1978 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Conference • 9-7-0 .563 |
| Head Coach: Ray Jauch |
| Leo McKillip | Assistant Coach |
| Ellis Rainsberger | Assistant Coach |
| Gene Stauber | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 6/14/1978 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23-14 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 22527 | |
| Thu | 6/22/1978 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 4-35 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 37207 | |
| Wed | 6/28/1978 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 21-10 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 23196 | |
| Tue | 7/4/1978 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 28-27 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 22795 | |
| Tue | 7/11/1978 | A | British Columbia Lions | 14-30 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 25808 | |
| Tue | 7/18/1978 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 28-29 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25973 | |
| Wed | 8/2/1978 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23-13 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 26619 | |
| Wed | 8/9/1978 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 29-7 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 22647 | |
| Wed | 8/16/1978 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 21-29 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 26259 | |
| Wed | 8/23/1978 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 8-14 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 24962 | |
| Tue | 8/29/1978 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 36-10 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 27201 | |
| Mon | 9/4/1978 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 31-29 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 22451 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1978 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 31-29 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 26282 | |
| Sat | 9/16/1978 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 19-14 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 27201 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1978 | H | British Columbia Lions | 32-25 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 27201 | |
| Sat | 9/30/1978 | A | British Columbia Lions | 38-27 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23345 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1978 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 10-38 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 28080 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1978 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13-7 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 19614 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1978 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 24-28 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 26781 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1978 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 14-22 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 26868 | |
| Western Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/12/1978 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 4-38 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 26888 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tim Allan | OT | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Toronto | 1 | ||
| Wayne Allison | 22 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 29 | Waterloo; Wilfrid Laurier | 9 | |
| John Bonk | 43 | C | 6-2 | 245 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Dieter Brock | 5 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Auburn; Jacksonville State | 16 | |
| Buddy Brown | 65 | OG | 6-1 | 255 | 28 | Alabama | 16 | |
| Elton Brown | DE | 6-2 | 254 | 27 | San Diego CC; Utah State | 6 | ||
| Mark Brown | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Guelph | 1 | ||
| Bill Carroll | OE | 6-5 | 230 | 25 | East Texas A&M | 2 | ||
| Ray Clark | DB | 5-11 | 183 | 33 | Simon Fraser | 1 | ||
| Richard Crump | 33 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | Miami-Dade JC; Jacksonville State | 16 | |
| Marvin Davis | DE | 6-4 | 235 | 26 | Southern University | 2 | ||
| Dee Jay Donlin | 26 | QB | 6-1 | 188 | 22 | Augustana (South Dakota) | 4 | |
| Leo Ezerins | 72 | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 22 | Whitworth | 16 | |
| Brian Gervais | 28 | WR | 6-0 | 192 | 27 | Western Ontario | 12 | |
| Randy Halsall | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 29 | Wake Forest | 6 | ||
| Bud Harden | QB | 6-0 | 180 | 28 | Manitoba | 2 | ||
| Jeff Hart | 67 | OT | 6-5 | 252 | 25 | Oregon State | 14 | |
| Jim Heighton | 58 | DE | 6-3 | 252 | 34 | none | 16 | |
| Brian Herosian | 30 | DB | 6-3 | 200 | 28 | Connecticut | 15 | |
| Mike Holmes | 70 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | Texas Southern | 13 | |
| Billy Howard | 73 | DT | 6-4 | 255 | 28 | Alcorn State | 12 | |
| Gerry Inglis | 48 | C | 6-0 | 232 | 24 | Alberta | 10 | |
| Greg Johnson | DE | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Florida State | 8 | ||
| Greg Kindle | 54 | OG | 6-4 | 256 | 28 | Tennessee State | 13 | |
| Dave Knechtel | DT | 6-3 | 247 | 33 | Wilfrid Laurier | 3 | ||
| Harry Knight | QB | 6-3 | 208 | 25 | Richmond | 5 | ||
| Terry Luck | QB | 6-3 | 205 | 26 | Nebraska | 6 | ||
| Leon Lyszkiewicz | 56 | DT | 6-4 | 240 | 23 | Alberta | 13 | |
| Duncan MacKinlay | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | Western Ontario | 14 | ||
| Charles Marshall | DT | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | Texas A&M | 3 | ||
| John McCorquindale | 35 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Brigham Young | 16 | |
| Mark McDonald | WR | 5-10 | 170 | 27 | Wenatchee Valley JC; Washington | 1 | ||
| Martin Mitchell | DB | 6-1 | 180 | 24 | Tulane | 1 | ||
| Butch Norman | 66 | OT | 6-5 | 251 | 26 | Marion Military Institute JC; Alabama | 16 | |
| Steve Okoniewski | OT | 6-3 | 247 | 29 | Washington; Everett CC; Washington; Montana | 4 | ||
| Bill Palmer | 31 | LB | 6-3 | 217 | 26 | Bowling Green State | 6 | |
| Gord Paterson | 34 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | Manitoba | 16 | |
| Darrell Penner | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Queen's | 4 | ||
| Vince Phason | 9 | DB | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | Arizona | 16 | |
| Reggie Pierson | 8 | CB | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma State | 15 | |
| Joe Poplawski | 71 | WR | 6-1 | 180 | 21 | Alberta | 16 | |
| Gary Rosolowich | 21 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Boise State | 16 | |
| Bernie Ruoff | 10 | P-K | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Syracuse | 16 | 0 |
| Marty Smith | 64 | DT | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Louisville | 2 | |
| Ron Southwick | 62 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 27 | McMaster | 16 | |
| Bob Toogood | 78 | LB | 6-2 | 223 | 30 | Manitoba | 13 | |
| Merv Walker | 24 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | none | 16 | |
| Tom Walker | 32 | RB | 6-1 | 225 | 29 | Simon Fraser; Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
| Harry Walters | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 26 | Maryland | 16 | |
| Jim Washington | 27 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | Clemson | 16 | |
| Ira Watley | OT | 6-6 | 267 | 27 | San Diego State | 1 | ||
| Chuck Wills | DB | 6-3 | 195 | 25 | Oregon | 2 | ||
| Lyall Woznesensky | 75 | DE | 6-7 | 240 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Tim Allan | OG | Toronto |
| Leo Ezerins | TE | Whitworth |
| Bernie Morrison | LB | Manitoba |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Evan Jones | TE | British Columbia |
| 2 | 13 | Bob Stracina | WR | Acadia |
| 3 | 22 | Vaughn Wright | RB | Guelph |
| 4 | 31 | Julian Hanlon | OG | Ottawa |
| 5 | 40 | Dave Neber | DE | British Columbia |
| 6 | 49 | Steve Davis | DT | Bishop's |
| 7 | 58 | Gord Bone | TE | Manitoba |
| 8 | 67 | Duane Hysop | QB | Manitoba |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 64 | 117 | 83 | 107 | 371 |
| Opponents Totals | 75 | 101 | 90 | 85 | 351 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 287 | 104 | 158 | 25 | 136 | 1248 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 287 | 98 | 166 | 23 | 150 | 1154 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Ruoff | 0 | 33 | 34 | 97.1 | 0 | - | 31 | 43 | 72.1 | 23 | 0 | 149 | |
| Mike Holmes | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||
| Jim Washington | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||
| Dieter Brock | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Gord Paterson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Ron Southwick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Joe Poplawski | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||
| Richard Crump | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Brian Gervais | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Team Totals | 37 | 33 | 34 | 97.1 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 43 | 72.1 | 23 | 0 | 371 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 32 | 0 | 34 | 49 | 69.4 | 11 | 1 | 351 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Washington | 200 | 1032 | 5.2 | 31 | 6 |
| Richard Crump | 80 | 471 | 5.9 | 103 | 3 |
| Dieter Brock | 28 | 47 | 1.7 | 12 | 3 |
| Mike Holmes | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| John McCorquindale | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Harry Knight | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Terry Luck | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 317 | 1601 | 5.1 | 103 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 389 | 1798 | 4.6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieter Brock | 486 | 294 | 60.5 | 174 | 3755 | 7.7 | 12.8 | 90 | 23 | 4.7 | 18 | 3.7 | 85.0 | |||
| Harry Knight | 30 | 16 | 53.3 | 14 | 227 | 7.6 | 14.2 | 30 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 89.2 | |||
| Terry Luck | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 11 | 70 | 3.9 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 50.7 | |||
| Jim Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Joe Poplawski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 536 | 317 | 59.1 | 200 | 4052 | 7.6 | 12.8 | 90 | 24 | 4.5 | 19 | 3.5 | 83.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 484 | 267 | 55.2 | 194 | 4001 | 8.3 | 15.0 | 23 | 4.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gord Paterson | 69 | 866 | 12.6 | 55 | 3 |
| Mike Holmes | 51 | 872 | 17.1 | 90 | 8 |
| Jim Washington | 38 | 252 | 6.6 | 30 | 1 |
| Tom Walker | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 31 | 0 |
| John McCorquindale | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Joe Poplawski | 75 | 998 | 13.3 | 44 | 8 |
| Richard Crump | 48 | 585 | 12.2 | 78 | 3 |
| Leo Ezerins | 23 | 252 | 11.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Bill Carroll | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Brian Gervais | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 50 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 317 | 4052 | 12.8 | 90 | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 267 | 4001 | 15.0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Pierson | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Gary Rosolowich | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Brian Herosian | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Harry Walters | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Ron Southwick | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 35 | 1 |
| Merv Walker | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Bob Toogood | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Vince Phason | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 280 | 12.2 | 43 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 171 | 9.0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Ruoff | 132 | 6190 | 46.9 | 76 | 10 | |
| Team Totals | 132 | 6190 | 46.9 | 76 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 137 | 6276 | 45.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Crump | 42 | 363 | 8.6 | 40 | 0 |
| Mike Holmes | 21 | 247 | 11.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Gary Rosolowich | 22 | 140 | 6.4 | 32 | 0 |
| Merv Walker | 8 | 136 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Reggie Pierson | 13 | 110 | 8.5 | 44 | 0 |
| Vince Phason | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Brian Herosian | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 112 | 1046 | 9.3 | 44 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 117 | 1056 | 9.0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Ruoff | 68 | 4132 | 60.8 | 90 | 3 |
| Joe Poplawski | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 69 | 4146 | 60.1 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Phason | 30 | 796 | 26.5 | 49 | 0 |
| Richard Crump | 27 | 773 | 28.6 | 65 | 0 |
| Mike Holmes | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 51 | 0 |
| John McCorquindale | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Harry Walters | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Leo Ezerins | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tom Walker | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Reggie Pierson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 66 | 1684 | 25.5 | 65 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 1575 | 24.6 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Allison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Bonk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Dieter Brock | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Crump | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marvin Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Herosian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Howard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Knight | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duncan MacKinlay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gord Paterson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Penner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Phason | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Rosolowich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Ruoff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Toogood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Walters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Washington | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lyall Woznesensky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 15 | 15 |
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