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1961 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) 1st place Western Conference 13-3-0 .813

Head Coach: Bud Grant

Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Thu	7/20/1961	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	15-28	L		Ottawa, ON	Landsdowne Park	17000
Thu	7/27/1961	H	Toronto Argonauts	20-18	W		Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15054
Mon	8/7/1961	A	Calgary Stampeders	18-17	W		Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	13000
Fri	8/11/1961	A	Montreal Alouettes	21-15	W		Montreal, QC	McGill Stadium	18059
Mon	8/14/1961	A	Toronto Argonauts	14-13	W		Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	27189
Thu	8/17/1961	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	29-19	W		Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18517
Thu	8/24/1961	H	Edmonton Eskimos	20-35	L		Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	19660
Thu	8/31/1961	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	9-30	L		Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18951
Mon	9/4/1961	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	17-11	W		Regina, SK	Taylor Field	15124
Thu	9/14/1961	H	British Columbia Lions	36-15	W		Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16016
Sat	9/23/1961	A	Edmonton Eskimos	33-10	W		Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	19198
Sat	9/30/1961	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	29-6	W		Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	14354
Sat	10/7/1961	H	British Columbia Lions	24-20	W		Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	13050
Sat	10/14/1961	A	Calgary Stampeders	25-6	W		Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	17225
Mon	10/16/1961	A	British Columbia Lions	16-15	W		Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	20778
Mon	10/23/1961	H	Calgary Stampeders	42-7	W		Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	13777
Mon	10/30/1961	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13-19	L		Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15164
Sat	11/4/1961	A	Edmonton Eskimos	14-13	W		Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	10177
Sat	11/18/1961	A	Calgary Stampeders	14-1	W		Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	18500	Western Final #1
Wed	11/22/1961	H	Calgary Stampeders	43-14	W		Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16800	Western Final #2
Sat	12/2/1961	N	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21-14	W	OT	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	32651	Grey Cup

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
	Al Ackland	OE	6-3	195	21	Weston Wildcats Jrs.	2
58	Ray Ash	OG-LB	5-11	225	25	Winnipeg Rods Jrs.; St. Vital Bulldogs Ints.	13
48	Jack Bruzell	C	6-3	230	23	Winnipeg Rods Jrs.	2
52	Dave Burkholder	LB	6-1	225	25	Minnesota	12
23	Jack Delveaux	LILB	6-1	215	24	Illinois	8
43	George Druxman	C	6-1	220	32	Portland	16
	Frank Fraser	HB	6-0	185	26	Tennessee State	1
71	Farrell Funston	LOE	6-2	217	25	Sacramento CC; Pacific	14
53	Herb Gray	LDE	6-1	218	27	Texas	16
35	Roger Hagberg	FB-OLB	6-2	216	22	Minnesota	9
6162	Roger Hamelin	DT-OT	6-2	235	20	Weston Wildcats Jrs.	16
54	Rod Humeniuk	LOG	6-1	234	23	Los Angeles Pierce JC; Southern California	16
28	Gerry James	FB	5-10	187	27	none	15
32	Henry Janzen	RCB	5-10	185	21	Weston Wildcats Jrs.	16
25	Ray Jauch	ROH	5-11	175	23	Iowa	12
56	Ed Kotowich	OG	5-9	225	27	Winnipeg Rods Jrs.	7
31	Ron Latourelle	OHB-DB	5-8	175	27	Winnipeg Rods Jrs.	16
12	Hal Ledyard	QB-DB	6-0	185	30	Tennessee-Chattanooga	13
29	Leo Lewis	LOH	5-10	195	28	Lincoln (Missouri)	16
73	Cec Luining	DE	6-1	210	30	St. Boniface Jrs.; St. John's Jrs.; Winnipeg Rams Ints.	14
78	Ron Meadmore	RDE	6-2	200	28	Weston Wildcats Jrs.	15
55	Ted Mikliechuk	OG-LB	5-10	207	26	St. Vital Bulldogs Ints.; Winnipeg Rams Ints.	1
24	Nick Miller	CB-LOLB	6-1	192	30	Winnipeg Light Infantry Jrs.	16
26	Baz Nagle	LCB	5-11	188	28	Vancouver Meralomas Jrs.	12
63	Steve Patrick	MG	6-0	230	29	Winnipeg Light Infantry Jrs.	16
64	Cornel Piper	ROG	6-1	235	24	Winnipeg Rods Jrs.	16
77	Ernie Pitts	ROE	6-1	192	26	Denver	16
11	Kenny Ploen	QB-S	6-1	185	26	Iowa	14
14	Rick Potter	OLB-FB	6-0	197	23	Parkdale Jrs.	14
70	Norm Rauhaus	S-OE	6-1	195	26	Weston Wildcats Jrs.	15
67	Frank Rigney	LOT	6-4	233	25	Iowa	16
27	Gordie Rowland	ROLB-S	5-9	172	31	Montreal Orfuns Ints.	16
62	Roger Savoie	LDT	6-0	240	30	Winnipeg Rods Jrs.; St. Boniface Ints.	16
	Carver Shannon	OHB	6-1	201	23	Southern Illinois	4
21	Charlie Shepard	FB	6-2	215	28	North Texas	10
10	Dick Thornton	S-QB	6-0	185	22	Northwestern	4
44	Garland Warren	RILB	6-1	225	26	North Texas	13
65	Mike Wright	DT-OT	6-3	235	23	Minnesota	16

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	73	99	85	103
Opponents Totals	45	94	54	58

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		334	197	114	23	86	620
Opponents Totals		257	138	106	13	101	659

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Gerry James	4	27	37	73.0	8	16	50.0	4	0	79
Leo Lewis	8	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	0	49
Farrell Funston	8	0	0		0	0		0	0	48
Roger Hagberg	6	0	0		0	0		0	0	36
Ernie Pitts	6	0	0		0	0		0	0	36
Ray Jauch	5	0	0		0	0		0	0	30
Carver Shannon	1	5	6	83.3	3	6	50.0	2	0	22
Charlie Shepard	1	0	0		0	0		15	0	21
Kenny Ploen	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Dave Burkholder	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Norm Rauhaus	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Frank Rigney	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Gordie Rowland	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Jack Delveaux	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	1
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		0	1	2
Team Totals	45	33	45	73.3	11	22	50.0	22	1	360
Opponents Totals	30	21	30	70.0	12	25	48.0	14	0	251

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Leo Lewis	146	1036	7.1	63	8
Gerry James	102	505	5.0	26	4
Ray Jauch	86	456	5.3	19	3
Charlie Shepard	86	435	5.1	21	1
Roger Hagberg	79	432	5.5	19	6
Kenny Ploen	43	192	4.5	20	2
Rick Potter	22	104	4.7	12	0
Carver Shannon	20	81	4.1	26	0
Hal Ledyard	37	80	2.2	11	0
Dick Thornton	3	26	8.7	26	0
Henry Janzen	4	13	3.3	9	0
Team Totals	628	3360	5.4		24
Opponents Totals	472	2465	5.2		17

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Hal Ledyard	168	91	54.2	68	1398	8.3	15.4	62	10	6.0	9	5.4		116	1282	79.4
Kenny Ploen	96	50	52.1	42	905	9.4	18.1	75	5	5.2	4	4.2		50	855	84.8
Leo Lewis	7	4	57.1	2	98	14.0	24.5	37	1	14.3	1	14.3	0	0	98	101.8
Dick Thornton	12	6	50.0	6	83	6.9	13.8	33	1	8.3	0	0.0		0	83	100.3
Charlie Shepard	1	1	100.0	0	26	26.0	26.0	26	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	26	118.8
Gerry James	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0		0	0	39.6
Team Totals	285	152	53.3	119	2510	8.8	16.5		17	6.0	14	4.9				82.6
Opponents Totals	313	155	49.5	145	2272	7.3	14.7		13	4.2	13	4.2				70.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Farrell Funston	47	892	19.0	75	8
Ernie Pitts	45	762	16.9	62	6
Ray Jauch	14	244	17.4	37	2
Leo Lewis	13	206	15.8	19	0
Carver Shannon	7	79	11.3	26	1
Charlie Shepard	7	54	7.7	25	0
Rick Potter	5	67	13.4	20	0
Norm Rauhaus	5	62	12.4	26	0
Gerry James	5	60	12.0	21	0
Henry Janzen	2	37	18.5	16	0
Kenny Ploen	1	29	29.0	29	0
Roger Hagberg	1	18	18.0	18	0
Team Totals	152	2510	16.5		17
Opponents Totals	155	2272	14.7		13

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Norm Rauhaus	3	46	15.3	36	1
Jack Delveaux	2	59	29.5	59	0
Ron Latourelle	2	35	17.5	23	0
Baz Nagle	2	20	10.0	16	0
Team Totals	13	198	15.2		1
Opponents Totals	14	98	7.0		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Charlie Shepard	85	3855	45.4	89	0	15
Hal Ledyard	4	175	43.8	51	0	0
Jack Delveaux	21	764	36.4	47	0	1
Dick Thornton	13	461	35.5	54	0	0
Team Totals	123	5255	42.7		0		658	4597	37.4
Opponents Totals	120	5006	41.7				666	4340	36.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Henry Janzen	54	394	7.3	53
Ron Latourelle	46	178	3.9	14
Gordie Rowland	11	70	6.4	17
Kenny Ploen	1	11	11.0	11
Norm Rauhaus	2	3	1.5	8
Nick Miller	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	116	666	5.7
Opponents Totals	113	658	5.8

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Gordie Rowland	49	2047	41.8	69	0
Gerry James	6	308	51.3	56	0
Team Totals	55	2355	42.8
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Leo Lewis	19	495	26.1	42
Ray Jauch	13	380	29.2	71
Carver Shannon	6	125	20.8	29
Ernie Pitts	4	40	10.0	29
Charlie Shepard	3	38	12.7	18
Nick Miller	3	36	12.0	14
Jack Delveaux	1	13	13.0	13
Team Totals	49	1127	23.0
Opponents Totals	51	1003	19.7

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Dave Burkholder				2	2	19	1
Jack Delveaux				1	1	7	0
Herb Gray				2	2	0	0
Roger Hagberg	3			1	1	0	0
Rod Humeniuk				1	1	0	0
Gerry James	3			0	0	0	0
Henry Janzen	3			0	0	0	0
Ray Jauch	2			0	0	0	0
Ed Kotowich				1	1	0	0
Hal Ledyard	2			0	0	0	0
Leo Lewis	3			0	0	0	0
Ron Meadmore				1	1	2	0
Nick Miller				1	1	0	0
Steve Patrick				1	1	0	0
Kenny Ploen	4			0	0	0	0
Norm Rauhaus				1	1	4	0
Frank Rigney				0	0	23	1
Gordie Rowland				1	0	22	1
Roger Savoie			2	2	2	0	0
Dick Thornton				1	1	0	0
Garland Warren				1	1	0	0
Mike Wright				2	2	4	0
(Team)				1	1	0	0
Team Totals	22	18	4	20	24	81	3
Opponents Totals		20		18	18		0

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