
1953 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Statistics
Team Record: 8-8 16
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Postseason: 4-3 Lost Grey Cup
Coach: George Trafton (8-8)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1953 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Results
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ended the 1953 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses for 16 points, finishing third in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-3.
The Blue Bombers racked up 226 points, and the defense yielded 226. Jack Jacobs passed for 1,924 yards. Bud Grant caught 68 balls for 922 yards.
Lorne Benson rushed for a team-high 563 yards for Winnipeg.
Tom Casey seized 7 opponent throws.
George Trafton coached the team. The 1953 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Jacobs | 252 | 146 | 57.9 | 1924 | 7.6 | 11 | 4.4 | 10 | 4.0 | 0 | 80.2 |
Tommy Thompson | 68 | 43 | 63.2 | 511 | 7.5 | 4 | 5.9 | 3 | 4.4 | 0 | 87.3 |
Joe Zaleski | 45 | 23 | 51.1 | 393 | 8.7 | 2 | 4.4 | 3 | 6.7 | 0 | 68.1 |
Geoff Crain | 31 | 15 | 48.4 | 222 | 7.2 | 3 | 9.7 | 5 | 16.1 | 0 | 64.9 |
Tom Casey | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 16.0 |
Len Meltzer | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 17 | 39.6 |
Davey West | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Lorne Benson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Tommy Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 408 | 230 | 56.4 | 3104 | 7.6 | 20 | 4.9 | 23 | 5.6 | 17 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lorne Benson | 124 | 563 | 4.5 | 16 | 3 |
Tom Casey | 34 | 250 | 7.4 | 41 | 0 |
Ralph McAllister | 37 | 208 | 5.6 | 26 | 1 |
Len Meltzer | 40 | 203 | 5.1 | 20 | 3 |
Tommy Ford | 33 | 146 | 4.4 | 17 | 0 |
Gerry James | 25 | 120 | 4.8 | 21 | 1 |
Andy Sokol | 29 | 118 | 4.1 | 13 | 1 |
Ron Kelly | 21 | 97 | 4.6 | 12 | 0 |
Geoff Crain | 18 | 50 | 2.8 | 10 | 2 |
Billy Bye | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Bud Grant | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Dave Skrien | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
Davey West | 5 | -8 | -1.6 | 3 | 0 |
Neill Armstrong | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Jacobs | 14 | -27 | -1.9 | 15 | 0 |
Joe Zaleski | 4 | -29 | -7.2 | 0 | 0 |
Tommy Thompson | 10 | -116 | -11.6 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 399 | 1583 | 4.0 | 41 | 11 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bud Grant | 68 | 922 | 13.6 | 0 | 5 |
Neill Armstrong | 38 | 668 | 17.6 | 0 | 7 |
Tommy Ford | 31 | 464 | 15.0 | 0 | 3 |
Lorne Benson | 20 | 225 | 11.2 | 0 | 1 |
Bud Korchak | 18 | 281 | 15.6 | 0 | 1 |
Andy Sokol | 12 | 119 | 9.9 | 0 | 1 |
Tom Casey | 10 | 105 | 10.5 | 0 | 2 |
Len Meltzer | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 |
Davey West | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 |
Keith Pearce | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | 0 |
Ralph McAllister | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Bye | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
Gerry Palmer | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
Geoff Crain | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Ernie Becker | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Ron Kelly | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Joe Zaleski | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Gerry James | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
John Brown | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
Totals | 230 | 3104 | 13.5 | 20 | 20 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bud Korchak | 31 | 29 | 93.5 | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 5 | 51 | 2659 | 52.1 | 80 | 0 | 61 |
Totals | 31 | 29 | 93.5 | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 5 | 51 | 2659 | 52.1 | 80 | 0 | 61 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Casey | 51 | 427 | 8.4 | 29 | 0 |
Gerry James | 38 | 357 | 9.4 | 20 | 0 |
Davey West | 20 | 129 | 6.4 | 22 | 0 |
Billy Bye | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Bud Grant | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
Tommy Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Buddy Tinsley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ralph McAllister | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 115 | 932 | 8.1 | 29 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Len Meltzer | 8 | 172 | 21.5 | 48 | 0 |
Tom Casey | 7 | 160 | 22.9 | 45 | 0 |
Davey West | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 47 | 0 |
Ralph McAllister | 7 | 105 | 15.0 | 25 | 0 |
Gerry James | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 32 | 0 |
Lorne Benson | 4 | 49 | 12.2 | 20 | 0 |
Billy Bye | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
Andy Sokol | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Tommy Ford | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
Dave Skrien | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Ron Kelly | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Steve Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 40 | 786 | 19.6 | 48 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Casey | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 51 | 0 |
Bud Grant | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 |
Neill Armstrong | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 25 | 0 |
Ralph McAllister | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
Geoff Crain | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
Joe Zaleski | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Skrien | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
Jack Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Norm Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
John Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 23 | 205 | 8.9 | 51 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bud Grant | 3 | 77 | 0 | ||||
Tom Casey | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Neill Armstrong | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||
Dino Bandiera | 2 | 19 | 0 | ||||
Ralph McAllister | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bud Korchak | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Steve Patrick | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||||
Dick Huffman | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Norm Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tom Harpley | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tommy Lumsden | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ernie Becker | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
John Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 116 | 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 |
Bud Korchak | 1 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 5 | 66 | ||||||||
Neill Armstrong | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | ||||||
Bud Grant | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |||||
Lorne Benson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||||
Tommy Ford | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
Len Meltzer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||
Andy Sokol | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
Geoff Crain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
Tom Casey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
Jack Jacobs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
Gerry James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
Ralph McAllister | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Totals | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 222 |