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{{short description|Canadian football team season}}
{{Infobox NFL team season
| logo =
| team = Winnipeg Blue Bombers
| year = 2009
| record = '''7–11'''
| division_place = '''3rd, [[Canadian Football League East Division|East]]'''
| coach = [[Mike Kelly (gridiron football)|Mike Kelly]]
| stadium = [[Canad Inns Stadium]]
| playoffs = ''did not qualify''
| uniform = File:CFL WPG Jersey 2009.png
| shortnavlink = Blue Bombers seasons
}}
The '''[[2009 CFL season|2009]] [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] season''' was the 52nd season for the team in the [[Canadian Football League]] and their 77th overall. The Blue Bombers were in the playoff hunt until the last game of the season, at home, against the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]], but lost the game and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since [[2005 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season|2005]], finishing the season with a disappointing 7–11 record.

== Off-season ==
On February 18, [[Milt Stegall]] announced his retirement from the Blue Bombers.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120714092742/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Winnipeg/2009/02/19/8447736-sun.html ]}} </ref>

New coach [[Mike Kelly (gridiron football)|Mike Kelly]] made many roster moves to re-shape the team that lost the [[95th Grey Cup]] in 2007 and slid to an 8 win and 10 loss record in the [[2008 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season|2008 season]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Winnipeg/2009/06/09/9742361-cp.html |title=New Bombers coach Mike Kelly has wasted no time putting stamp on CFL club |last=Owen |first=Judy |date=2009-06-09 |publisher=Winnipeg Sun |accessdate=2009-06-10 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20090626224511/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Winnipeg/2009/06/09/9742361-cp.html |archivedate=June 26, 2009 }}</ref>

=== CFL draft ===
The [[2009 CFL Draft]] took place on May 2, 2009. Due to trades, the Blue Bombers did not have a selection until the third round, when they chose lineman [[Mike Morris (Canadian football)|Mike Morris]] from UBC.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.winnipegsun.com/sports/football/2009/05/02/9326766.html|title=Bombers draft four Canucks|last=Penton|first=Kirk|date=2009-05-02|publisher=Winnipeg Sun|accessdate=2009-05-03}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable sortable"
! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" width="8%"| Round
! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" width="8%"| Pick
! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" width="20%"| Player
! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" width="15%"| Position
! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" width="20%"| School/Club Team
|-
|align=center| 3 || 19 || [[Mike Morris (Canadian football)|Mike Morris]] || OL || UBC
|-
|align=center| 4 || 27 || [[Adam Bestard]] || OL || Wilfrid Laurier
|-
|align=center| 5 || 35 || [[Peter Quinney]] || FB || Wilfrid Laurier
|-
|align=center| 6 || 45 || [[Thaine Carter]] || LB || Queen's
|-
|}

=== Notable transactions ===
*On February 18, [[Riall Johnson]] was acquired by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, from the Toronto Argonauts for import middle linebacker [[Zeke Moreno]] and a conditional draft pick.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120730015018/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Winnipeg/2009/02/20/8464726-sun.html ]}} </ref>

=== Pre-season ===
{| class="wikitable sortable sortable"
! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" width="8%"| Date
! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" width="20%"| Opponent
! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" width="15%"| Score
! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" width="20%"| Result
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| June 17
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats
| 32–22
| Win
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| June 24
| @ Montreal Alouettes
| 31–27
| Loss
|-
|}

== Regular season ==

===Division standings===
{{2009 CFL East Division Standings}}

===Season schedule===
{| class="wikitable sortable sortable"
! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" width="6%"| Week
! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" width="8%"| Date
! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" width="20%"| Opponent
! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" width="10%"| Score
! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" width="10%"| Result
! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" width="10%"| Attendance
! style="background:#13264B;color:#C9AF74;" width="5%"| Record
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 1
| July 2
| at [[2009 Edmonton Eskimos season|Edmonton Eskimos]]
| 19–17
| Loss
| 30,650
| 0–1
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 2
| July 10
| [[2009 Calgary Stampeders season|Calgary Stampeders]]
| 42–30
| Win
| 29,533
| 1–1
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 3
| July 18
| at [[2009 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season|Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
| 25–13
| Loss
| 24,292
| 1–2
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 4
| July 24
| [[2009 Toronto Argonauts season|Toronto Argonauts]]
| 19–5
| Loss
| 28,466
| 1–3
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 5
| August 1
| at Toronto Argonauts
| 13–12
| Win
| 23,821
| 2–3
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 6
| August 8
| at Calgary Stampeders
| 31–23
| Loss
| 35,650
| 2–4
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 7
| August 15
| [[2009 Montreal Alouettes season|Montreal Alouettes]]
| 39–12
| Loss
| 25,053
| 2–5
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 8
| August 21
| at [[2009 BC Lions season|BC Lions]]
| 37–10
| Win
| 27,983
| 3–5
|-align="center"
| 9
| colspan=6 align="center" | ''Bye''
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 10
| [[Labour Day Classic|Sept 6]]
| at [[2009 Saskatchewan Roughriders season|Saskatchewan Roughriders]]
| 29–14
| Loss
| 30,945
| 3–6
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 11
| [[Banjo Bowl|Sept 13]]
| Saskatchewan Roughriders
| 55–10
| Loss
| 29,533
| 3–7
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 12
| Sept 20
| at Montreal Alouettes
| 33–14
| Loss
| 20,202
| 3–8
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 13
| Sept 26
| Toronto Argonauts
| 29–24
| Win
| 22,446
| 4–8
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 14
| Oct 2
| Edmonton Eskimos
| 27–17
| Win
| 21,965
| 5–8
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 15
| [[Thanksgiving Day Classic|Oct 12]]
| at Hamilton Tiger-Cats
| 38–28
| Win
| 19,562
| 6–8
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 16
| Oct 18
| BC Lions
| 24–21
| Loss
| 24,048
| 6–9
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"
| 17
| Oct 24
| Montreal Alouettes
| 41–24
| Win
| 21,378
| 7–9
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 18
| Nov 1
| at Montreal Alouettes
| 48–13
| Loss
| 20,202
| 7–10
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 19
| Nov 8
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats
| 39–17
| Loss
| 29,038
| 7–11
|-
|}

=== Roster ===
{| class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! colspan="7" style="background-color: #023876; color:#D3C096; text-align: center" | 2009 Winnipeg Blue Bombers roster
|-
| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Quarterbacks'''
* {{CFL player|16|I|[[Michael Bishop (gridiron football)|Michael Bishop]]}}
* {{CFL player|13|I|[[Casey Bramlet]]}}
* {{CFL player|7|I|[[Ricky Santos]]}}

'''Running backs'''
* {{CFL player|26|I|[[Yvenson Bernard]]}}
* {{CFL player|77|N|[[Jon Oosterhuis]]}} FB
* {{CFL player|32|I|[[Fred Reid (Canadian football)|Fred Reid]]}}
* {{CFL player|24|N|[[Daryl Stephenson]]}} FB

'''Wide receivers'''
* {{CFL player|14|I|[[Otis Amey]]}}
* {{CFL player|12|I|[[Adarius Bowman]]}}
* {{CFL player|84|I|[[Dudley Guice, Jr.]]}}
* {{CFL player|15|N|[[Aaron Hargreaves]]}}
* {{CFL player|80|N|[[Brock Ralph]]}}
* {{CFL player|83|I|[[Titus Ryan]]}}

'''Slotbacks'''
* {{CFL player|82|I|[[Terrence Edwards]]}}
| style="width: 25px;" |
| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Offensive linemen'''
* {{CFL player|55|N|[[Ryan Donnelly (Canadian football)|Ryan Donnelly]]}} G
* {{CFL player|61|N|[[Luke Fritz]]}} OL
* {{CFL player|60|N|[[Obby Khan]]}} C
* {{CFL player|57|N|[[Brendon LaBatte]]}} G
* {{CFL player|69|I|[[Glenn January]]}} T
* {{CFL player|65|N|[[Steve Morley]]}} T

'''Defensive linemen'''
* {{CFL player|97|N|[[Doug Brown (Canadian football)|Doug Brown]]}} DT
* {{CFL player|53|I|[[Phillip Hunt]]}} DE
* {{CFL player|92|N|[[Pat MacDonald (gridiron football)|Pat MacDonald]]}} DT
* {{CFL player|93|N|[[Don Oramasionwu]]}} DT
* {{CFL player|56|I|[[Chase Ortiz]]}} DL
* {{CFL player|90|I|[[Dorian Smith]]}} DL
* {{CFL player|40|I|[[Odell Willis]]}} DE
| style="width: 25px;" |
| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Linebackers'''
* {{CFL player| 0|I|[[Troy Westwood]]}} OLB
* {{CFL player|45|I|[[Derrick Doggett]]}} LB
* {{CFL player|47|N|[[Pierre-Luc Labbé]]}} MLB
* {{CFL player|58|I|[[Joe Lobendahn]]}} LB
* {{CFL player|42|N|[[Neil McKinlay]]}} OLB
* {{CFL player|20|I|[[Siddeeq Shabazz]]}} OLB
* {{CFL player| 5|I|[[Barrin Simpson]]}} ILB

'''Defensive backs'''
* {{CFL player|25|N|[[Brady Browne]]}} S
* {{CFL player|10|I|[[Keyuo Craver]]}} CB
* {{CFL player|33|N|[[Shawn Gallant]]}} S
* {{CFL player| 2|I|[[Jovon Johnson]]}} CB
* {{CFL player| 8|N|[[Nick Kordic]]}} DB
* {{CFL player|31|N|[[Ian Logan]]}} S
* {{CFL player|21|I|[[Brandon Stewart]]}} CB
* {{CFL player|27|I|[[Lenny Walls]]}} HB
* {{CFL player|23|I|[[Jonathan Hefney]]}} HB

'''Special teams'''
* {{CFL player|50|N|[[Chris Cvetkovic]]}} LS
* {{CFL player|18|I|[[Alexis Serna]]}} K
* {{CFL player|74|N|[[Troy Westwood]]}} P
| style="width: 25px;" |
| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Inactive List'''
* {{CFL player|88|N|[[Jabari Arthur]]}} [[File:Injury icon.svg|7px]]
* {{CFL player|59|N|[[Kelly Bates]]}} RG [[File:Injury icon.svg|7px]]
* {{CFL player|30|N|[[Steven Holness]]}} DB [[File:Injury icon.svg|7px]]
* {{CFL player|19|I|[[James Johnson (Canadian football)|James Johnson]]}} CB [[File:Injury icon.svg|7px]]
* {{CFL player|17|I|[[Stefan LeFors]]}} QB [[File:Injury icon.svg|7px]]
* {{CFL player|41|I|[[Fred Perry (Canadian football)|Fred Perry]]}} DE [[File:Injury icon.svg|7px]]
* {{CFL player| 9|N|[[Mike Renaud]]}} P [[File:Injury icon.svg|7px]]
* {{CFL player|98|I|[[Gavin Walls]]}} DE [[File:Injury icon.svg|7px]]

'''Practice Roster'''
* {{CFL player|68|N|[[Ryan Ackerman]]}} OL
* {{CFL player| 4|I|[[Adam DiMichele]]}} QB
* {{CFL player|65|N|[[Qasim Khan]]}} OL
* {{CFL player|99|I|[[Michael Landry]]}} DL
* {{CFL player|36|I|[[Rafael Little]]}} RB
* {{CFL player| 3|N|[[Dante Luciani]]}} WR
* {{CFL player|91|N|[[Justin Shaw]]}} DL
* {{CFL player|96|N|[[William Snow (Canadian football player)|William Snow]]}} DL

<hr />
''Italics'' indicate Import player 
[https://web.archive.org/web/20091218165522/http://www.bluebombers.com/roster/index/team/5 Roster] updated 2009-10-08 
[https://web.archive.org/web/20091125085320/http://www.bluebombers.com/depthchart/list/team/5 Depth Chart] • [https://web.archive.org/web/20121016220324/http://www.bluebombers.com/page/transactions Transactions] 
46 Active, 8 Inactive, 8 PR

→ [[List of current CFL team rosters|More rosters]]
|-
|}

==Statistics==

===Offence===

====Passing====
{| class="wikitable sortable sortable"
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="16%"| Player
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="9%"| Att
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="9%"| Comp
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="9%"| %
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="9%"| Yards
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="9%"| TD
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="9%"| INT
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="9%"| Rating
|- align="center"
| [[Michael Bishop (gridiron football)|Michael Bishop]] || 404 || 204 || 50.5 || 3035 || 15 ||19 ||68.3
|- align="center"
| [[Stefan LeFors]] || 88 || 41 || 46.6 || 459 || 2 || 2 ||60.8
|- align="center"
| [[Bryan Randall]] || 20 || 6 || 30.0 || 58 || 0 || 4 ||(−44.2)
|- align="center"
| [[Richie Williams]] || 10 || 3 || 30.0 || 30 || 0 || 1 ||39.6
|- align="center"
| [[Casey Bramlet]] || 14 || 2 || 14.3 || 18 || 0 ||3 ||(−70.0)
|- align="center"
|}<ref>{{cite web |title=CFL.ca |url=https://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Passing/year/2009/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627194538/http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Passing/year/2009/ |archivedate=2009-06-27 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2009-03-16 }}</ref>

====Rushing====
{| class="wikitable sortable sortable"
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="16%"| Player
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="9%"| Att
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="9%"| Yards
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="9%"| Avg.
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="9%"| TD
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="9%"| Fumbles
|- align="center"
| [[Fred Reid]] || 238 || 1371 || 5.8 || 7 || 2
|- align="center"
| [[Yvenson Bernard]] || 53 || 336 || 6.3 || 0 || 4
|- align="center"
| [[Brock Ralph]] || 22 || 135 || 6.1 || 0 || 2
|- align="center"
| [[Michael Bishop (gridiron football)|Michael Bishop]] || 19 || 84 || 4.4 || 0 || 6
|- align="center"
| [[Stefan LeFors]] || 15 || 68 || 4.5 || 0 || 2
|- align="center"
| [[Lavarus Giles]] || 14 || 54 || 3.9 || 2 || 0
|- align="center"
| [[Mike Renaud]] || 1 || 25 || 25 || 0 || 0
|- align="center"
| [[Ricky Santos]] || 7 || 24 || 3.4 || 1 || 0
|- align="center"
| [[Bryan Randall]] || 4 || 23 || 5.8 || 0 || 0
|- align="center"
| [[Romby Bryant]] || 4 || 12 || 3.0 || 0 || 1
|- align="center"
| [[Richie Williams]] || 2 || 9 || 4.5 || 0 || 0
|- align="center"
| [[Gavin Walls]] || 1 || 9 || 9.0 || 0 || 0
|- align="center"
| [[Jon Oosterhuis]] || 1 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0
|- align="center"
|}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Rushing/year/2009/ |title = Rushing 2009 {{!}} Statistics {{!}} CFL.ca {{!}} Official Site of the Canadian Football League |access-date=2017-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323133200/http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Rushing/year/2009 |archive-date=2015-03-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Receiving====
{| class="wikitable sortable sortable"
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="16%"| Player
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="9%"| No.
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="9%"| Yards
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="9%"| Avg.
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="9%"| Long
! style="background:#14345B;color:#ffc322;" width="9%"| TD
|- align="center"
| [[Adarius Bowman]] || 55 || 925 || 16.8 || 55 || 6
|- align="center"
| [[Terrence Edwards]] || 52 || 816 || 15.7 || 57 || 5
|- align="center"
| [[Brock Ralph]] || 43 || 559 || 13.0 || 32 || 2
|- align="center"
| [[Titus Ryan]] || 8 || 285 || 35.6 || 65 || 3
|- align="center"
| [[Romby Bryant]] || 20 || 232 || 11.6 || 36 || 0
|- align="center"
| [[Otis Amey]] || 18 || 188 || 10.4 || 47 || 0
|- align="center"
| [[Fred Reid]] || 21 || 157 || 7.5 || 24 || 1
|- align="center"
| [[Yvenson Bernard]] || 17 || 153 || 9.0 || 29 || 0
|- align="center"
| [[Aaron Hargreaves]] || 14 || 142 || 10.1 || 17 || 0
|- align="center"
| [[Dudley Guice, Jr.]] || 6 || 76 || 12.7 || 33 || 0
|- align="center"
| [[Arjei Franklin]] || 5 || 53 || 10.6 || 18 || 0
|- align="center"
| [[Jon Oosterhuis]] || 4 || 41 || 10.3 || 19 || 0
|- align="center"
| [[Craphonso Thorpe]] || 2 || 27 || 13.5 || 14 || 0
|- align="center"
| [[Steve Morley]] || 1 || 8 || 8.0 || 8 || 0
|- align="center"
| [[Riall Johnson]] || 1 || 8 || 8.0 || 8 || 0
|- align="center"
| [[Daryl Stephenson]] || 1 || 1 || 1.0 || 1 || 0
|- align="center"
|}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Receiving/year/2009/ |title = Receiving 2009 {{!}} Statistics {{!}} CFL.ca {{!}} Official Site of the Canadian Football League |access-date=2017-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002045457/http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Receiving/year/2009 |archive-date=2015-10-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Awards and records==
{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}

==Playoffs==
The Blue Bombers finished third in the East Division with a record of 7 wins and 11 losses. The BC Lions, who finished fourth in the West, had a better record of 8 wins and 10 losses, and under the cross-over rule eliminated Winnipeg from the playoffs. The Lions went on to play the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East semi-final at [[Ivor Wynne Stadium]], winning 34-27 in overtime before losing to the [[2009 Montreal Alouettes season|Montreal Alouettes]] in Montreal in the East Final.

==References==
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{{Winnipeg Blue Bombers}}
{{Winnipeg Blue Bombers seasons}}
{{2009 CFL season by team}}

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