1993 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
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The 1993
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
finished in 1st place in the East Division with a 14–4 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup
for the second straight year but lost to the Edmonton Eskimos
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1993 CFL season
The 1993 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 40th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 36th Canadian Football League season.-CFL news in 1993:...
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 14–4 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup
81st Grey Cup
The 81st Grey Cup was the 1993 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta...
for the second straight year but lost to the Edmonton Eskimos
Edmonton Eskimos
The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...
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CFL Draft
| Rd | Pick | Player | Position | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Preseason
| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | June 17 | vs. Sacramento Gold Miners | 21–15 | Loss | 0–1 |
| B | June 25 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | 40–17 | Win | 1–1 |
Season standings
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 646 | 421 | 28 |
| 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 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 316 | 567 | 12 |
| 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 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 387 | 517 | 8 |
| 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 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 390 | 593 | 6 |
Season schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 6 | at Calgary Stampeders | 54–34 | Loss | 0–1 |
| 2 | July 17 | vs. BC Lions | 36–14 | Win | 1–1 |
| 3 | July 23 | vs. Ottawa Rough Riders | 21–18 | Win | 2–1 |
| 4 | July 29 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 40–11 | Win | 3–1 |
| 5 | Aug 3 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | 40–35 | Loss | 3–2 |
| 6 | Aug 13 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | 53–11 | Win | 4–2 |
| 7 | Aug 18 | at BC Lions | 48–28 | Loss | 4–3 |
| 8 | Aug 21 | at Sacramento Gold Miners | 30–18 | Win | 5–3 |
| 9 | Aug 29 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 35–11 | Win | 6–3 |
| 10 | Sept 5 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | 25–24 | Win | 7–3 |
| 11 | Sept 12 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | 41–23 | Win | 8–3 |
| 12 | Sept 19 | at Toronto Argonauts | 35–26 | Loss | 8–4 |
| 13 | Sept 26 | at Edmonton Eskimos | 52–14 | Win | 9–4 |
| 14 | Oct 2 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 61–10 | Win | 10–4 |
| 15 | Oct 9 | at Ottawa Rough Riders | 48–38 | Win | 11–4 |
| 16 | Oct 15 | vs. Sacramento Gold Miners | 33–26 | Win | 12–4 |
| 17 | Oct 30 | at Ottawa Rough Riders | 36–16 | Win | 13–4 |
| 18 | Nov 7 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 12–10 | Win | 14–4 |
East Final
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
? | ? | ? | ? | 20 |
| 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... |
? | ? | ? | ? | 19 |
Grey Cup
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton Eskimos Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895... |
17 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 33 |
| 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... |
0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
1993 CFL All-Stars
- RB – Mike Richardson, CFL All-Star
- WR – David WilliamsDavid Williams (wide receiver)David Williams is a former American football wide receiver. Williams was named consensus All-American twice at the University of Illinois, and is an inducted member of the College Football Hall of Fame....
, CFL All-Star - OG – David BlackDavid Black (football player)David Black is a former offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League.He played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1985 to 1996 and spent a portion of the 1995 season with the Ottawa Rough Riders. Black was a CFL all-star in 1993 and a CFL Eastern all-star in 1989,1993 and 1994...
, CFL All-Star - OT – Chris WalbyChris WalbyChris Walby is a retired Canadian Football League player who played the offensive tackle position almost exclusively with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers...
, CFL All-Star - P – Bob CameronBob Cameron (football player)Robert "Bob" Cameron is a former Canadian football player who played 23 seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League....
, CFL All-Star - LB – Elfrid PaytonElfrid PaytonElfrid Payton was an all-star football player in the Canadian Football League.Payton graduated from Grambling State University.-Career:Payton played with seven different teams over the course of his career....
, CFL All-Star - DB – Darryl SampsonDarryl Sampson (Canadian football)Darryl Sampson is a former defensive back who played eleven seasons in the Canadian Football League for two different teams. Sampson participated in 4 Grey Cups with victories in 1988 and 1990...
, CFL All-Star