1987 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 1987 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 2nd place in the West Division with an 11–7 record and defeated the Toronto Argonauts to win the 75th Grey Cup.

1987 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coachJackie Parker, Joe Faragalli
Home fieldCommonwealth Stadium
Results
Record11–7
Division place2nd, West
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup
Uniform

Pre-season

Schedule
WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeAttendance
AJune 6Calgary Stampeders33–39Edmonton Eskimos34,501
CJune 16Edmonton Eskimos31–15BC Lions28,384

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Regular season

Season standings
West Division
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
BC Lions18126050237024
Edmonton Eskimos18117061746222
Calgary Stampeders18108045351720
Saskatchewan Roughriders18512136452911

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Season schedule
WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendanceRecordPts
1June 27Calgary Stampeders16–54Edmonton Eskimos29,9301–0–02
2July 5Edmonton Eskimos36–33Hamilton Tiger-Cats15,7202–0–02
3July 12Hamilton Tiger-Cats40–30Edmonton Eskimos32,2652–1–04
4July 18Edmonton Eskimos18–26BC Lions43,7722–2–06
5July 24Edmonton Eskimos42–28Winnipeg Blue Bombers29,2603–2–06
6Aug 1Saskatchewan Roughriders28–38Edmonton Eskimos30,3994–2–08
7Aug 7Edmonton Eskimos20–23Toronto Argonauts30,2644–3–08
8 Bye4–3–08
9Aug 23Ottawa Rough Riders45–24Edmonton Eskimos32,1675–3–010
10Aug 28Edmonton Eskimos39–13Saskatchewan Roughriders24,0006–3–012
11Sept 7Edmonton Eskimos20–29Calgary Stampeders33,8426–4–014
12Sept 12Toronto Argonauts20–42Edmonton Eskimos40,4867–4–016
13Sept 19Saskatchewan Roughriders13–34Edmonton Eskimos31,8628–4–016
14 Bye8–4–016
15Oct 2Ottawa Rough Riders19–34Edmonton Eskimos31,3319–4–018
16Oct 12Edmonton Eskimos20–38Winnipeg Blue Bombers24,9999–5–018
17Oct 18Edmonton Eskimos25–34Saskatchewan Roughriders24,2829–6–018
18Oct 25Winnipeg Blue Bombers24–39Edmonton Eskimos33,37610–6–020
19Nov 1BC Lions33–32Edmonton Eskimos40,41410–7–020
20Nov 7Edmonton Eskimos39–21Ottawa Rough Riders15,10711–7–022

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Total attendance: 302,230
Average attendance: 33,581 (55.9%)

Playoffs
WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendance
Division Semi-FinalNov 15Calgary Stampeders16–30Edmonton Eskimos26,809
Division FinalNov 22Edmonton Eskimos31–7BC Lions44,385
Grey CupNov 29Toronto Argonauts36–38Edmonton Eskimos59,478

Grey Cup
Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final
Toronto Argonauts 3 21 3 9 36
Edmonton Eskimos 10 7 4 17 38

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Awards and honours

References
  1. https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1987/time_zone/0%5B%5D
  2. http://www.profootballarchives.com/1987cfledm.html
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2011-10-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2017-08-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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