1958 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

1958 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
Head coach	Bud Grant
Home field	Winnipeg Stadium
Results
Record	13–3
Division place	1st, WIFU
Playoff finish	Won 46th Grey Cup

The 1958 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 1st place in the WIFU division with a 13–3 record. In a rematch of the previous season's Grey Cup Final, the Blue Bombers defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to win the 46th Grey Cup, and their first since 1941.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	July 29	at Montreal Alouettes	40–7	Loss	0–1
A	July 31	at Toronto Argonauts	22–15	Loss	0–2

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Aug 14	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	29–21	Win	1–0
2	Aug 21	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	21–13	Loss	1–1
2	Aug 25	at Edmonton Eskimos	15–8	Win	2–1
3	Aug 28	vs. BC Lions	31–1	Win	3–1
3	Sept 1	at Calgary Stampeders	11–3	Loss	3–2
4	Sept 6	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	27–6	Win	4–2
5	Sept 13	at Calgary Stampeders	20–7	Win	5–2
5	Sept 15	at BC Lions	18–9	Win	6–2
6	Sept 20	vs. Calgary Stampeders	36–9	Win	7–2
7	Sept 29	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	43–13	Win	8–2
8	Oct 4	at Edmonton Eskimos	21–15	Win	9–2
8	Oct 6	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	14–13	Win	10–2
9	Oct 11	vs. BC Lions	10–8	Loss	10–3
10	Oct 20	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	21–15	Win	11–3
11	Oct 27	vs. Calgary Stampeders	37–10	Win	12–3
13	Nov 1	at BC Lions	24–14	Win	13–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Result
West Final #1	Nov 15	at Edmonton Eskimos	30–7	Win
West Final #2	Nov 19	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	30–7	Loss
West Final #3	Nov 22	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	23–7	Win
46th Grey Cup	Nov 29	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	35–28	Win

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	0	20	7	8	35
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14	0	14	0	28

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Founded in 1930 Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches

Stadiums	Osborne Stadium Canad Inns Stadium Investors Group Field

Culture	Buzz and Boomer Labatt Blue

Lore	Labour Day Classic Banjo Bowl Swaggerville First team from Western Canada to win the Grey Cup

Important figures	Paul Bennett Ralph "Dieter" Brock Less Browne Tom "Citation" Casey Tom Clements Carl Cronin Andrew Currie Matt Dunigan Bill Frank Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Tommy Grant G. Sydney Halter Frank Hannibal Fritz Hanson John Helton Dick Huffman W.P. Billy Hughes Jack Jacobs Eddie James Gerry James Greg Kabat Les Lear Leo "Lincoln Locomotive" Lewis Earl Lunsford Chester "Ches" McCance Cal Murphy James Murphy Ken Ploen Joe Poplawski Russ "The Wisconsin Wraith" Reholz Frank Rigney Joseph Ryan Karl Slocomb Milt Stegall Art Stevenson Robert Porter "Buddy" Tinsley Troy Westwood Chris Walby Bert Warwick

Key personnel	CEO: Wade Miller General Manager: Kyle Walters Head Coach: Mike O'Shea

Grey Cup Championships (10)	1935 1939 1941 1958 1959 1961 1962 1984 1988 1990

Western Division Championships (16)	1935 1937 1938 1939 1937 1945 1946 1947 1950 1953 1957 1958 1959 1961 1962 1965 1984

Eastern Division Championships (7)	1988 1990 1992 1993 2001 2007 2011

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West Division

1958 CFL season by team

Western Interprovicial Football Union	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1958 CFL Draft 46th Grey Cup

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