1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
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The 1997
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
finished in 3rd place in the East division with a 4–14 record and failed to make the playoffs.
1997 CFL season
The 1997 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 44th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 40th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1997:...
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...
finished in 3rd place in the East division with a 4–14 record and failed to make the playoffs.
CFL Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
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Season standings
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Argonauts Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta... |
18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 660 | 327 | 30 |
| Montreal Alouettes Montreal Alouettes The Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions... |
18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 509 | 532 | 26 |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded... |
18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 443 | 548 | 8 |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium... |
18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 362 | 549 | 4 |
Season schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 27 | at Toronto Argonauts 1997 Toronto Argonauts season The 1997 Toronto Argonauts finished in 1st place in the East Division of the 1997 CFL season with a 15–3–0 record and won the Grey Cup.- CFL Draft:-Preseason:- Season Standings:-Regular season:-Postseason:-Grey Cup:-Awards and records:... |
38–23 | Loss | 0–1 |
| 2 | July 3 | vs. Montreal Alouettes 1997 Montreal Alouettes season The 1997 Montreal Alouettes finished in 2nd place in the East Division with a 13–5 record. Their season came to a close as the Doug Flutie-led Toronto Argonauts defeated the Alouettes in the Eastern Final... |
27–24 | Loss | 0–2 |
| 3 | July 11 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1997 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season The 1997 Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished in 4th place in the East division with a 2–16–0 record and failed to make the playoffs.- CFL Draft:-Preseason:- Season Standings:-Schedule:-References:... |
33–18 | Win | 1–2 |
| 4 | July 19 | at BC Lions 1997 BC Lions season The 1997 BC Lions finished in 4th place in the West Division with a 8–10 record. Because of the "crossover" rule, they appeared in the East Semi-Final... |
21–17 | Loss | 1–3 |
| 5 | July 25 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 36–21 | Loss | 1–4 |
| 6 | Aug 1 | at Calgary Stampeders 1997 Calgary Stampeders season The 1997 Calgary Stampeders finished in 2nd place in the West Division with a 10–8–0 record. They appeared in the West Semi-Final but lost to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.- CFL Draft:-Preseason:- Season Standings:-Season schedule:... |
43–22 | Loss | 1–5 |
| 7 | Aug 7 | at Edmonton Eskimos | 45–11 | Loss | 1–6 |
| 8 | Aug 14 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | 35–24 | Loss | 1–7 |
| 9 | Aug 22 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 26–21 | Loss | 1–8 |
| 10 | Aug 31 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders 1997 Saskatchewan Roughriders season The 1997 Saskatchewan Roughriders finished in 3rd place in the West division with a 8–10 record and lost in the 85th Grey Cup game to the Doug Flutie-led Toronto Argonauts. Despite finishing the season tied with the BC Lions, the Roughriders were placed above the Lions after winning the season... |
43–12 | Win | 2–8 |
| 11 | Sept 7 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 66–25 | Loss | 2–9 |
| 12 | Sept 12 | at Montreal Alouettes | 29–28 | Loss | 2–10 |
| 13 | Sept 19 | vs. BC Lions | 26–14 | Win | 3–10 |
| 14 | Sept 28 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 41–9 | Loss | 3–11 |
| 15 | Oct 5 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 27–25 | Loss | 3–12 |
| 16 | Oct 12 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | 20–2 | Loss | 3–13 |
| 17 | Oct 19 | at Montreal Alouettes | 41–34 | Loss | 3–14 |
| 18 | Oct 24 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | 55–9 | Win | 4–14 |