The Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1966 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1966 Season

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the Western Conference
Western Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 6, 1966 Won 16 – 8 vs Edmonton
Lost Western Conference Final Best of Series 2 – 0
- Nov. 13, 1966 Lost 7 – 14 @ Saskatchewan
- Nov. 16, 1966 Lost 19 – 21 vs Saskatchewan

Team Roster and Stats

1966 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1966 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Regular Season	16	8	7	1	17	264	230	W3	3-2-1
Home	8	5	3	0	10	155	93	W2	3-3-0
Visitor	8	3	4	1	7	109	137	W1	2-3-1
Divisional opponent	12	7	4	1	15	191	169	W3	3-2-1
Non-divisional opponent	4	1	3	0	2	73	61	L2	1-3-0

Full 1966 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 (3-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (1-3-1)	7 (4-3-0)	2 (1-1-0)	7 (3-3-1)
After 2nd	8 (5-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-1-1)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)	10 (5-4-1)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)
After 3rd	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (1-3-1)	7 (6-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	8 (2-5-1)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	4 (0-4-0)	8 (8-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	7 (0-7-0)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1966 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Fri Jul 15 11:00 PM	WPG 28 @ EDM 27	W	10,000
Ex	Mon Jul 18	OTT 17 @ WPG 10	L	12,704
Ex	Mon Jul 25	HAM 14 @ WPG 20	W	14,495

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Aug 2	EDM 7 @ WPG 26	W	15,112
2	Sun Aug 7 4:00 PM	WPG 14 @ SSK 38	L	20,009
2	Fri Aug 12	WPG 10 @ EDM 9	W	17,557
3	Thu Aug 18	WPG 11 @ BC 7	W	33,697
4	Tue Aug 23	CGY 9 @ WPG 19	W	20,812
5	Wed Aug 31	MTL 4 @ WPG 2	L	20,510	CTV
7	Sun Sep 11	SSK 27 @ WPG 24	L	21,655
8	Sat Sep 17 11:00 PM	WPG 8 @ CGY 11	L	18,080
9	Wed Sep 21	TOR 9 @ WPG 43	W	17,112	CTV
10	Tue Sep 27	CGY 16 @ WPG 9	L	15,107
10	Sun Oct 2 4:00 PM	WPG 11 @ SSK 11	T	19,045	CTV
11	Sat Oct 8	WPG 21 @ OTT 40	L	19,685	CBC
11	Mon Oct 10	WPG 7 @ HAM 8	L	23,662
12	Sun Oct 16	EDM 14 @ WPG 16	W	19,020	CTV
13	Sun Oct 23	BC 7 @ WPG 16	W	16,772	CTV
14	Sun Oct 30 5:00 PM	WPG 27 @ BC 13	W	24,103	CTV

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 6	EDM 8 @ WPG 16	W	15,463
P2	Sun Nov 13 4:00 PM	WPG 7 @ SSK 14	L	14,013
P2	Wed Nov 16 9:00 PM	SSK 21 @ WPG 19	L	13,624

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1966 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ WPG	WPG @
Divisional	0.430	4-2-0 (6)	3-2-1 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.571	1-1-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.406	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Eskimos (3)	0.406	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.594	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-1 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.643	--	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	--
Ottawa Rough Riders (1)	0.786	--	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.357	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

Team Scoring

	1966	1965 +/-
Average Combined Score	30.88	-4.31
Average Winning Score	21.00	-0.27
Average Losing Score	12.14	-1.26
Average Home Score	19.38	-0.75
Average Visitor Score	13.63	-3.88
Average Margin of Victory	11.63	+2.53
Average Margin of Loss	8.43	-3.77

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	28	13	41	52	29	81	27	51	78	48	16	64	155 (19.4)	109 (13.6)	264 (16.5)
Opponent	18	35	53	12	41	53	25	37	62	38	24	62	137 (17.1)	93 (11.6)	230 (14.4)

Coaches

Head Coach

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

Player Awards
All Stars

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1966 Player Awards and Nominations

1966 Most Outstanding

Player — Dave Raimey (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Phil Minnick (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Ken Nielsen (Team Nominee)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1966 All-Star Selections

4 All-Canadian Selections

HB	Dave Raimey
T	Frank Rigney (Tie)
CLB	Phil Minnick
DHB	Ed Ulmer, Jr.

5 All-Division Selections

HB	Dave Raimey^*
T	Frank Rigney
CLB	Phil Minnick
DHB	Ernie “Zazu” Pitts
DHB	Ed Ulmer, Jr.

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1966 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–8 (8)		Tom Feasby (HB)	Manitoba
2–8 (17)		Kris Schmidt (HB)	Alberta
3–8 (26)		Jack Green (E)	McMaster
4–8 (35)		Bob Akman (FL)	Manitoba
5–8 (43)		Vince Thompson (HB)	Ottawa
6–8 (49)		Pete Howlett (FB)	McGill
7–8		Pass
8–8		Pass
9–8		Pass
10–8		Pass