Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1979 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the Western Conference

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1979 Season Resources 1979 WPG Team Roster 1979 WPG Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Sun Jun 10 3:30 PM	CGY 35 @ WPG 13	L	21,584
B	Mon Jun 18 8:00 PM	WPG 12 @ OTT 13	L	18,870
C	Tue Jun 26 11:00 PM	WPG 6 @ BC 12	L	17,155
D	Wed Jul 4 8:00 PM	SSK 10 @ WPG 16	W	21,501


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Jul 10 8:00 PM	EDM 28 @ WPG 10	L	24,024	CBCW
2	Wed Jul 18 9:30 PM	WPG 7 @ CGY 35	L	33,196	CTV
3	Tue Jul 24 8:00 PM	BC 19 @ WPG 18	L	24,727	CBCW
5	Tue Aug 7 8:00 PM	WPG 10 @ MTL 25	L	41,232	CBC
6	Tue Aug 14 9:00 PM	HAM 21 @ WPG 27	W	24,660	CBC
7	Tue Aug 21 9:30 PM	WPG 13 @ EDM 41	L	42,778
8	Tue Aug 28 9:30 PM	SSK 1 @ WPG 30	W	25,159
9	Mon Sep 3 4:30 PM	WPG 28 @ SSK 11	W	22,190
10	Sun Sep 9 4:30 PM	BC 17 @ WPG 15	L	27,203	CBCR
11	Sat Sep 15 8:00 PM	OTT 22 @ WPG 19	L	25,644	CTV
12	Sun Sep 23 4:30 PM	WPG 23 @ CGY 28	L	30,125	CBCR
13	Sat Sep 29 11:00 PM	WPG 21 @ BC 22	L	23,964	CTVW
14	Mon Oct 8 3:30 PM	CGY 18 @ WPG 13	L	22,429	CTV
15	Sat Oct 13 2:00 PM	WPG 15 @ TOR 19	L	35,106	CTV
16	Sun Oct 21 3:30 PM	SSK 14 @ WPG 23	W	23,032	CBCW
17	Sun Oct 28 4:30 PM	WPG 11 @ EDM 19	L	42,778	CBCR

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	1	3	0	2	47	70	W1	1-3-0
Regular Season	16	4	12	0	8	283	340	L1	1-5-0
Home	8	3	5	0	6	155	140	W1	3-3-0
Visitor	8	1	7	0	2	128	200	L4	1-5-0
Divisional opponent	12	3	9	0	6	212	253	L1	1-5-0
Non-divisional opponent	4	1	3	0	2	71	87	L2	1-3-0

Full 1979 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	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	2 (1-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (0-5-0)	5 (3-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	10 (1-9-0)
After 2nd	5 (3-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	2 (1-1-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (0-3-0)	7 (4-3-0)	3 (0-3-0)	6 (0-6-0)
After 3rd	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (1-3-0)	3 (1-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	7 (3-4-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (1-8-0)
After 4th	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	12 (0-12-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ WPG	WPG @
Divisional	0.570	2-4-0 (6)	1-5-0 (6)
Non-Divisional	0.492	1-1-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.594	0-2-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.750	0-1-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.813	0-1-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.125	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	--
Montreal Alouettes (1)	0.719	--	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (1)	0.563	0-1-0 (1)	--
Toronto Argonauts (1)	0.313	--	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1979	1978 +/-
Average Combined Score	38.94	-6.19
Average Winning Score	27.00	-1.00
Average Losing Score	14.58	-2.42
Average Home Score	19.38	-4.75
Average Visitor Score	16.00	-6.25
Average Margin of Victory	15.25	+5.14
Average Margin of Loss	9.83	-0.31

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Winnipeg	155 (19.4)	128 (16.0)	283 (17.7)
Total	Opponent	200 (25.0)	140 (17.5)	340 (21.3)
1st	Winnipeg	36 (4.5)	46 (5.8)	82 (5.1)
1st	Opponent	57 (7.1)	25 (3.1)	82 (5.1)
2nd	Winnipeg	42 (5.3)	47 (5.9)	89 (5.6)
2nd	Opponent	40 (5.0)	41 (5.1)	81 (5.1)
3rd	Winnipeg	42 (5.3)	22 (2.8)	64 (4.0)
3rd	Opponent	44 (5.5)	32 (4.0)	76 (4.8)
4th	Winnipeg	35 (4.4)	13 (1.6)	48 (3.0)
4th	Opponent	59 (7.4)	42 (5.3)	101 (6.3)

Head Coach

Ray Jauch (Jan. 1, 1978 – Dec. 1, 1982)

Assistant Coaches

Bob Vespaziani – Assistant Offensive Coordinator
Ellis Rainsberger – Offensive line
Gene Stauber – Defensive line
Leo McKillip – Defensive backs, Linebackers

Player Awards
All Stars

1979 Player Awards and Nominations

1979 Most Outstanding

Player — John Helton (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — John Helton (Division Finalist)
Offensive Lineman — John Bonk (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bernie Ruoff (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Walt Passaglia (Team Nominee)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1979 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

DT	John Helton

1 All-Division Selections

DT	John Helton

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1979 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–5 (5)		Rick House (RB)	Simon Fraser
2–5 (14)		Jim Dziedzina (TE)	Simon Fraser
3–4 (22)	[HAM]	Walt Passaglia (WR)	Simon Fraser
3–5 (23)		Doug Biggerstaff (DE)	British Columbia (UBC)
4–4 (31)	[HAM]	Chris Brewer (DE)	Acadia
4–5 (32)		Jim McHugh (LB)	McMaster
5–5 (41)		Bob McEachern (LB)	Weber State
6–5 (50)		Gerry Hatherly (LB)	Manitoba
7–5 (59)		Barry Safiniuk (RB)	Manitoba