1971 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		Location	Venue	Attendance
Mon	7/5/1971	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	19-17	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	13513
Wed	7/7/1971	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16-14	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	19075
Mon	7/12/1971	H	Toronto Argonauts	11-14	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	17500
Wed	7/21/1971	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	17-10	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16125
Wed	7/28/1971	A	Toronto Argonauts	20-21	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	33135
Mon	8/2/1971	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	22-28	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	21851
Mon	8/9/1971	H	British Columbia Lions	16-29	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	19981
Fri	8/13/1971	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	32-22	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	14358
Mon	8/16/1971	A	Calgary Stampeders	12-36	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	23425
Thu	8/19/1971	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	25-31	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	20980
Wed	8/25/1971	A	Edmonton Eskimos	40-31	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	20149
Wed	9/1/1971	H	Calgary Stampeders	31-15	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	22553
Sat	9/11/1971	H	Edmonton Eskimos	26-14	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	22553
Wed	9/15/1971	A	Calgary Stampeders	7-20	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	23616
Sun	9/19/1971	H	British Columbia Lions	31-31	T	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	22083
Sat	9/25/1971	A	British Columbia Lions	18-25	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	28063
Sat	10/2/1971	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	35-2	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	20717
Sun	10/10/1971	A	Edmonton Eskimos	14-22	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	18762
Sun	10/17/1971	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18-4	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	20345
Sun	10/24/1971	A	Montreal Alouettes	19-18	W	Montreal, QC	Autostade	19312
Western Semi-Final
Sat	11/6/1971	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	23-24	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	14488

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Lou Andrus		TE	6-6	230	28	Brigham Young	2
Sid Bailey		DE	6-4	221	23	Kilgore JC; Texas-Arlington	3
Ed Breding		LB	6-4	235	28	Texas A&M	3
Paul Brule	32	DB	5-11	205	26	St. Francis Xavier	16
Charlie Bryant		RB	6-1	207	30	Allen	3
Ted Cottrell		LB	6-1	233	24	Delaware Valley	2
Carl Crennel	54	LB	6-1	230	23	West Virginia	5
Joe Critchlow	53	DT	6-2	240	28	Southeast Missouri State	16
Benjy Dial	9	QB	6-1	185	28	Eastern New Mexico	7
Al Dotson	63	DT	6-4	258	28	Grambling State	6
Mickey Doyle	52	LB	6-1	235	24	Kansas	15
Lance Fletcher	72	DB	6-3	215	28	British Columbia	16
Bill Frank	64	ROT	6-5	255	33	Colorado	16
Wayne Giesbrecht		DT	6-3	247	26	North Dakota	6
Chuck Harrison	67	LOT	6-3	245	29	Western Michigan	16
Jim Heighton	58	DE	6-3	252	27	none	16
Mack Herron	26	HB	5-5	174	23	Hutchinson CC; Kansas State	15
Emery Hicks		LB	6-0	230	24	Kansas	7
Don Jonas	7	QB	5-11	195	33	Penn State	16
Larry Kerychuk	30	DB	6-1	190	25	Idaho State	16
Bob Kraemer	10	HB	5-11	175	21	Manitoba	16
Gene Lakusiak	31	DB	6-1	210	29	Tulsa	16
Bob LaRose	71	FL	6-3	213	25	Western Ontario	16
Chuck Liebrock	56	OG	6-1	245	26	St. Mary's (Nova Scotia); Hillsdale	6
Bob Lueck	61	ROG	6-2	245	28	Arizona State	13
Paul Markle	29	TE	6-2	214	25	Wilfrid Laurier	16
Clay McEvoy	33	RB	6-1	205	24	Simon Fraser	16
Rob McLaren	74	LB	6-1	225	24	Simon Fraser	16
Craig McLeod	78	LB	6-0	210	22	Calgary	10
Tom Oberg	21	DB	6-0	185	26	Oregon State; Portland State	16
Rock Perdoni		DT	5-11	238	24	Ferrum JC; Georgia Tech	4
Rex Pitts		OT	6-4	255	25	North Texas; Los Angeles State	3
Frank Reid	56	OG	6-2	235	25	Buffalo	16
Pete Ribbins	73	WR	6-2	195	24	East Carolina; Ottawa	16
Paul Robson	43	LB	6-2	222	30	North Dakota	16
Larry Slagle	55	LOG	6-3	250	25	UCLA	16
Doug Strong	27	DB	6-0	192	25	Wilfrid Laurier	16
Bob Swift	44	C	6-1	233	28	Clemson	16
Jim Thorpe	34	SE	6-1	185	27	Iowa; Hofstra	16
Ed Ulmer		DB	6-2	184	31	Ohio State	6
Ray Watrin		DT	6-2	240	26	Utah State	9
Eddie Williams	22	FB	6-0	208	22	West Virginia	14
Paul Williams	29	RB	5-11	180	24	Benedict; California	10

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	5	Pete Ribbins	DB	Ottawa
1	7	Bob Kraemer	QB	Manitoba
1	9	John Gauthier	T	Ottawa
3	19	Clay McEvoy	RB	Simon Fraser
4	28	Walt McKee	K	Manitoba
5	37	Steve Howell	E	Windsor
6	46	Paul Paddon	DB	Ottawa
6	51	Roy Parker	FL	Manitoba
7	55	Ben Labovich	E	Carleton
7	59	Art Rochette	QB	Queen's
8	63	Ian Jukes	G	British Columbia
8	68	Dennis Hrychiko	HB	Manitoba

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	85	84	129	68	366
Opponents Totals	78	126	58	87	349

TEAM STATS	TOP	First Downs	Rush	Pass	Pen	2nd Down Efficiency	3rd Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		309	93	196	20	85	615
Opponents Totals		302	149	137	16	107	680

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Don Jonas	4	40	44	90.9	-	-	-	15	36	41.7	12	0	121
Mack Herron	9	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	54
Bob LaRose	7	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	42
Paul Williams	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	24
Rex Pitts	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Ed Ulmer	0	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		2	0	2
Benjy Dial	0	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		1	0	1
Jim Thorpe	9	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	54
Eddie Williams	5	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	25
Paul Markle	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	18
Bob Kraemer	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	12
(Team)	0	0	0				-	0	0		0	1	2
Team Totals	44	40	44	90.9	15	36	41.7	15	1	366
Opponents Totals	40	36			16	40	40.0	21	2	349

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mack Herron	198	900	4.5	33	5
Eddie Williams	110	688	6.3	41	4
Clay McEvoy	20	135	6.8	15	0
Charlie Bryant	29	107	3.7	19	0
Don Jonas	20	80	4.0	25	4
Larry Slagle	1	24	24.0	24	0
Benjy Dial	8	11	1.4	9	0
Paul Williams	1	5	5.0	5	0
Jim Thorpe	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bob Kraemer	3	-10	-3.3	10	0
Team Totals	391	1940	5.0	41	13
Opponents Totals	483	2691	5.6

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Don Jonas	485	253	52.2	201	4036	8.3	16.0	94	27	5.6	31	6.4	72.2
Benjy Dial	41	15	36.6	23	252	6.1	16.8	63	2	4.9	3	7.3	44.0
Jim Thorpe	1	1	100.0	0	34	34.0	34.0	34	0	0.0	0	0.0	118.8
Bob Kraemer	4	1	25.0	3	10	2.5	10.0	10t	1	25.0	0	0.0	79.2
Team Totals	531	270	50.8	227	4332	8.2	16.0	94	30	5.6	34	6.4	70.6
Opponents Totals	425	225	52.9	172	2982	7.0	13.3				28	6.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob LaRose	58	1080	18.6	70	7
Mack Herron	30	418	13.9	63	4
Paul Williams	13	183	14.1	45	4
Charlie Bryant	5	94	18.8	67	0
Clay McEvoy	2	10	5.0	9	0
Jim Thorpe	70	1436	20.5	94	9
Bob Kraemer	39	468	12.0	27	2
Paul Markle	30	406	13.5	38	3
Eddie Williams	13	88	6.8	26	1
Pete Ribbins	10	149	14.9	32	0
Team Totals	270	4332	16.0	94	30
Opponents Totals	225	2982	13.3

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Williams	6	68	11.3	22	0
Paul Brule	4	92	23.0	52	0
Mickey Doyle	4	86	21.5	38	0
Doug Strong	3	32	10.7	20	0
Gene Lakusiak	3	15	5.0	15	0
Paul Robson	2	34	17.0	27	0
Rex Pitts	1	25	25.0	25t	1
Emery Hicks	1	18	18.0	18	0
Ed Ulmer	1	2	2.0	2	0
Larry Kerychuk	1	1	1.0	1	0
Rob McLaren	1	0	0.0	0	0
Tom Oberg	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	28	373	13.3	52	1
Opponents Totals	34	591	17.4

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Ed Ulmer	53	2166	40.9	60	2
Jim Thorpe	49	1802	36.8	54	0
Benjy Dial	1	90	90.0	90	1
Larry Kerychuk	19	660	34.7	52	0
Don Jonas	1	29	29.0	29	0
Team Totals	123	4747	38.6	90
Opponents Totals	151	6378	42.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Brule	63	385	6.1	40	0
Doug Strong	64	366	5.7	17	0
Gene Lakusiak	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	128	751	5.9	40	0
Opponents Totals	123	635	5.2

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Gene Lakusiak	41	2119	51.7	70	0
Don Jonas	9	521	57.9	90	0
Jim Thorpe	2	109	54.5	57	0
Jim Heighton	3	150	50.0	57	0
Benjy Dial	1	50	50.0	50	0
Paul Williams	4	130	32.5	63	0
Doug Strong	1	13	13.0	13	0
Team Totals	61	3092	50.7	90
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mack Herron	35	1019	29.1	62	0
Eddie Williams	7	135	19.3	22	0
Charlie Bryant	3	50	16.7	21	0
Paul Williams	2	46	23.0	24	0
Clay McEvoy	2	21	10.5	15	0
Gene Lakusiak	1	12	12.0	12	0
Paul Robson	1	1	1.0	1	0
Paul Brule	2	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	53	1284	24.2	62	0
Opponents Totals	60	1299	21.7

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Paul Brule	2	1	2	1	3	0	0
Carl Crennel	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Critchlow	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Lance Fletcher	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Frank	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Heighton	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Mack Herron	9	6	0	0	0	0	0
Emery Hicks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Jonas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Kerychuk	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Kraemer	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
Bob LaRose	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Lueck	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Paul Markle	1	1	2	1	3	0	0
Rob McLaren	0	0	0	3	2	0	0
Craig McLeod	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Oberg	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Renso Perdoni	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Frank Reid	0	0	0	3	3	9	0
Paul Robson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Strong	3	1	1	1	2	0	0
Jim Thorpe	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Ray Watrin	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Eddie Williams	2	2	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	23	14	9	21	30	13	0
Opponents Totals		21		14	14

Dave Smith	Assistant Coach
Jim Stanley	Assistant Coach