1979 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 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.

1979 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
General managerEarl Lunsford
Head coachRay Jauch
Home fieldWinnipeg Stadium
Results
Record4–12
Division place4th, West
Playoff finishdid not qualify

Offseason

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CFL Draft

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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

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1979 Winnipeg Blue Bombers roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Slotbacks

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Inactive List

Practice Roster

Active, Inactive Practice Roster

Preseason

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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

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Standings

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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

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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

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CFL All-Stars

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References

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  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.