1979 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
| 4th place • Western Conference • 4-12-0 .250 |
| Head Coach: Ray Jauch |
| Leo McKillip | Defensive |
| Ellis Rainsberger | Offensive Line |
| Gene Stauber | Defensive Line |
| Bob Vespaziani | Offensive |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 6/10/1979 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 13-35 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21584 | |
| Mon | 6/18/1979 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 12-13 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18870 | |
| Tue | 6/26/1979 | A | British Columbia Lions | 6-12 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 17511 | |
| Wed | 7/4/1979 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16-10 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21501 | |
| Tue | 7/10/1979 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 10-28 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24024 | |
| Wed | 7/18/1979 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 7-35 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 33196 | |
| Tue | 7/24/1979 | H | British Columbia Lions | 18-19 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24727 | |
| Tue | 8/7/1979 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 10-25 | L | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 41232 | |
| Tue | 8/14/1979 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 27-21 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24660 | |
| Tue | 8/21/1979 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 13-41 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 42778 | |
| Tue | 8/28/1979 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 30-1 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25159 | |
| Mon | 9/3/1979 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 28-11 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 22190 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1979 | H | British Columbia Lions | 15-17 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 27203 | |
| Sat | 9/15/1979 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 19-22 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25644 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1979 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 23-28 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 30125 | |
| Sat | 9/29/1979 | A | British Columbia Lions | 21-22 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23964 | |
| Mon | 10/8/1979 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 13-18 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 22429 | |
| Sat | 10/13/1979 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 15-19 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 35106 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1979 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23-14 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 23032 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1979 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 11-19 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 42778 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Marv Allemang | 58 | OG-C | 6-3 | 255 | 26 | Acadia | 16 | |
| John Anderson | DE | 6-3 | 239 | 23 | Alcorn State | 1 | ||
| Vic Anonsen | WR | 5-10 | 178 | 25 | Manitoba | 2 | ||
| John Bonk | 43 | C | 6-2 | 245 | 29 | none | 16 | |
| Dieter Brock | 5 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | Auburn; Jacksonville State | 15 | |
| Frank Dark | 29 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | Ferrum JC; Virginia Union | 2 | |
| Linden Davidson | 63 | OT | 6-4 | 253 | 24 | Ottawa | 7 | |
| Mike DuPree | DE | 6-2 | 224 | 22 | Florida | 2 | ||
| Bill Ellenbogen | OT | 6-5 | 258 | 29 | Buffalo; Virginia Tech | 3 | ||
| Bart Evans | 54 | OG | 6-2 | 240 | 27 | Manitoba | 6 | |
| Leo Ezerins | 72 | LB | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | Whitworth | 16 | |
| Steve Gelley | 22 | DB | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 13 | |
| Brian Gervais | 28 | WR | 6-0 | 192 | 28 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| John Helton | 99 | DT | 6-3 | 255 | 32 | Arizona State | 16 | |
| Brian Herosian | 30 | DB | 6-3 | 200 | 29 | Connecticut | 4 | |
| Mike Holmes | 70 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 29 | Texas Southern | 16 | |
| Richard Holmes | 39 | RB | 5-10 | 222 | 27 | Winston-Salem State; Chowan JC; Edinboro | 4 | |
| Rick House | 31 | RB | 5-10 | 180 | 22 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Billy Howard | 73 | DT | 6-4 | 255 | 29 | Alcorn State | 16 | |
| Walt Howard | 78 | TE | 6-5 | 223 | 24 | Wyoming | 1 | |
| Les Huggins | WR | 6-3 | 205 | 25 | York | 4 | ||
| Gerry Inglis | C | 6-0 | 232 | 25 | Alberta | 4 | ||
| Greg Johnson | 74 | DE | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | Florida State | 2 | |
| Greg Kindle | 54 | OG | 6-4 | 256 | 29 | Tennessee State | 7 | |
| Harry Kruger | DB | 5-10 | 175 | 25 | Calgary | 3 | ||
| Willie Lee | DT | 6-4 | 250 | 29 | Bethune-Cookman | 1 | ||
| Leon Lyszkiewicz | 56 | DT | 6-4 | 240 | 24 | Alberta | 16 | |
| Ron Mabra | DB | 5-10 | 169 | 28 | Howard | 1 | ||
| Duncan MacKinlay | 55 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Western Ontario | 11 | |
| John Malinosky | 67 | OT | 6-5 | 260 | 24 | Michigan State | 16 | |
| John Martini | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Toronto | 5 | ||
| John McCorquindale | 35 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Brigham Young | 16 | |
| Martin Mitchell | 29 | DB | 6-1 | 180 | 25 | Tulane | 1 | |
| Bobby Molden | 64 | DE | 6-5 | 248 | 24 | Mississippi State | 3 | |
| Butch Norman | 66 | OT | 6-5 | 251 | 27 | Marion Military Institute JC; Alabama | 13 | |
| Bob O'Doherty | 77 | WR | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Queen's | 12 | |
| Walt Passaglia | 24 | K-WR | 5-11 | 183 | 22 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Gord Paterson | 34 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 29 | Manitoba | 11 | |
| Vince Phason | 9 | DB | 5-10 | 190 | 26 | Arizona | 16 | |
| Tennie Pierce | TE | 6-5 | 220 | 24 | Northridge State | 2 | ||
| Reggie Pierson | 8 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma State | 16 | |
| Joe Poplawski | 71 | WR | 6-1 | 180 | 22 | Alberta | 2 | |
| Ed Preston | 33 | DB | 6-1 | 173 | 25 | Arkansas State | 6 | |
| James Reed | 57 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | San Jose CC; California | 12 | |
| Larry Riley | 25 | DB | 5-10 | 195 | 25 | Salem | 3 | |
| Gary Rosolowich | 21 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Boise State | 16 | |
| Bernie Ruoff | 10 | K-P | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | Syracuse | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Schultz | 52 | LB | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Gary Silvestri | 76 | DE | 6-5 | 233 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 9 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 61 | OG | 6-8 | 290 | 22 | Kansas State | 5 | |
| Bob Toogood | 32 | LB | 6-2 | 223 | 31 | Manitoba | 16 | |
| Bill Troup | 6 | QB | 6-5 | 220 | 28 | Virginia; South Carolina | 16 | |
| Charlie Turner | 60 | OT | 6-1 | 243 | 36 | Ohio University | 11 | |
| Brad Wagner | DB | 6-1 | 180 | 24 | Coffeyville CC; Kansas State | 3 | ||
| Jim Washington | 27 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | Clemson | 16 | |
| Larry Washington | 27 | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Tennessee-Martin | 6 | |
| Ricky Wesson | 26 | DB | 5-9 | 163 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 10 | |
| Charley Williams | DB | 6-1 | 180 | 26 | Jackson State | 1 | ||
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Rick Chernoff | TE | Manitoba |
| Bill Yaworsky | DE | Manitoba |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Rick House | RB | Simon Fraser |
| 2 | 14 | Jim Dziedzina | TE | Simon Fraser |
| 3 | 22 | Walt Passaglia | WR | Simon Fraser |
| 3 | 23 | Doug Biggerstaff | DE | British Columbia |
| 4 | 31 | Chris Brewer | DE | Acadia |
| 4 | 32 | Jim McHugh | LB | McMaster |
| 5 | 41 | Bob McEachern | LB | Weber State |
| 6 | 50 | Gerry Hatherly | LB | Manitoba |
| 7 | 59 | Barry Safniuk | RB | Manitoba |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 82 | 89 | 64 | 48 | 283 |
| Opponents Totals | 82 | 81 | 76 | 101 | 340 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 256 | 83 | 146 | 27 | 125 | 1047 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 310 | 103 | 177 | 26 | 153 | 1203 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Ruoff | 0 | 18 | 22 | 81.8 | 0 | 0 | - | 39 | 52 | 75.0 | 16 | 0 | 151 |
| Mike Holmes | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Jim Washington | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Walt Passaglia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dieter Brock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Brian Gervais | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rick House | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gord Paterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tennie Pierce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Troup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 22 | 18 | 22 | 81.8 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 52 | 75.0 | 16 | 0 | 283 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 28 | 2 | 34 | 52 | 65.4 | 24 | 1 | 340 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Washington | 204 | 918 | 4.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Larry Washington | 51 | 195 | 3.8 | 18 | 1 |
| Richard Holmes | 29 | 130 | 4.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Dieter Brock | 30 | 97 | 3.2 | 17 | 1 |
| Bill Troup | 16 | 32 | 2.0 | 8 | 1 |
| John McCorquindale | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Gary Rosolowich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Holmes | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Rick House | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 337 | 1381 | 4.1 | 31 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 417 | 1962 | 4.7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieter Brock | 354 | 194 | 194 | 148 | 2383 | 6.7 | 12.3 | 75 | 15 | 4.2 | 12 | 3.4 | 75.8 | |||
| Bill Troup | 148 | 81 | 81 | 59 | 963 | 6.5 | 11.9 | 53 | 3 | 2.0 | 8 | 5.4 | 59.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 502 | 275 | 54.8 | 207 | 3346 | 6.7 | 12.2 | 75 | 18 | 3.6 | 20 | 4.0 | 70.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 455 | 256 | 56.3 | 183 | 3730 | 8.2 | 14.6 | 16 | 3.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Holmes | 60 | 1034 | 17.2 | 75 | 10 |
| Walt Passaglia | 51 | 626 | 12.3 | 62 | 2 |
| Gord Paterson | 40 | 454 | 11.4 | 31 | 1 |
| Jim Washington | 37 | 259 | 7.0 | 32 | 2 |
| Brian Gervais | 35 | 413 | 11.8 | 38 | 1 |
| Rick House | 15 | 261 | 17.4 | 48 | 1 |
| Bob O'Doherty | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Larry Washington | 7 | 45 | 6.4 | 20 | 0 |
| John McCorquindale | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Tennie Pierce | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 26 | 1 |
| Richard Holmes | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Poplawski | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Howard | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 275 | 3346 | 12.2 | 75 | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 256 | 3730 | 14.6 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Wesson | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Reggie Pierson | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Gary Rosolowich | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Frank Dark | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Vince Phason | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| James Reed | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Harry Kruger | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Leo Ezerins | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Toogood | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 144 | 9.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 224 | 11.2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Ruoff | 133 | 5999 | 45.1 | 68 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 133 | 5999 | 45.1 | 68 | - | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 135 | 5968 | 44.2 | - |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Holmes | 43 | 300 | 7.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Ricky Wesson | 25 | 205 | 8.2 | 40 | 0 |
| Vince Phason | 10 | 153 | 15.3 | 48 | 0 |
| Gary Rosolowich | 19 | 52 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Ron Mabra | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Reggie Pierson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Charley Williams | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 103 | 753 | 7.3 | 48 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 117 | 1018 | 8.7 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Ruoff | 50 | 2976 | 59.5 | 90 | 5 |
| Team Totals | 50 | 2976 | 59.5 | 85 | 5 |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Phason | 18 | 434 | 24.1 | 44 | 0 |
| Mike Holmes | 15 | 401 | 26.7 | 47 | 0 |
| Ricky Wesson | 9 | 200 | 22.2 | 39 | 0 |
| Richard Holmes | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 50 | 0 |
| Duncan MacKinlay | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Brian Gervais | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| John Bonk | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John McCorquindale | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 50 | 1179 | 23.6 | 50 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 1065 | 23.7 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Bonk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dieter Brock | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Ezerins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Brian Gervais | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Helton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Holmes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Holmes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Howard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Greg Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Kruger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leon Lyszkiewicz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Mabra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gord Paterson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Phason | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Pierson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| James Reed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Rosolowich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Bernie Ruoff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Schultz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Turner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Washington | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Wesson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 41 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 9 | 9 |
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