Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1985 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the West Division
West Division Semi-final
- Nov. 10, 1985 Won 22 – 15 vs Edmonton
West Division Final
- Nov. 17, 1985 Lost 22 – 42 @ BC

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1985 Season Resources 1985 WPG Team Roster 1985 WPG Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Mon Jun 10 8:30 PM	SSK 9 @ WPG 7	L	22,027
B	Sun Jun 16 2:30 PM	CGY 18 @ WPG 10	L	23,826
C	Fri Jun 21 10:00 PM	WPG 28 @ BC 18	W	26,921
C	Mon Jun 24 9:30 PM	WPG 22 @ EDM 7	W	19,781


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Thu Jul 4 7:30 PM	WPG 18 @ MTL 34	L	23,627	CBC
2	Thu Jul 11 8:30 PM	HAM 11 @ WPG 16	W	25,428	CBC
3	Sat Jul 20 8:30 PM	TOR 27 @ WPG 28	W	27,641	CBC
4	Thu Jul 25 9:30 PM	WPG 23 @ EDM 25	L	41,173	CBC
6	Thu Aug 8 8:30 PM	OTT 15 @ WPG 58	W	27,709	CBC
7	Sun Aug 18 1:30 PM	WPG 28 @ HAM 10	W	14,026
8	Sun Aug 25 3:00 PM	CGY 6 @ WPG 43	W	28,166	CBC, R/C
9	Sun Sep 1 3:30 PM	WPG 18 @ SSK 10	W	29,588	CTV
10	Sat Sep 7 1:30 PM	WPG 42 @ OTT 14	W	19,165	CTV, R/C
11	Fri Sep 13 8:30 PM	MTL 0 @ WPG 24	W	30,593	CTV
12	Sun Sep 22 3:00 PM	SSK 3 @ WPG 49	W	27,804	CBC
13	Fri Sep 27 7:30 PM	WPG 24 @ TOR 27	L	28,052	CTV
14	Sun Oct 6 4:00 PM	BC 26 @ WPG 33	W	32,946	CTV
15	Fri Oct 11 10:00 PM	WPG 31 @ BC 10	W	59,478	CBC
16	Fri Oct 18 8:30 PM	EDM 37 @ WPG 18	L	29,162	CTV
17	Fri Oct 25 7:30 PM	WPG 47 @ CGY 4	W	11,185	CTV


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 10 3:30 PM	EDM 15 @ WPG 22	W	29,191	CTV
P2	Sun Nov 17 3:00 PM	WPG 22 @ BC 42	L	59,478	CBC, R/C

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	67	52	W2	2-2-0
Regular Season	16	12	4	0	24	500	259	W1	4-2-0
Home	8	7	1	0	14	269	125	L1	5-1-0
Visitor	8	5	3	0	10	231	134	W2	5-1-0
Divisional opponent	8	6	2	0	12	262	121	W1	5-1-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	6	2	0	12	238	138	L1	5-1-0

Full 1985 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	5 (5-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	5 (3-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (2-1-0)	10 (8-2-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (3-2-0)
After 2nd	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (3-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	10 (9-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)
After 3rd	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	5 (5-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	11 (11-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)
After 4th	7 (7-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	12 (12-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ WPG	WPG @
Divisional	0.484	3-1-0 (4)	3-1-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.453	4-0-0 (4)	2-2-0 (4)
BC Lions (2)	0.813	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.188	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.625	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.438	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.375	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1985	1984 +/-
Average Combined Score	47.44	-4.56
Average Winning Score	34.75	-5.70
Average Losing Score	20.75	+4.75
Average Home Score	33.63	-8.25
Average Visitor Score	28.88	+5.38
Average Margin of Victory	23.42	+0.23
Average Margin of Loss	10.00	-0.25

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Winnipeg	269 (33.6)	231 (28.9)	500 (31.3)
Total	Opponent	134 (16.8)	125 (15.6)	259 (16.2)
1st	Winnipeg	55 (6.9)	42 (5.3)	97 (6.1)
1st	Opponent	26 (3.3)	25 (3.1)	51 (3.2)
2nd	Winnipeg	100 (12.5)	68 (8.5)	168 (10.5)
2nd	Opponent	56 (7.0)	42 (5.3)	98 (6.1)
3rd	Winnipeg	51 (6.4)	36 (4.5)	87 (5.4)
3rd	Opponent	19 (2.4)	20 (2.5)	39 (2.4)
4th	Winnipeg	63 (7.9)	85 (10.6)	148 (9.3)
4th	Opponent	33 (4.1)	38 (4.8)	71 (4.4)

Head Coaches

Fred Glick* (Oct. 2, 1985 – Nov. 25, 1985)
Cal Murphy (Jan. 25, 1983 – Jan. 2, 1987)

Assistant Coaches

John Gregory – Offensive line
Pal Sartori – Receivers
Fred Glick – Linebackers
Mike Riley – Defensive backs
Urban Bowman – Defensive line

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1985 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Jeff Boyd

Defensive Star

1 – Darrell Patterson
1 – David Shaw
1 – Frank Robinson
1 – Tyrone Jones
1 – Scott Flagel

Lineman Star

1 – John Bonk
1 – John Sturdivant
1 – Nick Bastaja

1985 Player Awards and Nominations

1985 Most Outstanding

Player — Jeff Boyd (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Tyrone Jones (Winner)
Offensive Lineman — Nick Bastaja (Winner)
Canadian Player — Joe Poplawski (Division Finalist)
Rookie — Roy Bennett (Team Nominee)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1985 All-Star Selections

9 All-Canadian Selections

RB	Willard Reaves
IR	Joe Poplawski
WR	Jeff Boyd
C	John Bonk
G	Nick Bastaja
T	Chris Walby
OLB	Tyrone Jones
DB	Ken Hailey
K	Trevor Kennerd

13 All-Division Selections

RB	Willard Reaves
IR	Joe Poplawski
WR	Jeff Boyd
C	John Bonk
G	Nick Bastaja
T	Chris Walby
DE	Tony Norman
OLB	Tyrone Jones
DB	Wylie Turner (Tie)
DB	David Shaw
DB	Scott Flagel
DB	Ken Hailey
K	Trevor Kennerd

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1985 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–6 (6)	[TOR]	Pat Langdon (TE)	Tennessee
1–9 (9)		Bob Molle (DE)	Simon Fraser
2–9 (18)		Derron Vernon (RB)	Eastern Michigan
3–9 (27)		Rob Prodanovic (DL)	Calgary
5–9 (45)		Glenn Steele (RB)	British Columbia (UBC)
6–9 (54)		Greg Miller (LB)	Concordia
7–7 (61)	[BC]	Doug Campbell (LB)	Alberta
7–9 (63)		Randy Saunders (TE)	Simon Fraser
8–9 (72)		Randy Fabi (WR)	Western Ontario
9–9 (81)		Rob St. Mars (LB)	Manitoba