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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. The West Final was the first time the Eskimos lost a playoff game at Commonwealth Stadium.

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

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CFL Draft

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Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
1 8 Brian Forde LB Washington State
2 16 Branko Vincic DL Eastern Michigan
3 24 Greg Nyte DB Simon Fraser
4 32 Todd Middleton LB Dickinson State College
5 40 Greg Kratzer WR Dickinson State College
6 48 Terry Ainge DB British Columbia
7 56 Stephen Kasowski P/K-WR Alberta
8 64 Neil Ferguson DB Alberta

Regular season

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Standings

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West Division
Team GP W L T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Edmonton Eskimos 18 11 7 0 22 477 408 6–4 W1 Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 11 7 0 22 525 452 5–3 W1 Details
BC Lions 18 10 8 0 20 489 417 4–4 W3 Details
Calgary Stampeders 18 6 12 0 12 395 476 3–7 L1 Details

Season Schedule

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Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 1 July 14 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 33–0 1–0 Commonwealth Stadium 27,889
2 2 July 23 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 15–26 1–1 Taylor Field 22,682
3 3 July 27 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 35–28 2–1 Lansdowne Park 19,947
4 4 Aug 4 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 43–27 3–1 Commonwealth Stadium 35,383
5 5 Aug 12 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 14–22 3–2 Ivor Wynne Stadium 13,127
6 6 Aug 19 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 46–21 4–2 Commonwealth Stadium 30,172
7 7 Aug 25 at BC Lions L 10–28 4–3 BC Place 33,825
8 8 Sept 1 vs. BC Lions W 17–9 5–3 Commonwealth Stadium 34,157
8 9 Sept 5 at Calgary Stampeders W 27–11 6–3 McMahon Stadium 27,768
9 10 Sept 11 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 37–13 7–3 Commonwealth Stadium 29,984
10 11 Sept 18 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 38–21 8–3 Commonwealth Stadium 33,549
11 12 Sept 25 at Toronto Argonauts L 22–35 8–4 Varsity Stadium 24,104
12 13 Oct 2 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 40–12 9–4 Commonwealth Stadium 28,052
13 14 Oct 10 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 17–21 9–5 Winnipeg Stadium 26,298
14 15 Oct 16 at Calgary Stampeders W 32–29 10–5 McMahon Stadium 29,430
15 16 Oct 23 vs. BC Lions L 15–35 10–6 Commonwealth Stadium 30,030
16 17 Oct 29 at BC Lions L 16–51 10–7 BC Place 32,334
17 18 Nov 6 vs. Calgary Stamepders W 20–19 11–7 Commonwealth Stadium 27,499

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

Statistics

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Punt Returns

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Player Games Played Number Yards Long Touchdowns
Henry Gizmo Williams[1] 17 96 964 100 2

Kickoff Returns

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Player Games Played Number Yards Long Touchdowns
Henry Gizmo Williams[1] 17 15 379 34 0

Missed Field Goal Returns

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Player Games Played Number Yards Long Touchdowns
Henry Gizmo Williams[1] 17 5 90 22 0

Awards

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Playoffs

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Schedule

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Week Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance
Division Final Nov 20 BC Lions 37–19 Edmonton Eskimos 27,055

Bracket

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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

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  1. ^ a b c "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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