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
1952 Record for Winnipeg Blue Bombers unavilable as season pending.
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)

Coaches

Head Coach

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

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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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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

Stadium

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

Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

	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)	211 (13.2)

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 “Indian 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	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance
1	4	Sat. Aug. 23	CGY 12 @ WPG 8	L	10,000
	6	Mon. Aug. 25	EDM 14 @ WPG 14	T	10,000
2	7	Fri. Aug. 29	SSK 9 @ WPG 27	W	10,000
	10	Mon. Sept. 1	WPG 16 @ SSK 8	W	13,795
3	12	Sat. Sept. 6	WPG 21 @ EDM 18	W	14,000
	13	Mon. Sept. 8	WPG 7 @ CGY 6	W	14,000
4	16	Sat. Sept. 13	EDM 11 @ WPG 9	L	9,600
5	18	Sat. Sept. 20	WPG 18 @ SSK 7	W	11,000
	20	Mon. Sept. 22	SSK 6 @ WPG 35	W	9,600
6	22	Sat. Sept. 27	EDM 18 @ WPG 40	W	9,600
	24	Mon. Sept. 29	CGY 28 @ WPG 39	W	9,600
7	25	Sat. Oct. 4	WPG 41 @ CGY 30	W	12,000
	28	Mon. Oct. 6	WPG 12 @ EDM 18	L	15,000
8	30	Sat. Oct. 11	SSK 7 @ WPG 28	W
	32	Mon. Oct. 13	WPG 37 @ SSK 1	W	11,500
9	33	Sat. Oct. 18	WPG 42 @ CGY 18	W
P2	37	Sat. Nov. 1	WPG 28 @ EDM 12	W	16,000
	38	Sat. Nov. 8	EDM 18 @ WPG 12	L	9,600
	39	Tue. Nov. 11	EDM 22 @ WPG 11	L	9,600