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1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

{{short description|Canadian football team season}}

{{Infobox NFL_season

| logo =

| team = Winnipeg Blue Bombers

| year = 1997

| record = 4–14

| division_place = 3rd, East

| general_manager = Jeff Reinebold

| coach = Jeff Reinebold

| stadium = Winnipeg Stadium

| playoffs = did not qualify

| uniform = Image:CFL WPG Jersey 1995.png

| shortnavlink = Blue Bombers seasons

}}

The 1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in third place in the East Division with a 4–14 record and failed to make the playoffs. This ended the second longest playoff streak in CFL history at 17 years (1980–1996).https://www.cfl.ca/article/by-the-numbers-playoffs {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029210615/http://www.cfl.ca/article/by-the-numbers-playoffs |date=2013-10-29 }} By the Numbers: Playoffs???!!!

Offseason

=CFL Draft=

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scope="col" style="{{Gridiron primary style|Winnipeg Blue Bombers|year=1997|border=2}};"| Round

! scope="col" style="{{Gridiron primary style|Winnipeg Blue Bombers|year=1997|border=2}};"| Pick

! scope="col" style="{{Gridiron primary style|Winnipeg Blue Bombers|year=1997|border=2}};"| Player

! scope="col" style="{{Gridiron primary style|Winnipeg Blue Bombers|year=1997|border=2}};"| Position

! scope="col" style="{{Gridiron primary style|Winnipeg Blue Bombers|year=1997|border=2}};"| School

align=center|3

|23 (via Edmonton)

|Marice Henriques

|S

|Colorado

5

|38

|Jonathan Swift

|LB

|Tennessee-Martin

6

|42

|Wayne Weathers

|DE

|Manitoba

= Ottawa Rough Riders Dispersal Draft =

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!Round

!Pick

!Player

!Pos

2

|13

|Obrad Spanic

|DL

3

|21

|Stacy Evans

|DE

4

|28

|Lubo Zizakovic

|DT

Regular season

=Season standings=

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|+ East Division

! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts

align="center"

| align="left" | Toronto Argonauts

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| align="left" | Montreal Alouettes

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align="center"

| align="left" |Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1841404435488
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| align="left" | Hamilton Tiger-Cats

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=Season schedule=

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! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" | Week

! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" | Date

! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" | Opponent

! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" | Result

! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" | Record

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! 1

| June 27

| at Toronto Argonauts

| L 23–38

| 0–1

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! 2

| July 3

| vs. Montreal Alouettes

| L 24–27

| 0–2

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! 3

| July 11

| at Hamilton Tiger-Cats

| W 33–18

| 1–2

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! 4

| July 19

| at BC Lions

| L 17–21

| 1–3

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! 5

| July 25

| vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats

| L 21–36

| 1–4

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! 6

| Aug 1

| at Calgary Stampeders

| L 22–43

| 1–5

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! 7

| Aug 7

| at Edmonton Eskimos

| L 11–45

| 1–6

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! 8

| Aug 14

| vs. Calgary Stampeders

| L 24–35

| 1–7

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! 9

| Aug 22

| vs. Montreal Alouettes

| L 21–26

| 1–8

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! 10

| Aug 31

| at Saskatchewan Roughriders

| W 43–12

| 2–8

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! 11

| Sept 7

| vs. Toronto Argonauts

| L 25–66

| 2–9

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! 12

| Sept 12

| at Montreal Alouettes

| L 28–29

| 2–10

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! 13

| Sept 19

| vs. BC Lions

| W 26–14

| 3–10

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! 14

| Sept 28

| vs. Toronto Argonauts

| L 9–41

| 3–11

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! 15

| Oct 5

| at Hamilton Tiger-Cats

| L 25–27

| 3–12

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! 16

| Oct 12

| vs. Edmonton Eskimos

| L 2–20

| 3–13

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! 17

| Oct 19

| at Montreal Alouettes

| L 34–41

| 3–14

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! 18

| Oct 24

| vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders

| W 55–9

| 4–14

{{Cite web|url=http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/winnipeg.htm|title=Winnipeg Blue Bombers historical Canadian Football League (CFL) scores, schedules, and analytics|access-date=2009-10-25|archive-date=2009-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311040717/http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/winnipeg.htm|url-status=dead}}

Awards and records

=1997 CFL All-Stars=

References

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{{1997 CFL season by team}}

{{Winnipeg Blue Bombers seasons}}

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