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1955 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU) 3rd place 7-9-0 .438

Head Coach: Allie Sherman

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/13/1955	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	20-22	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16829
Mon	8/15/1955	H	Toronto Argonauts	6-29	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15726
Sat	8/20/1955	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	7-17	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	14000
Mon	8/22/1955	H	Edmonton Eskimos	9-13	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16835
Mon	8/29/1955	H	Calgary Stampeders	13-15	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15499
Sat	9/3/1955	H	British Columbia Lions	7-15	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16458
Mon	9/5/1955	A	Calgary Stampeders	9-12	L	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	13000
Mon	9/12/1955	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	25-0	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16133
Sat	9/17/1955	A	British Columbia Lions	20-19	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	27132
Mon	9/19/1955	A	Edmonton Eskimos	8-14	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	12500
Sat	9/24/1955	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	7-12	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	10857
Mon	9/26/1955	H	Calgary Stampeders	25-6	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	14724
Sat	10/1/1955	H	Edmonton Eskimos	12-0	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18884
Sat	10/8/1955	A	Calgary Stampeders	13-12	W	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	12000
Mon	10/10/1955	A	British Columbia Lions	18-4	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	21429
Sat	10/22/1955	A	Edmonton Eskimos	0-12	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	16000
Mon	10/24/1955	H	British Columbia Lions	24-13	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	14730
Sat	10/29/1955	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13-31	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	14464
Sat	11/5/1955	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	16-7	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	9000	WIFU Semi-Final #1
Mon	11/7/1955	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	8-9	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	12768	WIFU Semi-Final #2
Fri	11/11/1955	H	Edmonton Eskimos	6-29	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15553	WIFU Final #1
Wed	11/16/1955	A	Edmonton Eskimos	6-26	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	12000	WIFU Final #2

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

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP
85	Lorne Benson	FB	6-0	188	25	Weston Wildcats Jrs.	15
68	Stav Canakes	T	6-0	225	25	Minnesota	16
92	Tom Casey	DB	5-11	175	31	Hampton	16
43	George Druxman	C	6-1	220	26	Portland	2
76	Bud Grant	E	6-2	199	28	Minnesota	16
59	Russ Haines	G	6-1	237	21	Lakeshore Flyers Jrs.; Lakeshore Flyers Ints.; Winnipeg Rods Jrs.; Lakeshore Flyers Ints.;	2
61	Floyd Harrawood	DG	6-2	245	26	Tulsa	16
71	Dick Herbertson	E	6-1	188	22	Weston Wildcats Jrs.; Winnipeg Rams Ints.	1
65	Dick Huffman	DT	6-1	255	32	Tennessee	16
41	Bill Hutton	C	6-3	207	22	Winnipeg Jrs.	3
98	Gerry James	OHB	5-10	187	21	none	16
82	Ron Kelly	FB	6-1	208	22	Winnipeg Light Infantry Jrs.	1
56	Ed Kotowich	G	5-9	225	21	Winnipeg Rods Jrs.	13
93	Ron Latourelle	HB	5-8	175	21	Winnipeg Rods Jrs.	5
73	Cec Luining	DE	6-1	210	24	St. Boniface Jrs.; St. John's Jrs.; Winnipeg Rams Ints.	7
83	Chuck Lumsden	DE-FB	6-1	196	23	Winnipeg Light Infantry Jrs.	12
96	Bob McNamara	HB	6-0	189	24	Minnesota	2
81	Glen McWhinney	FW	5-10	170	25	Weston Wildcats Jrs.; St. Boniface Legionaires Ints.	16
43	Gene Mears	C	6-4	200		Oklahoma	2
91	Nick Miller	FW	6-1	192	24	Winnipeg Light Infantry Jrs.	2
96	Brian Mulhern	HB	5-10	182	25	Portland	11
66	Steve Patrick	T-G	6-0	230	23	Winnipeg Light Infantry Jrs.	6
79	Keith Pearce	DB-E	6-2	185	27	Winnipeg Rods Jrs.	15
57	Buck Rogers	G	5-11	205	27		14
97	Gordie Rowland	DB	5-9	172	25	Montreal Orfuns Ints.	16
62	Roger Savoie	T-E	6-0	240	24	Winnipeg Rods Jrs.; St. Boniface Ints.	16
55	Frank Smith	G	6-2	200	24	Olympic JC	6
53	Bill Smitiuch	G	5-9	210	21	Winnipeg Rods Jrs.	15
94	Elton Taylor	DB	5-11	187	23	Weston Wildcats Jrs.	15
64	Buddy Tinsley	OT	6-2	245	31	Baylor	16
70	Ron Vaccher	E	6-2	195	27	Winnipeg Rods Jrs.	16
50	Kas Vidruk	C	5-9	216	30	none	16
90	Gerry Vincent	QB-HB	6-1	205	21	Winnipeg Rods Jrs.	4
54	Wenty Young	G	5-11	226	26	Westmount Jrs.; NDG Maple Leafs Jrs.; Montreal Lakeshore Flyers Ints.	2
77	Al Bruno	E	6-3	195	28	Kentucky	14
63	Mario Dare	T	6-2	225	22	Southern California	2
87	George Elliott	HB-QB	6-0	180	23	Oklahoma; Northeastern State	15
89	Billy Hooper	QB	6-0	185	24	Baylor	13
80	Buddy Leake	QB-HB	6-0	195	22	Oklahoma	16
99	Leo Lewis	OHB	5-10	195	22	Lincoln (Missouri)	16
54	Ray MacLeod	G-T	6-0	213	24	Oregon	12
88	Pat Oleksiak	HB	6-0	205	22	Tennessee	2
88	Bill Robinson	HB	5-11	195	26	Lincoln (Missouri)	13

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	57	57	75	21
Opponents Totals	52	33	46	64

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		271	193	72	6	78	583
Opponents Totals		244

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	PTS
Buddy Leake	6	28	30	93.3	7	19	36.8	6	85
Gerry James	7	0	0		0	0		0	35
Leo Lewis	6	0	0		0	0		0	30
Tom Casey	2	0	0		0	0		4	14
Lorne Benson	2	0	0		0	0		0	10
George Elliott	2	0	0		0	0		0	10
Bud Grant	2	0	0		0	0		0	10
Al Bruno	1	0	0		0	0		0	5
Billy Hooper	1	0	0		0	0		0	5
Elton Taylor	1	0	0		0	0		0	5
Gerry Vincent	0	0	0		0	0		1	1
Team Totals	30	28	30	93.3	7	19	36.8	11	210
Opponents Totals	29	24	29	82.8	5	17	29.4	11	195

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gerry James	189	1205	6.4	60	7
Leo Lewis	135	834	6.2	41	5
Lorne Benson	85	460	5.4	18	1
George Elliott	42	229	5.5	28	2
Tom Casey	37	223	6.0	20	1
Buddy Leake	81	139	1.7	20	6
Billy Hooper	13	99	7.6	46	1
Bob McNamara	9	51	5.7	10	0
Bill Robinson	9	50	5.6	21	0
Elton Taylor	7	14	2.0	9	1
Pat Oleksiak	11	7	0.6	13	0
Team Totals	618	3311	5.4		24
Opponents Totals	518	2076	4.0		18

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Buddy Leake	210	91	43.3	101	1370	6.5	15.1	62	2	1.0	18	8.6	32.8
Billy Hooper	22	11	50.0	8	163	7.4	14.8	27	0	0.0	3	13.6	35.0
Leo Lewis	9	4	44.4	5	102	11.3	25.5	37	2	22.2	0	0.0	125.9
Tom Casey	2	2	100.0	0	70	35.0	35.0	56	1	50.0	0	0.0	158.3
George Elliott	4	1	25.0	1	3	0.8	3.0	3	0	0.0	2	50.0	0.0
Gerry James	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0.0
Team Totals	248	109	44.0	115	1708	6.9	15.7		5	2.0	24	9.7	34.5
Opponents Totals	290	137	47.2	132	1973	6.8	14.4		6	2.1	21	7.2	46.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bud Grant	36	556	15.4	62	2
Al Bruno	19	282	14.8	56	1
Glen McWhinney	17	220	12.9	28	0
Leo Lewis	11	345	31.4	59	1
Gerry James	11	136	12.4	27	0
Lorne Benson	4	64	16.0	37	1
Pat Oleksiak	3	30	10.0	16	0
George Elliott	3	6	2.0	11	0
Buddy Tinsley	2	35	17.5	24	0
Tom Casey	2	14	7.0	11	0
Bob McNamara	1	20	20.0	20	0
Team Totals	109	1708	15.7		5
Opponents Totals	137	1973	14.4		6

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gordie Rowland	6	34	5.7	20	0
Tom Casey	3	44	14.7	44	1
George Elliott	3	0	0.0	0	0
Brian Mulhern	2	7	3.5	7	0
Billy Hooper	2	0	0.0	0	0
Lorne Benson	1	40	40.0	40	0
Gene Mears	1	17	17.0	17	0
Stav Canakes	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bill Robinson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Elton Taylor	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	20	142	7.1		1
Opponents Totals	24	101	4.2		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Tom Casey	92	3932	42.7	78	1	4
Gerry Vincent	24	956	39.8	54	0	1
Lorne Benson	1	38	38.0	38	0	0
Team Totals	117	4926	42.1		1		770	4156	35.5
Opponents Totals							940

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Gordie Rowland	49	428	8.7	29
Glen McWhinney	58	379	6.5	24
Gerry James	10	58	5.8	14
Tom Casey	8	46	5.8	19
George Elliott	4	29	7.3	11
Lorne Benson	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	130	940	7.2
Opponents Totals	111	770	6.9

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Buck Rogers	32	1625	50.8	73	0
Gerry James	1	55	55.0	55	0
Gordie Rowland	7	365	52.1	61	0
Team Totals	40	2045	51.1
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Gerry James	18	382	21.2	53
George Elliott	17	343	20.2	48
Bill Robinson	6	117	19.5	36
Gordie Rowland	5	109	21.8	31
Bob McNamara	2	68	34.0	36
Lorne Benson	2	35	17.5	20
Team Totals	50	1054	21.1
Opponents Totals	40	825	20.6

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Lorne Benson	3					0	0
Stav Canakes	0	0	1	1	2	13	0
Tom Casey	0	0	1	1	2	8	0
George Elliott	4			1	1	0	0
Bud Grant	1					0	0
Floyd Harrawood	1			3	3	0	0
Billy Hooper	1					0	0
Gerry James	10			1	1	0	0
Buddy Leake	6		3		3	0	0
Leo Lewis	8			1	1	0	0
Chuck Lumsden	0	0		1	1	0	0
Glen McWhinney	1					0	0
Brian Mulhern	0	0		1	1	30	0
Bill Robinson	2			1	1	0	0
Gordie Rowland	1			2	2	30	0
Roger Savoie	0	0		1	1	0	0
Bill Smitiuch	0	0		1	1	0	0
Elton Taylor	1			1	1	13	0
Team Totals	39	31	8	17	25	94	0
Opponents Totals		17		31	31		5