2019 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

2019 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
General manager	Kyle Walters
Head coach	Mike O'Shea
Home field	IG Field
Results
Record	11–7
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
Team MOP	Willie Jefferson
Team MOC	Mike Miller
Team MOR	Kenny Lawler
Uniform

The 2019 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 62nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 87th season overall. This was the sixth season under head coach Mike O'Shea and the sixth full season under general manager Kyle Walters. The Blue Bombers qualified for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season on September 21, 2019, following an Ottawa Redblacks loss. The club later would go on to win their 11th Grey Cup championship and their first since the 1990 Grey Cup championship game, ending what was the longest active Grey Cup drought.

Offseason

Foreign drafts

For the first time in its history, the CFL held drafts for foreign players from Mexico and Europe. Like all other CFL teams, the Blue Bombers held three non-tradeable selections in the 2019 CFL–LFA Draft, which took place on January 14, 2019. The 2019 European CFL Draft took place on April 11, 2019, where all teams held one non-tradeable pick.

Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
LFA	1	8	Sergio Schiaffino	RB	Dinos de Saltillo
	2	17	Manuel Hernández	S	UDLAP
	3	26	Gabriel Amavizca	K	BUAP
Euro	1	2	Thiadric Hansen	LB	Potsdam Royals

CFL draft

The 2019 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2019. The Blue Bombers held nine selections in the eight-round draft after acquiring the BC Lions' first-round pick in a trade which included their own first-round pick from the 2018 CFL Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School	Hometown
1	4	Drew Desjarlais	OL	Windsor	Belle River, ON
1	5	Jonathan Kongbo	DL	Tennessee	Surrey, BC
2	14	Brady Oliveira	RB	North Dakota	Winnipeg, MB
3	25	Connor Griffiths	DL	British Columbia	Langley, BC
4	34	Asotui Eli	OL	Hawai'i	Kailua-Kona, HI
5	43	Malik Richards	WR	Mount Allison	Brampton, ON
6	52	Tariq Lachance	DL	Manitoba	Winnipeg, MB
7	61	Nick Hallett	DB	Toronto	London, ON
8	70	Kerfalla Exumé	DB	Montreal	Montreal, QC

Preseason

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
A	Bye
B	Fri, May 31	7:30 p.m. CDT	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 20–3	1–0	None	IG Field	19,273	Recap
C	Thu, June 6	8:00 p.m. CDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 35–29	2–0	None	Mosaic Stadium	28,706	Recap

Regular season

Standings

West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	PF	PA	Div	Stk
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	13	5	0	26	487	386	7–3	W3	Details
Calgary Stampeders	18	12	6	0	24	482	407	8–2	W1	Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	11	7	0	22	508	409	7–3	W1	Details
Edmonton Eskimos	18	8	10	0	16	406	400	3–7	L2	Details
BC Lions	18	5	13	0	10	411	452	0–10	L3	Details

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
					Score	Record
1	1	Sat, June 15	9:00 p.m. CDT	at BC Lions	W 33–23	1–0	TSN/ESPN2	BC Place	18,058	Recap
2	Bye
3	2	Thu, June 27	7:30 p.m. CDT	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 28–21	2–0	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	IG Field	25,336	Recap
4	3	Fri, July 5	6:30 p.m. CDT	at Ottawa Redblacks	W 29–14	3–0	TSN/RDS	TD Place Stadium	20,429	Recap
5	4	Fri, July 12	7:30 p.m. CDT	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 48–21	4–0	TSN/RDS	IG Field	24,187	Recap
6	5	Fri, July 19	7:30 p.m. CDT	vs. Ottawa Redblacks	W 31–1	5–0	TSN/RDS	IG Field	25,350	Recap
7	6	Fri, July 26	6:00 p.m. CDT	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 15–23	5–1	TSN/RDS	Tim Hortons Field	23,512	Recap
8	7	Thu, Aug 1	6:00 p.m. CDT	at Toronto Argonauts	L 27–28	5–2	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	BMO Field	12,072	Recap
9	8	Thu, Aug 8	7:30 p.m. CDT	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 26–24	6–2	TSN/RDS	IG Field	25,354	Recap
10	9	Thu, Aug 15	7:30 p.m. CDT	vs. BC Lions	W 32–16	7–2	TSN/RDS2	IG Field	24,914	Recap
11	10	Fri, Aug 23	8:00 p.m. CDT	at Edmonton Eskimos	W 34–28	8–2	TSN/ESPN2	Commonwealth Stadium	34,217	Recap
12	11	Sun, Sept 1	2:00 p.m. CDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 17–19	8–3	TSN	Mosaic Stadium	33,356	Recap
13	12	Sat, Sept 7	3:00 p.m. CDT	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 35–10	9–3	TSN	IG Field	33,134	Recap
14	Bye
15	13	Sat, Sept 21	3:00 p.m. CDT	at Montreal Alouettes	L 37–38	9–4	TSN/RDS	Molson Stadium	19,070	Recap
16	14	Fri, Sept 27	7:30 p.m. CDT	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 13–33	9–5	TSN/RDS2	IG Field	25,086	Recap
17	15	Sat, Oct 5	6:00 p.m. CDT	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 6–21	9–6	TSN	Mosaic Stadium	31,080	Recap
18	16	Sat, Oct 12	3:00 p.m. CDT	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 35–24	10–6	TSN/RDS	IG Field	20,907	Recap
19	17	Sat, Oct 19	6:00 p.m. CDT	at Calgary Stampeders	L 33–37	10–7	TSN	McMahon Stadium	26,885	Recap
20	18	Fri, Oct 25	7:30 p.m. CDT	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 29–28	11–7	TSN	IG Field	24,460	Recap
21	Bye

Post-season

Schedule

Game	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		TV	Venue	Attendance	Summary
				Score	Record
West Semi-Final	Sun, Nov 10	3:30 p.m. CST	at Calgary Stampeders	W 35–14	1–0	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	McMahon Stadium	24,278	Recap
West Final	Sun, Nov 17	3:30 p.m. CST	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 20–13	2–0	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	Mosaic Stadium	33,300	Recap
107th Grey Cup	Sun, Nov 24	5:00 p.m. CST	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 33–12	3–0	TSN/RDS/ESPN2	McMahon Stadium	35,439	Recap

Team

Roster

Winnipeg Blue Bombers roster
Quarterbacks  8 Zach Collaros 12 Sean McGuire 17 Chris Streveler Running backs 27 Johnny Augustine 33 Andrew Harris Fullbacks 24 Mike Miller 32 John Rush Receivers  1 Darvin Adams 88 Rasheed Bailey 10 Nic Demski 89 Kenny Lawler 81 Daniel Petermann 82 Drew Wolitarsky	Offensive linemen 66 Stanley Bryant LT 61 Drew Desjarlais LG 67 Asotui Eli 51 Jermarcus Hardrick RT 53 Patrick Neufeld RG 62 Cody Speller C Defensive linemen  3 Thiadric Hansen 94 Jackson Jeffcoat  5 Willie Jefferson  2 Jonathan Kongbo 92 Drake Nevis 98 Steven Richardson 95 Jake Thomas	Linebackers  4 Adam Bighill 34 Jesse Briggs 44 Shayne Gauthier 45 Korey Jones 52 Thomas Miles LB/LS 19 Kyrie Wilson Defensive backs 37 Brandon Alexander 41 Kerfalla Exumé 22 Chandler Fenner 21 Nick Hallett 29 Jeff Hecht  0 Derek Jones 16 Mike Jones 36 Mercy Maston 30 Winston Rose 14 Marcus Sayles 25 Nick Taylor Special teams 80 Janarion Grant KR/WR  9 Justin Medlock P/K 46 Chad Rempel LS		1-Game Injured 43 Brandon Calver LB 59 Michael Couture OL 23 Anthony Gaitor DB 68 Geoff Gray OL 91 Connor Griffths DL 58 Maxime Latour LS 93 Craig Roh DL  7 Lucky Whitehead WR 65 Darrell Williams OL 6-Game Injured 31 Dexter Janke DB  6 Charles Nelson REC 15 Matt Nichols QB 20 Brady Oliveira RB Practice Roster 48 Nate Brisson-Fast DL 38 Manuel Hernández Reyes LB 35 Trey Johnson DB 49 David Kenney DE 18 Trevor Knight QB 97 Meffy Koloamatangi DE 39 Marcus Rios DB 47 Jordan Robinson RB 26 Sergio Schiaffino DB 86 Kenneth Walker REC 84 Malcolm Williams REC 40 Dondre Wright DB Italics indicate American players Bold indicates Global players Roster updated 2019-11-24 Depth Chart • Transactions 46 Active, 9 One-game Injured, 4 Six-game Injured, 12 Practice → More rosters

Coaching staff

Winnipeg Blue Bombers Staff
	Front office Owner – Community owned (non-profit corporation owned by members) Chairperson of the board of governors – Brock Bulbuck President/CEO – Wade Miller General manager of football operations – Kyle Walters Assistant General Manager / Director of U.S. Scouting – Danny McManus Assistant general manager / director of player personnel – Ted Goveia National scout – Craig Smith Team services coordinator – Matt Gulakow Head equipment manager – Brad Fotty Assistant equipment manager – Kevin Todd Assistant equipment manager – Jared Cronk Video coordinator – Colin Thurston			Head coaches Head coach – Mike O'Shea Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/receivers – Paul LaPolice Quarterbacks – Buck Pierce Running backs – Kevin Bourgoin Offensive line – Marty Costello Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Richie Hall Defensive line & linebackers – Glen Young Defensive backs – Jordan Younger Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Paul Boudreau → Coaching Staff → More CFL staffs