2019 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 2019 Edmonton Eskimos season was the 62nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 71st overall. This was the fourth season under head coach Jason Maas and the third season under general manager Brock Sunderland.[1] The team finished with an 8–10 record and fourth in the West Division. Notably, the team had a 1–10 record against playoff-bound teams and their 3–7 divisional record included only wins against the BC Lions.

2019 Edmonton Eskimos season
General managerBrock Sunderland
Head coachJason Maas
Home fieldCommonwealth Stadium
Results
Record8–10
Division place4th, West
Playoff finishLost East Final
Team MOPTrevor Harris
Team MOCKwaku Boateng
Team MORVontae Diggs
Uniform

The Eskimos qualified for the playoffs, following a one-year absence, after their week 18 win against the BC Lions on October 12, 2019.[2] The team played in the East Semi-Final, earning a crossover spot in the 2019 playoffs, defeating the Montreal Alouettes in the East Semi-Final, but lost to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East Final.

Following the season, the Eskimos parted ways with head coach Jason Maas. In addition, the 2019 season was the last season where the Eskimos team name was used, with an announcement during the suspended 2020 season the Eskimos name would be discontinued.[3]It is also the last season in which Edmonton's CFL team has won a home game.

Offseason

Foreign drafts

For the first time in its history, the CFL held drafts for foreign players from Mexico and Europe.[4] Like all other CFL teams, the Eskimos held three non-tradeable selections in the 2019 CFL–LFA Draft, which took place on January 14, 2019. The 2019 European CFL Draft took place on April 11, 2019 where all teams held one non-tradeable pick.[5][6][7]

Draft Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
LFA11Diego ViamontesWRMayas CDMX
210Daniel LanderosLBDinos de Saltillo
319Jose RomeroDBArtilleros de Puebla
Euro14Maxime RouyerLBMcGill

CFL draft

The 2019 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2019.[8] The Eskimos traded their third-round pick to the Toronto Argonauts for Martese Jackson, but acquired an additional fifth-round pick after trading Shamawd Chambers to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.[9][10] Like other CFL teams, the Eskimos held 4 additional non-tradeable selections across the 2019 CFL–LFA Draft and 2019 European CFL Draft.

Round Pick Player Position School
13Mathieu BettsDLLaval
212Kyle SaxelidOLUNLV
432Peter CenderFBGrand Valley State
540Shai RossWRManitoba
541Evan MachibrodaDLSaskatchewan
650Scott HutterDBWilfrid Laurier
759Hunter KarlWRCalgary
868Eric BlakeDBMcMaster

Preseason
Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary
Score Record
A Sun, May 26 2:00 p.m. MDT vs. BC Lions W 22–7 1–0 None Commonwealth Stadium 23,549 Recap
B Fri, May 31 6:30 p.m. MDT at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 3–20 1–1 None IG Field 19,273 Recap
C Bye

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Regular season

Season standings
West Division
Team GP W L T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Saskatchewan Roughriders181350264873867–3W3Details
Calgary Stampeders181260244824078–2W1Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers181170225084097–3W1Details
Edmonton Eskimos188100164064003–7L2Details
BC Lions185130104114520–10L3Details

Season schedule
Week Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary
Score Record
1 1 Fri, June 14 7:00 p.m. MDT vs. Montreal Alouettes W 32–25 1–0 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Commonwealth Stadium 25,263 Recap
2 2 Fri, June 21 7:00 p.m. MDT vs. BC Lions W 39–23 2–0 TSN/ESPN2 Commonwealth Stadium 24,016 Recap
3 3 Thu, June 27 6:30 p.m. MDT at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 21–28 2–1 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 IG Field 25,336 Recap
4 Bye
5 4 Thu, July 11 8:00 p.m. MDT at BC Lions W 33–6 3–1 TSN BC Place 17,026 Recap
6 5 Sat, July 20 2:00 p.m. MDT at Montreal Alouettes L 10–20 3–2 TSN/RDS Molson Stadium 16,137 Recap
7 6 Thu, July 25 7:30 p.m. MDT vs. Toronto Argonauts W 26–0 4–2 TSN Commonwealth Stadium 30,368 Recap
8 7 Sat, Aug 3 5:00 p.m. MDT at Calgary Stampeders L 18–24 4–3 TSN McMahon Stadium 26,597 Recap
9 8 Fri, Aug 9 8:00 p.m. MDT vs. Ottawa Redblacks W 16–12 5–3 TSN/ESPN2 Commonwealth Stadium 27,951 Recap
10 9 Fri, Aug 16 5:30 p.m. MDT at Toronto Argonauts W 41–26 6–3 TSN/RDS2 BMO Field 16,490 Recap
11 10 Fri, Aug 23 7:00 p.m. MDT vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 28–34 6–4 TSN/ESPN2 Commonwealth Stadium 34,217 Recap
12 11 Mon, Sept 2 2:30 p.m. MDT at Calgary Stampeders L 9–25 6–5 TSN McMahon Stadium 32,350 Recap
13 12 Sat, Sept 7 5:00 p.m. MDT vs. Calgary Stampeders L 17–33 6–6 TSN/RDS Commonwealth Stadium 40,113 Recap
14 Bye
15 13 Fri, Sept 20 7:30 p.m. MDT vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 27–30 6–7 TSN Commonwealth Stadium 25,694 Recap
16 14 Sat, Sept 28 2:00 p.m. MDT at Ottawa Redblacks W 21–16 7–7 TSN/RDS2 TD Place Stadium 23,451 Recap
17 15 Fri, Oct 4 5:00 p.m. MDT at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 12–42 7–8 TSN/ESPN2 Tim Hortons Field 23,411 Recap
18 16 Sat, Oct 12 5:00 p.m. MDT vs. BC Lions W 19–6 8–8 TSN Commonwealth Stadium 27,218 Recap
19 Bye
20 17 Sat, Oct 26 5:00 p.m. MDT vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders L 24–27 8–9 TSN Commonwealth Stadium 29,228 Recap
21 18 Sat, Nov 2 2:00 p.m. MDT at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 13–23 8–10 TSN/RDS2 Mosaic Stadium 29,156 Recap

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Post-season

Schedule
Game Date Kickoff Opponent Results TV Venue Attendance Summary
Score Record
East Semi-Final Sun, Nov 10 11:00 a.m. MST at Montreal Alouettes W 37–29 1–0 TSN/RDS/ESPN2 Molson Stadium 21,054 Recap
East Final Sun, Nov 17 11:00 a.m. MST at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 16–36 1–1 TSN/RDS/ESPNews Tim Hortons Field 25,177 Recap

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Team

Roster
Edmonton Eskimos roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Fullbacks

Receivers

Offensive linemen

 Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 1-Game Injured List

6-Game Injured List

 Practice Roster

Suspended

  • 40 Maurice McKnight DB
  • 63 David Perkins DL
  • -- Malik Richards WR

Italics indicate international player
Bold indicates global player
Roster updated 2019-11-17
Depth chart • Transactions
46 Active, 8 One-game injured,
9 Six-game, 8 Practice,
3 Suspended

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Coaching staff
Edmonton Eskimos Staff
Front office
  • President and ceo – Len Rhodes
  • Vice-President Football Operations & General Manager – Brock Sunderland
  • Director of player personnel – David Turner
  • Assistant director of player personnel – Will Homer
  • Director of scouting – Bobby Merritt
  • Director of football operations – Kris Hagerman
  • Assistant director of football operations/player personnel assistant – Nick Pelletier
  • Head video coordinator – Griffin Dear

Head coach

  • Head coach – Jason Maas
  • Assistant head coach – Mike Gibson

Offensive coaches

  

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

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References
  1. Terry Jones (November 4, 2018). "JONES: Count on Maas, Reilly to return to Eskimos next season". Edmonton Sun.
  2. "BC Lions vs Edmonton Eskimos". cfl.ca. October 12, 2019.
  3. "Edmonton Football Team discontinues use of the name Eskimos". Canadian Football League. July 21, 2020.
  4. Dan Barnes (January 11, 2019). "'FUN ELEMENT': CFL set for inaugural draft of Mexican talent".
  5. "Mexico's top talent selected at CFL-LFA Draft". cfl.ca. January 14, 2019.
  6. "CFL to hold European lottery and draft in April". 3downnation.com. April 3, 2019.
  7. "Full results from the first ever European draft". cfl.ca. April 11, 2019.
  8. "An early look at the 2019 CFL Draft selection order". December 17, 2018.
  9. "Esks acquire Martese Jackson from Argos". September 10, 2018.
  10. "Ticats acquire Chambers from Eskimos". September 17, 2017.
  11. 2019 Schedule
  12. CFL on TSN broadcast schedule
  13. "RDS présente plus de 50 matchs de football de la LCF dès le jeudi 6 juin". May 27, 2019.
  14. "ESPN+, ESPN Networks to Broadcast 2019 Canadian Football League Season". June 3, 2019.
  15. CFL schedule through October 2019
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