2008 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

2008 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
Head coach	Doug Berry
Home field	Canad Inns Stadium
Results
Record	8–10
Division place	2nd, East
Playoff finish	Lost Eastern Semi-Final
Uniform

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers attempted to win their 11th Grey Cup championship, but they lost in the Eastern Semi-Final game against the Edmonton Eskimos, who crossed over from the West.

Offseason

CFL Draft

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers moved up in the CFL draft without even making a trade. The Bombers moved into the sixth spot in the CFL's college entry draft when the Montreal Alouettes lost their first choice. The Alouettes lost the choice because the club exceeded its salary cap by more than $100,000.^[1]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	6	Brendon LaBatte	OL	Regina
2	15	Aaron Hargreaves	WR	Simon Fraser
3	24 (via Edmonton via Saskatchewan)	Daryl Stephenson	RB	Windsor
4	31	Marc Bestwick	DB	Saint Mary's
5	39	Don Oramasionwu	DL	Manitoba
6	47	Pierre-Luc Labbé	LB	Sherbrooke

Transactions

On May 20, the Bombers officially signed former U.S. college stars Bryan Randall and Cleveland McCoy.^[2]
On Tuesday, May 27, Milt Stegall announced that he will not participate in the Winnipeg Blue Bombers training camp after undergoing knee surgery May 2.^[3]
The Bombers also announced they've released veteran cornerback Juran Bolden. The 33-year-old Tampa native spent the 2007 CFL season with Winnipeg, but didn't play in the Grey Cup due to a hamstring injury. The six-foot-three, 210-pound Bolden was originally a fourth-round pick of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons in 1996. Bolden twice played for the Falcons ('96–'97, 2002–'03). Other NFL teams included the Carolina Panthers ('98), Kansas City Chiefs ('99), Jacksonville Jaguars ('04) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers ('05–'06).^[3]

Regular season

On September 12 at Rogers Centre, Milt Stegall became the most prolific receiver in the history of the CFL.^[4] The slotback caught a 92-yard pass at 9:02 in the second quarter to raise his career total to 14,983, breaking the mark of 14,891 yards previously held by former Stampeders receiver Allen Pitts.^[4] Stegall took a pass from Kevin Glenn and scored a touchdown, his second of the game. It put the Bombers ahead 28–3.^[4] The touchdown was Stegall's 14,983rd career receiving yard.^[5] With the record broken, the announced crowd of 28,453 stood to applaud the milestone.

Season standings

East Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Y-Montreal Alouettes	18	11	7	0	610	443	22	Details
X-Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	8	10	0	435	490	16	Details
Toronto Argonauts	18	4	14	0	397	627	8	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	3	15	0	441	593	6	Details

Transactions

September 9: Winnipeg acquired middle linebacker Zeke (And Destroy) Moreno and a conditional draft pick from Hamilton for its first-round draft pick in 2009 and the rights to Canadian defensive lineman Corey Mace.^[6]

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	June 27	vs. Toronto Argonauts	23–16	Loss	26,155	0–1
2	July 4	at Montreal Alouettes	38–24	Loss	20,202	0–2
3	July 11	vs. BC Lions	42–24	Loss	26,735	0–3
4	July 18	at BC Lions	27–18	Loss	37,174	0–4
5	July 24	vs. Calgary Stampeders	32–28	Win	26,882	1–4
6	Aug 1	at Toronto Argonauts	19–11	Loss	28,523	1–5
7	Aug 8	vs. Montreal Alouettes	39–11	Loss	27,674	1–6
8	Aug 14	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	37–24	Win	25,484	2–6
9	Bye					2–6
10	Aug 31	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	19–6	Loss	30,985	2–7
11	Sept 7	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	34–31	Loss	29,770	2–8
12	Sept 12	at Toronto Argonauts	39–9	Win	28,453	3–8
13	Sept 19	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	25–23	Win	19,102	4–8
14	Sept 26	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	30–23	Win	29,794	5–8
15	Oct 4	at Edmonton Eskimos	36–22	Loss	40,453	5–9
16	Oct 10	vs. Toronto Argonauts	25–16	Win	27,368	6–9
17	Oct 18	at Calgary Stampeders	37–16	Loss	30,110	6–10
18	Oct 26	at Montreal Alouettes	24–23	Win	20,202	7–10
19	Nov 1	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	44–30	Win	24,595	8–10

Roster

Winnipeg Blue Bombers roster

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

26 Graeme Bell RB
29 Brian Guebert FB
32 Fred Reid RB
33 Joe Smith RB

Receivers

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

97 Doug Brown DT
90 Kai Ellis DE/MLB
99 Jerome Haywood DT
91 Shawn Mayne DE/DT
77 Jon Oosterhuis DT/DE
98 Gavin Walls DE

Linebackers

40 Cam Hall OLB
47 Pierre-Luc Labbé ILB
41 Anthony Maggiacomo ILB
42 Neil McKinlay OLB
19 Zeke Moreno ILB

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

50 Chris Cvetkovic LS
18 Alexis Serna K/P

Inactive List

14 Willie Amos CB
44 Tom Canada DE
0 Ike Charlton OLB
9 Warren Kean K/P
61 Kyle Koch OL
95 Matt Kudu DT
58 Joe Lobendahn MLB
13 Jason Nugent DB
54 Matt Sheridan G
51 Barrin Simpson MLB

Practice Roster

68 Darryl Conrad OL
12 Kerry Johnson WR
21 Casey McGahee WR/DB/KR
93 Josh Miller DL
23 Michael Roberts DB
2 Marcus Winn LB

Italics indicate Import player
Roster updated 2008-10-11
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Active, 10 Inactive, 6 PS

Statistics

Offence

Passing

Player	Att	Comp	%	Yards	TD	INT	Rating
Kevin Glenn	454	293	64.5	3637	20	20	85.6
Ryan Dinwiddie	160	93	58.1	1299	5	6	79.2
Bryan Randall	22	9	40.9	99	0	1	36.0
Fred Reid	1	0	0	0	0	1	(−414.6)
Timmy Chang	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	2.1

^[7]

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Avg.	TD	Fumbles
Fred Reid	101	709	7.0	3	0
Joe Smith	124	617	5.0	5	0
Kevin Glenn	29	102	3.5	0	2
Ryan Dinwiddie	21	101	4.8	1	1
Bryan Randall	12	78	6.5	0	0
Terrence Edwards	4	32	8.0	0	0

^[8]

Receiving

Player	No.	Yards	Avg.	Long	TD
Romby Bryant	63	1156	18.3	85	9
Derick Armstrong	81	1010	12.5	63	5
Terrence Edwards	76	1010	13.3	64	7
Arjei Franklin	52	620	11.9	73	1
Milt Stegall	30	470	15.7	92	3

^[9]

Milt Stegall Has 14,750 receiving yards

Awards and records

Doug Brown, James P. McCaffrey Trophy

CFL All-Stars

Dan Goodspeed, Offensive Tackle
Doug Brown, Defensive Tackle
Zeke Moreno, Linebacker

CFL Eastern All-Stars

Doug Brown, CFL Eastern All-Star
Dan Goodspeed, CFL Eastern All-Star, Offence
Kelly Malveaux, CFL Eastern All-Star, Defence
Zeke Moreno, CFL Eastern All-Star, Defence
Fred Reid, CFL Eastern All-Star, Offence
Gavin Walls, CFL Eastern All-Star, Defence

^[10]

Playoffs

East Semi-Final

Date and time: Saturday, November 8, 12:00 PM Central Standard Time
Venue: Canad Inns Stadium, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Edmonton Eskimos	3	18	8	0	29
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	8	7	0	6	21

References

2008 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Toronto Winnipeg

See also	2008 CFL Draft 96th Grey Cup

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Founded in 1930 Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches

Stadiums	Osborne Stadium Canad Inns Stadium Investors Group Field

Culture	Buzz and Boomer Labatt Blue

Lore	Labour Day Classic Banjo Bowl Swaggerville First team from Western Canada to win the Grey Cup

Important figures	Paul Bennett Ralph "Dieter" Brock Less Browne Tom "Citation" Casey Tom Clements Carl Cronin Andrew Currie Matt Dunigan Bill Frank Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Tommy Grant G. Sydney Halter Frank Hannibal Fritz Hanson John Helton Dick Huffman W.P. Billy Hughes Jack Jacobs Eddie James Gerry James Greg Kabat Les Lear Leo "Lincoln Locomotive" Lewis Earl Lunsford Chester "Ches" McCance Cal Murphy James Murphy Ken Ploen Joe Poplawski Russ "The Wisconsin Wraith" Reholz Frank Rigney Joseph Ryan Karl Slocomb Milt Stegall Art Stevenson Robert Porter "Buddy" Tinsley Troy Westwood Chris Walby Bert Warwick

Key personnel	CEO: Wade Miller General Manager: Kyle Walters Head Coach: Mike O'Shea

Grey Cup Championships (10)	1935 1939 1941 1958 1959 1961 1962 1984 1988 1990

Western Division Championships (16)	1935 1937 1938 1939 1937 1945 1946 1947 1950 1953 1957 1958 1959 1961 1962 1965 1984

Eastern Division Championships (7)	1988 1990 1992 1993 2001 2007 2011

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West Division

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