Season Summary

  • Finished 3rd (in tiebreaker) in the West Division
  •  
  • West Division Semi-final
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result Attendance TV
A
Sat Jun 7 12:00 PM
WPG 35 vs MTL 10 W 11,463  
A
Mon Jun 9 8:30 PM
EDM 7 @ WPG 22 W 21,526  
B
Fri Jun 13 9:30 PM
WPG 17 @ CGY 15 W 25,557  
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result Attendance TV
1
Thu Jun 26 10:00 PM
WPG 17 @ BC 28 L 41,704 CBC
2
Sat Jul 5 8:30 PM
SSK 0 @ WPG 56 W 26,746 CBC
3
Sat Jul 12 7:30 PM
WPG 11 @ HAM 28 L 13,664 CTV
4Bye
5
Thu Jul 24 8:30 PM
CGY 20 @ WPG 25 W 25,197 CBCW
6
Fri Aug 1 7:30 PM
WPG 37 @ MTL 10 W 14,127  
7
Thu Aug 7 8:30 PM
HAM 30 @ WPG 36 W 25,982 CBCW
8
Fri Aug 15 9:30 PM
WPG 5 @ EDM 33 L 40,617  
9
Fri Aug 22 8:30 PM
OTT 14 @ WPG 46 W 23,918 CTV
10
Sun Aug 31 3:30 PM
WPG 30 @ SSK 34 L 25,274 CBC
11
Fri Sep 5 9:30 PM
SSK 14 @ WPG 38 W 24,996 CTV
12
Thu Sep 11 9:30 PM
WPG 27 @ CGY 28 L 26,184 CBC
13
Thu Sep 18 8:30 PM
MTL 14 @ WPG 39 W 21,899 CBC
14
Sun Sep 28 1:30 PM
WPG 26 @ TOR 16 W 25,300 CBC
15
Sun Oct 5 3:00 PM
TOR 20 @ WPG 48 W 28,356 CBC
16
Mon Oct 13 1:30 PM
WPG 18 @ OTT 16 W 13,572 CBC
17Bye
18
Sat Oct 25 9:30 PM
EDM 20 @ WPG 42 W 32,946  
19
Sun Nov 2 3:00 PM
BC 26 @ WPG 20 L 31,817 CBC
20
Sat Nov 8 10:00 PM
WPG 24 @ BC 36 L 54,723 CTV
Week Date/Time (EST ) Result Attendance TV
P1
Sat Nov 15 4:00 PM
WPG 14 @ BC 21 L 40,381 CBC
32Bye
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Pre-season 3 3 0 0 6 74 32 W3 3-0-0
Regular Season 18 11 7 0 22 545 387 L2 4-2-0
    Home 9 8 1 0 16 350 158 L1 5-1-0
    Visitor 9 3 6 0 6 195 229 L1 2-4-0
   Divisional opponent 10 4 6 0 8 284 239 L2 2-4-0
   Non-divisional opponent 8 7 1 0 14 261 148 W7 6-0-0

Full 1986 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 (4-0-0) 1 (0-1-0) 4 (4-0-0) 3 (2-1-0) 2 (0-2-0) 4 (1-3-0) 7 (6-1-0) 3 (0-3-0) 8 (5-3-0)
After 2nd 8 (8-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 1 (0-1-0) 3 (1-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 6 (2-4-0) 11 (9-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (2-5-0)
After 3rd 8 (8-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 1 (0-1-0) 4 (2-2-0) 1 (1-0-0) 4 (0-4-0) 12 (10-2-0) 1 (1-0-0) 5 (0-5-0)
After 4th 8 (8-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 1 (0-1-0) 3 (3-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 6 (0-6-0) 11 (11-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (0-7-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.581 4-1-0 (5) 0-5-0 (5)
Non-Divisional 0.375 4-0-0 (4) 3-1-0 (4)
BC Lions (3) 0.667
Calgary Stampeders (2) 0.611
Edmonton Elks (2) 0.750
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3) 0.361
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2) 0.528
Montreal Alouettes (2) 0.222
Ottawa RedBlacks (2) 0.194
Toronto Argonauts (2) 0.556
19861985 +/-
Average Combined Score 51.78 +4.34
Average Winning Score 37.36 +2.61
Average Losing Score 19.14 -1.61
Average Home Score 38.89 +5.26
Average Visitor Score 21.67 -7.21
Average Margin of Victory 21.55 -1.87
Average Margin of Loss 11.29 +1.29
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Winnipeg 350 (38.9) 195 (21.7) 545 (30.3)
Opponent 229 (25.4) 158 (17.6) 387 (21.5)
1st Winnipeg 48 (5.3) 42 (4.7) 90 (5.0)
Opponent 72 (8.0) 31 (3.4) 103 (5.7)
2nd Winnipeg 98 (10.9) 59 (6.6) 157 (8.7)
Opponent 36 (4.0) 41 (4.6) 77 (4.3)
3rd Winnipeg 97 (10.8) 38 (4.2) 135 (7.5)
Opponent 46 (5.1) 28 (3.1) 74 (4.1)
4th Winnipeg 107 (11.9) 56 (6.2) 163 (9.1)
Opponent 75 (8.3) 58 (6.4) 133 (7.4)
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
  • John Gregory – Offensive line
  • Pal Sartori – Receivers
  • Fred Glick – Linebackers
  • Gene Gaines – Defensive secondary
  • Urban Bowman – Defensive line
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1986 Stars of the Week
Offensive Star
  • 2 – John Hufnagel
  • 1 – James Sykes
  • 1 – Joe Poplawski
  • 1 – Tom Clements
  • 1 – Trevor Kennerd
  • 1 – Willard Reaves
Defensive Star
  • 1 – James West
Lineman Star
  • 2 – Chris Walby
1986 Player Awards and Nominations
1986 Most Outstanding
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1986 All-Star Selections
6 All-Canadian Selections
SB Joe Poplawski
WR James Murphy*
T Chris Walby
OLB Tyrone Jones
DB Roy Bennett
S Scott Flagel
6 All-Division Selections
SB Joe Poplawski
WR James Murphy*
T Chris Walby
OLB Tyrone Jones
DB Roy Bennett
S Scott Flagel

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–7 (7)   Brian Belway (DL) Calgary
2–7 (16)   Darryl Sampson (DB) York
4–7 (34)   David Taylor (TE) Simon Fraser
5–4 (40) [HAM, OTT] Ian McLellan (TE) Simon Fraser
6–7 (52)   Trevor Hoilett (DB) Manitoba
7–7 (61)   Craig Watson (OG) Calgary
8–7 (70)   Jadran Mlnarivic (K) St. Francis Xavier

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