Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1986 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 3rd (in tiebreaker) in the West Division
West Division Semi-final
- Nov. 15, 1986 Lost 14 – 21 @ BC

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1986 Season Resources 1986 WPG Team Roster 1986 WPG Attendance


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
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
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

	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 %	@ WPG	WPG @
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	0-1-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.611	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.750	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.361	2-0-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.528	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.222	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.194	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.556	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1986	1985 +/-
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)
Total	Opponent	229 (25.4)	158 (17.6)	387 (21.5)
1st	Winnipeg	48 (5.3)	42 (4.7)	90 (5.0)
1st	Opponent	72 (8.0)	31 (3.4)	103 (5.7)
2nd	Winnipeg	98 (10.9)	59 (6.6)	157 (8.7)
2nd	Opponent	36 (4.0)	41 (4.6)	77 (4.3)
3rd	Winnipeg	97 (10.8)	38 (4.2)	135 (7.5)
3rd	Opponent	46 (5.1)	28 (3.1)	74 (4.1)
4th	Winnipeg	107 (11.9)	56 (6.2)	163 (9.1)
4th	Opponent	75 (8.3)	58 (6.4)	133 (7.4)

Head Coach

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

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

Player — James Murphy (Winner)
Defensive Player — Darrell Patterson (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Chris Walby (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Joe Poplawski (Winner)
Rookie — Bennie Thompson (Team Nominee)

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