2011 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

2011 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
Head Coach	Paul LaPolice
General Manager	Joe Mack
Home Field	Canad Inns Stadium
Results
Record	10–8
Place	1st, East
Playoff Finish	Lost in Grey Cup
Uniform
	File:CFL WPG Jersey 2011.png
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
2010	2012

The 2011 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season will be the 54th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 79th overall. The Blue Bombers finished in 1st place in the East division with a 10–8 record. The team clinched their first playoff berth since 2008 on October 7, 2011 after a 33–17 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. On November 20, 2011, The Blue Bombers defeated the Tiger-Cats 19–3 in the East Final, advancing to the 99th Grey Cup and extending their Grey Cup appearances record to 24. However, the Bombers lost the Grey Cup game 34–23 to the BC Lions, extending their drought to 21 years without a Grey Cup championship.

The Blue Bombers set a franchise record for season tickets sold with 21,155 with 2011 being marketed as the last season at Canad Inns Stadium before the move to Investors Group Field. This record was in turn broken in 2012 after more than 22,000 were sold.^[1]

Offseason[]

CFL Draft[]

The 2011 CFL Draft took place on Sunday, May 8, 2011.^[2] The Blue Bombers had six selections in the draft, and, for the first time since 1975, had the first overall selection in the draft. Winnipeg selected linebacker Henoc Muamba with the pick, making him the first St. Francis Xavier X-Men player to be drafted first overall. The Bombers also had the fourth overall pick after trading Steven Jyles to the Toronto Argonauts, in which they selected Jade Etienne from the University of Saskatchewan.^[3] Winnipeg also selected Kito Poblah in the 2011 supplemental draft, and must forfeit a first-round 2012 draft pick.^[4]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	1	Henoc Muamba	LB	St. Francis Xavier
1	4	Jade Etienne	WR	Saskatchewan
3	17	Brendan Dunn	DL/OL	Western Ontario
4	24	Paul Swiston	OL	Calgary
5	32	Carl Volny	RB	Central Michigan
6	41	Liam Mahoney	WR	Concordia

Preseason[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
A	Thurs, June 16	at Montreal Alouettes	27–15	Loss	21,223	0–1
B	Thurs, June 23	vs. Toronto Argonauts	30–23	Loss	29,117	0–2

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

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Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Y-Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	10	8	0	432	432	20	Details
X-Montreal Alouettes	18	10	8	0	515	468	20	Details
X-Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	8	10	0	481	478	16	Details
Toronto Argonauts	18	6	12	0	397	498	12	Details

Season schedule[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	Fri, July 1	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	24–16	Win	23,852	1–0
2	Fri, July 8	vs. Toronto Argonauts	22–16	Win	27,638	2–0
3	Thurs, July 14	vs. Calgary Stampeders	21–20	Loss	27,890	2–1
4	Sat, July 23	at Toronto Argonauts	33–24	Win	21,189	3–1
5	Thurs, July 28	vs. BC Lions	25–20	Win	29,533	4–1
6	Fri, Aug 5	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	28–16	Win	29,533	5–1
7	Sat, Aug 13	at BC Lions	30–17	Win	24,131	6–1
8	Bye					6–1
9	Fri, Aug 26	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	30–27	Win	30,338	7–1
10	Sun, Sept 4	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	27–7	Loss	30,048	7–2
11	Sun, Sept 11	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	45–23	Loss	30,518	7–3
12	Sun, Sept 18	at Montreal Alouettes	25–23	Win	24,642	8–3
13	Sat, Sept 24	at Toronto Argonauts	25–24	Loss	19,108	8–4
14	Fri, Sept 30	vs. Montreal Alouettes	32–26	Loss	30,447	8–5
15	Fri, Oct 7	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	33–17	Win	23,268	9–5
16	Sat, Oct 15	at Edmonton Eskimos	24–10	Loss	30,734	9–6
17	Sat, Oct 22	vs. Montreal Alouettes	26–25	Win	30,360	10–6
18	Fri, Oct 28	vs. Toronto Argonauts	27–22	Loss	29,751	10–7
19	Sat, Nov 5	at Calgary Stampeders	30–24	Loss	29,076	10–8

Roster[]

Winnipeg Blue Bombers roster

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

33 Nick FitzGibbon
19 Chris Garrett
43 James Green FB
39 Michel-Pierre Pontbriand FB

Wide Receivers

Slotbacks

Offensive Linemen

68 Kelly Butler OT
59 Andre Douglas OT
64 Chris Greaves OL/DL
69 Glenn January T
60 Obby Khan C
57 Brendon LaBatte G
62 Steve Morley OL

Defensive Linemen

97 Doug Brown DT
45 Rodney Fritz DL
56 Fernand Kashama DL/LB
54 Kenny Mainor DE
93 Don Oramasionwu DT
90 Dorian Smith DL
92 Bryant Turner DL
98 Jason Vega DL
40 Odell Willis DE

Linebackers

38 Marcellus Bowman WLB
46 Merrill Johnson LB
41 Clint Kent SLB
47 Pierre-Luc Labbé MLB
10 Henoc Muamba LB

Defensive Backs

20 Deon Beasley CB
25 Brady Browne S
23 Jonathan Hefney HB
2 Jovon Johnson CB
31 Ian Logan S
22 Darrell Pasco DB
0 Johnny Sears DB
21 Alex Suber HB

Special Teams

Injured List

16 Joey Elliott QB File:Injury icon.svg (9 Game)
88 Jade Etienne File:Injury icon.svg (1 Game)
29 Jerry-Ralph Jules DB File:Injury icon.svg (1 Game)
67 Chris Kowalczuk OL File:Injury icon.svg (9 Game)
58 Joe Lobendahn MLB File:Injury icon.svg (9 Game)
32 Fred Reid File:Injury icon.svg (9 Game)
3 Brandon Summers QB File:Injury icon.svg (1 Game)
55 Paul Swiston OL File:Injury icon.svg (9 Game)
8 Brandon Stewart DB File:Injury icon.svg (1 Game)
24 Carl Volny File:Injury icon.svg (9 Game)

Practice Roster

86 Kurt Adams WR
34 Dustin Doe LB
26 Bloi-Dei Dorzon RB
80 Cassidy Doneff WR
51 Javon McKinnon LB
94 Deji Oduhole DL
66 Justin Sorensen OL

Italics indicate Import player
Roster updated 2011-06-26
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Active

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Coaching staff[]

Winnipeg Blue Bombers Staff

Front Office

Owner – Community owned (non-profit corporation owned by members)
Chairperson of the Board of Governors – Bill Watchorn
President/CEO – Jim Bell
Vice President and General Manager of Football Operations – Joe Mack
Director of Football Operations – Ross Hodgkinson
Director of Player Personnel – Ken Moll

Head Coaches

Head Coach – Paul LaPolice
Assistant Head Coach – Richard Harris

Offensive Coaches

Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks – Jamie Barresi
Receivers – Chris Wiesehan
Offensive Line – Pat DelMonaco

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Tim Burke
Defensive Line – Richard Harris
Linebackers – Casey Creehan
Defensive Assistant – Markus Howell

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams Coordinator – Kyle Walters
Special Teams Assistant – Markus Howell

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Player stats[]

Passing[]

Player	Att	Comp	%	Yards	TD	INT	Rating
Buck Pierce	411	261	63.5	3,348	14	18	82.0
Alex Brink	140	89	63.6	1,023	5	4	85.5
Joey Elliott	18	10	55.6	87	0	0	68.5
Justin Goltz	6	3	50.0	36	1	0	124.3

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Rushing[]

Player	Att	Yards	Avg.	TD	Fumble
Fred Reid	181	759	4.2	4	1
Chris Garrett	92	576	6.3	4	0
Buck Pierce	51	324	6.4	2	1
Alex Brink	43	148	3.4	6	4
Clarence Denmark	7	81	11.6	0	1
Carl Volny	9	71	7.9	0	2

^[6]

Receiving[]

Player	No.	Yards	Avg.	Long	TD
Terrence Edwards	66	1,124	17.0	63	8
Clarence Denmark	65	818	12.6	82	5
Cory Watson	69	793	11.5	92	1
Greg Carr	46	648	14.1	59	4
Terence Jeffers-Harris	29	347	12.0	84	2
Aaron Hargreaves	30	292	9.7	21	0

^[7]

Awards and records[]

CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Jovon Johnson, CB

2011 CFL All-Stars[]

OG – Brendon LaBatte, CFL All-Star
DE – Odell Willis, CFL All-Star
CB – Jovon Johnson, CFL All-Star
DB – Jonathan Hefney, CFL All-Star
S – Ian Logan, CFL All-Star

Playoffs[]

Schedule[]

Week	Game	Date	Time	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance
20	Bye
21	East Final	Nov 20	12:00 PM CST	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	19–3	Win	30,051
22	Grey Cup	Nov 27	5:30 PM CST	at BC Lions	34–23	Loss	54,313

Bracket[]

November 13: Division Semi-Finals

November 20: Division Finals

November 27: 99th Grey Cup
BC Place Stadium – Vancouver

East

E3

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

3

E3

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

52*

E1

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

19

E2

Montreal Alouettes

44

E1

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

23

W1

BC Lions

34

West

W2

Edmonton Eskimos

23

W3

Calgary Stampeders

19

W1