1978 Edmonton Eskimos season explained

The 1978 Edmonton Eskimos finished in first place in the Western Conference with a 10–4–2 record and won the 66th Grey Cup. It was Warren Moon's rookie season, and he replaced the injured Bruce Lemmerman as the backup quarterback and completed 89 of 173 passes for 1,112 yards and five touchdowns. He was Edmonton's nominee for the CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award.^[1]

Pre-season

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Results	Venue	Attendance
Score	Record
A	June 13	at Calgary Stampeders	L 19–25	0–1		22,155
A	June 17	vs. Toronto Argonauts	W 16–14	1–1		25,007
B	June 24	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	L 8–18	1–2		20,056
D	July 5	BC Lions	W 46–1	2–2		24,931

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Regular season

Season Standings

Western Football Conference! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! PF !! PA !! Pts

Edmonton Eskimos	16	10	4	2	452	301	22
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	4	3	381	311	21
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	9	7	0	371	351	18
	16	7	7	2	359	308	16
	16	4	11	1	330	459	9

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Season schedule

• The Eskimos played their first two regular season games at Clarke Stadium and their remaining six at Commonwealth Stadium.

Week	Game	Date	Opponent	Results	Venue	Attendance
Score	Record
1	1	July 13	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 33–17	1–0		25,277
2	2	July 18	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 29–28	2–0		25,973
3	3	July 26	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 46–11	3–0		19,587
4	4	Aug 1	vs. Ottawa Rough Riders	L 23–24	3–1		16,185
5	Bye
6	5	Aug 16	at Toronto Argonauts	W 40–3	4–1		49,168
7	6	Aug 23	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 14–8	5–1		24,962
8	7	Aug 30	vs. BC Lions	W 18–10	6–1		42,768
8	8	Sept 4	at Calgary Stampeders	T 28–28	6–1–1		26,888
9	9	Sept 10	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	W 56–16	7–1–1		26,282
10	10	Sept 17	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	W 25–20	8–1–1		21,149
11	11	Sept 24	vs. Calgary Stampeders	T 20–20	8–1–2		42,778
12	12	Oct 1	at Montreal Alouettes	W 42–22	9–1–2		54,652
13	13	Oct 9	vs. BC Lions	L 3–15	9–2–2		42,673
14	14	Oct 15	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	W 38–10	10–2–2		28,080
15	Bye
16	15	Oct 29	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	L 26–36	10–3–2		42,000
17	16	Nov 4	at BC Lions	L 11–33	10–4–2		20,822

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Total attendance: 262,925
Average attendance: 32,866 (76.8%)

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Results	Venue	Attendance
Score	Record
Division Final	Nov 18	vs. Calgary Stampeders	W 26–13	1–0		42,673*
Grey Cup	Nov 26	vs. Montreal Alouettes	W 20–13	2–0		54,386

*Top playoff attendance of season

Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Edmonton Eskimos	10	4	3	3	20
Montreal Alouettes	3	0	7	3	13

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Awards and honours

• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell (DT)
• Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Offence) – Tom Wilkinson
• Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Defence) – Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell
• Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell, Defensive Tackle, CFL All-Star
• Danny Kepley, Linebacker, CFL All-Star

Notes and References

1. Web site: WARREN MOON | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2016-02-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151017040100/http://www.cfl.ca/page/hall-of-fame-warren-moon . 2015-10-17 .
2. Web site: 1978 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2013-11-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120922121317/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1978/time_zone/0 . 2012-09-22 .
3. Web site: 1978 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) - Pro Football Archives.
4. Web site: CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2011-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120616114031/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1978/reg . 2012-06-16 . dead .
5. Web site: CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111013095922/http://cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1978 . 2011-10-13 . dead .