CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers

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Published on July 8, 2004 under Canadian Football League (CFL)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers News Release


ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RECORD vs. REGINA/SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS: 120 wins, 81 losses and 4 ties (59.5%)...

ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON HOME RECORD vs. REGINA/SASKATCHEWAN: 70 wins, 33 losses and 1 tie (67.8%)...

DAVE RITCHIE ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RECORD vs. SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS: 17 wins and 5 losses (77.3%)...

STREAKS: The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have won the last four regular-season meetings with the Saskatchewan Roughriders... the Blue & Gold have won nine in a row against the Roughies at home dating back to 1994 (last home loss: 49-18, Winnipeg vs. Saskatchewan, Sept. 11, 1994)...

LAST REGULAR-SEASON MEETING: 36-18 win, Winnipeg @ Saskatchewan, Aug. 31, 2003 @ Taylor Field... the Blue Bombers punished the Roughriders in the 37th Annual Labour Day Classic before a sellout crowd of 40,320 fans – the 3rd-largest crowd to witness a game at historic Taylor Field in Regina... the Big Blue scored on four of its first five possessions, totaling 430 yards in net offence on the day... runningback CHARLES ROBERTS rushed for 124 yards... kicker TROY WESTWOOD was a perfect 5-for-5 in field goal attempts on the day, with three of those efforts coming from 40 yards out and better...

LAST MEETING AT SITE: 29-27 win, July 10, 2003, Winnipeg vs. Saskatchewan @ Canad Inns Stadium... kicker TROY WESTWOOD makes one of the most important kicks of his life, winning the game for Winnipeg with a dramatic 55-yard field goal with no time left on the clock... Westwood was 5-for-6 in field goal attempts... runningback CHARLES ROBERTS ran 28 times for 186 yards... Winnipeg rushed 38 times for 241 yards... Winnipeg outgained Saskatchewan 399-205, had 40 more plays from scrimmage, started drives with a 12.1-yard advantage over Saskatchewan, and had the ball 14:28 longer than the Roughriders... Saskatchewan linebacker REGGIE HUNT set a CFL record for defensive tackles in a game with 16...

BROADCAST: Radio – CJOB 680, Canadian Football Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Irving – play-by-play, former Blue Bomber Mitch Zalnasky & Winnipeg Football Club Hall of Fame member Bob Cameron – color commentary, Andrea Rawlings – sideline host...

GAME SCENARIO: the Blue Bombers are 0-2 and with a win could possibly be in 1st place in the CFL's West Division standings... the Roughriders are 1-2 and a win would guarantee them at least a share of 1st place ...

HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE: tonight's game will be the 517th regular-season home game in Blue Bomber History... the team owns a 325-185-6 mark, which represents a 63.6 winning percentage...

INITIATION TIME: wide receivers DARCEY LEVY & DERRICK SMITH make their CFL debuts tonight...

INJURIES: fullback RANDY BOWLES (foot), defensive back TIM CARTER (elbow), defensive tackle DENNY FORTNEY (ankle), wide receiver ROBERT GORDON (ankle) and wide receiver REGGIE JONES (hamstring) will not play...

ROSTER MOVES: the Winnipeg Blue Bombers make the most roster changes for a single game in the Dave Ritchie Era... offensive lineman ORLANDO BOBO, defensive tackle MELVIN BRADLEY and defensive end ELFRID PAYTON joined the team this week... all three will dress and start for Winnipeg... Bobo was a late cut in the Bombers' 2004 training camp... Payton in his 3rd tour of duty with the team, having played for the Big Blue from 1991-1993 & in 2000... slotback JAMIE STODDARD is activated from the team's injured roster... defensive back JUSTIN COLEMAN, defensive back RAHEEM COVINGTON and wide receivers DARCEY LEVY & DERRICK SMITH move from the practice roster to the active roster... defensive end STEPHEN ANZALONE, defensive back CEDRIC DICKERSON, offensive lineman JERMESE JONES and cornerback MARCEL SMITH move from the active roster to the practice roster... fullback RANDY BOWLES (foot), defensive back TIM CARTER (elbow), defensive tackle DENNY FORTNEY (ankle), wide receiver ROBERT GORDON (ankle) and wide receiver REGGIE JONES (hamstring) move from the active roster to the injured roster... linebacker TONY ORTIZ (family matter) remains on the team's suspended list and will not play... safety and converted wide receiver GEOFF DROVER will make his first CFL start on defence, ahead of safety JOE MORGAN... fullback WADE MILLER will get the start tonight in place of the injured RANDY BOWLES...

NOTES: with a victory tonight, head coach DAVE RITCHIE would tie Bob O'Billovich for 7th place in the CFL record books for regular-season wins with 107... defensive tackle DOUG BROWN needs one tackle to reach 100 for his CFL career... quarterback KEVIN GLENN will play in his 50th CFL game tonight... wide receiver MARKUS HOWELL will play in his 75th CFL game tonight... quarterback KHARI JONES will play in his 75th game as a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers... linebacker MAURICE KELLY will play in his 125th CFL game tonight... runningback CHARLES ROBERTS is on the verge of several career milestones... 49 combined yards would give him 9,000... 22 kickoff return yards would put him into 4th place in the Blue Bombers record books with 2,113... slotback MILT STEGALL needs six (6) receptions to tie Canadian Football Hall of Fame member James Murphy for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers club record... it would also tie him with Murphy and Earl Winfield for 16th place all-time in the CFL record books... kicker TROY WESTWOOD needs five (5) points to tie Canadian Football Hall of Fame member Dave Cutler for 5th place in the CFL record books for career scoring with 2,237 points... he needs one (1) kickoffs to pass Cutler for 5th in CFL all-time kickoffs with 1,031...

OLD FRIENDS/NEW ENEMIES: defensive end DAVED BENEFIELD played two years for Winnipeg in 2002 & 2003... offensive lineman ROB LAZEO played for Winnipeg from 2000-2001... Winnipeg general manager & vice-president of football operations BRENDAN TAMAN worked for the Riders from 1987-1988 and from 1993-1996... Bomber defensive line coach JIM DALEY was the Riders defensive coordinator from 1994-1995 and their head coach from 1996-1998... fullback CHRIS CVETKOVIC played for Saskatchewan in 2002 & 2003... quarterback KEVIN GLENN played for the Roughriders from 2001-2003... linebacker LAMAR McGRIGGS played 10 games for the Roughies in 1997... defensive tackle TYSON ST. JAMES played for Saskatchewan from 2000-2002...

SCHOOL CONNECTIONS: Saskatchewan defensive back DARNELL EDWARDS played college football for the University of Manitoba Bisons... offensive lineman TODD KRENBRINK, fullback CORY OLYNICK and punter JON RYAN all played college football for the University of Regina Rams...

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