1996 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 1996 Edmonton Eskimos were coached by Ron Lancaster and finished in second place in the West Division with an 11–7 record. They upset the Calgary Stampeders in the West Final, but lost the Grey Cup to the Toronto Argonauts.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd Pick Player Position School
1 1 Donnavan Blair SB Calgary
1 8 Duane Arrindell OL Northern Illinois
2 16 Jayson Hamilton RB Alberta
3 25 Sheldon Napastuk DT Iowa State
4 34 Murray Cunningham DL Alberta
5 43 John Saul DE Saskatchewan
6 51 Darcy Park FB Alberta
7 60 Troy Shwetz DB Jamestown College

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
B June 14 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 18–23 0–1 25,632
B June 21 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 31–34 0–2 34,091

Regular season

Season standings

Team GP W L T PF PA Pts
Calgary Stampeders 18 13 5 0 608 375 26
Edmonton Eskimos 18 11 7 0 459 354 22
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 9 9 0 421 495 18
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 5 13 0 360 498 10
BC Lions 18 5 13 0 410 483 10

Season schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 June 27 at BC Lions W 28–14 1–0 29,435
2 July 5 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 16–13 2–0 26,211
3 July 10 at Saskatchewan Roughriders L 24–27 2–1 21,014
4 July 17 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers L 16–27 2–2 28,751
5 July 25 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 34–18 3–2 13,323
6 Aug 3 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 20–2 4–2 25,773
7 Aug 8 at Toronto Argonauts L 21–24 4–3 20,030
8 Aug 17 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders W 25–8 5–3 36,011
9 Aug 23 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 35–8 6–3 27,202
10 Sept 2 at Calgary Stampeders L 14–35 6–4 35,314
11 Sept 6 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 20–19 7–4 40,727*
12 Sept 15 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 14–20 7–5 17,301
13 Sept 20 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers W 41–12 8–5 28,744
14 Sept 29 vs. BC Lions W 32–12 9–5 28,784
15 Oct 4 at Montreal Alouettes L 18–32 9–6 17,886
16 Oct 12 at BC Lions W 34–31 10–6 18,031
17 Oct 20 vs. Toronto Argonauts L 17–24 10–7 27,567
18 Oct 27 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 41–32 11–7 27,332
19 Bye

*Top attendance in CFL

Awards and records

1996 CFL All-Stars

Offence

Defence

1996 Western All-Stars

Offence

Defence

Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1 0 0 6 7
Edmonton Eskimos 10 21 15 22 68

West Final

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Edmonton Eskimos 6 6 0 3 15
Calgary Stampeders 3 3 3 3 12

Grey Cup

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Toronto Argonauts 0 27 3 13 43
Edmonton Eskimos 9 14 0 14 37


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