2011 Edmonton Eskimos season

2011 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Kavis Reed
General manager	Eric Tillman
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	11–7
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Final
Team MOP	Ricky Ray, QB
Team MOC	Jerome Messam, RB
Team MOR	J. C. Sherritt, LB
Uniform

The 2011 Edmonton Eskimos season was the 54th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 63rd overall. The Eskimos improved upon their 7–11 record from 2010, after winning their eighth game on October 10, 2011, while also securing a berth in the playoffs in that same game. The Eskimos finished in 2nd place in the West division with an 11–7 record and hosted a playoff game for the first time since 2004, ending the CFL's longest active drought. The Eskimos defeated their Alberta rivals, the Calgary Stampeders, 33–19 in the West Semi-Final, but lost to the BC Lions 40–23 in the West Final.

Offseason

CFL Draft

The 2011 CFL Draft took place on Sunday, May 8, 2011.^[1] The Eskimos had four selections in the draft, with the first coming in the second spot overall. Edmonton was then able to select the number one ranked player in offensive linemen Scott Mitchell. After a trade with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the Eskimos acquired the fifth overall pick and selected Nathan Coehoorn, who was described as the most "pro-ready" receiver available in the draft.^[2] Edmonton also selected Ted Laurent in the 2011 supplemental draft, and must forfeit a second-round 2012 draft pick.^[3]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	2	Scott Mitchell	OL	Rice
1	5	Nathan Coehoorn	WR	Calgary
2	14	Hugo Lopez	DB	Toronto
6	46	Youssy Pierre	WR	Montréal

Notable transactions

Date	Type	Incoming	Outgoing	Team
March 15, 2011	Trade	Delroy Clarke (DB)	4th round pick in 2012 CFL Draft – Quincy Hurst (WR)	Toronto Argonauts
March 17, 2011	Trade	Taylor Inglis (LS)	*5th round pick in 2011 CFL Draft – Carl Volny (RB) 6th round pick in 2011 CFL Draft – Liam Mahoney (WR)	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
March 18, 2011	Trade	LaDarius Key (DB)	Tristan Jackson (KR/DB)	Saskatchewan Roughriders
March 21, 2011	Trade	Dalin Tollestrup (DB) **2nd round pick in 2011 CFL Draft – Maurice Forbes (DT)	Justin Medlock (K) Carlos Thomas (DB) ***3rd round pick in 2011 CFL Draft – Djems Kouame (WR) 5th round pick in 2011 CFL Draft – Patrick Jean-Mary (LB)	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
May 6, 2011	Trade	Lavar Glover (DB)	Future considerations	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
May 8, 2011	Trade	Zipp Duncan (OL) 1st round pick in 2011 CFL Draft – Nathan Coehoorn (WR)	2nd round pick in 2011 CFL Draft – Moe Petrus (OL) 2nd round pick in 2011 CFL Draft – Maurice Forbes (DT)	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
May 8, 2011	Trade	2nd round pick in 2011 CFL Draft – Hugo Lopez (DB)	Brian Bulcke (DL)	Calgary Stampeders
May 8, 2011	Trade	6th round pick in 2011 CFL Draft – Youssy Pierre (WR)	Graeme Bell (FB)	Saskatchewan Roughriders
June 15, 2011	Trade	Stefan Rodgers (OL)	Future considerations	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
June 18, 2011	Trade	Junius Coston (OL) 6th round pick in 2013 CFL Draft - Elie Ngoyi (DE)	6th round pick in 2013 CFL Draft - Shane Bergman (OL)	Calgary Stampeders
June 19, 2011	Trade	Jerome Messam (RB)	3rd round pick in 2013 CFL Draft - Boseko Lokombo (LB)	BC Lions
August 23, 2011	Trade	Dylan Steenbergen (OL) Future considerations	6th round pick in 2012 CFL Draft – Ryan White (OL) 6th round pick in 2013 CFL Draft - Simon Legare (OL)	Montreal Alouettes
October 12, 2011	Trade	Hugh Charles (RB)	5th round pick in 2014 CFL Draft - Matt Webster (DB)	Saskatchewan Roughriders

*Later traded back to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
**Later traded back to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
***Later traded to the Toronto Argonauts

Preseason

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record
A	Fri, June 17	Edmonton Eskimos	22–23	Saskatchewan Roughriders		29,130	0–1
B	Fri, June 24	Calgary Stampeders	37–22	Edmonton Eskimos		32,796	0–2

Regular season

Season standings

West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Y-BC Lions	18	11	7	0	511	385	22	Details
X-Edmonton Eskimos	18	11	7	0	427	401	22	Details
X-Calgary Stampeders	18	11	7	0	511	476	22	Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	5	13	0	346	482	10	Details

Season schedule

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	Sun, July 3	Edmonton Eskimos	42–28	Saskatchewan Roughriders		30,048	1–0	2
2	Sat, July 9	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	10–28	Edmonton Eskimos		26,059	2–0	4
3	Sat, July 16	BC Lions	17–33	Edmonton Eskimos		32,297	3–0	6
4	Sat, July 23	Edmonton Eskimos	24–19	Calgary Stampeders		29,910	4–0	8
5	Fri, July 29	Toronto Argonauts	25–26	Edmonton Eskimos		32,478	5–0	10
6	Fri, Aug 5	Edmonton Eskimos	16–28	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		29,533	5–1	10
7	Thurs, Aug 11	Edmonton Eskimos	4–27	Montreal Alouettes		24,448	5–2	10
8	Fri, Aug 19	BC Lions	36–1	Edmonton Eskimos		35,216	5–3	10
9	Bye						5–3	10
10	Mon, Sept 5	Edmonton Eskimos	35–7	Calgary Stampeders		35,650	6–3	12
11	Fri, Sept 9	Calgary Stampeders	30–20	Edmonton Eskimos		45,672	6–4	12
12	Fri, Sept 16	Edmonton Eskimos	38–23	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		22,654	7–4	14
13	Fri, Sept 23	Montreal Alouettes	34–21	Edmonton Eskimos		40,274	7–5	14
14	Fri, Sept 30	Edmonton Eskimos	24–33	BC Lions		50,213	7–6	14
15	Mon, Oct 10	Saskatchewan Roughriders	1–17	Edmonton Eskimos		38,054	8–6	16
16	Sat, Oct 15	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	10–24	Edmonton Eskimos		30,734	9–6	18
17	Fri, Oct 21	Edmonton Eskimos	31–24	Toronto Argonauts		19,176	10–6	20
18	Sat, Oct 29	Edmonton Eskimos	20–29	BC Lions		29,749	10–7	20
19	Fri, Nov 4	Saskatchewan Roughriders	20–23	Edmonton Eskimos		30,845	11–7	22

Total attendance: 311,629
Average attendance: 34,625 (58.2%)

Roster

Edmonton Eskimos roster

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Slotbacks

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

91 Marcus Howard DE
94 Ted Laurent DL
95 Étienne Légaré DT
90 Greg Peach DE
99 Jermaine Reid DT
93 Lee Robinson DE
97 Julius Williams DE

Linebackers

49 Mike Cornell LB
40 Rod Davis LB
12 T. J. Hill LB
45 Damaso Munoz LB
47 J. C. Sherritt LB

Defensive Backs

10 Donovan Alexander DB
9 Jykine Bradley DB
35 Weldon Brown DB
24 Delroy Clarke CB
18 Brian Logan DB
19 Hugo Lopez DB
44 Mike Miller DB
33 Wopamo Osaisai DB
39 Corbin Sharun S
29 Chris Thompson DB
37 Roderick Williams CB

Special Teams

38 Damon Duval P/K
52 Taylor Inglis LS
17 Derek Schiavone P/K

Inactive List

87 Chris Bauman WR (1 Game)
64 Junius Coston OL (1 Game)
51 Aaron Fiacconi C (9 Game)
28 Samuel Fournier FB (9 Game)
71 Marcus Henry WR (1 Game)
61 Kyle Koch G (9 Game)
23 Jerome Messam RB (1 Game)
16 Matt Nichols QB (9 Game)
20 David Pittman DB (1 Game)
44 Mark Restelli LB (1 Game)
96 Dee Sterling DT (1 Game)
48 Trumaine Sykes DE (9 Game)
66 Greg Wojt T (1 Game)

Practice Roster

6 C. J. Bailey DB
32 Ramon Broadway DB
22 Joe Burnett CB
8 Dobson Collins WR
36 John Goebel RB
14 Ludovic Kashindi DB
74 Youssy Pierre WR
59 Dale Stevenson OL

Italics indicate Import player
Roster updated 2011-11-22
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Active

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Coaching staff

Edmonton Eskimos Staff

Front Office

President and CEO – Rick LeLacheur
Director of Football Operations – Vacant
General Manager – Eric Tillman
Assistant General Manager and Director of Player Personnel – Paul Jones
Manager of Football Operations and Canadian Scouting – Dan McKinnon
Head Scout – Ed Hervey

Head Coaches

Head Coach – Kavis Reed
Assistant Head Coach – Rick Campbell

Offensive Coaches

Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks – Marcus Crandell
Running Backs – Dennis McKnight
Receivers – Steff Kruck
Offensive Line – Tim Prinsen
Offensive Assistant and Video Coordinator – Rob Ralph

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator and Defensive Backs – Rich Stubler
Linebackers – Mark Nelson
Defensive Line – Kit Lathrop

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams Coordinator – Rick Campbell

Strength and Conditioning

Strength and Conditioning Trainer – Mike Cook

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Playoffs

Schedule

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Result
West Semi-Final	Sun, Nov 13	Calgary Stampeders	19–33	Edmonton Eskimos		30,183	Win
West Final	Sun, Nov 20	Edmonton Eskimos	23–40	BC Lions		41,313	Loss

Bracket

November 13:
Division Semi-Finals

November 20:
Division Finals

November 27: 99th Grey Cup
BC Place Stadium – Vancouver

East

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

52*

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Montreal Alouettes

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

BC Lions

West

Edmonton Eskimos

Calgary Stampeders

BC Lions

Edmonton Eskimos

*-Team won in Overtime.

West Semi-Final

Calgary at Edmonton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Stampeders	8	1	6	4	19
• Eskimos	3	22	1	7	33

Date: November 13
Location: Commonwealth Stadium
Edmonton, AB
Game start: 2:30 PM MST
Game attendance: 30,183
Game weather: Cloudy; 3°C; wind 32 km/h W
Referee: Murray Clarke
TV announcers (TSN): Rod Black (Play by Play), Duane Forde (Colour)

West Final

Edmonton at BC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eskimos	0	3	6	14	23
• Lions	6	20	7	7	40

Date: November 20
Location: BC Place Stadium
Vancouver, BC
Game start: 2:30 PM MST
Game attendance: 41,313
Game weather: None (Retractable roof closed)
Referee: Glen Johnson
TV announcers (TSN): Chris Cuthbert (Play by Play), Glen Suitor (Colour)

References

↑ http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=188882771141305
↑ http://www.cfl.ca/article/mitchell-selected-second-overall-by-esks
↑ http://www.cfl.ca/article/esks-nab-ted-laurent-in-supplemental-draft Esks nab Ted Laurent in Supplemental Draft

2011 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Toronto Winnipeg

See also	2011 CFL Draft 99th Grey Cup

Edmonton Eskimos seasons

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Edmonton Eskimos

Founded in 1949 Based in Edmonton, Alberta

The 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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