1972 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
| 1st place • Western Conference • 10-6-0 .625 |
| Head Coach: Jim Spavital |
| Bill Long | Assistant Coach |
| LeRoy Montgomery | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 7/3/1972 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 43-10 | W | Montreal, QC | Molson Stadium | 10170 | |
| Wed | 7/5/1972 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 14-14 | T | Toronto, ON | Exhibition Stadium | 32912 | |
| Mon | 7/17/1972 | H | British Columbia Lions | 14-15 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 22055 | |
| Tue | 7/25/1972 | H | Ottawa Rough Riders | 29-28 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 17610 | |
| Wed | 8/2/1972 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 7-31 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 33135 | |
| Tue | 8/8/1972 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 41-14 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Thu | 8/17/1972 | A | British Columbia Lions | 39-7 | W | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | ||
| Wed | 8/23/1972 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 21-19 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Wed | 8/30/1972 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 49-16 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Mon | 9/4/1972 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 21-32 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 21531 | |
| Thu | 9/7/1972 | H | British Columbia Lions | 42-7 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Sat | 9/16/1972 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 22-8 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1972 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18-16 | W | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 19568 | |
| Wed | 9/27/1972 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 26-22 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 20826 | |
| Tue | 10/3/1972 | A | British Columbia Lions | 24-26 | L | Vancouver, BC | Empire Stadium | 20579 | |
| Mon | 10/9/1972 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 15-24 | L | Edmonton, AB | Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium | 20564 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1972 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 28-25 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Sat | 10/21/1972 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 3-18 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 33946 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1972 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 38-24 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 25210 | |
| Sat | 11/4/1972 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 7-11 | L | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 22780 | |
| Western Final | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/19/1972 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24-27 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 19534 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Grady Cavness | 24 | S | 5-11 | 186 | 25 | Texas-El Paso | 16 | |
| Joe Critchlow | 53 | DT | 6-2 | 240 | 29 | Southeast Missouri State | 16 | |
| Mike Dirks | DT | 6-2 | 247 | 26 | Wyoming | 3 | ||
| Mickey Doyle | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 235 | 25 | Kansas | 12 | |
| Jim Duke | 55 | OT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Alabama | 16 | |
| Lance Fletcher | 32 | DB | 6-3 | 215 | 29 | British Columbia | 9 | |
| Bill Frank | 64 | ROT | 6-5 | 255 | 34 | Colorado | 16 | |
| Chuck Harrison | 67 | LOT | 6-3 | 245 | 30 | Western Michigan | 16 | |
| Jim Heighton | 58 | DE | 6-3 | 252 | 28 | none | 16 | |
| Mack Herron | 26 | RB | 5-5 | 174 | 24 | Hutchinson CC; Kansas State | 16 | |
| Don Jonas | 7 | QB | 5-11 | 195 | 34 | Penn State | 16 | |
| Larry Kerychuk | 30 | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Idaho State | 6 | |
| Bob Kraemer | 10 | QB | 5-11 | 175 | 22 | Manitoba | 16 | |
| Mike Kuhn | 72 | LB | 6-3 | 220 | 23 | Kansas State | 12 | |
| Gene Lakusiak | 31 | DB | 6-1 | 210 | 30 | Tulsa | 16 | |
| Bob LaRose | 71 | FL | 6-3 | 213 | 26 | Western Ontario | 16 | |
| Mike Law | DB | 5-11 | 177 | 30 | Queen's; Waterloo | 3 | ||
| Chuck Liebrock | 54 | ROG | 6-1 | 245 | 27 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia); Hillsdale | 16 | |
| Bob Lueck | 61 | LOG | 6-2 | 245 | 29 | Arizona State | 16 | |
| Ray Lychak | 65 | OG | 6-1 | 240 | 29 | Foothill JC; San Jose State | 16 | |
| Paul Markle | 28 | TE | 6-2 | 214 | 26 | Wilfrid Laurier | 16 | |
| Clay McEvoy | 33 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Walt McKee | 6 | K | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Manitoba | 16 | 0 |
| Rob McLaren | 74 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Simon Fraser | 16 | |
| Phil Minnick | 56 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 30 | Northern Iowa | 8 | |
| Tom Oberg | 21 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Oregon State; Portland State | 16 | |
| Tommy Pharr | 9 | QB | 5-10 | 187 | 25 | Gordon Military JC; Mississippi State | 16 | |
| Pete Ribbins | 73 | DB | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | East Carolina; Ottawa | 16 | |
| Mike Richardson | RB | 5-11 | 196 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 5 | ||
| Paul Robson | 43 | LB | 6-2 | 222 | 31 | North Dakota | 16 | |
| Mel Smith | 34 | DB | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Alberta | 1 | |
| Gord Stewart | 63 | DT | 6-4 | 248 | 27 | Boise State | 8 | |
| Doug Strong | 27 | DB | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | Wilfrid Laurier | 4 | |
| Jim Sullivan | 70 | DE | 6-4 | 243 | 28 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 13 | |
| Bob Swift | 44 | C | 6-1 | 233 | 29 | Clemson | 16 | |
| Jim Thorpe | 5 | SE | 6-1 | 185 | 28 | Iowa; Hofstra | 16 | |
| Ray Watrin | 66 | DT | 6-2 | 240 | 27 | Utah State | 16 | |
| Eddie Williams | 22 | FB | 6-0 | 208 | 23 | West Virginia | 11 | |
| Paul Williams | 29 | RB | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Benedict; California | 16 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 11 | Bruce Miatello | T | McMaster |
| 2 | 15 | Jon Dellandrea | T | Toronto |
| 3 | 23 | Rein Enno | C | Toronto |
| 4 | 32 | John Morash | DT | Windsor |
| 5 | 41 | Jamie Horne | LB | Manitoba |
| 6 | 49 | Mario Nardone | DT | Carleton |
| 7 | 58 | Mark Millen | DE | Manitoba |
| 8 | 65 | Bill Thompson | DE | Queen's |
| 9 | 69 | Doug Cozac | HB | Queen's |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 95 | 135 | 73 | 98 | 401 |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 81 | 48 | 102 | 300 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 326 | 114 | 191 | 21 | 101 | 698 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 320 | 132 | 164 | 24 | 94 | 717 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Jonas | 1 | 45 | 48 | 93.8 | - | 14 | 21 | 66.7 | 4 | 0 | 97 | ||
| Mack Herron | 16 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||||
| Jim Thorpe | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||
| Paul Williams | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||
| Bob LaRose | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Eddie Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Walt McKee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | - | 3 | 12 | 25.0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Clay McEvoy | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Tommy Pharr | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Doug Strong | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 49 | 45 | 49 | 91.8 | 17 | 33 | 51.5 | 9 | 1 | 401 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 32 | 13 | 33 | 39.4 | 17 | 1 | 300 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mack Herron | 258 | 1527 | 5.9 | 65 | 11 |
| Eddie Williams | 98 | 494 | 5.0 | 47 | 3 |
| Tommy Pharr | 21 | 186 | 8.9 | 40 | 1 |
| Mike Richardson | 24 | 109 | 4.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Don Jonas | 18 | 81 | 4.5 | 21 | 1 |
| Paul Williams | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 68 | 1 |
| Clay McEvoy | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 6 | 1 |
| Jim Thorpe | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Kraemer | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Paul Markle | 2 | -19 | -9.5 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 443 | 2505 | 5.7 | 68 | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 453 | 2298 | 5.1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Jonas | 447 | 252 | 252 | 169 | 3583 | 8.0 | 14.2 | 97 | 27 | 6.0 | 26 | 5.8 | 78.4 | |||
| Tommy Pharr | 27 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 203 | 7.5 | 22.6 | 69 | 1 | 3.7 | 2 | 7.4 | 42.7 | |||
| Jim Thorpe | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Bob Kraemer | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 16.5 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 135.4 | |||
| Mack Herron | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Bob LaRose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 480 | 265 | 55.2 | 186 | 3929 | 8.2 | 14.8 | 97 | 29 | 6.0 | 29 | 6.0 | 77.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 463 | 259 | 55.9 | 169 | 3351 | 7.2 | 12.9 | 35 | 7.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Thorpe | 70 | 1260 | 18.0 | 97 | 11 |
| Paul Williams | 60 | 817 | 13.6 | 69 | 8 |
| Bob LaRose | 49 | 929 | 19.0 | 73 | 5 |
| Mack Herron | 39 | 451 | 11.6 | 55 | 4 |
| Paul Markle | 31 | 266 | 8.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Kraemer | 13 | 142 | 10.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Eddie Williams | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 33 | 1 |
| Mike Richardson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 265 | 3929 | 14.8 | 97 | 29 |
| Opponents Totals | 259 | 3351 | 12.9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Ribbins | 9 | 85 | 9.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Grady Cavness | 8 | 146 | 18.3 | 53 | 0 |
| Tom Oberg | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tommy Pharr | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 63 | 0 |
| Doug Strong | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Phil Minnick | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Gene Lakusiak | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mickey Doyle | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Dirks | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rob McLaren | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Critchlow | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Duke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 35 | 448 | 12.8 | 63 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 313 | 10.8 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt McKee | 108 | 4486 | 41.5 | 68 | - | |||||
| Team Totals | 108 | 4486 | 41.5 | 68 | - | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 139 | 5554 | 40.0 | - |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Ribbins | 55 | 309 | 5.6 | 41 | 0 |
| Lance Fletcher | 25 | 127 | 5.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Doug Strong | 24 | 89 | 3.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Law | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Kraemer | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Kerychuk | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Gene Lakusiak | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Oberg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 124 | 601 | 4.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 112 | 687 | 6.1 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt McKee | 66 | 3721 | 56.4 | 90 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 66 | 3721 | 56.4 | 90 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mack Herron | 17 | 552 | 32.5 | 120 | 1 |
| Paul Williams | 23 | 492 | 21.4 | 44 | 0 |
| Jim Thorpe | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Clay McEvoy | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Eddie Williams | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Kuhn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Markle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 48 | 1091 | 22.7 | 120 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 1643 | 26.1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grady Cavness | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Doyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Duke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Heighton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mack Herron | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Kraemer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob LaRose | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Law | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Liebrock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clay McEvoy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt McKee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Minnick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Oberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Pharr | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Ribbins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Thorpe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Williams | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 23 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 15 | 15 |
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