The Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1973 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1973 Season

Season Summary

Finished 5th in the Western Conference

Team Roster and Stats

1973 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

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Summary
Lead/Trailed Record by Qtr

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1973 Record

	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

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	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)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1973 Schedule

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	BC 7 @ WPG 22	W	18,146
D	Mon Jul 23	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	WPG 9 @ CGY 18	L	23,287
4	Wed Aug 22	BC 23 @ WPG 19	L	24,443
5	Wed Aug 29	SSK 13 @ WPG 12	L	25,210
6	Mon Sep 3	WPG 24 @ CGY 25	L	21,445
7	Wed Sep 12	OTT 24 @ WPG 13	L	24,385
8	Tue Sep 18	WPG 33 @ BC 13	W	21,084
9	Tue Sep 25	WPG 25 @ SSK 23	W	16,310
10	Wed Oct 3	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	WPG 7 @ MTL 34	L	14,505
14	Sun Oct 28	BC 22 @ WPG 17	L	22,013
15	Sat Nov 3	WPG 3 @ TOR 18	L	33,135

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1973 Opponent Appearances

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 Eskimos (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 Rough Riders (1)	0.643	0-1-0 (1)	--
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.571	--	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

Team Scoring

	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

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	48	34	82	18	38	56	16	19	35	67	27	94	149 (18.6)	118 (14.8)	267 (16.7)
Opponent	14	14	28	69	38	107	18	56	74	59	47	106	155 (19.4)	160 (20.0)	315 (19.7)

Coaches

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

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 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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Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1973 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