Season Summary

Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result Attendance TV
Ex
Tue Jul 13 8:05 PM
WPG 29 @ MTL 7 W 14,923  
Ex
Thu Jul 15 8:00 PM
WPG 7 @ OTT 26 L 19,484  
Ex
Tue Jul 20 9:00 PM
HAM 0 @ WPG 25 W 13,334  
Ex
Fri Jul 23 10:00 PM
WPG 6 @ SSK 9 L 10,289  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result Attendance TV
1
Fri Jul 30 11:00 PM
WPG 21 @ EDM 14 W 16,123  
1
Wed Aug 4 9:00 PM
BC 21 @ WPG 23 W 17,980  
2Bye
3
Wed Aug 11 9:00 PM
CGY 8 @ WPG 19 W 20,100  
4
Mon Aug 16 11:00 PM
WPG 12 @ BC 6 W 36,457  
5
Wed Aug 25 9:00 PM
SSK 25 @ WPG 6 L 22,486  
6
Thu Sep 2 9:00 PM
BC 14 @ WPG 7 L 21,012  
7
Mon Sep 6 5:30 PM
WPG 7 @ CGY 35 L 22,711  
7
Sat Sep 11 11:00 PM
WPG 25 @ EDM 30 L 21,955  
8
Sun Sep 19 3:30 PM
OTT 12 @ WPG 19 W 20,658 CBC
9
Fri Sep 24 8:05 PM
WPG 14 @ MTL 8 W 19,600  
9
Sun Sep 26 2:00 PM
WPG 22 @ TOR 24 L 17,364  
10
Sun Oct 3 3:30 PM
HAM 21 @ WPG 26 W 16,542 CTVE
11Bye
12
Mon Oct 11 3:30 PM
SSK 20 @ WPG 21 W 19,285  
12
Sun Oct 17 4:00 PM
WPG 17 @ SSK 0 W 17,919  
13
Sat Oct 23 3:30 PM
EDM 24 @ WPG 40 W 16,104 CTVW
14
Wed Oct 27 11:00 PM
WPG 22 @ CGY 0 W 22,226  
Week Date/Time (EST ) Result Attendance TV
P1
Sun Nov 7 3:30 PM
SSK 9 @ WPG 15 W 21,600  
P2
Sat Nov 13 4:00 PM
WPG 9 @ CGY 27 L 21,226  
P2
Wed Nov 17 9:00 PM
CGY 11 @ WPG 15 W 16,100  
P2
Sat Nov 20 4:00 PM
WPG 19 @ CGY 12 W 21,361 CTV, CBC
Week Date/Time (EST ) Result Attendance TV
GC
Sat Nov 27 1:00 PM
WPG 16 vs HAM 22 L 32,655 CTV, CBC
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Regular Season 16 11 5 0 22 301 262 W5 5-1-0
    Home 8 6 2 0 12 161 145 W4 4-2-0
    Visitor 8 5 3 0 10 140 117 W2 3-3-0
   Divisional opponent 12 8 4 0 16 220 197 W4 4-2-0
   Non-divisional opponent 4 3 1 0 6 81 65 W1 3-1-0

Full 1965 League Standings

Home Visitor Total
Quarter Lead (Record) Tied (Record) Trailed (Record) Lead (Record) Tied (Record) Trailed (Record) Lead (Record) Tied (Record) Trailed (Record)
After 1st 0 (0-0-0) 3 (2-1-0) 5 (4-1-0) 6 (5-1-0) 1 (0-1-0) 1 (0-1-0) 6 (5-1-0) 4 (2-2-0) 6 (4-2-0)
After 2nd 2 (2-0-0) 1 (0-1-0) 5 (4-1-0) 5 (5-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 3 (0-3-0) 7 (7-0-0) 1 (0-1-0) 8 (4-4-0)
After 3rd 4 (4-0-0) 1 (0-1-0) 3 (2-1-0) 7 (5-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 1 (0-1-0) 11 (9-2-0) 1 (0-1-0) 4 (2-2-0)
After 4th 6 (6-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 2 (0-2-0) 5 (5-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 3 (0-3-0) 11 (11-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.500 4-2-0 (6) 4-2-0 (6)
Non-Divisional 0.446 2-0-0 (2) 1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (3) 0.406
Calgary Stampeders (3) 0.750
Edmonton Elks (3) 0.313
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3) 0.531
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1) 0.714
Montreal Alouettes (1) 0.357
Ottawa RedBlacks (1) 0.500
Toronto Argonauts (1) 0.214
19651964 +/-
Average Combined Score 35.19 -6.50
Average Winning Score 21.27 -15.73
Average Losing Score 13.40 -2.53
Average Home Score 20.13 +5.12
Average Visitor Score 17.50 -1.25
Average Margin of Victory 9.09 -20.91
Average Margin of Loss 12.20 +0.99
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Winnipeg 161 (20.1) 140 (17.5) 301 (18.8)
Opponent 117 (14.6) 145 (18.1) 262 (16.4)
1st Winnipeg 11 (1.4) 69 (8.6) 80 (5.0)
Opponent 34 (4.3) 61 (7.6) 95 (5.9)
2nd Winnipeg 59 (7.4) 4 (0.5) 63 (3.9)
Opponent 19 (2.4) 36 (4.5) 55 (3.4)
3rd Winnipeg 31 (3.9) 49 (6.1) 80 (5.0)
Opponent 24 (3.0) 4 (0.5) 28 (1.8)
4th Winnipeg 60 (7.5) 18 (2.3) 78 (4.9)
Opponent 40 (5.0) 44 (5.5) 84 (5.3)
Head Coach
1965 Player Awards and Nominations
1965 Most Outstanding
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1965 All-Star Selections
3 All-Canadian Selections
QB Kenny Ploen
T Frank Rigney
DHB Dick Thornton
7 All-Division Selections
QB Kenny Ploen
HB Dave Raimey (Tie)
G Herb Gray
T Frank Rigney
CLB Allen Miller
DHB Henry Janzen
DHB Dick Thornton

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1965 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–2 (2)   Paul Desjardins (T) Ottawa
2–2 (11)   John Crouchman (LB) Queen's
3–2 (20)   Guy Potvin (HB) Queen's
4–2 (29)   Brian Hammerton (HB) Saskatchewan
5–2 (38)   John Poustie (HB) Manitoba
6–2 (46)   Ken Rekrutiak (FB) Manitoba
7–2 (53)   Clarence Kachmann (HB) Alberta
8–2   Pass

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