2009 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

2009 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
Head coach	Mike Kelly
Home field	Canad Inns Stadium
Results
Record	7–11
Division place	3rd, East
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

The 2009 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 52nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 77th overall. The Blue Bombers were in the playoff hunt until the last game of the season, at home, against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, but lost the game and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2005, finishing the season with a disappointing 7–11 record.

Off-season

On February 18, Milt Stegall announced his retirement from the Blue Bombers.

New coach Mike Kelly made many roster moves to re-shape the team that lost the 95th Grey Cup in 2007 and slid to an 8 win and 10 loss record in the 2008 season.

CFL draft

The 2009 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2009. Due to trades, the Blue Bombers did not have a selection until the third round, when they chose lineman Mike Morris from UBC.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
3	19	Mike Morris	OL	UBC
4	27	Adam Bestard	OL	Wilfrid Laurier
5	35	Peter Quinney	FB	Wilfrid Laurier
6	45	Thaine Carter	LB	Queen's

Notable transactions

• On February 18, Riall Johnson was acquired by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, from the Toronto Argonauts for import middle linebacker Zeke Moreno and a conditional draft pick.

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Score	Result
June 17	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	32–22	Win
June 24	@ Montreal Alouettes	31–27	Loss

Regular season

Division standings

East Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Montreal Alouettes	18	15	3	0	600	324	30	Details
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	9	9	0	449	428	18	Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	7	11	0	386	508	14	Details
Toronto Argonauts	18	3	15	0	328	502	6	Details

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	July 2	at Edmonton Eskimos	19–17	Loss	30,650	0–1
2	July 10	Calgary Stampeders	42–30	Win	29,533	1–1
3	July 18	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	25–13	Loss	24,292	1–2
4	July 24	Toronto Argonauts	19–5	Loss	28,466	1–3
5	August 1	at Toronto Argonauts	13–12	Win	23,821	2–3
6	August 8	at Calgary Stampeders	31–23	Loss	35,650	2–4
7	August 15	Montreal Alouettes	39–12	Loss	25,053	2–5
8	August 21	at BC Lions	37–10	Win	27,983	3–5
9	Bye
10	Sept 6	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	29–14	Loss	30,945	3–6
11	Sept 13	Saskatchewan Roughriders	55–10	Loss	29,533	3–7
12	Sept 20	at Montreal Alouettes	33–14	Loss	20,202	3–8
13	Sept 26	Toronto Argonauts	29–24	Win	22,446	4–8
14	Oct 2	Edmonton Eskimos	27–17	Win	21,965	5–8
15	Oct 12	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	38–28	Win	19,562	6–8
16	Oct 18	BC Lions	24–21	Loss	24,048	6–9
17	Oct 24	Montreal Alouettes	41–24	Win	21,378	7–9
18	Nov 1	at Montreal Alouettes	48–13	Loss	20,202	7–10
19	Nov 8	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	39–17	Loss	29,038	7–11

Roster

2009 Winnipeg Blue Bombers roster
Quarterbacks 16 Michael Bishop 13 Casey Bramlet 7 Ricky Santos Running backs 26 Yvenson Bernard 77 Jon Oosterhuis FB 32 Fred Reid 24 Daryl Stephenson FB Wide receivers 14 Otis Amey 12 Adarius Bowman 84 Dudley Guice, Jr. 15 Aaron Hargreaves 80 Brock Ralph 83 Titus Ryan Slotbacks 82 Terrence Edwards		Offensive linemen 55 Ryan Donnelly G 61 Luke Fritz OL 60 Obby Khan C 57 Brendon LaBatte G 69 Glenn January T 65 Steve Morley T Defensive linemen 97 Doug Brown DT 53 Phillip Hunt DE 92 Pat MacDonald DT 93 Don Oramasionwu DT 56 Chase Ortiz DL 90 Dorian Smith DL 40 Odell Willis DE		Linebackers  0 Troy Westwood OLB 45 Derrick Doggett LB 47 Pierre-Luc Labbé MLB 58 Joe Lobendahn LB 42 Neil McKinlay OLB 20 Siddeeq Shabazz OLB  5 Barrin Simpson ILB Defensive backs 25 Brady Browne S 10 Keyuo Craver CB 33 Shawn Gallant S  2 Jovon Johnson CB  8 Nick Kordic DB 31 Ian Logan S 21 Brandon Stewart CB 27 Lenny Walls HB 23 Jonathan Hefney HB Special teams 50 Chris Cvetkovic LS 18 Alexis Serna K 74 Troy Westwood P		Inactive List 88 Jabari Arthur 59 Kelly Bates RG 30 Steven Holness DB 19 James Johnson CB 17 Stefan LeFors QB 41 Fred Perry DE  9 Mike Renaud P 98 Gavin Walls DE Practice Roster 68 Ryan Ackerman OL  4 Adam DiMichele QB 65 Qasim Khan OL 99 Michael Landry DL 36 Rafael Little RB  3 Dante Luciani WR 91 Justin Shaw DL 96 William Snow DL Italics indicate Import player Roster updated 2009-10-08 Depth Chart • Transactions 46 Active, 8 Inactive, 8 PR → More rosters

Statistics

Offence

Passing

Player	Att	Comp	%	Yards	TD	INT	Rating
Michael Bishop	404	204	50.5	3035	15	19	68.3
Stefan LeFors	88	41	46.6	459	2	2	60.8
Bryan Randall	20	6	30.0	58	0	4	(−44.2)
Richie Williams	10	3	30.0	30	0	1	39.6
Casey Bramlet	14	2	14.3	18	0	3	(−70.0)

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	Avg.	TD	Fumbles
Fred Reid	238	1371	5.8	7	2
Yvenson Bernard	53	336	6.3	0	4
Brock Ralph	22	135	6.1	0	2
Michael Bishop	19	84	4.4	0	6
Stefan LeFors	15	68	4.5	0	2
Lavarus Giles	14	54	3.9	2	0
Mike Renaud	1	25	25	0	0
Ricky Santos	7	24	3.4	1	0
Bryan Randall	4	23	5.8	0	0
Romby Bryant	4	12	3.0	0	1
Richie Williams	2	9	4.5	0	0
Gavin Walls	1	9	9.0	0	0
Jon Oosterhuis	1	0	0.0	0	0

Receiving

Player	No.	Yards	Avg.	Long	TD
Adarius Bowman	55	925	16.8	55	6
Terrence Edwards	52	816	15.7	57	5
Brock Ralph	43	559	13.0	32	2
Titus Ryan	8	285	35.6	65	3
Romby Bryant	20	232	11.6	36	0
Otis Amey	18	188	10.4	47	0
Fred Reid	21	157	7.5	24	1
Yvenson Bernard	17	153	9.0	29	0
Aaron Hargreaves	14	142	10.1	17	0
Dudley Guice, Jr.	6	76	12.7	33	0
Arjei Franklin	5	53	10.6	18	0
Jon Oosterhuis	4	41	10.3	19	0
Craphonso Thorpe	2	27	13.5	14	0
Steve Morley	1	8	8.0	8	0
Riall Johnson	1	8	8.0	8	0
Daryl Stephenson	1	1	1.0	1	0

Playoffs

The Blue Bombers finished third in the East Division with a record of 7 wins and 11 losses. The BC Lions, who finished fourth in the West, had a better record of 8 wins and 10 losses, and under the cross-over rule eliminated Winnipeg from the playoffs. The Lions went on to play the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East semi-final at Ivor Wynne Stadium, winning 34-27 in overtime before losing to the Montreal Alouettes in Montreal in the East Final.