The Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1952 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ 1952 Season

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the WIFU
Lost WIFU Final Best of Series 2 – 1
- Nov. 1, 1952 Won 28 – 12 @ Edmonton
- Nov. 8, 1952 Lost 12 – 18 vs Edmonton
- Nov. 11, 1952 Lost 11 – 22 vs Edmonton

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1952 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1951: 14 players
1952 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1952 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	16	12	3	1	25	394	211	W3	5-1-0
Home	8	5	2	1	11	200	105	W4	5-1-0
Visitor	8	7	1	0	14	194	106	W2	5-1-0

Full 1952 League Standings

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1952 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ WPG	WPG @
Divisional	0.393	5-2-1 (8)	7-1-0 (8)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
Calgary Stampeders (5)	0.438	1-1-0 (2)	3-0-0 (3)
Edmonton Eskimos (5)	0.594	1-1-1 (3)	1-1-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (6)	0.188	3-0-0 (3)	3-0-0 (3)

Team Scoring

	1952	1951 +/-
Average Combined Score	37.81	-6.04
Average Winning Score	29.25	+2.50
Average Losing Score	9.67	-5.17
Average Home Score	25.00	+3.71
Average Visitor Score	24.25	+2.25
Average Margin of Victory	16.25	+7.88
Average Margin of Loss	4.00	-8.50

1952 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Attendance

Capacity: 9,000
Total: 68,400
High: 10,000
Avg: 9,771 (7 out of 8 games)
Diff from 1951 Avg: +371
Low: 9,600
Sellouts: 7
% of Capacity: 108.57
Diff from League Avg: +7,986

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Coaches

Head Coach

George Trafton (May 4, 1951 – Jan. 3, 1954)

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Stadium

1952 home stadium: Winnipeg Stadium
Capacity: 19,660
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1955 – Expansion

Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

211 (13.2)

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Winnipeg	41	50	91	63	48	111	44	35	79	52	61	113	200 (25.0)	194 (24.3)	394 (24.6)
Opponent	7	7	14	30	32	62	20	30	50	48	37	85	106 (13.3)	105 (13.1)

Lead/Trailed Record by Quarter

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	5 (2-2-1)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (5-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	10 (7-2-1)	5 (4-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)
After 2nd	7 (5-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	6 (6-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	13 (11-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	1 (0-0-1)
After 3rd	6 (4-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-0-1)	5 (5-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	11 (9-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (2-1-1)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	2 (0-2-0)	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	12 (12-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	3 (0-3-0)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1952 All-Star Selections

9 All-Division Selections

First Team
Coach	George Trafton
QB	Jack Jacobs^*
HB	Tom Casey^*
FW	Robert “Bud” Korchak
G	Jim McPherson
T	Robert “Buddy” Tinsley, Jr.
T	Dick Huffman
Second Team
HB	Ralph McAllister
G	Dean “Dino” Bandiera

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1952 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance
1	Sat. Aug. 23	CGY 12 @ WPG 8	L	10,000
1	Mon. Aug. 25	EDM 14 @ WPG 14	T	10,000
2	Fri. Aug. 29	SSK 9 @ WPG 27	W	10,000
2	Mon. Sept. 1	WPG 16 @ SSK 8	W	13,795
3	Sat. Sept. 6	WPG 21 @ EDM 18	W	14,000
3	Mon. Sept. 8	WPG 7 @ CGY 6	W	14,000
4	Sat. Sept. 13	EDM 11 @ WPG 9	L	9,600
5	Sat. Sept. 20	WPG 18 @ SSK 7	W	11,000
5	Mon. Sept. 22	SSK 6 @ WPG 35	W	9,600
6	Sat. Sept. 27	EDM 18 @ WPG 40	W	9,600
6	Mon. Sept. 29	CGY 28 @ WPG 39	W	9,600
7	Sat. Oct. 4	WPG 41 @ CGY 30	W	12,000
7	Mon. Oct. 6	WPG 12 @ EDM 18	L	15,000
8	Sat. Oct. 11	SSK 7 @ WPG 28	W
8	Mon. Oct. 13	WPG 37 @ SSK 1	W	11,500
9	Sat. Oct. 18	WPG 42 @ CGY 18	W
P2	Sat. Nov. 1	WPG 28 @ EDM 12	W	16,000
P2	Sat. Nov. 8	EDM 18 @ WPG 12	L	9,600
P2	Tue. Nov. 11	EDM 22 @ WPG 11	L	9,600