1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

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1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
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Playoff finishdid not qualify
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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.