1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
General managerJeff Reinebold
Head coachJeff Reinebold
Home stadiumWinnipeg Stadium
Results
Record4–14
Division place3rd, East
Playoffsdid not qualify
Uniform

The 1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in third 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
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 Result Record
1 June 27 at Toronto Argonauts L 23–38 0–1
2 July 3 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 24–27 0–2
3 July 11 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 33–18 1–2
4 July 19 at BC Lions L 17–21 1–3
5 July 25 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 21–36 1–4
6 Aug 1 at Calgary Stampeders L 22–43 1–5
7 Aug 7 at Edmonton Eskimos L 11–45 1–6
8 Aug 14 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 24–35 1–7
9 Aug 22 vs. Montreal Alouettes L 21–26 1–8
10 Aug 31 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 43–12 2–8
11 Sept 7 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 25–66 2–9
12 Sept 12 at Montreal Alouettes L 28–29 2–10
13 Sept 19 vs. BC Lions W 26–14 3–10
14 Sept 28 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 9–41 3–11
15 Oct 5 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 25–27 3–12
16 Oct 12 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 2–20 3–13
17 Oct 19 at Montreal Alouettes L 34–41 3–14
18 Oct 24 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 55–9 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". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-10-25.


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