2009 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

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2009 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
Head coach Mike Kelly
Home field Canad Inns Stadium
Results
Record7–11
Division place3rd, East
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Uniform
CFL WPG Jersey 2009.png

The 2009 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 52nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 77th overall. The Blue Bombers were in the playoff hunt until the last game of the season, at home, against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, but lost the game and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2005, finishing the season with a disappointing 7–11 record.

Contents

Off-season

On February 18, Milt Stegall announced his retirement from the Blue Bombers. [1]

New coach Mike Kelly made many roster moves to re-shape the team that lost the 95th Grey Cup in 2007 and slid to an 8 win and 10 loss record in the 2008 season. [2]

CFL draft

The 2009 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2009. Due to trades, the Blue Bombers did not have a selection until the third round, when they chose lineman Mike Morris from UBC. [3]

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool/Club Team
319 Mike Morris OLUBC
427 Adam Bestard OLWilfrid Laurier
535 Peter Quinney FBWilfrid Laurier
645 Thaine Carter LBQueen's

Notable transactions

Pre-season

DateOpponentScoreResult
June 17Hamilton Tiger-Cats32–22Win
June 24@ Montreal Alouettes31–27Loss

Regular season

Division standings

East Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Montreal Alouettes 18153060032430 Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1899044942818 Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18711038650814 Details
Toronto Argonauts 1831503285026 Details

Season schedule

WeekDateOpponentScoreResultAttendanceRecord
1July 2at Edmonton Eskimos 19–17Loss30,6500–1
2July 10 Calgary Stampeders 42–30Win29,5331–1
3July 18at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 25–13Loss24,2921–2
4July 24 Toronto Argonauts 19–5Loss28,4661–3
5August 1at Toronto Argonauts13–12Win23,8212–3
6August 8at Calgary Stampeders31–23Loss35,6502–4
7August 15 Montreal Alouettes 39–12Loss25,0532–5
8August 21at BC Lions 37–10Win27,9833–5
9Bye
10Sept 6at Saskatchewan Roughriders 29–14Loss30,9453–6
11Sept 13Saskatchewan Roughriders55–10Loss29,5333–7
12Sept 20at Montreal Alouettes33–14Loss20,2023–8
13Sept 26Toronto Argonauts29–24Win22,4464–8
14Oct 2Edmonton Eskimos27–17Win21,9655–8
15Oct 12at Hamilton Tiger-Cats38–28Win19,5626–8
16Oct 18BC Lions24–21Loss24,0486–9
17Oct 24Montreal Alouettes41–24Win21,3787–9
18Nov 1at Montreal Alouettes48–13Loss20,2027–10
19Nov 8Hamilton Tiger-Cats39–17Loss29,0387–11

Roster

2009 Winnipeg Blue Bombers roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Slotbacks

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Inactive List

Practice Roster

Italics indicate Import player
Roster updated 2009-10-08
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Active, 8 Inactive, 8 PR

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Statistics

Offence

Passing

PlayerAttComp %YardsTDINTRating
Michael Bishop 40420450.53035151968.3
Stefan LeFors 884146.64592260.8
Bryan Randall 20630.05804(−44.2)
Richie Williams 10330.0300139.6
Casey Bramlet 14214.31803(−70.0)

[5]

Rushing

PlayerAttYardsAvg.TDFumbles
Fred Reid 23813715.872
Yvenson Bernard 533366.304
Brock Ralph 221356.102
Michael Bishop 19844.406
Stefan LeFors 15684.502
Lavarus Giles 14543.920
Mike Renaud 1252500
Ricky Santos 7243.410
Bryan Randall 4235.800
Romby Bryant 4123.001
Richie Williams 294.500
Gavin Walls 199.000
Jon Oosterhuis 100.000

[6]

Receiving

PlayerNo.YardsAvg.LongTD
Adarius Bowman 5592516.8556
Terrence Edwards 5281615.7575
Brock Ralph 4355913.0322
Titus Ryan 828535.6653
Romby Bryant 2023211.6360
Otis Amey 1818810.4470
Fred Reid 211577.5241
Yvenson Bernard 171539.0290
Aaron Hargreaves 1414210.1170
Dudley Guice, Jr. 67612.7330
Arjei Franklin 55310.6180
Jon Oosterhuis 44110.3190
Craphonso Thorpe 22713.5140
Steve Morley 188.080
Riall Johnson 188.080
Daryl Stephenson 111.010

[7]

Awards and records

Playoffs

The Blue Bombers finished third in the East Division with a record of 7 wins and 11 losses. The BC Lions, who finished fourth in the West, had a better record of 8 wins and 10 losses, and under the cross-over rule eliminated Winnipeg from the playoffs. The Lions went on to play the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East semi-final at Ivor Wynne Stadium, winning 34-27 in overtime before losing to the Montreal Alouettes in Montreal in the East Final.

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References

  1. ↑ [usurped]
  2. ↑ Owen, Judy (2009-06-09). "New Bombers coach Mike Kelly has wasted no time putting stamp on CFL club". Winnipeg Sun. Archived from the original on June 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ↑ Penton, Kirk (2009-05-02). "Bombers draft four Canucks". Winnipeg Sun. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  4. ↑ [usurped]
  5. ↑ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-06-27. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  6. ↑ "Rushing 2009 | Statistics | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  7. ↑ "Receiving 2009 | Statistics | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
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