1989 Edmonton Eskimos season

1989 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Joe Faragalli
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	16-2
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Lost Western Final
Uniform

The 1989 Edmonton Eskimos season was the 32nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 41st overall. The Eskimos finished the season in first place with a CFL record 16 wins and a 16–2 record. They appeared in the West Final where they lost to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Pre-season

Schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance
B	June 28	Edmonton Eskimos	24–28	Saskatchewan Roughriders	N/A
C	July 5	Calgary Stampeders	10–41	Edmonton Eskimos	37,192

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Regular season

Standings

**West Division**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	18	16	2	644	302	32
Calgary Stampeders	18	10	8	495	466	20
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	9	9	547	567	18
BC Lions	18	7	11	521	557	14

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Season Schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	July 13	BC Lions	15–20	Edmonton Eskimos	30,041	1–0–0	2
2	July 21	Edmonton Eskimos	54–4	Calgary Stampeders	21,235	2–0–0	4
3	July 27	Edmonton Eskimos	17–21	Toronto Argonauts	34,840	2–1–0	4
4	Aug 3	Toronto Argonauts	21–22	Edmonton Eskimos	28,238	3–1–0	6
5	Aug 9	Edmonton Eskimos	33–13	BC Lions	32,158	4–1–0	8
6	Aug 17	Edmonton Eskimos	39–4	Ottawa Rough Riders	21,413	5–1–0	10
7	Aug 23	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	14–37	Edmonton Eskimos	28,861	6–1–0	12
8	Aug 30	Saskatchewan Roughriders	19–45	Edmonton Eskimos	31,667	7–1–0	14
8	Sept 4	Edmonton Eskimos	31–14	Calgary Stampeders	33,139	8–1–0	16
9	Sept 8	Calgary Stampeders	27–28	Edmonton Eskimos	44,327	9–1–0	18
10	Sept 17	Edmonton Eskimos	35–48	Saskatchewan Roughriders	24,776	9–2–0	18
11	Sept 24	BC Lions	25–32	Edmonton Eskimos	30,173	10–2–0	20
12	Sept 29	Edmonton Eskimos	33–12	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16,387	11–2–0	22
13	Oct 9	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7–45	Edmonton Eskimos	28,869	12–2–0	24
14	Oct 15	Ottawa Rough Riders	11–55	Edmonton Eskimos	30,920	13–2–0	26
15	Oct 22	Edmonton Eskimos	34–11	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	23,590	14–2–0	28
16	Oct 28	Edmonton Eskimos	25–19	BC Lions	27,116	15–2–0	30
17	Nov 5	Saskatchewan Roughriders	17–49	Edmonton Eskimos	27,471	16–2–0	32

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Total attendance: 280,567
Average attendance: 31,174 (51.9%)

Playoffs

Schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
Division Final	Nov 19	Saskatchewan Roughriders	32–21	Edmonton Eskimos		35,112

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Awards

CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Tracy Ham
Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy – Jerry Kauric
Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy – Tracy Ham
Norm Fieldgate Trophy – Danny Bass

References

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

Edmonton portal Canadian football portal

Edmonton Eskimos seasons

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1989 CFL season by team

Western	BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan

Eastern	Hamilton Ottawa Toronto Winnipeg

See also	1989 CFL Draft 77th Grey Cup

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