The

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season was the 62nd season for the team in the

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(CFL) and their 87th season overall. This was the sixth season under

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Mike O'Shea and the sixth full season under

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Kyle Walters. The Blue Bombers qualified for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season on September 21, 2019, following an

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loss. The club later would go on to win their 11th

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championship and their first since the

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championship game, ending what was the longest active Grey Cup drought.

Offseason

Foreign drafts

For the first time in its history, the CFL held drafts for foreign players from

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and

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. Like all other CFL teams, the Blue Bombers held three non-tradeable selections in the

2019 CFL–LFA Draft The 2019 CFL–LFA draft took place on January 14, 2019. Twenty-seven players were chosen from an invited pool of 51 Mexican players: 34 from the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA) (a professional American football league) and 17 seniors ...

, which took place on January 14, 2019. The

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took place on April 11, 2019, where all teams held one non-tradeable pick.

CFL draft

The 2019 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2019. The Blue Bombers held nine selections in the eight-round draft after acquiring the

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' first-round pick in a trade which included their own first-round pick from the 2018 CFL Draft.BC acquires first round pick in swap with Bombers
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Preseason

Schedule

2019 Schedule
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Regular season

Standings

Schedule

CFL schedule through October 2019
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Post-season

Schedule

Team

Roster

Coaching staff

References

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