1976 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Tue	6/29/1976	A	Calgary Stampeders	39-27	W	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	21398
Tue	7/6/1976	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	38-3	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18374
Mon	7/12/1976	A	Edmonton Eskimos	30-32	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	23924
Thu	7/15/1976	H	British Columbia Lions	19-24	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	17727
Thu	7/22/1976	H	Toronto Argonauts	16-22	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	21433
Tue	7/27/1976	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	27-38	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	22541
Tue	8/3/1976	H	Calgary Stampeders	49-3	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	20438
Tue	8/10/1976	H	Edmonton Eskimos	30-31	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	25210
Tue	8/17/1976	A	British Columbia Lions	14-22	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	21505
Fri	8/27/1976	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13-12	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	21362
Wed	9/1/1976	H	Calgary Stampeders	29-20	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	22345
Mon	9/6/1976	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	15-17	L	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	22162
Sun	9/19/1976	H	British Columbia Lions	22-20	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	22809
Sat	9/25/1976	A	Edmonton Eskimos	28-17	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	25936
Sat	10/2/1976	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	28-10	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	25210
Sat	10/9/1976	A	Calgary Stampeders	10-22	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium
Sun	10/17/1976	H	Edmonton Eskimos	36-33	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	24178
Sun	10/24/1976	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	21-19	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	22508
Sun	10/31/1976	H	Montreal Alouettes	23-13	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	24146
Sat	11/6/1976	A	British Columbia Lions	23-17	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	14469
Western Semi-Final
Sun	11/14/1976	H	Edmonton Eskimos	12-14	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	24320

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
	John Babinecz	LB	6-1	222	26	Villanova	8
70	Ollie Bakken	LB	6-2	224	23	Minnesota	2
22	Steve Beaird	RB	5-8	190	24	Blinn JC; Baylor	13
26	Lee Benard	DB	6-1	185	26	Manitoba	11
43	John Bonk	LB	6-2	245	26	none	16
31	Don Bowman	DB	6-0	185	24	Western Ontario	16
5	Dieter Brock	QB	6-0	195	25	Auburn; Jacksonville State	16
56	Buddy Brown	OG	6-1	255	26	Alabama	16
	Elton Brown	DE	6-2	254	25	San Diego CC; Utah State	8
	Lem Burnham	DE	6-4	240	29	Santa Ana JC; U.S. International	1
33	Richard Crump	RB	6-0	205	21	Miami-Dade JC; Jacksonville State	3
64	Bill Frank	OT	6-5	255	38	Colorado	16
61	Randy Halsall	OG	6-3	255	27	Wake Forest	16
58	Jim Heighton	DE	6-3	252	32	none	16
30	Brian Herosian	DB	6-3	200	26	Connecticut	16
	Kirk Heyer	LB	6-5	260	23	Nebraska Southeast JC; Nebraska-Kearney	1
	Don Hubbard	DT	6-0	250	24	New Mexico	10
75	Joe Jackson	LB	6-3	223	23	Penn State	5
65	Dave Knechtel	DT	6-3	247	31	Wilfrid Laurier	16
6	Harry Knight	QB	6-3	208	23	Richmond	16
	Rick Koswin	WR	6-2	201	22	Manitoba	6
71	Bob LaRose	WR	6-3	213	30	Western Ontario	16
54	Chuck Liebrock	OG	6-1	245	31	St. Mary's (Nova Scotia); Hillsdale	16
74	Mark McDonald	WR	5-10	170	25	Wenatchee Valley JC; Washington	16
63	Calvin Miller	DE	6-2	270	23	Mississippi Gulf Coast CC; Oklahoma State	2
66	Butch Norman	OT	6-5	251	24	Marion Military Institute JC; Alabama	16
34	Gord Paterson	RB	5-11	185	26	Manitoba	16
	Vince Phason	DB	5-10	190	23	Arizona	11
35	Marion Reeves	DB	6-1	195	24	Clemson	8
73	Pete Ribbins	WR	6-2	195	29	East Carolina; Ottawa	16
	Gerry Roberts	DT	6-5	248	25	Desert JC; UCLA	3
10	Bernie Ruoff	P-K	6-0	185	25	Syracuse	16	0
21	Tom Scott	RB	5-10	170	25	San Mateo JC; Washington	16
	Gary Shugrue	DE	6-5	240	22	Villanova	5
62	Ron Southwick	LB	6-2	220	25	McMaster	15
44	Bob Swift	C	6-1	233	33	Clemson	16
78	Bob Toogood	LB	6-2	223	28	Manitoba	16
24	Merv Walker	DB	6-0	180	24	none	16
32	Tom Walker	RB	6-1	225	27	Simon Fraser; Wilfrid Laurier	16
	Harry Walters	MLB	6-1	220	24	Maryland	14
27	Jim Washington	RB	6-1	205	25	Clemson	16
	Steve Williams	DT	6-6	260	25	Western Carolina	2
28	Chuck Wills	DB	6-3	195	23	Oregon	16

DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL
Player	Pos	College
Rick Koswin	WR	Manitoba
Ted Milian	OG	Manitoba

DRAFT LIST - OPEN
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	14	Gordon Taylor	QB	Wilfrid Laurier
2	17	Ron Mironuck	LB	Whitworth
3	23	Tim Maitre	WR	Memphis
4	32	Henry Booy	E	British Columbia
5	41	Wayne Churchill	DE	Windsor
6	50	Gary Anderson	DE	Concordia (Quebec)
7	59	Claude Riopelle	DE	Western Ontario
8	68	Bruce Young	RB	Manitoba
9	77	Brian Wagner	DE	Manitoba
9	79	George Beattie	Db	Acadia
10	85	Mike Kashty	TE	Manitoba

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	71	150	59	104
Opponents Totals	43	89	77	107

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		300	131	149	20	143	1140
Opponents Totals		303	106	170	27	145	1148

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Bernie Ruoff	0	37	38	97.4	0		-	31	50	62.0	12	0	142
Jim Washington	14	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	84
Steve Beaird	6	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	36
Tom Scott	6	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	36
Gord Paterson	5	0	0		1		-	0	0		0	0	32
Dieter Brock	2	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	12
Richard Crump	2	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	12
Bob LaRose	2	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	12
Mark McDonald	2	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	12
Bob Toogood	1	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	6
Team Totals	40	37	38	97.4	1	2	31	50	62.0	12	0	384
Opponents Totals	31	29			1		27	48	56.3	16	1	316

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Washington	219	1277	5.8	68	12
Steve Beaird	184	834	4.5	35	5
Richard Crump	36	211	5.9	43	2
Dieter Brock	46	72	1.6	11	2
Tom Walker	8	35	4.4	11	0
Tom Scott	2	9	4.5	5	0
Harry Knight	2	8	4.0	4	0
Bob LaRose	0	6		6L	0
Mark McDonald	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	498	2457	4.9	68	21
Opponents Totals	399	1936	4.9

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Dieter Brock	402	223	223	161	3101	7.7	13.9	97	17	4.2	18	4.5	75.9
Harry Knight	28	15	15	11	191	6.8	12.7	21	1	3.6	2	7.1	57.3
Mark McDonald	1	0	0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Team Totals	431	238	55.2	173	3292	7.6	13.8	97	18	4.2	20	4.6	74.5
Opponents Totals	539	269	49.9	239	3631	6.7	13.5				31	5.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Scott	53	968	18.3	97	6
Jim Washington	47	428	9.1	33	2
Gord Paterson	41	541	13.2	31	5
Steve Beaird	35	330	9.4	33	1
Mark McDonald	27	495	18.3	52	2
Bob LaRose	23	402	17.5	51	2
Richard Crump	8	104	13.0	33	0
Pete Ribbins	1	20	20.0	20	0
Rick Koswin	1	10	10.0	10	0
Tom Walker	1	3	3.0	3	0
Dieter Brock	1	-9	-9.0	-9	0
Team Totals	238	3292	13.8	97	18
Opponents Totals	269	3631	13.5

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Merv Walker	7	108	15.4	42	0
Chuck Wills	7	94	13.4	25	0
Brian Herosian	5	96	19.2	61	0
Harry Walters	4	73	18.3	25	0
Vince Phason	2	23	11.5	23	0
Lee Benard	1	37	37.0	37	0
Bob Toogood	1	25	25.0	25t	1
Marion Reeves	1	16	16.0	16	0
John Babinecz	1	0	0.0	0	0
Elton Brown	1	0	0.0	0	0
Gary Shugrue	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	31	472	15.2	61	1
Opponents Totals	20	200	10.0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Bernie Ruoff	131	5904	45.1	79	-
Team Totals	131	5904	45.1	79	-
Opponents Totals	158	6669	42.2		-

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Merv Walker	25	233	9.3	36	0
Steve Beaird	35	201	5.7	19	0
Vince Phason	19	145	7.6	19	0
Tom Scott	20	127	6.4	25	0
Chuck Wills	5	77	15.4	20	0
Brian Herosian	5	36	7.2	10	0
Richard Crump	6	34	5.7	10	0
Lee Benard	2	27	13.5	20	0
Bernie Ruoff	1	4	4.0	4	0
Jim Washington	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	119	888	7.5	36	0
Opponents Totals	111	1102	9.9

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Bernie Ruoff	79	4970	62.9	90	0
Team Totals	79	4970	62.9	90
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Scott	29	814	28.1	95	0
Steve Beaird	21	539	25.7	71	0
Mark McDonald	6	69	11.5	21	0
Merv Walker	2	28	14.0	17	0
Gord Paterson	4	23	5.8	14	0
Pete Ribbins	2	17	8.5	11	0
Tom Walker	2	10	5.0	10	0
Rick Koswin	1	-6	-6.0	-6	0
Team Totals	67	1494	22.3	95	0
Opponents Totals	75	2203	29.4

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Steve Beaird	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Benard	0	0	0	2	2		0
Don Bowman	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Dieter Brock	7	6	0	0	0	0	0
Elton Brown	0	0	0	2	2	19	0
Richard Crump	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Frank	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Heighton	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Joe Jackson	0	0	0	1	1	35	0
Harry Knight	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob LaRose	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Calvin Miller	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Butch Norman	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gord Paterson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vince Phason	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bernie Ruoff	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Scott	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Southwick	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Merv Walker	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Tom Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Walters	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Washington	4	2	2	0	2	0	0
Team Totals	24	18	6	12	18	58	0
Opponents Totals		12		18	18

George Dyer	Assistant Coach
Joe Faragalli	Assistant Coach
Jim Gilstrap	Offensive Line
Dick Monroe	Assistant Coach