Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1976 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the Western Conference
Western Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 14, 1976 Lost 12 – 14 vs Edmonton

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1976 Season Resources 1976 WPG Team Roster 1976 WPG Attendance

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Tue Jun 29	WPG 39 @ CGY 27	W	20,000
B	Tue Jul 6 9:00 PM	HAM 3 @ WPG 38	W	18,374
D	Mon Jul 12 9:30 PM	WPG 30 @ EDM 32	L	23,924
D	Thu Jul 15 9:00 PM	BC 24 @ WPG 19	L	17,727

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Jul 22 9:00 PM	TOR 22 @ WPG 16	L	21,433
2	Tue Jul 27 8:00 PM	WPG 27 @ OTT 38	L	22,541
3	Tue Aug 3 9:00 PM	CGY 3 @ WPG 49	W	20,438
4	Tue Aug 10 9:00 PM	EDM 31 @ WPG 30	L	25,210	CBC
5	Tue Aug 17 11:00 PM	WPG 14 @ BC 22	L	21,505	R/C, CBC
6	Fri Aug 27 10:00 PM	WPG 13 @ SSK 12	W	21,362
7	Wed Sep 1 9:00 PM	CGY 20 @ WPG 29	W	22,345	CTVW
8	Mon Sep 6 8:00 PM	WPG 15 @ HAM 17	L	22,162	CTV
10	Sun Sep 19 3:30 PM	BC 20 @ WPG 22	W	22,809	CBCW
11	Sat Sep 25 9:30 PM	WPG 28 @ EDM 17	W	25,936	CTV
12	Sat Oct 2 9:00 PM	SSK 10 @ WPG 28	W	25,210	CTVW
13	Sat Oct 9 10:00 PM	WPG 10 @ CGY 22	L	22,737
14	Sun Oct 17 3:30 PM	EDM 33 @ WPG 36	W	24,178	CTVW
15	Sun Oct 24 4:30 PM	WPG 21 @ SSK 19	W	22,508	CBC
16	Sun Oct 31 3:30 PM	MTL 13 @ WPG 23	W	24,146	R/C, CBC
17	Sat Nov 6 11:00 PM	WPG 23 @ BC 17	W	14,469	CTVW

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 14 3:00 PM	EDM 14 @ WPG 12	L	24,320	R/C, CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	126	86	L2	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	10	6	0	20	384	316	W4	5-1-0
Home	8	6	2	0	12	233	152	W5	5-1-0
Visitor	8	4	4	0	8	151	164	W2	4-2-0
Divisional opponent	12	9	3	0	18	303	226	W3	5-1-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	1	3	0	2	81	90	W1	1-3-0

Full 1976 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)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	3 (2-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	7 (6-1-0)	3 (1-2-0)	6 (3-3-0)
After 2nd	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	6 (3-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	12 (8-4-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)
After 3rd	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (3-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	10 (8-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (2-4-0)
After 4th	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	10 (10-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ WPG	WPG @
Divisional	0.461	5-1-0 (6)	4-2-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.508	1-1-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.188	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.594	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.688	1-0-0 (1)	2-0-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.500	--	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.469	1-0-0 (1)	--
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.594	--	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.469	0-1-0 (1)	--

Summary
By Quarter

	1976	1975 +/-
Average Combined Score	43.75	-1.44
Average Winning Score	27.20	+4.37
Average Losing Score	18.67	-0.96
Average Home Score	29.13	+10.88
Average Visitor Score	18.88	-5.38
Average Margin of Victory	10.80	+7.13
Average Margin of Loss	6.67	-1.46

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Winnipeg	44	27	71	69	81	150	40	19	59	80	24	104	233 (29.1)	151 (18.9)	384 (24.0)
Opponent	20	23	43	46	43	89	27	50	77	59	48	107	164 (20.5)	152 (19.0)	316 (19.8)

Head Coach

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

Assistant Coaches

Joe Faragalli – Offensive line
Dick Monroe – Linebackers, Defensive backs
George Dyer – Linebackers, Defensive line

Player Awards
All Stars

1976 Player Awards and Nominations

1976 Most Outstanding

Player — Jim Washington (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Harry Walters (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Haywood “Butch” Norman (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Jim Heighton (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Chuck Wills (Team Nominee)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1976 All-Star Selections

4 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Jim Washington
T	Haywood “Butch” Norman
MLB	Harry Walters
DB	Brian Herosian

6 All-Division Selections

RB	Jim Washington^*
RB	Steve Beaird
G	Halver “Buddy” Brown, Jr.
T	Haywood “Butch” Norman
MLB	Harry Walters
DB	Brian Herosian

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1976 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
2–5 (14)		Gord Taylor (QB)	Wilfrid Laurier
2–8 (17)	[MTL]	Ron Mironuck (LB)	Whitworth
3–5 (23)		Tim Maitre (WR)	Memphis
4–5 (32)		Henry Booy (DE)	British Columbia (UBC)
5–5 (41)		Wayne Churchill (DE)	Windsor
6–5 (50)		Gary Anderson (DE)	Concordia
7–5 (59)		Claude Riopelle (DE)	Western Ontario
8–5 (68)		Bruce Young (RB)	Manitoba
9–5 (77)		Brian Wagner (DE)	Manitoba
10–5 (85)		Mike Kashty (TE)	Manitoba