Season Summary

Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result Attendance TV
A
Sat Jun 6 9:00 PM
WPG 14 @ SSK 27 L 17,381  
A
Thu Jun 11 8:00 PM
BC 14 @ WPG 35 W 19,730  
-7Bye
Week Date/Time (EDT ) Result Attendance TV
1
Thu Jun 25 7:30 PM
WPG 38 @ TOR 30 W 33,412 TSN
2
Fri Jul 3 8:00 PM
OTT 24 @ WPG 51 W 23,121 CFN
3
Fri Jul 10 8:00 PM
CGY 22 @ WPG 38 W 22,808 CFN
4
Thu Jul 16 9:30 PM
WPG 21 @ CGY 14 W 20,553 TSN
5
Fri Jul 24 8:00 PM
EDM 42 @ WPG 28 L 29,260 CFN
6Bye
7
Sat Aug 8 8:00 PM
BC 22 @ WPG 30 W 29,296 CBC
8
Fri Aug 14 8:00 PM
WPG 14 @ HAM 26 L 18,503 CFN
9
Sat Aug 22 8:00 PM
SSK 6 @ WPG 35 W 28,591 CBC
10
Sun Aug 30 4:00 PM
WPG 23 @ BC 24 L 38,338 CFN
11
Sun Sep 6 4:00 PM
WPG 29 @ SSK 25 W 27,457 CFN
12
Sun Sep 13 4:00 PM
CGY 5 @ WPG 40 W 25,549 CFN
13
Sun Sep 20 4:00 PM
WPG 20 @ BC 30 L 39,859 CFN
14
Sat Sep 26 8:00 PM
WPG 36 @ OTT 13 W 17,101 CBC
15
Sun Oct 4 4:00 PM
HAM 14 @ WPG 47 W 31,655 CFN
16
Mon Oct 12 3:00 PM
EDM 20 @ WPG 38 W 24,999 CBC
17Bye
18
Sun Oct 25 2:00 PM
WPG 24 @ EDM 49 L 33,376 CBC
19
Sun Nov 1 2:30 PM
TOR 23 @ WPG 24 W 26,288 CBC
20
Sun Nov 8 1:30 PM
WPG 18 @ TOR 20 L 21,042 CBC
Week Date/Time (EST ) Result Attendance TV
P2
Sun Nov 22 1:30 PM
TOR 19 @ WPG 3 L 32,946 CFN
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Pre-season 2 1 1 0 2 49 41 W1 1-1-0
Regular Season 18 12 6 0 24 554 409 L1 4-2-0
    Home 9 8 1 0 16 331 178 W6 6-0-0
    Visitor 9 4 5 0 8 223 231 L2 2-4-0
   Divisional opponent 7 5 2 0 10 228 150 L1 4-2-0
   Non-divisional opponent 11 7 4 0 14 326 259 L1 3-3-0

Full 1987 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 (4-1-0) 1 (1-0-0) 3 (3-0-0) 5 (2-3-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (2-2-0) 10 (6-4-0) 1 (1-0-0) 7 (5-2-0)
After 2nd 7 (7-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 2 (1-1-0) 4 (4-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 11 (11-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (1-6-0)
After 3rd 7 (7-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 2 (1-1-0) 5 (3-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 4 (1-3-0) 12 (10-2-0) 0 (0-0-0) 6 (2-4-0)
After 4th 8 (8-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 1 (0-1-0) 4 (4-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 12 (12-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 6 (0-6-0)
Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.433 3-0-0 (3) 2-2-0 (4)
Non-Divisional 0.556 5-1-0 (6) 2-3-0 (5)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2) 0.389
Ottawa RedBlacks (2) 0.167
Toronto Argonauts (3) 0.639
BC Lions (3) 0.667
Calgary Stampeders (3) 0.556
Edmonton Elks (3) 0.611
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2) 0.306
19871986 +/-
Average Combined Score 53.50 +1.72
Average Winning Score 35.58 -1.78
Average Losing Score 21.17 +2.02
Average Home Score 36.78 -2.11
Average Visitor Score 24.78 +3.11
Average Margin of Victory 17.42 -4.13
Average Margin of Loss 10.67 -0.62
Quarter Team Home (PPG) Visitor (PPG) Total (PPG)
Total Winnipeg 331 (36.8) 223 (24.8) 554 (30.8)
Opponent 231 (25.7) 178 (19.8) 409 (22.7)
1st Winnipeg 63 (7.0) 38 (4.2) 101 (5.6)
Opponent 49 (5.4) 41 (4.6) 90 (5.0)
2nd Winnipeg 106 (11.8) 82 (9.1) 188 (10.4)
Opponent 66 (7.3) 61 (6.8) 127 (7.1)
3rd Winnipeg 77 (8.6) 38 (4.2) 115 (6.4)
Opponent 62 (6.9) 31 (3.4) 93 (5.2)
4th Winnipeg 85 (9.4) 65 (7.2) 150 (8.3)
Opponent 54 (6.0) 45 (5.0) 99 (5.5)
Head Coaches
Assistant Coaches
  • Bruce Lemmerman – Receivers
  • Scott Schuhmann – Offensive line
  • Bob Padilla – Linebackers
  • Gene Gaines – Defensive secondary
  • Urban Bowman – Defensive line
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1987 Stars of the Week
Offensive Star
  • 2 – Tom Clements
  • 2 – Willard Reaves
  • 1 – James Murphy
Defensive Star
  • 3 – Tyrone Jones
  • 1 – James Jefferson
  • 1 – Roy Bennett
Lineman Star
  • 2 – Mike Gray
  • 1 – Chris Walby
  • 1 – Nick Bastaja
  • 1 – Rob Prodanovic
1987 Player Awards and Nominations
1987 Most Outstanding
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1987 All-Star Selections
10 All-Canadian Selections
QB Tom Clements*
RB Willard Reaves
SB Perry Tuttle
T Chris Walby
MLB James West
OLB Tyrone Jones
DB Roy Bennett
DB James Jefferson, III
DB Ken Hailey
S Scott Flagel
12 All-Division Selections
QB Tom Clements*
RB Willard Reaves*
SB Perry Tuttle
WR James Murphy
G Nick Bastaja
T Chris Walby
MLB James West
OLB Tyrone Jones
DB Roy Bennett
DB James Jefferson, III
DB Ken Hailey
S Scott Flagel

* – indicates unanimous selection

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1987 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Amateur Draft Picks
Round–Pick
(Overall)
[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–6 (6)   Andrew McConnell (DL) St. Francis Xavier
2–6 (15)   Sean Orr (OL) British Columbia (UBC)
3–1 (19) [OTT] Jeff Johnson (FB) Cornell
3–4 (22) [TOR] Steve Rodehutskors (OL) Calgary
3–6 (24)   Matt McLeod (K) Oregon
4–6 (33)   Rob Pavan (LB) Guelph
5–6 (42)   Gus Alevizos (OL) Guelph
6–6 (51)   John Sutton (RB) McMaster
7–6 (60)   Allan Lekun (C) McGill
8–6 (69)   Pete Riley (QB) Livingston

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