1996 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

1996 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
Head coach	Cal Murphy
Home field	Winnipeg Stadium
Results
Record	9–9
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Semi-Final
Uniform

The 1996 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 3rd place in the West division with a 9–9 record. They appeared in the West Semi-Final.

Offseason

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	June 29	at Calgary Stampeders	39–12	Loss	0–1
2	July 6	vs. BC Lions	25–22	Win	1–1
3	July 11	vs. Toronto Argonauts	35–14	Loss	1–2
4	July 17	at Edmonton Eskimos	27–16	Win	2–2
5	July 24	at Montreal Alouettes	36–10	Loss	2–3
6	July 29	vs. Calgary Stampeders	38–36	Win	3–3
7	Aug 9	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	31–27	Win	4–3
8	Aug 15	at BC Lions	38–13	Win	5–3
9	Aug 26	vs. BC Lions	22–20	Loss	5–4
10	Sept 1	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	41–23	Loss	5–5
11	Sept 8	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	33–15	Win	6–5
12	Sept 20	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	41–12	Loss	6–6
13	Sept 28	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	37–15	Win	7–6
14	Oct 5	at Toronto Argonauts	28–12	Loss	7–7
15	Oct 13	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	20–14	Win	8–7
16	Oct 18	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	25–15	Loss	8–8
17	Oct 26	at Ottawa Rough Riders	30–29	Win	9–8
18	Nov 1	vs. Montreal Alouettes	42–24	Loss	9–9

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	1	0	0	6	7
Edmonton Eskimos	10	21	15	22	68

1996 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1996 CFL Draft 84th Grey Cup

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Founded in 1930 Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches

Stadiums	Osborne Stadium Canad Inns Stadium Investors Group Field

Culture	Buzz and Boomer Labatt Blue

Lore	Labour Day Classic Banjo Bowl Swaggerville First team from Western Canada to win the Grey Cup

Important figures	Paul Bennett Ralph "Dieter" Brock Less Browne Tom "Citation" Casey Tom Clements Carl Cronin Andrew Currie Matt Dunigan Bill Frank Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Tommy Grant G. Sydney Halter Frank Hannibal Fritz Hanson John Helton Dick Huffman W.P. Billy Hughes Jack Jacobs Eddie James Gerry James Greg Kabat Les Lear Leo "Lincoln Locomotive" Lewis Earl Lunsford Chester "Ches" McCance Cal Murphy James Murphy Ken Ploen Joe Poplawski Russ "The Wisconsin Wraith" Reholz Frank Rigney Joseph Ryan Karl Slocomb Milt Stegall Art Stevenson Robert Porter "Buddy" Tinsley Troy Westwood Chris Walby Bert Warwick

Key personnel	CEO: Wade Miller General Manager: Kyle Walters Head Coach: Mike O'Shea

Grey Cup Championships (10)	1935 1939 1941 1958 1959 1961 1962 1984 1988 1990

Western Division Championships (16)	1935 1937 1938 1939 1937 1945 1946 1947 1950 1953 1957 1958 1959 1961 1962 1965 1984

Eastern Division Championships (7)	1988 1990 1992 1993 2001 2007 2011

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West Division

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