The

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West division. They play their home games at IG Fiel ...

season was the 62nd season for the team in the

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(CFL) and their 87th season overall. This was the sixth season under

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Mike O'Shea and the sixth full season under

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Kyle Walters. The Blue Bombers qualified for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season on September 21, 2019 following an

Ottawa Redblacks The Ottawa Redblacks (officially stylized as REDBLACKS) ( French: Le Rouge et Noir d'Ottawa) are a professional Canadian football team based in Ottawa, Ontario. The team plays in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Startin ...

loss. The club later would go on to win their 11th

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championship and their first since the 1990 Grey Cup championship game, ending what was the longest active Grey Cup drought.

Offseason

Foreign drafts

For the first time in its history, the CFL held drafts for foreign players from

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and

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. Like all other CFL teams, the Blue Bombers held three non-tradeable selections in the

2019 CFL–LFA Draft The 2019 CFL–LFA Draft took place on January 14, 2019. 27 players were chosen from an invited pool of 51 Mexican players: 34 from the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA) (a professional American football league) and 17 seniors from Mexic ...

, which took place on January 14, 2019. The

2019 European CFL Draft The 2019 CFL European Draft took place on April 11, 2019. Nine players were chosen from a pool of 18 European players who attended the 2019 CFL Combine. Background In October 2018, Canadian Football League (CFL) commissioner Randy Ambrosie outlin ...

took place on April 11, 2019 where all teams held one non-tradeable pick.

CFL draft

The

2019 CFL Draft The 2019 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2019 at 8:00 pm ET and was broadcast on TSN and RDS. 73 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian universities, as well as Canadian players playing in the United States on NCAA or ...

took place on May 2, 2019. The Blue Bombers held nine selections in the eight-round draft after acquiring the

BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Lions compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and play their home games at BC Place. The Lions played their first season ...

' first-round pick in a trade which included their own first-round pick from the 2018 CFL Draft.BC acquires first round pick in swap with Bombers
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Preseason

Schedule

2019 Schedule
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Regular season

Standings

Schedule

CFL schedule through October 2019
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Post-season

Schedule

Team

Roster

Coaching staff

References

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