1979 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)

4th place Western Conference 4-12-0 .250

Head Coach: Ray Jauch

Leo McKillip	Defensive
Ellis Rainsberger	Offensive Line
Gene Stauber	Defensive Line
Bob Vespaziani	Offensive

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	6/10/1979	H	Calgary Stampeders	13-35	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	21584
Mon	6/18/1979	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	12-13	L	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	18870
Tue	6/26/1979	A	British Columbia Lions	6-12	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	17511
Wed	7/4/1979	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	16-10	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	21501
Tue	7/10/1979	H	Edmonton Eskimos	10-28	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	24024
Wed	7/18/1979	A	Calgary Stampeders	7-35	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	33196
Tue	7/24/1979	H	British Columbia Lions	18-19	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	24727
Tue	8/7/1979	A	Montreal Alouettes	10-25	L	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	41232
Tue	8/14/1979	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	27-21	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	24660
Tue	8/21/1979	A	Edmonton Eskimos	13-41	L	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	42778
Tue	8/28/1979	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	30-1	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	25159
Mon	9/3/1979	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	28-11	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	22190
Sun	9/9/1979	H	British Columbia Lions	15-17	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	27203
Sat	9/15/1979	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	19-22	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	25644
Sun	9/23/1979	A	Calgary Stampeders	23-28	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	30125
Sat	9/29/1979	A	British Columbia Lions	21-22	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	23964
Mon	10/8/1979	H	Calgary Stampeders	13-18	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	22429
Sat	10/13/1979	A	Toronto Argonauts	15-19	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	35106
Sun	10/21/1979	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	23-14	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	23032
Sun	10/28/1979	A	Edmonton Eskimos	11-19	L	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	42778

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
58	Marv Allemang	OG-C	6-3	255	26	Acadia	16
	John Anderson	DE	6-3	239	23	Alcorn State	1
	Vic Anonsen	WR	5-10	178	25	Manitoba	2
43	John Bonk	C	6-2	245	29	none	16
5	Dieter Brock	QB	6-0	195	28	Auburn; Jacksonville State	15
29	Frank Dark	DB	6-0	180	26	Ferrum JC; Virginia Union	2
63	Linden Davidson	OT	6-4	253	24	Ottawa	7
	Mike DuPree	DE	6-2	224	22	Florida	2
	Bill Ellenbogen	OT	6-5	258	29	Buffalo; Virginia Tech	3
54	Bart Evans	OG	6-2	240	27	Manitoba	6
72	Leo Ezerins	LB	6-4	225	23	Whitworth	16
22	Steve Gelley	DB	6-1	185	25	Simon Fraser	13
28	Brian Gervais	WR	6-0	192	28	Western Ontario	16
99	John Helton	DT	6-3	255	32	Arizona State	16
30	Brian Herosian	DB	6-3	200	29	Connecticut	4
70	Mike Holmes	WR	6-2	195	29	Texas Southern	16
39	Richard Holmes	RB	5-10	222	27	Edinboro	4
31	Rick House	RB	5-10	180	22	Simon Fraser	16
73	Billy Howard	DT	6-4	255	29	Alcorn State	16
78	Walt Howard	TE	6-5	223	24	Wyoming	1
	Les Huggins	WR	6-3	205	25	York	4
	Gerry Inglis	C	6-0	232	25	Alberta	4
74	Greg Johnson	DE	6-4	250	26	Florida State	2
54	Greg Kindle	OG	6-4	256	29	Tennessee State	7
	Harry Kruger	DB	5-10	175	25	Calgary	3
	Willie Lee	DT	6-4	250	29	Bethune-Cookman	1
56	Leon Lyszkiewicz	DT	6-4	240	24	Alberta	16
	Ron Mabra	DB	5-10	169	28	Howard	1
55	Duncan MacKinlay	LB	6-2	220	23	Western Ontario	11
67	John Malinosky	OT	6-5	260	24	Michigan State	16
	John Martini	LB	6-2	220	25	Toronto	5
35	John McCorquindale	RB	6-0	205	25	Brigham Young	16
29	Martin Mitchell	DB	6-1	180	25	Tulane	1
64	Bobby Molden	DE	6-5	248	24	Mississippi State	3
66	Butch Norman	OT	6-5	251	27	Marion Military Institute JC; Alabama	13
77	Bob O'Doherty	WR	6-0	185	23	Queen's	12
24	Walt Passaglia	K-WR	5-11	183	22	Simon Fraser	16
34	Gord Paterson	WR	5-11	185	29	Manitoba	11
9	Vince Phason	DB	5-10	190	26	Arizona	16
	Tennie Pierce	TE	6-5	220	24	Northridge State	2
8	Reggie Pierson	DB	5-11	185	27	Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma State	16
71	Joe Poplawski	WR	6-1	180	22	Alberta	2
33	Ed Preston	DB	6-1	173	25	Arkansas State	6
57	James Reed	LB	6-2	230	24	San Jose CC; California	12
25	Larry Riley	DB	5-10	195	25	Salem	3
21	Gary Rosolowich	DB	5-10	185	24	Boise State	16
10	Bernie Ruoff	K-P	6-0	185	28	Syracuse	16	0
52	Tom Schultz	LB	6-2	210	25	Simon Fraser	16
76	Gary Silvestri	DE	6-5	233	24	Pittsburgh	9
61	Bobby Thompson	OG	6-8	290	22	Kansas State	5
32	Bob Toogood	LB	6-2	223	31	Manitoba	16
6	Bill Troup	QB	6-5	220	28	Virginia; South Carolina	16
60	Charlie Turner	OT	6-1	243	36	Ohio University	11
	Brad Wagner	DB	6-1	180	24	Coffeyville CC; Kansas State	3
27	Jim Washington	RB	6-1	205	28	Clemson	16
27	Larry Washington	RB	6-1	210	25	Tennessee-Martin	6
26	Ricky Wesson	DB	5-9	163	24	Southern Methodist	10
	Charley Williams	DB	6-1	180	26	Jackson State	1

DRAFT LIST - TERRITORIAL
Player	Pos	College
Rick Chernoff	TE	Manitoba
Bill Yaworsky	DE	Manitoba

DRAFT LIST - OPEN
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	5	Rick House	RB	Simon Fraser
2	14	Jim Dziedzina	TE	Simon Fraser
3	22	Walt Passaglia	WR	Simon Fraser
3	23	Doug Biggerstaff	DE	British Columbia
4	31	Chris Brewer	DE	Acadia
4	32	Jim McHugh	LB	McMaster
5	41	Bob McEachern	LB	Weber State
6	50	Gerry Hatherly	LB	Manitoba
7	59	Barry Safniuk	RB	Manitoba

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	82	89	64	48
Opponents Totals	82	81	76	101

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		256	83	146	27	125	1047
Opponents Totals		310	103	177	26	153	1203

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Bernie Ruoff	0	18	22	81.8	0	0	39	52	75.0	16	0	151
Mike Holmes	10	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	60
Jim Washington	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	18
Walt Passaglia	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	12
Dieter Brock	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Brian Gervais	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Rick House	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Gord Paterson	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Tennie Pierce	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Bill Troup	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Larry Washington	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	6
Team Totals	22	18	22	81.8	0	0	39	52	75.0	16	0	283
Opponents Totals	30	28			2		34	52	65.4	24	1	340

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Washington	204	918	4.5	31	1
Larry Washington	51	195	3.8	18	1
Richard Holmes	29	130	4.5	18	0
Dieter Brock	30	97	3.2	17	1
Bill Troup	16	32	2.0	8	1
John McCorquindale	4	11	2.8	3	0
Gary Rosolowich	1	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Holmes	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Rick House	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Team Totals	337	1381	4.1	31	4
Opponents Totals	417	1962	4.7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Dieter Brock	354	194	54.8	148	2383	6.7	12.3	75	15	4.2	12	3.4	75.8
Bill Troup	148	81	54.7	59	963	6.5	11.9	53	3	2.0	8	5.4	59.0
Team Totals	502	275	54.8	207	3346	6.7	12.2	75	18	3.6	20	4.0	70.9
Opponents Totals	455	256	56.3	183	3730	8.2	14.6				16	3.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Holmes	60	1034	17.2	75	10
Walt Passaglia	51	626	12.3	62	2
Gord Paterson	40	454	11.4	31	1
Jim Washington	37	259	7.0	32	2
Brian Gervais	35	413	11.8	38	1
Rick House	15	261	17.4	48	1
Bob O'Doherty	7	98	14.0	32	0
Larry Washington	7	45	6.4	20	0
John McCorquindale	7	31	4.4	14	0
Tennie Pierce	5	51	10.2	26	1
Richard Holmes	5	26	5.2	11	0
Joe Poplawski	3	35	11.7	17	0
Billy Howard	3	13	4.3	6	0
Team Totals	275	3346	12.2	75	18
Opponents Totals	256	3730	14.6

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ricky Wesson	4	18	4.5	10	0
Reggie Pierson	3	24	8.0	20	0
Gary Rosolowich	2	25	12.5	25	0
Frank Dark	2	4	2.0	4	0
Vince Phason	1	26	26.0	26	0
James Reed	1	20	20.0	20	0
Harry Kruger	1	14	14.0	14	0
Leo Ezerins	1	8	8.0	8	0
Bob Toogood	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	16	144	9.0	26	0
Opponents Totals	20	224	11.2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Bernie Ruoff	133	5999	45.1	68	-
Team Totals	133	5999	45.1	68	-
Opponents Totals	135	5968	44.2		-

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Holmes	43	300	7.0	41	0
Ricky Wesson	25	205	8.2	40	0
Vince Phason	10	153	15.3	48	0
Gary Rosolowich	19	52	2.7	11	0
Ron Mabra	4	32	8.0	19	0
Reggie Pierson	1	10	10.0	10	0
Charley Williams	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	103	753	7.3	48	0
Opponents Totals	117	1018	8.7

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Bernie Ruoff	50	2976	59.5	90	5
Team Totals	50	2976	59.5	85	5
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Vince Phason	18	434	24.1	44	0
Mike Holmes	15	401	26.7	47	0
Ricky Wesson	9	200	22.2	39	0
Richard Holmes	3	88	29.3	50	0
Duncan MacKinlay	2	39	19.5	39	0
Brian Gervais	1	17	17.0	17	0
John Bonk	1	0	0.0	0	0
John McCorquindale	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	50	1179	23.6	50	0
Opponents Totals	45	1065	23.7

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
John Bonk	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Dieter Brock	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Leo Ezerins	0	0	0	4	4	4	0
Brian Gervais	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Helton	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Mike Holmes	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Richard Holmes	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Howard	0	0	0	2	2	10	0
Greg Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Harry Kruger	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Leon Lyszkiewicz	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ron Mabra	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Gord Paterson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vince Phason	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Pierson	0	0	0	1	1	11	0
James Reed	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Gary Rosolowich	0	0	0	1	1	13	0
Bernie Ruoff	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Schultz	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Charlie Turner	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Washington	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ricky Wesson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	12	9	3	16	19	41	0
Opponents Totals		16		9	9