2008 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

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2008 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
Head coach Doug Berry
Home stadium Canad Inns Stadium
Results
Record8–10
Division place2nd, East
PlayoffsLost East Semi-Final
Uniform
CFL WPG Jersey 2008.png

The 2008 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 51st season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 76th overall. The Blue Bombers attempted to win their 11th Grey Cup championship, but they lost in the Eastern Semi-Final game against the Edmonton Eskimos, who crossed over from the West.

Contents

Offseason

CFL draft

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers moved up in the CFL draft without even making a trade. The Bombers moved into the sixth spot in the CFL's college entry draft when the Montreal Alouettes lost their first choice. The Alouettes lost the choice because the club exceeded its salary cap by more than $100,000. [1]

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool/Club Team
16 Brendon LaBatte OL Regina
215 Aaron Hargreaves WR Simon Fraser
324 (via Edmonton via Saskatchewan) Daryl Stephenson RB Windsor
431 Marc Bestwick DBSaint Mary's
539 Don Oramasionwu DLManitoba
647 Pierre-Luc Labbé LBSherbrooke

Transactions

Regular season

On September 12 at Rogers Centre, Milt Stegall became the most prolific receiver in the history of the CFL. [4] The slotback caught a 92-yard pass at 9:02 in the second quarter to raise his career total to 14,983, breaking the mark of 14,891 yards previously held by former Stampeders receiver Allen Pitts. [4] Stegall took a pass from Kevin Glenn and scored a touchdown, his second of the game. It put the Bombers ahead 28–3. [4] The touchdown was Stegall's 14,983rd career receiving yard.[ citation needed ] With the record broken, the announced crowd of 28,453 stood to applaud the milestone.

Season standings

TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Montreal Alouettes 18117061044322 Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18810043549016 Details
Toronto Argonauts 1841403976278 Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1831504415936 Details

Transactions

Season schedule

WeekDateOpponentScoreResultAttendanceRecord
1June 27vs. Toronto Argonauts 23–16Loss26,1550–1
2July 4at Montreal Alouettes 38–24Loss20,2020–2
3July 11vs. BC Lions 42–24Loss26,7350–3
4July 18at BC Lions27–18Loss37,1740–4
5July 24vs. Calgary Stampeders 32–28Win26,8821–4
6Aug 1at Toronto Argonauts19–11Loss28,5231–5
7Aug 8vs. Montreal Alouettes39–11Loss27,6741–6
8Aug 14vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37–24Win25,4842–6
9Bye2–6
10 Aug 31 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 19–6Loss30,9852–7
11 Sept 7 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders34–31Loss29,7702–8
12Sept 12at Toronto Argonauts39–9Win28,4533–8
13Sept 19at Hamilton Tiger-Cats25–23Win19,1024–8
14Sept 26vs. Edmonton Eskimos 30–23Win29,7945–8
15Oct 4at Edmonton Eskimos36–22Loss40,4535–9
16Oct 10vs. Toronto Argonauts25–16Win27,3686–9
17Oct 18at Calgary Stampeders37–16Loss30,1106–10
18Oct 26at Montreal Alouettes24–23Win20,2027–10
19Nov 1vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats44–30Win24,5958–10

Roster

2008 Winnipeg Blue Bombers roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Inactive List

Practice Roster


Italics indicate Import player
Roster updated 2008-10-11
Depth Chart Transactions
46 Active, 10 Inactive, 7 PS

Statistics

Offence

Passing

PlayerAttComp %YardsTDINTRating
Kevin Glenn45429364.53637202085.6
Ryan Dinwiddie1609358.112995679.2
Bryan Randall22940.9990136.0
Fred Reid100001(−414.6)
Timmy Chang 100.00002.1

[6]

Rushing

PlayerAttYardsAvg.TDFumbles
Fred Reid1017097.030
Joe Smith1246175.050
Kevin Glenn291023.502
Ryan Dinwiddie211014.811
Bryan Randall12786.500
Terrence Edwards4328.000

[7]

Receiving

PlayerNo.YardsAvg.LongTD
Romby Bryant63115618.3859
Derick Armstrong81101012.5635
Terrence Edwards76101013.3647
Arjei Franklin5262011.9731
Milt Stegall 3047015.7923

[8]

Milt Stegall Has 14,750 receiving yards

Defence

Awards and records

CFL All-Stars

CFL Eastern All-Stars

[9]

Milestones

Playoffs

East Semi-Final

Date and time: Saturday, November 8, 12:00 PM Central Standard Time
Venue: Canad Inns Stadium, Winnipeg, Manitoba

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Edmonton Eskimos 3188029
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 870621

References

  1. CANOE – SLAM! Sports – CFL – Winnipeg: Bombers movin' on up [ usurped ]
  2. CANOE – SLAM! Sports – CFL – Winnipeg: Blue strike QB gold [ usurped ]
  3. 1 2 CANOE – SLAM! Sports – CFL – Winnipeg: Bombers veteran Stegall to miss training camp [ usurped ]
  4. 1 2 3 https://sports.yahoo.com/cfl/news?slug=cp-cfl_stegall_record&prov=cp&type=lgns%5B%5D
  5. [ usurped ]
  6. "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  7. "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  8. "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2008-10-10. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  9. "CFL.ca - 2008 East & West Division All-Stars". Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2017-08-23.