1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

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1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
Head coachJeff Reinebold
Home fieldWinnipeg Stadium
Results
Record4–14
Division place3rd, East
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Uniform
CFL WPG Jersey 1995.png

The 1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 3rd place in the East Division with a 4–14 record and failed to make the playoffs. This ended the second longest playoff streak in CFL history at 17 years (1980–1996).[1]

Offseason[]

CFL Draft[]

Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
3 23 (via Edmonton) Marice Henriques S Colorado
5 38 Jonathan Swift LB Tennessee-Martin
6 42 Wayne Weathers DE Manitoba

Ottawa Rough Riders Dispersal Draft[]

Round Pick Player Pos
2 13 Obrad Spanic DL
3 21 Stacy Evans DE
4 28 Lubo Zizakovic DT

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

East Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Toronto Argonauts 18 15 3 0 660 327 30
Montreal Alouettes 18 13 5 0 509 532 26
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 4 14 0 443 548 8
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 2 16 0 362 549 4

Season schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Score Result Record
1 June 27 at Toronto Argonauts 38–23 Loss 0–1
2 July 3 vs. Montreal Alouettes 27–24 Loss 0–2
3 July 11 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 33–18 Win 1–2
4 July 19 at BC Lions 21–17 Loss 1–3
5 July 25 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 36–21 Loss 1–4
6 Aug 1 at Calgary Stampeders 43–22 Loss 1–5
7 Aug 7 at Edmonton Eskimos 45–11 Loss 1–6
8 Aug 14 vs. Calgary Stampeders 35–24 Loss 1–7
9 Aug 22 vs. Montreal Alouettes 26–21 Loss 1–8
10 Aug 31 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 43–12 Win 2–8
11 Sept 7 vs. Toronto Argonauts 66–25 Loss 2–9
12 Sept 12 at Montreal Alouettes 29–28 Loss 2–10
13 Sept 19 vs. BC Lions 26–14 Win 3–10
14 Sept 28 vs. Toronto Argonauts 41–9 Loss 3–11
15 Oct 5 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 27–25 Loss 3–12
16 Oct 12 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 20–2 Loss 3–13
17 Oct 19 at Montreal Alouettes 41–34 Loss 3–14
18 Oct 24 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 55–9 Win 4–14

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Awards and records[]

1997 CFL All-Stars[]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.cfl.ca/article/by-the-numbers-playoffs Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine By the Numbers: Playoffs???!!!
  2. ^ "Winnipeg Blue Bombers historical Canadian Football League (CFL) scores, schedules, and analytics".


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