1988 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

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1988 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
General manager Cal Murphy
Head coach Mike Riley
Home stadium Winnipeg Stadium
Results
Record9–9
Division place2nd, East
PlayoffsWon Grey Cup

The 1988 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in second place in the East Division with a 9–9 record. They won the Grey Cup 22–21 over the favoured BC Lions, becoming the first team ever to win the Grey Cup with only a .500 record.

Contents

Offseason

CFL draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool

Preseason

WeekDateOpponentResultRecord
AJune 26at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 6–410–1
BJune 29at Ottawa Rough Riders W 30–251–1
CJuly 5vs. Toronto Argonauts L 22–261–2

Regular season

Standings

TeamGPWLTPtsPFPADivStk
Toronto Argonauts 181440285713268–2W7 Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18990184074583–3L3 Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18990184784656–4L1 Details
Ottawa Rough Riders 18216042786181–9L2 Details

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecord
1July 12at BC Lions L 3–360–1
2July 21vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 21–91–1
3July 29at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 18–461–2
4Aug 6vs. BC LionsW 38–212–2
5Aug 13vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 17–282–3
6Aug 19at Edmonton Eskimos L 21–462–4
7Aug 24at Calgary Stampeders W 12–113–4
8Aug 31vs. Saskatchewan RoughridersW 38–354–4
9Sept 4at Saskatchewan RoughridersL 19–294–5
10Sept 11vs. BC LionsW 34–85–5
11Sept 17vs. Calgary StampedersL 14–205–6
12Sept 24at Ottawa Rough RidersW 31–06–6
13Oct 2vs. Saskatchewan RoughridersW 32–207–6
14Oct 10vs. Edmonton EskimosW 21–178–6
15Oct 16at Hamilton Tiger-CatsW 35–299–6
16Oct 23at Toronto Argonauts L 13–369–7
17Oct 30vs. Toronto ArgonautsL 16–229–8
18Nov 5at BC LionsL 24–459–9

Playoffs

East Semi-Final

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1109828
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 31571035

East Final

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 477927
Toronto Argonauts 038011

Grey Cup

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 4105322
BC Lions 784221

References