1981 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season

1981 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
General manager	Earl Lunsford
Head coach	Ray Jauch
Home field	Winnipeg Stadium
Results
Record	11–5
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Semi-Final
Uniform

The 1981 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in second place in the West Division with an 11–5 record. They appeared in the West Semi-Final but lost 15–11 to the BC Lions.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
			Score	Record
A	Wed, June 3	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 10–19	0–1	Winnipeg Stadium	18,590
B	Wed, June 10	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	L 16–25	0–2	Winnipeg Stadium	18,405
C	Sat, June 20	at BC Lions	L 18–28	0–3	Empire Stadium	15,931
D	Fri, June 26	at Calgary Stampeders	W 16–14	1–3	McMahon Stadium	28,579

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results		Venue	Attendance
				Score	Record
1	1	Sun, July 5	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 23–33	0–1	Winnipeg Stadium	21,219
2	2	Sun, July 12	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 22–20	1–1	Taylor Field	24,740
3	3	Sun, July 19	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	W 38–28	2–1	Winnipeg Stadium	25,745
4	Bye
5	4	Thu, July 30	at Toronto Argonauts	W 21–18	3–1	Exhibition Stadium	36,102
6	5	Sat, Aug 8	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 58–2	4–1	Winnipeg Stadium	32,896
7	6	Fri, Aug 14	at Calgary Stampeders	L 17–18	4–2	McMahon Stadium	32,349
8	7	Sat, Aug 22	at Edmonton Eskimos	L 10–28	4–3	Commonwealth Stadium	43,346
9	8	Fri, Aug 28	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	W 31–8	5–3	Winnipeg Stadium	26,031
10	Bye
11	9	Sat, Sept 12	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 25–32	5–4	Winnipeg Stadium	31,773
12	10	Sun, Sept 20	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 13–25	5–5	Ivor Wynne Stadium	24,130
13	11	Sun, Sept 27	vs. BC Lions	W 46–10	6–5	Winnipeg Stadium	27,930
14	12	Sat, Oct 3	at Ottawa Rough Riders	W 44–24	7–5	Lansdowne Park	15,523
15	13	Sun, Oct 11	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 43–12	8–5	Winnipeg Stadium	22,717
16	14	Sat, Oct 17	at BC Lions	W 49–22	9–5	Empire Stadium	23,826
17	15	Sat, Oct 24	at Montreal Alouettes	W 33–13	10–5	Olympic Stadium	20,487
18	16	Sun, Nov 1	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 44–6	11–5	Winnipeg Stadium	27,489

Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BC Lions	0	11	3	1	15
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7	1	0	3	11