Canadian football team season
1959 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season President Ralph Parliament General manager Jim Ausley Head coach Bud Grant Home field Winnipeg Stadium Record 12–4 Division place 1st, WIFU Playoff finish Won Grey Cup
The 1959 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in first place in the WIFU division with a 12–4 record. The Blue Bombers repeated as Grey Cup champions, having defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats once again to win the 47th Grey Cup .
Preseason
Game
Date
Opponent
Results
Venue
Attendance
Score
Record
A
Aug 4
at Montreal Alouettes
W 39–34
1–0
McGill Stadium
21,739
A
Aug 6
vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats
L 5–8
1–1
Winnipeg Stadium
18,073
Regular season
Standings
Schedule
Week
Game
Date
Opponent
Results
Venue
Attendance
Score
Record
1
1
Thu, Aug 13
at BC Lions
W 42–20
1–0
Empire Stadium
29,425
1
2
Mon, Aug 17
at Calgary Stampeders
W 22–21
2–0
Mewata Stadium
16,200
2
3
Thu, Aug 20
vs. Calgary Stampeders
L 22–23
2–1
Winnipeg Stadium
18,333
3
4
Thu, Aug 27
vs. Edmonton Eskimos
L 1–16
2–2
Winnipeg Stadium
18,928
3
5
Sat, Aug 29
at Saskatchewan Roughriders
W 61–8
3–2
Taylor Field
12,000
4
6
Thu, Sept 3
vs. BC Lions
W 34–23
4–2
Winnipeg Stadium
18,003
4
7
Sat, Sept 5
at Edmonton Eskimos
W 16–8
5–2
Clarke Stadium
17,143
5
8
Sat, Sept 12
vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders
W 41–14
6–2
Winnipeg Stadium
15,962
6
9
Sat, Sept 19
at BC Lions
L 6–17
6–3
Empire Stadium
32,061
6
10
Mon, Sept 21
at Calgary Stampeders
W 15–10
7–3
Mewata Stadium
16,000
7
11
Mon, Sept 28
vs. Edmonton Eskimos
W 13–10
8–3
Winnipeg Stadium
17,707
8
12
Mon, Oct 5
vs. Calgary Stampeders
W 38–24
9–3
Winnipeg Stadium
15,813
9
13
Mon, Oct 12
at Saskatchewan Roughriders
W 27–14
10–3
Taylor Field
8,000
10
14
Sat, Oct 17
vs. BC Lions
W 31–6
11–3
Winnipeg Stadium
18,184
10
15
Mon, Oct 19
at Edmonton Eskimos
L 20–21
11–4
Clarke Stadium
15,500
11
16
Mon, Oct 26
vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders
W 2–0†
12–4
Winnipeg Stadium
14,279
† Actual game was won by Saskatchewan 37–30 but was immediately forfeited under CFL rules; the Roughriders had no healthy quarterback and resorted to suiting up their coach, Frank Trupicka, who as an American national was ineligible to be added to the roster at such a late date in the season.[1]
Playoffs
Grey Cup
References
^ A curious case of the 13th import: the 1959 Saskatchewan Roughriders. Professional Football Researchers Association .
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