1996 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Statistics
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 9-9 18
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's West Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: Cal Murphy (9-9)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1996 Winnipeg Blue Bombers RosterTeam Record: 9-9 18
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's West Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: Cal Murphy (9-9)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1996 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Results
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 9 wins and 9 losses for 18 points, finishing third in the CFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Blue Bombers scored 421 points, but the defense yielded 496. Kent Austin passed for 2,135 yards, and Reggie Slack spent time under center, too. Eric Guliford led all receivers, catching 47 balls for 758 yards. Shannon Baker and Milt Stegall provided receiving help also.
Michael Richardson rushed for a team-high 378 yards for Winnipeg.
Bobby Evans and K.D. Williams each seized 4 opponent throws. Angelo Snipes topped pass rushers with 15 quarterback sacks, helping propel the defense to an overall total of 48 sacks.
Cal Murphy coached the team. The 1996 Winnipeg Blue Bombers lost in the Division Semifinal.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Kent Austin | 314 | 176 | 56.1 | 2135 | 6.8 | 8 | 2.5 | 16 | 5.1 | 70 | 64.4 | Reggie Slack | 241 | 128 | 53.1 | 1863 | 7.7 | 10 | 4.1 | 7 | 2.9 | 60 | 80.3 | Kevin McDougal | 100 | 47 | 47.0 | 567 | 5.7 | 1 | 1.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 52 | 47.4 | Bob Cameron | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 56.3 |
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| Totals | 657 | 352 | 53.6 | 4571 | 7.0 | 19 | 2.9 | 28 | 4.3 | 70 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Michael Richardson | 91 | 378 | 4.2 | 18 | 5 | Blaise Bryant | 69 | 278 | 4.0 | 32 | 1 | Reggie Slack | 28 | 187 | 6.7 | 18 | 2 | Dean Lytle | 43 | 187 | 4.3 | 26 | 1 | Leonard Jean-Pierre | 25 | 131 | 5.2 | 13 | 1 | Rendell Jackson | 25 | 117 | 4.7 | 18 | 1 | Kent Austin | 21 | 100 | 4.8 | 16 | 0 | Shannon Baker | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 32 | 0 | Martin Patton | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 7 | 0 | Eric Guliford | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 | Kevin McDougal | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | Troy Westwood | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Freeman Baysinger | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 2 | 0 | Turhon O'Bannon | 1 | -19 | -19.0 | -19 | 0 |
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| Totals | 322 | 1475 | 4.6 | 32 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Eric Guliford | 47 | 758 | 16.1 | 70 | 3 | Shannon Baker | 38 | 390 | 10.3 | 27 | 0 | Milt Stegall | 34 | 613 | 18.0 | 53 | 6 | Myron Wise | 32 | 502 | 15.7 | 50 | 2 | Dean Lytle | 30 | 271 | 9.0 | 23 | 1 | Allan Boyko | 27 | 370 | 13.7 | 49 | 1 | Michael Richardson | 27 | 237 | 8.8 | 39 | 3 | Blaise Bryant | 23 | 212 | 9.2 | 24 | 1 | Gerald Wilcox | 20 | 268 | 13.4 | 29 | 1 | Freeman Baysinger | 19 | 230 | 12.1 | 28 | 0 | Sean Graham | 12 | 202 | 16.8 | 28 | 0 | Turhon O'Bannon | 10 | 144 | 14.4 | 28 | 0 | Allen DeGraffenreid | 8 | 132 | 16.5 | 30 | 0 | Leonard Jean-Pierre | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 12 | 0 | Martin Patton | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 | Rendell Jackson | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 22 | 0 | Darrius Watson | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 40 | 1 | Doyle Burns | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Bobby Evans | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 352 | 4571 | 13.0 | 70 | 19 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. | Troy Westwood | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 51 | 37 | 72.5 | 7 | 69 | 4314 | 62.5 | 95 | 2 | 156 |
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| Totals | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 51 | 37 | 72.5 | 7 | 69 | 4314 | 62.5 | 95 | 2 | 156 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Eric Guliford | 44 | 546 | 12.4 | 71 | 0 | Shannon Baker | 40 | 315 | 7.9 | 46 | 0 | Freeman Baysinger | 14 | 146 | 10.4 | 52 | 0 | Milt Stegall | 16 | 113 | 7.1 | 19 | 0 | Allan Boyko | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
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| Totals | 120 | 1138 | 9.5 | 71 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Eric Guliford | 31 | 634 | 20.5 | 31 | 0 | Shannon Baker | 17 | 364 | 21.4 | 46 | 0 | Freeman Baysinger | 16 | 278 | 17.4 | 28 | 0 | Turhon O'Bannon | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 18 | 0 | Rendell Jackson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Allen DeGraffenreid | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Andrew Henry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 70 | 1348 | 19.3 | 46 | 0 |
Missed Field Goal Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Shannon Baker | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | Allan Boyko | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 37 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 37 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | K.D. Williams | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 41 | 1 | Bobby Evans | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 16 | 0 | Greg Clark | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 27 | 1 | Shannon Garrett | 2 | 128 | 64.0 | 102 | 1 | Andrew Henry | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 60 | 1 | Gerald Vaughn | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 | Damion Lyons | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 1 | Darnell Small | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 1 | Colin Scrivener | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Jason Mallett | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Greg Frers | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | John Kropke | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 23 | 520 | 22.6 | 102 | 6 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Angelo Snipes | 15.0 | 111.0 | 7.4 | Greg Clark | 7.0 | 41.0 | 5.9 | Charlie Clemons | 6.0 | 46.0 | 7.7 | K.D. Williams | 5.0 | 31.0 | 6.2 | Colin Scrivener | 5.0 | 21.0 | 4.2 | Kenny Walker | 2.0 | 16.0 | 8.0 | John Kropke | 2.0 | 16.0 | 8.0 | Marckarthur Johnson | 2.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | Dunstan Anderson | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | Gerald Vaughn | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | Darnell Small | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | Mark Holmstrom | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 48.0 | 305 | 6.4 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Def | ST | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | K.D. Williams | 112 | 102 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | Greg Clark | 69 | 55 | 14 | 0 | Gerald Vaughn | 52 | 47 | 5 | 0 | Bobby Evans | 48 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Shannon Garrett | 42 | 32 | 10 | 0 | Angelo Snipes | 39 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 2 | Damion Lyons | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Clemons | 37 | 36 | 1 | 0 | Greg Frers | 33 | 29 | 4 | 0 | Jason Mallett | 31 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | John Kropke | 29 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Wade Miller | 27 | 1 | 26 | 0 | Darrius Watson | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | Colin Scrivener | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | Doug Hocking | 19 | 2 | 17 | 0 | Andrew Henry | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | Darnell Small | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | Tony Hill | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Leonard Jean-Pierre | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kevin Robson | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Kenny Walker | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | David Pool | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | Dean Lytle | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | Harry Van Hofwegen | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | Marckarthur Johnson | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Myron Wise | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | Dunstan Anderson | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Forey Duckett | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Michael Richardson | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Allan Boyko | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Dave Vankoughnett | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Brett MacNeil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Rendell Jackson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Sean Graham | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | Blaise Bryant | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Shannon Baker | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Gerald Wilcox | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Stan Mikawos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Mark Holmstrom | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Turhon O'Bannon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Bobby Pandelidis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Eric Guliford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Chris Walby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Tommie Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kevin McDougal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Milt Stegall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Freeman Baysinger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Mike Moody | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 792 | 611 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 51 | 3 | 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 | Troy Westwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 36 | 9 | 156 | Michael Richardson | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Milt Stegall | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Eric Guliford | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Myron Wise | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Dean Lytle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Blaise Bryant | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Angelo Snipes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Reggie Slack | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Gerald Wilcox | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | Bob Cameron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | Kevin McDougal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Leonard Jean-Pierre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Rendell Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Damion Lyons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Andrew Henry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bobby Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Shannon Garrett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | K.D. Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Allan Boyko | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Darnell Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Greg Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Darrius Watson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 36 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 407 |
