1974 Winnipeg Blue Bombers - Pro Football Archives

1974 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)

4th place Western Conference 8-8-0 .500

Head Coach: Bud Riley

George Dyer	Assistant Coach
Joe Faragalli	Assistant Coach
Fred Hightower	Assistant Coach

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Thu	7/4/1974	H	Montreal Alouettes	8-23	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16500
Wed	7/10/1974	A	Toronto Argonauts	17-27	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	31325
Mon	7/15/1974	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	30-15	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	17600
Thu	7/18/1974	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	16-27	L	Ottawa, ON	Landsdowne Park	12424
Wed	7/31/1974	H	British Columbia Lions	22-29	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	22478
Thu	8/8/1974	A	British Columbia Lions	6-26	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	24569
Fri	8/16/1974	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13-24	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	16552
Wed	8/21/1974	H	Toronto Argonauts	18-13	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	21139
Wed	8/28/1974	H	Calgary Stampeders	31-30	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	22644
Mon	9/2/1974	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	20-18	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	19232
Sun	9/8/1974	A	Edmonton Eskimos	2-24	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	21346
Wed	9/18/1974	H	Edmonton Eskimos	19-13	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	24921
Sat	9/21/1974	A	British Columbia Lions	10-28	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	22793
Sat	9/28/1974	H	Montreal Alouettes	24-15	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	23126
Sun	10/6/1974	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	24-21	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	24535
Sat	10/12/1974	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	10-27	L	Ottawa, ON	Landsdowne Park	15500
Mon	10/14/1974	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	19-12	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	27491
Sun	10/20/1974	H	Edmonton Eskimos	10-17	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	24528
Sun	10/27/1974	A	Calgary Stampeders	11-44	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	19323
Sun	11/3/1974	H	Calgary Stampeders	19-9	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16569

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

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
74	David Bailey	SE	6-1	190	24	Alabama	15
30	John Bledsoe	FB	6-1	224	23	Ohio State	9
43	John Bonk	C	6-2	245	24	Burlington Braves Jrs.	16
5	Dieter Brock	QB	6-0	195	23	Auburn; Jacksonville State	16
26	Dave Buchanan	LHB	5-9	200	26	Arizona State	9
55	Mike Dirks	RDE	6-2	247	28	Wyoming	9
70	Jim Duke	MLB	6-3	250	26	Alabama	16
8	Chuck Ealey	QB	6-0	195	24	Toledo	10
22	Mel Easley	DB	6-0	204	27	Oregon State	2
64	Bill Frank	ROT	6-5	255	36	Colorado	7
63	Mark Gefert	LB	6-2	210	22	Purdue	7
53	Lloyd Grimsrud	LDT	6-2	255	23	Idaho	16
61	Randy Halsall	OG	6-3	255	25	Wake Forest	14
67	Chuck Harrison	LOT	6-3	245	32	Western Michigan	16
58	Jim Heighton	LDE	6-3	252	30	none	15
72	Brian Jack	TE	6-4	237	26	Lenoir-Rhyne	16
7	Don Jonas	QB	5-11	195	36	Penn State	6
65	Dave Knechtel	RDT	6-3	247	29	Wilfrid Laurier	16
35	Jeff Kolberg	S	5-11	190	25	Oregon State	16
10	Bob Kraemer	QB	5-11	175	24	Manitoba	16
31	Gene Lakusiak	LLB	6-1	210	31	Tulsa	7
71	Bob LaRose	FL	6-3	213	28	Western Ontario	16
54	Chuck Liebrock	ROG	6-1	245	29	Windsor AKO Jrs.; St. Mary's (Nova Scotia)	16
75	Ted McEachern	LB	6-1	220	26	Guelph	11
6	Walt McKee	K	5-11	185	25	Manitoba	16	0
28	Dave Montagano	DB	5-11	185	25	Carleton (Ontario)	7
66	Butch Norman	ROT	6-5	251	22	Marion Institute JC; Alabama	9
34	Gord Paterson	LDH	5-11	185	24	Manitoba	13
9	Tommy Pharr	RDH	5-10	187	27	Gordon Military JC; Mississippi State	13
	Charlie Potts	DB	6-3	210	25	Purdue	1
26	Jimmy Poulos	HB	5-10	195	22	Georgia	6
56	Bob Pritchett	LLB	6-4	235	24	Utah; Foothill JC; Utah	9
22	Rob Pyne	DB	6-2	200	24	Tulsa; Regina Rams Jrs.	4
73	Pete Ribbins	DB	6-2	195	27	Burlington Braves Jrs.; East Carolina; Ottawa	3
75	Ken Robinson	RLB	6-3	225	23	Arizona State	2
21	Tom Scott	SB-RHB	5-10	170	23	San Mateo JC; Washington	16
52	Chuck Strickland	LB	6-2	225	22	Alabama	7
27	Doug Strong	RDH	6-0	192	28	Wilfrid Laurier	2
44	Bob Swift	C	6-1	233	31	Clemson	16
78	Bob Toogood	LB	6-2	223	26	Weston Wildcats Jrs.; Manitoba	16
62	Tuufuli Uperesa	LOG	6-3	255	26	Montana	16
24	Merv Walker	LCB	6-0	180	22	Lakeshore Bears Jrs.	16
32	Tom Walker	FB	6-1	225	25	Simon Fraser; Wilfrid Laurier	16
27	Jim Washington	RB	6-1	205	23	Clemson	7
	Ray Watrin	DT	6-2	240	29	Utah State	2
29	Paul Williams	RCB	5-11	180	27	Benedict; California	16

DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL EXEMPTIONS

Player	Pos	College	Notes
Gord Paterson	RB	Manitoba
Glen Perrin	RB	Bemidji State

Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
3	19	Derek Forbes	LB	McMaster
4	28	David Semple	C	Simon Fraser
5	37	Geoff Sutherland	FB	Waterloo
6	46	Jay Chapman	DE	Western Ontario
7	55	Rick Howse	FB	Waterloo
8	64	Carl Knovac	DE	Bridgeport
9	72	John Malus	DE	Manitoba

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	31	85	54	88
Opponents Totals	93	85	87	85

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		252	120	121	11	90	541
Opponents Totals		312	160	134	18	107	632

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Walt McKee	0	20	28	71.4	15	35	42.9	14	0	79
Tom Scott	7	0	0		0	0		0	0	42
John Bledsoe	5	0	0		0	0		0	0	30
Bob LaRose	4	0	0		0	0		0	0	24
Jim Washington	4	0	0		0	0		0	0	24
David Bailey	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Brian Jack	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Paul Williams	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Chuck Ealey	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Jim Heighton	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Merv Walker	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Don Jonas	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	1
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		0	2	4
Team Totals	29	20	29	69.0	15	35	42.9	15	2	258
Opponents Totals	39	33			24	49	49.0	7	2	350

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Bledsoe	134	623	4.6	33	4
Jim Washington	117	582	5.0	41	3
Dave Buchanan	95	328	3.5	18	0
Chuck Ealey	55	300	5.5	25	1
Tom Scott	42	228	5.4	30	0
Tom Walker	22	152	6.9	43	0
Jimmy Poulos	34	89	2.6	10	0
Don Jonas	8	11	1.4	9	0
Dieter Brock	2	6	3.0	7	0
Bob Kraemer	2	5	2.5	3	0
Jim Duke	1	1	1.0	1	0
Gene Lakusiak	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	513	2326	4.5	43	8
Opponents Totals	544	3163	5.8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Don Jonas	169	90	53.3	70	1309	7.7	14.5	57	8	4.7	9	5.3	72.3
Chuck Ealey	147	74	50.3	67	975	6.6	13.2	45	8	5.4	6	4.1	72.8
Dieter Brock	27	12	44.4	13	176	6.5	14.7	42	0	0.0	2	7.4	35.4
Team Totals	343	176	51.3	150	2460	7.2	14.0	57	16	4.7	17	5.0	69.6
Opponents Totals	375	192	51.2	166	3069	8.2	16.0				17	4.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Scott	40	638	16.0	57	7
David Bailey	35	550	15.7	40	2
Brian Jack	25	413	16.5	45	2
Bob LaRose	24	356	14.8	28	4
John Bledsoe	16	155	9.7	26	1
Bob Kraemer	10	130	13.0	27	0
Dave Buchanan	10	92	9.2	21	0
Jimmy Poulos	8	42	5.3	16	0
Tom Walker	4	52	13.0	22	0
Jim Washington	2	11	5.5	8	0
Walt McKee	1	20	20.0	20	0
Bob Swift	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	176	2460	14.0	57	16
Opponents Totals	192	3069	16.0

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Merv Walker	3	158	52.7	112	1
Paul Williams	3	36	12.0	30	0
Tommy Pharr	3	7	2.3	7	0
Bob Pritchett	2	20	10.0	20	0
Bob Toogood	2	7	3.5	4	0
Charlie Potts	1	53	53.0	53	0
Pete Ribbins	1	33	33.0	33	0
Gord Paterson	1	21	21.0	21	0
Ted McEachern	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	17	336	19.8	112	1
Opponents Totals	17	165	9.7

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Walt McKee	142	5929	41.8	75	3
Team Totals	142	5929	41.8	75	-
Opponents Totals	142	5587	39.3		-

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gord Paterson	49	365	7.4	32	0
Tommy Pharr	21	120	5.7	16	0
Paul Williams	10	67	6.7	19	0
Dave Montagano	9	65	7.2	17	0
Merv Walker	2	51	25.5	51	0
Pete Ribbins	4	36	9.0	17	0
Jeff Kolberg	21	26	1.2	7	0
Doug Strong	7	19	2.7	9	0
Jim Washington	1	5	5.0	5	0
Walt McKee	1	4	4.0	4	0
Don Jonas	1	0	0.0	0	0
Rob Pyne	2	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	128	758	5.9	51	0
Opponents Totals	148	772	5.2

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Walt McKee	44	2290	52.0	70	0
Team Totals	44	2290	52.0	70
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Scott	28	752	26.9	65	0
Paul Williams	20	648	32.4	109	1
Merv Walker	2	39	19.5	28	0
Gord Paterson	2	31	15.5	19	0
Jim Washington	1	26	26.0	26	0
Jeff Kolberg	2	22	11.0	15	0
John Bonk	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	56	1524	27.2	109	1
Opponents Totals	43	1026	23.9

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
John Bledsoe	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Bonk	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Dieter Brock	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Buchanan	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Duke	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Chuck Ealey	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lloyd Grimsrud	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Jim Heighton	0	0	0	2	2	0	1
Brian Jack	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Don Jonas	2	0	2	0	2	0	0
Jeff Kolberg	1	1	0	2	2	14	0
Gene Lakusiak	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob LaRose	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Liebrock	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ted McEachern	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Walt McKee	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Pharr	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Jimmy Poulos	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Scott	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Strong	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Bob Toogood	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jim Washington	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Paul Williams	2	1	0	1	1	22	0
Team Totals	20	14	6	17	23	39	3
Opponents Totals		17		14	14