- Offseason CFL Draft Ottawa Rough Riders Dispersal Draft
- Regular season Season standings Season schedule
- Awards and records 1997 CFL All-Stars
- References
{{Infobox NFL_season
| logo =
| team = Winnipeg Blue Bombers
| year = 1997
| record = 4–14
| division_place = 3rd, East
| coach = Jeff Reinebold
| stadium = Winnipeg Stadium
| playoffs = did not qualify
| uniform = Image:CFL WPG Jersey 1995.png
| shortnavlink = Blue Bombers seasons
}}The 1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 3rd place in the East Division with a 4–14 record and failed to make the playoffs. This ended the second longest playoff streak in CFL history at 17 years (1980-1996).[1] OffseasonCFL Draft| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team | | 3 | 23 (via Edmonton) | Marice Henriques | S | Colorado | | 5 | 38 | Jonathan Swift | LB | Tennessee-Martin | | 6 | 42 | Wayne Weathers | DE | Manitoba | |
Ottawa Rough Riders Dispersal Draft | Round | Pick | Player | Pos | | 2 | 13 | Obrad Spanic | DL | | 3 | 21 | Stacy Evans | DE | | 4 | 28 | Lubo Zizakovic | DT |
Regular seasonSeason standings East Division| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | | Toronto Argonauts | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 660 | 327 | 30 | | Montreal Alouettes | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 509 | 532 | 26 | | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 443 | 548 | 8 | | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 362 | 549 | 4 | Season schedule| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record | | 1 | June 27 | at Toronto Argonauts | 38–23 | Loss | 0–1 | | 2 | July 3 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 27–24 | Loss | 0–2 | | 3 | July 11 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 33–18 | Win | 1–2 | | 4 | July 19 | at BC Lions | 21–17 | Loss | 1–3 | | 5 | July 25 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 36–21 | Loss | 1–4 | | 6 | Aug 1 | at Calgary Stampeders | 43–22 | Loss | 1–5 | | 7 | Aug 7 | at Edmonton Eskimos | 45–11 | Loss | 1–6 | | 8 | Aug 14 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | 35–24 | Loss | 1–7 | | 9 | Aug 22 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 26–21 | Loss | 1–8 | | 10 | Aug 31 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | 43–12 | Win | 2–8 | | 11 | Sept 7 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 66–25 | Loss | 2–9 | | 12 | Sept 12 | at Montreal Alouettes | 29–28 | Loss | 2–10 | | 13 | Sept 19 | vs. BC Lions | 26–14 | Win | 3–10 | | 14 | Sept 28 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 41–9 | Loss | 3–11 | | 15 | Oct 5 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 27–25 | Loss | 3–12 | | 16 | Oct 12 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | 20–2 | Loss | 3–13 | | 17 | Oct 19 | at Montreal Alouettes | 41–34 | Loss | 3–14 | | 18 | Oct 24 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | 55–9 | Win | 4–14 | |
[2]Awards and records1997 CFL All-Stars- WR – Milt Stegall, CFL All-Star
- ST – Shonte Peoples, CFL All-Star
References1. ^https://www.cfl.ca/article/by-the-numbers-playoffs {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029210615/http://www.cfl.ca/article/by-the-numbers-playoffs |date=2013-10-29 }} By the Numbers: Playoffs???!!!
2. ^http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/winnipeg.htm
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