1977 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Conference • 10-6-0 .625 |
| Head Coach: Bud Riley |
| Jim Erkenbeck | Assistant Coach |
| Dick Monroe | Assistant Coach |
| Del Wigt | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 6/15/1977 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 24-17 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17736 | |
| Wed | 6/22/1977 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27-19 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 17213 | |
| Tue | 6/28/1977 | A | British Columbia Lions | 34-17 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 13428 | |
| Tue | 7/5/1977 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 28-11 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18502 | |
| Tue | 7/12/1977 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 33-11 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24844 | |
| Mon | 7/18/1977 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 29-26 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 25842 | |
| Wed | 7/27/1977 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 13-43 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Thu | 8/11/1977 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 10-27 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 63330 | |
| Wed | 8/17/1977 | H | British Columbia Lions | 17-25 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Tue | 8/23/1977 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 35-12 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 26836 | |
| Tue | 8/30/1977 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 20-19 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25036 | |
| Mon | 9/5/1977 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18-26 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 22616 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1977 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 39-17 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1977 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 10-16 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 26657 | |
| Sat | 9/24/1977 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 36-24 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 23211 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1977 | H | British Columbia Lions | 19-15 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Mon | 10/10/1977 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 24-31 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 26123 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1977 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 29-10 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 49242 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1977 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 19-13 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 23653 | |
| Sat | 11/5/1977 | A | British Columbia Lions | 31-21 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 30580 | |
| Western Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/12/1977 | A | British Columbia Lions | 32-33 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 27105 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| John Babinecz | 70 | LB | 6-1 | 222 | 27 | Villanova | 6 | |
| Lee Benard | 26 | DB | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | Manitoba | 16 | |
| John Bonk | 43 | OG | 6-2 | 245 | 27 | none | 16 | |
| Don Bowman | WR | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Western Ontario | 1 | ||
| Dieter Brock | 5 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Auburn; Jacksonville State | 16 | |
| Buddy Brown | 56 | OG | 6-1 | 255 | 27 | Alabama | 13 | |
| Elton Brown | 63 | DT | 6-2 | 254 | 26 | San Diego CC; Utah State | 16 | |
| Ray Clark | DB | 5-11 | 183 | 32 | Simon Fraser | 9 | ||
| Richard Crump | 33 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | Miami-Dade JC; Jacksonville State | 16 | |
| Bill Ferguson | LB | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Washington; Grossmont JC; San Diego State | 10 | ||
| Randy Halsall | 61 | DT | 6-3 | 255 | 28 | Wake Forest | 16 | |
| Jim Harris | DB | 5-10 | 171 | 25 | none | 1 | ||
| Jeff Hart | OT | 6-5 | 252 | 24 | Oregon State | 3 | ||
| Jim Heighton | 58 | DE | 6-3 | 252 | 33 | none | 16 | |
| Brian Herosian | 30 | DB | 6-3 | 200 | 27 | Connecticut | 16 | |
| Mike Holmes | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | Texas Southern | 6 | ||
| Ray Honey | 64 | OT | 6-4 | 255 | 23 | Drake | 12 | |
| Billy Howard | DE | 6-4 | 255 | 27 | Alcorn State | 4 | ||
| Don Hubbard | 53 | DT | 6-0 | 250 | 25 | New Mexico | 11 | |
| Dave Knechtel | DT | 6-3 | 247 | 32 | Wilfrid Laurier | 4 | ||
| Harry Knight | 6 | QB | 6-3 | 208 | 24 | Richmond | 16 | |
| Rick Koswin | 8 | WR | 6-2 | 201 | 23 | Manitoba | 16 | |
| Gary Krahn | 55 | OG | 6-2 | 242 | 22 | North Dakota | 3 | |
| Chuck Liebrock | OG | 6-1 | 245 | 32 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia); Hillsdale | 10 | ||
| Mark McDonald | 74 | WR | 5-10 | 170 | 26 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Washington | 10 | |
| Butch Norman | 66 | OT | 6-5 | 251 | 25 | Marion Military Institute JC; Alabama | 11 | |
| Gord Paterson | 34 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Manitoba | 16 | |
| Vince Phason | 9 | DB | 5-10 | 190 | 24 | Arizona | 16 | |
| Gary Rosolowich | 35 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | Boise State | 15 | |
| Bernie Ruoff | 10 | P-K | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Syracuse | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 21 | WR | 5-10 | 170 | 26 | San Mateo JC; Washington | 16 | |
| Steve Scully | OT | 6-2 | 270 | 25 | Syracuse | 3 | ||
| Marty Smith | DT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Louisville | 1 | ||
| Ron Southwick | 62 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | McMaster | 16 | |
| Bob Swift | 44 | C | 6-1 | 233 | 34 | Clemson | 16 | |
| John Taylor | OT | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | El Camino JC; Pacific | 5 | ||
| Bob Toogood | 78 | LB | 6-2 | 223 | 29 | Manitoba | 16 | |
| Merv Walker | 24 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | none | 16 | |
| Tom Walker | 32 | RB | 6-1 | 225 | 28 | Simon Fraser; Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
| Harry Walters | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | Maryland | 16 | |
| Joey Walters | 29 | WR | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | Clemson | 4 | |
| Jim Washington | 27 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Clemson | 16 | |
| Mike Washington | WR | 5-9 | 173 | 22 | Texas Lutheran | 5 | ||
| Slade Willis | 73 | WR | 6-1 | 180 | 27 | Drake | 10 | |
| Chuck Wills | 28 | DB | 6-3 | 195 | 24 | Oregon | 16 | |
| Lyall Woznesensky | 75 | DE | 6-7 | 240 | 23 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Gary Rosolowich | DB | Boise State |
| Lyall Woznesensky | DE | Simon Fraser |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Ray Honey | OT | Drake |
| 3 | 22 | Duncan MacKinlay | LB | Western Ontario |
| 4 | 31 | Jamie Bone | QB | Western Ontario |
| 5 | 40 | John McCorquindale | RB | Brigham Young |
| 6 | 49 | Al Bowness | RB | Manitoba |
| 7 | 58 | Doyle Matheson | DB | Calgary |
| 8 | 67 | Peter Capobianco | LB | West Alabama |
| 9 | 76 | Gary Krahn | LB | North Dakota |
| 10 | 85 | Wayne Parizeau | QB | Wilfrid Laurier |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 71 | 125 | 57 | 129 | 382 |
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 97 | 74 | 98 | 336 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 297 | 122 | 158 | 17 | 125 | 1161 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 253 | 105 | 126 | 22 | 135 | 1141 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Ruoff | 0 | 38 | 39 | 97.4 | 0 | - | 25 | 57 | 43.9 | 21 | 0 | 134 | |
| Tom Scott | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||
| Richard Crump | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||
| Dieter Brock | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Jim Washington | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Gord Paterson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Rick Koswin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bob Toogood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Tom Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Slade Willis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Mike Holmes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 41 | 38 | 39 | 97.4 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 57 | 43.9 | 21 | 1 | 382 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 29 | 2 | 30 | 39 | 76.9 | 9 | 0 | 336 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Washington | 252 | 1262 | 5.0 | 54 | 5 |
| Richard Crump | 138 | 675 | 4.9 | 71 | 4 |
| Dieter Brock | 62 | 220 | 3.5 | 26 | 6 |
| Tom Walker | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 7 | 1 |
| Tom Scott | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Harry Knight | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 464 | 2178 | 4.7 | 71 | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 416 | 2132 | 5.1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieter Brock | 418 | 242 | 57.9 | 157 | 3063 | 7.3 | 12.7 | 98 | 23 | 5.5 | 19 | 4.5 | 80.3 | |||
| Harry Knight | 80 | 41 | 51.3 | 34 | 489 | 6.1 | 11.9 | 39 | 1 | 1.3 | 5 | 6.3 | 48.4 | |||
| Team Totals | 498 | 283 | 56.8 | 191 | 3552 | 7.1 | 12.6 | 98 | 24 | 4.8 | 24 | 4.8 | 75.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 459 | 224 | 48.8 | 208 | 3007 | 6.6 | 13.4 | 27 | 5.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gord Paterson | 67 | 882 | 13.2 | 58 | 5 |
| Tom Scott | 66 | 1079 | 16.3 | 98 | 10 |
| Richard Crump | 48 | 386 | 8.0 | 46 | 3 |
| Jim Washington | 33 | 263 | 8.0 | 61 | 1 |
| Mark McDonald | 24 | 241 | 10.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Washington | 8 | 107 | 13.4 | 39 | 0 |
| Slade Willis | 6 | 124 | 20.7 | 45 | 1 |
| Rick Koswin | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 32 | 1 |
| Joey Walters | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Holmes | 19 | 328 | 17.3 | 55 | 3 |
| Team Totals | 283 | 3552 | 12.6 | 98 | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 224 | 3007 | 13.4 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merv Walker | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 43 | 0 |
| Vince Phason | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Harry Walters | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Chuck Wills | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Lee Benard | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 39 | 0 |
| Brian Herosian | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Toogood | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Jim Heighton | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 402 | 14.9 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 510 | 21.3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Ruoff | 131 | 5695 | 43.5 | 81 | 3 | |
| Team Totals | 131 | 5695 | 43.5 | 81 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 157 | 6898 | 43.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Rosolowich | 60 | 590 | 9.8 | 46 | 0 |
| Richard Crump | 31 | 329 | 10.6 | 42 | 0 |
| Mike Washington | 13 | 127 | 9.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Merv Walker | 9 | 112 | 12.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Vince Phason | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Brian Herosian | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Joey Walters | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Chuck Wills | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 130 | 1242 | 9.6 | 46 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 125 | 867 | 6.9 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Ruoff | 69 | 3776 | 54.7 | 95 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 69 | 3776 | 54.7 | 95 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Scott | 19 | 395 | 20.8 | 47 | 0 |
| Richard Crump | 13 | 341 | 26.2 | 71 | 0 |
| Gary Rosolowich | 13 | 286 | 22.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Joey Walters | 8 | 193 | 24.1 | 36 | 0 |
| Mike Washington | 4 | 108 | 27.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Gord Paterson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Holmes | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Tom Walker | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Clark | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Bonk | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Merv Walker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 65 | 1370 | 21.1 | 71 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 1430 | 22.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Benard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| Dieter Brock | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Ray Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Crump | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Ferguson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Halsall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jeff Hart | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Heighton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Herosian | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Ray Honey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Hubbard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Knight | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gord Paterson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Phason | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Rosolowich | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Ruoff | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Southwick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Toogood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Merv Walker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Walters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Washington | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Washington | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slade Willis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Wills | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lyall Woznesensky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 24 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 43 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 24 | 24 |
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