1975 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Conference • 6-8-2 .438 |
| Head Coach: Bud Riley |
| George Dyer | Assistant Coach |
| Fred Hightower | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Tue | 7/1/1975 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 41 | 8 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18105 | |
| Sat | 7/5/1975 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 14 | 15 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 34103 | |
| Wed | 7/9/1975 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 18 | 19 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17500 | |
| Thu | 7/17/1975 | A | British Columbia Lions | 19 | 30 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 14092 | |
| Thu | 7/24/1975 | H | British Columbia Lions | 17 | 9 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 22167 | |
| Tue | 7/29/1975 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 22 | 28 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 23926 | |
| Wed | 8/6/1975 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 17 | 16 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25026 | |
| Tue | 8/12/1975 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 18 | 15 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 27186 | |
| Mon | 8/18/1975 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13 | 20 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Tue | 8/26/1975 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 25 | 22 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Mon | 9/1/1975 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23 | 27 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 21915 | |
| Thu | 9/4/1975 | A | British Columbia Lions | 17 | 29 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 17073 | |
| Tue | 9/9/1975 | H | British Columbia Lions | 1 | 15 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24105 | |
| Wed | 9/24/1975 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 34 | 32 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21397 | |
| Thu | 10/2/1975 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 21 | 21 | T | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 35510 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1975 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 26 | 21 | W | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 25145 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1975 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14 | 20 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1975 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 25 | 25 | T | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 23721 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1975 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 41 | 48 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 25367 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1975 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 26 | 35 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 21106 | |
| Western Semi-Final | ||||||||||
| Sat | 11/8/1975 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24 | 42 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 20357 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Steve Beaird | 22 | RB | 5-8 | 190 | 23 | Blinn JC; Baylor | 14 | |
| Bob Bell | 26 | WR | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | none | 1 | |
| John Bonk | 43 | DE | 6-2 | 245 | 25 | none | 16 | |
| Don Bowman | 31 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Western Ontario | 13 | |
| Al Brenner | 9 | DB | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Michigan State | 9 | |
| Dieter Brock | 5 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Auburn; Jacksonville State | 16 | |
| Buddy Brown | 56 | OG | 6-1 | 255 | 25 | Alabama | 8 | |
| Dave Campbell | 26 | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Queen's | 4 | |
| Richard Crump | 33 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 20 | Miami-Dade JC; Jacksonville State | 10 | |
| Andy Currie | OT | 6-4 | 240 | 24 | Acadia | 1 | ||
| Jim Daniels | 28 | DB | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Texas A&M | 7 | |
| Jim Duke | 70 | DT | 6-3 | 250 | 27 | Alabama | 16 | |
| Chuck Ealey | 8 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Toledo | 13 | |
| Bill Frank | 64 | OT | 6-5 | 255 | 37 | Colorado | 16 | |
| Mark Gefert | 63 | LB | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Purdue | 9 | |
| Lloyd Grimsrud | 53 | DT | 6-2 | 255 | 24 | Idaho | 13 | |
| Randy Halsall | 61 | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 26 | Wake Forest | 16 | |
| Jim Heighton | 58 | DE | 6-3 | 252 | 31 | none | 16 | |
| Brian Herosian | 30 | DB | 6-3 | 200 | 25 | Connecticut | 14 | |
| Brian Jack | 72 | TE | 6-4 | 237 | 27 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 16 | |
| Joe Jackson | 75 | LB | 6-3 | 223 | 22 | Penn State | 7 | |
| Dave Knechtel | 65 | DT | 6-3 | 247 | 30 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
| Harry Knight | QB | 6-3 | 208 | 22 | Richmond | 3 | ||
| Bob LaRose | 71 | FL | 6-3 | 213 | 29 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Chuck Liebrock | 54 | OG | 6-1 | 245 | 30 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia); Hillsdale | 16 | |
| Bob Macoritti | 6 | K | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Wooster | 3 | 0 |
| Mark McDonald | 74 | WR | 5-10 | 170 | 24 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Washington | 16 | |
| Ted McEachern | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | Guelph | 1 | ||
| Alex Morris | 26 | DB | 6-0 | 186 | 23 | Queen's | 3 | |
| Butch Norman | 66 | OT | 6-5 | 251 | 23 | Marion Military Institute JC; Alabama | 16 | |
| Ray Odums | 35 | DB | 6-2 | 175 | 24 | Alabama | 8 | |
| Gord Paterson | 34 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Manitoba | 14 | |
| Ken Peeples | 55 | OG | 6-2 | 245 | 23 | Clemson | 12 | |
| Marion Reeves | 35 | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Clemson | 2 | |
| Pete Ribbins | 73 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | East Carolina; Ottawa | 15 | |
| Bernie Ruoff | 10 | P-K | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Syracuse | 13 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 21 | WR | 5-10 | 170 | 24 | San Mateo JC; Washington | 11 | |
| Ron Southwick | 62 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | McMaster | 15 | |
| Bob Swift | 44 | C | 6-1 | 233 | 32 | Clemson | 16 | |
| Bob Toogood | 78 | LB | 6-2 | 223 | 27 | Manitoba | 16 | |
| Merv Walker | 24 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | none | 13 | |
| Tom Walker | 32 | FB | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | Simon Fraser; Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
| Harry Walters | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | Maryland | 16 | |
| Jim Washington | 27 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Clemson | 11 | |
| Paul Williams | 29 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 28 | Benedict; California | 8 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Mel Barclay | DE | Manitoba |
| Doug MacIver | DT | Manitoba |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Steve Scully | T | Syracuse |
| 1 | 4 | Don Bowman | DB | Western Ontario |
| 1 | 8 | Bernie Ruoff | K | Syracuse |
| 3 | 21 | Mike Munzar | QB | Bishop's |
| 3 | 27 | Alex Morris | DB | Queen's |
| 4 | 30 | Kevin Spink | C | Western Ontario |
| 5 | 39 | Jim Peters | DE | Guelph |
| 6 | 47 | Wayne Wagner | FB | Manitoba |
| 7 | 55 | Dave Pearson | DB | Manitoba |
| 8 | 63 | Peter Sabistan | G | Queen's |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 58 | 101 | 96 | 85 | 340 |
| Opponents Totals | 86 | 94 | 92 | 111 | 383 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 290 | 138 | 125 | 27 | 111 | 803 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 282 | 126 | 145 | 11 | 135 | 1025 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Scott | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Bob LaRose | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Jim Washington | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Bob Macoritti | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | - | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | |
| Dieter Brock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Richard Crump | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Chuck Ealey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Brian Jack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ray Odums | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Gord Paterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Pete Ribbins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Tom Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| John Bonk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bernie Ruoff | 0 | 22 | 23 | 95.7 | 0 | - | 22 | 43 | 51.2 | 9 | 0 | 97 | |
| Steve Beaird | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||
| Mark McDonald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Jim Daniels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Team Totals | 36 | 27 | 28 | 96.4 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 48 | 54.2 | 13 | 0 | 340 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 36 | 4 | 24 | 49 | 49.0 | 11 | 2 | 383 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Washington | 125 | 665 | 5.3 | 30 | 3 |
| Steve Beaird | 123 | 533 | 4.3 | 59 | 8 |
| Chuck Ealey | 68 | 434 | 6.4 | 31 | 1 |
| Richard Crump | 101 | 425 | 4.2 | 27 | 2 |
| Dieter Brock | 36 | 173 | 4.8 | 31 | 2 |
| Tom Scott | 34 | 160 | 4.7 | 16 | 1 |
| Tom Walker | 29 | 109 | 3.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Bernie Ruoff | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Gord Paterson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Ribbins | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 521 | 2539 | 4.9 | 59 | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 463 | 2226 | 4.8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieter Brock | 244 | 116 | 47.5 | 119 | 1911 | 7.8 | 16.5 | 55 | 11 | 4.5 | 9 | 3.7 | 74.0 | |||
| Chuck Ealey | 128 | 67 | 52.3 | 57 | 1028 | 8.0 | 15.3 | 72 | 6 | 4.7 | 4 | 3.1 | 81.8 | |||
| Steve Beaird | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 373 | 183 | 49.1 | 176 | 2939 | 7.9 | 16.1 | 72 | 17 | 4.6 | 14 | 3.8 | 75.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 417 | 216 | 51.8 | 186 | 3366 | 8.1 | 15.6 | 15 | 3.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob LaRose | 29 | 587 | 20.2 | 44 | 4 |
| Jim Washington | 24 | 222 | 9.3 | 29 | 1 |
| Brian Jack | 22 | 348 | 15.8 | 53 | 1 |
| Tom Scott | 16 | 303 | 18.9 | 43 | 4 |
| Richard Crump | 16 | 166 | 10.4 | 42 | 0 |
| Gord Paterson | 15 | 242 | 16.1 | 39 | 1 |
| Tom Walker | 12 | 143 | 11.9 | 47 | 1 |
| Pete Ribbins | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 40 | 1 |
| Steve Beaird | 16 | 254 | 15.9 | 59 | 2 |
| Mark McDonald | 28 | 577 | 20.6 | 72 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 183 | 2939 | 16.1 | 72 | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 216 | 3366 | 15.6 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Herosian | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Al Brenner | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Gord Paterson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Daniels | 1 | 81 | 81.0 | 81t | 1 |
| Ray Odums | 1 | 70 | 70.0 | 70t | 1 |
| Harry Walters | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Don Bowman | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Toogood | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Merv Walker | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 251 | 16.7 | 81 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 259 | 18.5 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Ruoff | 94 | 4138 | 44.0 | 73 | 3 | |
| Bob Macoritti | 29 | 1278 | 44.1 | 72 | 3 | |
| Team Totals | 123 | 5416 | 44.0 | 73 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 137 | 5601 | 40.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Beaird | 24 | 226 | 9.4 | 30 | 0 |
| Don Bowman | 15 | 186 | 12.4 | 37 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 22 | 148 | 6.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Paul Williams | 17 | 104 | 6.1 | 37 | 0 |
| Gord Paterson | 7 | 59 | 8.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Richard Crump | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Merv Walker | 11 | 57 | 5.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Tom Walker | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Brian Herosian | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Alex Morris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 117 | 901 | 7.7 | 37 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 120 | 1406 | 11.7 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Ruoff | 58 | 3107 | 53.6 | 90 | 0 |
| Bob Macoritti | 13 | 657 | 50.5 | 75 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 71 | 3764 | 53.0 | 90 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Scott | 17 | 443 | 26.1 | 60 | 0 |
| Steve Beaird | 14 | 406 | 29.0 | 66 | 0 |
| Paul Williams | 7 | 214 | 30.6 | 47 | 0 |
| Richard Crump | 9 | 168 | 18.7 | 64 | 0 |
| Mark McDonald | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 39 | 0 |
| Jim Washington | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Merv Walker | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Gord Paterson | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Ron Southwick | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Walker | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Toogood | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 71 | 1507 | 21.2 | 66 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 1629 | 23.3 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Beaird | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Bowman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dieter Brock | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Crump | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Duke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Ealey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Heighton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob LaRose | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Morris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Norman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Odums | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gord Paterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bernie Ruoff | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Southwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Harry Walters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Washington | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 9 | 9 |
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