# 2001 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

The 2001 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in first place in the East Division with a 14–4 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup but lost to the Calgary Stampeders.

## Offseason
### CFL Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/club team |
| 3 | 19 | Ben Wearing | WR | McGill |
| 4 | 27 | Nick Tsatsaronis | RB | Memphis |
| 5 | 35 | Howie Dryden | DB | Manitoba |
| 6 | 43 | Darryl Fabiani | DB | Western Ontario |

## Regular season
### Season standings

East Division :
| Team | GP | W | L | T | OTL | PF | PA | Pts |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 509 | 383 | 28 |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 440 | 420 | 22 |
| Montreal Alouettes | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 454 | 419 | 18 |
| Toronto Argonauts | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 432 | 455 | 15 |

### Season schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
| 1 | July 4 | at Calgary Stampeders | 48–20 | Win | 1–0 |
| 2 | July 13 | at Toronto Argonauts | 30–16 | Win | 2–0 |
| 3 | July 20 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 37–34 | Loss | 2–1 |
| 4 | July 26 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 24–19 | Loss | 2–2 |
| 5 | Aug 3 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | 32–14 | Win | 3–2 |
| 6 | Aug 10 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | 36–16 | Win | 4–2 |
| 7 | Aug 16 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 20–17 | Win | 5–2 |
| 8 | Aug 24 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | 24–19 | Win | 6–2 |
| 9 | Sept 2 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | 20–18 | Win | 7–2 |
| 10 | Sept 8 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 63–31 | Win | 8–2 |
| 11 | Sept 17 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | 23–22 | Win | 9–2 |
| 12 | Sept 23 | at Montreal Alouettes | 28–25 | Win | 10–2 |
| 13 | Sept 28 | vs. BC Lions | 23–22 | Win | 11–2 |
| 14 | Oct 5 | at Edmonton Eskimos | 37–33 | Win | 12–2 |
| 15 | Oct 14 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 24–17 | Win | 13–2 |
| 16 | Oct 20 | at BC Lions | 26–18 | Win | 14–2 |
| 17 | Oct 26 | at Toronto Argonauts | 12–7 | Loss | 14–3 |
| 18 | Nov 2 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | 22–15 | Loss | 14–4 |

## Playoffs
### East Final

| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 |

### Grey Cup

| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| Calgary Stampeders | 0 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 27 |

## Awards and records

* CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Khari Jones (QB)
* CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Doug Brown (DT)
* CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Dave Mudge (OT)
* CFL's Most Outstanding Special Teams Award – Charles Roberts (RB)
* CFL's Coach of the Year Award – Dave Ritchie

### 2001 CFL All-Stars

* QB – Khari Jones, CFL All-Star
* SB – Milt Stegall, CFL All-Star
* OG – Brett MacNeil, CFL All-Star
* OT – Dave Mudge, CFL All-Star
* ST – Charles Roberts, CFL All-Star
* DT – Doug Brown, CFL All-Star
* DB – Juran Bolden, CFL All-Star
* DB – Harold Nash, CFL All-Star

### Eastern All-Star selections

* QB – Khari Jones, CFL Eastern All-Star
* SB – Milt Stegall, CFL Eastern All-Star
* OG – Brett MacNeil, CFL Eastern All-Star
* OT – Dave Mudge, CFL Eastern All-Star
* ST – Charles Roberts, CFL Eastern All-Star
* DT – Doug Brown, CFL Eastern All-Star
* CB – Marvin Coleman, CFL Eastern All-Star
* DB – Juran Bolden, CFL Eastern All-Star
* DB – Harold Nash, CFL Eastern All-Star