1969 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
| 5th place • Western Conference • 3-12-1 .219 |
| Head Coach: Joe Zaleski |
| Monte Charles | Assistant Coach |
| Joe Faragalli | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 7/8/1969 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 18-0 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 14000 | |
| Mon | 7/14/1969 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 22-22 | T | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15500 | |
| Thu | 7/17/1969 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 14-39 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 22712 | |
| Mon | 7/21/1969 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 14-28 | L | Hamilton, ON | Civic Stadium | 16523 | |
| Tue | 7/29/1969 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 0-33 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18106 | |
| Mon | 8/4/1969 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 14-13 | W | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 14000 | |
| Thu | 8/14/1969 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 3-29 | L | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 32021 | |
| Wed | 8/20/1969 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 10-17 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 19950 | |
| Wed | 8/27/1969 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16-14 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21100 | |
| Mon | 9/1/1969 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 24-24 | T | Montreal, QC | Autostade | 15259 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1969 | A | British Columbia Lions | 7-11 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 25051 | |
| Wed | 9/10/1969 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7-17 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21310 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1969 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 16-30 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 12600 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1969 | H | British Columbia Lions | 19-17 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18361 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1969 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 8-24 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 16828 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1969 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 10-22 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 19334 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1969 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 15-16 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 18761 | |
| Wed | 10/15/1969 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 31-38 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 12520 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1969 | H | British Columbia Lions | 3-22 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15340 | |
| Sat | 11/1/1969 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 9-32 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 14717 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| John Atamian | 58 | ROG | 6-1 | 245 | 27 | Notre Dame | 16 | |
| Ed Breding | 78 | LB | 6-4 | 235 | 26 | Texas A&M | 8 | |
| Gord Brown | 73 | RLB | 6-3 | 238 | 25 | Oklahoma | 16 | |
| Paul Brule | 32 | OHB-DB | 5-11 | 205 | 24 | St. Francis Xavier | 16 | |
| Tom Busch | OE | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Iowa State | 6 | ||
| Rick Cassata | RDH | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | Syracuse | 6 | ||
| Ted Collins | 63 | RDT | 6-0 | 255 | 26 | Detroit Mercy | 16 | |
| Joe Critchlow | 53 | LDT | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Southeast Missouri State | 16 | |
| Paul Desjardins | 44 | C | 6-3 | 255 | 26 | Ottawa | 16 | |
| Peter Francis | 29 | FL-DB | 6-0 | 178 | 23 | Saskatchewan | 16 | |
| Bill Frank | OT | 6-5 | 255 | 31 | Colorado | 4 | ||
| Wally Gabler | 10 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; Michigan | 13 | |
| Darwin Gonnerman | HB-SE | 5-11 | 200 | 22 | South Dakota State | 3 | ||
| Tommy Grant | 70 | SE | 5-11 | 195 | 34 | none | 13 | |
| Pierre Guindon | 48 | C | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | Ottawa | 16 | |
| Roger Hamelin | 61 | LDE-RDT | 6-2 | 235 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Chuck Harrison | 67 | LOT | 6-3 | 245 | 27 | Western Michigan | 16 | |
| Bob Houmard | 35 | FB | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | Ohio University | 15 | |
| Ron Johnson | 12 | RDH | 6-1 | 190 | 21 | Oklahoma State | 2 | |
| Gene Lakusiak | 31 | RCB | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Tulsa | 16 | |
| Rob McLaren | 74 | TE-LB | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Phil Minnick | 54 | MLB | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Northern Iowa | 9 | |
| Ken Nielsen | 21 | FL | 6-1 | 182 | 27 | Alberta | 14 | |
| Glen Orris | 28 | SE | 6-1 | 203 | 20 | Simon Fraser | 11 | |
| John Pentecost | 64 | ROT-LOG | 6-2 | 250 | 26 | Santa Ana JC; UCLA | 12 | |
| Ernie Pitts | 77 | S | 6-1 | 192 | 34 | Denver | 16 | |
| Butch Pressley | 26 | ROH-FB | 5-11 | 205 | 28 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 16 | |
| Dave Raimey | 27 | ROH | 5-10 | 190 | 29 | Michigan | 3 | |
| Ross Richardson | 65 | ROT | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | North Dakota | 16 | |
| Paul Robson | 43 | LLB | 6-2 | 222 | 28 | North Dakota | 16 | |
| Glen Schapansky | 62 | LDE | 6-3 | 248 | 23 | none | 16 | |
| John Schneider | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Toledo | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Slagle | 55 | LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | UCLA | 11 | |
| Doug Strong | 30 | LCB | 6-0 | 192 | 23 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
| Ed Ulmer | 24 | LDH | 6-2 | 184 | 29 | Ohio State | 16 | |
| Amos Van Pelt | 22 | LOH | 6-2 | 215 | 21 | Ball State | 16 | |
| Jim Walker | 23 | WR | 6-1 | 180 | 22 | Saskatchewan | 5 | |
| Dave Washington | 71 | TE | 6-4 | 228 | 30 | Santa Monica JC; Southern California | 16 | |
| Don Weiss | 14 | QB | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Juniata | 16 | |
| Bill Whisler | 66 | RDE | 6-3 | 221 | 29 | Iowa | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Doug Strong | HB | Wilfrid Laurier |
| 1 | 2 | Rob McLaren | LB | Simon Fraser |
| 2 | 10 | Gary Robinson | E | Simon Fraser |
| 3 | 19 | Jim Jardine | LB | Simon Fraser |
| 4 | 28 | Terry McGovern | C | Ottawa |
| 5 | 37 | Jim Walker | FL | Saskatchewan |
| 6 | 45 | Ian McKie | LB-TE | Carleton |
| 7 | 52 | Terry Donnelly | QB | St. Francis Xavier |
| 8 | 58 | Bryce Bell | T | St. Francis Xavier |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 18 | 61 | 61 | 52 | 192 |
| Opponents Totals | 74 | 97 | 81 | 107 | 359 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 268 | 110 | 136 | 22 | 64 | 473 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 280 | 163 | 108 | 9 | 89 | 729 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Guindon | 0 | 16 | 19 | 84.2 | - | 15 | 34 | 44.1 | 3 | 0 | 64 | ||
| Butch Pressley | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Dave Washington | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Amos Van Pelt | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Ken Nielsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Wally Gabler | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bob Houmard | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Phil Minnick | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Doug Strong | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Don Weiss | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ed Ulmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Rick Cassata | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 20 | 17 | 20 | 85.0 | 15 | 34 | 44.1 | 8 | 1 | 192 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 37 | 44 | 84.1 | 14 | 43 | 32.6 | 16 | 0 | 359 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Houmard | 106 | 506 | 4.8 | 29 | 1 |
| Amos Van Pelt | 121 | 504 | 4.2 | 41 | 3 |
| Butch Pressley | 88 | 404 | 4.6 | 51 | 4 |
| Wally Gabler | 44 | 209 | 4.8 | 1 | |
| Don Weiss | 29 | 196 | 6.8 | 42 | 1 |
| Dave Raimey | 20 | 89 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Rick Cassata | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| John Atamian | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Paul Brule | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Doug Strong | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Darwin Gonnerman | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 415 | 1955 | 4.7 | 11 | |
| Opponents Totals | 505 | 2883 | 5.7 | 21 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Gabler | 338 | 168 | 168 | 146 | 2194 | 6.5 | 13.1 | 7 | 2.1 | 24 | 7.1 | 47.9 | ||||
| Don Weiss | 62 | 32 | 32 | 25 | 419 | 6.8 | 13.1 | 50 | 1 | 1.6 | 5 | 8.1 | 45.0 | |||
| John Schneider | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||
| Rick Cassata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 411 | 203 | 49.4 | 179 | 2626 | 6.4 | 12.9 | 8 | 1.9 | 29 | 7.1 | 47.0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 327 | 174 | 53.2 | 132 | 2886 | 8.8 | 16.6 | 21 | 6.4 | 21 | 6.4 | 77.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Nielsen | 49 | 617 | 12.6 | 37 | 2 |
| Dave Washington | 35 | 587 | 16.8 | 39 | 4 |
| Bob Houmard | 34 | 323 | 9.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Butch Pressley | 32 | 440 | 13.8 | 40 | 2 |
| Amos Van Pelt | 24 | 245 | 10.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Tom Busch | 14 | 188 | 13.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Tommy Grant | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Glen Orris | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Darwin Gonnerman | 0 | ||||
| Dave Raimey | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 203 | 2626 | 12.9 | 8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 174 | 2886 | 16.6 | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Pitts | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 29 | 0 |
| Ed Ulmer | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Peter Francis | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Gene Lakusiak | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Rick Cassata | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Doug Strong | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Phil Minnick | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Ed Breding | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Whisler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rob McLaren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 211 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 410 | 14.1 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Ulmer | 115 | 4690 | 40.8 | 91 | - | |||||
| Ron Johnson | 13 | 512 | 39.4 | 54 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 128 | 5202 | 40.6 | - | 1059 | 4855 | 33.3 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 148 | 5629 | 38.0 | - | 911 | 4718 | 31.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Brule | 63 | 498 | 7.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Doug Strong | 56 | 375 | 6.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Ed Ulmer | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Tommy Grant | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rick Cassata | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Peter Francis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Lakusiak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Pitts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 131 | 911 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 134 | 1059 | 7.9 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Guindon | 26 | 1426 | 54.8 | 73 | 0 |
| Gene Lakusiak | 9 | 449 | 49.9 | 63 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 35 | 1875 | 53.6 | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Pressley | 22 | 537 | 24.4 | 60 | 0 |
| Amos Van Pelt | 13 | 341 | 26.2 | 45 | 0 |
| Doug Strong | 8 | 159 | 19.9 | 35 | 0 |
| Paul Brule | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Houmard | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Dave Washington | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ted Collins | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Darwin Gonnerman | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 58 | 1329 | 22.9 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 781 | 22.3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Atamian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Breding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Brule | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Busch | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Critchlow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Francis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Wally Gabler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Houmard | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Lakusiak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Minnick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Ernie Pitts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Pressley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Raimey | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Schapansky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Slagle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Strong | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Ulmer | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amos Van Pelt | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Washington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Weiss | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Whisler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 20 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
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