Canadian football team season
The1959 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Grey Cup champions, having defeated theHamilton Tiger-Cats once again to win the47th Grey Cup .
Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 Thu, Aug 13 atBC Lions W 42–20 1–0 Empire Stadium 29,425 1 2 Mon, Aug 17 atCalgary Stampeders W 22–21 2–0 Mewata Stadium 16,200 2 3 Thu, Aug 20 vs. Calgary Stampeders L 22–23 2–1 Winnipeg Stadium 18,333 3 4 Thu, Aug 27 vs.Edmonton Eskimos L 1–16 2–2 Winnipeg Stadium 18,928 3 5 Sat, Aug 29 atSaskatchewan Roughriders W 61–8 3–2 Taylor Field 12,000 4 6 Thu, Sept 3 vs. BC Lions W 34–23 4–2 Winnipeg Stadium 18,003 4 7 Sat, Sept 5 at Edmonton Eskimos W 16–8 5–2 Clarke Stadium 17,143 5 8 Sat, Sept 12 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 41–14 6–2 Winnipeg Stadium 15,962 6 9 Sat, Sept 19 at BC Lions L 6–17 6–3 Empire Stadium 32,061 6 10 Mon, Sept 21 at Calgary Stampeders W 15–10 7–3 Mewata Stadium 16,000 7 11 Mon, Sept 28 vs. Edmonton Eskimos W 13–10 8–3 Winnipeg Stadium 17,707 8 12 Mon, Oct 5 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 38–24 9–3 Winnipeg Stadium 15,813 9 13 Mon, Oct 12 at Saskatchewan Roughriders W 27–14 10–3 Taylor Field 8,000 10 14 Sat, Oct 17 vs. BC Lions W 31–6 11–3 Winnipeg Stadium 18,184 10 15 Mon, Oct 19 at Edmonton Eskimos L 20–21 11–4 Clarke Stadium 15,500 11 16 Mon, Oct 26 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 2–0† 12–4 Winnipeg Stadium 14,279
† Actual game was won by Saskatchewan 37–30 but was immediately forfeited under CFL rules; the Roughriders had no healthy quarterback and resorted to suiting up their coach,Frank Trupicka , who as an American national was ineligible to be added to the roster at such a late date in the season.[ 1]
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