Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1972 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the Western Conference
Western Conference Final
- Nov. 19, 1972 Lost 24 – 27 vs Saskatchewan

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1972 Season Resources 1972 WPG Team Roster 1972 WPG Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Mon Jul 3 8:00 PM	WPG 43 @ MTL 10	W	10,170
A	Wed Jul 5 8:00 PM	WPG 14 @ TOR 14	T	32,912
C	Mon Jul 17 9:00 PM	BC 15 @ WPG 14	L	22,055
D	Tue Jul 25 9:00 PM	OTT 28 @ WPG 29	W	17,610


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Wed Aug 2 10:00 PM	WPG 7 @ CGY 31	L	22,386
2	Tue Aug 8 9:00 PM	CGY 14 @ WPG 41	W	25,210
3	Thu Aug 17 11:00 PM	WPG 39 @ BC 7	W	29,781	CTVW
4	Wed Aug 23 9:00 PM	TOR 19 @ WPG 21	W	25,210	CTV
5	Thu Aug 31	EDM 16 @ WPG 49	W	25,210	CTVW
6	Mon Sep 4 4:00 PM	WPG 21 @ SSK 32	L	21,531	CTVW
7	Thu Sep 7 9:00 PM	BC 7 @ WPG 42	W	25,210
8	Sat Sep 16 9:00 PM	CGY 8 @ WPG 22	W	25,210	CBCW
9	Sun Sep 24 4:00 PM	WPG 18 @ SSK 16	W	19,568
10	Wed Sep 27 9:00 PM	MTL 22 @ WPG 26	W	20,826	CTV
11	Tue Oct 3 11:00 PM	WPG 24 @ BC 26	L	20,579
12	Mon Oct 9 4:00 PM	WPG 15 @ EDM 24	L	20,564
13	Sun Oct 15 3:30 PM	SSK 25 @ WPG 28	W	25,210
14	Sat Oct 21 8:00 PM	WPG 3 @ HAM 18	L	33,946
15	Sun Oct 29 3:30 PM	EDM 24 @ WPG 38	W	25,210
16	Sat Nov 4 2:00 PM	WPG 7 @ OTT 11	L	22,780	CBC


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P2	Sun Nov 19 3:30 PM	SSK 27 @ WPG 24	L	19,534	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	1	1	5	100	67	W1	2-1-1
Regular Season	16	10	6	0	20	401	300	L1	2-4-0
Home	8	8	0	0	16	267	135	W8	6-0-0
Visitor	8	2	6	0	4	134	165	L4	1-5-0
Divisional opponent	12	8	4	0	16	344	230	W2	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	2	2	0	4	57	70	L2	2-2-0

Full 1972 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	4 (4-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (3-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	6 (5-1-0)	2 (2-0-0)	8 (3-5-0)
After 2nd	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	11 (9-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)
After 3rd	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	10 (9-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)
After 4th	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	10 (10-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ WPG	WPG @
Divisional	0.453	6-0-0 (6)	2-4-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.518	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.375	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.625	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.786	--	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.286	1-0-0 (1)	--
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.786	--	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.214	1-0-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1972	1971 +/-
Average Combined Score	43.81	-0.88
Average Winning Score	32.40	+3.69
Average Losing Score	12.83	-3.92
Average Home Score	33.38	+7.88
Average Visitor Score	16.75	-3.50
Average Margin of Victory	16.60	+3.03
Average Margin of Loss	10.83	+1.08

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Winnipeg	267 (33.4)	134 (16.8)	401 (25.1)
Total	Opponent	165 (20.6)	135 (16.9)	300 (18.8)
1st	Winnipeg	74 (9.3)	21 (2.6)	95 (5.9)
1st	Opponent	44 (5.5)	25 (3.1)	69 (4.3)
2nd	Winnipeg	84 (10.5)	51 (6.4)	135 (8.4)
2nd	Opponent	49 (6.1)	32 (4.0)	81 (5.1)
3rd	Winnipeg	53 (6.6)	20 (2.5)	73 (4.6)
3rd	Opponent	21 (2.6)	27 (3.4)	48 (3.0)
4th	Winnipeg	56 (7.0)	42 (5.3)	98 (6.1)
4th	Opponent	51 (6.4)	51 (6.4)	102 (6.4)

Head Coach

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

Assistant Coaches

Fred Hightower – Receivers, Defensive backs
Leroy Montgomery – Offensive assistant
William Long – Defensive assistant

Player Awards
All Stars

1972 Player Awards and Nominations

1972 Most Outstanding

Player — Mack Herron (Division Finalist)
Lineman — Mickey Doyle (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bob Swift (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Mike Kuhn (Team Nominee)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1972 All-Star Selections

6 All-Canadian Selections

QB	Don Jonas
RB	Mack Herron^*
C	Bob Swift
G	Bob Lueck
T	Bill Frank, Jr.
DB	Grady Cavness

11 All-Division Selections

QB	Don Jonas
RB	Mack Herron
WR	Jim Thorpe (Tie)
C	Bob Swift
G	Bob Lueck
T	Bill Frank, Jr.
DT	Joe Critchlow (Tie)
DE	Jim Heighton
MLB	Mickey Doyle
DB	Gene Lakusiak
DB	Grady Cavness

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1972 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–2 (11)	[EDM]	Bruce Miatello (T)	McMaster
2–6 (15)	[HAM]	Jon Dellandrea (T)	Toronto
3–5 (23)		Rein Enno (C)	Toronto
4–5 (32)		John Morash (DT)	Windsor
5–5 (41)		Jamie Horne (LB)	Manitoba
6–5 (49)		Mario Nardone (DT)	Carleton
7–5 (58)		Mark Millen (DE)	Manitoba
8–5 (65)		Bill Thompson (DE)	Queen's
9–5 (69)		Doug Cozac (HB)	Queen's