2017 MEDIA GUIDE 2017 MEDIA GUIDE GAME SCHEDULE 2017 GAME SCHEDULE PRE-SEASON PS-A Saturday, June, 10 Winnipeg @ Saskatchewan 8:00PM PS-B THURSDAY, JUNE 15 EDMONTON VS WINNIPEG 7:30PM WEEK DATE GAME WPG TIME 1 BYE WEEK 2 Saturday, July 1 Winnipeg @ Saskatchewan 8:00PM 3 FRIDAY, JULY 7 CALGARY VS WINNIPEG 7:30PM 4 THURSDAY, JULY 13 TORONTO VS WINNIPEG 7:30PM 5 Friday, July 21 Winnipeg @ B.C. 9:00PM 6 THURSDAY, JULY 27 MONTREAL VS WINNIPEG 7:30PM 7 Friday, August 4 Winnipeg @ Ottawa 6:00PM 8 Saturday, August 12 Winnipeg @ Hamilton 6:30PM 9 THURSDAY, AUGUST 17 EDMONTON VS WINNIPEG 7:30PM 10 Thursday, August 24 Winnipeg @ Montreal 6:30PM 11 Sunday, September 3 Winnipeg @ Saskatchewan 3:00PM 12 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 SASKATCHEWAN VS WINNIPEG 2:00PM 13 BYE WEEK 14 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 OTTAWA VS WINNIPEG 7:00PM 15 Saturday, September 30 Winnipeg @ Edmonton 8:30PM 16 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 HAMILTON VS WINNIPEG 7:30PM 17 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 B.C. VS WINNIPEG 3:00PM 18 Saturday, October 21 Winnipeg @ Toronto 3:00PM 19 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 B.C. VS WINNIPEG 3:00PM 20 Friday, November 3 Winnipeg @ Calgary 8:30PM CFL PLAYOFFS P1 Sunday, November 12 Eastern Semi-Final TBD P1 Sunday, November 12 Western Semi-Final TBD P2 Sunday, November 19 Eastern Final TBD P2 Sunday, November 19 Western Final TBD GREY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP P3 Sunday, November 26 105 Grey Cup 5:00 PM * All Blue Bomber home games in bold. BLUEBOMBERS.COM 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE TABLE OF CONTENTS 2017 Game Schedule .................................................... 1 RECORDS 2017 Corporate Partners ............................................... 3 Regular Season All-Time Record Summary ................ 108 Media Policy .................................................................. 4 All-Time Regular Season Results – Since 1936 .......... 110 Executive ....................................................................... 6 Regular Season Statistics – 1950 to 2016 ................. 114 Football Operations: Regular Season Team Records – Since 1936 ............. 117 Management .............................................................. 8 Regular Season Individual Records – Since 1936 ...... 122 Coaches .................................................................... 12 Post-Season Single-Game Records ............................ 134 Staff .......................................................................... 19 Post-Season History .................................................. 135 Broadcasters ............................................................... 21 Yearly Team Leaders .................................................. 138 Yearly Divisional & League Leaders ........................... 142 PLAYERS Playoff Team Records – Since 1933 ........................... 143 Players Index ............................................................... 22 All-Time Grey Cup Results ......................................... 144 Veterans ...................................................................... 23 Head Coaching Records ............................................ 146 Newcomers ................................................................. 67 Service Leaders – 7+ Seasons ................................... 147 All-Time Grey Cup Roster .......................................... 148 Draft Picks – 1956 to 2017 ....................................... 150 2016 IN REVIEW All-Time Regular Season Attendance Records – Schedule & Game Results ........................................... 78 Since 1936 .............................................................. 154 Game Summaries ........................................................ 79 Game-by-Game Team Statistics ................................... 98 vs. the CFL ................................................................. 100 CFL Yardstick & Scoring Summary ................................... 101 2017 CFL Schedule .................................................... 158 Team & Individual Statistics ...................................... 102 CFL Opponents: Game Participation ................................................... 105 West Division .......................................................... 159 Starters ..................................................................... 106 East Division ........................................................... 161 AWARDS & ALL-STARS All-Time CFL Awards ................................................. 164 All-Time Team Awards ............................................... 165 Divisional All-Stars .................................................... 168 CFL All-Stars .............................................................. 170 Winnipeg Football Club Members in Canadian Football Hall of Fame .............................. 171 Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Fame Players .................................................................... 172 Builders................................................................... 174 2 2017 BLUE BOMBER MEDIA GUIDE 2017 PARTNERS 2017 CORPORATE PARTNERS BUILDERS Bell MTS Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Corus Radio Monsanto Canada Inc. G3 Canada Limited Nissan Canada Inc. Investors Group PepsiCo Beverages Canada Labatt Breweries Winnipeg Free Press of Canada (Budweiser) PARTNERS Advance Electronics Manitoba Hydro Amenity Health Care L.P. Old Dutch Foods Bayer Payworks Boeing Canada PINNACLE Cisco Systems Pizza Hotline DMS Industrial Constructors Inc. Purolator Inc. Great-West Life Safeway/Sobeys IBAM Salisbury House Restaurants Johnston Group SkipTheDishes Konica Minolta Business Solutions Subway (Canada) Ltd. The Dufresne Group Kubota Tim Hortons Lawson Waste Connections of Canada MacDon Industries Winnipeg Airports Authority SUPPORTERS Abell Pest Control Elite Sports Injury NorthStar Genetics Accurate Dorwin Inc. Enns Brothers PATTISON Outdoor Advertising adidas E & J Gallo Winery Penn-Co Construction Canada Anderson’s Hitch ‘n Post Ranch Flynn Group of Companies (2003) Ltd Arthur J. Gallagher Four Points by Sheraton Prairie Mobile Communications Bee2gether Bikes Winnipeg South Red River Mutual Barkman Concrete Global Capital Remax Group Barley Brothers Gordon Food Service Advertising Committee Bayview Construction Granny’s Poultry Rocky Road Recycling Booster Juice Hertz Equipment Rentals SAFE Work Manitoba Boston Pizza Home Run Sports Save-On-Foods Boyd Autobody & Glass Impact Security Group Swish Maintenance Campari Canada InterCity Autobody The Canadian Brewhouse Cavendish Farms Kal Tire TransX Certified Green Cleaning Laser Away Valard Construction LP Continental Travel Manitoba Blue Cross Vector Construction Ltd. CPHR Manitoba Manitoba Cattle Viterra Crescent Point Energy Corp. Producers Association Volume Freight Crystal Sound Marr Industrial Coatings Inc Westcon Equipment Cunningham Business Interiors MBNA and Rentals Ltd. Danny’s Whole Hog Metro News Weston Foods Barbeque and Smokehouse MNP LLP Winkler Meats Dave’s Quick Print More-Lite Electric Ltd. Winnipeg Moving & Storage DOMO Mr. Lube Winnipeg Police Association *as of June 2, 2017 BLUEBOMBERS.COM 3 MEDIA POLICY MEDIA POLICY FOR ALL MEDIA INQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT: DARREN CAMERON DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA RELATIONS Office: 204-784-7422 Cell: 204-292-9587 [email protected] WINNIPEG FOOTBALL CLUB MEDIA POLICY STATEMENT: The Winnipeg Football Club strives to provide members of the local and national broadcast, print and online media with proper access and resources for an effective working environment. Please note that due to partnership agreements, broadcast rights holders will receive priority when reviewing media requests. All interviews, whether by phone or in person, must be approved by the organization’s Director of Communications and Media Relations, Darren Cameron. The Club respectfully asks media to not contact players, coaches, management, or Board Members without prior consent. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers reserve the right to enforce the following guidelines by way of revoking credentials or limiting access to Investors Group Field. ATTENDING PRACTICE: Members of the media ACCESS TO HEAD COACH MIKE O’SHEA: will receive a weekly practice schedule with specific Head Coach Mike O’Shea will be available to the practice times. With the exception of the allotted media after practice each day in the Blue Bombers’ filming time, media are asked to observe Press Room. Media are encouraged to attend this practice from the stands and remain off the daily press briefing to collect all audio/video with sidelines during practice. The Club asks that media Coach O’Shea, as his availability outside of that do not approach players, coaches, or any team time is very limited. Radio rights holder 680 CJOB personnel during practice. The bench area is off-limits will have access to Coach O’Shea prior to the media to all media personnel, including videographers and briefing. Coach O’Shea will not be available on any photographers, at all times unless otherwise stated. other live program the same day as his Coaches No exceptions will be permitted. Show with the radio rights holder. Coordinators and assistant coaches will be available to media once per FILMING PRACTICE: Camera persons will only be week, as indicated on the media schedule. allowed to film and/or photograph certain portions of practice. These designated times will be available TEAM EXECUTIVES: President and Chief on the media schedule released weekly and on Executive Officer Wade Miller, (as well as all other www.bluebombers.com/practice-schedule, however, team management) will be available upon