1954 Edmonton Eskimos season

1954 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Pop Ivy
Home field	Clarke Stadium
Results
Record	11–5–0
Division place	1st, WIFU
Playoff finish	Won 42nd Grey Cup

The 1954 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st place in the Western Interprovincial Football Union with an 11–5–0 record and won the 42nd Grey Cup, the first championship in franchise history.

Pre-season

Schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Result
A	Aug 13	Edmonton Eskimos	16–7	Toronto Argonauts	Win
A	Aug 16	Edmonton Eskimos	18–19	Ottawa Rough Riders	Loss
B	Aug 18	Edmonton Eskimos	28–6	Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen	Win

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Regular season

Season Standings

**Western Interprovincial Football Union**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	11	5	0	255	163	22
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	10	4	2	239	204	22
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	8	6	2	202	190	18
Calgary Stampeders	16	8	8	0	271	165	16
BC Lions	16	1	15	0	100	345	2

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Result	Record	Pts
1	Aug 21	Edmonton Eskimos	13–21	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Loss	0–1–0	0
1	Aug 23	Edmonton Eskimos	3–7	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Loss	0–2–0	0
2	Bye					0–2–0	0
3	Sept 6	BC Lions	0–34	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	1–2–0	2
4	Sept 11	Calgary Stampeders	11–30	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	2–2–0	4
4	Sept 13	Edmonton Eskimos	6–20	Calgary Stampeders	Loss	2–3–0	4
5	Sept 20	Edmonton Eskimos	23–13	BC Lions	Win	3–3–0	6
6	Sept 25	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	8–12	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	4–3–0	8
7	Sept 27	Saskatchewan Roughriders	8–6	Edmonton Eskimos	Loss	4–4–0	8
8	Oct 2	Edmonton Eskimos	13–12	Calgary Stampeders	Win	5–4–0	10
8	Oct 4	Calgary Stampeders	21–6	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	6–4–0	12
9	Oct 9	Edmonton Eskimos	16–5	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Win	7–4–0	14
9	Oct 11	Edmonton Eskimos	12–2	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Loss	7–5–0	14
10	Oct 16	BC Lions	3–31	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	8–5–0	16
10	Oct 18	Edmonton Eskimos	22–0	BC Lions	Win	9–5–0	18
11	Oct 23	Saskatchewan Roughriders	19–24	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	10–5–0	20
11	Oct 25	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	12–21	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	11–5–0	22

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Playoffs

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Result
Western Final #1	Nov 6	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	3–9	Edmonton Eskimos		Win
Western Final #2	Nov 11	Edmonton Eskimos	6–12	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		Loss
Western Final #3	Nov 13	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	5–10	Edmonton Eskimos		Win
Grey Cup Semi-Final	Nov 20	Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen	6–38	Edmonton Eskimos		Win
Grey Cup	Nov 27	Edmonton Eskimos	26–25	Montreal Alouettes		Win

Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Edmonton Eskimos	11	3	0	12	26
Montreal Alouettes	6	12	1	6	25

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References

1954 Canadian football season by team

Western Interprovicial Football Union	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Ontario Rugby Football Union	Kitchener-Waterloo Sarnia Toronto Balmy Beach

See also	1954 CFL Draft 42nd 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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Edmonton Eskimos 42nd Grey Cup Champions

Head Coach: Pop Ivy

Line Coach: Cliff Speegle

General Manager: Al Anderson

President: Ken Montgomery

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