1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

Canadian football team season

1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

General manager| Cal Murphy
Head coach| Cal Murphy
Home field| Winnipeg Stadium
Results
Record| 11–7
Division place| 3rd, West
Playoff finish| Lost West Semi-Final

* <- 1985
* Blue Bombers seasons
* 1987 ->

The 1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in third place in the West Division with an 11–7 record. They played in the West Semi-Final but lost to the BC Lions.

## Offseason

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## Preseason

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Game  | Date  | Opponent  | Results  | Venue  | Attendance

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A  | Sat, June 7  | vs. Montreal Alouettes | W 35–10  | 1–0  | Canada Games Stadium | 11,463
B  | Sun, June 9  | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | W 22–7  | 2–0  | Winnipeg Stadium | 21,526
C  | Fri, June 13  | at Calgary Stampeders | W 17–15  | 3–0  | McMahon Stadium | 25,557
D  | Sat, June 21  | at BC Lions | W 28–18  | 4–0  | BC Place | 26,921

## Regular season

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### Standings

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West Division Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts

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Edmonton Eskimos | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 540 | 365 | 27
BC Lions | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 441 | 410 | 24
Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 545 | 387 | 22
Calgary Stampeders | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 484 | 380 | 22
Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 382 | 517 | 13

### Schedule

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1  | 1  | Thu, June 26  | at BC Lions | L 17–28  | 0–1  | BC Place | 41,704
2  | 2  | Sat, July 5  | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 56–0  | 1–1  | Winnipeg Stadium | 26,746
3  | 3  | Sat, July 12  | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 11–28  | 1–2  | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 13,664
4  | Bye
5  | 4  | Thu, July 24  | vs. Calgary Stampeders | W 25–20  | 2–2  | Winnipeg Stadium  | 25,197
6  | 5  | Fri, Aug 1  | at Montreal Alouettes | W 37–10  | 3–2  | Olympic Stadium | 14,127
7  | 6  | Thu, Aug 7  | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats  | W 36–30  | 4–2  | Winnipeg Stadium  | 25,982
8  | 7  | Fri, Aug 15  | at Edmonton Eskimos | L 5–33  | 4–3  | Commonwealth Stadium | 40,617
9  | 8  | Fri, Aug 22  | vs. Ottawa Rough Riders | W 46–14  | 5–3  | Winnipeg Stadium  | 23,918
10  | 9  | Sun, Aug 31  | at Saskatchewan Roughriders  | L 30–34  | 5–4  | Taylor Field | 25,274
11  | 10  | Fri, Sept 5  | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders  | W 38–14  | 6–4  | Winnipeg Stadium  | 24,996
12  | 11  | Thu, Sept 11  | at Calgary Stampeders  | L 27–38  | 6–5  | McMahon Stadium | 26,184
13  | 12  | Thu, Sept 18  | vs. Montreal Alouettes  | W 39–14  | 7–5  | Winnipeg Stadium  | 21,899
14  | 13  | Sun, Sept 28  | at Toronto Argonauts | W 26–16  | 8–5  | Exhibition Stadium | 25,300
15  | 14  | Sun, Oct 5  | vs. Toronto Argonauts  | W 48–20  | 9–5  | Winnipeg Stadium  | 28,356
16  | 15  | Mon, Oct 13  | at Ottawa Rough Riders  | W 18–16  | 10–5  | Lansdowne Park | 13,572
17  | Bye
18  | 16  | Sat, Oct 25  | vs. Edmonton Eskimos  | W 42–20  | 11–5  | Winnipeg Stadium  | 32,946
19  | 17  | Sun, Nov 2  | vs. BC Lions  | L 20–26  | 11–6  | Winnipeg Stadium  | 31,817
20  | 18  | Sat, Nov 8  | at BC Lions  | L 24–36  | 11–7  | BC Place  | 54,723

## Playoffs

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### West Semi-Final

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Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14
BC Lions | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 21

## Awards

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### 1986 CFL All-Stars

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## References

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1986 CFL season by team

Western|

* BC
* Calgary
* Edmonton
* Saskatchewan
* Winnipeg

Eastern|

* Hamilton
* Montreal
* Ottawa
* Toronto

See also|

* 1986 CFL Draft
* 74th Grey Cup

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers

* Founded in 1930
* Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Franchise|

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

Stadiums|

* Osborne Stadium
* Winnipeg Stadium
* Princess Auto Stadium

Culture|

* Buzz and Boomer
* Labatt Blue

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
* Tom Clements
* Carl Cronin
* Andrew Currie
* Matt Dunigan
* Bill Frank
* Harry Peter "Bud" Grant
* Tommy Grant
* G. Sydney Halter
* Frank Hannibal
* Fritz Hanson
* John Helton
* Dick Huffman
* W.P. Billy Hughes
* Jack Jacobs
* Eddie James
* Gerry James
* Greg Kabat
* Les Lear
* Leo "Lincoln Locomotive" Lewis
* Earl Lunsford
* Chester "Ches" McCance
* Cal Murphy
* James Murphy
* 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)|

* 1935
* 1939
* 1941
* 1958
* 1959
* 1961
* 1962
* 1984
* 1988
* 1990
* 2019
* 2021

Western Division
Championships (18)|

* 1935
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1941
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1950
* 1953
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1961
* 1962
* 1965
* 1984
* 2019
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

Eastern Division
Championships (7)|

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

Current
league affiliations|

* League: Canadian Football League
* Division: West Division

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