The Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1983 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ 1983 Season

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the West Division
West Division Semi-final
- Nov. 13, 1983 Won 49 – 22 vs Edmonton
West Division Final
- Nov. 20, 1983 Lost 21 – 39 @ BC

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1983 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1982: 32 players
1983 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1983 Record
	GP	W	L	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	0	4	0	54	117	L4	0-4-0
Regular Season	16	9	7	18	412	402	L1	3-3-0
Home	8	5	3	10	241	175	W1	4-2-0
Visitor	8	4	4	8	171	227	L2	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	8	5	3	10	212	193	W1	4-2-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	4	4	8	200	209	L2	3-3-0

Full 1983 League Standings

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1983 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ WPG	WPG @
Divisional	0.500	3-1-0 (4)	2-2-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.484	2-2-0 (4)	2-2-0 (4)
BC Lions (2)	0.688	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Eskimos (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.344	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa Rough Riders (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.750	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Concordes (2)	0.344	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Coaches

Head Coach

Cal Murphy (Jan. 25, 1983 – Oct. 2, 1985)

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Assistant Coaches

Art Asselta – Quarterbacks, Receivers
John Gregory – Offensive line
Bob Vespaziani – Defensive line, Special teams
Fred Glick – Linebackers
Mike Riley – Defensive secondary

1983 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Attendance

Capacity: 32,946
Total: 196,910
High: 31,508
Avg: 24,613 (8 out of 8 games)
Diff from 1982 Avg: -2,207
Low: 18,995
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 74.71
Diff from League Avg: -5,589

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Team Scoring

	1983	1982 +/-
Average Combined Score	50.88	1.13
Average Winning Score	31.44	0.35
Average Losing Score	18.43	1.97
Average Home Score	30.13	5.38
Average Visitor Score	21.38	9.38
Average Margin of Victory	13.11	0.75
Average Margin of Loss	15.43	6.63

Stadium

1983 home stadium: Winnipeg Stadium
Capacity: 32,946
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1981 – Expansion

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Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Winnipeg	37	41	78	80	34	114	41	36	77	83	60	143	241 (30.1)	171 (21.4)	412 (25.8)
Opponent	18	43	61	62	90	152	39	60	99	56	34	90	227 (28.4)	175 (21.9)	402 (25.1)

Lead/Trailed Record by Quarter

	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)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	8 (7-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	7 (2-5-0)
After 2nd	5 (4-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (0-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (2-4-0)	7 (6-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	8 (2-6-0)
After 3rd	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (1-7-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	9 (9-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1983 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Willard Reaves
1 – Tom Clements
1 – John Hufnagel

Defensive Star

1 – Donovan Rose
1 – Wylie Turner
1 – Paul Bennett
1 – David Shaw

Lineman Star

2 – John Bonk
2 – Tony Norman
1 – Pete Catan

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1983 Player Awards and Nominations

1983 Most Outstanding

Player — Willard Reaves (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Aaron Brown (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — John Bonk (Division Finalist)
Canadian Player — Paul Bennett (Winner)
Rookie — Willard Reaves (Division Finalist)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1983 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–7 (7)	Jason Riley (DE)	British Columbia (UBC)
3–7 (25)	John Pitts (LB)	Western Ontario
4–7 (34)	Pat Cantner (TE)	British Columbia (UBC)
5–7 (43)	Todd Turnbull (OG)	Wilfrid Laurier
6–7 (52)	Fred Lyseyko (LB)	Manitoba
7–7 (61)	Dave Bowness (TE)	Manitoba
8–7 (70)	Danny Jakobs (DB)	Manitoba

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1983 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

C	John Bonk
S	Paul Bennett

6 All-Division Selections

RB	Willard Reaves
C	John Bonk
DE	Tony Norman
CB	David Shaw
S	Paul Bennett
K	Trevor Kennerd (Tie)

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1983 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	3	Fri. June 10 8:30 PM	CGY 26 @ WPG 4	L	16,599
B	8	Fri. June 17	BC 24 @ WPG 23	L	15,938
C	11	Wed. June 22 9:30 PM	WPG 17 @ EDM 34	L	38,951
	14	Sun. June 26 3:30 PM	WPG 10 @ SSK 33	L	22,301
1	21	Fri. July 8 6:30 PM	OTT 26 @ WPG 25	L	18,995	CTV
2	24	Fri. July 15 7:30 PM	WPG 20 @ EDM 18	W	39,742	CTV
3	28	Fri. July 22 6:30 PM	HAM 18 @ WPG 29	W	24,052	CTV
5	37	Sun. Aug. 7 1:30 PM	WPG 30 @ MTL 25	W	20,774	CBC
6	41	Sat. Aug. 13 7:30 PM	TOR 16 @ WPG 32	W	27,796	CBC
7	45	Sat. Aug. 20 2:00 PM	WPG 6 @ BC 44	L	56,852
8	50	Sun. Aug. 28 1:00 PM	CGY 21 @ WPG 36	W	23,032	CBC
9	52	Sun. Sept. 4 1:30 PM	WPG 30 @ SSK 32	L	28,837
10	56	Sat. Sept. 10 6:30 PM	MTL 30 @ WPG 18	L	21,189	CBC
11	59	Fri. Sept. 16 7:30 PM	WPG 19 @ CGY 14	W	26,198	CTV
12	64	Sat. Sept. 24 6:30 PM	SSK 19 @ WPG 50	W	26,132	CBC
13	67	Sat. Oct. 1 7:00 PM	WPG 34 @ HAM 19	W	19,266	CBC
14	74	Mon. Oct. 10 1:00 PM	BC 30 @ WPG 18	L	31,508	CBC
15	77	Sun. Oct. 16 1:30 PM	WPG 23 @ OTT 42	L	25,642	CBC
16	82	Sun. Oct. 23 2:00 PM	EDM 15 @ WPG 33	W	24,206	CBC
18	87	Sat. Nov. 5 12:30 PM	WPG 9 @ TOR 33	L	32,921	CBC
P1	92	Sun. Nov. 13 4:00 PM	EDM 22 @ WPG 49	W	31,379	CTV
P2	94	Sun. Nov. 20 4:00 PM	WPG 21 @ BC 39	L	59,409	CBC