1983 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

The 1983 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in second place in the West Division with a 9–7 record. They appeared in the West Final but lost 39–21 to the BC Lions.

1983 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
General managerCal Murphy
Head coachCal Murphy
Home fieldWinnipeg Stadium
Results
Record9–7
Division place2nd, West
Playoff finishLost West Final
Uniform

Offseason

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CFL Draft

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Rd Pick Player Position School

Preseason

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Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
A Fri, June 10 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 4–26 0–1 Winnipeg Stadium 16,599
B Fri, June 17 vs. BC Lions L 23–24 0–2 Winnipeg Stadium 15,938
C Wed, June 22 at Edmonton Eskimos L 16–34 0–3 Commonwealth Stadium 38,951
D Sun, June 26 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 10–33 0–4 Taylor Field 22,301

Regular season

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Standings

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Schedule

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Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 1 Fri, July 8 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 25–26 0–1 Winnipeg Stadium 18,995
2 2 Fri, July 15 at Edmonton Eskimos W 20–18 1–1 Commonwealth Stadium 39,472
3 3 Fri, July 22 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 29–18 2–1 Winnipeg Stadium 24,052
4 Bye
5 4 Sun, Aug 7 at Montreal Concordes W 30–25 3–1 Olympic Stadium 20,774
6 5 Sat, Aug 13 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 32–16 4–1 Winnipeg Stadium 27,796
7 6 Sat, Aug 20 at BC Lions L 6–44 4–2 BC Place 56,852
8 7 Sun, Aug 28 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 36–21 5–2 Winnipeg Stadium 23,032
9 8 Sun, Sept 4 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 30–32 5–3 Taylor Field 28,237
10 9 Sat, Sept 10 vs. Montreal Concordes L 18–30 5–4 Winnipeg Stadium 21,189
11 10 Fri, Sept 16 at Calgary Stampeders W 19–14 6–4 McMahon Stadium 26,198
12 11 Sat, Sept 24 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 50–19 7–4 Winnipeg Stadium 26,132
13 12 Sat, Oct 1 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 34–19 8–4 Ivor Wynne Stadium 19,266
14 13 Mon, Oct 10 vs. BC Lions L 18–30 8–5 Winnipeg Stadium 31,508
15 14 Sun, Oct 16 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 23–42 8–6 Lansdowne Park 25,642
16 15 Sun, Oct 23 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 33–15 9–6 Winnipeg Stadium 24,206
17 Bye
18 16 Sat, Nov 5 at Toronto Argonauts L 9–33 9–7 Exhibition Stadium 32,921

Playoffs

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West Semi-Final

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Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Edmonton Eskimos 0 7 8 7 22
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7 21 15 6 49

West Final

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Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 14 0 7 0 21
BC Lions 3 7 8 21 39

Awards

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1983 CFL All-Stars

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References

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