1953 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

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Canadian football team season

1953 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
Home field	Osborne Stadium
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	3rd, WIPU
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup
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The 1953 Winnipeg Blue Bombers was the 21st season of the franchise.

Regular season

**Western Interprovincial Football Union**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	12	4	0	276	157	24
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	8	7	1	243	239	17
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	8	8	0	226	226	16
Calgary Stampeders	16	3	12	1	190	313	7

Playoffs

Semifinals

**WIFU semifinals – game 1**
Saskatchewan Roughriders @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Date	Away	Home
October 28	Saskatchewan Roughriders 5	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 43

**WIFU semifinals – game 2**
Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Saskatchewan Roughriders
Date	Away	Home
October 31	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 17	Saskatchewan Roughriders 18

Winnipeg won the total-point series by 60–23. The Blue Bombers will play the Edmonton Eskimos in the WIFU Finals.

Finals

**WIFU Finals – Game 1**
Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Edmonton Eskimos
Date	Away	Home
November 7	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7	Edmonton Eskimos 25

**WIFU Finals – Game 2**
Edmonton Eskimos @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Date	Away	Home
November 11	Edmonton Eskimos 17	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 21

**WIFU Finals – Game 3**
Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Edmonton Eskimos
Date	Away	Home
November 14	Winnipeg Blue Bombers 30	Edmonton Eskimos 24

Winnipeg wins the best of three series 2–1.

Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	0	0	6	0	6
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	6	0	6	0	12

References

https://stats.cfldb.ca/team/winnipeg-blue-bombers/1953/

v t e Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Founded in 1930 Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches Starting quarterbacks
Stadiums	Osborne Stadium Winnipeg Stadium Princess Auto Stadium
Culture	Buzz and Boomer Labatt Blue
Lore	Labour Day Classic Banjo Bowl Swaggerville First team from Western Canada to win the Grey Cup
Important figures	Paul Bennett Ralph "Dieter" Brock Less Browne Tom "Citation" Casey Tom Clements Carl Cronin Andrew Currie Matt Dunigan Bill Frank Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Tommy Grant G. Sydney Halter Frank Hannibal Fritz Hanson John Helton Dick Huffman W.P. Billy Hughes Jack Jacobs Eddie James Gerry James Greg Kabat Les Lear Leo "Lincoln Locomotive" Lewis Earl Lunsford Chester "Ches" McCance Cal Murphy James Murphy Ken Ploen Joe Poplawski Russ "The Wisconsin Wraith" Reholz Frank Rigney Joseph Ryan Karl Slocomb Milt Stegall Art Stevenson Robert Porter "Buddy" Tinsley Troy Westwood Chris Walby Bert Warwick
Key personnel	CEO: Wade Miller General Manager: Kyle Walters Head Coach: Mike O'Shea
Grey Cup Championships (12)	1935 1939 1941 1958 1959 1961 1962 1984 1988 1990 2019 2021
Western Division Championships (18)	1935 1937 1938 1939 1941 1945 1946 1947 1950 1953 1957 1958 1959 1961 1962 1965 1984 2019 2021 2022 2023
Eastern Division Championships (7)	1988 1990 1992 1993 2001 2007 2011
Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West Division

v t e Winnipeg Blue Bombers seasons
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Bold indicates Grey Cup victory.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers seasons

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory.

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