Fast facts: Winnipeg vs. Edmonton
August 12, 2004 - Canadian Football League (CFL)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers News Release
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS vs. EDMONTON ESKIMOS
7:30 P.M. CDT â THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2004 â CANAD INNS STADIUM
ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RECORD vs. EDMONTON (since 1938): 77 wins, 83 losses and 2 ties...
ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON HOME RECORD vs. EDMONTON (since 1938): 45 wins, 33 losses and 1 tie...
LAST REGULAR-SEASON MEETING: 41-24 loss, July 30, 2004, Winnipeg @ Edmonton @ Commonwealth Stadium... the Edmonton Eskimos â and in particular, quarterback Jason Maas â could do no wrong against a Bomber side that appeared lifeless and unmotivated... Maas set a new CFL record for consecutive pass completions with 22, breaking the former mark held by Joe Paopao (18 passes, Joe Paopao, British Columbia, British Columbia vs. Toronto, Sept. 22, 1979)... Maas ended the game 27-of-30 for 535 yards, four touchdowns, zero interceptions and a 195.8 passer efficiency rating...
LAST MEETING AT SITE: 34-30 win, Oct. 25, 2003, Winnipeg vs. Edmonton @ Canad Inns Stadium... Winnipeg quarterback Khari Jones gave one of the grittiest performances in the history of Winnipeg Blue Bombers Football in this game when he came off the bench for starter Pat Barnes... Jones, who wasn't scheduled to play because of a painful high-ankle sprain, volunteered to enter the game after Barnes suffered a season-ending knee injury... the Eskimos marched 90 yards in seven plays to establish a 14-0 1st Quarter lead... the backfield duo of Charles Roberts and Mike Sellers helped ease Jones' burden... Roberts finished the game with 16 carries for 107 yards with Sellers adding 11 carries for 80 yards... late in the 4th, Jones drove Winnipeg 87 yards to the winning score in only five plays and 56 seconds...
BROADCAST: Radio â CJOB 680, Canadian Football Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Irving â play-by-play, former Blue Bomber Mitch Zalnasky & Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Fame member Bob Cameron â color commentary, & Andrea Rawlings â sideline host...
GAME SCENARIO: The Blue Bombers begin the Jim Daley Era tonight... Daley took over the head coaching duties Monday after Dave Ritchie was relieved of his duties... the Bombers are playing the 2nd game of a three-games-in-10-days stint... game three of that run goes Tuesday night against the Toronto Argonauts at SkyDome... like Winnipeg, Edmonton is also in the midst of a compressed schedule, as they are playing their 2nd game in only five days...
HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE: tonight's game will be the 519th regular-season home game in Blue Bomber History... the team owns a 326-186-6 mark, which represents a 63.5 winning percentage...
INJURIES: defensive back ERIC CARTER (triceps), defensive back TIM CARTER (elbow), defensive tackle DENNY FORTNEY (ankle & elbow), offensive tackle DAN GYETVAI (knee), fullback CORY OLYNICK (thumb) and slotback MILT STEGALL (back spasms) will not play...
INITIATION TIME: head coach JIM DALEY makes his debut as headman for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers... wide receiver GILLES COLON makes his CFL debut tonight...
ROSTER MOVES: offensive tackle DAN GYETVAI and slotback MILT STEGALL move to the injured roster... linebacker TRAVIS ORTEGA and cornerback MARCUS SMITH move to the practice roster... wide receiver GILLES COLON, cornerback RAHEEM COVINGTON, offensive tackle JERMESE JONES and wide receiver DERRICK SMITH are activated from the practice roster...
NOTES: JIM DALEY will make his debut as Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach... wide receiver GILLES COLON makes his CFL and Blue Bomber debut tonight... wide receiver ROBERT GORDON needs one (1) reception to take sole possession of 10th place in the football club's record books for career receptions with 278... three (3) receptions would tie him with KEN WINEY for 9th place... six (6) catches would tie him with JEFF BOYD for 8th spot... linebacker MAURICE KELLY is on the verge of several milestones... he needs one (1) fumble return to tie Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Fame member STAN MIKAWOS for 2nd all-time in the Bomber record books... one (1) special teams tackle will tie him with GREG CLARK for 9th place in the club charts with 46... two (2) special teams tackles would tie him with DONALD SMITH for 8th place with 47... three (3) special teams tackles will bring him even with DAVE DONALDSON for 7th with 48... one (1) tackle for a loss would tie him with BRIAN CLARK for 3rd place in that category in the club's record books with 18... runningback CHARLES ROBERTS needs 104 yards to tie DAVE RAIMEY for 5th place in the football club record books for career rushing yards with 3,917... slotback JAMIE STODDARD needs eight (8) receiving yards to reach 1,500 for his career... kicker TROY WESTWOOD needs 18 points to reach 2,300 for his career... he needs 109 kickoff yards to tie Canadian Football Hall of Fame member DAVE CUTLER for 4th place in the CFL record books with 60,527...
OLD FRIENDS/NEW ENEMIES: defensive back SHANNON GARRETT played for Winnipeg from 1995-1997... injured runningback TROY MILLS played for Winnipeg in 2001... defensive back HAROLD NASH, JR. was a popular Blue Bomber from 1999-2003... offensive lineman DEVIN RODGER attended Winnipeg's training camps in 2002 & 2003... Winnipeg offensive coordinator RON LANCASTER worked in the same role for Edmonton in 1996 & 1997... defensive back JAYSON BRAY was on the Eskimos practice roster for one week in 2003 before the British Columbia Lions scooped him up... wide receiver ROBERT GORDON was with the Eskies in 1997... defensive end ELFRID PAYTON was an Eskimos from 2002 to the 2004 training camp... he was a CFL All-Star and the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player in 2002... safety TERRY RAY was a three-time all-star at linebacker in his four seasons with Edmonton from 1999-2003...
SCHOOL CONNECTIONS: wide receiver JAMIE STODDARD played his college football for the University of Alberta Golden Bears... Edmonton offensive lineman DEVIN RODGER played his college ball for the University of Manitoba...
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