1987 Edmonton Eskimos season explained

The 1987 Edmonton Eskimos finished in second place in the West Division with an 11–7 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

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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
	18	5	12	1	364	529	11

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	June 27		16–54	Edmonton Eskimos		29,930	1–0–0	2
2	July 5	Edmonton Eskimos	36–33			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			43,772	2–2–0	6
5	July 24	Edmonton Eskimos	42–28			29,260	3–2–0	6
6	Aug 1		28–38	Edmonton Eskimos		30,399	4–2–0	8
7	Aug 7	Edmonton Eskimos	20–23			30,264	4–3–0	8
8	colSpan=6 align="center"	Bye	4–3–0	8
9	Aug 23		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	colSpan=6 align="center"	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

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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

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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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1987 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League . www.cfl.ca . 22 May 2022 . https://archive.today/20130115114911/http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1987/time_zone/0 . 15 January 2013 . dead.
2. Web site: 1987 Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) - Pro Football Archives.
3. Web site: CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2011-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091016111902/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1987/reg . 2009-10-16 . dead .
4. Web site: CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110425013114/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1987 . 2011-04-25 . dead .