1983 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
2nd place • Western Division • 9-7-0 .563 |
Head Coach: Cal Murphy |
Art Asselta | Offensive Coordinator |
Freddy Glick | Linebackers |
John Gregory | Offensive Line |
Mike Riley | Defensive Backfield |
Bob Vespaziani | Defensive Coordinator |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Fri | 6/10/1983 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 4-26 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 16599 | |
Fri | 6/17/1983 | H | British Columbia Lions | 23-24 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15938 | |
Wed | 6/22/1983 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 16-34 | L | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 38951 | |
Sun | 6/26/1983 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 10-33 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 22301 | |
Fri | 7/8/1983 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 25-26 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18995 | |
Fri | 7/15/1983 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 20-18 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 39472 | |
Fri | 7/22/1983 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 29-18 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24052 | |
Sun | 8/7/1983 | A | Montreal Concordes | 30-25 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 20774 | |
Sat | 8/13/1983 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 32-16 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 27796 | |
Sat | 8/20/1983 | A | British Columbia Lions | 6-44 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 56852 | |
Sun | 8/28/1983 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 36-21 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 23032 | |
Sun | 9/4/1983 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 30-32 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 28237 | |
Sat | 9/10/1983 | H | Montreal Concordes | 18-30 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21189 | |
Fri | 9/16/1983 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 19-14 | W | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 26198 | |
Sat | 9/24/1983 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 50-19 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 26132 | |
Sat | 10/1/1983 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 34-19 | W | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 19266 | |
Mon | 10/10/1983 | H | British Columbia Lions | 18-30 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 31508 | |
Sun | 10/16/1983 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 23-42 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 25642 | |
Sun | 10/23/1983 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 33-15 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 24206 | |
Sat | 11/5/1983 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 9-33 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 32921 | |
Western Semi-Final | |||||||||
Sun | 11/13/1983 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 49-22 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 31379 | |
Western Final | |||||||||
Sun | 11/20/1983 | A | British Columbia Lions | 21-39 | L | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 59409 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Nick Bastaja | 65 | OG | 6-2 | 255 | 30 | Simon Fraser | 12 | |
Lyle Bauer | 59 | OG | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Weber State; Saskatchewan | 14 | |
Val Belcher | OG | 6-3 | 255 | 29 | Houston | 4 | ||
Paul Bennett | 27 | DB | 5-10 | 195 | 29 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
Guy Boliaux | LB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Wisconsin | 1 | ||
John Bonk | 43 | C | 6-2 | 245 | 33 | none | 16 | |
Jeff Boyd | 70 | WR | 6-2 | 180 | 25 | Los Angeles Southwest JC; Chapman | 14 | |
Dieter Brock | 5 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 32 | Auburn; Jacksonville State | 6 | |
Aaron Brown | 52 | LB | 6-2 | 238 | 27 | Ohio State | 16 | |
Bob Cameron | 6 | P | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | Acadia | 16 | 0 |
Pat Cantner | 33 | FB | 5-11 | 210 | 24 | British Columbia | 16 | |
Doug Carlson | DB | 6-1 | 195 | 31 | Colorado | 2 | ||
Pete Catan | 53 | DE | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Eastern Illinois | 11 | |
Ron Cherkas | 60 | DT | 6-4 | 240 | 30 | Utah | 5 | |
Ernie Christmas | S | 5-11 | 189 | 23 | San Francisco State | 1 | ||
Ken Ciancone | 76 | LB | 6-4 | 210 | 25 | Utah State | 16 | |
Tom Clements | 2 | QB | 5-10 | 185 | 30 | Notre Dame | 3 | |
Jerome Erdman | 29 | SB | 5-10 | 165 | 22 | Simon Fraser | 9 | |
Scott Flagel | 14 | DB | 6-2 | 190 | 22 | Arizona Western JC | 16 | |
Norman Gibbs | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Southern University | 6 | ||
Ken Hailey | 24 | CB | 5-10 | 174 | 22 | San Francisco State | 5 | |
Nickie Hall | 10 | QB | 6-4 | 205 | 24 | Tulane | 12 | |
Steve Hall | 72 | SB | 6-2 | 191 | 23 | Guelph | 5 | |
Rick House | 31 | SB | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | Simon Fraser | 14 | |
Dan Huclack | 30 | RB | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
John Hufnagel | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 194 | 32 | Penn State | 4 | |
Harold Jackmann | 56 | OG | 6-2 | 235 | 22 | Minnesota State-Moorhead | 3 | |
Mark Jackson | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Baylor | 1 | ||
Nate Johnson | WR | 5-11 | 192 | 26 | Mott CC; Hillsdale | 7 | ||
Milson Jones | RB | 6-0 | 215 | 24 | North Dakota | 4 | ||
Tyrone Jones | 69 | LB | 6-0 | 220 | 22 | Southern University | 16 | |
Sean Kehoe | 39 | RB-WR | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | Alberta | 16 | |
Trevor Kennerd | 3 | K | 5-6 | 170 | 28 | Alberta | 16 | 0 |
Doug MacIver | 64 | DT | 6-3 | 245 | 30 | Manitoba | 16 | |
Ricky Martin | WR | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | New Mexico | 2 | ||
Stan Mikawos | DT | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | North Dakota | 6 | ||
Mark Moors | 50 | C | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Acadia | 16 | |
James Murphy | 21 | WR | 5-10 | 177 | 24 | Utah State | 14 | |
Tony Norman | 55 | DE | 6-5 | 270 | 28 | Iowa State | 16 | |
Vernon Pahl | 54 | LB | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | Prince Edward Island | 16 | |
Rick Paulitsch | FB | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Alberta | 1 | ||
Reggie Pierson | 8 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 31 | Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma State | 12 | |
John Pointer | 37 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Vanderbilt | 14 | |
Joe Poplawski | 71 | SB | 6-1 | 180 | 26 | Alberta | 15 | |
Willard Reaves | 38 | RB | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | Northern Arizona | 9 | |
James Reed | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | San Jose CC; California | 1 | ||
Jason Riley | DT-DE | 6-3 | 260 | 25 | British Columbia | 3 | ||
Donovan Rose | 20 | CB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Hampton | 3 | |
David Shaw | 36 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 30 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | |
Darrell Smith | RB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Santa Ana JC; Illinois | 1 | ||
Franky Smith | OT | 6-6 | 279 | 27 | Alabama A&M | 2 | ||
John Sturdivant | DL | 6-4 | 265 | 24 | Maryland; Ohio State | 2 | ||
Ray Sullivan | 51 | DE | 6-4 | 240 | 22 | Maine | 3 | |
James Sykes | RB | 5-11 | 185 | 29 | Rice | 1 | ||
Bobby Thompson | 61 | OT | 6-8 | 290 | 26 | Kansas State | 13 | |
Wylie Turner | 28 | DB | 5-10 | 182 | 26 | Angelo State | 12 | |
Pieter Vanden Bos | 66 | DT | 6-1 | 250 | 22 | British Columbia | 6 | |
Chris Walby | 63 | OG | 6-7 | 275 | 27 | Dickinson State | 13 | |
Ken Walter | 58 | OT | 6-4 | 249 | 25 | Texas Tech | 1 | |
Kirby Wilson | 25 | DB | 5-9 | 155 | 22 | Pasadena CC; Illinois | 13 |
DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL | ||
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Player | Pos | College |
Scott Oliver | LB | Moorhead State |
DRAFT LIST - OPEN | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 7 | Jason Riley | DE | British Columbia |
3 | 25 | John Pitts | LB | Western Ontario |
4 | 34 | Pat Cantner | TE | British Columbia |
5 | 43 | Todd Turnbull | OG | Wilfrid Laurier |
6 | 52 | Fred Lyseyko | LB | Manitoba |
7 | 61 | Dave Bowness | TE | Manitoba |
8 | 70 | Danny Jakobs | DB | Manitoba |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 78 | 114 | 77 | 143 | 412 |
Opponents Totals | 61 | 152 | 99 | 90 | 402 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 322 | 105 | 191 | 26 | 128 | 1072 | |||
Opponents Totals | 320 | 106 | 189 | 25 | 111 | 1008 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trevor Kennerd | 0 | 34 | 35 | 97.1 | 0 | - | 40 | 50 | 80.0 | 12 | 0 | 166 | |
Joe Poplawski | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||
James Murphy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
Dieter Brock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Dan Huclack | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Nate Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
Bob Cameron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||
Norman Gibbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Milson Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Willard Reaves | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | |||
Jeff Boyd | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||
Sean Kehoe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
John Pointer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Team Totals | 39 | 34 | 35 | 97.1 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 50 | 80.0 | 20 | 1 | 412 | |
Opponents Totals | 41 | 37 | 1 | 30 | 43 | 69.8 | 25 | 1 | 402 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willard Reaves | 164 | 898 | 5.5 | 75 | 9 |
Nickie Hall | 27 | 193 | 7.1 | 22 | 0 |
Milson Jones | 34 | 180 | 5.3 | 69 | 1 |
Sean Kehoe | 34 | 88 | 2.6 | 14 | 2 |
James Sykes | 12 | 62 | 5.2 | 15 | 0 |
John Hufnagel | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 |
Dieter Brock | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 11 | 2 |
Dan Huclack | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 6 | 2 |
Rick Paulitsch | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Mark Jackson | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
Tom Clements | 8 | 13 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 |
Pat Cantner | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
Norman Gibbs | 10 | 10 | 1.0 | 7 | 1 |
Jeff Boyd | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
Darrell Smith | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
Team Totals | 342 | 1608 | 4.7 | 17 | |
Opponents Totals | 297 | 1571 | 5.3 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dieter Brock | 223 | 115 | 51.6 | 99 | 1892 | 8.5 | 16.5 | 82 | 10 | 4.5 | 9 | 4.0 | 78.5 | |||
Nickie Hall | 145 | 66 | 45.5 | 75 | 1092 | 7.5 | 16.5 | 48 | 4 | 2.8 | 4 | 2.8 | 69.1 | |||
John Hufnagel | 96 | 53 | 55.2 | 38 | 956 | 10.0 | 18.0 | 75 | 5 | 5.2 | 5 | 5.2 | 85.2 | |||
Tom Clements | 60 | 30 | 50.0 | 29 | 424 | 7.1 | 14.1 | 46 | 2 | 3.3 | 1 | 1.7 | 77.4 | |||
Norman Gibbs | 33 | 15 | 45.5 | 16 | 220 | 6.7 | 14.7 | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6.1 | 42.5 | |||
Mark Jackson | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 7 | 55 | 5.0 | 13.8 | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 53.2 | |||
Bob Cameron | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 29 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
Trevor Kennerd | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Team Totals | 571 | 285 | 49.9 | 265 | 4668 | 8.2 | 16.4 | 21 | 3.7 | 21 | 3.7 | 74.7 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 592 | 317 | 53.5 | 257 | 4617 | 7.8 | 14.6 | 18 | 3.0 | 53 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Murphy | 61 | 1126 | 18.5 | 82 | 4 |
Joe Poplawski | 58 | 971 | 16.7 | 41 | 8 |
Dan Huclack | 31 | 348 | 11.2 | 39 | 0 |
Rick House | 28 | 545 | 19.5 | 54 | 0 |
Nate Johnson | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 29 | 2 |
Ricky Martin | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 29 | 0 |
Milson Jones | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 |
Scott Flagel | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Jeff Boyd | 50 | 974 | 19.5 | 75 | 7 |
Willard Reaves | 16 | 185 | 11.6 | 24 | 0 |
Sean Kehoe | 13 | 120 | 9.2 | 28 | 0 |
Pat Cantner | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 25 | 0 |
Darrell Smith | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Steve Hall | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
Jerome Erdman | 7 | 111 | 15.9 | 46 | 0 |
Team Totals | 285 | 4668 | 16.4 | 21 | |
Opponents Totals | 317 | 4617 | 14.6 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Bennett | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 58 | 0 |
Wylie Turner | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 22 | 0 |
John Pointer | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 49 | 1 |
Reggie Pierson | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 38 | 0 |
Donovan Rose | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 23 | 0 |
David Shaw | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
Kirby Wilson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
Tyrone Jones | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Team Totals | 18 | 286 | 15.9 | 1 | |
Opponents Totals | 21 | 190 | 9.0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Cameron | 135 | 6337 | 46.9 | 75 | 8 | |
Team Totals | 135 | 6337 | 46.9 | |||
Opponents Totals | 160 | 7437 | 46.5 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Bennett | 97 | 890 | 9.2 | 52 | 0 |
Kirby Wilson | 16 | 186 | 11.6 | 44 | 0 |
Nate Johnson | 13 | 158 | 12.2 | 34 | 0 |
Scott Flagel | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Reggie Pierson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 128 | 1242 | 9.7 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 120 | 1160 | 9.7 |
KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trevor Kennerd | 60 | 3489 | 58.2 | 73 | 4 |
Team Totals | 60 | 3489 | 58.2 | ||
Opponents Totals |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kirby Wilson | 13 | 294 | 22.6 | 42 | 0 |
James Murphy | 10 | 221 | 22.1 | 33 | 0 |
Nate Johnson | 9 | 194 | 21.6 | 41 | 0 |
Ken Hailey | 6 | 185 | 30.8 | 69 | 0 |
Willard Reaves | 5 | 164 | 32.8 | 41 | 0 |
Darrell Smith | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 29 | 0 |
Paul Bennett | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 11 | 0 |
Joe Poplawski | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Cantner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 52 | 1184 | 22.8 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 54 | 1247 | 23.1 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Tyrone Jones | 17.5 | |
Tony Norman | 8.5 | |
Vernon Pahl | 8.0 | |
Aaron Brown | 6.0 | |
John Pointer | 5.0 | |
Pete Catan | 4.0 | |
David Shaw | 1.0 | |
Doug MacIver | 1.0 | |
Ken Ciancone | 1.0 | |
Paul Bennett | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 53.0 | |
Opponents Totals |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nick Bastaja | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Bennett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Boyd | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dieter Brock | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aaron Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Cameron | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Catan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Nickie Hall | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rick House | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dan Huclack | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Hufnagel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Milson Jones | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sean Kehoe | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trevor Kennerd | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
James Murphy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Norman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Vernon Pahl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Pointer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Poplawski | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Willard Reaves | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wylie Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Walby | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kirby Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 27 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 13 | 21 | 21 |
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