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1951 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU)

3rd place 8-6-0 .571

1951 CFL • Previous Season • Next Season • Roster Key • Stat Key

Head Coach: George Trafton

Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Mon	8/20/1951	H	Toronto Argonauts	13-1	W		Winnipeg, MB	Osborne Stadium	9500
Sat	8/25/1951	H	Edmonton Eskimos	24-30	L		Winnipeg, MB	Osborne Stadium	9600
Mon	8/27/1951	H	Calgary Stampeders	34-24	W		Winnipeg, MB	Osborne Stadium	9600
Thu	8/30/1951	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	1-33	L		Winnipeg, MB	Osborne Stadium	9000
Mon	9/3/1951	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	24-22	W		Regina, SK	Taylor Field	10000
Sat	9/8/1951	A	Edmonton Eskimos	19-35	L		Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	11000
Mon	9/10/1951	A	Calgary Stampeders	12-18	L		Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	9000
Sat	9/15/1951	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	21-12	W		Regina, SK	Taylor Field	10000
Sat	9/22/1951	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	17-30	L		Winnipeg, MB	Osborne Stadium	9600
Sat	9/29/1951	A	Calgary Stampeders	33-18	W		Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	8000
Mon	10/1/1951	A	Edmonton Eskimos	15-8	W		Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	11000
Sat	10/6/1951	H	Calgary Stampeders	16-18	L		Winnipeg, MB	Osborne Stadium	9500
Mon	10/8/1951	H	Edmonton Eskimos	38-27	W		Winnipeg, MB	Osborne Stadium	9500
Sat	10/13/1951	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	30-23	W		Regina, SK	Taylor Field	7500
Sat	10/20/1951	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	19-13	W		Winnipeg, MB	Osborne Stadium	9000
WIFU Semi-Final
Sat	10/27/1951	A	Edmonton Eskimos	1-4	L		Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	13000

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
59	Joe Aguirre	E	6-3	225	33	St. Mary's (California)	7
80	Neill Armstrong	E	6-2	189	25	Oklahoma State	14
71	Dean Bandiera	G-FB	5-11	201	25	Queen's	13
48	Gar Baxter	T	6-2	212	22	none	9
99	Lorne Benson	B	6-0	188	21	none	1
32	Billy Campbell	C	6-0	195	31	Oklahoma	10
30	Tom Casey	E	5-11	175	27	Hampton	13
43	Gerry DeLeeuw	T-G	5-11	207	25	none	9
82	Gerry Duguid	HB	5-10	160	23	none	4
64	Biff Fliss	HB	6-2	235	23		13
35	Tommy Ford	HB	5-10	175	24	none	3
39	Ian Gibb	HB	5-9	156	26		14
29	Norm Hill	E	6-2	192	23	Manitoba	13
20	Dick Huffman	OT-DT	6-1	255	28	Tennessee	8
27	Jack Jacobs	QB	6-1	186	32	Oklahoma	14
33	Don Knowles	HB	5-11	155	24	none	10
62	Walt Konarski	T	6-2	212	22	none	13
34	Bud Korchak	FW	5-9	190	24	none	14
75	Tommy Lumsden	T	6-3	223	21	none	13
36	Don Mattingley	C	6-1	233	20	none	14
31	Hal Mauthe	HB	5-7	160	22	none	13
78	George McPhail	HB	5-9	165	22	none	12
46	Jim McPherson	C-G	6-2	207	20	none	14
65	Ed Norvack	T	6-1	225	27		12
45	Al Passman	G	6-3	232	27	Manitoba	9
52	Keith Pearce	E	6-2	185	22	none	12
37	Pete Petrow	QB	5-9	165	25		14
	Dick Pinkston	T			27	Detroit Tech	2
62	Roger Savoie	T	6-0	240	20	none	1
44	Andy Sokol	HB	5-11	200	23	none	14
77	Jim Spavital	FB	6-1	210	25	Oklahoma State	9
41	Johnny Stroppa	HB	5-11	175	25		7
66	Buddy Tinsley	T	6-2	245	27	Baylor	14
50	Bill Todd	QB	6-2	185	21	none	12
40	Ron Vaccher	E	6-2	195	23	none	14
58	Kas Vidruk	C	5-9	216	26	none	13
55	Al Wiley	G	5-10	208	23	Western Ontario	14

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	74	68	62	99
Opponents Totals	36	86	127	62

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		214	72	123	19	73	543
Opponents Totals		222

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Neill Armstrong	11	0	0		0	0		0	0	55
Jack Jacobs	1	20	23	87.0	2	3	66.7	12	0	43
Tom Casey	7	0	0		0	0		1	0	36
Bud Korchak	7	0	0		0	0		0	0	35
Andy Sokol	7	0	0		0	0		0	0	35
Ron Vaccher	5	0	0		0	0		0	0	25
Joe Aguirre	0	19	23	82.6	1	7	14.3	1	0	23
George McPhail	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	10
Jim Spavital	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	10
Gerry Duguid	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	5
Biff Fliss	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	5
Ian Gibb	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	5
Keith Pearce	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	5
Johnny Stroppa	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	5
Dick Huffman	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	1
Buddy Tinsley	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	1
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		0	2	4
Team Totals	47	39	47	83.0	3	10	30.0	16	2	303
Opponents Totals	49	44	49	89.8	3	10	30.0	11	1	311

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Casey	80	645	8.1		3
Andy Sokol	69	290	4.2		2
Jim Spavital	50	285	5.7		2
Biff Fliss	61	181	3.0		1
George McPhail	28	146	5.2		0
Hal Mauthe	9	26	2.9		0
Lorne Benson	3	9	3.0		0
Johnny Stroppa	2	4	2.0		0
Neill Armstrong	1	2	2.0	2	0
Bud Korchak	2	-4	-2.0		0
Bill Todd	3	-18	-6.0		0
Pete Petrow	11	-61	-5.5		0
Jack Jacobs	28	-97	-3.5		1
Team Totals	347	1408	4.1		9
Opponents Totals	467	1865	4.0		24

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jack Jacobs	355	204	57.5	141	3248	9.1	15.9	100t	33	9.3	10	2.8				107.3
Pete Petrow	51	17	33.3	30	272	5.3	16.0		3	5.9	4	7.8				39.0
Tom Casey	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Bill Todd	8	0	0.0	5	0	0.0			0	0.0	3	37.5				0.0
Team Totals	415	221	53.3	177	3520	8.5	15.9		36	8.7	17	4.1				93.6
Opponents Totals	311	161	51.8	138	2774	8.9	17.2		24	7.7	12	3.9				92.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Neill Armstrong	56	1024	18.3	100t	10
Bud Korchak	34	491	14.4		7
Ron Vaccher	33	547	16.6		5
Andy Sokol	31	435	14.0		4
Tom Casey	30	601	20.0		4
Norm Hill	8	77	9.6		0
George McPhail	6	69	11.5		2
Johnny Stroppa	5	48	9.6		1
Jim Spavital	4	68	17.0		0
Biff Fliss	2	32	16.0		0
Hal Mauthe	2	25	12.5		0
Keith Pearce	2	21	10.5		1
Buddy Tinsley	2	19	9.5		0
Ian Gibb	2	17	8.5		1
Joe Aguirre	2	12	6.0		0
Gerry Duguid	1	19	19.0	19t	1
Don Knowles	1	15	15.0	15	0
Team Totals	221	3520	15.9		36
Opponents Totals	161	2774	17.2		24

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Neill Armstrong					1
Andy Sokol					1
Team Totals					2
Opponents Totals	17				0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Jack Jacobs	95	3900	41.1		0	-
Tom Casey	23	814	35.4		1	-
Buddy Tinsley	13	387	29.8		0	-
Team Totals	131	5101	38.9		1	-	899	4202	31.8
Opponents Totals						-	874

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Casey	36	293	8.1		0
Hal Mauthe	18	179	9.9		0
George McPhail	21	127	6.0		0
Tommy Ford	10	100	10.0		0
Gerry Duguid	6	54	9.0		0
Andy Sokol	4	42	10.5		0
Don Knowles	2	23	11.5		0
Norm Hill	1	15	15.0	15	0
Dick Huffman	1	15	15.0	15	0
Buddy Tinsley	1	15	15.0	15	0
Bud Korchak	1	8	8.0	8	0
Ian Gibb	2	3	1.5		0
Team Totals	103	874	8.5		0
Opponents Totals	102	899	8.8		0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
George McPhail	28	454	16.2		0
Tom Casey	12	202	16.8		0
Gerry Duguid	7	84	12.0		0
Tommy Ford	5	61	12.2		0
Hal Mauthe	3	49	16.3		0
Andy Sokol	2	10	5.0		0
Biff Fliss	1	10	10.0	10	0
Don Knowles	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team Totals	59	880	14.9		0
Opponents Totals	60	1008	16.8		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals	32	25	7	16	23		0
Opponents Totals		16		25	25		1

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