1961 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

1961 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
Head coach	Bud Grant
Home field	Winnipeg Stadium
Results
Record	13–3
Division place	1st, West Division
Playoff finish	Won 49th Grey Cup

The 1961 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 1st place in the West division with a 13–3 record. The Blue Bombers defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to win the 49th Grey Cup.

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
A	July 20	at Ottawa Rough Riders	28–15	Loss	0–1
B	July 27	vs. Toronto Argonauts	20–18	Win	1–1

Regular season

Standings

Western Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	13	3	0	360	251	26
Edmonton Eskimos	16	10	5	1	334	257	21
Calgary Stampeders	16	7	9	0	300	311	14
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	5	10	1	211	314	11
BC Lions	16	1	13	2	215	393	4

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	Aug 7	at Calgary Stampeders	18–17	Win	1–0
2	Aug 11	at Montreal Alouettes	21–15	Win	2–0
2	Aug 14	at Toronto Argonauts	14–13	Win	3–0
3	Aug 17	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	29–19	Win	4–0
4	Aug 24	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	35–20	Loss	4–1
5	Aug 31	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	30–9	Loss	4–2
5	Sept 4	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	17–11	Win	5–2
6	Bye
7	Sept 14	vs. BC Lions	36–15	Win	6–2
8	Sept 23	at Edmonton Eskimos	33–10	Win	7–2
9	Sept 30	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	29–6	Win	8–2
10	Oct 7	vs. BC Lions	24–20	Win	9–2
11	Oct 14	at Calgary Stampeders	25–6	Win	10–2
11	Oct 16	at BC Lions	16–15	Win	11–2
12	Oct 23	vs. Calgary Stampeders	42–7	Win	12–2
12	Oct 30	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	19–13	Loss	12–3
13	Nov 4	at Edmonton Eskimos	14–13	Win	13–3

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Result
West Final #1	Nov 18	at Calgary Stampeders	14–1	Win
West Final #2	Nov 22	vs. Calgary Stampeders	43–14	Win
49th Grey Cup	Dec 2	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21–14 (OT)	Win

Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7	0	7	0	7	21
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	0	7	0	7	0	14

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