1978 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 1978 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st place in the Western Conference with a 10–4–2 record and won the 66th Grey Cup. It was Warren Moon's rookie season, and he replaced the injured Bruce Lemmerman as the backup quarterback and completed 89 of 173 passes for 1,112 yards and five touchdowns. He was Edmonton's nominee for the CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award.[1]

1978 Edmonton Eskimos season
Head coach	Hugh Campbell
Home field	Clarke Stadium Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	10–4–2
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Won Grey Cup
Uniform

Pre-season

Schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance
A	June 13	Edmonton Eskimos	19–25	Calgary Stampeders	22,155
A	June 17	Toronto Argonauts	14–16	Edmonton Eskimos	25,007
B	June 24	Edmonton Eskimos	8–18	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	20,056
D	July 5	BC Lions	1–46	Edmonton Eskimos	24,931

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Regular season

Season Standings

Western Football Conference

Team	GP	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos	16	10	4	2	452	301	22
Calgary Stampeders	16	9	4	3	381	311	21
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	16	9	7	0	371	351	18
BC Lions	16	7	7	2	359	308	16
Saskatchewan Roughriders	16	4	11	1	330	459	9

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Season schedule

• The Eskimos played their first two regular season games at Clarke Stadium and their remaining six at Commonwealth Stadium.

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	July 13	Calgary Stampeders	17–33	Edmonton Eskimos	25,277	1–0–0	2
2	July 18	Edmonton Eskimos	29–28	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	25,973	2–0–0	4
3	July 26	Edmonton Eskimos	46–11	Saskatchewan Roughriders	19,587	3–0–0	6
4	Aug 1	Ottawa Rough Riders	24–23	Edmonton Eskimos	16,185	3–1–0	6
5	Bye					3–1–0	6
6	Aug 16	Edmonton Eskimos	40–3	Toronto Argonauts	49,168	4–1–0	8
7	Aug 23	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	8–14	Edmonton Eskimos	24,962	5–1–0	10
8	Aug 30	BC Lions	10–18	Edmonton Eskimos	42,768	6–1–0	12
8	Sept 4	Edmonton Eskimos	28–28	Calgary Stampeders	26,888	6–1–1	13
9	Sept 10	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	16–56	Edmonton Eskimos	26,282	7–1–1	15
10	Sept 17	Edmonton Eskimos	25–20	Saskatchewan Roughriders	21,149	8–1–1	17
11	Sept 24	Calgary Stampeders	20–20	Edmonton Eskimos	42,778	8–1–2	18
12	Oct 1	Edmonton Eskimos	42–22	Montreal Alouettes	54,652	9–1–2	20
13	Oct 9	BC Lions	15–3	Edmonton Eskimos	42,673	9–2–2	20
14	Oct 15	Edmonton Eskimos	38–10	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	28,080	10–2–2	22
15	Bye					10–2–2	22
16	Oct 29	Saskatchewan Roughriders	36–26	Edmonton Eskimos	42,000	10–3–2	22
17	Nov 4	Edmonton Eskimos	33–11	BC Lions	20,822	10–4–2	22

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Total attendance: 262,925
Average attendance: 32,866 (76.8%)

Playoffs

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
Division Final	Nov 18	BC Lions	13–26	Edmonton Eskimos		42,673
Grey Cup	Nov 26	Edmonton Eskimos	20–13	Montreal Alouettes		54,386

Grey Cup

Teams	1 Q	2 Q	3 Q	4 Q	Final
Edmonton Eskimos	10	4	3	3	20
Montreal Alouettes	3	0	7	3	13

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Awards and honours

• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell (DT)
• Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Offence) – Tom Wilkinson
• Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (Defence) – Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell
• Dave "Dr. Death" Fennell, Defensive Tackle, CFL All-Star
• Danny Kepley, Linebacker, CFL All-Star

References

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