![]() ![]() Out trotted Bob Cameron to punt and, as a result, there was absolutely nothing to the start of the Bombers’ 1994 home opener that left anyone at Winnipeg Stadium believing a magical night was about to unfold. You’re just out there competing… I remember the next day reading the paper and it hits you… ‘He threw for HOW many yards?!’”īut on the first play from scrimmage on the night he would set a pro passing record that still stands, the veteran Bomber quarterback simply turned around and stuffed the ball into the belly of Blaise Bryant and then watched the nifty running back gallop for five yards.Īnd on second-and-five the play called for Bryant to carry again… only to see him fumble the ball and have it recovered by offensive lineman Chris Walby a yard short of the first-down marker. “After the game we’re all saying, ‘Wow… did that just really happen?’ You don’t realize when you’re playing. It was just over 20 years ago - July 14, 1994, to be exact - when Matt Dunigan obliterated the Canadian Football League’s single-game passing record by throwing for 713 yards in a 50-35 Winnipeg Blue Bombers victory over the Edmonton Eskimos. ![]() It started, oddly enough, with a run play. This article was published (3322 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. ![]() Free Press 101: How we practise journalism. ![]()
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