1968 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
| 5th place • Western Conference • 3-13-0 .188 |
| Head Coach: Joe Zaleski |
| Bill Butler | Assistant Coach |
| Joe Faragalli | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 7/8/1968 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 14-33 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 15000 | |
| Wed | 7/10/1968 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 1-35 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 20784 | |
| Mon | 7/15/1968 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 13-24 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 5000 | |
| Mon | 7/22/1968 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 35-43 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 10800 | |
| Tue | 7/30/1968 | H | British Columbia Lions | 16-18 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 14395 | |
| Sun | 8/4/1968 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 8-27 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 16465 | |
| Sun | 8/11/1968 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 8-43 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 17027 | |
| Sun | 8/18/1968 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 0-31 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 11248 | |
| Sun | 8/25/1968 | A | British Columbia Lions | 17-10 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23638 | |
| Wed | 9/4/1968 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 17-24 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 20151 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1968 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 15-21 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21500 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1968 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3-31 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 16136 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1968 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 25-13 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 13000 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1968 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 9-15 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17012 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1968 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13-23 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 18123 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1968 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 8-22 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sat | 10/19/1968 | A | British Columbia Lions | 14-16 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 20040 | |
| Wed | 10/23/1968 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 7-24 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1968 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 22-32 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 15011 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1968 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 28-24 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 12000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jim Avery | 60 | DE | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Northern Illinois | 14 | |
| Chip Barrett | 22 | LDH | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | British Columbia | 16 | |
| John Bitchok | 43 | OHB-DB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Manitoba | 13 | |
| Gord Brown | 73 | RLB | 6-3 | 238 | 24 | Oklahoma | 16 | |
| Paul Brule | 32 | RCB-OHB | 5-11 | 205 | 23 | St. Francis Xavier | 15 | |
| Walt Chadwick | 12 | LOH | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | Tennessee | 9 | |
| Ted Collins | 63 | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 255 | 25 | Detroit Mercy | 16 | |
| Jim Conroy | 28 | LLB | 6-0 | 190 | 31 | Southern California | 13 | |
| Dick Czap | 84 | LDE | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | Nebraska | 2 | 2 |
| Paul Desjardins | 44 | C | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Ottawa | 16 | |
| Noel Dunford | 78 | LOE-ROE | 6-3 | 213 | 29 | none | 16 | |
| John Farler | 35 | FB | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Colorado | 11 | |
| Fred Figueroa | 35 | FB | 6-0 | 220 | Fresno CC; Fresno State | 4 | ||
| Peter Francis | 29 | S | 6-0 | 178 | 22 | Saskatchewan | 16 | |
| Don Gilbert | 23 | RDH | 5-10 | 196 | 25 | Buffalo | 16 | |
| Pierre Guindon | 48 | C | 6-1 | 225 | 21 | Ottawa | 16 | |
| Roger Hamelin | 61 | LDT | 6-2 | 235 | 27 | none | 2 | |
| Chuck Harrison | 56 | LOT | 6-3 | 245 | 26 | Western Michigan | 16 | |
| Bob Howard | 71 | ROE | 6-3 | 210 | 24 | McMaster | 16 | |
| Gene Lakusiak | 31 | FB | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Tulsa | 16 | |
| Fred Levinsky | 58 | LOG | 6-0 | 225 | 22 | Villanova | 4 | |
| Phil Minnick | 54 | MLB | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | Northern Iowa | 11 | |
| John Naponick | 65 | RDT | 6-10 | 300 | 22 | Virginia | 4 | |
| Ken Nielsen | 21 | FL | 6-1 | 182 | 26 | Alberta | 16 | |
| John Pentecost | 64 | ROT | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | Santa Ana JC; UCLA | 11 | |
| Jim Phillips | 56 | RG | 5-11 | 245 | 24 | Morgan State | 16 | |
| Ernie Pitts | 77 | RCB-S | 6-1 | 192 | 33 | Denver | 15 | |
| Butch Pressley | 26 | LOH | 5-11 | 205 | 27 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 7 | |
| Dave Raimey | 27 | OHB | 5-10 | 190 | 28 | Michigan | 16 | |
| Paul Robson | 43 | LB | 6-2 | 222 | 27 | North Dakota | 16 | |
| Glen Schapansky | 62 | DT | 6-3 | 248 | 22 | none | 16 | |
| John Schneider | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Toledo | 16 | |
| Luther Selbo | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | North Central | 16 | |
| Larry Slagle | 55 | OG | 6-3 | 250 | 22 | UCLA | 13 | |
| Sherwyn Thorson | OG | 6-1 | 228 | 28 | Iowa | 3 | ||
| Ed Ulmer | 24 | CB | 6-2 | 184 | 28 | Ohio State | 16 | |
| Bill Whisler | 66 | DE | 6-3 | 221 | 28 | Iowa | 16 | |
| Dick Wozney | 30 | HB | 5-8 | 180 | 27 | North Dakota | 16 | |
| Mitch Zalnasky | 72 | OE | 6-3 | 220 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 11 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Pierre Guindon | T | Ottawa |
| 2 | 12 | John Peter Francis | HB | Saskatchewan |
| 3 | 21 | John Bitchok | LB | Manitoba |
| 4 | 30 | John Sutton | OL | Loyola (Quebec) |
| 5 | 39 | Phil Payne | TE | Western Ontario |
| 6 | 47 | Rivo Ilves | DB | Toronto |
| 7 | 55 | Dan Desantis | FB | McGill |
| 8 | 62 | Larry Shields | HB | Manitoba |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 29 | 80 | 34 | 67 | 210 |
| Opponents Totals | 112 | 105 | 81 | 76 | 374 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 209 | 89 | 101 | 19 | 60 | 447 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 277 | 132 | 137 | 8 | 85 | 743 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Raimey | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Ken Nielsen | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Ed Ulmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Gene Lakusiak | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Butch Pressley | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pierre Guindon | 0 | 19 | 27 | 70.4 | - | - | - | 15 | 34 | 44.1 | 4 | 0 | 68 |
| John Schneider | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Paul Brule | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Walt Chadwick | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 22 | 19 | 27 | 70.4 | 15 | 34 | 44.1 | 12 | 1 | 210 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 42 | 44 | 95.5 | 17 | 45 | 37.8 | 15 | 1 | 374 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Raimey | 162 | 781 | 4.8 | 75 | 5 |
| John Schneider | 56 | 230 | 4.1 | 16 | 5 |
| Gene Lakusiak | 34 | 155 | 4.6 | 22 | 1 |
| Walt Chadwick | 35 | 126 | 3.6 | 33 | 1 |
| Butch Pressley | 19 | 123 | 6.5 | 26 | 0 |
| John Farler | 18 | 48 | 2.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Paul Brule | 13 | 32 | 2.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Luther Selbo | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Don Gilbert | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Fred Figueroa | 17 | 26 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Pierre Guindon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 371 | 1580 | 4.3 | 13 | |
| Opponents Totals | 479 | 2332 | 4.9 | 24 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Schneider | 327 | 146 | 44.6 | 153 | 1949 | 6.0 | 13.3 | 48 | 8 | 2.4 | 28 | 8.6 | 36.6 | |||
| Luther Selbo | 54 | 23 | 42.6 | 23 | 380 | 7.0 | 16.5 | 72 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 14.8 | 27.3 | |||
| Paul Brule | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Don Gilbert | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 384 | 169 | 44.0 | 179 | 2329 | 6.1 | 13.8 | 8 | 2.1 | 36 | 9.4 | 31.9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 387 | 204 | 52.7 | 156 | 2958 | 7.6 | 14.5 | 19 | 4.9 | 27 | 7.0 | 65.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Nielsen | 68 | 1031 | 15.2 | 72 | 5 |
| Dave Raimey | 43 | 509 | 11.8 | 40 | 2 |
| Mitch Zalnasky | 13 | 220 | 16.9 | 48 | 0 |
| Noel Dunford | 9 | 107 | 11.9 | 33 | 0 |
| Bob Howard | 6 | 146 | 24.3 | 41 | 0 |
| Gene Lakusiak | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Butch Pressley | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 30 | 1 |
| Don Gilbert | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Gord Brown | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Jim Avery | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Fred Figueroa | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Brule | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 12 | 0 |
| John Farler | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Walt Chadwick | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 169 | 2329 | 13.8 | 8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 204 | 2958 | 14.5 | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Pitts | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Don Gilbert | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Ed Ulmer | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Chip Barrett | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 53 | 0 |
| Phil Minnick | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Gord Brown | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Paul Brule | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Conroy | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 315 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 384 | 10.7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Ulmer | 138 | 5931 | 43.0 | 80 | - | |||||
| Pierre Guindon | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 139 | 5952 | 42.8 | - | 919 | 5931 | 37.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 149 | 6192 | 41.6 | - | 656 | 5536 | 37.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Wozney | 77 | 512 | 6.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Paul Brule | 40 | 304 | 7.6 | 25 | 0 |
| John Bitchok | 11 | 104 | 9.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Peter Francis | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ed Ulmer | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Don Gilbert | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 131 | 956 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 132 | 919 | 7.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Guindon | 34 | 1889 | 55.6 | 73 | 0 |
| Gene Lakusiak | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 1921 | 53.4 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Raimey | 31 | 930 | 30.0 | 93 | 1 |
| Don Gilbert | 8 | 121 | 15.1 | 25 | 0 |
| Butch Pressley | 3 | 113 | 37.7 | 47 | 0 |
| John Farler | 6 | 108 | 18.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Dick Wozney | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Gene Lakusiak | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Walt Chadwick | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Ed Ulmer | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Fred Figueroa | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Gord Brown | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chip Barrett | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1444 | 24.1 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 718 | 20.5 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Avery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| Chip Barrett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Gord Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Brule | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Conroy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Desjardins | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Farler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Figueroa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Gilbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 0 |
| Pierre Guindon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Harrison | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Howard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Lakusiak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Levinsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Minnick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Nielsen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Pitts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Butch Pressley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Raimey | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schneider | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luther Selbo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Ulmer | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Whisler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Dick Wozney | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 23 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 103 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 23 | 23 | 1 |
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