1987 Edmonton Eskimos season

1987 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Jackie Parker, Joe Faragalli
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	11–7–0
Division place	2nd, West
Playoff finish	Won 75th Grey Cup
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The 1987 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 2nd place in the Western Conference with an 11–7–0 record and defeated the Toronto Argonauts to win the 75th Grey Cup.

Pre-season

Schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance
A	June 6	Calgary Stampeders	33–39	Edmonton Eskimos	34,501
C	June 16	Edmonton Eskimos	31–15	BC Lions	28,384

Regular season

Season standings

**West Division**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
BC Lions	18	12	6	0	502	370	24
Edmonton Eskimos	18	11	7	0	617	462	22
Calgary Stampeders	18	10	8	0	453	517	20
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	5	12	1	364	529	11

Season schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	June 27	Calgary Stampeders	16–54	Edmonton Eskimos		29,930	1–0–0	2
2	July 5	Edmonton Eskimos	36–33	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		15,720	2–0–0	2
3	July 12	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	40–30	Edmonton Eskimos		32,265	2–1–0	4
4	July 18	Edmonton Eskimos	18–26	BC Lions		43,772	2–2–0	6
5	July 24	Edmonton Eskimos	42–28	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		29,260	3–2–0	6
6	Aug 1	Saskatchewan Roughriders	28–38	Edmonton Eskimos		30,399	4–2–0	8
7	Aug 7	Edmonton Eskimos	20–23	Toronto Argonauts		30,264	4–3–0	8
8	Bye						4–3–0	8
9	Aug 23	Ottawa Rough Riders	45–24	Edmonton Eskimos		32,167	5–3–0	10
10	Aug 28	Edmonton Eskimos	39–13	Saskatchewan Roughriders		24,000	6–3–0	12
11	Sept 7	Edmonton Eskimos	20–29	Calgary Stampeders		33,842	6–4–0	14
12	Sept 12	Toronto Argonauts	20–42	Edmonton Eskimos		40,486	7–4–0	16
13	Sept 19	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13–34	Edmonton Eskimos		31,862	8–4–0	16
14	Bye						8–4–0	16
15	Oct 2	Ottawa Rough Riders	19–34	Edmonton Eskimos		31,331	9–4–0	18
16	Oct 12	Edmonton Eskimos	20–38	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		24,999	9–5–0	18
17	Oct 18	Edmonton Eskimos	25–34	Saskatchewan Roughriders		24,282	9–6–0	18
18	Oct 25	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	24–39	Edmonton Eskimos		33,376	10–6–0	20
19	Nov 1	BC Lions	33–32	Edmonton Eskimos		40,414	10–7–0	20
20	Nov 7	Edmonton Eskimos	39–21	Ottawa Rough Riders		15,107	11–7–0	22

Total attendance: 302,230
Average attendance: 33,581 (55.9%)

Playoffs

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
Division Semi-Final	Nov 15	Calgary Stampeders	16–30	Edmonton Eskimos		26,809
Division Final	Nov 22	Edmonton Eskimos	31–7	BC Lions		44,385
Grey Cup	Nov 29	Toronto Argonauts	36–38	Edmonton Eskimos		59,478

Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Toronto Argonauts	3	21	3	9	36
Edmonton Eskimos	10	7	4	17	38

Awards and honours

Dick Suderman Trophy – Milson Jones
Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Offence) – Damon Allen
Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Defence) – Stewart Hill
Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy – Brian Kelly

References

1987 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto Winnipeg

See also	1987 CFL Draft 75th Grey Cup

Edmonton Eskimos seasons

1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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Edmonton Eskimos

Founded in 1949 Based in Edmonton, Alberta

Franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head coaches

Stadiums	Clarke Stadium Commonwealth Stadium

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Important figures	Danny Bass Leroy Blugh Johnny Bright Hugh Campbell Tommy Joe Coffey Rod Connop Dave Cutler Eck Duggan Ron "Swampdog" Estay Dave "Doctor Death" Fennell Brian Fryer Larry Highbaugh Brian Kelly Danny Kepley Norm Kimball Normie "The China Clipper" Kwong Moe Lieberman Neil Lumsden George McGowan Rollie Miles Ken Montgomery Warren Moon Frank Morris Roger Nelson Jackie "Ole Spaghetti Legs" Parker Willie "The Terminator" Pless Tom Scott Terry Vaughn Tom Wilkinson Henry "Gizmo" Williams

Key personnel	Owners: Community owned General Manager: Ed Hervey Head Coach: Jason Maas

Grey Cup championships (14)	1954 1955 1956 1975 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1987 1993 2003 2005 2015

Western Division championships (23)	1952 1954 1955 1956 1960 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1986 1987 1990 1993 1996 2002 2003 2005 2015

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

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Edmonton Eskimos 75th Grey Cup champions

Head Coach: Joe Faragalli

Assistant coaches: Gary Durchik
Steve Goldman
Mike Roach
Doug Sams
Don Sutherin

General Manager: Hugh Campbell

President: Rick LeLacheur

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