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1974 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) 4th place Western Conference 8-8-0 .500

Head Coach: Bud Riley

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	WR	6-1	190	24	Alabama	15
	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
55	Mike Dirks	DE	6-2	247	28	Wyoming	9
	Bill Frank	OT	6-5	255	36	Colorado	7
53	Lloyd Grimsrud	DT	6-2	255	23	Idaho	16
67	Chuck Harrison	OT	6-3	245	32	Western Michigan	16
58	Jim Heighton	DE	6-3	252	30	none	15
72	Brian Jack	TE	6-4	237	26	Lenoir-Rhyne	16
	Don Jonas	QB	5-11	195	36	Penn State	6
65	Dave Knechtel	DT	6-3	247	29	Wilfrid Laurier	16
35	Jeff Kolberg	WR	5-11	190	25	Oregon State	16
10	Bob Kraemer	QB	5-11	175	24	Manitoba	16
	Gene Lakusiak	DB	6-1	210	31	Tulsa	7
71	Bob LaRose	WR	6-3	213	28	Western Ontario	16
54	Chuck Liebrock	OG	6-1	245	29	Windsor AKO Jrs.; St. Mary's (Nova Scotia)	16
6	Walt McKee	K	5-11	185	25	Manitoba	16	0
66	Butch Norman	OT	6-5	251	22	Marion Institute JC; Alabama	9
9	Tommy Pharr	QB	5-10	187	27	Gordon Military JC; Mississippi State	13
22	Rob Pyne	DB	6-2	200	24	Tulsa; Regina Rams Jrs.	4
	Pete Ribbins	DB	6-2	195	27	Burlington Braves Jrs.; East Carolina; Ottawa	3
	Ken Robinson	TE-LB	6-3	225	23	Arizona State	2
21	Tom Scott	WR	5-10	170	23	San Mateo JC; Washington	16
	Chuck Strickland	LB	6-2	225	22	Alabama	7
	Doug Strong	DB	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
24	Merv Walker	DB	6-0	180	22	Lakeshore Bears Jrs.	16
32	Tom Walker	FB	6-1	225	25	Simon Fraser; Wilfrid Laurier	16
	Ray Watrin	DT	6-2	240	29	Utah State	2
29	Paul Williams	DB	5-11	180	27	Benedict; California	16
26	Dave Buchanan	HB	5-9	200	26	Arizona State	9
70	Jim Duke	DT	6-3	250	26	Alabama	16
	Mel Easley	DB	6-0	204	27	Oregon State	2
75	Ted McEachern	LB	6-1	220	26	Guelph	11
28	Dave Montagano	DB	5-11	185	25	Carleton (Ontario)	7
	Gord Paterson	RB	5-11	185	24	Manitoba	13
56	Bob Pritchett	LB	6-4	235	24	Utah; Foothill JC; Utah	9
62	Tuufuli Uperesa	OG	6-3	255	26	Montana	16
8	Chuck Ealey	QB	6-0	195	24	Toledo	10
	Jimmy Poulos	RB	5-10	195	22	Georgia	6
27	Jim Washington	RB	6-1	205	23	Clemson	7
63	Mark Gefert	LB	6-2	210	22	Purdue	7
61	Randy Halsall	OG	6-3	255	25	Wake Forest	14
	Charlie Potts	DB	6-3	210	25	Purdue	1

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

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	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Walt McKee	142	5929	41.8	75	3	772	5157	36.3
Team Totals	163	6857	42.1	75		772	6085	37.3
Opponents Totals	142	5587	39.3			758	4829	34.0

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