1988 Edmonton Eskimos season

1988 Edmonton Eskimos season
General managerHugh Campbell
Head coachJoe Faragalli
Home stadiumCommonwealth Stadium
Results
Record11–7
Division place1st, West
PlayoffsLost West 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. During the season, Tracy Ham emerged as the team's starting quarterback for the next five seasons.

Off-season

CFL draft

Main article: 1988 CFL draft
Round Pick Player Position School
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
5 40 Greg Kratzer WR Dickinson State
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 T Pts PF PA Div Stk
Edmonton Eskimos 18 11 7 0 22 477 408 6–4 W1
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 11 7 0 22 525 452 5–3 W1 Details
BC Lions 18 10 8 0 20 489 417 4–4 W3 Details
Calgary Stampeders 18 6 12 0 12 395 476 3–7 L1 Details

Edmonton finished ahead of Saskatchewan in the standings by winning their 2-game head-to-head series by a point total of 58–53.[1]

Edmonton set the CFL record for most consecutive seasons, .500 or better (17), breaking the record of 16 Saskatchewan set from 1962-1977.

Season Schedule

Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
1 1 July 14 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 33–0 1–0 Commonwealth Stadium 27,889
2 2 July 23 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 15–26 1–1 Taylor Field 22,682
3 3 July 27 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 35–28 2–1 Lansdowne Park 19,947
4 4 Aug 4 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 43–27 3–1 Commonwealth Stadium 35,383
5 5 Aug 12 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 14–22 3–2 Ivor Wynne Stadium 13,127
6 6 Aug 19 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 46–21 4–2 Commonwealth Stadium 30,172
7 7 Aug 25 at BC Lions L 10–28 4–3 BC Place 33,825
8 8 Sept 1 vs. BC Lions W 17–9 5–3 Commonwealth Stadium 34,157
8 9 Sept 5 at Calgary Stampeders W 27–11 6–3 McMahon Stadium 27,768
9 10 Sept 11 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 37–13 7–3 Commonwealth Stadium 29,984
10 11 Sept 18 vs. Toronto Argonauts W 38–21 8–3 Commonwealth Stadium 33,549
11 12 Sept 25 at Toronto Argonauts L 22–35 8–4 Varsity Stadium 24,104
12 13 Oct 2 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 40–12 9–4 Commonwealth Stadium 28,052
13 14 Oct 10 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 17–21 9–5 Winnipeg Stadium 26,298
14 15 Oct 16 at Calgary Stampeders W 32–29 10–5 McMahon Stadium 29,430
15 16 Oct 23 vs. BC Lions L 15–35 10–6 Commonwealth Stadium 30,030
16 17 Oct 29 at BC Lions L 16–51 10–7 BC Place 32,334
17 18 Nov 6 vs. Calgary Stamepders W 20–19 11–7 Commonwealth Stadium 27,499

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

Statistics

Punt Returns

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

Kickoff Returns

Player Games Played Number Yards Long Touchdowns
Henry Gizmo Williams[2] 17 15 379 34 0

Missed Field Goal Returns

Player Games Played Number Yards Long Touchdowns
Henry Gizmo Williams[2] 17 5 90 22 0

Awards

Playoffs

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance
Score Record
Division Final Nov 20 vs. BC Lions L 19–37 0–1 Commonwealth Stadium 27,055

The West Final was the first time the Eskimos lost a playoff game at Commonwealth Stadium. The loss also ended the CFL's longest ever home playoff winning streak (12).

References

  1. ^ "Edmonton Eskimos 1988 Season on CFLdb Statistics". stats.cfldb.ca. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
  2. ^ a b c "MATT DUNIGAN | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2010-08-16.


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