1959 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Tue	8/4/1959	A	Montreal Alouettes	39-34	W	Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium	21739
Thu	8/6/1959	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	5-8	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18073
Thu	8/13/1959	A	British Columbia Lions	42-20	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	29425
Mon	8/17/1959	A	Calgary Stampeders	22-21	W	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	16200
Thu	8/20/1959	H	Calgary Stampeders	21-23	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18333
Thu	8/27/1959	H	Edmonton Eskimos	1-16	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18928
Sat	8/29/1959	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	61-8	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	12000
Thu	9/3/1959	H	British Columbia Lions	34-23	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18003
Sat	9/5/1959	A	Edmonton Eskimos	16-8	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	17143
Sat	9/12/1959	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	41-14	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15962
Sat	9/19/1959	A	British Columbia Lions	6-17	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	32061
Mon	9/21/1959	A	Calgary Stampeders	15-10	W	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	16000
Mon	9/28/1959	H	Edmonton Eskimos	13-10	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	17707
Mon	10/5/1959	H	Calgary Stampeders	38-24	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15813
Mon	10/12/1959	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	27-14	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	8000
Sat	10/17/1959	H	British Columbia Lions	31-6	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18184
Mon	10/19/1959	A	Edmonton Eskimos	20-21	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	15500
Mon	10/26/1959	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	30-37	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	14279
WIFU Final #1
Wed	11/11/1959	A	Edmonton Eskimos	19-11	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	16000
WIFU Final #2
Sat	11/14/1959	H	Edmonton Eskimos	16-8	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15872
Grey Cup
Sat	11/28/1959	N	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21-7	W	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	33133

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
50	Buddy Alliston	OG-LB	6-0	218	26	Mississippi	1
79	Ralph Anderson	OE	6-4	223	24	Santa Monica JC; Los Angeles State	1
47	Walt Bilicki	C-LILB	5-10	205	23	Manitoba	15
54	Ken Bochen	OT-DT	6-3	235	21	none	2
48	Jack Bruzell	C-LB	6-3	230	21	none	7
52	Dave Burkholder	OT-RILB	6-1	225	23	Minnesota	16
61	Fred Cole	OT-DT	5-11	226	22	Maryland	5
45	Burr Davis	C-LB	6-0	222	22	Houston	1
23	Jack Delveaux	FB-ROLB	6-1	215	22	Illinois	5
43	George Druxman	C-LB	6-1	220	30	Portland	16
71	Farrell Funston	OE-DB	6-2	217	23	Sacramento CC; Pacific	3
74	Frank Gilliam	OE-DE	6-2	190	25	Iowa	2
53	Herb Gray	RDE-OG	6-1	218	25	Texas	16
68	Bob Hantla	OT-DG-DT	6-1	220	28	Kansas	1	0
28	Gerry James	FB	5-10	187	25	none	10
12	Henry Janzen	OE-RDH	5-10	185	19	none	16
20	Tony Kehrer	FB-LB	5-8	190	22	none	12
72	Dave Kocourek	OE-DE	6-5	237	22	Wisconsin	8
56	Ed Kotowich	OG	5-9	225	25	none	16
17	Ron Latourelle	OHB-LB	5-8	175	25	none	15
29	Leo Lewis	OHB-DB	5-10	195	26	Lincoln (Missouri)	16
73	Cec Luining	C-LDE	6-1	210	28	none	14
78	Ron Meadmore	OG-LDE	6-2	200	26	none	9
55	Ted Mikliechuk	OG-LB	5-10	207	24	none	1	0
24	Nick Miller	FB-DB	6-1	192	28	none	7
63	Steve Patrick	MG-OT	6-0	230	27	none	15
58	Cornel Piper	OG-MG-RDT	6-1	235	22	none	16
77	Ernie Pitts	OE-S	6-1	192	24	Denver	16
11	Kenny Ploen	QB-S	6-1	185	24	Iowa	16
14	Rick Potter	FB-LOLB	6-0	197	21	none	10
70	Norm Rauhaus	OE-RDH	6-1	195	24	none	14
67	Frank Rigney	OT-LDT	6-4	233	23	Iowa	15
79	Rae Ross	OE-LDH	6-1	185	28	British Columbia	15
27	Gord Rowland	OHB-LOLB-S	5-9	172	29		13
62	Roger Savoie	OT-RDT	6-0	240	28	none	16
22	Carver Shannon	OHB-LDH	6-1	201	21	Southern Illinois	14
21	Charlie Shepard	FB-LB	6-2	215	26	North Texas	15
64	Buddy Tinsley	OT-LDT	6-2	245	35	Baylor	15
10	Jim Van Pelt	QB-S	5-11	183	24	Michigan	15
15	John Varone	FB-LB	5-11	194	23	Miami (Florida)	10
44	Garland Warren	LILB-OT-C	6-1	225	24	North Texas	15
19/27	Keith Webster	OHB-DB	5-7	170	22	none	2
25	Gene Wlasiuk	OHB-DB	5-9	165	23	none	1

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	9	Duncan Brodie	HB	Toronto
2	18	Morgan Drever	G	Toronto

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	121	149	44	104
Opponents Totals	81	61	68	62

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		340	162	167	11	69	615
Opponents Totals		280

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Ernie Pitts	16	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	96
Jim Van Pelt	3	34	46	73.9			-	8	15	53.3	2	0	78
Leo Lewis	9	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	54
Charlie Shepard	7	0	0				-	0	0		7	0	49
Carver Shannon	7	2	6	33.3			-	0	0		0	0	44
Gerry James	6	4	5	80.0			-	1	1	100.0	0	0	43
Farrell Funston	2	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	12
Frank Gilliam	2	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	12
Ron Latourelle	2	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	12
Henry Janzen	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Tony Kehrer	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Gord Rowland	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Team Totals	57	40	57	70.2	9	16	56.3	9	0	418
Opponents Totals	34	28	34	82.4	11	16	68.8	5	1	272

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charlie Shepard	174	1076	6.2	45	6
Leo Lewis	112	730	6.5	37	2
Carver Shannon	88	512	5.8	53	1
Gerry James	49	261	5.3	44	6
Tony Kehrer	49	230	4.7	17	1
Jim Van Pelt	46	98	2.1	18	3
Kenny Ploen	14	83	5.9	15	0
Henry Janzen	7	56	8.0	23	0
Ron Latourelle	9	40	4.4	15	0
Keith Webster	2	28	14.0	23	0
Rick Potter	6	12	2.0	5	0
Jack Delveaux	4	10	2.5	4	0
Gord Rowland	1	9	9.0	9	0
John Varone	2	9	4.5	8	0
Ernie Pitts	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	575	3157	5.5		19
Opponents Totals	579	2711	4.7		16

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jim Van Pelt	300	160	160	125	2706	9.0	16.9	90	31	10.3	15	5.0		112	2594	97.7
Kenny Ploen	56	30	30	22	467	8.3	15.6	65	3	5.4	4	7.1		5	462	69.6
Leo Lewis	17	7	7	8	109	6.4	15.6	36	2	11.8	2	11.8	0	0	109	62.7
Charlie Shepard	1	0	0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	374	197	52.7	155	3282	8.8	16.7		36	9.6	22	5.9				90.1
Opponents Totals	344	180	52.3	135	2561	7.4	14.2		16	4.7	29	8.4				57.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ernie Pitts	68	1126	16.6	65	16
Leo Lewis	43	695	16.2	50	7
Carver Shannon	31	517	16.7	90	6
Farrell Funston	12	284	23.7	50	2
Dave Kocourek	8	112	14.0	19	0
Charlie Shepard	6	150	25.0	36	1
Henry Janzen	6	90	15.0	27	1
Norm Rauhaus	6	77	12.8	21	0
Ron Latourelle	3	60	20.0	25	1
Frank Rigney	3	44	14.7	16	0
Ralph Anderson	3	33	11.0	18	0
Frank Gilliam	3	32	10.7	14	2
Gerry James	2	21	10.5	15	0
Tony Kehrer	2	7	3.5	10	0
Jim Van Pelt	1	36	36.0	36	0
John Varone	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	197	3282	16.7		36
Opponents Totals	180	2561	14.2		16

John Michels	Line
Joe Zaleski	Backfield

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Charlie Shepard	121	5224	43.2	61		-
Jim Van Pelt	14	538	38.4	50		-
Ron Latourelle	1	23	23.0	23	0	-
Team Totals	136	5785	42.5			-	1001	4784	35.2
Opponents Totals						-	799

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Kenny Ploen	10	104	10.4	43	0
Rae Ross	7	64	9.1	21	0
Gord Rowland	3	42	14.0	40	1
Garland Warren	3	24	8.0	15	0
John Varone	2	29	14.5	24	0
Nick Miller	1	20	20.0	20	0
Walt Bilicki	1				0
Jack Delveaux	1				0
Norm Rauhaus	1				0
Team Totals	29	287	9.9		1
Opponents Totals	22	196	8.9		0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Gerry James	40	2258	56.5	85	0
Jim Van Pelt	30	1534	51.1	64	0
Team Totals	70	3792	54.2
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Leo Lewis	15	397	26.5	65	0
Carver Shannon	14	355	25.4	46	0
Ernie Pitts	8	164	20.5	28	0
Kenny Ploen	3	71	23.7	25	0
Jack Delveaux	2	43	21.5	23	0
Tony Kehrer	4	40	10.0	19	0
Charlie Shepard	3	37	12.3	23	0
Henry Janzen	1	28	28.0	28	0
Gerry James	1	14	14.0	14	0
Rick Potter	1	9	9.0	9	0
John Varone	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	53	1166	22.0		0
Opponents Totals	70	1630	23.3		1