1960 Edmonton Eskimos season

1960 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Eagle Keys
Home field	Clarke Stadium
Results
Record	10–6–0
Division place	2nd, WIFU
Playoff finish	Lost 48th Grey Cup

The 1960 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 2nd place in the WIFU Division with a 10–6–0 record. They defeated the Calgary Stampeders in the Western Semi-Finals and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Western Finals, and were defeated in the Grey Cup by the Ottawa Rough Riders.

Pre-season

Schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Result	Attendance
A	Fri, July 15	Montreal Alouettes	0–38	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	9,000
B	Wed, July 20	Edmonton Eskimos	4–17	Calgary Stampeders	Loss	N/A
D	Mon, Aug 8	Edmonton Eskimos	14–28	Montreal Alouettes	Loss	19,570
E	Wed, Aug 10	Edmonton Eskimos	29–24	Ottawa Rough Riders	Loss	8,350

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Regular season

Season standings

**CFL West Division**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	14	2	0	453	239	28	Details
Edmonton Eskimos	16	10	6	0	318	225	20	Details
Calgary Stampeders	16	6	8	2	374	404	14	Details
BC Lions	16	5	9	2	296	356	12	Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	2	12	2	205	422	6	Details

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Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Result	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	Mon, Aug 15	BC Lions	14–33	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	17,500	1–0–0	2
2	Mon, Aug 22	Saskatchewan Roughriders	1–19	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	17,000	2–0–0	4
3	Thurs, Aug 25	Edmonton Eskimos	14–18	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Loss	17,287	2–1–0	4
4	Mon, Aug 29	Edmonton Eskimos	26–0	BC Lions	Win	28,420	3–1–0	6
5	Sat, Sept 3	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	15–14	Edmonton Eskimos	Loss	19,535	3–2–0	6
5	Mon, Sept 5	Edmonton Eskimos	29–28	Calgary Stampeders	Win	N/A	4–2–0	8
6	Sat, Sept 10	Calgary Stampeders	10–41	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	17,993	5–2–0	10
7	Fri, Sept 16	Edmonton Eskimos	29–6	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Win	10,000	6–2–0	12
7	Mon, Sept 19	BC Lions	10–18	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	N/A	7–2–0	14
8	Mon, Sept 26	Edmonton Eskimos	15–2	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Win	20,932	8–2–0	16
9	Fri, Sept 30	Saskatchewan Roughriders	2–9	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	14,997	9–2–0	18
10	Thurs, Oct 6	Edmonton Eskimos	13–21	BC Lions	Loss	21,707	9–3–0	18
10	Sat, Oct 8	Calgary Stampeders	31–11	Edmonton Eskimos	Loss	15,500	9–4–0	18
11	Sat, Oct 15	Edmonton Eskimos	17–35	Calgary Stampeders	Loss	17,000	9–5–0	18
11	Mon, Oct 17	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	21–17	Edmonton Eskimos	Loss	15,000	9–6–0	18
12	Sat, Oct 22	Edmonton Eskimos	13–11	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Win	6,608	10–6–0	20

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Roster

Edmonton Eskimos roster

Quarterbacks

12 Jackie Parker
27 Don Getty

Running Backs

15 Normie Kwong FB
18 Rollie Miles HB
20 Cowboy Woodruff HB
22 Joe-Bob Smith HB
23 Jim Shipka FB
24 Johnny Bright FB
74 Jim Toon FB

Wide Receivers

73 Jim Letcavits
75 Vic Chapman
77 Curry Juneau
78 Tommy Joe Coffey

Offensive Linemen

41 Don Stephenson C
43 Don Barry C
51 Ted Tully G
53 Al Ecuyer G
55 Gino Fracas G
56 Michael Kmech G
62 Roy Stevenson G
65 Toby Deese T
66 Roger Nelson T
67 Jack Lamb T

Defensive Linemen

52 Ed Gray DT
61 Nat Dye DT
64 Mike Volcan DT
70 Bill Smith DE

Defensive Backs

14 Oscar Kruger
26 Howie Schumm
72 Steve Bendiak

Others

22/42 Dick Craddock
28 Mike Lashuk
50 Art Walker
60 Don Duncalfe
71 P.J. Blake
81 Thomas Emerson

General Manager

Keith Rolfe (to September 10)
Joe Ryan (from September 10)

Head Coach

Eagle Keys

Assistant Coaches

Dan Edwards
Bob Kellogg

Italics indicate Import player

Playoffs

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Result	Attendance
West Semi-Final #1	Wed, Nov 2	Calgary Stampeders	7–30	Edmonton Eskimos	Win	16,018
West Semi-Final #2	Sat, Nov 5	Edmonton Eskimos	40–21	Calgary Stampeders	Win	20,000
West Final #1	Sat, Nov 12	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	22–16	Edmonton Eskimos	Loss	17,500
West Final #2	Mon, Nov 14	Edmonton Eskimos	10–5	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Win	16,708
West Final #3	Sat, Nov 19	Edmonton Eskimos	4–2	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	Win	20,000
Grey Cup	Sat, Nov 26	Ottawa Rough Riders	16–6	Edmonton Eskimos	Loss	36,592

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Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Ottawa Rough Riders	3	6	0	7	16
Edmonton Eskimos	0	6	0	0	6

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1960 CFL Schenley Award Nominees

Player	Canadian	Lineman
Jackie Parker	Bill Smith	Roger Nelson

Jackie Parker was the WIFU nominee for CFL Most Outstanding Player Schenley Award, and won the award over Cookie Gilchrist of the Toronto Argonauts. Parker received 37 votes; Gilchrist received 33.

References

1 2 3 http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/1960/time_zone/0
1 2 3 http://www.profootballarchives.com/1960wifuedm.html
↑ "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
↑ http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1960

1960 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1960 CFL Draft 48th Grey Cup

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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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