1982 Edmonton Eskimos season

1982 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Hugh Campbell
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	11–5–0
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Won 70th Grey Cup
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The 1982 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st place in the Western Conference with an 11–5–0 record and won their fifth consecutive Grey Cup championship after winning the 70th Grey Cup.

Pre-season

Schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance
A	June 10	Edmonton Eskimos	22–19	BC Lions	19,392
B	June 18	Edmonton Eskimos	27–34	Saskatchewan Roughriders	24,722
C	June 25	Calgary Stampeders	23–18	Edmonton Eskimos	49,723
D	July 2	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	8–16	Edmonton Eskimos	25,000

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Regular season

Season Standings

**West Division**
Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	11	5	0	544	323	22
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	11	5	0	444	352	22
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	6	1	403	440	19
BC Lions	16	9	7	0	449	390	18
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	6	9	1	427	436	13

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	July 11	Edmonton Eskimos	55–7	Ottawa Rough Riders	55,974	1–0	2
2	July 17	Toronto Argonauts	12–31	Edmonton Eskimos	43,346	2–0	4
3	July 25	Edmonton Eskimos	28–38	BC Lions	28,329	2–1	4
4	Aug 1	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	32–26	Edmonton Eskimos	57,596	2–2	4
5	Aug 7	Edmonton Eskimos	22–30	Toronto Argonauts	37,985	2–3	4
6	Aug 15	Montreal Concordes	8–46	Edmonton Eskimos	56,354	3–3	6
7	Bye					3–3	6
8	Aug 29	Saskatchewan Roughriders	32–25	Edmonton Eskimos	59,723	3–4	6
9	Sept 6	Edmonton Eskimos	20–32	Calgary Stampeders	33,577	3–5	6
10	Sept 12	Ottawa Rough Riders	11–47	Edmonton Eskimos	54,622	4–5	8
11	Sept 19	Edmonton Eskimos	32–14	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	21,625	5–5	10
12	Sept 26	Calgary Stampeders	17–36	Edmonton Eskimos	59,836	6–5	12
13	Bye					6–5	12
14	Oct 10	BC Lions	1–30	Edmonton Eskimos	59,979	7–5	14
15	Oct 16	Edmonton Eskimos	53–39	Montreal Concordes	16,375	8–5	16
16	Oct 23	Edmonton Eskimos	33–17	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	32,946	11–5	18
17	Oct 30	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	11–14	Edmonton Eskimos	59,104	12–5	20
18	Nov 7	Edmonton Eskimos	46–22	Saskatchewan Roughriders	27,830	11–5	22

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Total attendance: 450,560
Average attendance: 56,320 (93.7%)

Playoffs

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
Division Final	Nov 21	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	21–24	Edmonton Eskimos		51,111
Grey Cup	Nov 28	Edmonton Eskimos	32–16	Toronto Argonauts		54,741

Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Edmonton Eskimos	10	7	7	8	32
Toronto Argonauts	14	0	2	0	16

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Awards and honours

CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – James "Quick" Parker
Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy – Dave Cutler
Dick Suderman Trophy – Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell
Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Offence) – Warren Moon
Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Defence) – Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell
Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy – Tom Scott
Norm Fieldgate Trophy – James "Quick" Parker
Tom Pate Memorial Award – David Boone

References

1982 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Winnipeg

Eastern	Hamilton Montreal Ottawa Toronto

See also	1982 CFL Draft 70th 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 70th Grey Cup Champions

1 Warren Moon
4 Wendell Williams
8 Hank Ilesic
10 Michael Williams
11 Cliff Olander
13 Larry Highbaugh
18 Mike McLeod
20 Tom Towns
22 Tom Scott
23 Angelo Santucci
24 Ed Jones
25 Jim Germany
26 Dave Cutler
27 Marco Cyncar
28 Gary Hayes
29 Joe Hollimon
30 Dale Potter
31 Sean Kehoe
32 Neil Lumsden
36 Nereo Bolzon
37 Emilio Fraietta
38 Greg Marshall
40 James Parker
42 Danny Kepley
53 Dan Butcher
54 Ken Walter
55 Ron Estay
56 Ted Milian
57 Eric Upton
59 Leo Blanchard
62 Bill Stevenson
63 Hector Pothier
64 David Boone
65 Dave Fennell
67 Rod Connop
68 Harry Doering
70 Brian Kelly
71 Waddell Smith
73 Mike Levenseller
75 Bill Manchuk
77 Brian Fryer
78 Ralph Dixon
79 Mark de Brueys
88 Tom Tuinei
95 Dan Kearns

Head Coach: Hugh Campbell

General Manager: Norm Kimball

President: Jack McMahon

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