1979 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

Canadian football team season

The 1979 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in fourth place in the Western Conference with a 4–12 record and failed to make the playoffs.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round Pick Player Position School
T T Rick Chernoff TE Manitoba
T T Bill Yaworsky DE Manitoba
1 5 Rick House TB Simon Fraser
2 14 Jim Dziedzina TE Simon Fraser
3 22 Walt Passaglia WR Simon Fraser
3 23 Doug Biggerstaff DE British Columbia
4 31 Chris Brewer DE Acadia
4 32 Jim McHugh LB McMaster
5 41 Bob McEachern LB Weber State
6 50 Gerry Hatherly LB Manitoba
7 59 Barry Safinuik TB Manitoba

Roster

1979 Winnipeg Blue Bombers roster
Quarterbacks
  • Dieter Brock
  • Bill Troup

Running backs

Wide receivers

Slotbacks

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

  • John Helton DE
 Linebackers

Defensive backs

  • Ricky Wesson

Special teams

Inactive List

Practice Roster

Active, Inactive Practice Roster

Preseason

Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
A Sun, June 10 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 13–35 0–1 Winnipeg Stadium 21,584
B Mon, June 18 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 12–13 0–2 Lansdowne Park 18,870
C Tue, June 26 at BC Lions L 6–12 0–3 Empire Stadium 17,511
D Wed, July 4 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 16–10 1–3 Winnipeg Stadium 21,501

Regular season

Standings

Western Football Conference
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Edmonton Eskimos 16 12 2 2 495 219 26
Calgary Stampeders 16 12 4 0 382 278 24
BC Lions 16 9 6 1 328 333 19
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 4 12 0 283 340 8
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 2 14 0 194 437 4

Schedule

Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 1 Tue, July 10 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 10–28 0–1 Winnipeg Stadium 24,024
2 2 Wed, July 18 at Calgary Stampeders L 7–35 0–2 McMahon Stadium 33,196
3 3 Tue, July 24 vs. BC Lions L 18–19 0–3 Empire Stadium 24,727
4 Bye
5 4 Tue, Aug 7 at Montreal Alouettes L 10–25 0–4 Olympic Stadium 41,232
6 5 Tue, Aug 14 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 27–21 1–4 Winnipeg Stadium 24,660
7 6 Tue, Aug 21 at Edmonton Eskimos L 13–41 1–5 Commonwealth Stadium 42,778
8 7 Tue, Aug 28 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 30–1 2–5 Winnipeg Stadium 25,159
8 8 Mon, Sept 3 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 28–11 3–5 Taylor Field 22,190
9 9 Sun, Sept 9 vs. BC Lions L 15–17 3–6 Winnipeg Stadium 27,203
10 10 Sat, Sept 15 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 19–22 3–7 Winnipeg Stadium 25,644
11 11 Sun, Sept 23 at Calgary Stampeders L 23–28 3–8 McMahon Stadium 30,125
12 12 Sat, Sept 29 at BC Lions L 21–22 3–9 Empire Stadium 23,964
13 13 Mon, Oct 8 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 13–18 3–10 Winnipeg Stadium 22,429
14 14 Sat, Oct 13 at Toronto Argonauts L 15–19 3–11 Exhibition Stadium 35,106
15 15 Sun, Oct 21 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 23–14 4–11 Winnipeg Stadium 23,032
16 16 Sun, Oct 28 at Edmonton Eskimos L 11–19 4–12 Commonwealth Stadium 42,778

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Awards and honors

CFL All-Stars

References

  1. ^ "Winnipeg Blue Bombers historical Canadian Football League (CFL) scores, schedules, and analytics". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
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