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).https://www.cfl.ca/article/by-the-numbers-playoffs By the Numbers: Playoffs???!!!
Offseason CFL draft Round Pick Player Position School323 (via Edmonton)Marice HenriquesSColorado538Jonathan SwiftLBTennessee-Martin642Wayne WeathersDEManitoba
Ottawa Rough Riders Dispersal Draft RoundPickPlayerPos213Obrad SpanicDL321Stacy EvansDE428Lubo ZizakovicDT
Regular season Season standings
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 Roster 1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs DB
Receivers
Offensive linemen T G G T C/G C
Defensive linemen DE DT DE DT DT
Special teams P K Linebackers
Defensive backs
Injured list SB DB DT DE DB LB LB RB DE WR
Suspended DB
Italics indicate American player
Awards and records 1997 CFL All-Stars WR – Milt Stegall, CFL All-Star ST – Shonte Peoples, CFL All-Star
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