
1954 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Statistics
Team Record: 8-6-2 18
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Postseason: 2-2-1 Lost Final
Coach: Allie Sherman (8-6-2)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1954 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Results
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ended the 1954 season with a record of 8 wins and 6 losses and 2 ties for 18 points, finishing third in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-2-1. Allie Sherman coached the team. The 1954 Winnipeg Blue Bombers lost in the Final.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Jack Jacobs | 250 | 127 | 50.8 | 1732 | 6.9 | 12 | 4.8 | 13 | 5.2 | 0 | 67.6 | Joe Zaleski | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 212 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 13.3 | 0 | 41.9 | Billy Bye | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 74 | 24.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 158.3 | Geoff Crain | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 51 | 4.2 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 82.3 | Tom Casey | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 108.3 | Gerry James | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Ray Pelfrey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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Totals | 298 | 154 | 51.7 | 2079 | 7.0 | 14 | 4.7 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 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 |
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Totals | 434 | 1713 | 3.9 | 71 | 13 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 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 | 9.2 | 68 | 1 | Floyd Huggins | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 18 | 0 | Byron Townsend | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 12 | 0 | Gordie 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Totals | 140 | 1844 | 13.2 | 68 | 14 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. | Bud Korchak | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 3 | 27 | 1378 | 51.0 | 70 | 1 | 28 | Buck Rogers | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Byron Townsend | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Totals | 30 | 21 | 70.0 | 14 | 4 | 28.6 | 5 | 27 | 1378 | 51.0 | 70 | 1 | 39 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS | Jack Jacobs | 114 | 4614 | 40.5 | 82 | 8 | Ray Pelfrey | 20 | 793 | 39.6 | 57 | 1 | Tom Casey | 5 | 195 | 39.0 | 47 | 0 |
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Totals | 139 | 5602 | 40.3 | 82 | 9 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gordie Rowland | 51 | 435 | 8.5 | 25 | 0 | Jim Palmer | 27 | 180 | 6.7 | 29 | 0 | Tom Casey | 20 | 163 | 8.2 | 22 | 0 | Billy Bye | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 12 | 0 | Tom Lumsden | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 27 | 0 | Jesse Thomas | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 | Buddy Tinsley | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | Gerry James | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 | Ray Pelfrey | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Floyd Huggins | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Neill Armstrong | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Geoff Crain | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
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Totals | 123 | 969 | 7.9 | 29 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gerry James | 17 | 483 | 28.4 | 55 | 0 | Gordie Rowland | 13 | 257 | 19.8 | 30 | 0 | Jesse Thomas | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 23 | 0 | Pete Thodos | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | Billy Bye | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 | Stan Canakes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Floyd Huggins | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Buck Rogers | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | Tommy Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 41 | 873 | 21.3 | 55 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tom Casey | 6 | 102 | 17.0 | 50 | 0 | Keith Pearce | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 22 | 0 | Gordie 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 |
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Totals | 17 | 294 | 17.3 | 50 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Ron Vaccher | 3 | 0 | 0 | Steve Patrick | 2 | 0 | 0 | Dick Huffman | 2 | 0 | 0 | Billy Bye | 2 | 0 | 0 | Keith Pearce | 2 | 0 | 0 | Jack Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 1 | Andy Sokol | 1 | 2 | 0 | Roger Savoie | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bud Grant | 1 | 0 | 0 | Buddy Tinsley | 1 | 4 | 0 | Gordie Rowland | 1 | 0 | 0 | Lorne Benson | 1 | 0 | 1 | Tom Casey | 1 | 0 | 0 | Tom Lumsden | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Gerry James | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | Bud Grant | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | Bud Korchak | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 28 | Floyd Huggins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | Jack Jacobs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18 | Neill Armstrong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Pete Thodos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Jesse Thomas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Billy Bye | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Lorne Benson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Buck Rogers | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | Byron Townsend | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | Tom Casey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Dick Huffman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Gordie Rowland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Ray Pelfrey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 198 |