The Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1996 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ 1996 Season

Season Summary

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

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1996 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1995: 30 players
1996 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1996 Record
	GP	W	L	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	2	63	66	W1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	9	9	18	421	496	L1	3-3-0
Home	9	5	4	10	217	254	L1	3-3-0
Visitor	9	4	5	8	204	242	W1	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	10	6	4	12	252	259	W2	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	3	5	6	169	237	L1	3-3-0

Full 1996 League Standings

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1996 Opponent Appearances

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 Eskimos (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 Rough Riders (2)	0.167	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.833	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Coaches

Head Coach

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

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Assistant Coaches

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

1996 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Attendance

Capacity: 33,675
Total: 232,189
High: 28,744
Avg: 25,798 (9 out of 9 games)
Diff from 1995 Avg: +2,910
Low: 24,882
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 76.61
Diff from League Avg: +3,553

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Team Scoring

	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

Stadium

1996 home stadium: Winnipeg Stadium
Capacity: 33,675
Playing surface: Fixed Artificial Turf (AstroTurf-like)
Previous stadium change: 1995 – Expansion

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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	43	36	79	39	56	95	49	48	97	86	64	150	217 (24.1)	204 (22.7)	421 (23.4)
Opponent	66	68	134	85	86	171	61	34	95	42	54	96	242 (26.9)	254 (28.2)	496 (27.6)

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	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)

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

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 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 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

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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Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1996 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	1	Mon. June 10 8:30 PM	BC 35 @ WPG 29	L	22,959
B	9	Fri. June 21 9:30 PM	WPG 34 @ EDM 31	W	34,091
1	14	Sat. June 29 9:30 PM	WPG 12 @ CGY 39	L	23,081
2	18	Sat. July 6 8:30 PM	BC 22 @ WPG 25	W	25,416	TSN
3	21	Thu. July 11 8:30 PM	TOR 35 @ WPG 14	L	24,882	PPV
4	25	Wed. July 17 9:30 PM	WPG 27 @ EDM 16	W	28,751
5	28	Wed. July 24 7:30 PM	WPG 10 @ MTL 36	L	32,364	RDS, ESPN2, TSN
	32	Mon. July 29 8:30 PM	CGY 36 @ WPG 38	W	24,900
7	39	Fri. Aug. 9 8:00 PM	OTT 27 @ WPG 31	W	25,219	TSN
8	43	Thu. Aug. 15 10:30 PM	WPG 38 @ BC 13	W	15,531
9	50	Mon. Aug. 26 8:30 PM	BC 22 @ WPG 20	L	25,209
10	52	Sun. Sept. 1 4:00 PM	WPG 23 @ SSK 41	L	25,876
11	58	Sun. Sept. 8 2:00 PM	HAM 15 @ WPG 33	W	25,690
13	63	Fri. Sept. 20 8:30 PM	EDM 41 @ WPG 12	L	28,744	TSN
14	68	Sat. Sept. 28 8:00 PM	WPG 37 @ SSK 15	W	19,861	CBC
15	72	Sat. Oct. 5 1:00 PM	WPG 12 @ TOR 28	L	17,310	CBC
16	76	Sun. Oct. 13 2:00 PM	SSK 14 @ WPG 20	W	26,161	CBC
17	79	Fri. Oct. 18 7:30 PM	WPG 15 @ HAM 25	L	17,567	TSN, RDS
18	84	Sat. Oct. 26 7:30 PM	WPG 30 @ OTT 29	W	15,095	RDS, TSN
19	87	Fri. Nov. 1 8:00 PM	MTL 42 @ WPG 24	L	25,968	TSN, RDS
P1	92	Sun. Nov. 10 4:00 PM	WPG 7 @ EDM 68	L	13,472	CBC