Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1988 Season on CFLdb Statistics

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
The Grey Cup
- Nov. 27, 1988 Won 22 – 21 vs BC in Ottawa, ON

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1988 Season Resources 1988 WPG Team Roster 1988 WPG Attendance

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Sun Jun 26 3:30 PM	WPG 6 vs SSK 41	L	5,100
A	Wed Jun 29 7:30 PM	WPG 30 @ OTT 25 OT	W	17,647
B	Tue Jul 5 9:00 PM	TOR 26 @ WPG 22	L	21,491

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Tue Jul 12 10:30 PM	WPG 3 @ BC 36	L	38,347	CFN
2	Thu Jul 21 8:00 PM	HAM 9 @ WPG 21	W	23,316	CBC
3	Fri Jul 29 9:00 PM	WPG 18 @ SSK 46	L	24,301	CFN
4	Sat Aug 6 8:00 PM	BC 21 @ WPG 38	W	24,854	CBC
5	Sat Aug 13 8:00 PM	OTT 28 @ WPG 17	L	23,293	CBC
6	Fri Aug 19 9:00 PM	WPG 21 @ EDM 46	L	30,172	CFN
7	Wed Aug 24 9:30 PM	WPG 12 @ CGY 11	W	21,012	CFN
8	Wed Aug 31 8:30 PM	SSK 35 @ WPG 38	W	26,177	TSN
9	Sun Sep 4 4:00 PM	WPG 19 @ SSK 29	L	29,438	CFN
10	Sun Sep 11 1:30 PM	BC 8 @ WPG 34	W	23,281	CBC
11	Sat Sep 17 8:00 PM	CGY 20 @ WPG 14	L	25,587	TSN
12	Sat Sep 24 7:30 PM	WPG 31 @ OTT 0	W	18,523	TSN
13	Sun Oct 2 2:00 PM	SSK 20 @ WPG 32	W	27,356	TSN
14	Mon Oct 10 3:00 PM	EDM 17 @ WPG 21	W	26,298	CBC
15	Sun Oct 16 1:00 PM	WPG 35 @ HAM 29	W	14,106	CBC
16	Sun Oct 23 1:30 PM	WPG 13 @ TOR 36	L	23,324	CFN
17	Sun Oct 30 1:30 PM	TOR 22 @ WPG 16	L	26,360	CBC
18	Sat Nov 5 10:30 PM	WPG 24 @ BC 45	L	35,963	TSN

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 13 1:30 PM	HAM 28 @ WPG 35	W	12,210	CFN
P2	Sun Nov 20 1:30 PM	WPG 27 @ TOR 11	W	26,091	CBC

Week	Date/Time (EST	Result		Attendance	TV
GC	Sun Nov 27 5:00 PM	BC 21 vs WPG 22	W	50,604	CFN, CBC

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

Full 1988 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	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)

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)

Summary
By Quarter

	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

	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)

Head Coach

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

Assistant Coaches

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

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 – Chris Walby
1 – Mike Gray
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 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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1988 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Amateur 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