The Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1959 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1959 Season

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the WIFU
Won WIFU Final Best of Series 2 – 0
- Nov. 11, 1959 Won 19 – 11 @ Edmonton
- Nov. 14, 1959 Won 16 – 8 vs Edmonton
Grey Cup Championship
- Nov. 28, 1959 Won 21 – 7 vs Hamilton in Toronto, ON

Team Roster and Stats

1959 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1959 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	44	42	L1	1-1-0
Regular Season	16	12	4	0	24	388	235	L2	4-2-0
Home	8	6	2	0	12	179	116	L1	5-1-0
Visitor	8	6	2	0	12	209	119	L1	4-2-0

Full 1959 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)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	5 (4-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (8-2-0)	3 (2-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)
After 2nd	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	7 (6-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	11 (10-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)
After 3rd	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	9 (8-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (3-3-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	11 (11-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1959 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
B	Tue Aug 4	WPG 39 @ MTL 34	W	21,739
B	Thu Aug 6	HAM 8 @ WPG 5	L	18,025

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Aug 13	WPG 42 @ BC 20	W	29,425
2	Mon Aug 17	WPG 22 @ CGY 21	W	16,200
2	Thu Aug 20	CGY 23 @ WPG 21	L	18,333
3	Thu Aug 27	EDM 16 @ WPG 1	L	18,928
3	Sat Aug 29	WPG 61 @ SSK 8	W	12,000
4	Thu Sep 3	BC 23 @ WPG 34	W	18,003
5	Sat Sep 5	WPG 16 @ EDM 8	W	17,143
6	Sat Sep 12	SSK 14 @ WPG 41	W	15,962
7	Sat Sep 19	WPG 6 @ BC 17	L	32,061
7	Mon Sep 21	WPG 15 @ CGY 10	W	16,000
8	Mon Sep 28	EDM 10 @ WPG 13	W	17,707
9	Mon Oct 5	CGY 24 @ WPG 38	W	15,813
10	Mon Oct 12	WPG 27 @ SSK 14	W	8,000
11	Sat Oct 17	BC 6 @ WPG 31	W	18,184
11	Mon Oct 19	WPG 20 @ EDM 21	L	15,500
12	Mon Oct 26	SSK 37 @ WPG 30	FW	14,279

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Wed Nov 11 2:00 PM	WPG 19 @ EDM 11	W	16,000
P2	Sat Nov 14 3:00 PM	EDM 8 @ WPG 16	W	15,872	CBC

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sat Nov 28 1:00 PM	WPG 21 vs HAM 7	W	33,133	CBC

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1959 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)	0.563	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (4)	0.500	1-1-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)
Edmonton Eskimos (4)	0.625	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (4)	0.063	2-0-0 (2)	2-0-0 (2)

Summary
By Quarter

Team Scoring

	1959	1958 +/-
Average Combined Score	43.13	+9.19
Average Winning Score	30.91	+4.99
Average Losing Score	15.60	+7.60
Average Home Score	26.13	-2.88
Average Visitor Score	26.13	+10.00
Average Margin of Victory	16.55	+1.39
Average Margin of Loss	7.20	+1.20

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	75	46	121	71	78	149	19	25	44	44	60	104	209 (26.1)	209 (26.1)	418 (26.1)
Opponent	57	24	81	40	21	61	26	42	68	30	32	62	119 (14.9)	153 (19.1)	272 (17.0)

Coaches

Head Coach

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

Player Awards
All Stars

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1959 Player Awards and Nominations

1959 Most Outstanding

Player — Jim Van Pelt (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Herb Gray (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Steve Patrick (Team Nominee)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1959 All-Star Selections

No Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian or Division All-Star selections in 1959.

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1959 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–9 (9)		Duncan Brodie (HB)	Toronto
2–9 (18)		Morgan Drever (G)	Toronto
3–9		Pass
4–9		Pass