1966 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Conference • 8-7-1 .531 |
| Head Coach: Bud Grant |
| John Michels | Line |
| Joe Zaleski | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 7/15/1966 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 28-27 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 10000 | |
| Mon | 7/18/1966 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 10-17 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 12704 | |
| Mon | 7/25/1966 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 20-14 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 14495 | |
| Tue | 8/2/1966 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 26-7 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15112 | |
| Sun | 8/7/1966 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14-38 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 20009 | |
| Fri | 8/12/1966 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 10-9 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 17557 | |
| Thu | 8/18/1966 | A | British Columbia Lions | 11-7 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23697 | |
| Tue | 8/23/1966 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 19-9 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 20812 | |
| Wed | 8/31/1966 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 2-4 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 20510 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1966 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24-27 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21655 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1966 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 8-11 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 18080 | |
| Wed | 9/21/1966 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 43-9 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17112 | |
| Tue | 9/27/1966 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 9-16 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15107 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1966 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 11-11 | T | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 19045 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1966 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 21-40 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 19685 | |
| Mon | 10/10/1966 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7-8 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 23662 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1966 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 16-14 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 19020 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1966 | H | British Columbia Lions | 16-7 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16772 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1966 | A | British Columbia Lions | 27-13 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 24103 | |
| Western Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/6/1966 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 16-8 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15463 | |
| Western Final #1 | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/13/1966 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 7-14 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 14013 | |
| Western Final #2 | |||||||||
| Wed | 11/16/1966 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 19-21 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 13624 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Rich Badar | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Indiana | 8 | |
| Gord Brown | 73 | E | 6-3 | 238 | 22 | Oklahoma | 13 | |
| Billy Cooper | 23 | FL | 5-10 | 180 | 21 | none | 15 | |
| Ken Danchuk | 26 | HB | 5-11 | 193 | 24 | British Columbia | 14 | |
| Wayne Dennis | 63 | DT | 6-1 | 240 | 26 | Montana | 14 | |
| Paul Desjardins | 44 | C | 6-3 | 255 | 23 | Ottawa | 16 | |
| Noel Dunford | 78 | ROE | 6-3 | 213 | 27 | none | 16 | |
| Ron Everett | 60 | T | 6-2 | 240 | 22 | North Dakota | 1 | |
| Farrell Funston | 71 | ROE | 6-2 | 217 | 30 | Sacramento CC; Pacific | 5 | |
| Roger Hamelin | 61 | LDT | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | none | 16 | |
| Barrie Hansen | 22 | S | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Los Angeles Pierce JC | 16 | |
| Leo Lewis | 29 | LOH-WB | 5-10 | 195 | 33 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 5 | |
| Dennis Liebrecht | 34 | FB | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Billy Martin | 28 | HB | 5-11 | 197 | 28 | Minnesota | 6 | |
| Allen Miller | 31 | MLB | 6-0 | 224 | 26 | Ohio University | 15 | |
| Phil Minnick | 54 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Northern Iowa | 14 | |
| Ken Nielsen | 21 | LOE | 6-1 | 182 | 24 | Alberta | 16 | |
| Art Perkins | 35 | FB | 6-0 | 233 | 26 | North Texas | 16 | |
| Cornel Piper | 64 | ROT | 6-1 | 235 | 29 | none | 5 | |
| Ernie Pitts | 77 | RDH | 6-1 | 192 | 31 | Denver | 16 | |
| Kenny Ploen | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 31 | Iowa | 15 | |
| Dave Raimey | 27 | ROH-LOH | 5-10 | 190 | 26 | Michigan | 16 | |
| Norm Rauhaus | 70 | RCB | 6-1 | 195 | 31 | none | 15 | |
| Bob Reed | 60 | ROT | 6-1 | 258 | 23 | Tennessee State | 7 | |
| Bill Restelli | 53 | ROG | 6-2 | 240 | 22 | Iowa | 16 | |
| Frank Rigney | 67 | LOT | 6-4 | 233 | 30 | Iowa | 16 | |
| Paul Robson | 43 | LB | 6-2 | 222 | 25 | North Dakota | 16 | |
| Morley Rolhiser | 56 | G | 6-3 | 226 | 24 | Yakima Valley CC; Washington | 16 | |
| Marty Rosen | 32 | ROH | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | South Carolina | 10 | |
| Bob Taylor | 72 | LDE | 6-3 | 238 | 26 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 16 | |
| Dick Thornton | 28 | LCB | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Northwestern | 13 | |
| Sherwyn Thorson | 55 | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 228 | 26 | Iowa | 16 | |
| Ed Ulmer | 24 | LDH | 6-2 | 184 | 26 | Ohio State | 16 | |
| Bill Whisler | 66 | RDE | 6-3 | 221 | 26 | Iowa | 16 | |
| Norm Winton | 65 | RDT-K | 6-3 | 246 | 23 | Oregon State | 16 | |
| Dick Wozney | 30 | HB | 5-8 | 180 | 25 | North Dakota | 11 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Tom Feasby | HB | Manitoba |
| 2 | 17 | Kris Schmidt | HB | Alberta |
| 3 | 26 | Jack Green | E | McMaster |
| 4 | 35 | Bob Akman | FL | Manitoba |
| 5 | 43 | Vince Thompson | HB | Ottawa |
| 6 | 50 | Pete Howlett | FB | McGill |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 41 | 81 | 78 | 64 | 264 |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 53 | 62 | 62 | 230 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 275 | 128 | 130 | 17 | 85 | 794 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 211 | 91 | 108 | 12 | 71 | 558 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Winton | 1 | 26 | 31 | 83.9 | - | - | - | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 5 | 0 | 70 |
| Ken Nielsen | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Art Perkins | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Dave Raimey | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ed Ulmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Billy Cooper | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Noel Dunford | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Rich Badar | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kenny Ploen | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Norm Rauhaus | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Thornton | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ken Danchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 31 | 26 | 31 | 83.9 | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 13 | 3 | 264 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 18 | 23 | 78.3 | 15 | 42 | 35.7 | 23 | 3 | 230 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Raimey | 188 | 1223 | 6.5 | 100 | 3 |
| Art Perkins | 144 | 706 | 4.9 | 24 | 4 |
| Kenny Ploen | 35 | 163 | 4.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Leo Lewis | 31 | 128 | 4.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Cooper | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 68 | 0 |
| Rich Badar | 11 | 83 | 7.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Billy Martin | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Marty Rosen | 20 | 62 | 3.1 | 20 | 0 |
| Dick Thornton | 9 | 51 | 5.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Dennis Liebrecht | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Dick Wozney | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Ed Ulmer | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 8 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 468 | 2658 | 5.7 | 9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 431 | 2081 | 4.8 | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Ploen | 257 | 153 | 59.5 | 93 | 2323 | 9.0 | 15.2 | 96 | 16 | 6.2 | 11 | 4.3 | 29 | 207 | 2116 | 92.3 |
| Rich Badar | 67 | 26 | 38.8 | 35 | 335 | 5.0 | 12.9 | 29 | 2 | 3.0 | 6 | 9.0 | 6 | 68 | 267 | 27.9 |
| Dick Thornton | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 11 | 115 | 5.0 | 12.8 | 32 | 1 | 4.3 | 3 | 13.0 | 2 | 14 | 101 | 30.4 |
| Dave Raimey | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 349 | 188 | 53.9 | 140 | 2773 | 7.9 | 14.8 | 19 | 5.4 | 21 | 6.0 | 289 | 2484 | 73.2 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 323 | 155 | 48.0 | 152 | 2554 | 7.9 | 16.5 | 15 | 4.6 | 16 | 5.0 | 313 | 2241 | 69.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Nielsen | 44 | 719 | 16.3 | 72 | 11 |
| Billy Cooper | 32 | 534 | 16.7 | 50 | 2 |
| Art Perkins | 29 | 357 | 12.3 | 37 | 1 |
| Dave Raimey | 28 | 389 | 13.9 | 96 | 1 |
| Noel Dunford | 15 | 174 | 11.6 | 28 | 2 |
| Farrell Funston | 11 | 205 | 18.6 | 40 | 0 |
| Leo Lewis | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Ernie Pitts | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Dick Thornton | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Kenny Ploen | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| Dick Wozney | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ed Ulmer | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Marty Rosen | 17 | 230 | 13.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Gord Brown | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 188 | 2773 | 14.8 | 19 | |
| Opponents Totals | 155 | 2554 | 16.5 | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Rauhaus | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Ed Ulmer | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 53 | 1 |
| Allen Miller | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Barrie Hansen | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Pitts | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Phil Minnick | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Marty Rosen | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ken Danchuk | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Thornton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 211 | 13.2 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 283 | 13.5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Ulmer | 126 | 5396 | 42.8 | 86 | 8 | |
| Dick Thornton | 6 | 222 | 37.0 | 43 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 132 | 5618 | 42.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 134 | 5581 | 41.6 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Martin | 23 | 218 | 9.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Dick Wozney | 39 | 201 | 5.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Marty Rosen | 20 | 118 | 5.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Cooper | 35 | 96 | 2.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Ed Ulmer | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Barrie Hansen | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Norm Rauhaus | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 123 | 662 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 122 | 726 | 6.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Winton | 43 | 2278 | 53.0 | 68 | 0 |
| Ken Danchuk | 4 | 186 | 46.5 | 55 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 47 | 2464 | 52.4 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Raimey | 21 | 474 | 22.6 | 48 | 0 |
| Marty Rosen | 4 | 125 | 31.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Dick Thornton | 4 | 104 | 26.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Billy Martin | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Leo Lewis | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Allen Miller | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Art Perkins | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Billy Cooper | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Farrell Funston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 834 | 22.5 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 998 | 21.2 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Cooper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Danchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Desjardins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Noel Dunford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Farrell Funston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leo Lewis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Martin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allen Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Ken Nielsen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Perkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Pitts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Raimey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Rauhaus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Robson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Rosen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Thornton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Ulmer | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Whisler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Winton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 1 |
| Dick Wozney | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 21 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 13 | 13 | 1 |
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