
1954 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Statistics
Team Record: 8-6-2 18
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Postseason: 2-2-1 Lost Final
Coach: Allie Sherman (8-6-2)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1954 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Results
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ended the 1954 season with a record of 8 wins and 6 losses and 2 ties for 18 points, finishing third in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-2-1.
The Blue Bombers scored 202 points, and the defense allowed 190. Gerry James rushed for a team-high 576 yards for Winnipeg, and Byron Townsend also contributed to the rushing attack.
Jack Jacobs passed for 1,732 yards. Bud Grant led pass catchers, catching 49 balls for 752 yards.
Tom Casey seized 6 opponent throws.
Allie Sherman coached the team. The 1954 Winnipeg Blue Bombers lost in the Final.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Jacobs | 250 | 127 | 50.8 | 1732 | 6.9 | 12 | 4.8 | 13 | 5.2 | 0 | 67.6 |
Joe Zaleski | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 212 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 13.3 | 0 | 41.9 |
Billy Bye | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 74 | 24.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 158.3 |
Geoff Crain | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 51 | 4.2 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 82.3 |
Tom Casey | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 108.3 |
Gerry James | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Ray Pelfrey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 298 | 154 | 51.7 | 2079 | 7.0 | 14 | 4.7 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry James | 106 | 576 | 5.4 | 71 | 4 |
Byron Townsend | 93 | 446 | 4.8 | 25 | 1 |
Floyd Huggins | 84 | 331 | 3.9 | 13 | 4 |
Lorne Benson | 31 | 150 | 4.8 | 14 | 1 |
Billy Bye | 32 | 133 | 4.2 | 18 | 1 |
Andy Sokol | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 |
Jesse Thomas | 21 | 46 | 2.2 | 12 | 0 |
Tom Casey | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 11 | 1 |
Ray Pelfrey | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 16 | 0 |
Bud Korchak | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Tommy Ford | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
Geoff Crain | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 9 | 0 |
Joe Zaleski | 7 | -8 | -1.1 | 55 | 0 |
Jack Jacobs | 28 | -100 | -3.6 | 10 | 1 |
Totals | 434 | 1713 | 3.9 | 71 | 13 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bud Grant | 49 | 752 | 15.3 | 62 | 5 |
Neill Armstrong | 28 | 416 | 14.9 | 46 | 2 |
Gerry James | 11 | 136 | 12.4 | 23 | 1 |
Ray Pelfrey | 11 | 113 | 10.3 | 25 | 0 |
Jesse Thomas | 8 | 131 | 16.4 | 45 | 2 |
Billy Bye | 8 | 74 | 9.2 | 68 | 1 |
Floyd Huggins | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 18 | 0 |
Byron Townsend | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 12 | 0 |
Gordie Rowland | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 17 | 0 |
Dick Huffman | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 27 | 1 |
Tom Casey | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Andy Sokol | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Keith Pearce | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
Tommy Ford | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Bud Korchak | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Lorne Benson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Joe Zaleski | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
Pete Thodos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Totals | 140 | 1844 | 13.2 | 68 | 14 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bud Korchak | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 3 | 27 | 1378 | 51.0 | 70 | 1 | 28 |
Buck Rogers | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Byron Townsend | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Totals | 30 | 21 | 70.0 | 14 | 4 | 28.6 | 5 | 27 | 1378 | 51.0 | 70 | 1 | 39 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Jacobs | 114 | 4614 | 40.5 | 82 | 8 |
Ray Pelfrey | 20 | 793 | 39.6 | 57 | 1 |
Tom Casey | 5 | 195 | 39.0 | 47 | 0 |
Totals | 139 | 5602 | 40.3 | 82 | 9 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gordie Rowland | 51 | 435 | 8.5 | 25 | 0 |
Jim Palmer | 27 | 180 | 6.7 | 29 | 0 |
Tom Casey | 20 | 163 | 8.2 | 22 | 0 |
Billy Bye | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 12 | 0 |
Tommy Lumsden | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 27 | 0 |
Jesse Thomas | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 |
Buddy Tinsley | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Gerry James | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
Ray Pelfrey | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Floyd Huggins | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Neill Armstrong | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Geoff Crain | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 123 | 969 | 7.9 | 29 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry James | 17 | 483 | 28.4 | 55 | 0 |
Gordie Rowland | 13 | 257 | 19.8 | 30 | 0 |
Jesse Thomas | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 23 | 0 |
Pete Thodos | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
Billy Bye | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
Stan Canakes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Floyd Huggins | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Buck Rogers | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
Tommy Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 41 | 873 | 21.3 | 55 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Casey | 6 | 102 | 17.0 | 50 | 0 |
Keith Pearce | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 22 | 0 |
Gordie Rowland | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 50 | 1 |
Jesse Thomas | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
Buddy Tinsley | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Bud Grant | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Ray Pelfrey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 17 | 294 | 17.3 | 50 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Vaccher | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Steve Patrick | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dick Huffman | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Billy Bye | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Keith Pearce | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jack Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Andy Sokol | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Roger Savoie | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bud Grant | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Buddy Tinsley | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||
Gordie Rowland | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Lorne Benson | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Tom Casey | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tommy Lumsden | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
Bud Grant | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |||||||
Bud Korchak | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 28 | ||||||||
Floyd Huggins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
Jack Jacobs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18 | ||||||||
Neill Armstrong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||
Pete Thodos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||
Jesse Thomas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
Billy Bye | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
Lorne Benson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
Buck Rogers | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||
Byron Townsend | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||
Tom Casey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
Dick Huffman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
Gordie Rowland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
Ray Pelfrey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Totals | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 198 |