1978 Edmonton Eskimos season

1978 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Hugh Campbell
Home field	Clarke Stadium Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	10–4–2
Division Place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Won 66th Grey Cup
Uniform
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1977	1979

The 1978 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st place in the Western Conference with a 10–4–2 record and won the 66th Grey Cup. It was Warren Moon’s rookie season, and he replaced the injured Bruce Lemmerman as the backup quarterback and completed 89 of 173 passes for 1,112 yards and five touchdowns. He was Edmonton's nominee for the CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award.^[1]

Contents 1 Pre-season 1.1 Schedule 2 Regular season 2.1 Season Standings 2.2 Season schedule 3 Playoffs 3.1 Grey Cup 3.2 Awards and honours 4 References

Pre-season

Schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance
A	June 13	Edmonton Eskimos	19–25	Calgary Stampeders	22,155
A	June 17	Toronto Argonauts	14–16	Edmonton Eskimos	25,007
B	June 24	Edmonton Eskimos	8–18	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	20,056
D	July 5	BC Lions	1–46	Edmonton Eskimos	24,931

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Regular season

Season Standings

Western Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	10	4	2	452	301	22
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	4	3	381	311	21
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	9	7	0	371	351	18
BC Lions	16	7	7	2	359	308	16
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	4	11	1	330	459	9

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Season schedule

• The Eskimos played their first two regular season games at Clarke Stadium and their remaining six at Commonwealth Stadium.

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	July 13	Calgary Stampeders	17–33	Edmonton Eskimos	25,277	1–0–0	2
2	July 18	Edmonton Eskimos	29–28	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	25,973	2–0–0	4
3	July 26	Edmonton Eskimos	46–11	Saskatchewan Roughriders	19,587	3–0–0	6
4	Aug 1	Ottawa Rough Riders	24–23	Edmonton Eskimos	16,185	3–1–0	6
5	Bye					3–1–0	6
6	Aug 16	Edmonton Eskimos	40–3	Toronto Argonauts	49,168	4–1–0	8
7	Aug 23	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	8–14	Edmonton Eskimos	24,962	5–1–0	10
8	Aug 30	BC Lions	10–18	Edmonton Eskimos	42,768	6–1–0	12
8	Sept 4	Edmonton Eskimos	28–28	Calgary Stampeders	26,888	6–1–1	13
9	Sept 10	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16–56	Edmonton Eskimos	26,282	7–1–1	15
10	Sept 17	Edmonton Eskimos	25–20	Saskatchewan Roughriders	21,149	8–1–1	17
11	Sept 24	Calgary Stampeders	20–20	Edmonton Eskimos	42,778	8–1–2	18
12	Oct 1	Edmonton Eskimos	42–22	Montreal Alouettes	54,652	9–1–2	20
13	Oct 9	BC Lions	15–3	Edmonton Eskimos	42,673	9–2–2	20
14	Oct 15	Edmonton Eskimos	38–10	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	28,080	10–2–2	22
15	Bye					10–2–2	22
16	Oct 29	Saskatchewan Roughriders	36–26	Edmonton Eskimos	42,000	10–3–2	22
17	Nov 4	Edmonton Eskimos	33–11	BC Lions	20,822	10–4–2	22

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Total attendance: 262,925
Average attendance: 32,866 (76.8%)

Playoffs

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
Division Final	Nov 18	BC Lions	13–26	Edmonton Eskimos		42,673
Grey Cup	Nov 26	Edmonton Eskimos	20–13	Montreal Alouettes		54,386

Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Edmonton Eskimos	10	4	3	3	20
Montreal Alouettes	3	0	7	3	13

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Awards and honours

• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell (DT)
• Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Offence) – Tom Wilkinson
• Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Defence) – Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell
• Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell, Defensive Tackle, CFL All-Star
• Danny Kepley, Linebacker, CFL All-Star

References

1978 CFL season by team Western BC • Calgary • Edmonton • Saskatchewan • Winnipeg Eastern Hamilton • Montreal • Ottawa • Toronto See also 1978 CFL Draft • 66th 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 Bold indicates Grey Cup victory The Edmonton portal

Edmonton Eskimos Founded in 1949 Based in Edmonton, Alberta The franchise Franchise Records Players Seasons Head Coaches Stadiums Clarke Stadium Commonwealth Stadium Culture Nanook and Punter The rivalries Calgary Stampeders Lore Labour Day Classic Battle of Alberta Alberta Crude 70th Grey Cup Important figures Danny Bass Johnny Bright Hugh Campbell Tommy Joe Coffey Rod Connop Dave Cutler Eck Duggan Matt Dunigan Ron "Swampdog" Estay Dave "Doctor Death" Fennell Larry Highbaugh* Brian Kelly Danny Kepley Norm Kimball Normie "The China Clipper" Kwong Moe Lieberman George McGowan Rollie Miles Warren Moon Frank Morris Roger Nelson Jackie "Ole Spaghetti Legs" Parker Willie "The Terminator" Pless Tom Scott Tom Wilkinson Henry "Gizmo" Williams Key personnel Owners: Community owned General Manager: Eric Tillman Head Coach: Kavis Reed Grey Cup championships (13) 1954 1955 1956 1975 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1987 1993 2003 2005 Western Division championships (22) 1952 1954 1955 1956 1960 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1986 1987 1990 1993 1996 2002 2003 2005 CFL Seasons (54) 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 Current league affiliations League: Canadian Football League Division: West The Edmonton portal The Canadian football portal

Edmonton Eskimos 66th Grey Cup Champions 1 Warren Moon | 7 Pete Lavorato | 8 Hank Ilesic | 10 Bruce Lemmerman | 12 Tom Wilkinson | 13 Larry Highbaugh | 15 Stuart Lang | 18 John Farlinger | 20 Tom Towns | 21 Don Warrington | 22 Tom Scott | 23 Angelo Santucci | 24 Ed Jones | 25 Jim Germany | 26 Dave Cutler | 28 Greg Butler | 29 Joe Hollimon | 30 Dale Potter | 31 Pat McNeil | 32 Larry Washington | 34 Ian Bryans | 40 Barry Kowalski | 42 Danny Kepley | 50 Willie Martin | 53 Bob Howes | 55 Ron Estay | 56 Ted Milian | 57 Eric Upton | 60 Charlie Turner | 62 Bill Stevenson | 63 Hector Pothier | 64 David Boone | 65 Dave Fennell | 69 York Hentschel | 71 Waddell Smith | 72 John Konihowski | 75 Derrick Glanton | 76 George McGowan | 77 Brian Fryer Head Coach: Hugh Campbell Coaches: Dan Daniel | Joe Faragalli | Don Matthews | Cal Murphy President: Matt Baldwin