1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 11-7 22
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's West Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: Cal Murphy (11-7)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Roster
1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Results

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ended the 1986 season with a record of 11 wins and 7 losses for 22 points, finishing third in the CFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.

On offense, Winnipeg scored 545 points, most in the league. At the same time, the defensive squad conceded 387 points. John Hufnagel triggered the aerial attack, throwing for 3,394 yards, and Tom Clements spent time under center, too. James Murphy caught 116 balls for 1,746 yards, while Joe Poplawski and Perry Tuttle were targeted regularly as well.

Willard Reaves rushed for a team-high 498 yards for the Blue Bombers, and James Sykes also aided the ground game.

Roy Bennett picked off 8 opponent throws. Tyrone Jones topped the defensive unit with 10 quarterback sacks.

Cal Murphy coached the team. The 1986 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
John Hufnagel	393	232	59.0	3394	8.6	21	5.3	16	4.1	85	88.1
Tom Clements	256	173	67.6	2265	8.8	18	7.0	11	4.3	49	100.8
Jim Zorn	25	13	52.0	175	7.0	0	0.0	1	4.0	55	57.9
Homer Jordan	22	8	36.4	110	5.0	0	0.0	3	13.6	31	13.6
Tom Muecke	2	1	50.0	14	7.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	14	72.9
Perry Tuttle	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	699	427	61.1	5958	8.5	39	5.6	31	4.4	85

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Willard Reaves	104	498	4.8	27	3
James Sykes	97	447	4.6	57	3
Lester Brown	56	302	5.4	47	2
John Hufnagel	22	88	4.0	16	0
Sean Kehoe	24	68	2.8	11	0
Pat Cantner	24	64	2.7	8	2
James Murphy	10	50	5.0	16	0
Tom Clements	19	48	2.5	12	1
Perry Tuttle	6	24	4.0	19	0
Darryl Sampson	1	21	21.0	21	0
Homer Jordan	3	14	4.7	12	0
Jim Zorn	5	11	2.2	5	0
Scott Flagel	1	6	6.0	6	0
Tom Muecke	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	373	1641	4.4	57	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
James Murphy	116	1746	15.1	82	12
Perry Tuttle	83	1373	16.5	85	8
Joe Poplawski	74	1075	14.5	65	8
Sean Kehoe	45	440	9.8	33	1
Jeff Boyd	35	619	17.7	80	5
Jerome Erdman	17	237	13.9	48	0
Lester Brown	15	120	8.0	0	1
Willard Reaves	10	68	6.8	16	0
James Sykes	10	62	6.2	14	2
Pat Cantner	9	58	6.4	17	0
Randy Fabi	8	93	11.6	30	1
David Taylor	2	32	16.0	19	1
Kevin Neiles	2	28	14.0	20	0
Tyrone Jones	1	7	7.0	7	0
Totals	427	5958	14.0	85	39

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	KOS	Pts.
Trevor Kennerd	23	23	100.0	40	24	60.0	9	44	2411	54.8	80	1	105
Paul Osbaldiston	17	17	100.0	15	9	60.0	4	17	907	53.4	61	0	48
Joe Poplawski	14	14	100.0	10	8	80.0	0					0	38
Totals	54	54	100.0	65	41	63.1	13	61	3318	54.4	80	1	191

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Bob Cameron	133	5617	42.2	72	11
Joe Poplawski	3	154	51.3	75	1
Totals	136	5771	42.4	75	12

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Darryl Sampson	40	428	10.7	28	0
James Jefferson	44	415	9.4	76	1
Kevin Neiles	39	343	8.8	81	1
Perry Tuttle	6	27	4.5	13	0
Scott Flagel	6	18	3.0	7	0
Sean Kehoe	2	6	3.0	6	0
Roy Bennett	2	-4	-2.0	6	0
Totals	139	1233	8.9	81	2

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
James Murphy	19	462	24.3	57
Kevin Neiles	18	415	23.1	60
Darryl Sampson	16	348	21.8	35
Lester Brown	4	97	24.2	52
James Jefferson	4	91	22.8	37
Sean Kehoe	2	62	31.0	35
Ken Hailey	2	45	22.5	25
Scott Flagel	1	13	13.0	13
David Taylor	1	7	7.0	7
Joe Poplawski	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	68	1540	22.6	60

Missed Field Goal Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Scott Flagel	5	108	21.6	62
David Shaw	1	1	1.0	1
Totals	6	109	18.2	62

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Roy Bennett	8	204	25.5	101	2
Scott Flagel	3	29	9.7	28	0
David Shaw	2	58	29.0	37	1
Bennie Thompson	2	49	24.5	30	0
Ken Hailey	2	42	21.0	42	0
James Jefferson	2	38	19.0	40	0
Wylie Turner	2	28	14.0	14	0
James West	2	3	1.5	3	1
Darrell Patterson	1	22	22.0	22	0
Tyrone Jones	1	2	2.0	2	0
Delbert Fowler	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	26	475	18.3	101	4

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Tyrone Jones	10.0	0.0
Delbert Fowler	8.0	0.0
Stan Mikawos	7.0	0.0
Darrell Patterson	6.0	0.0
Hasson Arbubakrr	4.0	0.0
Tony Norman	4.0	0.0
James West	4.0	0.0
Tracey Mack	3.0	0.0
Ken Hailey	3.0	0.0
Bennie Thompson	2.0	0.0
John Sturdivant	2.0	0.0
Rob Prodanovic	2.0	0.0
Scott Flagel	1.0	0.0
Bob Molle	1.0	0.0
Totals	57.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Bennie Thompson				2	8
Mark Moors				2	0
Tyrone Jones				2	0
Stan Mikawos				2	2
James West				1	0
Darryl Sampson				1	0
Richard Nemeth				1	0
James Jefferson				1	-17
Delbert Fowler				1	0
Hasson Arbubakrr				1	0
Scott Flagel				1	0
Totals	0	0	0	15	-7	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Trevor Kennerd									24	23	10			105
Joe Poplawski		8		0					8	14	1			87
James Murphy	0	12		0					0	0	0			72
Paul Osbaldiston									9	17	4			48
Perry Tuttle	0	8	0						0	0	0			48
James Sykes	3	2							0	0	0			30
Jeff Boyd		5							0	0	0			30
Lester Brown	2	1		0					0	0	0	1		20
Willard Reaves	3	0							0	0	0			18
Pat Cantner	2	0							0	0	0			12
Roy Bennett			0			2			0	0	0			12
Bob Cameron									0	0	11			11
Sean Kehoe	0	1	0	0					0	0	0			6
David Taylor		1		0					0	0	0			6
James Jefferson			1	0		0	0		0	0	0			6
David Shaw					0	1			0	0	0			6
Kevin Neiles		0	1	0					0	0	0			6
James West						1	0		0	0	0			6
Randy Fabi		1							0	0	0			6
Tom Clements	1								0	0	0			6
Totals	11	39	2	0	0	4	0	0	41	54	26	1	0	541