1979 Edmonton Eskimos season

1979 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Hugh Campbell
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	12–2–2
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Won 67th Grey Cup
Uniform

The 1979 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st place in the Western Conference with a 12–2–2 record and repeated as Grey Cup champions after winning the 67th Grey Cup.

Pre-season

Schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance
A	June 12	BC Lions	32–27	Edmonton Eskimos	41,326
B	June 19	Edmonton Eskimos	31–16	Toronto Argonauts	35,742
B	June 24	Ottawa Rough Riders	30–27	Edmonton Eskimos	41,379
C	June 29	Edmonton Eskimos	53–20	Saskatchewan Roughriders	17,460

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Regular season

Season Standings

**Western Football Conference**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	12	2	2	495	219	26
Calgary Stampeders	16	12	4	0	382	278	24
BC Lions	16	9	6	1	328	333	19
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	4	12	0	283	340	8
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	2	14	0	194	437	4

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	July 10	Edmonton Eskimos	28–10	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24,024	1–0–0	2
2	July 17	Saskatchewan Roughriders	20–52	Edmonton Eskimos	43,321	2–0–0	4
3	Bye					2–0–0	4
4	July 31	Calgary Stampeders	9–44	Edmonton Eskimos	42,887	3–0–0	6
5	Aug 7	Edmonton Eskimos	14–14	BC Lions	30,137	3–0–1	7
6	Aug 14	Edmonton Eskimos	24–24	Ottawa Rough Riders	27,050	3–0–2	8
7	Aug 21	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	13–41	Edmonton Eskimos	42,778	4–0–2	10
8	Aug 28	Toronto Argonauts	13–28	Edmonton Eskimos	42,778	5–0–2	12
8	Sept 3	Edmonton Eskimos	27–1	Calgary Stampeders	34,825	6–0–2	14
9	Sept 9	Saskatchewan Roughriders	0–40	Edmonton Eskimos	40,231	7–0–2	16
10	Sept 16	BC Lions	8–40	Edmonton Eskimos	42,776	8–0–2	18
11	Sept 23	Edmonton Eskimos	22–21	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	18,186	9–0–2	20
12	Sept 30	Edmonton Eskimos	19–26	Calgary Stampeders	33,245	9–1–2	20
13	Oct 8	Montreal Alouettes	6–47	Edmonton Eskimos	42,778	10–1–2	22
14	Oct 14	Edmonton Eskimos	25–26	Saskatchewan Roughriders	20,042	10–2–2	22
15	Bye					10–2–2	22
16	Oct 28	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	11–19	Edmonton Eskimos	42,778	11–2–2	24
17	Nov 3	Edmonton Eskimos	25–17	BC Lions	26,575	12–2–2	26

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Total attendance: 340,327
Average attendance: 42,541 (99.4%)

Playoffs

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
Division Final	Nov 18	Calgary Stampeders	7–19	Edmonton Eskimos		43,033
Grey Cup	Nov 25	Edmonton Eskimos	17–9	Montreal Alouettes		65,113

Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Edmonton Eskimos	7	0	10	0	17
Montreal Alouettes	0	6	3	0	9

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Awards and honours

Annis Stukus Trophy – Hugh Campbell
CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell
CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Mike Wilson (OT)
CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Brian Kelly (WR)
Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy – Dave Fennell

References

1979 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1979 CFL Draft 67th Grey Cup

Edmonton Eskimos seasons

1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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Edmonton Eskimos

Founded in 1949 Based in Edmonton, Alberta

Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches

Stadiums	Clarke Stadium Commonwealth Stadium

Lore	Labour Day Classic Battle of Alberta Alberta Crude 70th Grey Cup Edmonton Eskimos Cheerleaders

Important figures	Danny Bass Leroy Blugh Johnny Bright Hugh Campbell Tommy Joe Coffey Rod Connop Dave Cutler Eck Duggan Ron "Swampdog" Estay Dave "Doctor Death" Fennell Brian Fryer Larry Highbaugh Brian Kelly Danny Kepley Norm Kimball Normie "The China Clipper" Kwong Moe Lieberman Neil Lumsden George McGowan Rollie Miles Ken Montgomery Warren Moon Frank Morris Roger Nelson Jackie "Ole Spaghetti Legs" Parker Willie "The Terminator" Pless Tom Scott Terry Vaughn Tom Wilkinson Henry "Gizmo" Williams

Key personnel	Owners: Community owned General Manager: Ed Hervey Head Coach: Jason Maas

Grey Cup championships (14)	1954 1955 1956 1975 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1987 1993 2003 2005 2015

Western Division championships (23)	1952 1954 1955 1956 1960 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1986 1987 1990 1993 1996 2002 2003 2005 2015

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

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Edmonton Eskimos 67th Grey Cup champions

Head Coach: Hugh Campbell

Assistant coaches: Dan Daniel
Joe Faragalli
Don Matthews
Cal Murphy

General Manager: Norm Kimball

President: Don Carlson

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