1956 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Tue	8/14/1956	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	10-22	L	Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	10000
Thu	8/16/1956	A	Montreal Alouettes	7-34	L	Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium
Sat	8/25/1956	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	16-28	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	13000
Mon	8/27/1956	H	Calgary Stampeders	16-15	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16687
Fri	8/31/1956	H	British Columbia Lions	3-1	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15727
Mon	9/3/1956	A	Edmonton Eskimos	20-21	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	15000
Mon	9/10/1956	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	35-0	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	17546
Sat	9/15/1956	A	Calgary Stampeders	6-16	L	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	12789
Mon	9/17/1956	A	British Columbia Lions	16-15	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	27502
Sat	9/22/1956	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	7-24	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	19035
Sat	9/29/1956	A	Calgary Stampeders	37-14	W	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	14000
Mon	10/1/1956	H	British Columbia Lions	34-7	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16467
Sat	10/6/1956	H	Edmonton Eskimos	10-7	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18700
Mon	10/8/1956	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	14-26	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	15517
Sat	10/13/1956	A	British Columbia Lions	40-8	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	26300
Mon	10/15/1956	A	Edmonton Eskimos	11-21	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	20000
Sat	10/20/1956	H	Calgary Stampeders	17-25	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15922
Sat	10/27/1956	H	Edmonton Eskimos	33-0	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	14409
WIFU Semi-Final #1
Sat	11/3/1956	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	7-42	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	13000
WIFU Semi-Final #2
Mon	11/5/1956	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	19-8	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	13348

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Buddy Alliston	54	OG-LB	6-0	218	23	Mississippi	16
Walt Bilicki	57	OG	5-10	205	20	Manitoba	16
Al Bruno	77	OE-DB	6-3	195	29	Kentucky	13
Stav Canakes	68	T	6-0	225	26	Minnesota	5
Bob Davenport	98	FB	6-0	210	23	UCLA	16
Eagle Day	83	QB	6-0	183	24	Mississippi	16
George Druxman	43	C	6-1	220	27	Portland	14
Bud Grant	76	OE-DB	6-2	199	29	Minnesota	16
Herb Gray	53	OT-DE	6-1	218	22	Texas	16
Bob Haas	50	C-LB	6-1	220	26	Army; Tulsa	11
Jack Hutchinson	96	HB	5-11	189	24	British Columbia	16
Cal Jones	66	OG-DG	6-1	235	23	Iowa	16
Ron Kelly	82	OHB	6-1	208	23	none	11
Ed Kotowich	56	OG	5-9	225	22	none	16
Ron Latourelle	87	OHB	5-8	175	22	none	16
Buddy Leake	80	QB-OHB-DB	6-0	195	23	Oklahoma	15
Cec Luining	73	DE	6-1	210	25	none	16
Bob McNamara	92	OHB	6-0	189	25	Minnesota	16
Barry McQueen	95	HB	5-10	190	21	none	1
Glenn McWhinney	81	OHB	5-10	170	26	none	15
Ron Meadmore	85	DE	6-2	200	23	none	2	0
Nick Miller	91	DB	6-1	192	25	none	13
Tom Miner	74	OE-DE	6-3	235	24	Tulsa	16
Steve Patrick	63	DG-DT	6-0	230	24	none	16
Keith Pearce	79	DB	6-2	185	27	none	15
Norm Rauhaus	70	DB	6-1	195	21	none	14
Gene Renzi	65	T	6-3	250	23	Brandeis; Northeastern	1
Barry Roseborough	88	QB	6-0	205	24	North Dakota	12
Gord Rowland	97	DB	5-9	172	26		16
Roger Savoie	62	OT-DT	6-0	240	25	none	16
Bill Smitiuch	55	OG	5-9	210	22	none	6
Elton Taylor	94	LB	5-11	187	24	none	16
Buddy Tinsley	64	OT-DT	6-2	245	32	Baylor	16
Gerry Vincent	72/93	DB	6-1	205	22	none	8

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	8	John Bodrug	G	Toronto
2	17	Bill Tuchon	G	Western Ontario
3	26	Harry Wilson	QB	Toronto
4	33	Jim Rowney	G	Toronto

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	85	124	39	81	315
Opponents Totals	28	60	88	52	228

TEAM STATS	TOP	First Downs	Rush	Pass	Pen	2nd Down Efficiency	3rd Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		338	194	125	19	77	591
Opponents Totals		235

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Buddy Leake	10	30	32	93.8			-	4	5	80.0	1	0	103
Bob McNamara	17	0	1	0.0			-	0	0		0	0	102
Tom Miner	1	2	6	33.3			-	8	15	53.3	2	0	34
Eagle Day	4	0	0				-	0	0		1	0	25
Bob Davenport	4	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	24
Al Bruno	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Bud Grant	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Cec Luining	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Elton Taylor	1	0	0				-	0	0		0	0	6
Barry Roseborough	0	0	0				-	0	0		2	0	2
Gerry Vincent	0	0	0				-	0	0		1	0	1
Team Totals	40	32	40	80.0	12	20	60.0	7	0	315
Opponents Totals	29	21	29	72.4	5	11	45.5	18	0	228

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob McNamara	178	1101	6.2	30	13
Bob Davenport	140	677	4.8	24	2
Buddy Leake	156	633	4.1	37	6
Eagle Day	164	477	2.9	53	4
Elton Taylor	11	65	5.9	11	0
Jack Hutchinson	9	63	7.0	12	0
Ron Latourelle	5	18	3.6	5	0
Ron Kelly	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	664	3034	4.6		25
Opponents Totals	528	2292	4.3		24

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Eagle Day	254	137	137	105	1814	7.1	13.2	53	7	2.8	12	4.7	66.3
Buddy Leake	91	43	43	37	819	9.0	19.0	75	5	5.5	11	12.1	57.7
Barry Roseborough	10	5	5	5	70	7.0	14.0	25	0	0.0	0	0.0	72.9
Bob McNamara	1	1	1	0	6	6.0	6.0	6	0	0.0	0	0.0	91.7
Team Totals	356	186	52.2	147	2709	7.6	14.6		12	3.4	23	6.5	61.6
Opponents Totals	304	148	48.7	127	2306	7.6	15.6		12	3.9	29	9.5	47.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bud Grant	63	970	15.4	53	1
Bob McNamara	36	512	14.2	75	4
Al Bruno	32	579	18.1	49	1
Buddy Leake	18	240	13.3	48	4
Bob Davenport	12	105	8.8	15	2
Glen McWhinney	9	128	14.2	22	0
Tom Miner	5	67	13.4	28	0
Ron Latourelle	4	30	7.5	22	0
Elton Taylor	3	35	11.7	19	0
Eagle Day	2	21	10.5	13	0
Ron Kelly	1	15	15.0	15	0
Norm Rauhaus	1	7	7.0	7	0
Team Totals	186	2709	14.6		12
Opponents Totals	148	2306	15.6		12

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gord Rowland	5	54	10.8	28	0
Elton Taylor	4	108	27.0	70	1
Norm Rauhaus	4	35	8.8	18	0
Keith Pearce	3	23	7.7	17	0
Buddy Alliston	2	15	7.5	15	0
Buddy Leake	2	7	3.5	7	0
Bud Grant	2	6	3.0	6	0
Al Bruno	2	21	10.5	21	0
Bob McNamara	2	0	0.0	0	0
Nick Miller	2	0	0.0	0	0
Bob Haas	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	29	269	9.3		1
Opponents Totals	23	242	10.5		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Eagle Day	47	1795	38.2	59	0	-
Gerry Vincent	56	2131	38.1	63	0	-
Barry Roseborough	27	980	36.3	49	0	-
Buddy Leake	2	59	29.5	59	0	-
Team Totals	132	4965	37.6		0	-	559	4406	33.4
Opponents Totals						-	710

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Gord Rowland	44	265	6.0	25
Ron Latourelle	47	254	5.4	18
Glen McWhinney	35	161	4.6	11
Al Bruno	2	13	6.5	13
Keith Pearce	0	12		12L
Bud Grant	1	5	5.0	5
Stav Canakes	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	130	710	5.5	25
Opponents Totals	123	559	4.5

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Nick Miller	51	2716	53.3	66	0
Buddy Alliston	3	147	49.0	58	0
Gord Rowland	3	73	24.3	47	0
Team Totals	57	2936	51.5
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob McNamara	9	253	28.1	41	0
Ron Latourelle	10	201	20.1	34	0
Elton Taylor	8	173	21.6	30	0
Gord Rowland	5	125	25.0	32	0
Bob Davenport	3	62	20.7	24	0
Buddy Leake	3	59	19.7	30	0
Bud Grant	1	29	29.0	29	0
Glen McWhinney	1	18	18.0	18	0
Jack Hutchinson	1	16	16.0	16	0
Barry Roseborough	1	7	7.0	7	0
Tom Miner	1	6	6.0	6	0
Buddy Alliston	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	44	949	21.6		0
Opponents Totals	56	1308	23.4		1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Buddy Alliston	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Walt Bilicki	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Al Bruno	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Davenport	5		0	0	0	0	0
Eagle Day	13		2	0	2	0	0
George Druxman	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Bud Grant	1		0	1	1	0	0
Herb Gray	0	0	0	3	3	3	0
Cal Jones	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Buddy Leake	8		0	0	0	0	0
Cec Luining	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Bob McNamara	4		0	1	1	0	0
Glen McWhinney	1		2	0	2	0	0
Tom Miner	0	0	1	5	6	88	1
Steve Patrick	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Keith Pearce	0	0	0	2	2	5	0
Norm Rauhaus	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gord Rowland	1		0	2	2	0	0
Roger Savoie	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Elton Taylor	2		1	2	3	0	0
Gerry Vincent	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	35	29	6	32	38	63	2
Opponents Totals		32		29	29		1