1971 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)

3rd place Western Conference 7-8-1 .469

Dave Smith	Assistant Coach
Jim Stanley	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Mon	7/5/1971	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	19-17	W	Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	13513
Wed	7/7/1971	A	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16-14	W	Hamilton, ON	Ivor Wynne Stadium	19075
Mon	7/12/1971	H	Toronto Argonauts	11-14	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	17500
Wed	7/21/1971	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	17-10	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	16125
Wed	7/28/1971	A	Toronto Argonauts	20-21	L	Toronto, ON	Exhibition Stadium	33135
Mon	8/2/1971	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	22-28	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	21851
Mon	8/9/1971	H	British Columbia Lions	16-29	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	19981
Fri	8/13/1971	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	32-22	W	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	14358
Mon	8/16/1971	A	Calgary Stampeders	12-36	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	23425
Thu	8/19/1971	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	25-31	L	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	20980
Wed	8/25/1971	A	Edmonton Eskimos	40-31	W	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	20149
Wed	9/1/1971	H	Calgary Stampeders	31-15	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	22553
Sat	9/11/1971	H	Edmonton Eskimos	26-14	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	22553
Wed	9/15/1971	A	Calgary Stampeders	7-20	L	Calgary, AB	McMahon Stadium	23616
Sun	9/19/1971	H	British Columbia Lions	31-31	T	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	22083
Sat	9/25/1971	A	British Columbia Lions	18-25	L	Vancouver, BC	Empire Stadium	28063
Sat	10/2/1971	H	Saskatchewan Roughriders	35-2	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	20717
Sun	10/10/1971	A	Edmonton Eskimos	14-22	L	Edmonton, AB	Joseph A. Clarke Memorial Stadium	18762
Sun	10/17/1971	H	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18-4	W	Winnipeg, MB	Winnipeg Stadium	20345
Sun	10/24/1971	A	Montreal Alouettes	19-18	W	Montreal, QC	Autostade	19312
Sat	11/6/1971	A	Saskatchewan Roughriders	23-24	L	Regina, SK	Taylor Field	14488

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
	Lou Andrus	TE	6-6	230	28	Brigham Young	2
	Sid Bailey	DE	6-4	221	23	Kilgore JC; Texas-Arlington	3
	Ed Breding	LB	6-4	235	28	Texas A&M	3
32	Paul Brule	DB	5-11	205	26	St. Francis Xavier	16
	Charlie Bryant	RB	6-1	207	30	Allen	3
	Ted Cottrell	LB	6-1	233	24	Delaware Valley	2
54	Carl Crennel	LB	6-1	230	23	West Virginia	5
53	Joe Critchlow	DT	6-2	240	28	Southeast Missouri State	16
9	Benjy Dial	QB	6-1	185	28	Eastern New Mexico	7
63	Al Dotson	DT	6-4	258	28	Grambling State	6
52	Mickey Doyle	LB	6-1	235	24	Kansas	15
72	Lance Fletcher	DB	6-3	215	28	British Columbia	16
64	Bill Frank	ROT	6-5	255	33	Colorado	16
	Wayne Giesbrecht	DT	6-3	247	26	North Dakota	6
67	Chuck Harrison	LOT	6-3	245	29	Western Michigan	16
58	Jim Heighton	DE	6-3	252	27	none	16
26	Mack Herron	HB	5-5	174	23	Hutchinson CC; Kansas State	15
	Emery Hicks	LB	6-0	230	24	Kansas	7
7	Don Jonas	QB	5-11	195	33	Penn State	16
30	Larry Kerychuk	DB	6-1	190	25	Idaho State	16
10	Bob Kraemer	HB	5-11	175	21	Manitoba	16
31	Gene Lakusiak	DB	6-1	210	29	Tulsa	16
71	Bob LaRose	FL	6-3	213	25	Western Ontario	16
56	Chuck Liebrock	OG	6-1	245	26	St. Mary's (Nova Scotia); Hillsdale	6
61	Bob Lueck	ROG	6-2	245	28	Arizona State	13
29	Paul Markle	TE	6-2	214	25	Wilfrid Laurier	16
33	Clay McEvoy	RB	6-1	205	24	Simon Fraser	16
74	Rob McLaren	LB	6-1	225	24	Simon Fraser	16
78	Craig McLeod	LB	6-0	210	22	Calgary	10
21	Tom Oberg	DB	6-0	185	26	Oregon State; Portland State	16
	Rock Perdoni	DT	5-11	238	24	Ferrum JC; Georgia Tech	4
	Rex Pitts	OT	6-4	255	25	North Texas; Los Angeles State	3
56	Frank Reid	OG	6-2	235	25	Buffalo	16
73	Pete Ribbins	WR	6-2	195	24	East Carolina; Ottawa	16
43	Paul Robson	LB	6-2	222	30	North Dakota	16
55	Larry Slagle	LOG	6-3	250	25	UCLA	16
27	Doug Strong	DB	6-0	192	25	Wilfrid Laurier	16
44	Bob Swift	C	6-1	233	28	Clemson	16
34	Jim Thorpe	SE	6-1	185	27	Iowa; Hofstra	16
	Ed Ulmer	DB	6-2	184	31	Ohio State	6
	Ray Watrin	DT	6-2	240	26	Utah State	9
22	Eddie Williams	FB	6-0	208	22	West Virginia	14
29	Paul Williams	RB	5-11	180	24	Benedict; California	10

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	5	Pete Ribbins	DB	Ottawa
1	7	Bob Kraemer	QB	Manitoba
1	9	John Gauthier	T	Ottawa
3	19	Clay McEvoy	RB	Simon Fraser
4	28	Walt McKee	K	Manitoba
5	37	Steve Howell	E	Windsor
6	46	Paul Paddon	DB	Ottawa
6	51	Roy Parker	FL	Manitoba
7	55	Ben Labovich	E	Carleton
7	59	Art Rochette	QB	Queen's
8	63	Ian Jukes	G	British Columbia
8	68	Dennis Hrychiko	HB	Manitoba

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	85	84	129	68
Opponents Totals	78	126	58	87

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		309	93	196	20	85	615
Opponents Totals		302	149	137	16	107	680

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Don Jonas	4	40	44	90.9	15	36	41.7	12	0	121
Mack Herron	9	0	0		0	0		0	0	54
Jim Thorpe	9	0	0		0	0		0	0	54
Bob LaRose	7	0	0		0	0		0	0	42
Eddie Williams	5	0	0		0	0		0	0	25
Paul Williams	4	0	0		0	0		0	0	24
Paul Markle	3	0	0		0	0		0	0	18
Bob Kraemer	2	0	0		0	0		0	0	12
Rex Pitts	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	6
Ed Ulmer	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	2
Benjy Dial	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	1
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		0	1	2
Team Totals	44	40	44	90.9	15	36	41.7	15	1	366
Opponents Totals	40	36			16	40	40.0	21	2	349

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mack Herron	198	900	4.5	33	5
Eddie Williams	110	688	6.3	41	4
Clay McEvoy	20	135	6.8	15	0
Charlie Bryant	29	107	3.7	19	0
Don Jonas	20	80	4.0	25	4
Larry Slagle	1	24	24.0	24	0
Benjy Dial	8	11	1.4	9	0
Paul Williams	1	5	5.0	5	0
Jim Thorpe	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bob Kraemer	3	-10	-3.3	10	0
Team Totals	391	1940	5.0	41	13
Opponents Totals	483	2691	5.6

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Don Jonas	485	253	52.2	201	4036	8.3	16.0	94	27	5.6	31	6.4	72.2
Benjy Dial	41	15	36.6	23	252	6.1	16.8	63	2	4.9	3	7.3	44.0
Jim Thorpe	1	1	100.0	0	34	34.0	34.0	34	0	0.0	0	0.0	118.8
Bob Kraemer	4	1	25.0	3	10	2.5	10.0	10t	1	25.0	0	0.0	79.2
Team Totals	531	270	50.8	227	4332	8.2	16.0	94	30	5.6	34	6.4	70.6
Opponents Totals	425	225	52.9	172	2982	7.0	13.3				28	6.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Thorpe	70	1436	20.5	94	9
Bob LaRose	58	1080	18.6	70	7
Bob Kraemer	39	468	12.0	27	2
Mack Herron	30	418	13.9	63	4
Paul Markle	30	406	13.5	38	3
Paul Williams	13	183	14.1	45	4
Eddie Williams	13	88	6.8	26	1
Pete Ribbins	10	149	14.9	32	0
Charlie Bryant	5	94	18.8	67	0
Clay McEvoy	2	10	5.0	9	0
Team Totals	270	4332	16.0	94	30
Opponents Totals	225	2982	13.3

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Williams	6	68	11.3	22	0
Paul Brule	4	92	23.0	52	0
Mickey Doyle	4	86	21.5	38	0
Doug Strong	3	32	10.7	20	0
Gene Lakusiak	3	15	5.0	15	0
Paul Robson	2	34	17.0	27	0
Rex Pitts	1	25	25.0	25t	1
Emery Hicks	1	18	18.0	18	0
Ed Ulmer	1	2	2.0	2	0
Larry Kerychuk	1	1	1.0	1	0
Rob McLaren	1	0	0.0	0	0
Tom Oberg	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	28	373	13.3	52	1
Opponents Totals	34	591	17.4

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Ed Ulmer	53	2166	40.9	60	-
Jim Thorpe	49	1802	36.8	54	-
Benjy Dial	1	90	90.0	90	-
Larry Kerychuk	19	660	34.7	52	-
Don Jonas	1	29	29.0	29	-
Team Totals	123	4747	38.6	90	-
Opponents Totals	151	6378	42.2		-

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Brule	63	385	6.1	40	0
Doug Strong	64	366	5.7	17	0
Gene Lakusiak	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	128	751	5.9	40	0
Opponents Totals	123	635	5.2

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	S
Gene Lakusiak	41	2119	51.7	70	0
Don Jonas	9	521	57.9	90	0
Jim Thorpe	2	109	54.5	57	0
Jim Heighton	3	150	50.0	57	0
Benjy Dial	1	50	50.0	50	0
Paul Williams	4	130	32.5	63	0
Doug Strong	1	13	13.0	13	0
Team Totals	61	3092	50.7	90
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mack Herron	35	1019	29.1	62	0
Eddie Williams	7	135	19.3	22	0
Charlie Bryant	3	50	16.7	21	0
Paul Williams	2	46	23.0	24	0
Clay McEvoy	2	21	10.5	15	0
Gene Lakusiak	1	12	12.0	12	0
Paul Robson	1	1	1.0	1	0
Paul Brule	2	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	53	1284	24.2	62	0
Opponents Totals	60	1299	21.7

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Paul Brule	2	1	2	1	3	0	0
Carl Crennel	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Critchlow	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Lance Fletcher	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Frank	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Heighton	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Mack Herron	9	6	0	0	0	0	0
Emery Hicks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Jonas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Kerychuk	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Kraemer	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
Bob LaRose	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Lueck	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Paul Markle	1	1	2	1	3	0	0
Rob McLaren	0	0	0	3	2	0	0
Craig McLeod	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Oberg	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Rock Perdoni	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Frank Reid	0	0	0	3	3	9	0
Paul Robson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Strong	3	1	1	1	2	0	0
Jim Thorpe	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Ray Watrin	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Eddie Williams	2	2	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	23	14	9	21	30	13	0
Opponents Totals		21		14	14