1979 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season explained

Team:	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Year:	1979
Record:	4–12
Division Place:	4th, West
General Manager:	Earl Lunsford
Coach:	Ray Jauch
Playoffs:	did not qualify
Uniform:	Image:CFL WPG Jersey 1971.png -->
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The 1979 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in fourth place in the Western Conference with a 4–12 record and failed to make the playoffs.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
T	T	Rick Chernoff	TE
T	T	Bill Yaworsky	DE	Manitoba
1	5		TB	Simon Fraser
2	14	Jim Dziedzina	TE	Simon Fraser
3	22	Walt Passaglia	WR	Simon Fraser
3	23	Doug Biggerstaff	DE	British Columbia
4	31	Chris Brewer	DE	Acadia
4	32	Jim McHugh	LB	McMaster
5	41	Bob McEachern	LB	Weber State
6	50	Gerry Hatherly	LB	Manitoba
7	59	Barry Safinuik	TB	Manitoba

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results	Venue	Attendance
Score	Record
A	Sun, June 10	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 13–35	0–1	Winnipeg Stadium	21,584
B	Mon, June 18	at Ottawa Rough Riders	L 12–13	0–2	Lansdowne Park	18,870
C	Tue, June 26	at BC Lions	L 6–12	0–3	Empire Stadium	17,511
D	Wed, July 4	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 16–10	1–3	Winnipeg Stadium	21,501

Regular season

Standings

Western Football Conference! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts

Edmonton Eskimos	16	12	2	2	495	219	26
Calgary Stampeders	16	12	4	0	382	278	24
BC Lions	16	9	6	1	328	333	19
	16	4	12	0	283	340	8
	16	2	14	0	194	437	4

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results	Venue	Attendance
Score	Record
1	1	Tue, July 10	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 10–28	0–1	Winnipeg Stadium	24,024
2	2	Wed, July 18	at Calgary Stampeders	L 7–35	0–2	McMahon Stadium	33,196
3	3	Tue, July 24	vs. BC Lions	L 18–19	0–3	Empire Stadium	24,727
4	Bye
5	4	Tue, Aug 7	at Montreal Alouettes	L 10–25	0–4	Olympic Stadium	41,232
6	5	Tue, Aug 14	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 27–21	1–4	Winnipeg Stadium	24,660
7	6	Tue, Aug 21	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 13–41	1–5	Commonwealth Stadium	42,778
8	7	Tue, Aug 28	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 30–1	2–5	Winnipeg Stadium	25,159
8	8	Mon, Sept 3	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 28–11	3–5	Taylor Field	22,190
9	9	Sun, Sept 9	vs. BC Lions	L 15–17	3–6	Winnipeg Stadium	27,203
10	10	Sat, Sept 15	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	L 19–22	3–7	Winnipeg Stadium	25,644
11	11	Sun, Sept 23	at Calgary Stampeders	L 23–28	3–8	McMahon Stadium	30,125
12	12	Sat, Sept 29	at BC Lions	L 21–22	3–9	Empire Stadium	23,964
13	13	Mon, Oct 8	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 13–18	3–10	Winnipeg Stadium	22,429
14	14	Sat, Oct 13	at Toronto Argonauts	L 15–19	3–11	Exhibition Stadium	35,106
15	15	Sun, Oct 21	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 23–14	4–11	Winnipeg Stadium	23,032
16	16	Sun, Oct 28	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 11–19	4–12	Commonwealth Stadium	42,778

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Awards and honors

• CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award – John Helton (DT)

CFL All-Stars

• DT – John Helton

Notes and References

1. Web site: Winnipeg Blue Bombers historical Canadian Football League (CFL) scores, schedules, and analytics. 2009-08-15. 2009-03-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20090311040717/http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/winnipeg.htm. dead.