2012 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

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2012 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
General manager
Chris Matthews
Uniform

The

Investors Group Field, but ongoing construction delays have moved its opening to the beginning of the 2013 season.[1][2][3] The Blue Bombers started the season with four straight road games, which was due to speculation that the stadium would be opened in time for a home opener in week 5 at the earliest. The Blue Bombers started the season 0–4 for the first time since 2008
, which was also, coincidentally, a year after they had an appearance in the Grey Cup game.

After a 2–6 start, head coach

Tim Burke
.

The low point of the season occurred in Tim Burke's debut as head coach on September 2, 2012, in which the team suffered a 52–0 shutout loss to their biggest rivals the

Edmonton Eskimos
on July 29, 1969. It was also their first shutout loss to Saskatchewan since October 15, 1949.

With a 28–18 loss to the

Canad Inns Stadium
prior to its demolition.

Offseason

CFL draft

The

2012 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2012, live at 2:00 PM CDT. The Blue Bombers had five selections in the six-round draft, including the loss of their first-round pick after selecting Kito Poblah in the 2011 Supplemental draft. The traded back into the first round by trading two of their second round picks for the third overall selection.[4]

Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 3 Tyson Pencer OL Washington State
3 16 Johnny Aprile WR Queen's
3 21 Christo Bilukidi DE Georgia State
4 23 Rene Stephan LB Harding
4 29 Jake Thomas DL
Acadia

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record
A Thurs, June 14 at Montreal Alouettes 22–10 Win 20,005 1–0
B Wed, June 20 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 26–25 Loss 28,300 1–1

Regular season

Season standings

East Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Montreal Alouettes 18 11 7 0 478 489 22 Details
Toronto Argonauts 18 9 9 0 445 491 18 Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 6 12 0 376 531 12 Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 6 12 0 538 576 12 Details

Season schedule

Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record
1 Fri, June 29 at BC Lions 33–16 Loss 29,351 0–1
2 Fri, July 6 at Montreal Alouettes 41–30 Loss 21,016 0–2
3 Fri, July 13 at Edmonton Eskimos 42–10 Loss 32,067 0–3
4 Wed, July 18 at Toronto Argonauts 25–22 Loss 22,485 0–4
5 Thurs, July 26 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 23–22 Win 29,533 1–4
6 Fri, Aug 3 vs. Montreal Alouettes 36–26 Loss 29,533 1–5
7 Bye 1–5
8 Thurs, Aug 16 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 32–25 Win 27,039 2–5
9 Fri, Aug 24 vs. BC Lions 20–17 Loss 29,533 2–6
10 Sun, Sept 2 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 52–0 Loss 33,427 2–7
11 Sun, Sept 9 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 25–24 Loss 30,077 2–8
12 Fri, Sept 14 at Calgary Stampeders 44–3 Loss 28,247 2–9
13 Fri, Sept 21 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 34–12 Win 26,577 3–9
14 Sat, Sept 29 vs. Toronto Argonauts 29–10 Loss 27,169 3–10
15 Mon, Oct 8 at Montreal Alouettes 27–22 Win 23,201 4–10
16 Sat, Oct 13 vs. Calgary Stampeders 32–21 Loss 25,462 4–11
17 Fri, Oct 19 at Toronto Argonauts 44–32 Win 23,419 5–11
18 Sat, Oct 27 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 28–18 Loss 29,722 5–12
19 Sat, Nov 3 vs. Montreal Alouettes 19–11 Win 26,907 6–12

Roster

2012 Winnipeg Blue Bombers roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Slotbacks

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Inactive List

Practice Roster

Italics indicate Import player
Roster updated 2012-07-24
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Active

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Coaching staff

2012 Winnipeg Blue Bombers staff
Front office
  • Owner – Community owned (non-profit corporation owned by members)
  • Chairperson of the Board of Governors - Bill Watchorn
  • President/CEO – Jim Bell
  • Vice president and general manager of football operations –
    Joe Mack
  • Director of football operations – Ross Hodgkinson
  • Director of player personnel – Ken Moll

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

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References

  1. ^ "Winnipeg Blue Bombers". Archived from the original on 2011-12-28. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
  2. ^ "Bombers announce update on Investors Group Field". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  3. ^ "Bombers to play entire 2012 season at Canad Inns". Archived from the original on 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  4. ^ "Draft Tracker | Prospect Central | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2014-08-25. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
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