2009 Edmonton Eskimos season

2009 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach Richie Hall
General manager Danny Maciocia
Home field Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record 9–9
Division place 3rd, West
Playoff finish Lost West Semi-Final
Team MOP Fred Stamps, WR
Team MOC Patrick Kabongo, OL
Team MOR Arkee Whitlock, RB
Uniform

The 2009 Edmonton Eskimos season was the 52nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 61st overall. The Eskimos finished the season in third place with a 9–9 record. They appeared in the West Semi-Final where they lost to the Calgary Stampeders.

Off-season

CFL Draft

The 2009 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2009. Due to trades, the Eskimos did not have a pick until the second round, when they selected tackle Gordon Hinse, eleventh overall from the University of Alberta.[1]

Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team
2 11 Gordon Hinse OT Alberta
2 12 Dee Stirling DL Queen's
3 20 Andrea Bonaventura LB Calgary
5 36 Eric Lee RB Weber State
6 44 Jason Kosec LB Western Ontario

Notable transactions

Date Type Incoming Outgoing Team
January 21, 2009 Trade 2nd round pick in 2009 CFL Draft – Gordon Hinse (OT)
*4th round pick in 2010 CFL Draft – Akeem Foster (WR)		 Stefan LeFors (QB) Winnipeg Blue Bombers
February 16, 2009 Trade Kai Ellis (DE) Siddeeq Shabazz (DB) Winnipeg Blue Bombers
February 17, 2009 Trade Jason Nugent (DB)
**2nd round pick in 2010 CFL Draft – Cory Watson (WR)		 Brock Ralph (WR) Winnipeg Blue Bombers
April 1, 2009 Trade Anthony Malbrough (DB)
**5th round pick in 2011 CFL Draft – Carl Volny (RB)		 Kelly Butler (OL) Winnipeg Blue Bombers
May 6, 2009 Trade Gerald Davis (OL) Conditional pick in 2010 CFL Draft Hamilton Tiger-Cats
May 15, 2009 Trade Kitwana Jones (LB) Juan Joseph (QB) Saskatchewan Roughriders
May 15, 2009 Trade Kelly Malveaux (DB) Fred Perry (DE) Winnipeg Blue Bombers
June 11, 2009 Trade Joe McGrath (OL) *1st round pick in 2010 CFL Draft – Danny Watkins (OT) Saskatchewan Roughriders
June 15, 2009 Trade Willie Amos (DB) Thaddeus Coleman (OL) Winnipeg Blue Bombers

*Later traded to the BC Lions
**Later traded back to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Pre-season

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Record Pts
A June 17 Saskatchewan Roughriders 12–45 Edmonton Eskimos 34,793 1–0 2
B June 24 Edmonton Eskimos 31–19 BC Lions 23,217 2–0 4

Regular season

hosting Hamilton on August 29

Standings

West Division
Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Y-Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 10 7 1 514 484 21 Details
X-Calgary Stampeders 18 10 7 1 514 443 21 Details
X-Edmonton Eskimos 18 9 9 0 469 502 18 Details
X-BC Lions 18 8 10 0 431 502 16 Details

Season schedule

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Record Pts
1 July 2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 17–19 Edmonton Eskimos 30,650 1–0–0 2
2 July 9 Edmonton Eskimos 16–50 Montreal Alouettes 20,202 1–1–0 2
3 July 16 BC Lions 40–22 Edmonton Eskimos 33,661 1–2–0 2
4 July 25 Edmonton Eskimos 38–33 Saskatchewan Roughriders 30,945 2–2–0 4
5 July 30 Montreal Alouettes 19–33 Edmonton Eskimos 33,206 3–2–0 6
6 Aug 8 Edmonton Eskimos 21–28 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 19,206 3–3–0 6
7 Aug 13 Calgary Stampeders 35–38 Edmonton Eskimos 33,065 4–3–0 8
8 Bye 4–3–0 8
9 Aug 29 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 30–31 Edmonton Eskimos 35,036 5–3–0 10
10 Sept 7 Edmonton Eskimos 8–32 Calgary Stampeders 40,729 5–4–0 10
11 Sept 11 Calgary Stampeders 35–34 Edmonton Eskimos 46,212 5–5–0 10
12 Sept 20 Edmonton Eskimos 31–27 Saskatchewan Roughriders 30,945 6–5–0 12
13 Sept 26 Saskatchewan Roughriders 23–20 Edmonton Eskimos 62,517 6–6–0 12
14 Oct 2 Edmonton Eskimos 17–27 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 21,965 6–7–0 12
15 Oct 9 BC Lions 34–31 Edmonton Eskimos 30,120 6–8–0 12
16 Oct 16 Edmonton Eskimos 22–19 Toronto Argonauts 26,515 7–8–0 14
17 Oct 23 Edmonton Eskimos 7–30 Calgary Stampeders 35,650 7–9–0 14
18 Oct 30 Toronto Argonauts 10–36 Edmonton Eskimos 30,012 8–9–0 16
19 Nov 6 Edmonton Eskimos 45–13 BC Lions 31,515 9–9–0 18

Total attendance: 334,479
Average attendance: 37,164 (62.4%)

Roster

2009 Edmonton Eskimos roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Slotbacks

 Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

 Inactive List

Practice Roster

Italics indicate Import player
Roster updated 2009-10-08
Depth Chart • Transactions
46 Active, 14 Inactive, 9 PR

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Statistics

= Indicates team leader

Passing

Player Att Comp % Yards TD RBI Rating

[2]

Rushing

Player Att Yards Avg. TD Fumbles

[3]

Receiving

Player No. Yards Avg. Long TD

[4]

Playoffs

Schedule

Week Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance
Division Semi-Final Nov 15 Edmonton Eskimos 21–24 Calgary Stampeders 31,356

Bracket

  November 15: Division Semifinals     November 22: Division Finals     November 29: 97th Grey Cup
McMahon Stadium – Calgary
                           
  East     W4 BC Lions 18  
  W4 BC Lions 34*     E1 Montreal Alouettes 56    
  E2 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 27         E1 Montreal Alouettes 28
      W1 Saskatchewan Roughriders 27
  West     W2 Calgary Stampeders 17    
  W3 Edmonton Eskimos 21     W1 Saskatchewan Roughriders 27  
  W2 Calgary Stampeders 24  

*=Team won in Overtime.

West Semi-Final

Date and time: Sunday, November 15, 4:30 PM Mountain Standard Time
Venue: McMahon Stadium, Calgary, Alberta

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Edmonton Eskimos 0 7 7 7 21
Calgary Stampeders 0 9 7 8 24

References

  1. ↑ Annicchiarico, Mario (2009-05-03). "Edmonton Eskimos draft Golden Bears’ Gord Hinse". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on May 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  2. ↑ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  3. ↑ http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Rushing/year/2009/
  4. ↑ http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/league/stat/Receiving/year/2009/
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