The Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1988 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ 1988 Season

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the East Division
East Division Semi-final
- Nov. 13, 1988 Won 35 – 28 vs Hamilton
East Division Final
- Nov. 20, 1988 Won 27 – 11 @ Toronto
Grey Cup Championship
- Nov. 27, 1988 Won 22 – 21 vs BC in Ottawa, ON

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1988 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1987: 28 players
1988 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1988 Record
	GP	W	L	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	3	1	2	2	58	92	L1	1-2-0
Regular Season	18	9	9	18	407	458	L3	3-3-0
Home	9	6	3	12	231	180	L1	4-2-0
Visitor	9	3	6	6	176	278	L2	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	6	3	3	6	133	124	L2	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	12	6	6	12	274	334	L1	3-3-0

Full 1988 League Standings

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1988 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ WPG	WPG @
Divisional	0.463	1-2-0 (3)	2-1-0 (3)
Non-Divisional	0.546	5-1-0 (6)	1-5-0 (6)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.500	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa Rough Riders (2)	0.111	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.778	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
BC Lions (4)	0.556	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.333	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Edmonton Eskimos (2)	0.611	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (4)	0.611	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)

Coaches

Head Coach

Mike Riley (March 4, 1987 – Jan. 18, 1991)

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Assistant Coaches

Bruce Lemmerman – Quarterbacks
Scott Schuhmann – Offensive line
Bob Padilla – Linebackers
Gene Gaines – Defensive secondary
Urban Bowman – Defensive line

1988 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Attendance

Capacity: 32,946
Total: 226,522
High: 27,356
Avg: 25,169 (9 out of 9 games)
Diff from 1987 Avg: -1,671
Low: 23,281
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 76.40
Diff from League Avg: +940

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Team Scoring

	1988	1987 +/-
Average Combined Score	48.06	5.44
Average Winning Score	29.11	6.47
Average Losing Score	16.11	5.06
Average Home Score	25.67	11.11
Average Visitor Score	19.56	5.22
Average Margin of Victory	12.44	4.97
Average Margin of Loss	18.11	7.44

Stadium

1988 home stadium: Winnipeg Stadium
Capacity: 32,946
Playing surface: Fixed Artificial Turf (AstroTurf-like)
Previous stadium change: 1988 – Artificial turf

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Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Winnipeg	45	60	105	86	50	136	45	32	77	55	34	89	231 (25.7)	176 (19.6)	407 (22.6)
Opponent	43	64	107	59	70	129	35	58	93	43	86	129	278 (30.9)	180 (20.0)	458 (25.4)

Lead/Trailed Record by Quarter

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	3 (3-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	4 (2-2-0)	3 (2-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	4 (1-3-0)	6 (5-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)	8 (3-5-0)
After 2nd	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	9 (6-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (3-6-0)
After 3rd	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	9 (7-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (2-7-0)
After 4th	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	9 (9-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (0-9-0)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1988 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

2 – James Murphy

Defensive Star

2 – Bennie Thompson
1 – James West
1 – Rod Hill

Lineman Star

1 – Mike Gray
1 – Chris Walby
1 – Rob Prodanovic

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1988 Player Awards and Nominations

1988 Most Outstanding

Player — James Murphy (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Bennie Thompson (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Lyle Bauer (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bob Cameron (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Dan Wicklum (Team Nominee)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1988 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–3 (3)	[HAM]	Dan Wicklum (LB)	Guelph
1–5 (5)		Ryan Hanson (RB)	Slippery Rock
3–1 (17)	[OTT]	Brian Wise (DE)	Utah
3–5 (21)		Rob Crifo (WR)	Toronto
4–1 (25)	[OTT]	Brad Tierney (OL)	Acadia
4–5 (29)		Michael Allen (CB)	Carleton
5–5 (37)		John Hoffman (DHB)	Saskatchewan
6–5 (45)		Matt Fitzpatrick (DE)	British Columbia (UBC)
7–5 (53)		Rob Deluca (K)	McMaster
8–5 (61)		Jim Taplin (FB)	Acadia

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1988 All-Star Selections

3 All-Canadian Selections

WR	James Murphy
S	Bennie Thompson
P	Bob Cameron

6 All-Division Selections

WR	James Murphy
G	Nick Bastaja
MLB	James West
CB	James Jefferson, III
S	Bennie Thompson
P	Bob Cameron

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1988 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	1	Sun. June 26 3:30 PM	WPG 6 vs SSK 41	L	5,100
	3	Wed. June 29 7:30 PM	WPG 30 @ OTT 25 OT	W	17,647
B	6	Tue. July 5 9:00 PM	TOR 26 @ WPG 22	L	21,491
1	9	Tue. July 12 10:30 PM	WPG 3 @ BC 36	L	38,347	CFN
2	14	Thu. July 21 8:00 PM	HAM 9 @ WPG 21	W	23,316	CBC
3	19	Fri. July 29 9:00 PM	WPG 18 @ SSK 46	L	24,301	CFN
4	24	Sat. Aug. 6 8:00 PM	BC 21 @ WPG 38	W	24,854	CBC
5	28	Sat. Aug. 13 8:00 PM	OTT 28 @ WPG 17	L	23,293	CBC
6	31	Fri. Aug. 19 9:00 PM	WPG 21 @ EDM 46	L	30,172	CFN
7	33	Wed. Aug. 24 9:30 PM	WPG 12 @ CGY 11	W	21,012	CFN
8	38	Wed. Aug. 31 8:30 PM	SSK 35 @ WPG 38	W	26,177	TSN
9	41	Sun. Sept. 4 4:00 PM	WPG 19 @ SSK 29	L	29,438	CFN
10	47	Sun. Sept. 11 1:30 PM	BC 8 @ WPG 34	W	23,281	CBC
11	50	Sat. Sept. 17 8:00 PM	CGY 20 @ WPG 14	L	25,587	TSN
12	54	Sat. Sept. 24 7:30 PM	WPG 31 @ OTT 0	W	18,523	TSN
13	59	Sun. Oct. 2 2:00 PM	SSK 20 @ WPG 32	W	27,356	TSN
14	64	Mon. Oct. 10 3:00 PM	EDM 17 @ WPG 21	W	26,298	CBC
15	66	Sun. Oct. 16 1:00 PM	WPG 35 @ HAM 29	W	14,106	CBC
16	71	Sun. Oct. 23 1:30 PM	WPG 13 @ TOR 36	L	23,324	CFN
17	75	Sun. Oct. 30 1:30 PM	TOR 22 @ WPG 16	L	26,360	CBC
18	77	Sat. Nov. 5 10:30 PM	WPG 24 @ BC 45	L	35,963	TSN
P1	81	Sun. Nov. 13 1:30 PM	HAM 28 @ WPG 35	W	12,210	CFN
P2	83	Sun. Nov. 20 1:30 PM	WPG 27 @ TOR 11	W	26,091	CBC
GC	85	Sun. Nov. 27 5:00 PM	BC 21 vs WPG 22	W	50,604	CFN, CBC