2001 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

The 2001 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in first place in the East Division with a 14–4 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup but lost to the Calgary Stampeders.

2001 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
Head coach	Dave Ritchie
Home field	Canad Inns Stadium
Results
Record	14–4
Division place	1st, East
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup
Uniform

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/club team
3	19	Ben Wearing	WR	McGill
4	27	Nick Tsatsaronis	RB	Memphis
5	35	Howie Dryden	DB	Manitoba
6	43	Darryl Fabiani	DB	Western Ontario

Regular season

Season standings

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	14	4	0	0	509	383	28
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18	11	7	0	0	440	420	22
Montreal Alouettes	18	9	9	0	0	454	419	18
Toronto Argonauts	18	7	11	0	1	432	455	15

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	July 4	at Calgary Stampeders	48–20	Win	1–0
2	July 13	at Toronto Argonauts	30–16	Win	2–0
3	July 20	vs. Montreal Alouettes	37–34	Loss	2–1
4	July 26	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	24–19	Loss	2–2
5	Aug 3	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	32–14	Win	3–2
6	Aug 10	vs. Toronto Argonauts	36–16	Win	4–2
7	Aug 16	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	20–17	Win	5–2
8	Aug 24	vs. Montreal Alouettes	24–19	Win	6–2
9	Sept 2	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	20–18	Win	7–2
10	Sept 8	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	63–31	Win	8–2
11	Sept 17	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	23–22	Win	9–2
12	Sept 23	at Montreal Alouettes	28–25	Win	10–2
13	Sept 28	vs. BC Lions	23–22	Win	11–2
14	Oct 5	at Edmonton Eskimos	37–33	Win	12–2
15	Oct 14	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	24–17	Win	13–2
16	Oct 20	at BC Lions	26–18	Win	14–2
17	Oct 26	at Toronto Argonauts	12–7	Loss	14–3
18	Nov 2	vs. Calgary Stampeders	22–15	Loss	14–4

Playoffs

East Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	3	7	10	8	28
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	7	0	3	3	13

Grey Cup

Main article: 89th Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	4	0	8	7	19
Calgary Stampeders	0	17	0	10	27

Awards and records

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Khari Jones (QB)
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Doug Brown (DT)
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Dave Mudge (OT)
• CFL's Most Outstanding Special Teams Award – Charles Roberts (RB)
• CFL's Coach of the Year Award – Dave Ritchie

2001 CFL All-Stars

• QB – Khari Jones, CFL All-Star
• SB – Milt Stegall, CFL All-Star
• OG – Brett MacNeil, CFL All-Star
• OT – Dave Mudge, CFL All-Star
• ST – Charles Roberts, CFL All-Star
• DT – Doug Brown, CFL All-Star
• DB – Juran Bolden, CFL All-Star
• DB – Harold Nash, CFL All-Star

Eastern All-Star selections

• QB – Khari Jones, CFL Eastern All-Star
• SB – Milt Stegall, CFL Eastern All-Star
• OG – Brett MacNeil, CFL Eastern All-Star
• OT – Dave Mudge, CFL Eastern All-Star
• ST – Charles Roberts, CFL Eastern All-Star
• DT – Doug Brown, CFL Eastern All-Star
• CB – Marvin Coleman, CFL Eastern All-Star
• DB – Juran Bolden, CFL Eastern All-Star
• DB – Harold Nash, CFL Eastern All-Star