1988 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 1988 Edmonton Eskimos season was the 31st season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 40th overall. The Eskimos finished the season in first place with an 11–7 record. They appeared in the West Final where they lost to the BC Lions.

1988 Edmonton Eskimos season
General managerHugh Campbell
Head coachJoe Faragalli
Home fieldCommonwealth Stadium
Results
Record11–7
Division place1st, West
Playoff finishLost West Final
Uniform

The Eskimos offense had 496 points for, while the defense had 445 points allowed.

Off-season

CFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
18Brian FordeLBWashington State
216Branko VincicDLEastern Michigan
324Greg NyteDBSimon Fraser
432Todd MiddletonLBDickinson State College
540Greg KratzerWRDickinson State College
648Terry AingeDBBritish Columbia
756Stephen KasowskiP/K-WRAlberta
864Neil FergusonDBAlberta

Regular season

Standings
West Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Edmonton Eskimos18117047740822
Saskatchewan Roughriders18117052545222
BC Lions18108048941720
Calgary Stampeders18612039547612

Season Schedule
WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendanceRecordPts
1July 14Calgary Stampeders0–33Edmonton Eskimos27,8891–0–02
2July 23Edmonton Eskimos15–26Saskatchewan Roughriders22,6821–1–02
3July 27Edmonton Eskimos35–28Ottawa Rough Riders19,9472–1–04
4Aug 4Saskatchewan Roughriders27–43Edmonton Eskimos35,3833–1–06
5Aug 12Edmonton Eskimos14–22Hamilton Tiger-Cats13,1273–2–06
6Aug 19Winnipeg Blue Bombers21–46Edmonton Eskimos30,1724–2–08
7Aug 25Edmonton Eskimos10–28BC Lions33,8254–3–08
8Sept 1BC Lions9–17Edmonton Eskimos34,1575–3–010
8Sept 5Edmonton Eskimos27–11Calgary Stampeders27,7686–3–012
9Sept 11Hamilton Tiger-Cats13–37Edmonton Eskimos29,9847–3–014
10Sept 18Toronto Argonauts21–38Edmonton Eskimos33,5498–3–016
11Sept 25Edmonton Eskimos22–35Toronto Argonauts24,1048–4–016
12Oct 2Ottawa Rough Riders12–40Edmonton Eskimos28,0529–4–018
13Oct 10Edmonton Eskimos17–21Winnipeg Blue Bombers26,2989–5–018
14Oct 16Edmonton Eskimos32–29Calgary Stampeders29,43010–5–018
15Oct 23BC Lions35–15Edmonton Eskimos30,03010–6–020
16Oct 29Edmonton Eskimos16–51BC Lions32,33410–7–020
17Nov 6Calgary Stamepders19–20Edmonton Eskimos27,49911–7–022

Total attendance: 276,715
Average attendance: 30,746 (51.2%)

Statistics

Punt Returns
PlayerGames PlayedNumberYardsLongTouchdowns
Henry Gizmo Williams[1]17969641002

Kickoff Returns
PlayerGames PlayedNumberYardsLongTouchdowns
Henry Gizmo Williams[1]1715379340

Missed Field Goal Returns
PlayerGames PlayedNumberYardsLongTouchdowns
Henry Gizmo Williams[1]17590220

Awards

Playoffs

Schedule
WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendance
Division FinalNov 20BC Lions37–19Edmonton Eskimos27,055

Bracket
November 13: Division Semifinals November 20: Division Finals November 27: 76th Grey Cup @ Lansdowne Park - Ottawa, ON
         
E2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27
East
E1 Toronto Argonauts 11
E3 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 28
E2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 35
E2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 22
W3 BC Lions 21
W3 BC Lions 37
West
W1 Edmonton Eskimos 19
W3 BC Lions 42
W2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 18

References
  1. "MATT DUNIGAN | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
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