1983 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Statistics
Team Record: 9-7 18
Finishing 2nd in the CFL's West Division
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Division Final
Coach: Cal Murphy (9-7)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1983 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Results
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses for 18 points, finishing second in the CFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
Cal Murphy coached the team. The 1983 Winnipeg Blue Bombers lost in the Division Final.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Dieter Brock | 223 | 115 | 51.6 | 1892 | 8.5 | 10 | 4.5 | 9 | 4.0 | 82 | 78.5 | Carl Hall | 145 | 66 | 45.5 | 1092 | 7.5 | 4 | 2.8 | 4 | 2.8 | 48 | 69.1 | John Hufnagel | 96 | 53 | 55.2 | 956 | 10.0 | 5 | 5.2 | 5 | 5.2 | 75 | 85.2 | Tom Clements | 60 | 30 | 50.0 | 424 | 7.1 | 2 | 3.3 | 1 | 1.7 | 46 | 77.4 | Norman Gibbs | 33 | 15 | 45.5 | 220 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6.1 | 35 | 42.5 | Mark Jackson | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 55 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 53.2 | Bob Cameron | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 118.8 | Trevor Kennerd | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 571 | 285 | 49.9 | 4668 | 8.2 | 21 | 3.7 | 21 | 3.7 | 82 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Willard Reaves | 164 | 898 | 5.5 | 75 | 9 | Carl Hall | 27 | 193 | 7.1 | 22 | 0 | Milson Jones | 34 | 180 | 5.3 | 69 | 1 | Sean Kehoe | 34 | 88 | 2.6 | 14 | 2 | James Sykes | 12 | 62 | 5.2 | 15 | 0 | John Hufnagel | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 | Dieter Brock | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 11 | 2 | Dan Huclack | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 6 | 2 | Rick Paulitsch | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Mark Jackson | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 | Tom Clements | 8 | 13 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 | Pat Cantner | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | Norman Gibbs | 10 | 10 | 1.0 | 7 | 1 | Jeff Boyd | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | Darrell Smith | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
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| Totals | 342 | 1608 | 4.7 | 75 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | James Murphy | 61 | 1126 | 18.5 | 82 | 4 | Joe Poplawski | 58 | 971 | 16.7 | 41 | 8 | Jeff Boyd | 50 | 974 | 19.5 | 75 | 7 | Dan Huclack | 31 | 348 | 11.2 | 39 | 0 | Rick House | 28 | 545 | 19.5 | 54 | 0 | Willard Reaves | 16 | 185 | 11.6 | 24 | 0 | Sean Kehoe | 13 | 120 | 9.2 | 28 | 0 | Jerome Erdman | 7 | 111 | 15.9 | 46 | 0 | Pat Cantner | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 25 | 0 | Nate Johnson | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 29 | 2 | Ricky Martin | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 29 | 0 | Milson Jones | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 | Steve Hall | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 | Darrell Smith | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Scott Flagel | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
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| Totals | 285 | 4668 | 16.4 | 82 | 21 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. | Trevor Kennerd | 35 | 34 | 97.1 | 50 | 40 | 80.0 | 8 | 60 | 3489 | 58.2 | 73 | 4 | 166 |
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| Totals | 35 | 34 | 97.1 | 50 | 40 | 80.0 | 8 | 60 | 3489 | 58.2 | 73 | 4 | 166 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Paul Bennett | 97 | 890 | 9.2 | 52 | 0 | Kirby Wilson | 16 | 186 | 11.6 | 44 | 0 | Nate Johnson | 13 | 158 | 12.2 | 34 | 0 | Scott Flagel | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Reggie Pierson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 128 | 1242 | 9.7 | 52 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Kirby Wilson | 13 | 294 | 22.6 | 42 | 0 | James Murphy | 10 | 221 | 22.1 | 33 | 0 | Nate Johnson | 9 | 194 | 21.6 | 41 | 0 | Ken Hailey | 6 | 185 | 30.8 | 69 | 0 | Willard Reaves | 5 | 164 | 32.8 | 41 | 0 | Darrell Smith | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 29 | 0 | Paul Bennett | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 11 | 0 | Pat Cantner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Poplawski | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 52 | 1184 | 22.8 | 69 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Paul Bennett | 4 | 93 | 23.2 | 58 | 0 | Wylie Turner | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 22 | 0 | John Pointer | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 49 | 1 | Reggie Pierson | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 38 | 0 | Donovan Rose | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 23 | 0 | David Shaw | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 | Kirby Wilson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | Tyrone Jones | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
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| Totals | 18 | 286 | 15.9 | 58 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Tyrone Jones | 17.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Tony Norman | 8.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Vernon Pahl | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Aaron Brown | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | John Pointer | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Pete Catan | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | David Shaw | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Paul Bennett | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Ken Ciancone | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Doug MacIver | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 53.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | John Pointer | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kirby Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | Wylie Turner | 2 | 0 | 0 | Pete Catan | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vernon Pahl | 1 | 0 | 0 | Dan Huclack | 1 | 0 | 0 | Tony Norman | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aaron Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | Ray Sullivan | 1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Trevor Kennerd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 34 | 12 | 166 | Willard Reaves | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | Joe Poplawski | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Jeff Boyd | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | James Murphy | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Dan Huclack | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Dieter Brock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Nate Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Sean Kehoe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bob Cameron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | Milson Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Pointer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Norman Gibbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 17 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 34 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 410 |
