2011 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

Canadian football team season March 2026 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2011 10–8 1st, East Paul LaPolice Joe Mack Canad Inns Stadium Lost Grey Cup Jovon Johnson Cory Watson Clarence Denmark Image:CFL WPG Jersey 2011.png Blue Bombers seasons The 2011 Winnipeg Blue Bombers was the 54th season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 79th overall. The Blue Bombers finished in first place in the East Division with a 10–8 record. The team clinched their first playoff berth since 2008 on October 7, 2011, after a 33–17 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. On November 20, 2011, The Blue Bombers defeated the Tiger-Cats 19–3 in the East Final, advancing to the 99th Grey Cup and extending their Grey Cup appearances record to 24. However, the Bombers lost the Grey Cup game 34–23 to the BC Lions, extending their drought to 21 years without a Grey Cup championship. Their Grey Cup appearance marked their final playoff game played in five seasons, failing to make the playoffs in the four subsequent seasons following their loss to the Lions team. Incidentally, their first playoff game subsequent to their four-year playoff drought was also against the same BC Lions team they lost in the Grey Cup game in 2011, losing in a 32-31 come-from-behind victory for the Lions, ending the 2016 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season. Additionally, the Blue Bombers wouldn't host another playoff game again until the 2017 CFL season, this time losing to the Edmonton Eskimos 39–32. The Blue Bombers set a franchise record for season tickets sold with 21,155 with 2011 being marketed as the last season at Canad Inns Stadium before the move to Investors Group Field. This record was in turn broken in 2012 after more than 22,000 were sold.http://bluebombers.com/article/blue-bombers-set-franchise-record-number-of-season-tickets-sold-general-sale-for-season-tickets-commences-monday Blue Bombers set franchise record number of season tickets sold; general sale for season tickets commences monday 2012-05-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20120528090225/http://www.bluebombers.com/article/blue-bombers-set-franchise-record-number-of-season-tickets-sold-general-sale-for-season-tickets-commences-monday 2012-05-28 dead Offseason CFL draft The 2011 CFL draft took place on Sunday, May 8, 2011.http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=188882771141305 yes March 2022 The Blue Bombers had six selections in the draft, and, for the first time since 1975, had the first overall selection in the draft. Winnipeg selected linebacker Henoc Muamba with the pick, making him the first St. Francis Xavier X-Men player to be drafted first overall. The Bombers also had the fourth overall pick after trading Steven Jyles to the Toronto Argonauts, in which they selected Jade Etienne from the University of Saskatchewan.Muamba taken first overall by Bombers https://www.cfl.ca/article/henoc-muamba-taken-first-overall-by-bombers CFL May 8, 2011 August 23, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20150526132728/http://www.cfl.ca/article/henoc-muamba-taken-first-overall-by-bombers May 26, 2015 dead Winnipeg also selected Kito Poblah in the 2011 supplemental draft, and must forfeit a first-round 2012 draft pick.Bombers select Poblah in Supplemental Draft https://www.cfl.ca/article/bombers-select-poblah-in-supplemental-draft CFL May 30, 2011 August 23, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202649/http://www.cfl.ca/article/bombers-select-poblah-in-supplemental-draft September 23, 2015 dead mdy-all Round Pick Player Position School/Club team 1 1 Henoc Muamba LB St. Francis Xavier 1 4 Jade Etienne WR Saskatchewan 3 17 Brendan Dunn DL/OL Western Ontario 4 24 Paul Swiston OL Calgary 5 32 Carl Volny RB Central Michigan 6 41 Liam Mahoney WR Concordia Preseason Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record A Thurs, June 16 at Montreal Alouettes 27–15 Loss 21,223 0–1 B Thurs, June 23 vs. Toronto Argonauts 30–23 Loss 29,117 0–2 Regular season Season standings Season schedule Week Date Opponent Score Result Attendance Record 1 Fri, July 1 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24–16 Win 23,852 1–0 2 Fri, July 8 vs. Toronto Argonauts 22–16 Win 27,638 2–0 3 Thurs, July 14 vs. Calgary Stampeders 21–20 Loss 27,890 2–1 4 Sat, July 23 at Toronto Argonauts 33–24 Win 21,189 3–1 5 Thurs, July 28 vs. BC Lions 25–20 Win 29,533 4–1 6 Fri, Aug 5 vs. Edmonton Eskimos 28–16 Win 29,533 5–1 7 Sat, Aug 13 at BC Lions 30–17 Win 24,131 6–1 8 Bye 6–1 9 Fri, Aug 26 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 30–27 Win 30,338 7–1 10 Sun, Sept 4 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 27–7 Loss 30,048 7–2 11 Sun, Sept 11 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders 45–23 Loss 30,518 7–3 12 Sun, Sept 18 at Montreal Alouettes 25–23 Win 24,642 8–3 13 Sat, Sept 24 at Toronto Argonauts 25–24 Loss 19,108 8–4 14 Fri, Sept 30 vs. Montreal Alouettes 32–26 Loss 30,447 8–5 15 Fri, Oct 7 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 33–17 Win 23,268 9–5 16 Sat, Oct 15 at Edmonton Eskimos 24–10 Loss 30,734 9–6 17 Sat, Oct 22 vs. Montreal Alouettes 26–25 Win 30,360 10–6 18 Fri, Oct 28 vs. Toronto Argonauts 27–22 Loss 29,751 10–7 19 Sat, Nov 5 at Calgary Stampeders 30–24 Loss 29,076 10–8 Roster 2011 Winnipeg Blue Bombers final roster Quarterbacks  7 I Alex Brink 18 I Justin Goltz  4 I Buck Pierce Running backs 33 N Nick FitzGibbon 19 I Chris Garrett 43 N James Green 39 N Michel-Pierre Pontbriand Receivers 84 I Greg Carr 89 I Clarence Denmark 82 I Terrence Edwards 15 N Aaron Hargreaves 27 N Kito Poblah 81 N Cory Watson Offensive linemen 59 I Andre Douglas T 64 N Chris Greaves G/T 69 I Glenn January T 60 N Obby Khan C 57 N Brendon LaBatte G/C 65 N Steve Morley G Defensive linemen 97 N Doug Brown DT 45 I Rodney Fritz DE 56 N Fernand Kashama DE 93 N Don Oramasionwu DT 92 I Bryant Turner DT 98 I Jason Vega DT/DE 40 I Odell Willis DE Linebackers 38 I Marcellus Bowman 46 I Merrill Johnson 41 I Clint Kent 47 N Pierre-Luc Labbé 10 N Henoc Muamba Defensive backs 20 I Deon Beasley 25 N Brady Browne 23 I Jonathan Hefney  2 I Jovon Johnson 31 N Ian Logan 22 I Darrell Pasco 18 I Johnny Sears 21 I Alex Suber Special teams 30 N Jamie Boreham P/K 50 N Chris Cvetkovic LS 17 N Justin Palardy K Reserve roster 68 I Kelly Butler T 54 I Kenny Mainor DE  9 N Mike Renaud P 90 I Dorian Smith DT Practice roster 86 I Kurt Adams WR 34 I Dustin Doe LB 80 N Cassidy Doneff WR 26 I Bloi-Dei Dorzon RB 51 I Javon McKinnon LB 94 N Deji Oduwole DE 66 N Justin Sorensen C Injured list 16 I Joey Elliott QB 7px (9 Game) 88 N Jade Etienne WR 7px (1 Game) 29 N Jerry-Ralph Jules DB 7px (1 Game) 67 N Chris Kowalczuk G 7px (9 Game) 58 I Joe Lobendahn MLB 7px (9 Game) 32 I Fred Reid 7px RB (9 Game)  8 I Brandon Stewart DB 7px (1 Game)  3 I Brandon Summers QB 7px (1 Game) 55 N Paul Swiston T 7px (9 Game) 24 N Carl Volny RB 7px (9 Game) Italics indicate International player Coaching staff 2011 Winnipeg Blue Bombers staff Front office Owner – Community owned (non-profit corporation owned by members) Chairperson of the board of governors – Bill Watchorn President/CEO – Jim Bell Vice president and general manager of football operations – Joe Mack Director of football operations – Ross Hodgkinson Director of player personnel – Ken Moll Head coaches Head coach – Paul LaPolice Assistant head coach – Richard Harris Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks – Jamie Barresi Receivers – Chris Wiesehan Offensive line – Pat DelMonaco Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Tim Burke Defensive line – Richard Harris Linebackers – Casey Creehan Defensive assistant – Markus Howell Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Kyle Walters Special teams assistant – Markus Howell → Coaching staff Player stats Passing Player Att Comp % Yards TD INT Rating Buck Pierce 411 261 63.5 3,348 14 18 82.0 Alex Brink 140 89 63.6 1,023 5 4 85.5 Joey Elliott 18 10 55.6 87 0 0 68.5 Justin Goltz 6 3 50.0 36 1 0 124.3https://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Passing/year/2011/ Passing 2011 Statistics CFL.ca Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20130829144329/http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Passing/year/2011 2013-08-29 dead Rushing Player Att Yards Avg. TD Fumble Fred Reid 181 759 4.2 4 1 Chris Garrett 92 576 6.3 4 0 Buck Pierce 51 324 6.4 2 1 Alex Brink 43 148 3.4 6 4 Clarence Denmark 7 81 11.6 0 1 Carl Volny 9 71 7.9 0 2https://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Rushing/year/2011/ Rushing 2011 Statistics CFL.ca Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20130829140244/http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Rushing/year/2011 2013-08-29 dead Receiving Player No. Yards Avg. Long TD Terrence Edwards 66 1,124 17.0 63 8 Clarence Denmark 65 818 12.6 82 5 Cory Watson 69 793 11.5 92 1 Greg Carr 46 648 14.1 59 4 Terence Jeffers-Harris 29 347 12.0 84 2 Aaron Hargreaves 30 292 9.7 21 0https://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Receiving/year/2011/ Receiving 2011 Statistics CFL.ca Official Site of the Canadian Football League 2017-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20130829105622/http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Receiving/year/2011 2013-08-29 dead Awards and records CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Jovon Johnson, CB 2011 CFL All-Stars OG – Brendon LaBatte, CFL All-Star DE – Odell Willis, CFL All-Star CB – Jovon Johnson, CFL All-Star DB – Jonathan Hefney, CFL All-Star S – Ian Logan, CFL All-Star Eastern All-Stars WR – Terrence Edwards, Eastern All-Star OT – Glenn January, Eastern All-Star OG – Brendon LaBatte, Eastern All-Star DT – Doug Brown, Eastern All-Star DE – Odell Willis, Eastern All-Star CB – Jovon Johnson, Eastern All-Star DB – Jonathan Hefney, Eastern All-Star S – Ian Logan, Eastern All-Star Playoffs Schedule Week Game Date Time Opponent Score Result Attendance 20 Bye 21 East Final Nov 20 12:00 PM CST vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 19–3 Win 30,051 22 Grey Cup Nov 27 5:30 PM CST at BC Lions 34–23 Loss 54,313 Bracket East Final Hamilton at Winnipeg Tiger-Cats Blue Bombers 3 0 0 0 0 10 3 6 November 20 Canad Inns Stadium Winnipeg, MB CST 12:00 PM 30,051 Clear; −13 °C; wind 19 km/h S Andre Proulx Rod Black (Play by Play), Duane Forde (Colour), Sara Orlesky (Sideline) TSN Grey Cup Winnipeg vs. BC Blue Bombers Lions 0 6 3 14 11 3 10 10 November 27 BC Place Stadium Vancouver, BC CST 5:30 PM 54,313 none (closed dome) Andre Proulx Chris Cuthbert (Play by Play), Glen Suitor (Colour) TSN References 30em WinnWinnipeg Blue Bombers Season, 2011 2011 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season Category:2011 in sports in Manitoba