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1960 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

Canadian football team season

1960 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

Canadian football team season

FieldValue
teamWinnipeg Blue Bombers
year1960
record14–2
division_place1st, West
presidentGordon Lawson
general_managerJim Ausley
coachBud Grant
stadiumWinnipeg Stadium
playoffsLost West Final
shortnavlinkBlue Bombers seasons

The 1960 Winnipeg Blue Bombers, defending Grey Cup champions, finished in first place in the W.I.F.U. with a league-best record of 14–2. Their 453 points scored were the most in the CFL (although their 28.3 points per game was slightly less than the 28.6 of Ottawa Rough Riders, who scored 400 points but in the East's shorter 14-game schedule). Their 239 points allowed were only 14 more than the Edmonton Eskimos, and their +214 points differential dwarfed Ottawa's +117, which had the second-best total. Their first-place finish earned them the bye into the WIFU Finals. They took the first game of the best two-of-three Finals by defeating Edmonton 22–16 in Edmonton, but lost the next two in Winnipeg by scores of 10–5 and 4–2, bringing an abrupt end to an otherwise dominant season.

1960 Preseason

On July 29, the Blue Bombers played the BC Lions in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Part of the local appeal was the presence on three former University of Iowa stars, Kenny Ploen and Ray Jauch of the Blue Bombers, and Willie Fleming of the BC Lions. The Blue Bombers defeated the Lions by a score of 13–7 in front of 12,583 fans.

1960 regular season

Winnipeg Blue Bombers at BC Lions, August 11

Fullback and punter Charlie Shepard set a record with a 95-yard punt for a single in the victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on September 12.

Injuries

The Blue Bombers lost tackle Buddy Tinsley for two games with a facial injury and fullback Tony Kehrer for the season with a leg fracture, from injuries sustained in the victory over the BC Lions on September 17. End Farrell Funston was lost for the season after suffering a separated shoulder in the victory over the BC Lions on October 13.

Quarterback Kenny Ploen broke a bone in his throwing hand in the third quarter of the first game of the WIFU Final in Edmonton. At that point, Vernon Cole took over at quarterback while Ploen shifted to safety, for the balance of game one and all of game two.

Buddy Tinsley Night

The Blue Bombers honored their 11-year veteran tackle with "Buddy Tinsley Night" at half-time during their Thursday, October 13, 1960, game versus the BC Lions. Tinsley, a Baylor grad, had been an all-star in seven of the previous ten seasons. Coach Bud Grant said the team requested a special players' meeting, without Tinsley, to prepare. The Winnipeg crowd of 16,773 was delighted when Tinsley lined up at fullback and took a hand-off from quarterback Kenny Ploen over from the BC one-yard line for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter.

Coincidentally, three other Blue Bomber linemen also scored touchdowns, although all three—by center Garland Warren, guard Cornell Piper and linebacker Jack Delveaux—came on BC fumbles.

CFL commissioner Syd Halter took a dim view of the length of the ceremony for Tinsley. He slapped the Bombers with a $100 fine for the delay caused to the start of the second half.

Season Standings

TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers16142045323928
Edmonton Eskimos16106031822520
Calgary Stampeders1668237440414
BC Lions1659229635612
Saskatchewan Roughriders1621222054226

1960 Season schedule

Preseason

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Thu July 21Blue-Gold Intra-Squad GameGold 27 – Blue 190–0Winnipeg Stadium17,000
Fri, July 29vs. BC LionsW 13–71–0Kingston Stadium12,583
Mon, Aug 1at Montreal AlouettesL 16–261–1McGill Stadium19,395
Thu, Aug 4vs. Ottawa Rough RidersW 18–142–1Winnipeg Stadium15,147

1960 regular season

DayDateOpponentScoreAttendance
ThursdayAugust 11, 1960at BC LionsW 35–2131,837
MondayAugust 15, 1960at Calgary StampedersW 38–2320,450
ThursdayAugust 18, 1960Calgary StampedersW 50–718,389
ThursdayAugust 25, 1960Edmonton EskimosW 18–1417,287
SaturdayAugust 27, 1960at Saskatchewan RoughridersW 27–012,000
ThursdaySeptember 1, 1960BC LionsW 19–1418,297
SaturdaySeptember 3, 1960at Edmonton EskimosW 15–1419,535
MondaySeptember 12, 1960Saskatchewan RoughridersW 38–1116,367
SaturdaySeptember 17, 1960at BC LionsW 26–1430,292
MondaySeptember 19, 1960at Calgary StampedersW 19–1714,000
MondaySeptember 26, 1960Edmonton EskimosL 15–220,932
SaturdayOctober 1, 1960Calgary StampedersW 31–2115,968
MondayOctober 10, 1960at Saskatchewan RoughridersW 48–710,300
ThursdayOctober 13, 1960BC LionsW 49–2116,773
MondayOctober 17, 1960at Edmonton EskimosW 21–1715,000
MondayOctober 24, 1960Saskatchewan RoughridersL 23–1713,900

1960 Playoffs

Western Conference Finals

(best two-out-of-three series)

DayDateOpponentScoreAttendance
SaturdayNovember 12, 1960at Edmonton EskimosW 22–1617,500
MondayNovember 14, 1960Edmonton EskimosL 10–516,708
SaturdayNovember 19, 1960Edmonton EskimosL 4–218,600
  • Edmonton won the series two games to one. Edmonton advanced to play the Ottawa Rough Riders in the Grey Cup.

1960 CFL [[Schenley Award]] Nominees

PlayerCanadianLineman
Leo LewisGerry JamesHerb Gray
  • Herb Gray was the WIFU nominee for CFL Most Outstanding Lineman Schenley Award, and won the award over Kaye Vaughan of the Ottawa Rough Riders.

References

References

  1. Toronto Star, Monday 19 September 1960, page 22, "'Peg Wins But Kehrer Tinsley Hurt"
  2. Toronto Star, Thursday 13 October 1960, page 17, "Bud Grant Views Lions as New And Dangerous"
  3. Toronto Star, Saturday 15 October 1960, page 31, "Bombers Fined $100 / Halftime Too Long"
  4. "CFL.ca".
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