1961 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 13-3 26
Finishing 1st in the CFL's Western Conference
Postseason: 3-0 Won Grey Cup
Coach: Bud Grant (13-3)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

1961 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Roster
1961 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Results

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ended the 1961 season with a record of 13 wins and 3 losses for 26 points, finishing first in the CFL's Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-0.

Offensively, the Blue Bombers led the league with 360 points. On the other side of the ball, the stingy defense allowed 251 points. Leo Lewis rushed for a team-high 1,036 yards.

Hal Ledyard threw for 1,398 yards. Farrell Funston led pass catchers, catching 47 balls for 892 yards. Ernie Pitts provided receiving help, too.

Norm Rauhaus picked off 3 opponent throws.

Bud Grant coached the team. The 1961 Winnipeg Blue Bombers won the Grey Cup.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Hal Ledyard	168	91	54.2	1398	8.3	10	6.0	9	5.4	62	79.4
Kenny Ploen	96	50	52.1	905	9.4	5	5.2	4	4.2	75	84.8
Leo Lewis	7	4	57.1	98	14.0	1	14.3	1	14.3	37	101.8
Dick Thornton	12	6	50.0	83	6.9	1	8.3	0	0.0	33	100.3
Charlie Shepard	1	1	100.0	26	26.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	26	118.8
Gerry James	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	285	152	53.3	2510	8.8	17	6.0	14	4.9	75

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Leo Lewis	146	1036	7.1	63	8
Gerry James	102	505	5.0	26	4
Ray Jauch	86	456	5.3	19	3
Charlie Shepard	86	435	5.1	21	1
Roger Hagberg	79	432	5.5	19	6
Kenny Ploen	43	192	4.5	20	2
Rick Potter	22	104	4.7	12	0
Carver Shannon	20	81	4.0	26	0
Hal Ledyard	37	80	2.2	11	0
Dick Thornton	3	26	8.7	26	0
Henry Janzen	4	13	3.2	9	0
Totals	628	3360	5.4	63	24

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Farrell Funston	47	892	19.0	75	8
Ernie Pitts	45	762	16.9	62	6
Ray Jauch	14	244	17.4	37	2
Leo Lewis	13	206	15.8	19	0
Carver Shannon	7	79	11.3	26	1
Charlie Shepard	7	54	7.7	25	0
Rick Potter	5	67	13.4	20	0
Norm Rauhaus	5	62	12.4	26	0
Gerry James	5	60	12.0	21	0
Henry Janzen	2	37	18.5	16	0
Kenny Ploen	1	29	29.0	29	0
Roger Hagberg	1	18	18.0	18	0
Totals	152	2510	16.5	75	17

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	Pts.
Gerry James	37	27	73.0	16	8	50.0	4	6	308	51.3	56	55
Carver Shannon	6	5	83.3	6	3	50.0	0					14
Leo Lewis	2	1	50.0	0	0		0					1
Totals	45	33	73.3	22	11	50.0	4	6	308	51.3	56	70

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Charlie Shepard	85	3855	45.4	89	15
Jack Delveaux	21	764	36.4	47	1
Dick Thornton	13	461	35.5	54	0
Hal Ledyard	4	175	43.8	51	0
Totals	123	5255	42.7	89	16

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Henry Janzen	54	394	7.3	53
Pepe Latourelle	46	178	3.9	14
Gordie Rowland	11	70	6.4	17
Kenny Ploen	1	11	11.0	11
Norm Rauhaus	2	3	1.5	8
Nick Miller	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	115	656	5.7	53

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Leo Lewis	19	495	26.1	42
Ray Jauch	13	380	29.2	71
Carver Shannon	6	125	20.8	29
Ernie Pitts	4	40	10.0	29
Charlie Shepard	3	38	12.7	18
Nick Miller	3	36	12.0	14
Jack Delveaux	1	13	13.0	13
Totals	49	1127	23.0	71

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Norm Rauhaus	3	46	15.3	36	1
Jack Delveaux	2	59	29.5	59	0
Pepe Latourelle	2	35	17.5	23	0
Douglas Nagle	2	20	10.0	16	0
Totals	9	160	17.8	59	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Mike Wright				2	4	0
Herb Gray				2	0	0
Roger Savoie				2	0	0
Dave Burkholder				2	19	1
Rod Humenuik				1	0	0
Norm Rauhaus				1	4	0
Ed Kotowich				1	0	0
Steve Patrick				1	0	0
Ron Meadmore				1	2	0
Gordie Rowland				1	22	1
Roger Hagberg				1	0	0
Gar Warren				1	0	0
Dick Thornton				1	0	0
Nick Miller				1	0	0
Jack Delveaux				1	7	0
Frank Rigney				0	23	1
Totals	0	0	0	19	81	3	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Gerry James	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	27	4			79
Leo Lewis	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0			49
Farrell Funston	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			48
Ernie Pitts	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Roger Hagberg	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Ray Jauch	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Charlie Shepard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15			21
Carver Shannon	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0			20
Kenny Ploen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Gordie Rowland	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Dave Burkholder	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Norm Rauhaus	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Frank Rigney	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Jack Delveaux	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			1
Totals	24	17	0	0	0	1	3	0	11	33	20	0	0	356

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