1981 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Division • 11-5-0 .688 |
| Head Coach: Ray Jauch |
| Leo McKillip | Defensive Coordinator |
| Ellis Rainsberger | Assistant Coach |
| Gene Stauber | Assistant Coach |
| Bob Vespaziani | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 6/3/1981 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 10-19 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18590 | |
| Wed | 6/10/1981 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 16-25 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18405 | |
| Sat | 6/20/1981 | A | British Columbia Lions | 18-28 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 15931 | |
| Fri | 6/26/1981 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 16-14 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 28579 | |
| Sun | 7/5/1981 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 23-33 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21219 | |
| Sun | 7/12/1981 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 22-20 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 24740 | |
| Sun | 7/19/1981 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 38-28 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25745 | |
| Thu | 7/30/1981 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 21-18 | W | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 36102 | |
| Sat | 8/8/1981 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 58-2 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 32896 | |
| Fri | 8/14/1981 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 17-18 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 32349 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1981 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 10-28 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 43346 | |
| Fri | 8/28/1981 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 31-8 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 26031 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1981 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 25-32 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 31773 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1981 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 13-25 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 24130 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1981 | H | British Columbia Lions | 46-10 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 27930 | |
| Sat | 10/3/1981 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 44-24 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 15523 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1981 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 43-12 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 22717 | |
| Sat | 10/17/1981 | A | British Columbia Lions | 49-22 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 23826 | |
| Sat | 10/24/1981 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 33-13 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 20487 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1981 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 44-6 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 27489 | |
| Western Semi-Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/8/1981 | H | British Columbia Lions | 11-15 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 32936 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Marv Allemang | DE | 6-3 | 255 | 28 | Acadia | 4 | ||
| Nick Bastaja | 65 | OT | 6-2 | 255 | 28 | Simon Fraser | 15 | |
| Paul Bennett | 27 | DB | 5-10 | 195 | 27 | Wilfrid Laurier | 15 | |
| John Bonk | 43 | C | 6-2 | 245 | 31 | none | 16 | |
| Dieter Brock | 5 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 30 | Auburn; Jacksonville State | 16 | |
| Don Burrell | 22 | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Indiana; Mississippi State | 11 | |
| Larry Butler | 68 | OG | 6-3 | 250 | 29 | Appalachian State | 16 | |
| Mike Calhoun | DE | 6-4 | 260 | 24 | Notre Dame | 1 | ||
| Bob Cameron | 6 | P | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Acadia | 16 | 0 |
| Pete Catan | 53 | DE | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Eastern Illinois | 14 | |
| Ron Cherkas | 60 | DT | 6-4 | 240 | 28 | Utah | 16 | |
| Ken Ciancone | 76 | LB | 6-4 | 210 | 23 | Utah State | 16 | |
| Mike Collymore | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | none | 5 | ||
| Peter Crepin | 10 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 29 | none | 8 | |
| Jimmy Edwards | RB | 5-9 | 185 | 29 | Oklahoma; Louisiana-Monroe | 1 | ||
| Leo Ezerins | 72 | LB | 6-4 | 225 | 25 | Whitworth | 16 | |
| Bob Gaddis | WR | 5-11 | 178 | 29 | Mississippi Valley State | 2 | ||
| Eugene Goodlow | 34 | WR | 6-2 | 185 | 23 | Kansas State | 16 | |
| Obie Graves | 24 | RB | 5-9 | 170 | 24 | Citrus JC; Fullerton State | 11 | |
| John Helton | 99 | DT | 6-3 | 255 | 34 | Arizona State | 14 | |
| York Hentschel | 52 | DT | 6-3 | 250 | 28 | 14 | ||
| Mike Holmes | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 31 | Texas Southern | 1 | ||
| Rick House | 31 | WR | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Dan Huclack | 30 | RB | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Simon Fraser | 15 | |
| Mark Jackson | 7 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Baylor | 16 | |
| Trevor Kennerd | 3 | K | 5-6 | 170 | 26 | Alberta | 16 | 0 |
| John Konihowski | 73 | WR | 6-3 | 190 | 31 | Saskatchewan | 14 | |
| Dock Luckie | DT | 6-2 | 270 | 22 | Florida | 1 | ||
| Pete Martell | 37 | LB | 6-1 | 215 | 22 | St. Francis Xavier | 3 | |
| William Miller | 33 | RB | 5-9 | 190 | 24 | Ouachita Baptist | 10 | |
| Ian Mofford | 28 | RB | 5-9 | 180 | 27 | none | 11 | |
| Tony Norman | 55 | DE | 6-5 | 270 | 26 | Iowa State | 16 | |
| Bob O'Doherty | 79 | WR | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Queen's | 12 | |
| Vernon Pahl | 54 | LB | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Prince Edward Island | 15 | |
| Vince Phason | 9 | DB | 5-10 | 190 | 28 | Arizona | 16 | |
| Reggie Pierson | 8 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 29 | Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma State | 16 | |
| Joe Poplawski | 71 | SB | 6-1 | 180 | 24 | Alberta | 16 | |
| James Reed | 57 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | San Jose CC; California | 16 | |
| Dick Rigelhof | LB | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | North Dakota | 2 | ||
| Gary Rosolowich | 21 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Boise State | 16 | |
| Franky Smith | 56 | OT | 6-6 | 279 | 25 | Alabama A&M | 16 | |
| Willie Thomas | 50 | OG | 6-1 | 227 | 26 | Calgary | 16 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 61 | OT | 6-8 | 290 | 24 | Kansas State | 16 | |
| Chris Walby | DT | 6-7 | 275 | 25 | Dickinson State | 2 | ||
| Bruce Wilkins | RB | 6-1 | 215 | 28 | Bishop's; Concordia (Quebec) | 9 | ||
| Charley Williams | 20 | DB | 6-1 | 180 | 28 | Jackson State | 14 | |
| DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College |
| Perry Kuras | OG | North Dakota |
| DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 16 | Dave Brown | WR | Alberta |
| 3 | 25 | Hubert Walsh | RB | Acadia |
| 4 | 34 | Dick Rigelhof | LB | North Dakota |
| 5 | 43 | Martin Pardell | RB | Alberta |
| 6 | 52 | Hugh Goodman | DL | Acadia |
| 7 | 61 | Pete Martell | RB | St. Francis Xavier |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 116 | 202 | 77 | 122 | 517 |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 87 | 53 | 113 | 299 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 391 | 115 | 245 | 31 | 116 | 1013 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 304 | 78 | 202 | 24 | 135 | 1005 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Kennerd | 0 | 55 | 55 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | - | 39 | 58 | 67.2 | 13 | 0 | 185 |
| Eugene Goodlow | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||
| Rick House | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Obie Graves | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Joe Poplawski | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| William Miller | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Dan Huclack | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Charley Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don Burrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ken Ciancone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Gaddis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Cameron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chris Walby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 55 | 55 | 55 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 58 | 67.2 | 15 | 0 | 517 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 21 | 3 | 20 | 37 | 54.1 | 14 | 1 | 299 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Miller | 132 | 684 | 5.2 | 39 | 4 |
| Obie Graves | 132 | 661 | 5.0 | 36 | 8 |
| Dieter Brock | 35 | 116 | 3.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Jimmy Edwards | 18 | 67 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Dan Huclack | 20 | 64 | 3.2 | 7 | 2 |
| Bruce Wilkins | 8 | 47 | 5.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Mark Jackson | 13 | 35 | 2.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Ian Mofford | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 361 | 1685 | 4.7 | 14 | |
| Opponents Totals | 286 | 1338 | 4.7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieter Brock | 566 | 354 | 62.5 | 197 | 4796 | 8.5 | 13.5 | 85 | 32 | 5.7 | 15 | 2.7 | 97.3 | |||
| Mark Jackson | 52 | 37 | 71.2 | 15 | 435 | 8.4 | 11.8 | 35 | 4 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 121.9 | |||
| Team Totals | 618 | 391 | 63.3 | 212 | 5231 | 8.5 | 13.4 | 36 | 5.8 | 15 | 2.4 | 99.4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 548 | 286 | 52.2 | 234 | 4273 | 7.8 | 14.9 | 28 | 5.1 | 46 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Goodlow | 100 | 1494 | 14.9 | 85 | 14 |
| Joe Poplawski | 84 | 1271 | 15.1 | 55 | 8 |
| Rick House | 61 | 1102 | 18.1 | 81 | 10 |
| Obie Graves | 48 | 361 | 7.5 | 25 | 1 |
| Dan Huclack | 26 | 209 | 8.0 | 18 | 0 |
| William Miller | 24 | 236 | 9.8 | 60 | 2 |
| John Konihowski | 20 | 254 | 12.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Ian Mofford | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob O'Doherty | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jimmy Edwards | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Gaddis | 12 | 154 | 12.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Bruce Wilkins | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Michael Collymore | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mark Jackson | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 391 | 5231 | 13.4 | 36 | |
| Opponents Totals | 286 | 4273 | 14.9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Pierson | 7 | 107 | 15.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Vince Phason | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Leo Ezerins | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Charley Williams | 3 | 135 | 45.0 | 67 | 2 |
| Don Burrell | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 15 | 0 |
| James Reed | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Peter Crepin | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Gary Rosolowich | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Paul Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 514 | 18.4 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 195 | 13.0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Cameron | 96 | 4249 | 44.3 | 69 | 2 | |
| Team Totals | 96 | 4249 | 44.3 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 134 | 5895 | 44.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Bennett | 72 | 892 | 12.4 | 49 | 0 |
| Ian Mofford | 20 | 127 | 6.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Gary Rosolowich | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Reggie Pierson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Burrell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 102 | 1067 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 91 | 952 | 10.5 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Kennerd | 85 | 4874 | 57.3 | 90 | 2 |
| Joe Poplawski | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 86 | 4888 | 56.8 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Phason | 13 | 330 | 25.4 | 41 | 0 |
| Paul Bennett | 9 | 223 | 24.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Don Burrell | 5 | 206 | 41.2 | 110 | 1 |
| William Miller | 5 | 195 | 39.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Obie Graves | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Eugene Goodlow | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Ian Mofford | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Gaddis | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bruce Wilkins | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jimmy Edwards | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Vernon Pahl | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| John Konihowski | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Poplawski | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Cherkas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 49 | 1213 | 24.8 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 81 | 1820 | 22.5 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Tony Norman | 12.0 | |
| Pete Catan | 10.0 | |
| John Helton | 7.0 | |
| Vernon Pahl | 4.0 | |
| James Reed | 3.0 | |
| Leo Ezerins | 3.0 | |
| York Hentschel | 2.0 | |
| Ken Ciancone | 2.0 | |
| Dock Luckie | 1.0 | |
| Ron Cherkas | 1.0 | |
| Paul Bennett | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 46.0 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Bennett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dieter Brock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Cameron | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Catan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Ciancone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jimmy Edwards | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Ezerins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 0 |
| Eugene Goodlow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Obie Graves | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Jackson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Miller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Mofford | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Norman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 0 |
| Vernon Pahl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Phason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 0 |
| Reggie Pierson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Poplawski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Reed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Walby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bruce Wilkins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 72 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 11 | 11 |
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