1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
General manager	Jeff Reinebold
Head coach	Jeff Reinebold
Home field	Winnipeg Stadium
Results
Record	4–14
Division place	3rd, East
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

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).

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
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

Round	Pick	Player	Pos
2	13	Obrad Spanic	DL
3	21	Stacy Evans	DE
4	28	Lubo Zizakovic	DT

Regular season

Season standings

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Toronto Argonauts	18	15	3	0	660	327	30
Montreal Alouettes	18	13	5	0	509	532	26
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	4	14	0	443	548	8
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	2	16	0	362	549	4

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
1	June 27	at Toronto Argonauts	L 23–38	0–1
2	July 3	vs. Montreal Alouettes	L 24–27	0–2
3	July 11	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 33–18	1–2
4	July 19	at BC Lions	L 17–21	1–3
5	July 25	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 21–36	1–4
6	Aug 1	at Calgary Stampeders	L 22–43	1–5
7	Aug 7	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 11–45	1–6
8	Aug 14	vs. Calgary Stampeders	L 24–35	1–7
9	Aug 22	vs. Montreal Alouettes	L 21–26	1–8
10	Aug 31	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 43–12	2–8
11	Sept 7	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 25–66	2–9
12	Sept 12	at Montreal Alouettes	L 28–29	2–10
13	Sept 19	vs. BC Lions	W 26–14	3–10
14	Sept 28	vs. Toronto Argonauts	L 9–41	3–11
15	Oct 5	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 25–27	3–12
16	Oct 12	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 2–20	3–13
17	Oct 19	at Montreal Alouettes	L 34–41	3–14
18	Oct 24	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 55–9	4–14

Awards and records

1997 CFL All-Stars

• WR – Milt Stegall, CFL All-Star
• ST – Shonte Peoples, CFL All-Star