2006 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 2006 Edmonton Eskimos finished 4th in the West Division with a 7–11 record and failed to make the playoffs. This marked the end of their 34 year streak of making the playoffs, the longest such streak in North American sports history.[1][2]

2006 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coachDanny Maciocia
General managerPaul Jones
Home fieldCommonwealth Stadium
Results
Record7–11
Division place4th, West
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Team MOPRicky Ray, QB
Team MOCDan Comiskey, OL
Team MORAdam Braidwood, DL
Uniform

Offseason

CFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
11Adam BraidwoodDEWestern Washington
217Jason NugentDBRutgers
321Dwayne MundleLBWest Virginia
325Mike WilliamsDEBoise State
426Andrew BrownLBLafayette
434Jean Phillipe AbrahamLBLaval
542Nicolas BisaillonRBLaval
650Greig LongchampsOLMontreal

Transactions
Date Type Incoming Outgoing Team
December 2, 2005 Trade Danny McManus (QB)
Tim Bakker (OL)
*Imokhai Atogwe (DB)
1st round pick in 2006 CFL Draft – Adam Braidwood (DL)		 Jason Maas (QB)
*6th round pick in 2006 CFL Draft – Greig Longchamps (OL)		 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
February 18, 2006 Trade Robert Brown (DL)
Reggie Durden (DB)		 Davis Sanchez (DB) Montreal Alouettes
March 8, 2006 Trade 4th round pick in 2006 CFL Draft – Andrew Brown (LB) Kwame Cavil (SB) Hamilton Tiger-Cats
April 1, 2006 Trade 3rd round pick in 2006 CFL Draft – Dwayne Mundle (LB) Danny McManus Calgary Stampeders
July 3, 2006 Trade Michael Botterill (LB) 3rd round pick in 2007 CFL Draft – Chris Van Zeyl (DL) Montreal Alouettes

*Portion of the trade was reversed due to Atogwe's long-term injury

Preseason

Schedule
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendanceRecordPts
AJune 3Edmonton Eskimos8–14Saskatchewan Roughriders25,1140–10
BJune 9Saskatchewan Roughriders22–7Edmonton Eskimos27,8400–20

Regular season

Season standings
West Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
BC Lions18135055535526Details
Calgary Stampeders18108047742620Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders1899046543418Details
Edmonton Eskimos18711039946814Details

Season schedule
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendanceRecordPts
1June 17Edmonton Eskimos14–24Calgary Stampeders25,8950–1–00
2June 24Calgary Stampeders14–18Edmonton Eskimos40,4911–1–02
3July 1Edmonton Eskimos10–46Winnipeg Blue Bombers23,5211–2–02
4July 7BC Lions20–27Edmonton Eskimos35,0352–2–04
5 Bye2–2–04
6July 20Winnipeg Blue Bombers25–22Edmonton Eskimos37,6112–3–04
7July 28Montreal Alouettes21–13Edmonton Eskimos32,4112–4–04
8Aug 4Edmonton Eskimos17–34BC Lions27,3122–5–04
9Aug 11Saskatchewan Roughriders18–24Edmonton Eskimos39,5993–5–06
10Aug 18Edmonton Eskimos28–30BC Lions33,5893–6–06
11 Bye3–6–06
12Sept 4Edmonton Eskimos23–44Calgary Stampeders35,7443–7–06
13Sept 8Calgary Stampeders26–45Edmonton Eskimos47,9654–7–08
14Sept 16Edmonton Eskimos22–27Hamilton Tiger-Cats25,1074–8–08
15Sept 22Hamilton Tiger-Cats20–18Edmonton Eskimos36,4064–9–08
16Sept 30Edmonton Eskimos30–25Saskatchewan Roughriders27,8945–9–010
17Oct 9Edmonton Eskimos23–28Toronto Argonauts26,8915–10–010
18Oct 14Toronto Argonauts28–25Edmonton Eskimos39,5335–11–010
19Oct 21Edmonton Eskimos30–20Montreal Alouettes45,6076–11–012
20Oct 27Saskatchewan Roughriders18–20Edmonton Eskimos31,7797–11–014

Total attendance: 340,830
Average attendance: 37,870 (63.0%)

Awards and records

All-Star selections

References
  1. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Beating+the+streak:+the+Eskimos+may+have+had+the+best+playoff+run+in...-a0153191257
  2. https://www.cfl.ca/article/eskimos_left_out_in_cold Archived 2015-11-23 at the Wayback Machine Eskimos left out in cold


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