Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1975 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 3rd in the Western Conference
Western Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 8, 1975 Lost 24 – 42 @ Saskatchewan

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1975 Season Resources 1975 WPG Team Roster 1975 WPG Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Tue Jul 1 9:00 PM	SSK 8 @ WPG 41	W	18,105
B	Sat Jul 5 8:00 PM	WPG 14 @ TOR 15	L	34,103
C	Wed Jul 9 9:00 PM	CGY 19 @ WPG 18	L	17,500
D	Thu Jul 17 10:30 PM	WPG 19 @ BC 30	L	14,092


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Jul 24 9:00 PM	BC 9 @ WPG 17	W	22,167	CBCW
2	Tue Jul 29 10:00 PM	WPG 22 @ EDM 28	L	23,926
3	Wed Aug 6 9:00 PM	EDM 16 @ WPG 17	W	25,026	CTVW
4	Tue Aug 12 10:00 PM	WPG 18 @ CGY 15	W	27,186	CBCW
5	Mon Aug 18 9:00 PM	SSK 20 @ WPG 13	L	25,210	CBC
6	Tue Aug 26 9:00 PM	CGY 22 @ WPG 25	W	25,210
7	Mon Sep 1 4:30 PM	WPG 23 @ SSK 27	L	21,915	CBC
8	Thu Sep 4 10:30 PM	WPG 17 @ BC 29	L	17,073
9	Tue Sep 9 9:00 PM	BC 15 @ WPG 1	L	24,105
11	Wed Sep 24 9:00 PM	HAM 32 @ WPG 34	W	21,397	CTV
12	Thu Oct 2 8:00 PM	WPG 21 @ TOR 21	T	35,510
12	Sun Oct 5 1:30 PM	WPG 26 @ MTL 21	W	25,145	CTV
13	Sun Oct 12 3:30 PM	SSK 20 @ WPG 14	L	25,210
14	Sun Oct 19 3:30 PM	OTT 25 @ WPG 25	T	23,721
15	Sun Oct 26 3:30 PM	WPG 41 @ EDM 48	L	25,367
16	Sun Nov 2 4:30 PM	WPG 26 @ CGY 35	L	21,106	CTVW


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 8 3:00 PM	WPG 24 @ SSK 42	L	20,357	CTV

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	3	0	2	92	72	L3	1-3-0
Regular Season	16	6	8	2	14	340	383	L2	1-3-2
Home	8	4	3	1	9	146	159	T1	2-3-1
Visitor	8	2	5	1	5	194	224	L2	1-4-1
Divisional opponent	12	4	8	0	8	234	284	L6	0-6-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	2	0	2	6	106	99	T1	2-0-2

Full 1975 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	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-0-1)	6 (3-3-0)	4 (1-3-0)	2 (0-1-1)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)	4 (1-1-2)	8 (4-4-0)
After 2nd	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (2-2-1)	4 (1-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-2-1)	6 (3-3-0)	1 (0-1-0)	9 (3-4-2)
After 3rd	4 (3-1-0)	1 (0-0-1)	3 (1-2-0)	3 (1-2-0)	1 (0-0-1)	4 (1-3-0)	7 (4-3-0)	2 (0-0-2)	7 (2-5-0)
After 4th	4 (4-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	3 (0-3-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-0-1)	5 (0-5-0)	6 (6-0-0)	2 (0-0-2)	8 (0-8-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ WPG	WPG @
Divisional	0.539	3-3-0 (6)	1-5-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.477	1-0-1 (2)	1-0-1 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.375	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.750	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.656	0-2-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.344	1-0-0 (1)	--
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.563	--	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.656	0-0-1 (1)	--
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.344	--	0-0-1 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1975	1974 +/-
Average Combined Score	45.19	+7.19
Average Winning Score	22.83	+1.08
Average Losing Score	19.63	+9.12
Average Home Score	18.25	-2.62
Average Visitor Score	24.25	+12.88
Average Margin of Victory	3.67	-1.71
Average Margin of Loss	8.13	-8.75

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Winnipeg	146 (18.3)	194 (24.3)	340 (21.3)
Total	Opponent	224 (28.0)	159 (19.9)	383 (23.9)
1st	Winnipeg	8 (1.0)	50 (6.3)	58 (3.6)
1st	Opponent	39 (4.9)	47 (5.9)	86 (5.4)
2nd	Winnipeg	62 (7.8)	39 (4.9)	101 (6.3)
2nd	Opponent	63 (7.9)	31 (3.9)	94 (5.9)
3rd	Winnipeg	46 (5.8)	50 (6.3)	96 (6.0)
3rd	Opponent	56 (7.0)	36 (4.5)	92 (5.8)
4th	Winnipeg	30 (3.8)	55 (6.9)	85 (5.3)
4th	Opponent	66 (8.3)	45 (5.6)	111 (6.9)

Head Coach

Bud Riley, Jr. (Jan. 1, 1974 – Nov. 16, 1977)

Assistant Coaches

Fred Hightower – Receivers, Quarterbacks, Offensive backfield
Joe Faragalli – Offensive line
George Dyer – Linebackers, Defensive line

Player Awards
All Stars

1975 Player Awards and Nominations

1975 Most Outstanding

Player — Steve Beaird (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Brian Herosian (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Bill Frank, Jr. (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bob Swift (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Steve Beaird (Team Nominee)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1975 All-Star Selections

2 All-Division Selections

MLB	Harry Walters
DB	Brian Herosian

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1975 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–1 (1)	[CGY]	Steve Scully (OT)	Syracuse
1–4 (4)	[BC]	Don Bowman (DB)	Western Ontario
1–8 (8)	[EDM]	Bernie Ruoff (K)	Syracuse
3–3 (21)		Mike Munzar (QB)	Bishop's
3–9 (27)	[MTL]	Alex Morris (DB)	Queen's
4–3 (30)		Kevin Spink (C)	Western Ontario
5–3 (39)		Jim Peters (DE)	Guelph
6–3 (47)		Wayne Wagner (FB)	Manitoba
7–3 (55)		Dave Pearson (DB)	Manitoba
8–3 (63)		Peter Sabistan (DE)	Queen's