1955 Edmonton Eskimos season

1955 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Pop Ivy
Home field	Clarke Stadium
Results
Record	14–2–0
Division place	1st, WIFU
Playoff finish	Won 43rd Grey Cup

The 1955 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st place in the Western Interprovincial Football Union with a 14–2–0 record and won the 43rd Grey Cup, repeating as Grey Cup champions.

Pre-season

Schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Result
A	Aug 10	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	6–21	Edmonton Eskimos	Win
A	Aug 13	Toronto Argonauts	18–29	Edmonton Eskimos	Win

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Regular season

Season Standings

**Western Interprovincial Football Union**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	14	2	286	117	28
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	10	6	270	245	20
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	7	9	210	195	14
BC Lions	16	5	11	211	330	10
Calgary Stampeders	16	4	12	209	299	8

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Result	Record	Pts
1	Aug 20	Edmonton Eskimos	13–10	Calgary Stampeders	Win	1–0–0	2
1	Aug 22	Edmonton Eskimos	13–9	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Win	2–0–0	4
2	Aug 27	BC Lions	12–29	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	3–0–0	6
3	Sept 3	Saskatchewan Roughriders	12–19	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	4–0–0	8
4	Sept 10	Edmonton Eskimos	18–13	BC Lions	Win	5–0–0	10
4	Sept 12	Calgary Stampeders	12–24	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	6–0–0	12
5	Sept 17	Edmonton Eskimos	26–9	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Win	7–0–0	14
5	Sept 19	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	8–14	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	8–0–0	16
6	Sept 24	Edmonton Eskimos	15–0	Calgary Stampeders	Win	9–0–0	18
6	Sept 26	Edmonton Eskimos	15–0	BC Lions	Win	10–0–0	20
7	Oct 1	Edmonton Eskimos	0–12	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Loss	10–1–0	20
7	Oct 3	Saskatchewan Roughriders	9–17	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	11–1–0	22
8	Oct 8	BC Lions	2–38	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	12–1–0	24
9	Oct 15	Edmonton Eskimos	3–4	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Loss	12–2–0	24
10	Oct 22	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	0–12	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	13–2–0	26
11	Oct 29	Calgary Stampeders	5–30	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	14–2–0	28

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Playoffs

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Result
Western Final #1	Nov 11	Edmonton Eskimos	29–6	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		Win
Western Final #2	Nov 16	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	6–29	Edmonton Eskimos		Win
Grey Cup	Nov 26	Montreal Alouettes	19–34	Edmonton Eskimos		Win

Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Montreal Alouettes	13	6	0	0	19
Edmonton Eskimos	6	12	12	4	34

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References

1955 Canadian football season by team

Western Interprovicial Football Union	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1955 CFL Draft 43rd 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 43rd Grey Cup Champions

Head Coach: Pop Ivy

Assistant Coaches: Eagle Keys
Ray Prochaska

General Manager: Al Anderson

President: M. I. Lieberman

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