The Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1971 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1971 Season

Season Summary

Finished 3rd in the Western Conference
Western Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 6, 1971 Lost 23 – 34 @ Saskatchewan

Team Roster and Stats

1971 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1971 Record

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	3	1	0	6	63	55	W1	3-1-0
Regular Season	16	7	8	1	15	366	349	W2	3-2-1
Home	8	4	3	1	9	204	154	W2	4-1-1
Visitor	8	3	5	0	6	162	195	W1	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	12	5	6	1	11	287	278	L1	2-3-1
Non-divisional opponent	4	2	2	0	4	79	71	W2	2-2-0

Full 1971 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	6 (3-2-1)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	8 (4-3-1)	1 (1-0-0)	7 (2-5-0)
After 2nd	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-2-1)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (2-7-1)
After 3rd	7 (4-2-1)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	9 (6-2-1)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	7 (7-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	8 (0-8-0)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1971 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Mon Jul 5	WPG 19 @ OTT 17	W	13,513
A	Wed Jul 7	WPG 16 @ HAM 14	W	19,075
B	Mon Jul 12	TOR 14 @ WPG 11	L	17,500
D	Wed Jul 21 9:00 PM	SSK 10 @ WPG 17	W	16,125

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Wed Jul 28 8:00 PM	WPG 20 @ TOR 21	L	33,135	CTV
2	Mon Aug 2	OTT 28 @ WPG 22	L	21,851
3	Mon Aug 9	BC 29 @ WPG 16	L	19,981
3	Fri Aug 13 10:00 PM	WPG 32 @ SSK 22	W	14,358
4	Mon Aug 16	WPG 12 @ CGY 36	L	23,425
4	Thu Aug 19 9:00 PM	SSK 31 @ WPG 25	L	20,980
5	Wed Aug 25 11:00 PM	WPG 40 @ EDM 31	W	20,149	CTVW
6	Wed Sep 1 8:00 PM	CGY 15 @ WPG 31	W	22,553
8	Sat Sep 11 9:00 PM	EDM 14 @ WPG 26	W	22,553	CBCW
9	Wed Sep 15 11:00 PM	WPG 7 @ CGY 20	L	23,616	CTVW
9	Sun Sep 19 3:30 PM	BC 31 @ WPG 31	T	22,083	CTVW
10	Sat Sep 25	WPG 18 @ BC 25	L	28,063
11	Sat Oct 2 9:00 PM	SSK 2 @ WPG 35	W	20,717
12	Sun Oct 10 5:00 PM	WPG 14 @ EDM 22	L	18,762	CTVW
13	Sun Oct 17 3:30 PM	HAM 4 @ WPG 18	W	20,345	CTV
14	Sun Oct 24 2:00 PM	WPG 19 @ MTL 18	W	19,312	CTV

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 6 4:00 PM	WPG 23 @ SSK 34	L	14,488	CBC

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1971 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ WPG	WPG @
Divisional	0.492	3-2-1 (6)	2-4-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.518	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.406	0-1-1 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.594	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Edmonton Eskimos (3)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.594	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	--
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.429	--	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa Rough Riders (1)	0.429	0-1-0 (1)	--
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.714	--	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

Team Scoring

	1971	1970 +/-
Average Combined Score	44.69	+12.44
Average Winning Score	28.71	+7.21
Average Losing Score	16.75	+6.68
Average Home Score	25.50	+12.12
Average Visitor Score	20.25	+10.62
Average Margin of Victory	13.57	+3.07
Average Margin of Loss	9.75	-2.32

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	59	26	85	42	42	84	70	59	129	33	35	68	204 (25.5)	162 (20.3)	366 (22.9)
Opponent	38	40	78	49	77	126	24	34	58	43	44	87	195 (24.4)	154 (19.3)	349 (21.8)

Coaches

Head Coach

Jim Spavital (Dec. 22, 1969 – Dec. 31, 1973)

Player Awards
All Stars

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1971 Player Awards and Nominations

1971 Most Outstanding

Player — Don Jonas (Winner)
Lineman — Bill Frank, Jr. (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bob LaRose (Team Nominee)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1971 All-Star Selections

5 All-Canadian Selections

QB	Don Jonas
SE	Jim Thorpe
FL	Bob LaRose
C	Bob Swift
T	Bill Frank, Jr.

8 All-Division Selections

QB	Don Jonas^*
RB	Mack Herron
SE	Jim Thorpe
FL	Bob LaRose
C	Bob Swift (Tie)
G	Bob Lueck
T	Bill Frank, Jr.
OLB	Rob McLaren (Tie)

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1971 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–5 (5)	[TOR]	Pete Ribbins (DB)	Ottawa
1–7 (7)	[HAM]	Bob Kraemer (QB)	Manitoba
1–9 (9)	[MTL]	John Gauthier (T)	Ottawa
2–1 (10)	[WPG]	Joe Petrone (K)	Calgary
3–1 (19)		Clay McEvoy (FB)	Simon Fraser
4–1 (28)		Walter McKee (K)	Manitoba
5–1 (37)		Steve Howell (E)	Windsor
6–1 (46)		Paul Paddon (QB)	Ottawa
6–6 (51)	[SSK]	Roy Parker (FL)	Manitoba
7–1 (55)		Bob Labovitch (E)	Carleton
7–6 (59)	[SSK]	Art Rochette (QB)	Queen's
8–1 (63)		Ian Jukes (G)	British Columbia (UBC)
9–1 (68)		Dennis Hryclako (HB)	Manitoba