Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1983 Season on CFLdb Statistics

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 Season Resources 1983 WPG Team Roster 1983 WPG Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Fri Jun 10 8:30 PM	CGY 26 @ WPG 4	L	16,599
B	Fri Jun 17	BC 24 @ WPG 23	L	15,938
C	Wed Jun 22 9:30 PM	WPG 17 @ EDM 34	L	38,951
C	Sun Jun 26 3:30 PM	WPG 10 @ SSK 33	L	22,301


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Fri Jul 8 6:30 PM	OTT 26 @ WPG 25	L	18,995	CTV
2	Fri Jul 15 7:30 PM	WPG 20 @ EDM 18	W	39,742	CTV
3	Fri Jul 22 6:30 PM	HAM 18 @ WPG 29	W	24,052	CTV
5	Sun Aug 7 1:30 PM	WPG 30 @ MTL 25	W	20,774	CBC
6	Sat Aug 13 7:30 PM	TOR 16 @ WPG 32	W	27,796	CBC
7	Sat Aug 20 2:00 PM	WPG 6 @ BC 44	L	56,852
8	Sun Aug 28 1:00 PM	CGY 21 @ WPG 36	W	23,032	CBC
9	Sun Sep 4 1:30 PM	WPG 30 @ SSK 32	L	28,837
10	Sat Sep 10 6:30 PM	MTL 30 @ WPG 18	L	21,189	CBC
11	Fri Sep 16 7:30 PM	WPG 19 @ CGY 14	W	26,198	CTV
12	Sat Sep 24 6:30 PM	SSK 19 @ WPG 50	W	26,132	CBC
13	Sat Oct 1 7:00 PM	WPG 34 @ HAM 19	W	19,266	CBC
14	Mon Oct 10 1:00 PM	BC 30 @ WPG 18	L	31,508	CBC
15	Sun Oct 16 1:30 PM	WPG 23 @ OTT 42	L	25,642	CBC
16	Sun Oct 23 2:00 PM	EDM 15 @ WPG 33	W	24,206	CBC
18	Sat Nov 5 12:30 PM	WPG 9 @ TOR 33	L	32,921	CBC


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 13 4:00 PM	EDM 22 @ WPG 49	W	31,379	CTV
P2	Sun Nov 20 4:00 PM	WPG 21 @ BC 39	L	59,409	CBC

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

Full 1983 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)	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)

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 Elks (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)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.344	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.500	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.750	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1983	1982 +/-
Average Combined Score	50.88	+1.12
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

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Winnipeg	241 (30.1)	171 (21.4)	412 (25.8)
Total	Opponent	227 (28.4)	175 (21.9)	402 (25.1)
1st	Winnipeg	37 (4.6)	41 (5.1)	78 (4.9)
1st	Opponent	43 (5.4)	18 (2.3)	61 (3.8)
2nd	Winnipeg	80 (10.0)	34 (4.3)	114 (7.1)
2nd	Opponent	90 (11.3)	62 (7.8)	152 (9.5)
3rd	Winnipeg	41 (5.1)	36 (4.5)	77 (4.8)
3rd	Opponent	60 (7.5)	39 (4.9)	99 (6.2)
4th	Winnipeg	83 (10.4)	60 (7.5)	143 (8.9)
4th	Opponent	34 (4.3)	56 (7.0)	90 (5.6)

Head Coach

Cal Murphy (Jan. 25, 1983 – Jan. 2, 1987)

Assistant Coaches

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

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1983 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

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

Defensive Star

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

Lineman Star

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

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 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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1983 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	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