1961 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 13-3 26
Finishing 1st in the CFL's Western Conference
Postseason: 3-0 Won Grey Cup
Coach: Bud Grant (13-3)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

1961 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Roster
1961 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Results

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ended the 1961 season with a record of 13 wins and 3 losses for 26 points, finishing first in the CFL's Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-0.

Offensively, Winnipeg led the league with 360 points. At the same time, the stingy defense allowed 251 points. Leo Lewis rushed for a team-high 1,036 yards for the Blue Bombers.

Hal Ledyard threw for 1,398 yards. Farrell Funston led pass catchers, catching 47 balls for 892 yards. Ernie Pitts was targeted regularly, too.

Norm Rauhaus picked off 3 opponent throws.

Bud Grant coached the team. The 1961 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
Hal Ledyard	168	91	54.2	1398	8.3	10	6.0	9	5.4	62	79.4
Kenny Ploen	96	50	52.1	905	9.4	5	5.2	4	4.2	75	84.8
Leo Lewis	7	4	57.1	98	14.0	1	14.3	1	14.3	37	101.8
Dick Thornton	12	6	50.0	83	6.9	1	8.3	0	0.0	33	100.3
Charlie Shepard	1	1	100.0	26	26.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	26	118.8
Gerry James	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	285	152	53.3	2510	8.8	17	6.0	14	4.9	75

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Leo Lewis	146	1036	7.1	63	8
Gerry James	102	505	5.0	26	4
Ray Jauch	86	456	5.3	19	3
Charlie Shepard	86	435	5.1	21	1
Roger Hagberg	79	432	5.5	19	6
Kenny Ploen	43	192	4.5	20	2
Rick Potter	22	104	4.7	12	0
Carver Shannon	20	81	4.0	26	0
Hal Ledyard	37	80	2.2	11	0
Dick Thornton	3	26	8.7	26	0
Henry Janzen	4	13	3.2	9	0
Totals	628	3360	5.4	63	24

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Farrell Funston	47	892	19.0	75	8
Ernie Pitts	45	762	16.9	62	6
Ray Jauch	14	244	17.4	37	2
Leo Lewis	13	206	15.8	19	0
Carver Shannon	7	79	11.3	26	1
Charlie Shepard	7	54	7.7	25	0
Rick Potter	5	67	13.4	20	0
Norm Rauhaus	5	62	12.4	26	0
Gerry James	5	60	12.0	21	0
Henry Janzen	2	37	18.5	16	0
Kenny Ploen	1	29	29.0	29	0
Roger Hagberg	1	18	18.0	18	0
Totals	152	2510	16.5	75	17

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	Pts.
Gerry James	37	27	73.0	16	8	50.0	4	6	308	51.3	56	55
Carver Shannon	6	5	83.3	6	3	50.0	0					14
Leo Lewis	2	1	50.0	0	0		0					1
Totals	45	33	73.3	22	11	50.0	4	6	308	51.3	56	70

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Charlie Shepard	85	3855	45.4	89	15
Jack Delveaux	21	764	36.4	47	1
Dick Thornton	13	461	35.5	54	0
Hal Ledyard	4	175	43.8	51	0
Totals	123	5255	42.7	89	16

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Henry Janzen	54	394	7.3	53
Pepe Latourelle	46	178	3.9	14
Gordie Rowland	11	70	6.4	17
Kenny Ploen	1	11	11.0	11
Norm Rauhaus	2	3	1.5	8
Nick Miller	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	115	656	5.7	53

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Leo Lewis	19	495	26.1	42
Ray Jauch	13	380	29.2	71
Carver Shannon	6	125	20.8	29
Ernie Pitts	4	40	10.0	29
Charlie Shepard	3	38	12.7	18
Nick Miller	3	36	12.0	14
Jack Delveaux	1	13	13.0	13
Totals	49	1127	23.0	71

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Norm Rauhaus	3	46	15.3	36	1
Jack Delveaux	2	59	29.5	59	0
Pepe Latourelle	2	35	17.5	23	0
Douglas Nagle	2	20	10.0	16	0
Totals	9	160	17.8	59	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Mike Wright				2	4	0
Herb Gray				2	0	0
Roger Savoie				2	0	0
Dave Burkholder				2	19	1
Rod Humenuik				1	0	0
Norm Rauhaus				1	4	0
Ed Kotowich				1	0	0
Steve Patrick				1	0	0
Ron Meadmore				1	2	0
Gordie Rowland				1	22	1
Roger Hagberg				1	0	0
Gar Warren				1	0	0
Dick Thornton				1	0	0
Nick Miller				1	0	0
Jack Delveaux				1	7	0
Frank Rigney				0	23	1
Totals	0	0	0	19	81	3	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	0							8	27	4			79
Leo Lewis	8	0		0					0	1	0			49
Farrell Funston		8							0	0	0			48
Ernie Pitts		6		0					0	0	0			36
Roger Hagberg	6	0					0		0	0	0			36
Ray Jauch	3	2		0					0	0	0			30
Charlie Shepard	1	0		0					0	0	15			21
Carver Shannon	0	1		0					3	5	0			20
Kenny Ploen	2	0	0						0	0	0			12
Gordie Rowland			0				1		0	0	0			6
Dave Burkholder							1		0	0	0			6
Norm Rauhaus		0	0			1	0		0	0	0			6
Frank Rigney							1		0	0	0			6
Jack Delveaux				0		0	0		0	0	1			1
Totals	24	17	0	0	0	1	3	0	11	33	20	0	0	356