1949 Edmonton Eskimos season

1949 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Annis Stukus
Home field	Clarke Stadium
Results
Record	4–10–0
Division place	3rd, WIFU
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 1949 Edmonton Eskimos season was the first season in the current franchise's history after several other Edmonton teams played under the same moniker but were unrelated. The team finished in 3rd place in the WIFU with a 4–10–0 record and missed the playoffs.

Pre-season

No preseason games were played for this season.

Regular season

Season Standings

**Western Interprovincial Football Union**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Calgary Stampeders	14	13	1	270	77	26
Regina Roughriders	14	9	5	235	102	18
Edmonton Eskimos	14	4	10	93	235	8
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	14	2	12	74	258	4

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	Sept 5	Calgary Stampeders	20–6	Edmonton Eskimos	11,123	0–1–0	0
2	Sept 10	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	11–14	Edmonton Eskimos	6500	1–1–0	2
2	Sept 12	Regina Roughriders	12–0	Edmonton Eskimos	6000	1–2–0	2
3	Sept 17	Edmonton Eskimos	1–13	Regina Roughriders	4000	1–3–0	2
3	Sept 19	Edmonton Eskimos	10–3	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	4000	2–3–0	4
4	Sept 24	Edmonton Eskimos	5–41	Calgary Stampeders	9000	2–4–0	4
5	Oct 1	Calgary Stampeders	12–8	Edmonton Eskimos	10,000	2–5–0	4
6	Oct 8	Edmonton Eskimos	6–8	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	4000	2–6–0	4
6	Oct 10	Edmonton Eskimos	12–11	Regina Roughriders	3000	3–6–0	6
7	Oct 15	Edmonton Eskimos	6–31	Calgary Stampeders	8000	3–7–0	6
8	Oct 22	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	6–13	Edmonton Eskimos	7000	4–7–0	8
8	Oct 24	Regina Roughriders	29–11	Edmonton Eskimos	5000	4–8–0	8
9	Oct 29	Edmonton Eskimos	0–27	Calgary Stampeders	6700	4–9–0	8
9	Oct 31	Calgary Stampeders	11–1	Edmonton Eskimos		4–10–0	8

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References

1949 Canadian football season by team

Western Interprovicial Football Union	Calgary Edmonton Regina Winnipeg

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Ontario Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Sarnia Toronto Balmy Beach Windsor

See also	37th 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

The franchise	Franchise Records Players Seasons Head Coaches

Stadiums	Clarke Stadium Commonwealth Stadium

Lore	Labour Day Classic Battle of Alberta Alberta Crude 70th Grey Cup Edmonton Eskimos Cheerleaders

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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