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 Manitoba T T Bill Yaworsky DE Manitoba 1 5 Rick House 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
Roster 1979 Winnipeg Blue Bombers final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends Offensive linemen C G C/G T T T/G G
Defensive linemen DE DE/DT DT DT DE
Special teams K/P Linebackers
Defensive backs
Injured list WR DB
Italics indicate International player
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 PtsEdmonton Eskimos 16 12 2 2 495 219 26Calgary Stampeders 16 12 4 0 382 278 24 BC Lions 16 9 6 1 328 333 19 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 4 12 0 283 340 8 Saskatchewan Roughriders 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
Awards and honors CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award – John Helton (DT)
CFL All-Stars DT – John Helton
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