1957 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Statistics
Team Record: 12-4 24
Finishing 2nd in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Postseason: 3-2-1 Lost Grey Cup
Coach: Bud Grant (12-4)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1957 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Results
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ended the 1957 season with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses for 24 points, finishing second in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-2-1.
Winnipeg piled up points with 406 points, while the defense allowed 300. Gerry James rushed for a team-high 1,192 yards for the Blue Bombers.
Kenny Ploen passed for 1,284 yards. Ernie Pitts caught 38 balls for 683 yards.
Kenny Ploen, Bob Hobert, Gordie Rowland and Norm Rauhaus each snatched 3 opponent throws.
Bud Grant coached the team. The 1957 Winnipeg Blue Bombers lost in the Grey Cup.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kenny Ploen | 140 | 74 | 52.9 | 1284 | 9.2 | 10 | 7.1 | 8 | 5.7 | 71 | 84.3 |
Barry Roseborough | 31 | 17 | 54.8 | 236 | 7.6 | 2 | 6.5 | 4 | 12.9 | 36 | 61.4 |
Chuck Curtis | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 99 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11.1 | 22 | 22.5 |
Buddy Leake | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 89 | 8.9 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 27 | 74.6 |
Leo Lewis | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 109.7 |
Dennis Mendyk | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 158.3 |
Gerry Vincent | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 116.7 |
Totals | 204 | 108 | 52.9 | 1814 | 8.9 | 14 | 6.9 | 15 | 7.4 | 71 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry James | 197 | 1192 | 6.1 | 74 | 18 |
Leo Lewis | 119 | 817 | 6.9 | 69 | 5 |
Charlie Shepard | 60 | 411 | 6.8 | 29 | 4 |
Kenny Ploen | 100 | 319 | 3.2 | 30 | 4 |
Jack Hutchinson | 50 | 300 | 6.0 | 22 | 2 |
Buddy Leake | 31 | 174 | 5.6 | 16 | 0 |
Nick Miller | 23 | 146 | 6.3 | 36 | 0 |
Pepe Latourelle | 37 | 120 | 3.2 | 19 | 2 |
Dennis Mendyk | 19 | 109 | 5.7 | 20 | 2 |
Bob Davenport | 20 | 91 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 |
Bob McNamara | 18 | 90 | 5.0 | 19 | 1 |
Gene Wlasiuk | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
Gordie Rowland | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Chuck Curtis | 3 | -14 | -4.7 | 0 | 0 |
Barry Roseborough | 5 | -19 | -3.8 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 685 | 3744 | 5.5 | 74 | 38 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ernie Pitts | 38 | 683 | 18.0 | 51 | 5 |
Leo Lewis | 13 | 261 | 20.1 | 54 | 3 |
Frank Gilliam | 13 | 220 | 16.9 | 31 | 1 |
Gerry James | 12 | 190 | 15.8 | 32 | 1 |
Pepe Latourelle | 6 | 115 | 19.2 | 32 | 1 |
Dennis Shaw | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 29 | 1 |
Jack Hutchinson | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
Norm Rauhaus | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 22 | 0 |
Kenny Ploen | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 27 | 1 |
Bob McNamara | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 15 | 0 |
Dennis Mendyk | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 38 | 0 |
Gordie Rowland | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 1 |
Buddy Leake | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Keith Pearce | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Bob Davenport | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
Totals | 108 | 1751 | 16.2 | 54 | 14 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry James | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 1 | 69 | 3719 | 53.9 | 77 | 1 | 17 |
Kenny Ploen | 32 | 25 | 78.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |||||
Buddy Leake | 18 | 14 | 77.8 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
Ernie Pitts | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Totals | 55 | 43 | 78.2 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 69 | 3719 | 53.9 | 77 | 1 | 57 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Vincent | 101 | 4025 | 39.9 | 65 | 9 |
Charlie Shepard | 28 | 1152 | 41.1 | 92 | 4 |
Gerry James | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
Barry Roseborough | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
Totals | 131 | 5252 | 40.1 | 92 | 13 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gordie Rowland | 54 | 428 | 7.9 | 52 | 0 |
Pepe Latourelle | 58 | 367 | 6.3 | 16 | 0 |
Kenny Ploen | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
Gene Wlasiuk | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
Cec Luining | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Gerry Vincent | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 |
Nick Miller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 119 | 858 | 7.2 | 52 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leo Lewis | 26 | 854 | 32.8 | 76 | 0 |
Gerry James | 12 | 279 | 23.2 | 40 | 0 |
Pepe Latourelle | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 24 | 0 |
Nick Miller | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 20 | 0 |
Kenny Ploen | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
Ernie Pitts | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 |
Dennis Mendyk | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 19 | 0 |
Bob McNamara | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
Keith Pearce | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Vern Uecker | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
John Michels | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Jack Hutchinson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Totals | 56 | 1501 | 26.8 | 76 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kenny Ploen | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 25 | 0 |
Bob Hobert | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
Gordie Rowland | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
Norm Rauhaus | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
Keith Pearce | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
Bob McNamara | 1 | 74 | 74.0 | 74 | 1 |
Elton Taylor | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Hall Whitley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Gerry Vincent | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Pete Mangum | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ernie Pitts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 20 | 212 | 10.6 | 74 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herb Gray | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bob Hobert | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Cec Luining | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Pete Mangum | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Pepe Latourelle | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Kenny Ploen | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||||
Norm Rauhaus | 1 | 30 | 1 | ||||
Keith Pearce | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gerry James | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jack Hutchinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Steve Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Hall Whitley | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gerry Vincent | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Nick Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
John Michels | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 60 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Gerry James | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 131 | ||||||
Kenny Ploen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 55 | ||||
Leo Lewis | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
Ernie Pitts | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | |||||||
Charlie Shepard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | |||||||||
Pepe Latourelle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
Buddy Leake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||
Jack Hutchinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Dennis Mendyk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Bob McNamara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Gerry Vincent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | |||||||
Frank Gilliam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Dennis Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Norm Rauhaus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Gordie Rowland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Cec Luining | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 38 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 400 |