1979 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

Canadian football team season March 2026 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1979 4–12 4th, West Earl Lunsford Ray Jauch Winnipeg Stadium did not qualify Blue Bombers seasons The 1979 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in fourth place in the Western Conference with a 4–12 record and failed to make the playoffs. Offseason CFL draft Round Pick Player Position School T T Rick Chernoff TE Manitoba T T Bill Yaworsky DE Manitoba 1 5 Rick House TB Simon Fraser 2 14 Jim Dziedzina TE Simon Fraser 3 22 Walt Passaglia WR Simon Fraser 3 23 Doug Biggerstaff DE British Columbia 4 31 Chris Brewer DE Acadia 4 32 Jim McHugh LB McMaster 5 41 Bob McEachern LB Weber State 6 50 Gerry Hatherly LB Manitoba 7 59 Barry Safinuik TB Manitoba Roster 1979 Winnipeg Blue Bombers final roster Quarterbacks  5 I Dieter Brock  6 I Bill Troup Running backs 39 I Richard Holmes 35 N John McCorquindale 27 I Jim Washington  7 I Larry Washington Wide receivers 28 N Brian Gervais 70 I Mike Holmes 31 N Rick House 78 N Les Huggins 77 N Bob O'Doherty 24 N Walt Passaglia Tight ends 79 I Tennie Pierce Offensive linemen 43 N John Bonk C 54 N Bart Evans G 48 N Gerry Inglis C/G 67 N John Malinosky T 66 I Butch Norman T 61 I Bobby Thompson T/G 60 I Charlie Turner G Defensive linemen 58 N Marv Allemang DE 99 I John Helton DE/DT 73 I Billy Howard DT 56 N Leon Lyszkiewicz DT 76 I Gary Silvestri DE Special teams 10 N Bernie Ruoff K/P Linebackers 72 N Leo Ezerins 53 N John Martini 57 I James Reed 52 N Tom Schultz 32 N Bob Toogood Defensive backs 22 N Steve Gelley 25 N Harry Kruger  9 I Vince Phason  8 I Reggie Pierson 21 N Gary Rozolowich 26 I Ricky Wesson 20 I Charles Williams Injured list 71 N Joe Poplawski WR 33 I Ed Preston DB Italics indicate International player Preseason Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A Sun, June 10 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 13–35 0–1 Winnipeg Stadium 21,584 B Mon, June 18 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 12–13 0–2 Lansdowne Park 18,870 C Tue, June 26 at BC Lions L 6–12 0–3 Empire Stadium 17,511 D Wed, July 4 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 16–10 1–3 Winnipeg Stadium 21,501 Regular season Standings + Western Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA PtsEdmonton Eskimos 16 12 2 2 495 219 26Calgary Stampeders 16 12 4 0 382 278 24 BC Lions 16 9 6 1 328 333 19 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 4 12 0 283 340 8 Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 2 14 0 194 437 4 Schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 Tue, July 10 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 10–28 0–1 Winnipeg Stadium 24,024 2 2 Wed, July 18 at Calgary Stampeders L 7–35 0–2 McMahon Stadium 33,196 3 3 Tue, July 24 vs. BC Lions L 18–19 0–3 Empire Stadium 24,727 4 Bye 5 4 Tue, Aug 7 at Montreal Alouettes L 10–25 0–4 Olympic Stadium 41,232 6 5 Tue, Aug 14 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 27–21 1–4 Winnipeg Stadium 24,660 7 6 Tue, Aug 21 at Edmonton Eskimos L 13–41 1–5 Commonwealth Stadium 42,778 8 7 Tue, Aug 28 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 30–1 2–5 Winnipeg Stadium 25,159 8 8 Mon, Sept 3 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 28–11 3–5 Taylor Field 22,190 9 9 Sun, Sept 9 vs. BC Lions L 15–17 3–6 Winnipeg Stadium 27,203 10 10 Sat, Sept 15 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 19–22 3–7 Winnipeg Stadium 25,644 11 11 Sun, Sept 23 at Calgary Stampeders L 23–28 3–8 McMahon Stadium 30,125 12 12 Sat, Sept 29 at BC Lions L 21–22 3–9 Empire Stadium 23,964 13 13 Mon, Oct 8 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 13–18 3–10 Winnipeg Stadium 22,429 14 14 Sat, Oct 13 at Toronto Argonauts L 15–19 3–11 Exhibition Stadium 35,106 15 15 Sun, Oct 21 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 23–14 4–11 Winnipeg Stadium 23,032 16 16 Sun, Oct 28 at Edmonton Eskimos L 11–19 4–12 Commonwealth Stadium 42,778 http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/winnipeg.htm Winnipeg Blue Bombers historical Canadian Football League (CFL) scores, schedules, and analytics 2009-08-15 2009-03-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20090311040717/http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/winnipeg.htm dead Awards and honors CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award – John Helton (DT) CFL All-Stars DT – John Helton References Category:Winnipeg Blue Bombers seasons Category:1979 Canadian Football League season by team Category:1979 in sports in Manitoba