# 1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

The 1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in third place in the West Division with an 11–7 record. They played in the West Semi-Final but lost to the BC Lions.

## Offseason
### CFL Draft

| Rd | Pick | Player | Position | School |

## Preseason

| Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| A | Sat, June 7 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | W 35–10 | 1–0 | Canada Games Stadium | 11,463 |
| B | Sun, June 9 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | W 22–7 | 2–0 | Winnipeg Stadium | 21,526 |
| C | Fri, June 13 | at Calgary Stampeders | W 17–15 | 3–0 | McMahon Stadium | 25,557 |
| D | Sat, June 21 | at BC Lions | W 28–18 | 4–0 | BC Place | 26,921 |

## Regular season
### Standings

West Division :
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 540 | 365 | 27 |
| BC Lions | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 441 | 410 | 24 |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 545 | 387 | 22 |
| Calgary Stampeders | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 484 | 380 | 22 |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 382 | 517 | 13 |

### Schedule

| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Results | Venue | Attendance |
| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | 1 | Thu, June 26 | at BC Lions | L 17–28 | 0–1 | BC Place | 41,704 |
| 2 | 2 | Sat, July 5 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 56–0 | 1–1 | Winnipeg Stadium | 26,746 |
| 3 | 3 | Sat, July 12 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 11–28 | 1–2 | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 13,664 |
| 4 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 5 | 4 | Thu, July 24 | vs. Calgary Stampeders | W 25–20 | 2–2 | Winnipeg Stadium | 25,197 |
| 6 | 5 | Fri, Aug 1 | at Montreal Alouettes | W 37–10 | 3–2 | Olympic Stadium | 14,127 |
| 7 | 6 | Thu, Aug 7 | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 36–30 | 4–2 | Winnipeg Stadium | 25,982 |
| 8 | 7 | Fri, Aug 15 | at Edmonton Eskimos | L 5–33 | 4–3 | Commonwealth Stadium | 40,617 |
| 9 | 8 | Fri, Aug 22 | vs. Ottawa Rough Riders | W 46–14 | 5–3 | Winnipeg Stadium | 23,918 |
| 10 | 9 | Sun, Aug 31 | at Saskatchewan Roughriders | L 30–34 | 5–4 | Taylor Field | 25,274 |
| 11 | 10 | Fri, Sept 5 | vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 38–14 | 6–4 | Winnipeg Stadium | 24,996 |
| 12 | 11 | Thu, Sept 11 | at Calgary Stampeders | L 27–38 | 6–5 | McMahon Stadium | 26,184 |
| 13 | 12 | Thu, Sept 18 | vs. Montreal Alouettes | W 39–14 | 7–5 | Winnipeg Stadium | 21,899 |
| 14 | 13 | Sun, Sept 28 | at Toronto Argonauts | W 26–16 | 8–5 | Exhibition Stadium | 25,300 |
| 15 | 14 | Sun, Oct 5 | vs. Toronto Argonauts | W 48–20 | 9–5 | Winnipeg Stadium | 28,356 |
| 16 | 15 | Mon, Oct 13 | at Ottawa Rough Riders | W 18–16 | 10–5 | Lansdowne Park | 13,572 |
| 17 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 18 | 16 | Sat, Oct 25 | vs. Edmonton Eskimos | W 42–20 | 11–5 | Winnipeg Stadium | 32,946 |
| 19 | 17 | Sun, Nov 2 | vs. BC Lions | L 20–26 | 11–6 | Winnipeg Stadium | 31,817 |
| 20 | 18 | Sat, Nov 8 | at BC Lions | L 24–36 | 11–7 | BC Place | 54,723 |

## Playoffs
### West Semi-Final

| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| BC Lions | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 21 |