1954 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (WIFU) - Pro Football Archives

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/13/1954	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	29-6	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	12000
Mon	8/16/1954	H	Toronto Argonauts	19-2	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	17000
Sat	8/21/1954	H	Calgary Stampeders	17-5	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	17000
Mon	8/23/1954	H	Edmonton Eskimos	7-3	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	17385
Sat	8/28/1954	A	British Columbia Lions	8-6	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	20606
Mon	8/30/1954	A	Calgary Stampeders	0-41	L	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	15000
Fri	9/3/1954	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	12-12	T	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18090
Mon	9/6/1954	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	14-18	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	14000
Mon	9/13/1954	H	British Columbia Lions	22-17	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16760
Sat	9/18/1954	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	10-10	T	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	10663
Mon	9/20/1954	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	28-7	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16418
Sat	9/25/1954	A	Edmonton Eskimos	8-12	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	17841
Mon	9/27/1954	A	Calgary Stampeders	6-4	W	Calgary, AB	Mewata Stadium	12000
Mon	10/4/1954	H	British Columbia Lions	24-6	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15273
Sat	10/9/1954	H	Edmonton Eskimos	5-16	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	18538
Mon	10/18/1954	H	Calgary Stampeders	11-12	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	17240
Sat	10/23/1954	A	British Columbia Lions	18-0	W	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	17061
Mon	10/25/1954	A	Edmonton Eskimos	12-21	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	19000
WIFU Semi-Final #1
Sat	10/30/1954	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	14-14	T	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	15749
WIFU Semi-Final #2
Mon	11/1/1954	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13-11	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	13700
WIFU Final #1
Sat	11/6/1954	A	Edmonton Eskimos	3-9	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	19817
WIFU Final #2
Thu	11/11/1954	H	Edmonton Eskimos	12-6	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	20953
WIFU Final #3
Sat	11/13/1954	A	Edmonton Eskimos	5-10	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	17000

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
77	Neill Armstrong	E	6-2	189	28	Oklahoma State	16
42	Gar Baxter	C	6-2	212	25	none	11
85	Lorne Benson	FB	6-0	188	24	none	15
41	John Brown	C	6-4	230	32	North Carolina Central	2
95	Billy Bye	HB	5-8	182	27	Minnesota	12
63	Stav Canakes	T	6-0	225	24	Minnesota	14
91	Tom Casey	DB	5-11	175	30	Hampton	16
81	Geoff Crain	QB	6-0	173	24	McGill	10
82	Vinnie Drake	QB	6-2	210	24	Fordham	1
96	Tommy Ford	HB	5-10	175	27	none	3
76	Bud Grant	OE	6-2	199	27	Minnesota	16
72	Tom Harpley	DE	6-0	197	25	none	9
65	Dick Huffman	OT-DT	6-1	255	31	Tennessee	16
88	Floyd Huggins	FB	6-0	210	26	Fort Scott CC; Florida	14
87	Jack Jacobs	QB	6-1	186	35	Oklahoma	16
98	Gerry James	HB	5-10	187	20	none	15
89	Bud Korchak	FW	5-9	190	27	none	11
57	Cec Luining	G	6-1	210	23	none	1	0
75	Tommy Lumsden	DE	6-3	223	24	none	16
87	Len Meltzer	HB	6-0	189	23	none	4
61	Ed Norvack	T	6-1	225	30		2
53	Steve Patrick	G	6-0	230	22	none	14
56	Sig Paulson	G	6-0	215	21	none	6
79	Keith Pearce	DB-DE	6-2	185	25	none	14
74	Ray Pelfrey	E	6-0	187	26	Auburn; Eastern Kentucky	11
40	Buck Rogers	G-C	5-11	205	26		16
97	Gord Rowland	FW	5-9	172	24		16
62	Roger Savoie	T	6-0	240	23	none	13
90	Andy Sokol	HB	5-11	200	26	none	11
94	Elton Taylor	HB	5-11	187	22	none	3
92	Pete Thodos	FW-HB	5-8	182	27	none	8
99	Jesse Thomas	DB	5-10	180	26	Michigan State	13
64	Buddy Tinsley	T	6-2	245	30	Baylor	14
86	Byron Townsend	FB	6-0	190	25	Texas	9
70	Ron Vaccher	DE	6-2	195	26	none	13
68	Kas Vidruk	C-T	5-9	216	29	none	16
52	Al Wiley	T	5-10	208	26	Western Ontario	16
54	Wenty Young	G	5-11	226	25	none	14
80	Joe Zaleski	QB	6-0	194	27	Dayton	15

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	53	60	35	54
Opponents Totals	41	56	58	35

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		178	88	76	14	65	627
Opponents Totals		208

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Bud Korchak	0	12	18	66.7	4	10	40.0	4	0	28
Bud Grant	5	0	0		0	0		0	0	25
Gerry James	5	0	0		0	0		0	0	25
Floyd Huggins	4	0	0		0	0		0	0	20
Jack Jacobs	2	0	0		0	0		8	0	18
Neill Armstrong	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	10
Lorne Benson	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	10
Billy Bye	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	10
Pete Thodos	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	10
Jesse Thomas	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	10
Buck Rogers	0	9	12	75.0	0	2	0.0	0	0	9
Byron Townsend	1	0	0		0	0		2	0	7
Tom Casey	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	5
Dick Huffman	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	5
Gord Rowland	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	5
Ray Pelfrey	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	1
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		0	2	4
Team Totals	30	21	30	70.0	4	14	28.6	15	2	202
Opponents Totals	24	21	24	87.5	14	18	77.8	7	0	190

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gerry James	106	576	5.4	71	4
Byron Townsend	93	446	4.8	25	1
Floyd Huggins	84	331	3.9	13	4
Lorne Benson	31	150	4.8	14	1
Billy Bye	32	133	4.2	18	1
Andy Sokol	11	48	4.4	15	0
Jesse Thomas	21	46	2.2	12	0
Tom Casey	8	32	4.0	11	1
Ray Pelfrey	3	23	7.7	16	0
Bud Korchak	1	14	14.0	14	0
Tommy Ford	3	11	3.7	7	0
Geoff Crain	6	11	1.8	9	0
Joe Zaleski	7	-8	-1.1	55	0
Jack Jacobs	28	-100	-3.6	10	1
Pete Thodos					0
Team Totals	441	1722	3.9		13
Opponents Totals	517	2530	4.9		13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Jack Jacobs	250	127	50.8	110	1732	6.9	13.6		12	4.8	13	5.2	67.6
Joe Zaleski	30	18	60.0	8	212	7.1	11.8		0	0.0	4	13.3	41.9
Billy Bye	3	3	100.0	0	74	24.7	24.7		1	33.3	0	0.0	158.3
Geoff Crain	12	5	41.7	7	51	4.3	10.2		1	8.3	0	0.0	82.3
Tom Casey	1	1	100.0	0	10	10.0	10.0	10	0	0.0	0	0.0	108.3
Gerry James	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Ray Pelfrey	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0.0
Team Totals	298	154	51.7	126	2079	7.0	13.5		14	4.7	18	6.0	64.7
Opponents Totals	261	117	44.8	127	1536	5.9	13.1		8	3.1	17	6.5	47.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bud Grant	49	752	15.3	62	5
Neill Armstrong	28	416	14.9	46	2
Gerry James	11	136	12.4	23	1
Ray Pelfrey	11	113	10.3	25	0
Jesse Thomas	8	131	16.4	45	2
Billy Bye	8	74	9.3	68	1
Floyd Huggins	5	48	9.6	18	0
Byron Townsend	5	28	5.6	12	0
Gord Rowland	3	38	12.7	17	0
Dick Huffman	2	43	21.5	27	1
Tom Casey	2	34	17.0	17	0
Andy Sokol	2	12	6.0	6	0
Keith Pearce	2	2	1.0	2	0
Tommy Ford	1	9	9.0	9	0
Bud Korchak	1	6	6.0	6	0
Lorne Benson	1	4	4.0	4	0
Joe Zaleski	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Pete Thodos					2
Len Meltzer					0
Team Totals	154	2079	13.5		14
Opponents Totals	117	1536	13.1		8

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Casey	6	102	17.0	50	0
Keith Pearce	5	54	10.8	22	0
Gord Rowland	2	72	36.0	50	1
Jesse Thomas	1	40	40.0	40	0
Buddy Tinsley	1	21	21.0	21	0
Bud Grant	1	5	5.0	5	0
Ray Pelfrey	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	17	294	17.3		1
Opponents Totals	18	171	9.5		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	S
Jack Jacobs	114	4614	40.5	82	0	-
Ray Pelfrey	20	793	39.7	57	0	-
Tom Casey	5	195	39.0	47	0	-
Team Totals	139	5602	40.3		0	-	699	4903	35.3
Opponents Totals						-	969

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Gord Rowland	51	435	8.5	25
Tom Casey	20	163	8.2	22
Billy Bye	9	60	6.7	12
Tommy Lumsden	2	41	20.5	27
Jesse Thomas	5	24	4.8	8
Gerry James	4	18	4.5	7
Buddy Tinsley	1	18	18.0	18
Ray Pelfrey	1	15	15.0	15
Floyd Huggins	1	8	8.0	8
Neill Armstrong	1	5	5.0	5
Geoff Crain	1	2	2.0	2
Team Totals	123	969	7.9
Opponents Totals	126	699	5.5

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Bud Korchak	27	1378	51.0	70	1
Buck Rogers	18	836	46.4	75	0
Team Totals	45	2214	49.2
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Gerry James	17	403	23.7	55
Gord Rowland	13	257	19.8	30
Jesse Thomas	3	58	19.3	23
Pete Thodos	1	35	35.0	35
Billy Bye	2	19	9.5	15
Stav Canakes	1	11	11.0	11
Floyd Huggins	1	8	8.0	8
Buck Rogers	2	2	1.0	2
Tommy Ford	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	41	873	21.3
Opponents Totals	43	845	19.7

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Neill Armstrong	1						0
Lorne Benson	1			1	1	0	1
Billy Bye	3			2	2	0	0
Tom Casey	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Bud Grant	3		2	1	1	0	0
Dick Huffman	0	0		2	2	0	0
Floyd Huggins	4						0
Jack Jacobs	4			1	1	0	1
Gerry James	3						0
Tommy Lumsden	1			1	1	0	0
Len Meltzer	2						0
Steve Patrick	0	0		2	2	0	0
Keith Pearce	0	0		2	2	0	0
Ray Pelfrey	2						0
Gord Rowland	2		2	1	3	0	0
Roger Savoie	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Andy Sokol	0	0		1	1	2	0
Jesse Thomas	2						0
Buddy Tinsley	1		1	1	2	4	0
Byron Townsend	4						0
Ron Vaccher	0	0		3	3	0	0
Joe Zaleski	3						0
Team Totals	36	25	11	19	30	7	2
Opponents Totals		19		25	25		2