1978 Winnipeg Blue Bombers - Pro Football Archives

1978 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)

3rd place Western Conference 9-7-0 .563

Head Coach: Ray Jauch

Leo McKillip	Assistant Coach
Ellis Rainsberger	Assistant Coach
Gene Stauber	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Wed	6/14/1978	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	23-14	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	22527
Thu	6/22/1978	A	Toronto Argonauts	4-35	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	37207
Wed	6/28/1978	A	Calgary Stampeders	21-10	W	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium
Tue	7/4/1978	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	28-27	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	22795
Tue	7/11/1978	A	British Columbia Lions	14-30	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	25808
Tue	7/18/1978	H	Edmonton Eskimos	28-29	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	25973
Wed	8/2/1978	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	23-13	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	26619
Wed	8/9/1978	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	29-7	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	22647
Wed	8/16/1978	H	Calgary Stampeders	21-29	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	26259
Wed	8/23/1978	A	Edmonton Eskimos	8-14	L	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	24962
Tue	8/29/1978	H	Montreal Alouettes	36-10	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	27201
Mon	9/4/1978	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	31-29	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	22451
Sat	9/9/1978	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	31-29	W	Ottawa, ON	Landsdowne Park	26282
Sat	9/16/1978	H	Toronto Argonauts	19-14	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	27201
Sun	9/24/1978	H	British Columbia Lions	32-25	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	27201
Sat	9/30/1978	A	British Columbia Lions	38-27	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	23345
Sun	10/15/1978	H	Edmonton Eskimos	10-38	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	28080
Sun	10/22/1978	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13-7	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	19614
Sun	10/29/1978	H	Calgary Stampeders	24-28	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	26781
Sun	11/5/1978	A	Calgary Stampeders	14-22	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	26868
Sun	11/12/1978	A	Calgary Stampeders	4-38	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	26888	Western Semi-Final

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
	Tim Allan	OT	6-2	240	23	Toronto	1
22	Wayne Allison	DB	5-11	185	29	Waterloo; Wilfrid Laurier	9
43	John Bonk	C	6-2	245	28	none	16
5	Dieter Brock	QB	6-0	195	27	Auburn; Jacksonville State	16
65	Buddy Brown	OG	6-1	255	28	Alabama	16
	Elton Brown	DE	6-2	254	27	San Diego CC; Utah State	6
	Mark Brown	DB	5-10	185	23	Guelph	1
	Bill Carroll	OE	6-5	230	25	Texas A&M-Commerce	2
	Ray Clark	DB	5-11	183	33	Simon Fraser	1
33	Richard Crump	RB	6-0	205	23	Miami-Dade JC; Jacksonville State	16
	Marvin Davis	DE	6-4	235	26	Southern University	2
26	Dee Jay Donlin	QB	6-1	188	22	Augustana (South Dakota)	4
72	Leo Ezerins	TE	6-4	225	22	Whitworth	16
28	Brian Gervais	WR	6-0	192	27	Western Ontario	12
	Randy Halsall	OG	6-3	255	29	Wake Forest	6
	Bud Harden	QB	6-0	180	28	Manitoba	2
67	Jeff Hart	OT	6-5	252	25	Oregon State	14
58	Jim Heighton	DE	6-3	252	34	none	16
30	Brian Herosian	DB	6-3	200	28	Connecticut	15
70	Mike Holmes	WR	6-2	195	28	Texas Southern	13
73	Billy Howard	DT	6-4	255	28	Alcorn State	12
48	Gerry Inglis	C	6-0	232	24	Alberta	10
	Greg Johnson	DE	6-4	250	25	Florida State	8
54	Greg Kindle	OG	6-4	256	28	Tennessee State	13
	Dave Knechtel	DT	6-3	247	33	Wilfrid Laurier	3
	Harry Knight	QB	6-3	208	25	Richmond	5
	Terry Luck	QB	6-3	205	26	Nebraska	6
56	Leon Lyszkiewicz	DT	6-4	240	23	Alberta	13
	Duncan MacKinlay	LB	6-2	220	22	Western Ontario	14
	Charles Marshall	DT	6-4	245	23	Texas A&M	3
35	John McCorquindale	RB	6-0	205	24	Brigham Young	16
	Mark McDonald	WR	5-10	170	27	Wenatchee Valley JC; Washington	1
	Martin Mitchell	DB	6-1	180	24	Tulane	1
66	Butch Norman	OT	6-5	251	26	Marion Military Institute JC; Alabama	16
	Steve Okoniewski	OT	6-3	247	29	Washington; Everett CC; Montana	4
31	Bill Palmer	LB	6-3	217	26	Bowling Green State	6
34	Gord Paterson	WR	5-11	185	28	Manitoba	16
	Darrell Penner	DB	6-0	190	25	Queen's	4
9	Vince Phason	DB	5-10	190	25	Arizona	16
8	Reggie Pierson	CB	5-11	185	26	Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma State	15
71	Joe Poplawski	WR	6-1	180	21	Alberta	16
21	Gary Rosolowich	DB	5-10	185	23	Boise State	16
10	Bernie Ruoff	P-K	6-0	185	27	Syracuse	16	0
64	Marty Smith	DT	6-3	250	25	Louisville	2
62	Ron Southwick	LB	6-2	220	27	McMaster	16
78	Bob Toogood	LB	6-2	223	30	Manitoba	13
24	Merv Walker	DB	6-0	180	26	none	16
32	Tom Walker	RB	6-1	225	29	Simon Fraser; Wilfrid Laurier	16
52	Harry Walters	LB	6-1	220	26	Maryland	16
27	Jim Washington	RB	6-1	205	27	Clemson	16
	Ira Watley	OT	6-6	267	27	San Diego State	1
	Chuck Wills	DB	6-3	195	25	Oregon	2
75	Lyall Woznesensky	DE	6-7	240	24	Simon Fraser	16

DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL
Player	Pos	College	Notes
Tim Allan	OG	Toronto
Leo Ezerins	TE	Whitworth
Bernie Morrison	LB	Manitoba

DRAFT LIST - OPEN
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	4	Evan Jones	TE	British Columbia
2	13	Bob Stracina	WR	Acadia
3	22	Vaughn Wright	RB	Guelph
4	31	Julian Hanlon	OG	Ottawa
5	40	Dave Neber	DE	British Columbia
6	49	Steve Davis	DT	Bishop's
7	58	Gord Bone	TE	Manitoba
8	67	Duane Hysop	QB	Manitoba

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	64	117	83	107
Opponents Totals	75	101	90	85

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		287	104	158	25	136	1248
Opponents Totals		287	98	166	23	150	1154

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Bernie Ruoff	0	33	34	97.1		31	43	72.1	23	0	149
Mike Holmes	8	0	0			0	0		0	0	48
Joe Poplawski	8	0	0			0	0		0	0	48
Jim Washington	7	0	0			0	0		0	0	42
Richard Crump	6	0	0			0	0		0	0	36
Dieter Brock	3	0	0			0	0		0	0	18
Gord Paterson	3	0	0			0	0		0	0	18
Brian Gervais	1	0	0			0	0		0	0	6
Ron Southwick	1	0	0			0	0		0	0	6
Team Totals	37	33	34	97.1	3	31	43	72.1	23	0	371
Opponents Totals	34	32				34	49	69.4	11	1	351

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Washington	200	1032	5.2	31	6
Richard Crump	80	471	5.9	103	3
Dieter Brock	28	47	1.7	12	3
Mike Holmes	1	29	29.0	29	0
John McCorquindale	4	15	3.8	6	0
Harry Knight	2	9	4.5	8	0
Terry Luck	2	-2	-1.0	0	0
Team Totals	317	1601	5.1	103	12
Opponents Totals	389	1798	4.6

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Dieter Brock	486	294	60.5	174	3755	7.7	12.8	90	23	4.7	18	3.7	85.0
Harry Knight	30	16	53.3	14	227	7.6	14.2	30	1	3.3	0	0.0	89.2
Terry Luck	18	7	38.9	11	70	3.9	10.0	17	0	0.0	0	0.0	50.7
Jim Washington	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Joe Poplawski	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0.0
Team Totals	536	317	59.1	200	4052	7.6	12.8	90	24	4.5	19	3.5	83.0
Opponents Totals	484	267	55.2	194	4001	8.3	15.0				23	4.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Poplawski	75	998	13.3	44	8
Gord Paterson	69	866	12.6	55	3
Mike Holmes	51	872	17.1	90	8
Richard Crump	48	585	12.2	78	3
Jim Washington	38	252	6.6	30	1
Leo Ezerins	23	252	11.0	30	0
Brian Gervais	5	109	21.8	50	1
Bill Carroll	5	57	11.4	20	0
Tom Walker	2	41	20.5	31	0
John McCorquindale	1	20	20.0	20	0
Team Totals	317	4052	12.8	90	24
Opponents Totals	267	4001	15.0

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Reggie Pierson	5	75	15.0	43	0
Gary Rosolowich	5	74	14.8	30	0
Brian Herosian	4	51	12.8	16	0
Harry Walters	3	47	15.7	26	0
Ron Southwick	2	37	18.5	35	1
Merv Walker	2	25	12.5	25	0
Bob Toogood	1	11	11.0	11	0
Vince Phason	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	23	280	12.2	43	1
Opponents Totals	19	171	9.0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Bernie Ruoff	132	6190	46.9	76	10
Team Totals	132	6190	46.9	76	-
Opponents Totals	137	6276	45.8		-

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Richard Crump	42	363	8.6	40	0
Mike Holmes	21	247	11.8	41	0
Gary Rosolowich	22	140	6.4	32	0
Merv Walker	8	136	17.0	26	0
Reggie Pierson	13	110	8.5	44	0
Vince Phason	5	40	8.0	14	0
Brian Herosian	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team Totals	112	1046	9.3	44	0
Opponents Totals	117	1056	9.0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Bernie Ruoff	68	4132	60.8	90	3
Joe Poplawski	1	14	14.0	14	0
Team Totals	69	4146	60.1
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Vince Phason	30	796	26.5	49	0
Richard Crump	27	773	28.6	65	0
Mike Holmes	2	44	22.0	51	0
John McCorquindale	2	31	15.5	18	0
Harry Walters	1	16	16.0	16	0
Leo Ezerins	1	13	13.0	13	0
Tom Walker	2	10	5.0	10	0
Reggie Pierson	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	66	1684	25.5	65	0
Opponents Totals	64	1575	24.6

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Wayne Allison	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Bonk	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Dieter Brock	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Brown	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Richard Crump	9	8	2	0	2	0	0
Marvin Davis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Brian Herosian	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Billy Howard	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Harry Knight	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Duncan MacKinlay	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gord Paterson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Darrell Penner	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Vince Phason	2	0	1	1	2	0	0
Gary Rosolowich	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bernie Ruoff	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Toogood	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Harry Walters	0	0	0	3	3	7	0
Jim Washington	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Lyall Woznesensky	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Team Totals	20	15	5	15	20	12	0
Opponents Totals		15		15	15