1976 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
2nd place • Western Conference • 10-6-0 .625 |
Head Coach: Bud Riley |
George Dyer | Assistant Coach |
Joe Faragalli | Assistant Coach |
Jim Gilstrap | Offensive Line |
Dick Monroe | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Tue | 6/29/1976 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 39-27 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 21398 | |
Tue | 7/6/1976 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 38-3 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18374 | |
Mon | 7/12/1976 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 30-32 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 23924 | |
Thu | 7/15/1976 | H | British Columbia Lions | 19-24 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17727 | |
Thu | 7/22/1976 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 16-22 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21433 | |
Tue | 7/27/1976 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 27-38 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22541 | |
Tue | 8/3/1976 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 49-3 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 20438 | |
Tue | 8/10/1976 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 30-31 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
Tue | 8/17/1976 | A | British Columbia Lions | 14-22 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 21505 | |
Fri | 8/27/1976 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13-12 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 21362 | |
Wed | 9/1/1976 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 29-20 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 22345 | |
Mon | 9/6/1976 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 15-17 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 22162 | |
Sun | 9/19/1976 | H | British Columbia Lions | 22-20 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 22809 | |
Sat | 9/25/1976 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 28-17 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 25936 | |
Sat | 10/2/1976 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 28-10 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
Sat | 10/9/1976 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 10-22 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | ||
Sun | 10/17/1976 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 36-33 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24178 | |
Sun | 10/24/1976 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 21-19 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 22508 | |
Sun | 10/31/1976 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 23-13 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24146 | |
Sat | 11/6/1976 | A | British Columbia Lions | 23-17 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 14469 | |
Western Semi-Final | |||||||||
Sun | 11/14/1976 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 12-14 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24320 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
John Babinecz | LB | 6-1 | 222 | 26 | Villanova | 8 | ||
Ollie Bakken | 70 | LB | 6-2 | 224 | 23 | Minnesota | 2 | |
Steve Beaird | 22 | RB | 5-8 | 190 | 24 | Blinn JC; Baylor | 13 | |
Lee Benard | 26 | DB | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Manitoba | 11 | |
John Bonk | 43 | LB | 6-2 | 245 | 26 | none | 16 | |
Don Bowman | 31 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
Dieter Brock | 5 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Auburn; Jacksonville State | 16 | |
Buddy Brown | 56 | OG | 6-1 | 255 | 26 | Alabama | 16 | |
Elton Brown | DE | 6-2 | 254 | 25 | San Diego CC; Utah State | 8 | ||
Lem Burnham | DE | 6-4 | 240 | 29 | Santa Ana JC; U.S. International | 1 | ||
Richard Crump | 33 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 21 | Miami-Dade JC; Jacksonville State | 3 | |
Bill Frank | 64 | OT | 6-5 | 255 | 38 | Colorado | 16 | |
Randy Halsall | 61 | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 27 | Wake Forest | 16 | |
Jim Heighton | 58 | DE | 6-3 | 252 | 32 | none | 16 | |
Brian Herosian | 30 | DB | 6-3 | 200 | 26 | Connecticut | 16 | |
Kirk Heyer | LB | 6-5 | 260 | 23 | Nebraska Southeast JC; Nebraska-Kearney | 1 | ||
Don Hubbard | DT | 6-0 | 250 | 24 | New Mexico | 10 | ||
Joe Jackson | 75 | LB | 6-3 | 223 | 23 | Penn State | 5 | |
Dave Knechtel | 65 | DT | 6-3 | 247 | 31 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
Harry Knight | 6 | QB | 6-3 | 208 | 23 | Richmond | 16 | |
Rick Koswin | WR | 6-2 | 201 | 22 | Manitoba | 6 | ||
Bob LaRose | 71 | WR | 6-3 | 213 | 30 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
Chuck Liebrock | 54 | OG | 6-1 | 245 | 31 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia); Hillsdale | 16 | |
Mark McDonald | 74 | WR | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Washington | 16 | |
Calvin Miller | 63 | DE | 6-2 | 270 | 23 | Mississippi Gulf Coast CC; Oklahoma State | 2 | |
Butch Norman | 66 | OT | 6-5 | 251 | 24 | Marion Military Institute JC; Alabama | 16 | |
Gord Paterson | 34 | RB | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Manitoba | 16 | |
Vince Phason | DB | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Arizona | 11 | ||
Marion Reeves | 35 | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Clemson | 8 | |
Pete Ribbins | 73 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 29 | East Carolina; Ottawa | 16 | |
Gerry Roberts | DT | 6-5 | 248 | 25 | Desert JC; UCLA | 3 | ||
Bernie Ruoff | 10 | P-K | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Syracuse | 16 | 0 |
Tom Scott | 21 | RB | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | San Mateo JC; Washington | 16 | |
Gary Shugrue | DE | 6-5 | 240 | 22 | Villanova | 5 | ||
Ron Southwick | 62 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | McMaster | 15 | |
Bob Swift | 44 | C | 6-1 | 233 | 33 | Clemson | 16 | |
Bob Toogood | 78 | LB | 6-2 | 223 | 28 | Manitoba | 16 | |
Merv Walker | 24 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 24 | none | 16 | |
Tom Walker | 32 | RB | 6-1 | 225 | 27 | Simon Fraser; Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
Harry Walters | MLB | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | Maryland | 14 | ||
Jim Washington | 27 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Clemson | 16 | |
Steve Williams | DT | 6-6 | 260 | 25 | Western Carolina | 2 | ||
Chuck Wills | 28 | DB | 6-3 | 195 | 23 | Oregon | 16 |
DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
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Player | Pos | College |
Rick Koswin | WR | Manitoba |
Ted Milian | OG | Manitoba |
DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
2 | 14 | Gordon Taylor | QB | Wilfrid Laurier |
2 | 17 | Ron Mironuck | LB | Whitworth |
3 | 23 | Tim Maitre | WR | Memphis |
4 | 32 | Henry Booy | E | British Columbia |
5 | 41 | Wayne Churchill | DE | Windsor |
6 | 50 | Gary Anderson | DE | Concordia (Quebec) |
7 | 59 | Claude Riopelle | DE | Western Ontario |
8 | 68 | Bruce Young | RB | Manitoba |
9 | 77 | Brian Wagner | DE | Manitoba |
9 | 79 | George Beattie | Db | Acadia |
10 | 85 | Mike Kashty | TE | Manitoba |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 71 | 150 | 59 | 104 | 384 |
Opponents Totals | 43 | 89 | 77 | 107 | 316 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 300 | 131 | 149 | 20 | 143 | 1140 | |||
Opponents Totals | 303 | 106 | 170 | 27 | 145 | 1148 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Ruoff | 0 | 37 | 38 | 97.4 | 0 | - | 31 | 50 | 62.0 | 12 | 0 | 142 | |
Jim Washington | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |||
Steve Beaird | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
Tom Scott | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
Gord Paterson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |||
Dieter Brock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Richard Crump | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Bob LaRose | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Mark McDonald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Bob Toogood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Team Totals | 40 | 37 | 38 | 97.4 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 50 | 62.0 | 12 | 0 | 384 | |
Opponents Totals | 31 | 29 | 1 | 27 | 48 | 56.3 | 16 | 1 | 316 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Washington | 219 | 1277 | 5.8 | 68 | 12 |
Steve Beaird | 184 | 834 | 4.5 | 35 | 5 |
Richard Crump | 36 | 211 | 5.9 | 43 | 2 |
Dieter Brock | 46 | 72 | 1.6 | 11 | 2 |
Tom Walker | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 11 | 0 |
Tom Scott | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
Harry Knight | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Bob LaRose | 0 | 6 | 6L | 0 | |
Mark McDonald | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Team Totals | 498 | 2457 | 4.9 | 68 | 21 |
Opponents Totals | 399 | 1936 | 4.9 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dieter Brock | 402 | 223 | 55.5 | 161 | 3101 | 7.7 | 13.9 | 97 | 17 | 4.2 | 18 | 4.5 | 75.9 | |||
Harry Knight | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 11 | 191 | 6.8 | 12.7 | 21 | 1 | 3.6 | 2 | 7.1 | 57.3 | |||
Mark McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Team Totals | 431 | 238 | 55.2 | 173 | 3292 | 7.6 | 13.8 | 97 | 18 | 4.2 | 20 | 4.6 | 74.5 | |||
Opponents Totals | 539 | 269 | 49.9 | 239 | 3631 | 6.7 | 13.5 | 31 | 5.8 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Scott | 53 | 968 | 18.3 | 97 | 6 |
Jim Washington | 47 | 428 | 9.1 | 33 | 2 |
Gord Paterson | 41 | 541 | 13.2 | 31 | 5 |
Steve Beaird | 35 | 330 | 9.4 | 33 | 1 |
Mark McDonald | 27 | 495 | 18.3 | 52 | 2 |
Bob LaRose | 23 | 402 | 17.5 | 51 | 2 |
Richard Crump | 8 | 104 | 13.0 | 33 | 0 |
Pete Ribbins | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Tom Walker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Dieter Brock | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
Rick Koswin | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Team Totals | 238 | 3292 | 13.8 | 97 | 18 |
Opponents Totals | 269 | 3631 | 13.5 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Merv Walker | 7 | 108 | 15.4 | 42 | 0 |
Chuck Wills | 7 | 94 | 13.4 | 25 | 0 |
Brian Herosian | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 61 | 0 |
Harry Walters | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 25 | 0 |
Vince Phason | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 |
Lee Benard | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
Bob Toogood | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 |
Marion Reeves | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
John Babinecz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Elton Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Shugrue | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 31 | 472 | 15.2 | 61 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 20 | 200 | 10.0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Ruoff | 131 | 5904 | 45.1 | 79 | - | |||||
Team Totals | 131 | 5904 | 45.1 | 79 | - | |||||
Opponents Totals | 158 | 6669 | 42.2 | - |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Merv Walker | 25 | 233 | 9.3 | 36 | 0 |
Steve Beaird | 35 | 201 | 5.7 | 19 | 0 |
Vince Phason | 19 | 145 | 7.6 | 19 | 0 |
Tom Scott | 20 | 127 | 6.4 | 25 | 0 |
Chuck Wills | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 20 | 0 |
Brian Herosian | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 10 | 0 |
Richard Crump | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
Lee Benard | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
Bernie Ruoff | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Jim Washington | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Team Totals | 119 | 888 | 7.5 | 36 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 111 | 1102 | 9.9 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Ruoff | 79 | 4970 | 62.9 | 90 | 0 |
Team Totals | 79 | 4970 | 62.9 | 90 | |
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Scott | 29 | 814 | 28.1 | 95 | 0 |
Steve Beaird | 21 | 539 | 25.7 | 71 | 0 |
Mark McDonald | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 21 | 0 |
Merv Walker | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
Gord Paterson | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 14 | 0 |
Pete Ribbins | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
Tom Walker | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
Rick Koswin | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
Team Totals | 67 | 1494 | 22.3 | 95 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 75 | 2203 | 29.4 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Beaird | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lee Benard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Don Bowman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Dieter Brock | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Elton Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 |
Richard Crump | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Frank | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Heighton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 0 |
Harry Knight | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob LaRose | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Calvin Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Butch Norman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Gord Paterson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vince Phason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bernie Ruoff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Scott | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Southwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Merv Walker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Walters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Washington | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 24 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 58 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 12 | 18 | 18 |
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