Season Summary

Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result Attendance TV
A
Tue Jun 10 9:00 PM
MTL 26 @ WPG 20 L 20,133  
B
Sun Jun 15 4:30 PM
WPG 23 @ CGY 25 L 27,698  
C
Wed Jun 25 8:00 PM
WPG 20 @ TOR 16 W 28,101  
D
Tue Jul 1 9:00 PM
BC 22 @ WPG 26 W 17,806  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result Attendance TV
1
Wed Jul 9 9:30 PM
WPG 13 @ EDM 36 L 42,778 CTVW
2
Wed Jul 16 9:00 PM
TOR 20 @ WPG 17 L 20,980 CTV
3
Tue Jul 22 11:00 PM
WPG 6 @ BC 26 L 23,214 CBCW
4
Tue Jul 29 8:30 PM
CGY 18 @ WPG 35 W 20,774 CBCW
5Bye
6
Wed Aug 13 9:00 PM
EDM 30 @ WPG 17 L 26,422 CTV
7
Wed Aug 20 8:00 PM
WPG 34 @ HAM 13 W 24,152 CTV
8
Wed Aug 27 9:00 PM
SSK 16 @ WPG 24 W 22,154 CTVW
9
Mon Sep 1 3:30 PM
WPG 32 @ SSK 29 W 25,699  
10
Sun Sep 7 3:30 PM
CGY 29 @ WPG 30 W 25,784  
11
Sun Sep 14 2:00 PM
WPG 20 @ OTT 19 W 21,241 CBC
12Bye
13
Sun Sep 28 4:30 PM
BC 22 @ WPG 28 W 29,522 CBCW
14
Sun Oct 5 3:30 PM
EDM 14 @ WPG 28 W 28,238 CBCW
15
Sun Oct 12 3:30 PM
WPG 39 @ SSK 16 W 23,938 CBCW
16
Sun Oct 19 6:30 PM
WPG 28 @ CGY 31 L 31,441  
17
Sun Oct 26 3:30 PM
MTL 25 @ WPG 26 W 26,352 CBC
18
Sun Nov 2 5:00 PM
WPG 17 @ BC 43 L 16,676  
Week Date/Time (EST ) Result Attendance TV
P1
Sun Nov 9 4:00 PM
CGY 14 @ WPG 32 W 21,622 CBC
P2
Sat Nov 15 4:00 PM
WPG 24 @ EDM 34 L 43,346 CTV, R/C
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Pre-season 4 2 2 0 4 89 89 W2 2-2-0
Regular Season 16 10 6 0 20 394 387 L1 4-2-0
    Home 8 6 2 0 12 205 174 W5 5-1-0
    Visitor 8 4 4 0 8 189 213 L2 4-2-0
   Divisional opponent 12 7 5 0 14 297 310 L2 4-2-0
   Non-divisional opponent 4 3 1 0 6 97 77 W3 3-1-0

Full 1980 League Standings

Home Visitor Total
Quarter Lead (Record) Tied (Record) Trailed (Record) Lead (Record) Tied (Record) Trailed (Record) Lead (Record) Tied (Record) Trailed (Record)
After 1st 4 (3-1-0) 2 (1-1-0) 2 (2-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 1 (0-1-0) 6 (3-3-0) 5 (4-1-0) 3 (1-2-0) 8 (5-3-0)
After 2nd 4 (4-0-0) 1 (0-1-0) 3 (2-1-0) 3 (3-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 4 (0-4-0) 7 (7-0-0) 2 (1-1-0) 7 (2-5-0)
After 3rd 3 (3-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (3-2-0) 2 (2-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 5 (1-4-0) 5 (5-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 10 (4-6-0)
After 4th 6 (6-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 2 (0-2-0) 4 (4-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (0-4-0) 10 (10-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 6 (0-6-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.508 5-1-0 (6) 2-4-0 (6)
Non-Divisional 0.461 1-1-0 (2) 2-0-0 (2)
BC Lions (3) 0.531
Calgary Stampeders (3) 0.563
Edmonton Elks (3) 0.813
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3) 0.125
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1) 0.531
Montreal Alouettes (1) 0.500
Ottawa RedBlacks (1) 0.438
Toronto Argonauts (1) 0.375
19801979 +/-
Average Combined Score 48.81 +9.88
Average Winning Score 29.60 +2.60
Average Losing Score 16.33 +1.75
Average Home Score 25.63 +6.25
Average Visitor Score 23.63 +7.62
Average Margin of Victory 9.50 -5.75
Average Margin of Loss 14.67 +4.83
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Winnipeg 205 (25.6) 189 (23.6) 394 (24.6)
Opponent 213 (26.6) 174 (21.8) 387 (24.2)
1st Winnipeg 30 (3.8) 12 (1.5) 42 (2.6)
Opponent 57 (7.1) 22 (2.8) 79 (4.9)
2nd Winnipeg 68 (8.5) 71 (8.9) 139 (8.7)
Opponent 69 (8.6) 65 (8.1) 134 (8.4)
3rd Winnipeg 14 (1.8) 50 (6.3) 64 (4.0)
Opponent 52 (6.5) 43 (5.4) 95 (5.9)
4th Winnipeg 93 (11.6) 56 (7.0) 149 (9.3)
Opponent 35 (4.4) 44 (5.5) 79 (4.9)
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
  • Bob Vespaziani – Assistant Offensive Coordinator
  • Ellis Rainsberger – Offensive line
  • Leo McKillip – Defensive Coordinator
  • Gene Stauber – Defensive line
1980 Player Awards and Nominations
1980 Most Outstanding
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1980 All-Star Selections
5 All-Canadian Selections
QB Dieter Brock
RB William Miller
WR Mike Holmes
G Larry Butler
T Haywood “Butch” Norman
6 All-Division Selections
QB Dieter Brock
RB William Miller
WR Mike Holmes
G Larry Butler
T Haywood “Butch” Norman
CB Charley Williams

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1980 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–3 (3)   Ken Ciancone (LB) Utah State
3–1 (19) [TOR] Rob Bunce (DE) Saskatchewan
3–3 (21)   Vernon Pahl (OG) Prince Edward Island
4–3 (30)   Brian Perkins (OT) Saskatchewan
5–3 (39)   Perry Mamor (DE) Saskatchewan
6–3 (48)   Mike Danese (LB) Toronto
7–3 (57)   Mike Topolovec (DE) Ottawa

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