Blue Bomber Report Record: 6–12–0

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Critical Numbers

1

Number of champion teams in the park. Members of the 2012 American Association champion Winnipeg Goldeyes baseball team were in the house. The Bombers honoured the Goldeyes in the pre-game ceremonies as third-baseman Amos Ramon, pitchers Ace Walker and Chris Salamida, bullpen catcher Josh Drews, hitting coach Tom Vaeth and mascot Goldie were on the field with the their trophy -- the first championship for a Winnipeg professional team since 1994, when the Goldeyes won the Northern League title.

239:48

The number of minutes played from Winnipeg's last offensive touchdown on Aug. 24 (third quarter) until the offensive major scored by Brink on a one-yard run at 10:59 of the third quarter. It ended the TD drought and gave Winnipeg a 16-9 lead. The Bombers scored two more TDs in the fourth quarter (Kito Poblah and Will Ford).

19

Hamilton placekicker Luca Congi extended his field-goal kicking streak to 19 when he nailed a 37-yarder in the first quarter (into the wind), a 39-yard second-quarter field goal and 16- and 46-yarders in the third quarter.

4

Bombers SB Terrence Edwards moved past Bomber great Rick House into fourth place on the team's all-time list in receiving yards. He had four catches for 88 yards on the night for 6,332 career yards.

 

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition September 22, 2012 C3

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