1955 Edmonton Eskimos season

1955 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach Pop Ivy
Home field Clarke Stadium
Results
Record 14–2–0
Division place 1st, WIFU
Playoff finish Won 43rd Grey Cup

The 1955 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st place in the Western Interprovincial Football Union with a 14–2–0 record and won the 43rd Grey Cup, repeating as Grey Cup champions.

Pre-season

Schedule

Week Date Visitor Score Home Result
A Aug 10 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 6–21 Edmonton Eskimos Win
A Aug 13 Toronto Argonauts 18–29 Edmonton Eskimos Win

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Regular season

Season Standings

Western Interprovincial Football Union
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Edmonton Eskimos 16 14 2 0 286 117 28
Saskatchewan Roughriders 16 10 6 0 270 245 20
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16 7 9 0 210 195 14
BC Lions 16 5 11 0 211 330 10
Calgary Stampeders 16 4 12 0 209 299 8

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Season schedule

Week Date Visitor Score Home Result Record Pts
1 Aug 20 Edmonton Eskimos 13–10 Calgary Stampeders Win 1–0–0 2
1 Aug 22 Edmonton Eskimos 13–9 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Win 2–0–0 4
2 Aug 27 BC Lions 12–29 Edmonton Eskimos Win 3–0–0 6
3 Sept 3 Saskatchewan Roughriders 12–19 Edmonton Eskimos Win 4–0–0 8
4 Sept 10 Edmonton Eskimos 18–13 BC Lions Win 5–0–0 10
4 Sept 12 Calgary Stampeders 12–24 Edmonton Eskimos Win 6–0–0 12
5 Sept 17 Edmonton Eskimos 26–9 Saskatchewan Roughriders Win 7–0–0 14
5 Sept 19 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 8–14 Edmonton Eskimos Win 8–0–0 16
6 Sept 24 Edmonton Eskimos 15–0 Calgary Stampeders Win 9–0–0 18
6 Sept 26 Edmonton Eskimos 15–0 BC Lions Win 10–0–0 20
7 Oct 1 Edmonton Eskimos 0–12 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Loss 10–1–0 20
7 Oct 3 Saskatchewan Roughriders 9–17 Edmonton Eskimos Win 11–1–0 22
8 Oct 8 BC Lions 2–38 Edmonton Eskimos Win 12–1–0 24
9 Oct 15 Edmonton Eskimos 3–4 Saskatchewan Roughriders Loss 12–2–0 24
10 Oct 22 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 0–12 Edmonton Eskimos Win 13–2–0 26
11 Oct 29 Calgary Stampeders 5–30 Edmonton Eskimos Win 14–2–0 28

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Playoffs

Week Date Visitor Score Home OT Result
Western Final #1 Nov 11 Edmonton Eskimos 29–6 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Win
Western Final #2 Nov 16 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 6–29 Edmonton Eskimos Win
Grey Cup Nov 26 Montreal Alouettes 19–34 Edmonton Eskimos Win

Grey Cup

Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final
Montreal Alouettes 13 6 0 0 19
Edmonton Eskimos 6 12 12 4 34

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References

  1. 1 2 http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1955/time_zone/0
  2. 1 2 http://www.profootballarchives.com/1955wifuedm.html
  3. ↑ http://cfl.ca/standings/1955/reg
  4. ↑ http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1955
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