1988 Edmonton Eskimos season

1988 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Joe Faragalli
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	11-7
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Lost Western Final
Uniform

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 Eskimos offense had 496 points for, while the defense had 445 points allowed.

Off-season

CFL Draft

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

Standings

**West Division**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	18	11	7	477	408	22
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	11	7	525	452	22
BC Lions	18	10	8	489	417	20
Calgary Stampeders	18	6	12	395	476	12

Season Schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	July 14	Calgary Stampeders	0–33	Edmonton Eskimos		27,889	1–0–0	2
2	July 23	Edmonton Eskimos	15–26	Saskatchewan Roughriders		22,682	1–1–0	2
3	July 27	Edmonton Eskimos	35–28	Ottawa Rough Riders		19,947	2–1–0	4
4	Aug 4	Saskatchewan Roughriders	27–43	Edmonton Eskimos		35,383	3–1–0	6
5	Aug 12	Edmonton Eskimos	14–22	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		13,127	3–2–0	6
6	Aug 19	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	21–46	Edmonton Eskimos		30,172	4–2–0	8
7	Aug 25	Edmonton Eskimos	10–28	BC Lions		33,825	4–3–0	8
8	Sept 1	BC Lions	9–17	Edmonton Eskimos		34,157	5–3–0	10
8	Sept 5	Edmonton Eskimos	27–11	Calgary Stampeders		27,768	6–3–0	12
9	Sept 11	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	13–37	Edmonton Eskimos		29,984	7–3–0	14
10	Sept 18	Toronto Argonauts	21–38	Edmonton Eskimos		33,549	8–3–0	16
11	Sept 25	Edmonton Eskimos	22–35	Toronto Argonauts		24,104	8–4–0	16
12	Oct 2	Ottawa Rough Riders	12–40	Edmonton Eskimos		28,052	9–4–0	18
13	Oct 10	Edmonton Eskimos	17–21	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		26,298	9–5–0	18
14	Oct 16	Edmonton Eskimos	32–29	Calgary Stampeders		29,430	10–5–0	18
15	Oct 23	BC Lions	35–15	Edmonton Eskimos		30,030	10–6–0	20
16	Oct 29	Edmonton Eskimos	16–51	BC Lions		32,334	10–7–0	20
17	Nov 6	Calgary Stamepders	19–20	Edmonton Eskimos		27,499	11–7–0	22

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

Statistics

Punt Returns

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

Kickoff Returns

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

Missed Field Goal Returns

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

Awards

CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award - Hector Pothier (OT)
Norm Fieldgate Trophy - Danny Bass (LB)

Playoffs

Schedule

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

Bracket

November 13: Division Semifinals

November 20: Division Finals

November 27: 76th Grey Cup @ Lansdowne Park - Ottawa, ON

East

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Toronto Argonauts

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

BC Lions

West

BC Lions

Edmonton Eskimos

Saskatchewan Roughriders

References

1 2 3 http://www.cfl.ca/page/hall-of-fame-matt-dunigan

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 seasons

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1988 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan

Eastern	Hamilton Ottawa Toronto Winnipeg

See also	1988 CFL Draft 76th Grey Cup

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