1967 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
| 4th place • Western Conference • 4-12-0 .250 |
| Head Coach: Joe Zaleski |
| Bill Butler | Assistant Coach |
| Joe Faragalli | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 7/17/1967 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 20-42 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Satdium | 15500 | |
| Fri | 7/21/1967 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1-18 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 12000 | |
| Wed | 7/26/1967 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14-8 | W | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 12000 | |
| Wed | 8/2/1967 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 20-0 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15000 | |
| Wed | 8/9/1967 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 27-16 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Satdium | 19281 | |
| Wed | 8/16/1967 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 7-40 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Satdium | 19502 | |
| Fri | 8/25/1967 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18-24 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 15000 | |
| Thu | 8/31/1967 | H | British Columbia Lions | 13-22 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Satdium | 17058 | |
| Mon | 9/4/1967 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 0-39 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 22561 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1967 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 26-27 | L | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 16000 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1967 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 17-16 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Satdium | 21681 | |
| Sat | 9/23/1967 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 9-22 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Satdium | 17208 | |
| Wed | 9/27/1967 | A | British Columbia Lions | 1-17 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 25412 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1967 | H | British Columbia Lions | 19-8 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Satdium | 13582 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1967 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 0-53 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 18575 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1967 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 29-51 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 17710 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1967 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 4-31 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Satdium | 13088 | |
| Wed | 11/1/1967 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 8-24 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 13000 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1967 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14-24 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Satdium | 11974 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Rich Badar | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Indiana | 2 | |
| Chip Barrett | 22 | S | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| Roger Bonk | 52 | RLB | 5-11 | 230 | 23 | Minnesota; North Dakota | 15 | |
| Charlie Brandon | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Shaw | 1 | ||
| Gord Brown | 73 | SE | 6-3 | 238 | 23 | Oklahoma | 15 | |
| Lou Confessori | 10 | LCB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Wichita State | 4 | |
| Billy Cooper | 23 | HB | 5-10 | 180 | 22 | none | 16 | |
| Dwayne Crozier | 60 | ROG | 6-0 | 230 | 24 | Morningside | 9 | |
| Wayne Dennis | 63 | RDT | 6-1 | 240 | 27 | Montana | 13 | |
| Paul Desjardins | 44 | C | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Ottawa | 16 | |
| Noel Dunford | 78 | LOE | 6-3 | 213 | 28 | none | 13 | |
| Roger Hamelin | 61 | RDE-LDT | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | none | 16 | |
| Bob Howard | 71 | OE | 6-3 | 210 | 23 | McMaster | 1 | |
| Ron Kirkland | 29 | FB | 6-3 | 213 | 24 | Nebraska | 11 | |
| Ernie Kuzyk | 31 | HB | 5-11 | 196 | 25 | none | 12 | |
| Dennis Liebrecht | 34 | FB | 6-2 | 230 | 29 | none | 3 | |
| Allen Miller | 53 | LB | 6-0 | 224 | 27 | Ohio University | 4 | |
| Phil Minnick | 54 | MLB | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Northern Iowa | 15 | |
| Ken Nielsen | 21 | FL | 6-1 | 182 | 25 | Alberta | 16 | |
| Cornel Piper | 64 | ROT | 6-1 | 235 | 30 | none | 14 | |
| Ernie Pitts | 77 | RDH | 6-1 | 192 | 32 | Denver | 16 | |
| Kenny Ploen | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 32 | Iowa | 11 | |
| Butch Pressley | 26 | FB | 5-11 | 205 | 26 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 4 | |
| Dave Raimey | 27 | ROH | 5-10 | 190 | 27 | Michigan | 15 | |
| Norm Rauhaus | 70 | RCB | 6-1 | 195 | 32 | none | 15 | |
| Bob Reed | 58 | OG | 6-1 | 258 | 24 | Tennessee State | 3 | |
| Frank Rigney | 67 | ROG-LOT | 6-4 | 233 | 31 | Iowa | 16 | |
| Paul Robson | 43 | LB | 6-2 | 222 | 26 | North Dakota | 16 | |
| Morley Rolhiser | 56 | LLB | 6-3 | 226 | 25 | Yakima Valley CC; Washington | 16 | |
| Marty Rosen | 32 | HB | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | South Carolina | 9 | |
| Glen Schapansky | 62 | LDT-ROT | 6-3 | 248 | 21 | none | 16 | |
| Ralph Schoenfeld | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 198 | 27 | none | 12 | |
| Bob Taylor | 65 | LDE | 6-3 | 238 | 27 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 16 | |
| Sherwyn Thorson | 55 | LOG | 6-1 | 228 | 27 | Iowa | 16 | |
| Ed Ulmer | 24 | LDH | 6-2 | 184 | 27 | Ohio State | 14 | |
| Sonny Utz | 28 | SB | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Virginia Tech | 12 | |
| Bill Van Burkleo | 14 | LCB-QB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Oklahoma; Tulsa | 15 | |
| Bill Whisler | 66 | LOT-RDE | 6-3 | 221 | 27 | Iowa | 16 | |
| Dick Wozney | 30 | HB | 5-8 | 180 | 26 | North Dakota | 15 | |
| Mitch Zalnasky | 72 | TE | 6-3 | 220 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 13 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Ed Molstad | E | Alberta |
| 1 | 9 | Bob Howard | E | McMaster |
| 2 | 16 | Heino Lilles | FB | Queen's |
| 3 | 25 | Steve Cara | HB | Manitoba |
| 4 | 32 | Larry Ferguson | E | Queen's |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 32 | 34 | 69 | 77 | 212 |
| Opponents Totals | 97 | 79 | 118 | 120 | 414 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 213 | 80 | 116 | 17 | 82 | 675 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 216 | 78 | 118 | 20 | 89 | 662 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Nielsen | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Dave Raimey | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Ernie Kuzyk | 0 | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | - | - | - | 5 | 14 | 35.7 | 5 | 0 | 31 |
| Ed Ulmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Bill Van Burkleo | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Noel Dunford | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gord Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kenny Ploen | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roger Hamelin | 0 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Ralph Schoenfeld | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ron Kirkland | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 28 | 16 | 28 | 57.1 | 5 | 16 | 31.3 | 11 | 1 | 212 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 48 | 52 | 92.3 | 13 | 32 | 40.6 | 11 | 2 | 414 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Raimey | 125 | 772 | 6.2 | 94 | 4 |
| Ron Kirkland | 85 | 446 | 5.2 | 29 | 1 |
| Butch Pressley | 34 | 208 | 6.1 | 23 | 0 |
| Kenny Ploen | 33 | 149 | 4.5 | 42 | 1 |
| Bill Van Burkleo | 16 | 65 | 4.1 | 11 | 1 |
| Marty Rosen | 17 | 63 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Cooper | 11 | 55 | 5.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Dick Wozney | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Sonny Utz | 12 | 16 | 1.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Lou Confessori | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dennis Liebrecht | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Ernie Kuzyk | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Rich Badar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 348 | 1821 | 5.2 | 7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 399 | 1826 | 4.6 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Ploen | 203 | 116 | 57.1 | 76 | 1382 | 6.8 | 11.9 | 49 | 11 | 5.4 | 11 | 5.4 | 73.6 | |||
| Bill Van Burkleo | 175 | 92 | 52.6 | 67 | 1258 | 7.2 | 13.7 | 58 | 6 | 3.4 | 16 | 9.1 | 49.2 | |||
| Rich Badar | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 4 | 29 | 4.1 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 4.8 | |||
| Lou Confessori | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 3 | 23 | 2.9 | 7.7 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 6.3 | |||
| Dave Raimey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Ralph Schoenfeld | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 396 | 213 | 53.8 | 153 | 2692 | 6.8 | 12.6 | 17 | 4.3 | 30 | 7.6 | 58.0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 362 | 189 | 52.2 | 153 | 3564 | 9.8 | 18.9 | 29 | 8.0 | 20 | 5.5 | 90.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Nielsen | 76 | 1121 | 14.8 | 49 | 9 |
| Dave Raimey | 39 | 470 | 12.1 | 56 | 4 |
| Butch Pressley | 10 | 74 | 7.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Noel Dunford | 9 | 162 | 18.0 | 58 | 2 |
| Billy Cooper | 8 | 91 | 11.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Marty Rosen | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Gord Brown | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 22 | 1 |
| Dick Wozney | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mitch Zalnasky | 24 | 334 | 13.9 | 30 | 0 |
| Sonny Utz | 15 | 145 | 9.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Bob Howard | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ron Kirkland | 18 | 141 | 7.8 | 29 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 213 | 2692 | 12.6 | 17 | |
| Opponents Totals | 189 | 3564 | 18.9 | 29 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chip Barrett | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Billy Cooper | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Ernie Pitts | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Norm Rauhaus | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Phil Minnick | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Ed Ulmer | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Bill Van Burkleo | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Roger Bonk | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 208 | 10.4 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 320 | 10.7 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Van Burkleo | 40 | 1756 | 43.9 | 57 | - | |||||
| Ed Ulmer | 65 | 2616 | 40.2 | 76 | - | |||||
| Ralph Schoenfeld | 23 | 879 | 38.2 | 63 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 128 | 5251 | 41.0 | - | 823 | 4831 | 35.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 131 | 5410 | 41.3 | - | 669 | 4741 | 36.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Cooper | 51 | 301 | 5.9 | 75 | 1 |
| Dick Wozney | 44 | 257 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Ed Ulmer | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Norm Rauhaus | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Marty Rosen | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Sonny Utz | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Chip Barrett | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 110 | 669 | 6.1 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 120 | 823 | 6.9 | 1 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Kuzyk | 28 | 1534 | 54.8 | 87 | 0 |
| Roger Hamelin | 13 | 619 | 47.6 | 59 | 0 |
| Billy Cooper | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 56 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 44 | 2241 | 50.9 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Raimey | 29 | 744 | 25.7 | 78 | 0 |
| Billy Cooper | 14 | 311 | 22.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Sonny Utz | 12 | 272 | 22.7 | 42 | 0 |
| Ron Kirkland | 6 | 111 | 18.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Dennis Liebrecht | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Dick Wozney | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Roger Bonk | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Butch Pressley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 68 | 1576 | 23.2 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 823 | 18.7 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Bonk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Confessori | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Cooper | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwayne Crozier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Dennis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Desjardins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noel Dunford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Kirkland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Kuzyk | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allen Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Phil Minnick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Pitts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Kenny Ploen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Pressley | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Raimey | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Robson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 0 |
| Morley Rolhiser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Rosen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Schoenfeld | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Ulmer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Van Burkleo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Wozney | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 31 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 23 | 23 | 4 |
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