1999 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) |
| 4th place • East Division • 6-12-0 .333 |
| Head Coach: Dave Ritchie |
| Dickie Adams | Special Teams/Receivers |
| Less Browne | Linebackers |
| Ken Cherwinski | Running Backs |
| Gene Gaines | Defensive Coordinator |
| Mike Gorton | Defensive Line |
| Gary Hoffman | Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line |
| Bill Stewart | Offensive Coordinator |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 6/24/1999 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 12-18 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 30593 | |
| Thu | 7/1/1999 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 24-29 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 14354 | |
| Thu | 7/8/1999 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 9-39 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 29681 | |
| Thu | 7/15/1999 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 47-27 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18025 | |
| Thu | 7/22/1999 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 18-30 | L | Montreal, QC | Percival Molson Stadium | 18199 | |
| Thu | 7/29/1999 | A | British Columbia Lions | 30-18 | W | Vancouver, BC | B.C. Place Stadium | 24441 | |
| Fri | 8/6/1999 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 7-40 | L | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 21308 | |
| Fri | 8/13/1999 | H | Edmonton Eskimos | 26-56 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 22454 | |
| Thu | 8/19/1999 | A | Calgary Stampeders | 17-29 | L | Calgary, AB | McMahon Stadium | 34466 | |
| Thu | 8/26/1999 | H | Calgary Stampeders | 11-36 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 23343 | |
| Sun | 9/5/1999 | A | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 17-42 | L | Regina, SK | Taylor Field | 29249 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1999 | H | British Columbia Lions | 16-20 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 19471 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1999 | A | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 15-65 | L | Hamilton, ON | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 17157 | |
| Fri | 9/24/1999 | H | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24-18 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 18727 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1999 | A | Edmonton Eskimos | 27-19 | W | Edmonton, AB | Commonwealth Stadium | 27211 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1999 | H | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 16-43 | L | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 21915 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1999 | H | Montreal Alouettes | 32-29 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 15602 | |
| Fri | 10/22/1999 | A | Toronto Argonauts | 22-32 | L | Toronto, ON | SkyDome | 23632 | |
| Fri | 10/29/1999 | H | Toronto Argonauts | 18-13 | W | Winnipeg, MB | Winnipeg Stadium | 27043 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1999 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 10-45 | L | Montreal, QC | Percival Molson Stadium | 19461 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Mike Abou-Mechrek | 67 | OT | 6-5 | 285 | 24 | Western Ontario | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Ah Yat | 10 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Montana | 18 | |
| Sandy Annunziata | 65 | OG | 6-2 | 275 | 30 | Western Ontario | 3 | |
| Chris Armstrong | 81 | SB | 6-3 | 205 | 32 | Fayetteville State | 10 | |
| Kerwin Bell | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 34 | Florida | 18 | |
| Paul Blackwood | 4 | FB | 6-1 | 225 | 27 | Grand Rapids CC; Cincinnati | 18 | |
| Bruce Boyko | 23 | FB | 6-3 | 210 | 32 | Western Michigan | 12 | |
| Bob Cameron | 6 | P | 6-0 | 185 | 45 | Acadia | 18 | 0 |
| Grant Carter | 51 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 29 | Pacific | 6 | |
| Phil Curry | 53 | LB | 6-1 | 240 | 23 | Cincinnati | 10 | |
| Matt DuBuc | 5 | WR | 5-7 | 175 | 26 | Texas Tech | 17 | |
| Farrell Duclair | 34 | FB | 6-1 | 225 | 27 | Concordia (Quebec) | 3 | |
| Brad Elberg | 1 | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 28 | Queen's | 4 | |
| Tom Europe | 13 | S | 5-11 | 195 | 29 | Bishop's | 18 | |
| Nick Ferguson | 33 | DB | 5-11 | 201 | 25 | Morris Brown; Georgia Tech | 3 | |
| Joe Fleming | 76 | DT | 6-3 | 290 | 28 | New Hampshire | 9 | |
| Rashid Gayle | 14 | DB | 5-8 | 174 | 25 | Boise State | 16 | |
| Paul Girodo | 19 | LB | 5-11 | 210 | 26 | British Columbia | 5 | |
| Steve Glenn | 50 | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 28 | Ottawa | 18 | |
| Bennie Goods | 40 | DE | 6-3 | 255 | 31 | Alcorn State | 16 | |
| Bob Gordon | 84 | SB | 5-10 | 185 | 31 | Nebraska-Omaha | 15 | |
| Brandon Hamilton | 3 | CB | 5-9 | 175 | 27 | Tulane | 13 | |
| Dayroni Harris | 55 | DE | 6-6 | 295 | 23 | Los Angeles Southwest JC; Central Arkansas | 3 | |
| Craig Hendrickson | 59 | OG | 6-3 | 290 | 31 | Arizona Western JC; Minnesota | 9 | |
| Doug Hocking | 38 | LB | 6-0 | 230 | 30 | none | 17 | |
| Eric Johnson | 27 | LB | 6-4 | 217 | 27 | Holmes CC; Idaho State | 15 | |
| Maurice Kelly | 24 | LB | 6-0 | 199 | 27 | East Tennessee State | 18 | |
| Pat Kesi | 51 | OT | 6-3 | 314 | 26 | Washington | 9 | |
| Troy Kopp | 16 | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | Pacific | 18 | |
| Reggie Love | 2 | CB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | North Carolina | 8 | |
| Trevor Ludtke | 45 | LB | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | Saskatchewan | 4 | |
| Brett MacNeil | 57 | OG | 6-5 | 290 | 32 | Colgate; Boston University | 18 | |
| Deland McCullough | 20 | RB | 5-11 | 205 | 27 | Miami (Ohio) | 15 | |
| Spencer McLennan | 18 | S | 5-10 | 190 | 33 | Imperial Valley JC | 16 | |
| Mike Mihelic | 66 | OG | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Indiana | 18 | |
| Wade Miller | 54 | LB | 5-9 | 210 | 26 | Manitoba | 18 | |
| Sean Millington | 25 | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 31 | Simon Fraser | 3 | |
| Shay Muirbrook | 52 | LB | 6-0 | 230 | 23 | Brigham Young | 3 | |
| Harold Nash | 0 | DB | 5-8 | 180 | 29 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 11 | |
| Henry Newby | 15 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 31 | Fairmont State | 15 | |
| Chris Perez | 62 | OT | 6-5 | 285 | 30 | Kansas | 18 | |
| Cory Philpot | 9 | RB | 5-9 | 186 | 29 | Itawamba CC; Mississippi | 4 | |
| Don Robinson | 29 | DH | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Kentucky | 6 | |
| Tyrone Rodgers | 91 | NT | 6-3 | 266 | 30 | Oklahoma; Washington | 18 | |
| Joseph Rogers | 83 | SB | 5-8 | 165 | 28 | Texas Southern | 10 | |
| Garry Sawatzky | 64 | C | 6-3 | 295 | 37 | none | 16 | |
| Glen Scrivener | 72 | DE | 6-4 | 275 | 32 | William Jewell | 18 | |
| Geroy Simon | 80 | SB | 6-0 | 183 | 24 | Maryland | 10 | |
| Milt Stegall | 85 | SB | 6-0 | 184 | 29 | Miami (Ohio) | 13 | |
| Andrew Stewart | 73 | DE | 6-5 | 265 | 34 | Fresno CC; Cincinnati | 8 | |
| Andre Strode | 8 | DB | 5-8 | 176 | 27 | Colorado State | 6 | |
| Reggie Swinton | 88 | SB | 6-0 | 183 | 24 | Murray State | 4 | |
| Eddie Lee Thomas | 17 | CB | 5-9 | 180 | 31 | San Jose State | 10 | |
| Dave Vankoughnett | 60 | C | 6-4 | 255 | 33 | Snow JC; Boise State | 18 | |
| Wayne Weathers | 99 | LB | 6-4 | 235 | 26 | Manitoba | 18 | |
| Troy Westwood | 7 | K | 5-10 | 165 | 32 | Augustana (South Dakota) | 18 | 0 |
| Barry Wilburn | 1 | CB | 6-3 | 186 | 36 | Mississippi | 8 | |
| Nigel Williams | 82 | WR | 6-4 | 206 | 28 | none | 9 | |
| Sam Wilson | 21 | DB | 5-11 | 196 | 23 | Fresno State | 4 | |
| Brad Yamaoka | 30 | FB | 5-11 | 206 | 26 | British Columbia | 17 | |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 3 | 17 | Jeff Pilon | OL | Syracuse |
| 5 | 32 | Mike Abou-Mechrek | OL | Western Ontario |
| 6 | 40 | Ryan Wilkinson | QB | Waterloo |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 72 | 101 | 65 | 124 | 362 |
| Opponents Totals | 127 | 171 | 146 | 157 | 601 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | First Downs | Rush | Pass | Pen | 2nd Down Efficiency | 3rd Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 335 | 95 | 204 | 36 | 195 | 1724 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 398 | 150 | 215 | 33 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | S | SAF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Westwood | 0 | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 49 | 69.4 | 12 | 0 | 141 | |
| Deland McCullough | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||
| Milt Stegall | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |||
| Bob Gordon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Joseph Rogers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Kerwin Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bruce Boyko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bob Cameron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Chris Armstrong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Reggie Swinton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Nigel Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Harold Nash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |||
| Team Totals | 34 | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 49 | 69.4 | 17 | 4 | 362 | |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 63 | 63 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 21 | 3 | 601 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deland McCullough | 220 | 990 | 4.5 | 27 | 11 |
| Cory Philpot | 42 | 234 | 5.6 | 36 | 0 |
| Kerwin Bell | 33 | 85 | 2.6 | 16 | 1 |
| Sean Millington | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Blackwood | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Milt Stegall | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bruce Boyko | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Farrell Duclair | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Kopp | 2 | -14 | -7.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 314 | 1350 | 4.3 | 36 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 468 | 2480 | 5.3 | 27 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerwin Bell | 630 | 375 | 59.5 | 235 | 4647 | 7.4 | 12.4 | 99 | 17 | 2.7 | 20 | 3.2 | 78.2 | |||
| Troy Kopp | 29 | 11 | 37.9 | 14 | 257 | 8.9 | 23.4 | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 13.8 | 31.0 | |||
| Bob Cameron | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 9 | 2.3 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Brian Ah Yat | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 665 | 387 | 58.2 | 252 | 4913 | 7.4 | 12.7 | 99 | 17 | 2.6 | 26 | 3.9 | 39 | 73.6 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 540 | 339 | 62.8 | 186 | 5019 | 9.3 | 14.8 | 32 | 5.9 | 15 | 2.8 | 38 | 101.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milt Stegall | 73 | 1193 | 16.3 | 99 | 6 |
| Bob Gordon | 59 | 863 | 14.6 | 44 | 4 |
| Deland McCullough | 56 | 460 | 8.2 | 59 | 0 |
| Geroy Simon | 34 | 306 | 9.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Joseph Rogers | 33 | 438 | 13.3 | 59 | 1 |
| Matt DuBuc | 27 | 425 | 15.7 | 40 | 0 |
| Bruce Boyko | 16 | 125 | 7.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Cory Philpot | 11 | 119 | 10.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Sean Millington | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 31 | 0 |
| Spencer McLennan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Brad Yamaoka | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chris Armstrong | 27 | 356 | 13.2 | 37 | 3 |
| Nigel Williams | 22 | 311 | 14.1 | 94 | 1 |
| Reggie Swinton | 11 | 162 | 14.7 | 28 | 1 |
| Paul Blackwood | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Brad Elberg | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Rashid Gayle | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 387 | 4913 | 12.7 | 99 | 27 |
| Opponents Totals | 339 | 5019 | 14.8 | 32 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Newby | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Don Robinson | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Harold Nash | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 72 | 1 |
| Eddie Lee Thomas | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Maurice Kelly | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Europe | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Rashid Gayle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 215 | 14.3 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 26 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Cameron | 133 | 5690 | 42.8 | 66 | 5 | |
| Team Totals | 133 | 5690 | 42.8 | 66 | 5 | |
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Rogers | 40 | 414 | 10.4 | 77 | 2 |
| Bob Gordon | 18 | 161 | 8.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Rashid Gayle | 12 | 139 | 11.6 | 46 | 0 |
| Eddie Lee Thomas | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Reggie Swinton | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Brad Elberg | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Milt Stegall | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Geroy Simon | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Doug Hocking | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 87 | 767 | 8.8 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 966 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Westwood | 60 | 3073 | 51.2 | 70 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 60 | 3073 | 51.2 | 70 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Lee Thomas | 28 | 525 | 18.8 | 42 | 0 |
| Bob Gordon | 15 | 291 | 19.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Deland McCullough | 16 | 246 | 15.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Rashid Gayle | 14 | 239 | 17.1 | 42 | 0 |
| Reggie Swinton | 7 | 235 | 33.6 | 96 | 1 |
| Cory Philpot | 9 | 169 | 18.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Chris Armstrong | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Joseph Rogers | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Paul Blackwood | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Wade Miller | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Trevor Ludtke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Milt Stegall | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 95 | 1721 | 18.1 | 96 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Tyrone Rodgers | 6.0 | 37.0 |
| Henry Newby | 5.0 | 28.0 |
| Bennie Goods | 5.0 | 23.0 |
| Maurice Kelly | 5.0 | 17.0 |
| Doug Hocking | 3.0 | 31.0 |
| Glen Scrivener | 3.0 | 18.0 |
| Eric Johnson | 3.0 | 18.0 |
| Joe Fleming | 3.0 | 11.0 |
| Phil Curry | 2.0 | 23.0 |
| Wayne Weathers | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Andrew Stewart | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Dayroni Harris | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Team Totals | 38.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerwin Bell | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Blackwood | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant Carter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt DuBuc | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Farrell Duclair | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Europe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Fleming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashid Gayle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bennie Goods | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gordon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice Kelly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 0 |
| Pat Kesi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Kopp | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Ludtke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett MacNeil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Deland McCullough | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mihelic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wade Miller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Nash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Henry Newby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cory Philpot | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Rodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Scrivener | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Milt Stegall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 1 |
| Eddie Lee Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Vankoughnett | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Weathers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 30 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 108 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 30 | 30 |
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