The Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2008 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ 2008 Season

Season Summary

Finished 2nd in the East Division
East Division Semi-final
- Nov. 8, 2008 Lost 21 – 29 vs Edmonton

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2008 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2008 Record

	GP	W	L	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	2	1	1	2	29	28	W1	1-1-0
Regular Season	18	8	10	16	435	490	W2	4-2-0
Home	9	5	4	10	250	259	W3	4-2-0
Visitor	9	3	6	6	185	231	W1	3-3-0
Divisional opponent	10	6	4	12	256	244	W6	6-0-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	2	6	4	179	246	L2	2-4-0

Full 2008 League Standings

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2008 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ WPG	WPG @
Divisional	0.322	3-2-0 (5)	3-2-0 (5)
Non-Divisional	0.639	2-2-0 (4)	0-4-0 (4)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.167	2-0-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.611	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Toronto Argonauts (4)	0.222	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)
BC Lions (2)	0.611	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Calgary Stampeders (2)	0.722	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Eskimos (2)	0.556	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.667	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Team Scoring

	2008	2007 +/-
Average Combined Score	51.39	+4.56
Average Winning Score	32.00	+5.90
Average Losing Score	17.90	-1.96
Average Home Score	27.78	+3.33
Average Visitor Score	20.56	-3.78
Average Margin of Victory	10.00	+0.00
Average Margin of Loss	13.50	+4.21

2008 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Attendance

Capacity: 29,530
Total: 244,357
High: 29,794
Avg: 27,150 (9 out of 9 games)
Diff from 2007 Avg: -550
Low: 24,595
Sellouts: 2
% of Capacity: 91.94
Diff from League Avg: -1,622

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Coaches

Head Coaches

Mike Kelly (Dec. 2, 2008 – Dec. 17, 2009)
Doug Berry (Dec. 15, 2005 – Nov. 12, 2008)

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Assistant Coaches

Kit Cartwright – Quarterbacks
Bob Wylie – Offensive line
Cory McDiarmid – Running backs
Bob Dyce – Receivers
Greg Marshall – Defensive Coordinator
Dan Daniel – Defensive backs
Richard Harris – Defensive line

Stadium

2008 home stadium: Canad Inns Stadium
Capacity: 29,530
Playing surface: Granulated Rubber Filled Artificial Turf (FieldTurf-like)
Previous stadium change: 2003 – Artificial turf replacement

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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	50	42	92	62	66	128	53	41	94	85	36	121	250 (27.8)	185 (20.6)	435 (24.2)
Opponent	45	46	91	61	114	175	76	32	108	77	39	116	231 (25.7)	259 (28.8)	490 (27.2)

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)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (2-2-0)	4 (2-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	4 (1-3-0)	8 (4-4-0)	2 (1-1-0)	8 (3-5-0)
After 2nd	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	2 (2-0-0)	1 (0-1-0)	6 (1-5-0)	8 (7-1-0)	1 (0-1-0)	9 (1-8-0)
After 3rd	6 (5-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	3 (2-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)	9 (7-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (1-8-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	8 (8-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (0-10-0)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2008 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

1 – Ryan Dinwiddie
1 – Ricky Ray

Defensive Star

None

Canadian Star

1 – Doug Brown

Special Teams Star

3 – Jason Armstead
1 – Alexis Serna

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2008 Player Awards and Nominations

2008 Most Outstanding

Player — Doug Brown (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Doug Brown (Division Finalist)
Offensive Lineman — Dan Goodspeed (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Doug Brown (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Brendon LaBatte (Team Nominee)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2008 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–6 (6)		Brendon LaBatte (OL)	Regina
2–7 (15)		Aaron Hargreaves (WR)	Simon Fraser
3–8 (24)	[EDM]	Daryl Stephenson (RB)	Windsor
4–7 (31)		Marc Beswick (DB)	Saint Mary's
5–7 (39)		Don Oramasionwu (DL)	Manitoba
6–7 (47)		Pierre-Luc Labbe (LB)	Sherbrooke

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2008 All-Star Selections

3 All-Canadian Selections

T	Dan Goodspeed
DT	Doug Brown
LB	Zeke Moreno

6 All-Division Selections

RB	Fred Reid
T	Dan Goodspeed
DT	Doug Brown
DE	Gavin Walls
LB	Zeke Moreno
DHB	Kelly Malveaux

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2008 Schedule

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Thu. June 12 7:00 PM	WPG 10 @ HAM 12	L	15,231
B	Thu. June 19 8:00 PM	MTL 16 @ WPG 19	W	29,553
1	Fri. June 27 8:00 PM	TOR 23 @ WPG 16	L	26,155	TSN
2	Fri. July 4 7:00 PM	WPG 24 @ MTL 38	L	20,202	TSN, RDS
3	Fri. July 11 8:00 PM	BC 42 @ WPG 24	L	26,735	TSN
4	Fri. July 18 10:00 PM	WPG 18 @ BC 27	L	37,174	TSN
5	Thu. July 24 8:00 PM	CGY 28 @ WPG 32	W	26,882	TSN
6	Fri. Aug. 1 7:00 PM	WPG 11 @ TOR 19	L	28,523	TSN
7	Fri. Aug. 8 7:30 PM	MTL 39 @ WPG 11	L	27,674	TSN, RDS
8	Thu. Aug. 14 8:00 PM	HAM 24 @ WPG 37	W	25,484	TSN
10	Sun. Aug. 31 3:00 PM	WPG 6 @ SSK 19	L	30,985	TSN
11	Sun. Sept. 7 4:00 PM	SSK 34 @ WPG 31	L	29,770	TSN
12	Fri. Sept. 12 7:00 PM	WPG 39 @ TOR 9	W	28,453	TSN
13	Fri. Sept. 19 7:30 PM	WPG 25 @ HAM 23	W	19,102	TSN
14	Fri. Sept. 26 8:00 PM	EDM 23 @ WPG 30	W	29,794	TSN
15	Sat. Oct. 4 7:00 PM	WPG 22 @ EDM 36	L	40,453	TSN
16	Fri. Oct. 10 7:30 PM	TOR 16 @ WPG 25	W	27,268	TSN
17	Sat. Oct. 18 6:30 PM	WPG 16 @ CGY 37	L	30,110	TSN
18	Sun. Oct. 26 1:00 PM	WPG 24 @ MTL 23	W	20,202	TSN, RDS
19	Sat. Nov. 1 2:00 PM	HAM 30 @ WPG 44	W	24,595	TSN
P1	Sat. Nov. 8 1:00 PM	EDM 29 @ WPG 21	L	27,493	TSN