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1958 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Statistics
Team Record: 13-3 26
Finishing 1st in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union
Postseason: 3-1 Won Grey Cup
Coach: Bud Grant (13-3)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1958 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Results
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ended the 1958 season with a record of 13 wins and 3 losses for 26 points, finishing first in the CFL's Western Interprovincial Football Union. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-1.
Offensively, Winnipeg led the league with 361 points. The defense proved to be a force, as the Blue Bombers surrendered 182 points, lowest in the league. Leo Lewis rushed for a team-high 1,164 yards, while Charlie Shepard additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Jim Van Pelt passed for 1,445 yards. Leo Lewis led pass catchers, catching 31 balls for 679 yards. Ernie Pitts provided receiving help, too.
Gordie Rowland intercepted 6 opponent throws.
Bud Grant coached the team. The 1958 Winnipeg Blue Bombers won the Grey Cup.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Van Pelt | 160 | 90 | 56.2 | 1445 | 9.0 | 9 | 5.6 | 10 | 6.2 | 107 | 79.3 |
Kenny Ploen | 77 | 33 | 42.9 | 626 | 8.1 | 4 | 5.2 | 5 | 6.5 | 61 | 61.9 |
Barry Roseborough | 31 | 11 | 35.5 | 220 | 7.1 | 1 | 3.2 | 4 | 12.9 | 68 | 32.4 |
Leo Lewis | 13 | 10 | 76.9 | 217 | 16.7 | 2 | 15.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 157.9 |
Charlie Shepard | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 52 | 17.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 149.3 |
Totals | 284 | 146 | 51.4 | 2560 | 9.0 | 17 | 6.0 | 19 | 6.7 | 107 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leo Lewis | 167 | 1164 | 7.0 | 47 | 8 |
Charlie Shepard | 178 | 925 | 5.2 | 70 | 11 |
Gerry James | 64 | 372 | 5.8 | 21 | 2 |
Kenny Ploen | 67 | 366 | 5.5 | 35 | 0 |
John Varone | 65 | 250 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 |
Bob McNamara | 40 | 236 | 5.9 | 40 | 0 |
Jim Van Pelt | 38 | 171 | 4.5 | 24 | 2 |
Tony Kehrer | 32 | 158 | 4.9 | 16 | 1 |
Gordie Rowland | 13 | 90 | 6.9 | 12 | 0 |
Bob Stransky | 19 | 79 | 4.2 | 18 | 1 |
Rick Potter | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
Pepe Latourelle | 26 | 54 | 2.1 | 13 | 3 |
Gene Wlasiuk | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 |
Nick Miller | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
Ed Kotowich | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Jim Tonn | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Ernie Pitts | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Barry Roseborough | 4 | -7 | -1.8 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 726 | 3957 | 5.5 | 70 | 28 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leo Lewis | 31 | 679 | 21.9 | 61 | 3 |
Ernie Pitts | 26 | 552 | 21.2 | 107 | 6 |
Bob McNamara | 18 | 249 | 13.8 | 41 | 2 |
Frank Gilliam | 15 | 233 | 15.5 | 30 | 2 |
Charlie Shepard | 11 | 132 | 12.0 | 38 | 0 |
Pepe Latourelle | 9 | 162 | 18.0 | 24 | 2 |
John Varone | 9 | 160 | 17.8 | 55 | 1 |
Kenny Ploen | 8 | 87 | 10.9 | 24 | 0 |
Gordie Rowland | 6 | 113 | 18.8 | 30 | 1 |
Keith Pearce | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 19 | 0 |
Norm Rauhaus | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 26 | 0 |
Jim Tonn | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 26 | 0 |
Tony Kehrer | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
Gerry James | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Bob Stransky | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Willard Dewveall | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Jim Van Pelt | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 146 | 2560 | 17.5 | 107 | 17 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Van Pelt | 32 | 26 | 81.2 | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 3 | 42 | 2221 | 52.9 | 66 | 0 | 53 |
Gerry James | 13 | 9 | 69.2 | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 19 | 978 | 51.5 | 64 | 0 | 21 |
Totals | 45 | 35 | 77.8 | 19 | 12 | 63.2 | 3 | 61 | 3199 | 52.4 | 66 | 0 | 74 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Shepard | 143 | 6324 | 44.2 | 79 | 10 |
Gerry Vincent | 4 | 186 | 46.5 | 55 | 1 |
Gordie Rowland | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
Totals | 148 | 6557 | 44.3 | 79 | 11 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gordie Rowland | 56 | 478 | 8.5 | 26 | 0 |
Pepe Latourelle | 80 | 467 | 5.8 | 17 | 0 |
Gene Wlasiuk | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 19 | 0 |
Norm Rauhaus | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
Gerry Vincent | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Stransky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 144 | 1000 | 6.9 | 26 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leo Lewis | 20 | 639 | 32.0 | 68 | 0 |
Gordie Rowland | 6 | 141 | 23.5 | 39 | 0 |
Gerry James | 5 | 133 | 26.6 | 35 | 0 |
Ernie Pitts | 1 | 68 | 68.0 | 68 | 0 |
Charlie Shepard | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 18 | 0 |
John Varone | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
Frank Gilliam | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Totals | 39 | 1059 | 27.2 | 68 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gordie Rowland | 6 | 122 | 20.3 | 65 | 1 |
Norm Rauhaus | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 70 | 0 |
Nick Miller | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 |
Dave Burkholder | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 14 | 0 |
Gar Warren | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 11 | 0 |
Gerry Vincent | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
Keith Pearce | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
Kenny Ploen | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Walt Bilicki | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 25 | 338 | 13.5 | 70 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gar Warren | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||||
John Varone | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Buddy Tinsley | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bob Hobert | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Nick Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Norm Rauhaus | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Cec Luining | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||
Herb Gray | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||
Keith Pearce | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ted Mikliechuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ron Meadmore | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Charlie Shepard | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 76 | |||||||
Leo Lewis | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||
Jim Van Pelt | 2 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 65 | ||||||||
Ernie Pitts | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
Gerry James | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 33 | |||||||
Pepe Latourelle | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
Gordie Rowland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
Bob McNamara | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Frank Gilliam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Tony Kehrer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
John Varone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Bob Stransky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Gerry Vincent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Totals | 28 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 361 |