The Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1957 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1957 Season

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the WIFU
Won WIFU Semi-final Total Point Series 28 – 16
- Nov. 9, 1957 Tied 13 – 13 vs Calgary
- Nov. 11, 1957 Won 15 – 3 @ Calgary
Won WIFU Final Best of Series 2 – 1
- Nov. 16, 1957 Won 19 – 7 vs Edmonton
- Nov. 20, 1957 Lost 4 – 5 @ Edmonton
- Nov. 23, 1957 Won 17 – 2 in OT @ Edmonton
Grey Cup Championship
- Nov. 30, 1957 Lost 7 – 32 vs Hamilton in Toronto, ON

Team Roster and Stats

1957 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1957 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	36	27	W1	1-1-0
Regular Season	16	12	4	0	24	406	300	W4	5-1-0
Home	8	6	2	0	12	200	152	W2	5-1-0
Visitor	8	6	2	0	12	206	148	W3	5-1-0

Full 1957 League Standings

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 (4-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (3-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)	8 (7-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)	5 (3-2-0)
After 2nd	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	10 (9-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (3-3-0)
After 3rd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	10 (10-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (2-4-0)
After 4th	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	12 (12-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1957 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Thu Aug 1	HAM 21 @ WPG 0	L	11,200
B	Sat Aug 10	OTT 6 @ WPG 36	W	10,000

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Aug 15	EDM 21 @ WPG 14	L	18,029
2	Sat Aug 24	WPG 7 @ SSK 3	W	12,500
3	Fri Aug 30	BC 14 @ WPG 20	W	16,442
3	Mon Sep 2	WPG 8 @ EDM 41	L	17,000
4	Sat Sep 7	SSK 29 @ WPG 35	W	15,975
5	Sat Sep 14	WPG 40 @ CGY 13	W	16,000
5	Mon Sep 16	WPG 41 @ BC 21	W	22,218
6	Sat Sep 21	CGY 7 @ WPG 30	W	18,322
7	Mon Sep 30	EDM 27 @ WPG 28	W	20,253
8	Sat Oct 5	WPG 0 @ EDM 41	L	16,000
8	Mon Oct 7	WPG 37 @ SSK 3	W	8,500
9	Sat Oct 12	BC 22 @ WPG 16	L	14,700
10	Sat Oct 19	WPG 31 @ CGY 7	W	10,000
10	Mon Oct 21	SSK 19 @ WPG 27	W	14,186
11	Mon Oct 28	CGY 13 @ WPG 30	W	12,855
12	Sat Nov 2	WPG 42 @ BC 19	W	17,695

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 9	CGY 13 @ WPG 13	T	12,392
P1	Mon Nov 11	WPG 15 @ CGY 3	W	14,000
P2	Sat Nov 16	EDM 7 @ WPG 19	W	13,849
P2	Wed Nov 20	WPG 4 @ EDM 5	L	18,000
P2	Sat Nov 23	WPG 17 @ EDM 2 OT	W	20,000

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sat Nov 30 1:00 PM	WPG 7 vs HAM 32	L	27,051	R/C, CBC

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1957 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ WPG	WPG @
Divisional	0.438	6-2-0 (8)	6-2-0 (8)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
BC Lions (4)	0.281	1-1-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (4)	0.375	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Edmonton Eskimos (4)	0.875	1-1-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (4)	0.219	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)

Summary
By Quarter

Team Scoring

	1957	1956 +/-
Average Combined Score	44.13	+10.19
Average Winning Score	30.67	+5.78
Average Losing Score	9.50	-3.50
Average Home Score	25.00	+5.62
Average Visitor Score	25.75	+5.75
Average Margin of Victory	16.08	-1.36
Average Margin of Loss	21.75	+11.75

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	45	42	87	62	43	105	41	53	94	52	68	120	200 (25.0)	206 (25.8)	406 (25.4)
Opponent	21	24	45	62	37	99	36	40	76	33	47	80	148 (18.5)	152 (19.0)	300 (18.8)

Coaches

Head Coach

Harold “Bud” Grant (Jan. 3, 1957 – March 11, 1967)

Player Awards
All Stars

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1957 Player Awards and Nominations

1957 Most Outstanding

Player — Kenny Ploen (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Herb Gray (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Gerry James (Winner)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1957 All-Star Selections

6 All-Division Selections

QB	Kenny Ploen
HB	Gerry James
E	Ernie “Zazu” Pitts
DT	Robert “Buddy” Tinsley, Jr.
DE	Herb Gray
SEC	Gordie Rowland

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1957 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–6 (6)		Murdy Armstrong (HB)	McGill
2–6 (15)		Russ Thomas (T)	Queen's
3–6 (24)		Don Killinger (E)	Western Ontario
4–6 (30)		Paul Dingle (E)	McGill
5–6		Pass
6–6		Pass