Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1969 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 5th in the Western Conference

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1969 Season Resources 1969 WPG Team Roster 1969 WPG Attendance

Exhibition
Regular Season

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Tue Jul 8	MTL @ WPG 18	W	14,000
Ex	Mon Jul 14	CGY 22 @ WPG 22	T	15,500
Ex	Thu Jul 17 8:15 PM	WPG 14 @ TOR 39	L	22,772
Ex	Mon Jul 21	WPG 14 @ HAM 28	L	16,523

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Jul 29	EDM 33 @ WPG	L	18,106
2	Mon Aug 4 11:00 PM	WPG 14 @ EDM 13	W	14,000
3	Thu Aug 14	WPG 3 @ TOR 29	L	32,021
4	Wed Aug 20	CGY 17 @ WPG 10	L	19,950
5	Wed Aug 27	SSK 14 @ WPG 16	W	21,100
6	Mon Sep 1 8:00 PM	WPG 24 @ MTL 24	T	15,259
7	Sat Sep 6	WPG 7 @ BC 11	L	25,051
8	Wed Sep 10	HAM 17 @ WPG 7	L	21,310
8	Sun Sep 14	WPG 16 @ EDM 30	L	13,600
9	Sun Sep 21 3:30 PM	BC 17 @ WPG 19	W	18,361	CTV
10	Sun Sep 28	WPG 8 @ SSK 24	L	16,828
11	Sun Oct 5	SSK 22 @ WPG 10	L	19,334
12	Sun Oct 12 5:00 PM	WPG 15 @ CGY 16	L	18,761
13	Wed Oct 15	OTT 38 @ WPG 31	L	12,520
14	Sun Oct 26	BC 22 @ WPG 3	L	15,340
15	Sat Nov 1 10:00 PM	WPG 9 @ CGY 32	L	14,717

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	There was no Pre-Season schedule in 1969.
Regular Season	16	3	12	1	7	192	359	L6	0-6-0
Home	8	2	6	0	4	96	180	L3	2-4-0
Visitor	8	1	6	1	3	96	179	L5	0-5-1
Divisional opponent	12	3	9	0	6	127	251	L5	1-5-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	0	3	1	1	65	108	L2	0-3-1

Full 1969 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	2 (1-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (1-4-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	6 (0-5-1)	3 (1-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	11 (1-9-1)
After 2nd	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	2 (0-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-4-1)	6 (2-4-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (1-8-1)
After 3rd	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	4 (1-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-3-1)	6 (3-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (0-9-1)
After 4th	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	1 (1-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	6 (0-6-0)	3 (3-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	12 (0-12-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ WPG	WPG @
Divisional	0.500	2-4-0 (6)	1-5-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.580	0-2-0 (2)	0-1-1 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.313	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.563	0-1-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.313	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.813	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.607	0-1-0 (1)	--
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.214	--	0-0-1 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.786	0-1-0 (1)	--
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.714	--	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1969	1968 +/-
Average Combined Score	34.44	-2.06
Average Winning Score	16.33	-7.00
Average Losing Score	9.92	-0.85
Average Home Score	12.00	-1.50
Average Visitor Score	12.00	-0.75
Average Margin of Victory	1.67	-6.00
Average Margin of Loss	14.33	-0.05

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Winnipeg	15	3	18	29	32	61	13	48	61	39	13	52	96 (12.0)	96 (12.0)	192 (12.0)
Opponent	22	52	74	45	52	97	58	23	81	55	52	107	179 (22.4)	180 (22.5)	359 (22.4)

Head Coaches

Jim Spavital (Dec. 22, 1969 – Dec. 31, 1973)
Joe Zaleski (March 14, 1967 – Nov. 12, 1969)

Player Awards
All Stars

1969 Player Awards and Nominations

1969 Most Outstanding

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

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1969 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

FL	Ken Nielsen
OLB	Phil Minnick

2 All-Division Selections

FL	Ken Nielsen (Tie)
DE	Bill Whisler

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1969 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–1 (1)		Doug Strong (HB)	Waterloo Lutheran
1–2 (2)	[MTL]	Rob McLaren (LB)	Simon Fraser
2–1 (10)		Gary Robinson (HB)	Simon Fraser
3–1 (18)		Jim Jardine (LB)	Simon Fraser
4–1 (27)		Terry McGovern (C)	Ottawa
5–1 (36)		Jim Walker (FL)	Saskatchewan
6–1 (43)		Ian McKie (LB)	Carleton
7–1 (50)		Terry Donnelly (QB)	St. Francis Xavier
8–1 (56)		Bryce Bell (T)	St. Francis Xavier