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1981 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

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1981 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
General managerEarl Lunsford
Head coachRay Jauch
Home fieldWinnipeg Stadium
Results
Record11–5
Division place2nd, West
Playoff finishLost West Semi-Final
Uniform

The 1981 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in second place in the West Division with an 11–5 record. They appeared in the West Semi-Final but lost 15–11 to the BC Lions.

Offseason

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CFL Draft

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Rd Pick Player Position School

Preseason

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Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
A Wed, June 3 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 10–19 0–1 Winnipeg Stadium 18,590
B Wed, June 10 vs. Edmonton Eskimos L 16–25 0–2 Winnipeg Stadium 18,405
C Sat, June 20 at BC Lions L 18–28 0–3 Empire Stadium 15,931
D Fri, June 26 at Calgary Stampeders W 16–14 1–3 McMahon Stadium 28,579

Regular season

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Schedule

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Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 1 Sun, July 5 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 23–33 0–1 Winnipeg Stadium 21,219
2 2 Sun, July 12 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 22–20 1–1 Taylor Field 24,740
3 3 Sun, July 19 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 38–28 2–1 Winnipeg Stadium 25,745
4 Bye
5 4 Thu, July 30 at Toronto Argonauts W 21–18 3–1 Exhibition Stadium 36,102
6 5 Sat, Aug 8 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 58–2 4–1 Winnipeg Stadium 32,896
7 6 Fri, Aug 14 at Calgary Stampeders L 17–18 4–2 McMahon Stadium 32,349
8 7 Sat, Aug 22 at Edmonton Eskimos L 10–28 4–3 Commonwealth Stadium 43,346
9 8 Fri, Aug 28 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 31–8 5–3 Winnipeg Stadium 26,031
10 Bye
11 9 Sat, Sept 12 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 25–32 5–4 Winnipeg Stadium 31,773
12 10 Sun, Sept 20 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 13–25 5–5 Ivor Wynne Stadium 24,130
13 11 Sun, Sept 27 vs. BC Lions W 46–10 6–5 Winnipeg Stadium 27,930
14 12 Sat, Oct 3 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 44–24 7–5 Lansdowne Park 15,523
15 13 Sun, Oct 11 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 43–12 8–5 Winnipeg Stadium 22,717
16 14 Sat, Oct 17 at BC Lions W 49–22 9–5 Empire Stadium 23,826
17 15 Sat, Oct 24 at Montreal Alouettes W 33–13 10–5 Olympic Stadium 20,487
18 16 Sun, Nov 1 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 44–6 11–5 Winnipeg Stadium 27,489

Playoffs

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West Semi-Final

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Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
BC Lions 0 11 3 1 15
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7 1 0 3 11

Awards

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1981 CFL All-Stars

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References

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