fraser | 25 | 137 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 | 
| Ron Latourelle | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 | 
| Miller | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 | 
| Dick Thornton | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 132 | 674 | 5.1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 123 | 771 | 6.3 | 0 | 
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Fleming | 19 | 1117 | 58.8 | 77 | 1 | 
| Gord Rowland | 30 | 1273 | 42.4 | 85 | 1 | 
| Team Totals | 49 | 2390 | 48.8 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Lewis | 29 | 796 | 27.4 | 50 | 0 | 
| George Fleming | 16 | 496 | 31.0 | 93 | 1 | 
| Joe Williams | 6 | 157 | 26.2 | 48 | 0 | 
| Roger Hagberg | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 20 | 0 | 
| Dick Thornton | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | 
| Jack Delveaux | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 
| Hal Ledyard | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 59 | 1547 | 26.2 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 983 | 20.9 | 0 | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Ash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| George Fleming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herb Gray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 
| Roger Hagberg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Janzen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hal Ledyard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leo Lewis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Steve Patrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Ernie Pitts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenny Ploen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Rauhaus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 
| Gord Rowland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Neil Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 
| Dick Thornton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 85 | 1 | 
| Sherwyn Thorson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Joe Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 17 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 134 | 1 | 
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 
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