1973 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
5th place • Western Conference • 4-11-1 .281 |
Head Coach: Jim Spavital |
Fred Hightower | Assistant Coach |
Bill Long | Assistant Coach |
LeRoy Montgomery | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Wed | 7/4/1973 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 10-10 | T | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 14917 | |
Tue | 7/10/1973 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16-25 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21014 | |
Wed | 7/18/1973 | H | British Columbia Lions | 22-7 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18146 | |
Mon | 7/23/1973 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13-22 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 9000 | |
Tue | 7/31/1973 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 22-33 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24526 | |
Mon | 8/6/1973 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 3-10 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 19801 | |
Thu | 8/9/1973 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 30-7 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 23338 | |
Wed | 8/15/1973 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 9-18 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 23287 | |
Wed | 8/22/1973 | H | British Columbia Lions | 19-23 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24443 | |
Wed | 8/29/1973 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 12-13 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
Mon | 9/3/1973 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 24-25 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 21445 | |
Wed | 9/12/1973 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 13-24 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24385 | |
Tue | 9/18/1973 | A | British Columbia Lions | 33-13 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 21084 | |
Tue | 9/25/1973 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 25-23 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 16310 | |
Wed | 10/3/1973 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18-21 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 22688 | |
Mon | 10/8/1973 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 14-14 | T | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 21841 | |
Sun | 10/14/1973 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18-17 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24372 | |
Sat | 10/20/1973 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 7-34 | L | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 14505 | |
Sun | 10/28/1973 | H | British Columbia Lions | 17-22 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 22013 | |
Sat | 11/3/1973 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 3-18 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 33135 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Tim Beamer | 22 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Illinois; Johnson C. Smith | 4 | |
Bob Biggs | 5 | QB | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | Solano CC; UC Davis | 2 | |
John Bledsoe | 30 | RB | 6-1 | 224 | 22 | Ohio State | 9 | |
John Bonk | 43 | C | 6-2 | 245 | 23 | none | 5 | |
Stan Brown | 22 | RB | 5-9 | 184 | 24 | Purdue | 10 | |
Jimmie Calip | 35 | RB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Cameron; Southwestern Oklahoma State | 5 | |
Grady Cavness | 24 | S | 5-11 | 186 | 26 | Texas-El Paso | 12 | |
Ron Coppenbarger | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Kansas State | 1 | ||
Joe Critchlow | 53 | DT | 6-2 | 240 | 30 | Southeast Missouri State | 16 | |
Mike Dirks | 55 | DT | 6-2 | 247 | 27 | Wyoming | 16 | |
Mickey Doyle | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 235 | 26 | Kansas | 16 | |
Jim Duke | 65 | DE | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Alabama | 16 | |
Jimmy Dye | DB | 5-10 | 163 | 28 | Missouri Southern JC; Miami (Florida) | 1 | ||
Rufus Ferguson | 32 | HB | 5-5 | 191 | 22 | Wisconsin | 1 | |
Lee Fobbs | 35 | RB | 5-11 | 197 | 23 | Grambling State | 7 | |
Bill Frank | 64 | OT | 6-5 | 255 | 35 | Colorado | 16 | |
Geoff Hamlin | 34 | RB | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | North Carolina; Queen's | 2 | |
Chuck Harrison | 67 | OT | 6-3 | 245 | 31 | Western Michigan | 16 | |
Jim Heighton | 58 | DE | 6-3 | 252 | 29 | none | 16 | |
Don Jonas | 7 | QB | 5-11 | 195 | 35 | Penn State | 16 | |
Bob Kraemer | 10 | QB | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | Manitoba | 16 | |
Mike Kuhn | 72 | LB | 6-3 | 220 | 24 | Kansas State | 5 | |
Gene Lakusiak | 31 | DB | 6-1 | 210 | 31 | Tulsa | 16 | |
Bob LaRose | 71 | WR | 6-3 | 213 | 27 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
Chuck Liebrock | 54 | OG | 6-1 | 245 | 28 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia); Hillsdale | 16 | |
Ray Lychak | 61 | OG | 6-1 | 240 | 30 | Foothill JC; San Jose State | 12 | |
Paul Markle | 28 | TE | 6-2 | 214 | 27 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
Clay McEvoy | 33 | FB | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Simon Fraser | 12 | |
Walt McKee | 6 | K | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Manitoba | 16 | 0 |
Rob McLaren | 74 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
Willie Miller | 34 | RB | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | Tampa | 9 | |
Phil Minnick | 56 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 31 | Northern Iowa | 15 | |
Tom Oberg | 21 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | Oregon State; Portland State | 15 | |
Tommy Pharr | 9 | QB | 5-10 | 187 | 26 | Gordon Military JC; Mississippi State | 12 | |
Dale Potter | 78 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Ottawa | 16 | |
Rob Pyne | 72 | DB | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | Tulsa | 2 | |
Pete Ribbins | 73 | WB | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | East Carolina; Ottawa | 11 | |
John Steele | 75 | DB | 6-1 | 202 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 15 | |
Gord Stewart | 63 | DT | 6-4 | 248 | 28 | Boise State | 16 | |
Doug Strong | 27 | DB | 6-0 | 192 | 27 | Wilfrid Laurier | 13 | |
Bob Swift | 44 | C | 6-1 | 233 | 30 | Clemson | 16 | |
Tuufuli Uperesa | 62 | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Montana | 16 | |
Billy Walik | 5 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | Villanova | 2 | |
Tom Walker | 32 | FB | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | Simon Fraser; Wilfrid Laurier | 3 | |
Ray Watrin | 66 | OG | 6-2 | 240 | 28 | Utah State | 3 | |
Paul Williams | 29 | RB | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | Benedict; California | 16 |
DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
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Player | Pos | College |
Roy Albertson | T | Simon Fraser |
Wayne Ducharme | RB | Bowling Green State |
DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
2 | 15 | Dale Potter | LB | Ottawa |
3 | 24 | Nick Kanakos | DB | Simon Fraser |
4 | 33 | Brian Warrender | HB | Queen's |
5 | 42 | Paul Hilborn | T | Simon Fraser |
6 | 50 | Fred Clarke | G | Western Ontario |
7 | 58 | Tim Crowe | T | Windsor |
8 | 66 | Bart Evans | G | Manitoba |
9 | 73 | Dean Samson | DB | Manitoba |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 82 | 56 | 35 | 94 | 267 |
Opponents Totals | 28 | 1907 | 74 | 106 | 2115 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 282 | 101 | 159 | 22 | 70 | 449 | |||
Opponents Totals | 258 | 98 | 149 | 11 | 124 | 960 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Jonas | 2 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | - | - | - | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 3 | 0 | 54 |
Walt McKee | 0 | 11 | 14 | 78.6 | - | - | - | 9 | 22 | 40.9 | 14 | 0 | 52 |
Bob LaRose | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Bob Kraemer | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Paul Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Jimmie Calip | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Tom Oberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Doug Strong | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Gene Lakusiak | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Stan Brown | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
John Bledsoe | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Willie Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Lee Fobbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||
Team Totals | 28 | 23 | 28 | 82.1 | 18 | 39 | 46.2 | 18 | 2 | 267 | |||
Opponents Totals | 32 | 31 | 24 | 37 | 64.9 | 16 | 2 | 315 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Bledsoe | 158 | 811 | 5.1 | 34 | 3 |
Stan Brown | 104 | 449 | 4.3 | 78 | 4 |
Jimmie Calip | 64 | 233 | 3.6 | 20 | 1 |
Clay McEvoy | 36 | 197 | 5.5 | 19 | 0 |
Tom Walker | 22 | 132 | 6.0 | 29 | 0 |
Lee Fobbs | 25 | 102 | 4.1 | 16 | 0 |
Don Jonas | 27 | 73 | 2.7 | 11 | 2 |
Tommy Pharr | 10 | 58 | 5.8 | 37 | 0 |
Bob Kraemer | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
Pete Ribbins | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 15 | 0 |
Rufus Ferguson | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 8 | 0 |
Bill Frank | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Billy Walik | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
John Steele | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Jim Duke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 464 | 2116 | 4.6 | 78 | 10 |
Opponents Totals | 413 | 1795 | 4.3 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Jonas | 452 | 226 | 50.0 | 197 | 3363 | 7.4 | 14.9 | 103 | 15 | 3.3 | 29 | 6.4 | 59.1 | |||
Tommy Pharr | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 5 | 13 | 1.4 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22.2 | 0.0 | |||
Stan Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Bob LaRose | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Team Totals | 463 | 228 | 49.2 | 204 | 3376 | 7.3 | 14.8 | 103 | 15 | 3.2 | 31 | 6.7 | 56.4 | |||
Opponents Totals | 428 | 228 | 53.3 | 178 | 3218 | 7.5 | 14.1 | 22 | 5.1 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Kraemer | 47 | 635 | 13.5 | 49 | 3 |
Bob LaRose | 44 | 855 | 19.4 | 69 | 7 |
Paul Markle | 20 | 257 | 12.9 | 44 | 0 |
Paul Williams | 17 | 298 | 17.5 | 63 | 2 |
Tommy Pharr | 11 | 121 | 11.0 | 28 | 0 |
Clay McEvoy | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 10 | 0 |
Pete Ribbins | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 15 | 0 |
John Bledsoe | 25 | 262 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
Willie Miller | 19 | 388 | 20.4 | 103 | 1 |
Stan Brown | 19 | 272 | 14.3 | 52 | 1 |
Jimmie Calip | 6 | 105 | 17.5 | 36 | 0 |
Billy Walik | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
John Steele | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Lee Fobbs | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 25 | 1 |
Rufus Ferguson | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
Team Totals | 228 | 3376 | 14.8 | 103 | 15 |
Opponents Totals | 228 | 3218 | 14.1 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Williams | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 |
Doug Strong | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 61 | 1 |
Grady Cavness | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 31 | 0 |
John Steele | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 25 | 0 |
Tom Oberg | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
Tim Beamer | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 31 | 0 |
Gene Lakusiak | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Jim Duke | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Phil Minnick | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Mickey Doyle | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Team Totals | 22 | 262 | 11.9 | 61 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 31 | 530 | 17.1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walt McKee | 129 | 5696 | 44.2 | 83 | - | |||||
Don Jonas | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | - | |||||
Doug Strong | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | - | |||||
Team Totals | 131 | 5763 | 44.0 | 83 | - | |||||
Opponents Totals | 163 | 6589 | 40.4 | - |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Strong | 50 | 171 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 |
Paul Williams | 27 | 119 | 4.4 | 24 | 0 |
Pete Ribbins | 8 | 61 | 7.6 | 13 | 0 |
John Steele | 32 | 49 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 |
Tim Beamer | 12 | 25 | 2.1 | 7 | 0 |
Bob Kraemer | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
Tom Oberg | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
Team Totals | 138 | 448 | 3.2 | 24 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 133 | 989 | 7.4 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walt McKee | 34 | 1942 | 57.1 | 90 | 1 |
Gene Lakusiak | 11 | 620 | 56.4 | 77 | 1 |
Team Totals | 45 | 2562 | 56.9 | 90 | 2 |
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stan Brown | 13 | 293 | 22.5 | 35 | 0 |
Paul Williams | 9 | 222 | 24.7 | 44 | 0 |
Jimmie Calip | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 50 | 0 |
Billy Walik | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Tim Beamer | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 21 | 0 |
Jim Duke | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 17 | 0 |
John Bledsoe | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 |
Willie Miller | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Rufus Ferguson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Dale Potter | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
Tom Oberg | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Mike Kuhn | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Team Totals | 39 | 823 | 21.1 | 50 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 40 | 1027 | 25.7 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tim Beamer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Bledsoe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stan Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmie Calip | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grady Cavness | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Critchlow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Dirks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Mickey Doyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rufus Ferguson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lee Fobbs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chuck Harrison | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Heighton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Don Jonas | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Kraemer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gene Lakusiak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Chuck Liebrock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Markle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Walt McKee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tommy Pharr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Ribbins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Steele | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
Gord Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Strong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tuufuli Uperesa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Walker | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 1 |
Team Totals | 24 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 47 | 2 |
Opponents Totals | 16 | 15 | 15 |
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