1979 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 1979 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st place in the Western Conference with a 12–2–2 record and repeated as Grey Cup champions after winning the 67th Grey Cup.

1979 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coachHugh Campbell
Home fieldCommonwealth Stadium
Results
Record12–2–2
Division place1st, West
Playoff finishWon Grey Cup
Uniform

Pre-season

Schedule
WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeAttendance
AJune 12BC Lions32–27Edmonton Eskimos41,326
BJune 19Edmonton Eskimos31–16Toronto Argonauts35,742
BJune 24Ottawa Rough Riders30–27Edmonton Eskimos41,379
CJune 29Edmonton Eskimos53–20Saskatchewan Roughriders17,460

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Regular season

Season Standings
Western Football Conference
TeamGPWLTPFPAPts
Edmonton Eskimos16122249521926
Calgary Stampeders16124038227824
BC Lions1696132833319
Winnipeg Blue Bombers1641202833408
Saskatchewan Roughriders1621401944374

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Season schedule
WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeAttendanceRecordPts
1July 10Edmonton Eskimos28–10Winnipeg Blue Bombers24,0241–0–02
2July 17Saskatchewan Roughriders20–52Edmonton Eskimos43,3212–0–04
3 Bye2–0–04
4July 31Calgary Stampeders9–44Edmonton Eskimos42,8873–0–06
5Aug 7Edmonton Eskimos14–14BC Lions30,1373–0–17
6Aug 14Edmonton Eskimos24–24Ottawa Rough Riders27,0503–0–28
7Aug 21Winnipeg Blue Bombers13–41Edmonton Eskimos42,7784–0–210
8Aug 28Toronto Argonauts13–28Edmonton Eskimos42,7785–0–212
8Sept 3Edmonton Eskimos27–1Calgary Stampeders34,8256–0–214
9Sept 9Saskatchewan Roughriders0–40Edmonton Eskimos40,2317–0–216
10Sept 16BC Lions8–40Edmonton Eskimos42,7768–0–218
11Sept 23Edmonton Eskimos22–21Hamilton Tiger-Cats18,1869–0–220
12Sept 30Edmonton Eskimos19–26Calgary Stampeders33,2459–1–220
13Oct 8Montreal Alouettes6–47Edmonton Eskimos42,77810–1–222
14Oct 14Edmonton Eskimos25–26Saskatchewan Roughriders20,04210–2–222
15 Bye10–2–222
16Oct 28Winnipeg Blue Bombers11–19Edmonton Eskimos42,77811–2–224
17Nov 3Edmonton Eskimos25–17BC Lions26,57512–2–226

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Total attendance: 340,327
Average attendance: 42,541 (99.4%)

Playoffs
WeekDateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendance
Division FinalNov 18Calgary Stampeders7–19Edmonton Eskimos43,033
Grey CupNov 25Edmonton Eskimos17–9Montreal Alouettes65,113

Grey Cup
Teams 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q Final
Edmonton Eskimos 7 0 10 0 17
Montreal Alouettes 0 6 3 0 9

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Awards and honours

References
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  2. "1979 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) - Pro Football Archives".
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2011-07-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2015-10-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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