1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
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 3rd 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/Club Team
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	Score	Result	Record
1	June 27	at Toronto Argonauts	38–23	Loss	0–1
2	July 3	vs. Montreal Alouettes	27–24	Loss	0–2
3	July 11	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	33–18	Win	1–2
4	July 19	at BC Lions	21–17	Loss	1–3
5	July 25	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	36–21	Loss	1–4
6	Aug 1	at Calgary Stampeders	43–22	Loss	1–5
7	Aug 7	at Edmonton Eskimos	45–11	Loss	1–6
8	Aug 14	vs. Calgary Stampeders	35–24	Loss	1–7
9	Aug 22	vs. Montreal Alouettes	26–21	Loss	1–8
10	Aug 31	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	43–12	Win	2–8
11	Sept 7	vs. Toronto Argonauts	66–25	Loss	2–9
12	Sept 12	at Montreal Alouettes	29–28	Loss	2–10
13	Sept 19	vs. BC Lions	26–14	Win	3–10
14	Sept 28	vs. Toronto Argonauts	41–9	Loss	3–11
15	Oct 5	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	27–25	Loss	3–12
16	Oct 12	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	20–2	Loss	3–13
17	Oct 19	at Montreal Alouettes	41–34	Loss	3–14
18	Oct 24	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	55–9	Win	4–14

Awards and records

1997 CFL All-Stars

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