2003 Edmonton Eskimos season

2003 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Tom Higgins
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	13–5–0
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
Team MVP	Ricky Ray, QB
Team ROY	Robert Grant, DB
Uniform

The 2003 Edmonton Eskimos finished 1st in the West division with a 13–5–0 record and won the Grey Cup in a rematch of the previous year's championship game.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	4	Emmanuel Casseus	LB	Michigan
1	8	Randy Spencer	DT	Weber State
2	10	Kojo Aidoo	FB	McMaster
3	20	Dounia Whitehouse	CB	Charleston Southern
3	26	Joseph Bonaventura	LB	Saint Mary's
4	34	Larry Ram	OL	Florida A&M
6	52	Didier Ormejuste	DL	Toledo

Preseason

Schedule

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
A	Bye
B	June 5	Saskatchewan Roughriders	10–17	Edmonton Eskimos		31,450	1–0	2
C	June 10	Edmonton Eskimos	38–9	BC Lions		12,319	2–0	4

Regular season

Season standings

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	18	13	5	0	569	414	26	Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	11	7	0	514	487	22	Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	11	7	0	535	430	22	Details
BC Lions	18	11	7	0	531	430	22	Details
Calgary Stampeders	18	5	13	0	323	501	10	Details

Season schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	June 21	Montreal Alouettes	34–16	Edmonton Eskimos		30,109	0–1–0	0
2	June 26	Calgary Stampeders	24–34	Edmonton Eskimos		30,568	1–1–0	2
3	July 1	Edmonton Eskimos	12–14	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		28,495	1–2–0	2
3	July 5	Edmonton Eskimos	37–20	Hamilton Tiger-Cats		12,492	2–2–0	4
4	Bye						2–2–0	4
5	July 16	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	15–52	Edmonton Eskimos		33,785	3–2–0	6
6	July 25	Edmonton Eskimos	14–32	Saskatchewan Roughriders		26,767	3–3–0	6
7	July 31	Edmonton Eskimos	31–26	Ottawa Renegades		21,200	4–3–0	8
8	Aug 9	Toronto Argonauts	20–49	Edmonton Eskimos		44,205	5–3–0	10
9	Aug 17	Edmonton Eskimos	18–15	Toronto Argonauts		11,021	6–3–0	12
10	Aug 23	Saskatchewan Roughriders	31–49	Edmonton Eskimos		45,083	7–3–0	14
11	Sept 1	Edmonton Eskimos	22–28	Calgary Stampeders		36,251	7–4–0	14
12	Sept 5	Calgary Stampeders	0–38	Edmonton Eskimos		62,444	8–4–0	14
13	Sept 13	Edmonton Eskimos	34–30	BC Lions		27,070	9–4–0	16
14	Sept 19	Ottawa Renegades	33–45	Edmonton Eskimos		35,264	10–4–0	16
15	Sept 26	BC Lions	7–27	Edmonton Eskimos		44,432	11–4–0	22
16	Oct 5	Edmonton Eskimos	20–19	Montreal Alouettes		20,202	12–4–0	24
17	Bye						12–4–0	24
18	Oct 17	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	32–41	Edmonton Eskimos		45,164	13–4–0	26
19	Oct 25	Edmonton Eskimos	30–34	Winnipeg Blue Bombers		26,601	13–5–0	26

Total attendance: 371,054
Average attendance: 41,228 (68.6%)

Playoffs

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
Division Final	Nov 9	Saskatchewan Roughriders	23–30	Edmonton Eskimos		40,081
Grey Cup	Nov 16	Montreal Alouettes	22–34	Edmonton Eskimos		50,909

West Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Saskatchewan Roughriders	0	1	1	21	23
Edmonton Eskimos	2	7	14	7	30

Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Edmonton Eskimos	7	17	0	10	34
Montreal Alouettes	0	21	1	0	24

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