1971 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Conference • 7-8-1 .469 |
| Head Coach: Jim Spavital |
| Dave Smith | Assistant Coach |
| Jim Stanley | Assistant Coach |
| 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% | TS | YL | NYP | 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 | BL | 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 |
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