Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1996 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 3rd in the West Division
West Division Semi-final
- Nov. 10, 1996 Lost 7 – 68 @ Edmonton

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1996 Season Resources 1996 WPG Team Roster 1996 WPG Attendance


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Mon Jun 10 8:30 PM	BC 35 @ WPG 29	L	22,959
B	Fri Jun 21 9:30 PM	WPG 34 @ EDM 31	W	34,091


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Jun 29 9:30 PM	WPG 12 @ CGY 39	L	23,081
2	Sat Jul 6 8:30 PM	BC 22 @ WPG 25	W	25,416	TSN
3	Thu Jul 11 8:30 PM	TOR 35 @ WPG 14	L	24,882	PPV
4	Wed Jul 17 9:30 PM	WPG 27 @ EDM 16	W	28,751
5	Wed Jul 24 7:30 PM	WPG 10 @ MTL 36	L	32,364	RDS, ESPN2, TSN
5	Mon Jul 29 8:30 PM	CGY 36 @ WPG 38	W	24,900
7	Fri Aug 9 8:00 PM	OTT 27 @ WPG 31	W	25,219	TSN
8	Thu Aug 15 10:30 PM	WPG 38 @ BC 13	W	15,531
9	Mon Aug 26 8:30 PM	BC 22 @ WPG 20	L	25,209
10	Sun Sep 1 4:00 PM	WPG 23 @ SSK 41	L	25,876
11	Sun Sep 8 2:00 PM	HAM 15 @ WPG 33	W	25,690
13	Fri Sep 20 8:30 PM	EDM 41 @ WPG 12	L	28,744	TSN
14	Sat Sep 28 8:00 PM	WPG 37 @ SSK 15	W	19,861	CBC
15	Sat Oct 5 1:00 PM	WPG 12 @ TOR 28	L	17,310	CBC
16	Sun Oct 13 2:00 PM	SSK 14 @ WPG 20	W	26,161	CBC
17	Fri Oct 18 7:30 PM	WPG 15 @ HAM 25	L	17,567	TSN, RDS
18	Sat Oct 26 2:00 PM	WPG 30 @ OTT 29	W	15,095	RDS, TSN
19	Fri Nov 1 8:00 PM	MTL 42 @ WPG 24	L	25,968	TSN, RDS


Week	Date/Time (EST )	Result		Attendance	TV
P1	Sun Nov 10 4:00 PM	WPG 7 @ EDM 68	L	13,472	CBC

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	0	2	63	66	W1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	9	9	0	18	421	496	L1	3-3-0
Home	9	5	4	0	10	217	254	L1	3-3-0
Visitor	9	4	5	0	8	204	242	W1	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	10	6	4	0	12	252	259	W2	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	3	5	0	6	169	237	L1	3-3-0

Full 1996 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 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (3-2-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (2-4-0)	6 (4-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	11 (5-6-0)
After 2nd	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (4-4-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	14 (5-9-0)
After 3rd	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	8 (4-4-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	14 (5-9-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	9 (9-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (0-9-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ WPG	WPG @
Divisional	0.433	3-2-0 (5)	3-2-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.528	2-2-0 (4)	1-3-0 (4)
BC Lions (3)	0.278	1-1-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.722	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.611	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (3)	0.278	1-0-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.444	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.667	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.167	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.833	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1996	1995 +/-
Average Combined Score	50.94	-7.78
Average Winning Score	31.00	+2.86
Average Losing Score	15.78	-3.04
Average Home Score	24.11	-4.22
Average Visitor Score	22.67	+6.11
Average Margin of Victory	10.22	+4.79
Average Margin of Loss	18.56	-7.54

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Winnipeg	217 (24.1)	204 (22.7)	421 (23.4)
Total	Opponent	242 (26.9)	254 (28.2)	496 (27.6)
1st	Winnipeg	43 (4.8)	36 (4.0)	79 (4.4)
1st	Opponent	68 (7.6)	66 (7.3)	134 (7.4)
2nd	Winnipeg	39 (4.3)	56 (6.2)	95 (5.3)
2nd	Opponent	86 (9.6)	85 (9.4)	171 (9.5)
3rd	Winnipeg	49 (5.4)	48 (5.3)	97 (5.4)
3rd	Opponent	34 (3.8)	61 (6.8)	95 (5.3)
4th	Winnipeg	86 (9.6)	64 (7.1)	150 (8.3)
4th	Opponent	54 (6.0)	42 (4.7)	96 (5.3)

Head Coach

Cal Murphy (Jan. 1, 1993 – Nov. 15, 1996)

Assistant Coaches

Mike Kelly – Offensive backfield
Rod Humeniuk – Offensive line
Don Burrell – Defensive secondary
Mike Roach – Linebackers
Dick Adams – Special teams

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1996 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Myron Wise

Defensive Star

3 – K.D. Williams
1 – Charlie Clemons
1 – Greg Clark

Lineman Star

1 – Angelo Snipes
1 – Chris Walby

1996 Player Awards and Nominations

1996 Most Outstanding

Player — K.D. Williams (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Angelo Snipes (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Chris Walby (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Chris Walby (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Eric Guliford (Team Nominee)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1996 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

LB	K.D. Williams

3 All-Division Selections

T	Chris Walby
LB	Angelo Snipes
LB	K.D. Williams

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1996 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–4 (4)		Andrew Henry (DB)	Long Island-Post
2–2 (11)	[TOR]	Harry Van Hofwegen (DL)	Carleton
2–4 (13)		Sean Reade (RB)	Western Ontario
3–4 (22)		Shane Speena (LB)	Henderson State
4–4 (31)		Leonard Jean-Pierre (RB)	York
5–4 (40)		Stuart MacKenzie (OT)	Western Kentucky
6–4 (48)		Mark Holmstrom (LB)	Manitoba
7–4 (57)		Gerald Lewis (LB)	Eastern Michigan