1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Statistics

Canadian Football League (CFL)
Team Record: 4-14 8
Finishing 3rd in the CFL's East Division
Coach: Jeff Reinebold (4-14)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Roster
1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Results

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 4 wins and 14 losses for 8 points, finishing third in the CFL's East Division.

Winnipeg scored 443 points, while the shaky defensive squad conceded 548. Chris Vargas threw for 2,618 yards. Milt Stegall led the receiving corps, catching 61 balls for 1,616 yards.

Ron Williams rushed for a team-high 1,120 yards for the Blue Bombers.

Brandon Hamilton snatched 5 opponent throws. Shonte Peoples topped the defensive unit with 13 quarterback sacks.

Jeff Reinebold coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Chris Vargas	385	201	52.2	2618	6.8	15	3.9	20	5.2	105	65.3
Kevin McDougal	162	98	60.5	1274	7.9	7	4.3	8	4.9	82	79.1
Dexter Dawson	3	2	66.7	85	28.3	1	33.3	0	0.0	53	149.3
Ray Philyaw	17	10	58.8	81	4.8	1	5.9	1	5.9	26	66.1
Bob Cameron	3	3	100.0	40	13.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	17	118.8
Totals	570	314	55.1	4098	7.2	24	4.2	29	5.1	105

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ron Williams	211	1120	5.3	52	16
Kevin McDougal	34	308	9.1	33	0
Tyrone Montgomery	66	301	4.6	39	1
Chris Vargas	22	108	4.9	17	0
Dexter Dawson	23	46	2.0	8	0
Leonard Jean-Pierre	10	34	3.4	13	0
Ray Philyaw	6	22	3.7	12	0
Milt Stegall	5	21	4.2	9	0
Bruce Boyko	6	19	3.2	5	0
Shalon Baker	1	2	2.0	2	0
Brad Elberg	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	385	1982	5.1	52	17

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Milt Stegall	61	1616	26.5	105	14
Dexter Dawson	37	339	9.2	21	1
Allan Boyko	30	280	9.3	29	2
Ron Williams	30	258	8.6	23	0
Joseph Rogers	29	294	10.1	41	1
Bruce Boyko	29	247	8.5	25	1
Turhon O'Bannon	20	291	14.6	41	3
Ted Alford	19	247	13.0	65	0
Tyrone Montgomery	16	139	8.7	38	0
Ted Long	14	164	11.7	47	2
Shalon Baker	13	119	9.2	26	0
Sean Graham	8	69	8.6	16	0
Greg Battle	1	17	17.0	17	0
Troy Westwood	1	14	14.0	14	0
David Pitcher	1	4	4.0	4	0
Totals	309	4098	13.3	105	24

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	FGS	KO	Yds.	Avg.	Long	KOS	Pts.
Troy Westwood	40	40	100.0	54	39	72.2	6	79	4707	59.6	91	1	164
Totals	40	40	100.0	54	39	72.2	6	79	4707	59.6	91	1	164

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	PS
Bob Cameron	143	6192	43.3	67	1
Totals	143	6192	43.3	67	1

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dexter Dawson	59	525	8.9	92	1
Milt Stegall	8	146	18.2	55	0
Rob Davis	14	144	10.3	27	0
Shalon Baker	18	86	4.8	12	0
Bruce Boyko	1	6	6.0	6	0
Reggie Carthon	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	101	907	9.0	92	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dexter Dawson	27	667	24.7	86
Tyrone Montgomery	29	640	22.1	54
Milt Stegall	6	199	33.2	49
Brad Elberg	8	196	24.5	49
Ted Long	8	150	18.8	25
Shalon Baker	8	134	16.8	27
Ted Alford	2	60	30.0	40
Ron Williams	3	54	18.0	20
Rob Davis	1	21	21.0	21
David Pitcher	2	17	8.5	17
Darnell Small	2	4	2.0	4
Tyrone Rodgers	1	3	3.0	3
Wade Miller	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	98	2145	21.9	86

Missed Field Goal Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dexter Dawson	3	115	38.3	75
Shalon Baker	1	20	20.0	20
Totals	4	135	33.8	75

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Brandon Hamilton	5	105	21.0	43	0
Shannon Garrett	4	115	28.8	47	0
Greg Battle	3	32	10.7	29	0
Reggie Carthon	3	28	9.3	14	0
Nick Ferguson	2	35	17.5	33	0
Jocelyn Borgella	1	112	112.0	112	0
Rob Davis	1	58	58.0	58	0
Dexter Dawson	1	35	35.0	35	1
Totals	20	520	26.0	112	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.
Shonte Peoples	13.0	114.0	8.8
Tyrone Rodgers	8.0	60.0	7.5
Grant Carter	4.0	57.0	14.2
George Noga	3.0	25.0	8.3
Doug Hocking	2.0	20.0	10.0
DeWayne Knight	2.0	18.0	9.0
Rob Davis	2.0	11.0	5.5
Glen Scrivener	2.0	10.0	5.0
Shannon Garrett	1.0	19.0	19.0
Darnell Small	1.0	11.0	11.0
Brad Elberg	1.0	11.0	11.0
Reggie Carthon	1.0	9.0	9.0
Leuea Tagoai	1.0	5.0	5.0
Greg Battle	1.0	5.0	5.0
Colin Scrivener	1.0	4.0	4.0
Totals	43.0	379	8.8

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Def	ST	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Greg Battle	82	58	24
Shonte Peoples	67	67	0			1	4	0
Nick Ferguson	55	52	3			1	0	0
DeWayne Knight	53	50	3			1	0	0
Brandon Hamilton	53	49	4
Shannon Garrett	46	43	3			2	8	0
Reggie Carthon	41	40	1			1	19	0
Wade Miller	36	1	35
Jocelyn Borgella	31	29	2
Andrew Henry	30	20	10
Brad Elberg	26	18	8			1	0	0
Tyrone Rodgers	24	24	0			1	0	0
Rob Davis	24	18	6
Grant Carter	22	20	2			2	20	0
Dee Osborne	21	20	1			2	0	0
Doug Hocking	19	13	6
Dexter Dawson	17	14	3
Errol Brown	16	13	3			1	10	0
Sean Graham	16	5	11
David Pitcher	16	1	15
Jeff Horton	15	13	2
Bruce Boyko	15	3	12
Colin Scrivener	12	12	0
Kelsey Perrin	12	6	6			1	32	1
George Noga	11	11	0			1	0	0
Courtney Griffin	11	9	2
Glen Scrivener	9	9	0			1	0	0
Allan Boyko	7	3	4
Tommy Fagan	6	6	0			1	0	0
Ron Williams	6	2	4
Leonard Jean-Pierre	6	0	6			1	0	0
Rob Robinson	5	5	0
Leuea Tagoai	4	4	0			1	0	0
Chris Vargas	2	2	0
Emil Ekiyor	2	2	0
Chris Perez	2	1	1
Mark Holmstrom	2	0	2
Craig Hendrickson	1	1	0			1	0	0
Ted Alford	1	1	0
Brett MacNeil	1	1	0
Keith Powe	1	1	0
Ray Philyaw	1	1	0
Dave Vankoughnett	1	1	0
Turhon O'Bannon	1	1	0
Milt Stegall	1	1	0
Troy Westwood	1	0	1
Frank Rocca	1	0	1
Sammie Brennan						1	0	0
Totals	832	651	181	0	0	21	93	1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Troy Westwood		0							39	40	7			164
Ron Williams	16	0		0					0	0	0			96
Milt Stegall	0	14	0	0					0	0	0			84
Dexter Dawson	0	1	1	0	0	1			0	0	0			18
Turhon O'Bannon		3							0	0	0			18
Allan Boyko		2							0	0	0			12
Ted Long		2		0					0	0	0			12
Joseph Rogers		1							0	0	0	1		8
Tyrone Montgomery	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Bruce Boyko	0	1	0						0	0	0			6
Kelsey Perrin							1		0	0	0			6
Bob Cameron									0	0	1			1
Totals	17	24	1	0	0	1	1	0	39	40	8	1	0	431