The Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ 2012 Season

Season Summary

  • Finished 3rd (in tiebreaker) in the East Division and lost a playoff position in the crossover

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2012 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2012 Record
GP W L T PTS PF PA Streak L6
Pre-season 2 1 1 0 2 47 36 L1 1-1-0
Regular Season 18 6 12 0 12 376 531 W1 3-3-0
    Home 9 4 5 0 8 206 212 W1 2-4-0
    Visitor 9 2 7 0 4 170 319 L1 2-4-0
   Divisional opponent 10 5 5 0 10 262 261 W1 4-2-0
   Non-divisional opponent 8 1 7 0 2 114 270 L5 1-5-0

Full 2012 League Standings

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2012 Opponent Appearances

Opponent Opp. Win %
Divisional 0.494 3-2-0 (5) 2-3-0 (5)
Non-Divisional 0.556 1-3-0 (4) 0-4-0 (4)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3) 0.333
Montreal Alouettes (4) 0.611
Toronto Argonauts (3) 0.500
BC Lions (2) 0.722
Calgary Stampeders (2) 0.667
Edmonton Eskimos (2) 0.389
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2) 0.444

Coaches

Head Coaches

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Assistant Coaches
  • Gary Crowton – Offensive Coordinator
  • Markus Howell – Receivers
  • Pat DelMonaco – Offensive line
  • Tim Burke – Defensive Coordinator
  • Chip Garber – Linebackers
  • Will Plemons – Defensive line
  • Kyle Walters – Special Teams Coordinator

2012 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Attendance

  • Capacity: 29,530
  • Total: 251,830
  • High: 30,077
  • Avg: 27,981 (9 out of 9 games)
  • Diff from 2011 Avg: -1,577
  • Low: 25,462
  • Sellouts: 4
  • % of Capacity: 94.75
  • Diff from League Avg: -209

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Team Scoring

20122011 +/-
Average Combined Score 50.39 2.39 +
Average Winning Score 29.83 2.23 +
Average Losing Score 16.42 3.08 -
Average Home Score 22.89 1.78 -
Average Visitor Score 18.89 4.44 -
Average Margin of Victory 9.17 1.67 +
Average Margin of Loss 17.50 8.13 +

Stadium

  • 2012 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
HVT HVT HVT HVT H (PPG)V (PPG)T (PPG)
Winnipeg 153045 5843101 384684 9551146 206 (22.9)170 (18.9)376 (20.9)
Opponent 6877145 64117181 343771 4688134 319 (35.4)212 (23.6)531 (29.5)

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 2 (1-1-0) 2 (1-1-0) 5 (2-3-0) 2 (2-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (0-7-0) 4 (3-1-0) 2 (1-1-0) 12 (2-10-0)
After 2nd 2 (1-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (3-4-0) 2 (2-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (0-7-0) 4 (3-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) 14 (3-11-0)
After 3rd 1 (1-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 7 (2-5-0) 2 (2-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (0-7-0) 3 (3-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 14 (2-12-0)
After 4th 4 (4-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 5 (0-5-0) 2 (2-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 7 (0-7-0) 6 (6-0-0) 0 (0-0-0) 12 (0-12-0)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2012 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

  • 2 – Joey Elliott
  • 1 – Chad Simpson

    • Defensive Star

    • 1 – Alex Hall
    • 1 – Jason Vega

Canadian Star

  • 2 – Henoc Muamba

    • Special Teams Star

    • 1 – Justin Palardy
    • 1 – Demond Washington

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2012 Player Awards and Nominations

2012 Most Outstanding
  • Player — Chad Simpson (Team Nominee)
  • Defensive Player — Alex Hall (Team Nominee)
  • Offensive Lineman — Glenn January, Jr. (Team Nominee)
  • Canadian Player — Henoc Muamba (Team Nominee)
  • Rookie — Chris Matthews (Winner)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2012 Draft Picks

Round–Pick
(Overall)		[Via]Player (Position)College/Program
1–3 (3) [HAM] Tyson Pencer (OL) Washington State
1–7 Forfeited pick for 2011 Supplemental Draft Pick Kito Poblah
3–2 (16) [TOR] Johnny Aprile (WR) Queen's
3–7 (21) Christo Bilukidi (DE) Georgia State
4–1 (23) [SSK] Rene Stephan (LB) Harding
4–7 (29) Jake Thomas (DL) Acadia

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2012 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections
DT Bryant Turner, Jr.
7 All-Division Selections
RB Chad Simpson
R Chris Matthews
T Glenn January, Jr.
DT Bryant Turner, Jr.
DE Alex Hall
DHB Jonathan Hefney
CB Jovon Johnson

* – indicates unanimous selection

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Week Game Details (EDT
A 3
Thu. June 14
7:30 PM
 WPG 22 @ MTL 10 W 20,005
B 6
Wed. June 20
8:00 PM
 HAM 26 @ WPG 25 L 28,300 TSN2
1 10
Fri. June 29
10:00 PM
 WPG 16 @ BC 33 L 29,351 TSN, RDS2
2 13
Fri. July 6
7:00 PM
 WPG 30 @ MTL 41 L 21,016 TSN, RDS
3 18
Fri. July 13
9:00 PM
 WPG 10 @ EDM 42 L 32,067 TSN
4 21
Wed. July 18
7:30 PM
 WPG 22 @ TOR 25 L 22,485 TSN
5 25
Thu. July 26
8:30 PM
 EDM 22 @ WPG 23 W 29,533 TSN, RDS2
6 29
Fri. Aug. 3
8:30 PM
 MTL 36 @ WPG 26 L 29,533 TSN, RDS
8 33
Thu. Aug. 16
8:00 PM
 HAM 25 @ WPG 32 W 27,039 TSN
9 38
Fri. Aug. 24
8:00 PM
 BC 20 @ WPG 17 L 29,533 RDS2, TSN
10 42
Sun. Sept. 2
4:00 PM
 WPG 0 @ SSK 52 L 33,427 TSN
11 48
Sun. Sept. 9
1:00 PM
 SSK 25 @ WPG 24 L 30,077 TSN
12 49
Fri. Sept. 14
9:00 PM
 WPG 3 @ CGY 44 L 28,247 TSN, RDS2
13 53
Fri. Sept. 21
8:00 PM
 HAM 12 @ WPG 34 W 26,577 TSN
14 59
Sat. Sept. 29
7:00 PM
 TOR 29 @ WPG 10 L 27,169 TSN
15 63
Mon. Oct. 8
1:00 PM
 WPG 27 @ MTL 22 W 23,201 RDS, TSN
16 66
Sat. Oct. 13
1:00 PM
 CGY 32 @ WPG 21 L 25,462 TSN, RDS2
17 69
Fri. Oct. 19
7:00 PM
 WPG 44 @ TOR 32 W 23,419 TSN
18 74
Sat. Oct. 27
1:00 PM
 WPG 18 @ HAM 28 L 29,722 TSN, RDS2
19 79
Sat. Nov. 3
3:00 PM
 MTL 11 @ WPG 19 W 26,907 TSN, RDS