1957 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Statistics
Canadian Football League (CFL)
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 RosterTeam 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.
The Blue Bombers piled up points with 406 points, and the defense allowed 300. Gerry James rushed for a team-high 1,192 yards for Winnipeg.
Kenny Ploen passed for 1,284 yards. Ernie Pitts caught 38 balls for 683 yards.
Gordie Rowland, Kenny Ploen, Norm Rauhaus and Bob Hobert 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 60 | 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 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 131 | Kenny Ploen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 55 | Leo Lewis | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Ernie Pitts | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | Charlie Shepard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | Pepe Latourelle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Buddy Leake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | Jack Hutchinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Dennis Mendyk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bob McNamara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Gerry Vincent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | Frank Gilliam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dennis Shaw | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Norm Rauhaus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Gordie Rowland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Cec Luining | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 38 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 400 |
