1970 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 2-14 4
Finishing 5th in the CFL's Western Conference
Coach: Jim Spavital (2-14)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

1970 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Roster
1970 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Results

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 2 wins and 14 losses for 4 points, finishing fifth in the CFL's Western Conference.

Winnipeg scored only 184 points, worst in the league, while the leaky defense allowed 332. Wally Gabler threw for 1,077 yards. Rick Shaw led pass catchers, catching 33 balls, while Ken Nielsen contributed 589 receiving yards. Lou Andrus was targeted regularly, too.

Bob Houmard rushed for a team-high 810 yards for the Blue Bombers.

Paul Brule and Ed Ulmer each intercepted 9 opponent throws.

Jim Spavital coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Wally Gabler	134	63	47.0	1077	8.0	4	3.0	13	9.7	68	45.1
Ron Johnson	154	73	47.4	805	5.2	5	3.2	9	5.8	30	49.8
Benjy Dial	89	45	50.6	597	6.7	1	1.1	7	7.9	51	43.1
Dick Smith	1	1	100.0	31	31.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	31	118.8
Ed Ulmer	1	1	100.0	25	25.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	25	118.8
Rick Shaw	3	2	66.7	19	6.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	21	84.0
Amos Van Pelt	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0
Totals	383	185	48.3	2554	6.7	10	2.6	30	7.8	68

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bob Houmard	194	810	4.2	32	8
Amos Van Pelt	92	346	3.8	32	1
Charlie Bryant	46	246	5.3	41	1
Ron Johnson	38	164	4.3	25	1
Wally Gabler	26	160	6.2	21	1
Dick Smith	30	114	3.8	0	0
Craig Tefft	17	34	2.0	9	0
Benjy Dial	14	15	1.1	5	1
Rich Johnson	4	12	3.0	6	0
Paul Brule	6	11	1.8	14	0
Doug Strong	1	3	3.0	3	0
Chuck Liebrock	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	469	1915	4.1	41	13

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Rick Shaw	33	538	16.3	51	2
Ken Nielsen	29	589	20.3	60	2
Lou Andrus	26	319	12.3	45	2
Bob Houmard	23	259	11.3	25	0
John Senst	22	393	17.9	60	1
Amos Van Pelt	15	112	7.5	26	1
Craig Tefft	12	98	8.2	24	0
Dick Smith	7	133	19.0	0	0
Charlie Bryant	6	39	6.5	25	1
Glen Orris	4	29	7.2	11	0
Doug Strong	4	4	1.0	8	0
Lance Fletcher	2	41	20.5	25	0
Ed Breding	1	2	2.0	2	1
Wally Gabler	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Totals	185	2554	13.8	60	10

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	Pts.
Gene Lakusiak	18	14	77.8	26	4	15.4	8	34
Chuck Liebrock	0	0		1	1	100.0	0	3
Tom Deacon	4	1	25.0	1	0	0.0	0	1
Totals	22	15	68.2	28	5	17.9	8	38

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Ed Ulmer	134	5604	41.8	69	3
Ron Johnson	6	212	35.3	50	0
Wally Gabler	2	106	53.0	59	0
Doug Strong	1	40	40.0	40	0
Totals	143	5962	41.7	69	3

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Paul Brule	67	496	7.4	16
Doug Strong	56	410	7.3	20
Bob LaRose	5	37	7.4	12
Gene Lakusiak	1	16	16.0	16
Totals	129	959	7.4	20

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Paul Brule	12	367	30.6	86
Craig Tefft	9	261	29.0	40
Doug Strong	12	232	19.3	29
Charlie Bryant	6	157	26.2	36
Ward Smith	5	115	23.0	0
Dick Smith	5	99	19.8	30
Bob LaRose	1	19	19.0	19
Rick Shaw	2	12	6.0	10
Bob Houmard	2	10	5.0	10
Totals	54	1272	23.6	86

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ed Ulmer	9	152	16.9	76
Paul Brule	9	139	15.4	42
Doug Strong	4	21	5.2	14
Peter Francis	3	65	21.7	26
Mickey Doyle	2	27	13.5	17
Bob LaRose	2	4	2.0	4
Lance Fletcher	1	21	21.0	21
Tony Guillory	1	19	19.0	19
Ed Breding	1	3	3.0	3
Totals	32	451	14.1	76

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Rob McLaren				3	4
Doug Strong				2	3
Ward Smith				1	5
Jim Heighton				1	0
Ed Ulmer				1	0
Totals	0	0	0	8	12	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bob Houmard	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			48
Gene Lakusiak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	9			35
Lou Andrus	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Rick Shaw	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Ken Nielsen	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Charlie Bryant	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Amos Van Pelt	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Ed Breding	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Ron Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
John Senst	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Benjy Dial	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Wally Gabler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Ed Ulmer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3			3
Chuck Liebrock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			3
Tom Deacon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0			1
Totals	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	15	12	0	0	180