Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1977 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 3rd (in tiebreaker) in the Western Conference
Western Conference Semi-final
- Nov. 12, 1977 Lost 32 – 33 @ BC

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1977 Season Resources 1977 WPG Team Roster 1977 WPG Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Wed Jun 15 9:00 PM	MTL 17 @ WPG 24	W	17,000
B	Wed Jun 22 10:00 PM	WPG 27 @ SSK 19	W	17,213
C	Tue Jun 28 11:00 PM	WPG 34 @ BC 17	W	13,428
D	Tue Jul 5 9:00 PM	CGY 11 @ WPG 28	W	18,502


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Jul 12 10:00 PM	SSK 11 @ WPG 33	W	24,844
2	Mon Jul 18 10:00 PM	WPG 29 @ EDM 26	W	25,842	CTVW
3	Wed Jul 27 9:00 PM	EDM 43 @ WPG 13	L	25,210	CTVW
4	Bye
5	Thu Aug 11 8:00 PM	WPG 10 @ MTL 27	L	63,330	CTV
6	Wed Aug 17 9:00 PM	BC 25 @ WPG 17	L	25,210
7	Tue Aug 23 10:00 PM	WPG 35 @ CGY 12	W	26,836
8	Tue Aug 30 9:00 PM	HAM 19 @ WPG 20	W	25,036	CBC
9	Mon Sep 5 4:30 PM	WPG 18 @ SSK 26	L	22,616	CBC
10	Sun Sep 11 3:30 PM	SSK 17 @ WPG 39	W	25,210	CBCW
11	Sat Sep 17 10:00 PM	WPG 10 @ CGY 16	L	26,657
12	Sat Sep 24 9:00 PM	OTT 24 @ WPG 36	W	23,211	CTV
13	Sun Oct 2 3:30 PM	BC 15 @ WPG 19	W	25,210	CBCW
14	Mon Oct 10 4:30 PM	WPG 24 @ EDM 31	L	23,123	CBC
15	Sun Oct 16 2:00 PM	WPG 29 @ TOR 10	W	49,242	R/C, CBC
16	Sun Oct 23 3:00 PM	CGY 13 @ WPG 19	W	23,653
17	Bye
18	Sat Nov 5 11:00 PM	WPG 31 @ BC 21	W	30,580


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sat Nov 12 5:00 PM	WPG 32 @ BC 33	L	27,105	CTV
32	Bye

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	4	0	0	8	113	64	W4	4-0-0
Regular Season	16	10	6	0	20	382	336	W3	5-1-0
Home	8	6	2	0	12	196	167	W5	5-1-0
Visitor	8	4	4	0	8	186	169	W2	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	12	7	5	0	14	287	256	W2	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	3	1	0	6	95	80	W3	3-1-0

Full 1977 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 (3-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	5 (2-3-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	9 (5-4-0)	3 (3-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)
After 2nd	3 (3-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	8 (7-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	7 (2-5-0)
After 3rd	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	9 (9-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)
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	0.500	4-2-0 (6)	3-3-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.469	2-0-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.625	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.250	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.625	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.500	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	--
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.688	--	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	--
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.375	--	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1977	1976 +/-
Average Combined Score	44.88	+1.12
Average Winning Score	29.00	+1.80
Average Losing Score	15.33	-3.33
Average Home Score	24.50	-4.62
Average Visitor Score	23.25	+4.38
Average Margin of Victory	12.20	+1.40
Average Margin of Loss	12.67	+6.00

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Winnipeg	196 (24.5)	186 (23.3)	382 (23.9)
Total	Opponent	169 (21.1)	167 (20.9)	336 (21.0)
1st	Winnipeg	31 (3.9)	40 (5.0)	71 (4.4)
1st	Opponent	32 (4.0)	35 (4.4)	67 (4.2)
2nd	Winnipeg	56 (7.0)	69 (8.6)	125 (7.8)
2nd	Opponent	41 (5.1)	56 (7.0)	97 (6.1)
3rd	Winnipeg	31 (3.9)	26 (3.3)	57 (3.6)
3rd	Opponent	37 (4.6)	37 (4.6)	74 (4.6)
4th	Winnipeg	78 (9.8)	51 (6.4)	129 (8.1)
4th	Opponent	59 (7.4)	39 (4.9)	98 (6.1)

Head Coach

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

Assistant Coaches

Jim Erkenbeck – Offensive line
Del Wight – Defensive line
Dick Monroe – Linebackers, Defensive backs

Player Awards
All Stars

1977 Player Awards and Nominations

1977 Most Outstanding

Player — Jim Washington (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Brian Herosian (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Bob Swift (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Gord Paterson (Division Finalist)
Rookie — Lyall Woznesensky (Team Nominee)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1977 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Jim Washington
SB	Tom Scott

5 All-Division Selections

RB	Jim Washington
TE	Gord Paterson
SB	Tom Scott
G	Halver “Buddy” Brown, Jr.
DHB	Chuck Wills

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1977 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–4 (4)		Ray Honey (OT)	Drake
3–4 (22)		Duncan MacKinlay (LB)	Western Ontario
4–4 (31)		Jamie Bone (QB)	Western Ontario
5–4 (40)		John McCorquindale (FB)	Brigham Young
6–4 (49)		Al Bowness (RB)	Manitoba
7–4 (58)		Doyle Matheson (DB)	Calgary
8–4 (67)		Peter Capobianco (LB)	Livingston
9–4 (76)		Gary Krahn (LB)	North Dakota
10–4 (85)		Wayne Parizeau (QB)	Wilfrid Laurier