Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1973 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 5th in the Western Conference

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1973 Season Resources 1973 WPG Team Roster 1973 WPG Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jul 4	WPG 10 @ OTT 10	T	14,917
B	Tue Jul 10	SSK 25 @ WPG 16	L	21,014
C	Wed Jul 18 9:00 PM	BC 7 @ WPG 22	W	18,146
D	Mon Jul 23 10:00 PM	WPG 13 @ SSK 22	L	9,000


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Jul 31	EDM 33 @ WPG 22	L	24,526
2	Mon Aug 6	WPG 3 @ EDM 10	L	19,801
2	Thu Aug 9	CGY 7 @ WPG 30	W	23,338
3	Wed Aug 15 10:00 PM	WPG 9 @ CGY 18	L	23,287
4	Wed Aug 22 9:00 PM	BC 23 @ WPG 19	L	24,443
5	Wed Aug 29	SSK 13 @ WPG 12	L	25,210
6	Mon Sep 3 4:30 PM	WPG 24 @ CGY 25	L	21,445
7	Wed Sep 12 9:00 PM	OTT 24 @ WPG 13	L	24,385
8	Tue Sep 18 11:00 PM	WPG 33 @ BC 13	W	21,084
9	Tue Sep 25 10:00 PM	WPG 25 @ SSK 23	W	16,310
10	Wed Oct 3 9:00 PM	HAM 21 @ WPG 18	L	22,688
11	Mon Oct 8	WPG 14 @ EDM 14	T	21,841
12	Sun Oct 14	SSK 17 @ WPG 18	W	24,372
13	Sat Oct 20 2:00 PM	WPG 7 @ MTL 34	L	14,505
14	Sun Oct 28	BC 22 @ WPG 17	L	22,013
15	Sat Nov 3 2:00 PM	WPG 3 @ TOR 18	L	33,135

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	2	1	3	61	64	L1	1-2-1
Regular Season	16	4	11	1	9	267	315	L3	1-4-1
Home	8	2	6	0	4	149	160	L1	1-5-0
Visitor	8	2	5	1	5	118	155	L2	2-3-1
Divisional opponent	12	4	7	1	9	226	218	L1	3-2-1
Non-divisional opponent	4	0	4	0	0	41	97	L4	0-4-0

Full 1973 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	7 (2-5-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (2-3-1)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	13 (4-8-1)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)
After 2nd	3 (2-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (0-4-0)	4 (1-2-1)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	7 (3-3-1)	2 (0-2-0)	7 (1-6-0)
After 3rd	3 (2-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (0-4-0)	2 (1-1-0)	1 (0-0-1)	5 (1-4-0)	5 (3-2-0)	2 (0-1-1)	9 (1-8-0)
After 4th	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	5 (0-5-0)	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	11 (0-11-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ WPG	WPG @
Divisional	0.500	2-4-0 (6)	2-3-1 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.563	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.375	0-2-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.625	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-1 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.625	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	--
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.536	--	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.643	0-1-0 (1)	--
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.571	--	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1973	1972 +/-
Average Combined Score	36.38	-7.44
Average Winning Score	26.50	-5.90
Average Losing Score	13.36	+0.53
Average Home Score	18.63	-14.75
Average Visitor Score	14.75	-2.00
Average Margin of Victory	11.50	-5.10
Average Margin of Loss	8.55	-2.29

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Winnipeg	149 (18.6)	118 (14.8)	267 (16.7)
Total	Opponent	155 (19.4)	160 (20.0)	315 (19.7)
1st	Winnipeg	48 (6.0)	34 (4.3)	82 (5.1)
1st	Opponent	14 (1.8)	14 (1.8)	28 (1.8)
2nd	Winnipeg	18 (2.3)	38 (4.8)	56 (3.5)
2nd	Opponent	38 (4.8)	69 (8.6)	107 (6.7)
3rd	Winnipeg	16 (2.0)	19 (2.4)	35 (2.2)
3rd	Opponent	56 (7.0)	18 (2.3)	74 (4.6)
4th	Winnipeg	67 (8.4)	27 (3.4)	94 (5.9)
4th	Opponent	47 (5.9)	59 (7.4)	106 (6.6)

Head Coach

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

Assistant Coaches

Fred Hightower – Receivers, Offensive backfield
Leroy Montgomery – Offensive assistant
William Long – Assistant

Player Awards
All Stars

1973 Player Awards and Nominations

1973 Most Outstanding

Player — Don Jonas (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Bill Frank, Jr. (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Gene Lakusiak (Team Nominee)
Rookie — John Bledsoe (Team Nominee)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1973 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

T	Bill Frank, Jr.

3 All-Division Selections

C	Bob Swift (Tie)
T	Bill Frank, Jr.
DB	Gene Lakusiak

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1973 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–6 (15)		Dale Potter (LB)	Ottawa
3–6 (24)		Nick Kanakos (DB)	Simon Fraser
4–6 (33)		Brian Warrender (HB)	Queen's
5–6 (42)		Paul Hilborn (T)	Simon Fraser
6–6 (50)		Fred Clarke (G)	Western Ontario
7–6 (58)		Tim Crowe (T)	Windsor
8–6 (66)		Bart Evans (G)	Manitoba
9–6 (73)		Dean Samson (DB)	Manitoba