1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

Canadian football team season

1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

General manager| Jeff Reinebold
Head coach| Jeff Reinebold
Home field| Winnipeg Stadium
Results
Record| 4–14
Division place| 3rd, East
Playoff finish| did not qualify
Uniform

* <- 1996
* Blue Bombers seasons
* 1998 ->

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[edit]

### CFL Draft[edit]

Round  | Pick  | Player  | Position  | School

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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[edit]

Round  | Pick  | Player  | Pos

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2  | 13  | Obrad Spanic  | DL
3  | 21  | Stacy Evans  | DE
4  | 28  | Lubo Zizakovic  | DT

## Regular season[edit]

### Season standings[edit]

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

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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[edit]

Week  | Date  | Opponent  | Result  | Record

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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

[2]

## Awards and records[edit]

### 1997 CFL All-Stars[edit]

* WR – Milt Stegall, CFL All-Star
* ST – Shonte Peoples, CFL All-Star

## References[edit]

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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1997 CFL season by team

Western|

* BC
* Calgary
* Edmonton
* Saskatchewan

Eastern|

* Hamilton
* Montreal
* Toronto
* Winnipeg

See also|

* 1997 CFL Draft
* 85th Grey Cup
* Dispersal Draft

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* Bold indicates Grey Cup victory.

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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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