2020 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

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2020 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
General manager Kyle Walters
Head coach Mike O'Shea
Home field IG Field
Results
RecordN/A
Division placeN/A, West
Playoff finishSeason cancelled
Uniform
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The 2020 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was scheduled to be the 63rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 88th season overall. The Blue Bombers would have entered the season as the defending Grey Cup champions for the first time in 29 years, having ended the franchise's lengthy drought with the previous year's championship win in the 107th Grey Cup game. This would have been the seventh season under head coach Mike O'Shea and the seventh full season under general manager Kyle Walters. [1]

Contents

Training camps, pre-season games, and regular season games were initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba. The CFL announced on April 7, 2020 that the start of the 2020 season would not occur before July 2020. [2] On May 20, 2020, it was announced that the league would likely not begin regular season play prior to September 2020. [3] On August 17, 2020, however, the season was officially cancelled due to COVID-19. [4]

Offseason

CFL National Draft

The 2020 CFL National Draft took place on April 30, 2020. [5] By virtue of finishing as Grey Cup champions in the previous season, the Blue Bombers selected last in each round of the eight-round draft, not including any traded picks. The team made one trade, acquiring Grey Cup starting quarterback, Zach Collaros, and a fifth-round pick from the Toronto Argonauts for the Blue Bombers' third-round pick and a conditional pick. [6] The condition of that trade was whether Collaros re-signed with Winnipeg, which he did, meaning that the Blue Bombers sent their first-round selection to the Argonauts. [7] On August 17 however, the season was officially cancelled due to COVID-19. [8]

RoundPickPlayerPositionUniversity TeamHometown
218 Noah Hallett DB McMaster London, ON
437 Brendan O′Leary-Orange WR Nevada Toronto, ON
539 Marc Liegghio K Western Woodbridge, ON
546 Nicholas Dheilly DL Saskatchewan Regina, SK
655 Kyle Rodger LB Ottawa Repentigny, QC
764 Tanner Cadwallader LB Wilfrid Laurier Georgetown, ON
873 Bleska Kambamba DB WesternLondon, ON

CFL Global Draft

The 2020 CFL Global Draft was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2020. [9] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this draft and its accompanying combine were postponed to occur just before the start of training camp, which was ultimately cancelled. [2] [10] The Blue Bombers were scheduled to select ninth in each round with the number of rounds never announced. [9]

Planned schedule

Preseason

WeekGameDateKickoffOpponentTVVenue
A1Sun, May 243:00 p.m. CDT vs. Edmonton Football Team NA IG Field
BBye
C2Fri, June 58:30 p.m. CDTat Saskatchewan Roughriders NA Mosaic Stadium

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Regular season

WeekGameDateKickoffOpponentTVVenue
11Sat, June 136:00 p.m. CDTat Hamilton Tiger-Cats TSN Tim Hortons Field
2Bye
32Fri, June 267:30 p.m. CDTvs. Calgary Stampeders TSN IG Field
43Fri, July 38:00 p.m. CDTat Edmonton Football Team TSN Commonwealth Stadium
54Thu, July 97:30 p.m. CDTvs. Montreal Alouettes TSN/RDS IG Field
65Thu, July 167:30 p.m. CDTvs. BC Lions TSNIG Field
7Bye
86Fri, July 316:00 p.m. CDTat Toronto Argonauts TSN BMO Field
97Thu, Aug 66:30 p.m. CDTat Ottawa Redblacks TSN TD Place Stadium
108Fri, Aug 147:30 p.m. CDTvs. Edmonton Football TeamTSNIG Field
119Thu, Aug 208:00 p.m. CDTat Calgary StampedersTSN McMahon Stadium
1210Thu, July 277:30 p.m. CDTvs. Ottawa RedblacksTSNIG Field
1311 Sun, Sept 6 6:00 p.m. CDTat Saskatchewan Roughriders TSN Mosaic Stadium
1412 Sat, Sept 12 3:00 p.m. CDTvs. Saskatchewan RoughridersTSNIG Field
1513Sat, Sept 196:00 p.m. CDTvs. Hamilton Tiger-CatsTSNIG Field
1614Fri, Sept 258:30 p.m. CDTat Calgary StampedersTSNMcMahon Stadium
17Bye
1815Fri, Oct 97:00 p.m. CDTvs. Edmonton Football TeamTSNIG Field
1916Sat, Oct 176:00 p.m. CDTvs. Toronto ArgonautsTSNIG Field
2017Fri, Oct 239:00 p.m. CDTat BC LionsTSN BC Place
2118Sat, Oct 313:00 p.m. CDTat Montreal AlouettesTSN/RDS Molson Stadium

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Team

Roster

Winnipeg Blue Bombers roster
Quarterbacks

Receivers

Running backs

Fullbacks

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Italics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player • 92 Roster
Roster updated 2020-08-17 • Depth chart Archived 2009-11-25 at the Wayback Machine • Transactions • More CFL rosters

Coaching staff

Winnipeg Blue Bombers staff
Front office
  • Owner – None
  • Chairperson of the board of governors – Dayna Spiring
  • President/CEO – Wade Miller
  • General manager of football operations – Kyle Walters
  • Assistant General Manager / Director of U.S. Scouting – Danny McManus
  • Assistant general manager / director of player personnel – Ted Goveia
  • Director of football operations – Matt Gulakow

Equipment staff

  • Head equipment manager – Brad Fotty
  • Assistant equipment manager – Kevin Todd
  • Assistant equipment manager – Jared Cronk
 

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

→ Coaching Staff Archived 2017-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
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  2. 1 2 "Ambrosie issues statement on behalf of CFL". cfl.ca. April 7, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
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