1987 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
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The 1987
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
finished in 1st place in the East Division with a 12–6 record. They hosted the East Final, but lost to the Toronto Argonauts
. This was the Blue Bombers first season in the East Division, having been moved from the West Division to replace the Montreal Alouettes
, who folded just prior to the regular season.
1987 CFL season
The 1987 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 34th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 30th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1987:...
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...
finished in 1st place in the East Division with a 12–6 record. They hosted the East Final, but lost to the Toronto Argonauts
Toronto Argonauts
The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...
. This was the Blue Bombers first season in the East Division, having been moved from the West Division to replace the Montreal Alouettes
Montreal Alouettes
The Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...
, who folded just prior to the regular season.
CFL Draft
Rd | Pick | Player | Position | School |
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Preseason
Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
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A | June 6 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27–14 | Loss | 0–1 |
B | June 11 | vs. BC Lions | 35–14 | Win | 1–1 |
Standings
Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
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Winnipeg Blue Bombers Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded... |
18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 554 | 409 | 24 |
Toronto Argonauts Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta... |
18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 484 | 427 | 23 |
Hamilton Tiger-Cats Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium... |
18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 470 | 509 | 14 |
Ottawa Rough Riders Ottawa Rough Riders The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. One of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s, a... |
18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 377 | 598 | 6 |
Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record | |
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1 | June 25 | at Toronto Argonauts | 38–30 | Win | 1–0 | |
2 | July 3 | vs. Ottawa Rough Riders | 51–24 | Win | 2–0 | |
3 | July 10 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | 38–22 | Win | 3–0 | |
4 | July 16 | at Calgary Stampeders | 21–14 | Win | 4–0 | |
5 | June 24 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | 42–28 | Loss | 4–1 | |
6 | Bye | |||||
7 | Aug 8 | vs. BC Lions | 30–22 | Win | 5–1 | |
8 | Aug 14 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 26–14 | Loss | 5–2 | |
9 | Aug 22 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | 35–6 | Win | 6–2 | |
10 | Aug 30 | at BC Lions | 24–23 | Loss | 6–3 | |
11 | Sept 6 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | 29–25 | Win | 7–3 | |
12 | Sept 13 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | 40–5 | Win | 8–3 | |
13 | Sept 20 | at BC Lions | 30–20 | Loss | 8–4 | |
14 | Sept 26 | at Ottawa Rough Riders | 36–13 | Win | 9–4 | |
15 | Oct 4 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 47–14 | Win | 10–4 | |
16 | Oct 12 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | 38–20 | Win | 11–4 | |
17 | Bye | |||||
18 | Oct 25 | at Edmonton Eskimos | 39–24 | Loss | 11–5 | |
19 | Nov 1 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 24–23 | Win | 12–5 | |
20 | Nov 8 | at Toronto Argonauts | 20–18 | Loss | 12–6 |
East Final
Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
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Toronto Argonauts Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta... |
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Winnipeg Blue Bombers Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded... |
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