Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1997 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 3rd in the East Division and lost a playoff position in the crossover

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1997 Season Resources 1997 WPG Team Roster 1997 WPG Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Sat Jun 7 4:00 PM	CGY 24 @ WPG 20	L	23,438
B	Fri Jun 13 9:30 PM	WPG 21 @ SSK 39	L	19,681


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Fri Jun 27 7:30 PM	WPG 23 @ TOR 38	L	16,551	TSN
2	Thu Jul 3 8:30 PM	MTL 27 @ WPG 24	L	20,497
3	Fri Jul 11 7:30 PM	WPG 33 @ HAM 18	W	12,136	TSN
4	Sat Jul 19 10:30 PM	WPG 17 @ BC 21	L	22,312	TSN
5	Fri Jul 25 8:30 PM	HAM 36 @ WPG 21	L	20,683	TSN
6	Fri Aug 1 9:30 PM	WPG 22 @ CGY 43	L	22,752	TSN
7	Thu Aug 7 9:30 PM	WPG 11 @ EDM 45	L	29,293
8	Thu Aug 14 8:30 PM	CGY 35 @ WPG 24	L	19,674
9	Fri Aug 22 8:30 PM	MTL 26 @ WPG 21	L	19,930
10	Sun Aug 31 4:00 PM	WPG 43 @ SSK 12	W	29,788	TSN
11	Sun Sep 7 2:00 PM	TOR 66 @ WPG 25	L	21,080	CBC
12	Fri Sep 12 7:30 PM	WPG 28 @ MTL 29	L	10,259	TSN, RDS
13	Fri Sep 19 8:30 PM	BC 14 @ WPG 26	W	21,732	TSN
14	Sun Sep 28 2:00 PM	TOR 41 @ WPG 9	L	20,004	CBC
15	Sun Oct 5 2:00 PM	WPG 25 @ HAM 27	L	14,987	RDS
16	Sun Oct 12 2:00 PM	EDM 20 @ WPG 2	L	18,524	CBC
17	Sun Oct 19 1:00 PM	WPG 34 @ MTL 41	L	6,721	CBC, RDS
18	Fri Oct 24 8:00 PM	SSK 9 @ WPG 55	W	30,222	RDS, TSN

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	0	2	0	0	41	63	L2	0-2-0
Regular Season	18	4	14	0	8	443	548	W1	2-4-0
Home	9	2	7	0	4	207	274	W1	2-4-0
Visitor	9	2	7	0	4	236	274	L3	1-5-0
Divisional opponent	10	1	9	0	2	243	349	L7	0-6-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	3	5	0	6	200	199	W1	3-3-0

Full 1997 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 (2-1-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (0-3-0)	5 (2-3-0)	2 (0-2-0)	2 (0-2-0)	8 (4-4-0)	5 (0-5-0)	5 (0-5-0)
After 2nd	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	5 (2-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	8 (4-4-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (0-10-0)
After 3rd	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	4 (2-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	8 (4-4-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (0-10-0)
After 4th	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	14 (0-14-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ WPG	WPG @
Divisional	0.572	0-5-0 (5)	1-4-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.528	2-2-0 (4)	1-3-0 (4)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.111	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (4)	0.722	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (3)	0.833	0-2-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
BC Lions (2)	0.444	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.556	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.667	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.444	1-0-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1997	1996 +/-
Average Combined Score	55.06	+4.11
Average Winning Score	39.25	+8.25
Average Losing Score	20.43	+4.65
Average Home Score	23.00	-1.11
Average Visitor Score	26.22	+3.56
Average Margin of Victory	26.00	+15.78
Average Margin of Loss	14.93	-3.63

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Winnipeg	207 (23.0)	236 (26.2)	443 (24.6)
Total	Opponent	274 (30.4)	274 (30.4)	548 (30.4)
1st	Winnipeg	45 (5.0)	54 (6.0)	99 (5.5)
1st	Opponent	55 (6.1)	43 (4.8)	98 (5.4)
2nd	Winnipeg	55 (6.1)	64 (7.1)	119 (6.6)
2nd	Opponent	74 (8.2)	92 (10.2)	166 (9.2)
3rd	Winnipeg	61 (6.8)	51 (5.7)	112 (6.2)
3rd	Opponent	74 (8.2)	52 (5.8)	126 (7.0)
4th	Winnipeg	46 (5.1)	67 (7.4)	113 (6.3)
4th	Opponent	71 (7.9)	87 (9.7)	158 (8.8)

Head Coach

Jeff Reinebold (Jan. 7, 1997 – Oct. 8, 1998)

Assistant Coaches

James Murphy – Receivers
Pat Perles – Offensive line
Mike Roach – Defensive Coordinator
Dick Adams – Defensive secondary
Ken Cherwinski – Quality control
Joe Paopao – Assistant Head Coach

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1997 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Ronald Williams

Defensive Star

None

Lineman Star

1 – Shont'e Peoples

1997 Player Awards and Nominations

1997 Most Outstanding

Player — Milt Stegall (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Shont'e Peoples (Division Finalist)
Offensive Lineman — Chris Perez (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Craig Hendrickson (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Mike Mihelic (Team Nominee)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1997 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

WR	Milt Stegall
LB	Shont'e Peoples

2 All-Division Selections

WR	Milt Stegall
LB	Shont'e Peoples

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
3–7 (23)	[EDM]	Maurice Henriques (S)	Colorado
5–4 (37)		Jonathan Swift (LB)	Tennessee-Martin
6–4 (44)		Wayne Weathers (DE)	Manitoba