1973 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)

5th place Western Conference 4-11-1 .281

Fred Hightower	Assistant Coach
Bill Long	Assistant Coach
LeRoy Montgomery	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Wed	7/4/1973	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	10-10	T	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	14917
Tue	7/10/1973	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	16-25	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	21014
Wed	7/18/1973	H	British Columbia Lions	22-7	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18146
Mon	7/23/1973	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13-22	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	9000
Tue	7/31/1973	H	Edmonton Eskimos	22-33	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	24526
Mon	8/6/1973	A	Edmonton Eskimos	3-10	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	19801
Thu	8/9/1973	H	Calgary Stampeders	30-7	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	23338
Wed	8/15/1973	A	Calgary Stampeders	9-18	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	23287
Wed	8/22/1973	H	British Columbia Lions	19-23	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	24443
Wed	8/29/1973	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	12-13	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	25210
Mon	9/3/1973	A	Calgary Stampeders	24-25	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	21445
Wed	9/12/1973	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	13-24	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	24385
Tue	9/18/1973	A	British Columbia Lions	33-13	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	21084
Tue	9/25/1973	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	25-23	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	16310
Wed	10/3/1973	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18-21	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	22688
Mon	10/8/1973	A	Edmonton Eskimos	14-14	T	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	21841
Sun	10/14/1973	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	18-17	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	24372
Sat	10/20/1973	A	Montreal Alouettes	7-34	L	Montreal, QC	Autostade	14505
Sun	10/28/1973	H	British Columbia Lions	17-22	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	22013
Sat	11/3/1973	A	Toronto Argonauts	3-18	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	33135

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
22	Tim Beamer	DB	5-11	185	25	Illinois; Johnson C. Smith	4
5	Bob Biggs	QB	6-0	180	22	Solano CC; UC Davis	2
30	John Bledsoe	RB	6-1	224	22	Ohio State	9
43	John Bonk	C	6-2	245	23	none	5
22	Stan Brown	RB	5-9	184	24	Purdue	10
35	Jimmie Calip	RB	5-10	185	23	Southwestern Oklahoma State	5
24	Grady Cavness	S	5-11	186	26	Texas-El Paso	12
	Ron Coppenbarger	DB	6-1	195	22	Kansas State	1
53	Joe Critchlow	DT	6-2	240	30	Southeast Missouri State	16
55	Mike Dirks	DT	6-2	247	27	Wyoming	16
52	Mickey Doyle	LB	6-1	235	26	Kansas	16
65	Jim Duke	DE	6-3	250	25	Alabama	16
	Jimmy Dye	DB	5-10	163	28	Missouri Southern JC; Miami (Florida)	1
32	Rufus Ferguson	HB	5-5	191	22	Wisconsin	1
35	Lee Fobbs	RB	5-11	197	23	Grambling State	7
64	Bill Frank	OT	6-5	255	35	Colorado	16
34	Geoff Hamlin	RB	6-1	220	24	North Carolina; Queen's	2
67	Chuck Harrison	OT	6-3	245	31	Western Michigan	16
58	Jim Heighton	DE	6-3	252	29	none	16
7	Don Jonas	QB	5-11	195	35	Penn State	16
10	Bob Kraemer	QB	5-11	175	23	Manitoba	16
72	Mike Kuhn	LB	6-3	220	24	Kansas State	5
31	Gene Lakusiak	DB	6-1	210	31	Tulsa	16
71	Bob LaRose	WR	6-3	213	27	Western Ontario	16
54	Chuck Liebrock	OG	6-1	245	28	St. Mary's (Nova Scotia); Hillsdale	16
61	Ray Lychak	OG	6-1	240	30	Foothill JC; San Jose State	12
28	Paul Markle	TE	6-2	214	27	Wilfrid Laurier	16
33	Clay McEvoy	FB	6-1	205	26	Simon Fraser	12
6	Walt McKee	K	5-11	185	24	Manitoba	16	0
74	Rob McLaren	LB	6-1	225	26	Simon Fraser	16
34	Willie Miller	RB	5-10	180	23	Tampa	9
56	Phil Minnick	LB	6-2	225	31	Northern Iowa	15
21	Tom Oberg	DB	6-0	185	28	Oregon State; Portland State	15
9	Tommy Pharr	QB	5-10	187	26	Gordon Military JC; Mississippi State	12
78	Dale Potter	LB	6-2	225	24	Ottawa	16
72	Rob Pyne	DB	6-2	200	23	Tulsa	2
73	Pete Ribbins	WB	6-2	195	26	East Carolina; Ottawa	11
75	John Steele	DB	6-1	202	25	Simon Fraser	15
63	Gord Stewart	DT	6-4	248	28	Boise State	16
27	Doug Strong	DB	6-0	192	27	Wilfrid Laurier	13
44	Bob Swift	C	6-1	233	30	Clemson	16
62	Tuufuli Uperesa	OG	6-3	255	25	Wenatchee Valley JC; Montana	16
5	Billy Walik	WR	5-11	180	26	Villanova	2
32	Tom Walker	FB	6-1	225	24	Simon Fraser; Wilfrid Laurier	3
66	Ray Watrin	OG	6-2	240	28	Utah State	3
29	Paul Williams	RB	5-11	180	26	Benedict; California	16

DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL
Player	Pos	College
Roy Albertson	T	Simon Fraser
Wayne Ducharme	RB	Bowling Green State

DRAFT LIST - OPEN
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	15	Dale Potter	LB	Ottawa
3	24	Nick Kanakos	DB	Simon Fraser
4	33	Brian Warrender	HB	Queen's
5	42	Paul Hilborn	T	Simon Fraser
6	50	Fred Clarke	G	Western Ontario
7	58	Tim Crowe	T	Windsor
8	66	Bart Evans	G	Manitoba
9	73	Dean Samson	DB	Manitoba

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	82	56	35	94
Opponents Totals	28	1907	74	106

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		282	101	159	22	70	449
Opponents Totals		258	98	149	11	124	960

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Don Jonas	2	12	14	85.7	9	17	52.9	3	0	54
Walt McKee	0	11	14	78.6	9	22	40.9	14	0	52
Bob LaRose	7	0	0		0	0		0	0	42
Stan Brown	5	0	0		0	0		0	0	30
John Bledsoe	3	0	0		0	0		0	0	18
Bob Kraemer	3	0	0		0	0		0	0	18
Paul Williams	3	0	0		0	0		0	0	18
Jimmie Calip	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Lee Fobbs	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Willie Miller	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Tom Oberg	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Doug Strong	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Gene Lakusiak	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	1
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		0	2	4
Team Totals	28	23	28	82.1	18	39	46.2	18	2	267
Opponents Totals	32	31			24	37	64.9	16	2	315

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Bledsoe	158	811	5.1	34	3
Stan Brown	104	449	4.3	78	4
Jimmie Calip	64	233	3.6	20	1
Clay McEvoy	36	197	5.5	19	0
Tom Walker	22	132	6.0	29	0
Lee Fobbs	25	102	4.1	16	0
Don Jonas	27	73	2.7	11	2
Tommy Pharr	10	58	5.8	37	0
Bob Kraemer	5	25	5.0	10	0
Pete Ribbins	3	19	6.3	15	0
Rufus Ferguson	6	7	1.2	8	0
Bill Frank	1	4	4.0	4	0
Billy Walik	1	4	4.0	4	0
John Steele	1	2	2.0	2	0
Jim Duke	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	464	2116	4.6	78	10
Opponents Totals	413	1795	4.3

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Don Jonas	452	226	50.0	197	3363	7.4	14.9	103	15	3.3	29	6.4	59.1
Tommy Pharr	9	2	22.2	5	13	1.4	6.5	7	0	0.0	2	22.2	0.0
Stan Brown	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Bob LaRose	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Team Totals	463	228	49.2	204	3376	7.3	14.8	103	15	3.2	31	6.7	56.4
Opponents Totals	428	228	53.3	178	3218	7.5	14.1				22	5.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Kraemer	47	635	13.5	49	3
Bob LaRose	44	855	19.4	69	7
John Bledsoe	25	262	10.5	21	0
Paul Markle	20	257	12.9	44	0
Willie Miller	19	388	20.4	103	1
Stan Brown	19	272	14.3	52	1
Paul Williams	17	298	17.5	63	2
Tommy Pharr	11	121	11.0	28	0
Jimmie Calip	6	105	17.5	36	0
Lee Fobbs	6	70	11.7	25	1
Clay McEvoy	5	27	5.4	10	0
Rufus Ferguson	4	32	8.0	13	0
Pete Ribbins	3	31	10.3	15	0
Billy Walik	1	23	23.0	23	0
John Steele	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	228	3376	14.8	103	15
Opponents Totals	228	3218	14.1

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Williams	4	19	4.8	19	0
Doug Strong	3	66	22.0	61	1
Grady Cavness	3	57	19.0	31	0
John Steele	3	29	9.7	25	0
Tom Oberg	3	14	4.7	14	0
Tim Beamer	2	27	13.5	31	0
Gene Lakusiak	1	25	25.0	25	0
Jim Duke	1	16	16.0	16	0
Phil Minnick	1	8	8.0	8	0
Mickey Doyle	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	22	262	11.9	61	1
Opponents Totals	31	530	17.1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Walt McKee	129	5696	44.2	83	-
Don Jonas	1	42	42.0	42	-
Doug Strong	1	25	25.0	25	-
Team Totals	131	5763	44.0	83	-
Opponents Totals	163	6589	40.4		-

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Doug Strong	50	171	3.4	12	0
Paul Williams	27	119	4.4	24	0
Pete Ribbins	8	61	7.6	13	0
John Steele	32	49	1.5	9	0
Tim Beamer	12	25	2.1	7	0
Bob Kraemer	7	16	2.3	8	0
Tom Oberg	2	7	3.5	7	0
Team Totals	138	448	3.2	24	0
Opponents Totals	133	989	7.4

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Walt McKee	34	1942	57.1	90	1
Gene Lakusiak	11	620	56.4	77	1
Team Totals	45	2562	56.9	90	2
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Stan Brown	13	293	22.5	35	0
Paul Williams	9	222	24.7	44	0
Jimmie Calip	2	85	42.5	50	0
Billy Walik	2	46	23.0	23	0
Tim Beamer	3	38	12.7	21	0
Jim Duke	2	33	16.5	17	0
John Bledsoe	2	29	14.5	16	0
Willie Miller	1	25	25.0	25	0
Rufus Ferguson	1	23	23.0	23	0
Dale Potter	2	12	6.0	12	0
Tom Oberg	1	9	9.0	9	0
Mike Kuhn	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	39	823	21.1	50	0
Opponents Totals	40	1027	25.7

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Tim Beamer	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
John Bledsoe	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Brown	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmie Calip	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Grady Cavness	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Joe Critchlow	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Dirks	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Mickey Doyle	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rufus Ferguson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Fobbs	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Harrison	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Heighton	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
Don Jonas	5	2	2	0	2	0	0
Bob Kraemer	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Lakusiak	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Chuck Liebrock	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Paul Markle	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
Walt McKee	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tommy Pharr	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Pete Ribbins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Steele	2	2	0	2	2	11	0
Gord Stewart	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Doug Strong	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tuufuli Uperesa	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tom Walker	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Williams	1	0	1	2	3	25	1
Team Totals	24	15	9	16	25	47	2
Opponents Totals		16		15	15