Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1987 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 1st in the East Division
East Division Final
- Nov. 22, 1987 Lost 3 – 19 vs Toronto

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1987 Season Resources 1987 WPG Team Roster 1987 WPG Attendance


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


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
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
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 %	@ WPG	WPG @
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	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.167	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.639	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (3)	0.667	1-0-0 (1)	0-2-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (3)	0.556	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (3)	0.611	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.306	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1987	1986 +/-
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)
Total	Opponent	231 (25.7)	178 (19.8)	409 (22.7)
1st	Winnipeg	63 (7.0)	38 (4.2)	101 (5.6)
1st	Opponent	49 (5.4)	41 (4.6)	90 (5.0)
2nd	Winnipeg	106 (11.8)	82 (9.1)	188 (10.4)
2nd	Opponent	66 (7.3)	61 (6.8)	127 (7.1)
3rd	Winnipeg	77 (8.6)	38 (4.2)	115 (6.4)
3rd	Opponent	62 (6.9)	31 (3.4)	93 (5.2)
4th	Winnipeg	85 (9.4)	65 (7.2)	150 (8.3)
4th	Opponent	54 (6.0)	45 (5.0)	99 (5.5)

Head Coaches

Mike Riley (March 4, 1987 – Jan. 18, 1991)
Cal Murphy (Jan. 25, 1983 – Jan. 2, 1987)

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

Player — Tom Clements (Winner)
Defensive Player — James West (Division Finalist)
Offensive Lineman — Chris Walby (Winner)
Canadian Player — Scott Flagel (Winner)
Rookie — Ken Pettway (Team Nominee)

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