1979 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
Introduction 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 roster '''Quarterbacks'''* * '''Running backs''''''Wide receivers''''''Slotbacks''' '''Offensive linemen''''''Defensive linemen'''*  DE '''Linebackers''''''Defensive backs'''* '''Special teams''''''Inactive List''''''Practice Roster''' Active,  Inactive  Practice Roster
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  Pts'''Edmonton Eskimos'''  16  12  2  2  495  219  26'''Calgary 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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