1960 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

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1960 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

President| Gordon Lawson
General manager| Jim Ausley
Head coach| Bud Grant
Home field| Winnipeg Stadium
Results
Record| 14–2
Division place| 1st, West
Playoff finish| Lost West Final

* <- 1959
* Blue Bombers seasons
* 1961 ->

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

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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

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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

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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.[1] 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

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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.[2] 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.[3]

### Season Standings

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Western Interprovincial Football Union Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 453 | 239 | 28
Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 318 | 225 | 20
Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 374 | 404 | 14
BC Lions | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 296 | 356 | 12
Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 205 | 422 | 6

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## 1960 Season schedule

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### Preseason

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Game  | Date  | Opponent  | Results  | Venue  | Attendance

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Pre  | Thu July 21  | Blue-Gold Intra-Squad Game  | Gold 27 – Blue 19  | 0–0  | Winnipeg Stadium | 17,000
A  | Fri, July 29  | vs. BC Lions | W 13–7  | 1–0  | Kingston Stadium | 12,583
B  | Mon, Aug 1  | at Montreal Alouettes | L 16–26  | 1–1  | McGill Stadium | 19,395
C  | Thu, Aug 4  | vs. Ottawa Rough Riders | W 18–14  | 2–1  | Winnipeg Stadium  | 15,147

### 1960 regular season

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Day  | Date  | Opponent  | Score  | Attendance

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Thursday  | August 11, 1960  | at BC Lions | W 35–21  | 31,837
Monday  | August 15, 1960  | at Calgary Stampeders | W 38–23  | 20,450
Thursday  | August 18, 1960  | Calgary Stampeders | W 50–7  | 18,389
Thursday  | August 25, 1960  | Edmonton Eskimos | W 18–14  | 17,287
Saturday  | August 27, 1960  | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 27–0  | 12,000
Thursday  | September 1, 1960  | BC Lions | W 19–14  | 18,297
Saturday  | September 3, 1960  | at Edmonton Eskimos | W 15–14  | 19,535
Monday  | September 12, 1960  | Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 38–11  | 16,367
Saturday  | September 17, 1960  | at BC Lions | W 26–14  | 30,292
Monday  | September 19, 1960  | at Calgary Stampeders | W 19–17  | 14,000
Monday  | September 26, 1960  | Edmonton Eskimos | L 15–2  | 20,932
Saturday  | October 1, 1960  | Calgary Stampeders | W 31–21  | 15,968
Monday  | October 10, 1960  | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 48–7  | 10,300
Thursday  | October 13, 1960  | BC Lions | W 49–21  | 16,773
Monday  | October 17, 1960  | at Edmonton Eskimos | W 21–17  | 15,000
Monday  | October 24, 1960  | Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 23–17  | 13,900

### 1960 Playoffs

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#### Western Conference Finals

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(best two-out-of-three series)

Day  | Date  | Opponent  | Score  | Attendance

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Saturday  | November 12, 1960  | at Edmonton Eskimos | W 22–16  | 17,500
Monday  | November 14, 1960  | Edmonton Eskimos | L 10–5  | 16,708
Saturday  | November 19, 1960  | Edmonton Eskimos | L 4–2  | 18,600

* 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

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Player | Canadian | Lineman

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Leo Lewis | Gerry James | Herb 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

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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". Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2009-08-09.

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* Winnipeg

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* Hamilton
* Montreal
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* Toronto

See also|

* 1960 CFL Draft
* 48th Grey Cup

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* Founded in 1930
* Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Franchise|

* Franchise
* Records
* Players
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* Head coaches
* Starting quarterbacks

Stadiums|

* Osborne Stadium
* Winnipeg Stadium
* Princess Auto Stadium

Culture|

* Buzz and Boomer
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Lore|

* Labour Day Classic
* Banjo Bowl
* Swaggerville
* First team from Western Canada to win the Grey Cup

Important figures|

* Paul Bennett
* Ralph "Dieter" Brock
* Less Browne
* Tom "Citation" Casey
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* Carl Cronin
* Andrew Currie
* Matt Dunigan
* Bill Frank
* Harry Peter "Bud" Grant
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* Earl Lunsford
* Chester "Ches" McCance
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* Ken Ploen
* Joe Poplawski
* Russ "The Wisconsin Wraith" Reholz
* Frank Rigney
* Joseph Ryan
* Karl Slocomb
* Milt Stegall
* Art Stevenson
* Robert Porter "Buddy" Tinsley
* Troy Westwood
* Chris Walby
* Bert Warwick

Key personnel|

* CEO: Wade Miller
* General Manager: Kyle Walters
* Head Coach: Mike O'Shea

Grey Cup
Championships (12)|

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Championships (18)|

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Eastern Division
Championships (7)|

* 1988
* 1990
* 1992
* 1993
* 2001
* 2007
* 2011

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* League: Canadian Football League
* Division: West Division

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